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Whlln n row enm or pears woro blown otf by the wind which preroeded tint storm, thin will In' more than offset t by thu benefit derived, increased hUd of apple mill 'itrly plowing for Kralu. Heavier rainfall lit reported In tho inoiinliilii sections, several Inches be Inn reported from tint Upper Rogue Rlvor ruuiitr)'. The storm U general tmlny through out Northern California, Oregon' ami Washington. Tint weather bureau re ports a fall of three Inrhe at lt"'l 1 11 ti f f for tin' twenty-tour hoiim end Iiik at 5 o'clock this jnoriiliu;. At Han Francisco .70 of an Inch hail fallen at noon. It U tint earliest real rain since September 1!H7. Tim fall wan heaviest III tlui Hlsklyou range. Tito Htorm I an offithoot of a heavy ono In Alaska. Much ilainaKii hurt been to fruit In California but this may !u equalized by addition of water to rwuirvolrs. In Oregon, groat dent met Ion ha boon wroiiitht In tint Krnln fields and bop yard or tint Willamette valley. Prune mid otlmr fruit crop an) se verely Injured, Hop fields about Grant Pas aro reported to liavu fullon, causing heavy loss to Josephine county grow ers Practically no Imp arc pro duced In Jackson roiiuiy mid thin damag7 from tho recent storm than any other part of tho northwest. If tint weather clear off bright and ntiuiiy Afterwords, tho rain will have been a (treat benefit. 'S By lint decision of the United KluteH Colli t of Appeal liniideil down to San Francisco Thursday, Jerry Niiimu of Jui'kxniivlllo i given full title to properly near Jacksonville which Iiiih been in litigation for Hie past three yenrfy hiuee Miiil wns filed by Laura Fitch et ul, iik heir of Jnmos Cnrdwoll, uitattiHt Mr. Niiniin. The limit decision torniiniilcs tbe Hiiit nml leaves Sir. Xuiinii in full pimsos hinu of it. Mutiy yearn ugo James ('indwell died leaving u will in which he gne nil of his Imid (o liln wife wild power to ilirtpoHii of it at hIio now fit. The eHlulo Inline lienvily in debt hIio exe cuted n mortunuo on u line I near Jacksonville in favor of Mr. Nininii. Fifteen yearn nlii be bccnuio Ibu owner of tbo jiiml IIiiihikIi tbo moil uiiL'e. Tbo I iiikI ban niuce beeome very vuluublo, About, Ibreo yarn n t lie heirs of Jmium In hi rcl I hriMijilit i-mit to oust Mr. K.uumi eliilmiut; thai Mrn, Cimt we did not bavo power under lliu IciiiiM of tbo will to .couto u mort tinfi', Tbo ciiho wiih tried before Wolvorlou of tbo federal eouit wlio found for Mr. Niiimu. Tbe oiiho Iiiih jiiHl been deeided oi uppenl mid Wol vertou'H deeiHiou uffirmed. ILL LONDON, Sopt. 0, SufforliiK from a uorvoiiB breakdown hrniiKht on by Brief over tho announcement that HlKnor Bcottl, (ho lUand opora hIiii;oi la otiKiiKOd to MUh Cliarlotto Ivoh, an Ainorlcau' uctroati, Ooruldlno Karrar, or Kraud opgru fame, la 111 In a lion pltal at Muiilab, nccordlue to re port a current hero today, Scottl wuu Hiild formoiiy to ha,vo lioen vory utteiitlvo to MIbh Fiurar. COURT Of APPEALS MRS ON N NlIWi AO OVER scons Barbarous Tortures Belntj Administ ered In Mississippi Penitentiary Strapped and Gagged, the Hehless Prisoners arc Unmercifully Beaten JACKBON, Mich., Bept. U. "I.bhIi them until tint blood KpurtN," Ih the order heliut carried out hero today by prlHou ituariln aitaliiHt the con vlcln who f Inured In tho recent Ntuto puiilteutlary revolt hero. The rebel lion of the pilnoni'iH In over, but (ho puiililiinciil or the rliiKleadorM In Hllll In proKroim. Kireeu colivlctH wero ri(Ki;'il to day. Nino woiu whipped yexterday, three faltilliiK from pain anil Iohh or blond. The piiliUhmeut will :) on until all tln men who participated In lint rlliiK are putilHlieil. Tint en lreatiiH or the vIcHiiih were huIiI to tall on dear ear. The wardiMi, I ho prlHouerx nay, Htaudn by but doe not uleld the whip, 1114 duty In to nay when the primmer have had ciioiikIi. 