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VOL. XXI.
ST. HELENS, OH EG ON, FBIDAT, AUGUST 2G, 14.
NO. 37.
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MIST.
WEEji'DOINGS
Newsy Items Gathered from Atl
parts of the world.
Or INTEREST TOOUR READERS
General Review of Important Happen.
pcnlga Presented In Brief and
Condensed tor m.
Mn, Maybrlck has arrived In Nw
York.
Tha lo by th tornado at Bt. Paul
will roach f 3.500,000.
I ,nl 9 reports from Port Arthur tax
th fort hm all but fallen.
Hnuvanlr Lewi and Clark coins will
) rmdy oarly neit month.
Tli Japanese continue to narrlflct
Hi.niMti.U of lives at I'ort Arthur.
A Saut K passenger train wa d
ml I i-d nar Topeka and all person In
jured, Th Russian attlmala that tb
(leg lia already coat tha enemy
:,ou0 men.
A mob of (00 burnad a negro at Ce
ilariown, Oa., for tha assault of a 13
vrarold white lrl.
A hurricane wept over Watertown,
H !., killing two people and Injuring
many oilier. Oraat dainag wa doue
to property.
Tb HtiMlaa cruiser Orombol and
Hoists are fan! being repaired at Vladi
vostok and will mn b ready to as
time Clio offenalv again.
John Klland, a wealthy bepman ol
New Meili-o, baa fallen Into the band
of brigand In Meilco, where b went
nn bunltiea. A heavy ranton la de
manded for bl rUM.
The riar lia iiminonel all reserve
otlWu to lira nilnr.
JPn loM that tb nutarllty cf
China at hhanghai I Imperfect.
An entitlement will) Kaiopelkln will
purlmbly I lorced at l.lso Yai g.
The inlnii'-r department lain no hur
ry to create forest reserve lo Oregon.
The Jet-anee bv eaptuml all lorta
on the I'lgeon bay il ot l'ort Arthur.
Kite prrmn were killed at Mandrn,
Mo., by the explosion ol a car ol dyna
mite. liUliig continue at tb Chicago
i.k yard. Another roan ha been
tbol. .
Japan in lioaln uttor dUrefard lor
ltvtiblklug all precedents at fort
Arthur.
The lue caused by the tornado In
North HI. Lout 1 much heavier than
t Brat reported.
1 he annivereary ol "Md" Anthony
Wayne' victory over tb Indian wa
ulwrved at the bl. Uml fair by an
iuipxalng parade.
Th rains ar slopping around I Uo
Yang. The rod ai Mill In bad con
dition ami aittva operation r not ei
peeled unlit Ibey ar In bellter (bap.
A Idling almost akin to deepalr
reign in Ibe Kuaeian admiralty.
Forest firea continue to rag In th
reaervea of Montana, destroying much
Nlilhla timber.
JapaiinM blp ar cruising off Che
loo In a arch ol lb Kuln boaU Il
na ami Novlk,
Paraguayan rebel hv demanded
the city ol Asuncion, allowing It 24
houi to Korrender.
A clomlburat near Globe, Arlona,
cbiimmI a Lie ol several lia and grest
damage to property.
A Uiiwlan gunboat wi nnk by corn
ing in contact with a mine near tb
l.lao Tung jieniusulB.
The Rwuisni will li their blp
at l'ort Arthur lather than let them
(nil lulu tha hand ol the ouemy.
Tb corporation couneel ol Chicago
ha decided that the packer hv no
right to houe employe Intbeli plant.
ItAruat H rut In Clarke count r. Wash.,
ar.. dolim irreat damage A number ol
i, ,..... Iim.ii burned and much
cordwnod destroyed. A aspect be
bten a r rented.
General Btoessel mda a defiant reply
to the J-paueao demand Uiat n
render.
The west ctop In Eilrn Oregon and
Waamgton ,wlll b t grett vr
known.
The Russian hips damaged In tb
recent battle ran tak no further part
in the war.
The Urand Army h lrcted General
W Union Wackmar, ot waaaacnaaei.--commamlor
in chief.