'Ilio Iroiibln utarted when tho con vlctit proteHteil ar.alimt tho prUou fare. "It U rotten and not fit for even ilflKM," they wrote In their rnin plnliil, Tint prlnon Hteward mild: "The lctnalM are Kood ciioiikIi tor comlclR, Wo will continue the tare." Then the coiivIcIh mutinied In the dlnliiK room, and It wan uoecHnary to rail out tttate inllltla (o rcMtoro or der. The ptiulihitient Ik Hlmllar to that Inflicted on couvlctM In tho Jails of "barbaroim Mexico." Tho primmer aro tied over u barrel and then Kitted ho they can make no outcry. A three Inch IuhIi, Hoaked In brine, U thou applied to their bodlcR. From ten to thirty blow aro etruck. de pend I lift on how many It takes to draw blood. Police repoit thi nfterimou nay that fonncr,(;oiivict mu atbcritii; In rotiptl ml the nfreeiH here iHhciikm Iiik (lie whipping of (be prioiierr. who putllcipatcd in the demontrnlion ei tho mIiiic prison nxniiiht tbe food ferved. lluudredM of ex-eomietH are in JiieltKiui mid it U feared that some of those recently reloaded are plan ning to uttncl; tbe jail. Militiamen Htutioued nt tbe jail xay tbe piiiiinhmcut inflicted oil tbo riu lenders in tbe iiiHurrcetiou was ex tremely severe. Illood, they sniil, Kushed in stremuH, the brine sonked liihlics etiltiii); deep pishes in their hndici. WABHINOTO.V, Sopt. C Tho American Federation o( Labor will not Join with tho movement for n general atrlko uracil by offlclala or tho IndiiHtilal Workers or tho World In proteat agalnat the Imprlaoumeut or Joaeph IHtor and Alturo Olovan- ulttl, leadera In tbe Lawrence textile Mtrlko. Tho attitude or the bit? labor body wbh expreaaod hero thin nttor noon In unmlatakablo terms by Secre tary Frnnk Morrlaon. "OiKnulzed labor," Mild Morrison, "will not quit work In response to any call rrom William 1). Haywood, am quite miro that no iiiomber or tho Auiurlcau Federation or Labor or any or ltn affiliated nrKanlzatlona would aerloualy conaldor Haywood's aiiKKoatlon, "Labor iih typified by tho fodora- 'tlon Ih not following tho leadership of Haywood or nny othera of hla Ilk." CHINESE PIRATES SEIZE RIVER TUG AND CREW VANCOUVER, 11. C, Sopt. 0. A apodal to tho Vancouver World from Hong Kong says n poworful band or Cliliioso plratcH yoatordny carried off tho maator and chief engineer of a rlvor tug and nro holding thorn for ransom, Tlioy demand S20,000. Tho pirates flnit tlrod a volloy on a lighter loaded with oil proceeding up tho West Rlvor near tho town of Kong Moon, Thou they boarded tho tug towing hor and seized tho entire crow, but nrtorwnrd rolonsod nil ox- Icopt tho two officers, GENERAL STRIKE AT HAYWOOD'S CALL Miss Virginia Brooks Swears Out Warrants for Murder Caused by Knockout Drops Claims Twenty People Killed in West Hammond CHICAOO. Bept, C.Thn campnlRii Mtarled by Minn Virginia Hroolt nKdlriHt disorderly resorts In Wet llnmmoiid, a ChlcaKo Hiiburb, re ceived official recognition fur the rirat time today when Coroner Hoff man, Htnto'H Attorney Wayniati and AHlstaut Pollen Chief vcliucttler cou fered with MImh llrooliM to lay plans for uiiravulliiK tbo mysterious death of John Mensmaker. Miss Hrooks claim that Meaauiaker Is one of tho many victim or knockout drops ad mluUtered In Weal Hammond re sorts. Effort or the InveMtlKiitorn wero focused today on Franltlo Ford, a woiiirii said to have been with Mchs uiaker nt thu time nt his death. Offi cer also searched a saloon for tho "death flask" the Ford woman Is said to have mentioned In an aliened eon- feMlon. Ml llrooks maintains the poison contained In (his bottle killed McHsiuakcr as well as several others. MUs llrooks (itinrtlctt Four detectives wcro assigned today to guard Ml llrooks, she having been threatened with dentil unless the probe were abandoned at once. A warrant charging Mrs. Ktliel Parker, alias Frankle Ford, with mur der or MeHsninkor, was sworn to by Miss llrooks this afternoon. Wnymau will have charge or tho murder prose- CIltlOMB. United States. District Attorney .lames Wilkoreon today announced his Intention to Investlgato the re port that tho Ford woman wbh brought to West Hammond In open violation ot tho Whtq Slave net. AU Chicago Is aroused over tho West Hammond situation and additional warrants charging murder nro ex pected to bo Issued before night. Denounces Ctilrngo Police Scathing denunciation of Chicago police was voiced hero this afternoon by Miss llrooks. She claims that more than 20 girls and men have died from knockout drops adminis tered In West Hammond resorts but that tho police scoffed at hor charges when she produced whnt she called "material evidence" Soma of Chi cago's most prominent women aro backing Miss Hrooks In her crusado against social evils. Following a conference hero this afternoon with Mis Hiooks, Coroner Hoffman decided to exhume several bodies buried in Indiana, alleged victims of knockout drops ndiuinUt ercd in West Ilmiimoud resorts. It is expected that the opening of tbe graves will rovenl a story which will rival Hint furnished by the crimes committed by Mrs. Hello dullness nt Laporte, 1 ltd. SKA OlitT, N. J., Sept. (I.- -Con cerning bis middle western speaking dales Governor Woodrow Wilson, democratic nominee for president, to tiny gnvo out Iho following schedule : Sioux City, Iowa, September 17; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Sopl. 18; Milwaukee, Sopt, II); Col umbus, Ohio, Sept. 20, and Pittsburg Sept. Ul. Tbo Ohio enmpiiign wilt bo opened at Columbus witli (loveiuor Judsou Huriiion presiding nt tbo meeting. Wilson will travel in ti special ear, with it Hoerelury mid Htonogrnphors. Ho does not plan to get out many of bis speeches1 iu uduiiice. HEAT KILLS FOUR CHICAGO, Sept, C. Four porsons nro dead and a score prostrated by tho bent wave, which for days has nnulo Chicago slxxlo. Tho tompora turo nt noon today was 01 dogroos, one degree higher than yesterday and tho humidity haa Increased. Show ers nro forocaatod Tor tomorrow. WESTERN SPEAKING DATES WLSON PROSTRATES lyyL HSflBBBm r v rji -s - x- , r - V- "Si."! s " ? V-- ,- ' Miss Virginia IlrooLt, well known rerormer. by Inrestlgntlon and oberva lion bus a sturtllng tnry wblcli It It expected will sohe the riddle of i tic "lloure of Mystery" lu ('hluigo, where scores of vlctlnn were sUlu. Mli Urtsiks U Known for lirr urk tlirniigbnut the length and breadth or the country. GENERAL (Vl'ARTHUR STORY OF BATTLE L MILWAUKKK. Wis., Sept. C Preparation for the funeral or Lieu tenant General Arthur McArthur. U. S. A., rotlred, who dropped dead from an apopletlc stroke while addressing n re-unlon of the "chamber of com merce" regiment In the University Hall here, have not been completed today. Tho reports that Mrs. McArthur, widow or thu general, was In critical condition nro denied. Mrs. McArthur suffered a sovere shock but her condi tion Is not critical. Tho death of General McArthur was most dramatic. Apparently in tho best or health McArthur was re calling to his old comrades an Inci dent or tho Peach Treo Creek cam paign. Ho had told how Just fifty years ago lie and bis comrades marched from Milwaukee.' on their Journey to tho front. "Your indomitable courage " hero tho genonil paused "comrades, I am too weak to go on." nml with out a word or w timing he toppled over dead. As tho old soldiers realized that their famous comrade was dead they olio by ono turned sllontly away, then ns If by common Impulse, knult reverently beside tho body, T WEST'S CRUSADE PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. fi. Tho Ilrst arrest In Governor West's cru sado against vlco as made today, Carl Rosenheim, a bnrtendor, being held hero on a cluirgo or soiling 11 tpior to Charles Meyers, an allegod Intoxicated man, Rosenheim was re leased on SI 00 bull. Sovoral other bartouders suspected or soiling liquor to Intoxicated men nro under sur veillance. . Special prosecutor Hurst stated other arrests would ho niado within a row hours. . - NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. ti. President Tuft uddioshod u pntriotUi oolebrution t (Itiswold today. At (bo oloso of tbo o.oroibos bo planned DIESWH LETELUNG F ARES upon re.uniiig bis trip to Hovorlv, woro a-i.sus arrivals as agaiust jy, Miibb., on (ho Mayflower. P29 for July last yoar. yilStS, tFYilKIA ..... .. Brooks ROOSEVELT CALLS LA FOLLETTE TOOL OF REACTIONARIES FAHGO. X. D.. Sept. C Any man claiming to be a progressive who does not support