It it believed that tha raid ol tha
Ruinian aqnadron will noi cos .u,y
ping more than $260,000.
T...i:....,. .r. mure lavorable tlian
ever that Kuala will agree to the
American Mellnltlon ol contraband ol
war,.v. ,. ; ; ::. . ; ',.""
The Jnpnee normil R"""1
nhaugliai lia mdifled the Uota that a
fleet I. coming to aul the Rulun war
vemol thora.
m . d . I.- n.tiie fleet ha tailed
A JIB niinni,"
for tna Far Et.
Tli .Taianeae ar making a '
..i. i.il.nr. and report y
TJ: . .'r.adv' tacrlflced 20.000
men, - Several Important
have been taken.
position
JFn J.n demanded I he turrendor
ol Port Arthur.
A Georjila mob "v.rpowerod the
militia, eied two negro murderer and
tteSM AGAINST POWDER.
Queallon Whether Japanese rones
Will Hold Out.
Bt. retomburg, Aug. 21,-Tlio Intent
report from I'ort Arthur Indicate Unit
the gartlaon there I holding out with
wonderful tenacity In the fuco of per
latent deprate aanaulu. Tito only
queatlon la how long any body of
trtiopt ran wlthatmid audi awful puh
labmont, and whether the gnrrlnon In
thn forlrett ran milhiitt JnpiiueHe am
munition and men,
The report that 30 regiment have
been drawn from Oennral Oku to
atrengthen the attacker U believed to
ludlcat that the Japanetia wmthern
army It In diutperat itrult and aeem
to how that tb Japaneao have not
enough men to proaocute alnmltan
ou campaign of groat magnitude In
the north and aouth.
The report that the Novlk hat
been unk ha not yet been publlahcd
here. If It la true, It will bo greatly
felt, for the gallant crulaer, which hat
been frequently mentioned In dlt
pelchea, ba endeared herself to the
whole nation by her tlndet activity
at Tort Arthur, and It ha been grent
ly hoped that b would reach Vlad
ivostok In aafety.
Tha attitude of the Jnpuneao govern
ment In regard to China ha catiaed
Increaalng uneaalnena bere. While It
I believed that the dictatorial attitude
aaaumed by Japan wa adopted large
ly for II mortil Influetice on the Cbln-
eae. It It alao taken to Ind cole that
pan Intend to make heraeif the!
dominant plrlt in the Celestial em
pire. I
POBTC VtRY SILENT.
Cmbarrasacd by Reminder of Verbal
Pkhge to America.
Conatantlnople, Aug. 24. A 'note
from American Mlnlater l.i'Uhman.
dated August 10, was handed to the
Turklah authorttlea within 13 hour
fter the receipt by the Mlnlater of
the Turklah note Monday. In thl
not Mr. telahman hold the govern
ment to It auli nin und'H'liiklng, com
ing direct from the Sultan, respecting
equal treatment with other nation
for the Culled Slate concerning the
queallon of educational Institution.
Tbla allusion to the Imperial pledge
apparently embarnicd the Porte,
which bad previously announced thnt
would Ignoro tho former verbal as
surance which Minister Minman uo
dared b bad received.
It I considered Improbable thnt the
Pone will renlr to the Minister note
and therefore tho question I looked
oon as aholvod pending the execution
of the proces of recognition, when It
considered not improtiauie iresn on-
'nit lea will arlre.
Notwithstanding the assertion oy
lel I'nsha. the secretary of the Fnl
e. that $2.10.000 ha been deposited
enmnensallon due to n American
cllltena at Bmyrna for land Illegally
laken, no uch deposit tin ycl oeen
made.
neCT APPROACHES SHANGHAI.
Consul Goodnow Calls Consular Body
Together for Action.
Shanghai, Aug. 24. Tha atenmor
Halting, wbli h arrived here today, re
pol having alghted a Jnpnneso
snuadron last night off Outiluir Island.
about 6S mile aoutheast of Shnnghnt.
The aquadron ahowed no light.
The United State monitor aionnti-
nock and two torpedoboat destroyer
have been ordered to be ready to pro
tect the neutrality of Shanghai.