tho progres slvo party Is merely the ally and tool of tho reactionaries," said (folonel Roosevelt, speaking hero today. Roosevelt did not mention LaFollette (jut ms Hearers understood His re mark to apply to the Wisconsin sena tor. "reopio must oe with us or ngalnst," continued Roosevelt. "Loy alty to progressive principles can bo shown only by supporting tho pro gressive party." Roosevelt criticised the statement by Woodrow Wilson that the demo cratic party platform was no pro gram. He said "It is cither n pro gram or a falsification or the truth." During the day Roosevelt niado short speeches In several small towns. THREE NATIONS TO CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 0. -Reports ioceied hero today that (lieece, Hulgnrin :uul Sorvia nro nlan ning n combined attack on Turkey bate seriously concerned tbo oftlcinls of the Ottoman government. A mem ber of the cnbiuot paid unofficially that tbe o eminent would not he Mirry if the threats were curried into execution. Conditions, ho said, could not be worse, nml it successful wnr with the three countries mentioned tiiight help to clear up the tangled situation. E TO OTTAWA, Ont., Sopt. C During tho tour months, April 1st, to August 1st, -'00,012 Immigrants urrlved In Canada. Of this nnmbor 1 13,7-12 ar rived at ocean ports and Gu.900 from tho United States. Thoso. rigures show an Increase or 15 por cent ns compared with thoso or tho corres ponding mouths ot tho last fiscal year, which woro 127,925 at ocean ports and 51.SH rrom tho United States, making a total tor tho four months, April 1, to August 1, mi. ' 182,793 porsons. During tho month of July thoro ATTAK TURKEY CANADIAN King of Wall Street to Be Summoned Before the Senate Committee to Explain Alleged $10,000 Contribu tion Made at Roosevelt's Request WASHINGTON, Sept. C J. Per IKint Morgan, money king. In all probability will be forced to appear before tho senate committee which Is Investigating contributions to tell In perbon whether he contributed to the Hoosevelt campaign in 1904. This was admitted hero today by Senator Mohcs K. Clapp of Minnesota, chair man of the senate committee. Clapp was asked If the committee would try to learn the tacts regard ing a charge by Charles K. Kussell, Moclallst candidate for governor, that Hoosevelt personally had phoned Mor gan asking for a contribution of $10, 000 and that Wayne McVeagh heard part or the conversation at Morgan's (end or the telephone. i Clapp said that Morgan would bo Hiimmoiied ir is presence was thought necessary. He said It was his personal duty only to line up the witnesses and sources of Information and that the committee as a whole would decide who arc to be called. Clapp declared that the fact that Morgan has successfully dodged prev ious committees would have no effect on him and he was certain that Mor gan would be produced if wanted. MacVeagh has denied Russell's story or the Hoosevolt-Morgnn talk but Russell still Insists It Is true. NEW UNIT SYSTEM SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Sept. 6. Judge Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the executive committee of tho Har rlman lines, Is on his way to New York today, alter organizing a new unit system by which tbe Southern Pnclflc regained its Sparks-Ogden and Ashland-Portland territory, and tho Union Pacific Its Green River-Ogden territory, thus depriving, the Oregon Short Line of considerable operating mileage, but restoring to each com pany Its individual trackage. This step was taken primarily to prove to the government that the agreement between the four lines was purely ono of convenience, and In no manner constituted a merger, ns claimed lu the federal action. Judge lovctt has been hero for a week receiving reports from the heads or tho different lines and In spectlng the new unit system. IS CALGARY. Alta., Sopt. C Miss Florence Laduo or Calgary yester day won tho womatt's world cham pionship for fancy roping at tho Cal gary Stampede, defeating Miss Lucille Mulhall or Oklahoma, former world's champion. Tho Incloment weather forced the events to be held In tho Horse Show building, Tho work that wou Miss Laduo tho championship consisted of rope twirl ing and roping running horses. Miss Mulhall was awarded second ami Miss norliti niauchett third prize. E TICKET IN MONTANA OREAT FALLS, Mont. Sept. 0, -Henry Smith of Helena is today nomi nated for senator by tho republican statu convention here. Charles N, Pray of Fort llenton and W. F. Moyor of Red Lodge, woro named ns eaudidates for representatives. - J. C. Konuy of Wilbnux wns nomi nated for governor. A complete sttito ticket was placed in tho field. Tho convention endorsed tin em ploye's compensation law, primary liuvi nml ml v-iinti toil u'liinim kiii'IYmp'U und reform in court procedure. I SOUTHERN PACIFIC Bull Mooscrs of New York Name Candidate Roosevelt's Choice was Prendcrgast and His Selection was Expected Johnson Given Ovation SYRACUSP, X. Y., Sept. C Oscar Straus tho mlllonalro merchant, philanthropist and diplomat, was this afternoon nominated for governor of New York by the progrcssivo dele gation hero today, Tho delegates stampeded to Straus as a compromise candidate Just ai the voto was about to bo taken. Timothy Wbodrufr withdrew tho name or William R. Prendergast. and Straus nomination was made unanimous. State Chairman William K. Hotchklss had also been placed In nomination, despite his personal objection. SYRACUSE, X. Y Sept. (J. A wild demonstration marked (ho np penrauec of Governor Hiram Johnson of California nt the stnfe progressiva convention hero today. For nine minutes the delegates stood on their chairs and cheered tho progressive vice presidential candidate. Johnson's speech was enthusiasti cally received. A wild yell gretd his declaration thnt the progressive cam paign might be appropriately termed a "revolution" and that tho spirit of the movement wns ns strong in the east in the west. The progres sive campaign, he said, would give tho country sixty days of education and would put the United States twenty, five yean ahead of the presenL(imer Prediction that William R. Pren dcrgast, comptroller of the city of New York, would be thq unanimous choice for governor of the convention, was mado here" this .afiernoon.hy Timothy Woodruff. All opposition to Prendergnsl's candidacy, he said, had been routed now that advocates of Brninbridpe Colby had withdrawn their candidate, nml ho predicted the Xew Yorkers nomination by acclamn tion. Prendergast announced Inst night thai ho would withdraw from the suee if his candidacy met with opposition, and the progressive leaders worked des-perntely to cleur tho field of all other aspirants. Prendergnsth lb the admitted choice of coventor of Colonel Theoodre Roosevelt. 8Y HARK SAX FRANCISCO, Oil. Sept. C To Lieutenant James B. Ifowell of the United States submarine F 1 belongs the credit today of brooking the world's record for submarine depth, the little craft sinking to 28!l feet iu San Francisco bny off Point Diablo and then cruising nt (hat depth for ten minutes, Tho font wns accomplished with (ho greatest easo, little vesel carrying a crew of 2(1 men besides its commander. . While nt tho bottom the boat maintained it speed of six knots, and nfter rising to tho customary depth of 19 feet, increased this to eight knots. Tbe terrific pressure of tho wntor apparently hud no effect upon tho movements of tho craft. Tbe former world's record wns held hy United States submiirino Seal with a depth of 'J.-)(l feet. Tho Seal is a Lake type submarine. CHARGE OF CAMPAIGN NEW YORK, Sopt. 6. Leadors of Governor Woodrow Wilson's cam paign for tho preoldenoy wero jubi lant today ovor the appearance at democrntio hoadquartors of William F. McCbmhs, chairman of the demo cratic national committee, Mc- Combs, who wns stricken with illness within a row weeks after tha New Jersoy governor's nomination by (he Daltlmoro convention, announced that his health was considerably Im proved and that he expected to be back at his desk within a couple of days. RECORD BROKEN n i 'V ?tt T - '-' '- -- --I... - W ...1 LuaiiUidAk JtAc. mmtmmt MMMMtSHaMMMrtlMteftttrtlftitfi