American Consul aoodnow cnii.i
the meeting of Ibe consular body for
10 o'clock tomorrow morning, u
believed that the foreign consul wm
arrange mean to strengthen the
hand i of the Taotnl In dealing w h
it., ninller Of 106 Hiu "....-
HOtP. , TnnnnMA
loiter report aura i" -i-- -snuadron
to bo 20 mile from Woo
sung Woosttng la the outside harbor
of Bbanghnl.
Rrln Stops Hid Operations,
.i ii.,lnnarter of General
ff. rained de.'dl.y for four day. and
& - the lower d.
wlih ten feet or wuin " - ,
hiteV lmpaabl. A number of
CMni.e snd horse of the commis
sary department have been drowned
n the cornflold. near the outpost.
.Jli ire scouting parties aro search
ing Sr them ThePreltlve positions
ot the two smiles remain unchanged.
Vessels SHcK to Port.
i a... si. The nuosliin
consXinoValhTr.. replying , alnto
hn demand unrciioNt...... -
let Ion o the Tight of Russia n a bel
Ugorant II. Vfu.-d to order the . w.r
vessel to quit Shanghai. Tho CI ln
vesRoi 1 .-. -- ..a nr nrcIiiK the
B ara lirclllg th
ess pewspaiM.-- . - - .nolIlth
wfr.h?Pgr r rupbold thoTaotal,
warships noro bpcn h()ar(1
bUt SO iar .IW....-Q .
t Drtrrsbura Advised.
london Aug. 23. A dlmmtch to a
London, auk. poterhiirg '
h. reached the admiralty thor
rffecMhnTth. mlsslni I HumI.
iu , m . Kors-
akevsk . port of the Island of Sak-
fi- In that the RnsHlan cruiser
Dl. ce?nlng whose fate there has
been considerable anxiety, ba. been
seen off Hong .on.
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OREGON NEWS
SILETZ RICH IN TIMBER.
Railroad Survey Parly Loud In Praise
of Country. , ?;
Independence. The surveying party
of the H. Chupumn Lumber Company
that ha been In the Coast range
mountain since May 28, ha com
pleted It task, coming out at a point
no one guessed. The survey a com
pleted Intersect the Southern Pacific
scarcely half a mile south of Inde
pendence, near the old racetrack.
Thn surveying crew, comprising 16
men, la In charge of Engineer L. M.
Rice.
The timber found In the Siloti basin
was a revelation to the party, many of
whom are experienced timber men
and surveyors. There I enough tim
ber In the SI let i country, aay Chief
Hnglneer Rice, to last f0 year after
It I made accessible by rail. The
route terminating at Independence Is
ii very feasible one and, according to
the survey. It 1 not over 45 miles Into
the heart ot the rich fillet basin.
Terminating here, timber over the
proiKised route could be handled by
mil or river, and the Southern Pacific
Is Just completing a spur from within
a few rods of where the survey ended
Into the bed of the river. A road over
thl survey would also afford a short
cut to Newport.
STIRRING UP DAIRYMEN.
Effort to Induce Valley farmers to
Produce Butter Pat.
Albany. An Important meeting of
the dairymen and farmer of Linn
county wa held at Sbedd last week.
The meeting I tho result of the ef
forts of prominent creamery men of
Portland and of State Dairy and Food
Commissioner J. w. Bailey.
Curtis' Grove, one mile from Sbedd.
wat the scene of the meeting, which
took the nature of a farmera' picnic.
A. Portland creamery provided gallon
of Ice cream free, and the attendance
wsa large for thl season of the yer.
The great Importance of the meeting
In the eye of friend of diversified
furmlng In Oregon 1 In the fact tnai
It I the beginning ot an effort on the
part of the large purchaser of dairy
products in Orecon to Induce the
farmer of the Willamette Valley to
devote more time to raising blooded
stock, and particularly dairy dock.
County Is Worth More.
Oregon City. Assessor J. F. Nelson
has completed the assessment of
Clacknmns county property for the
l!t04 roll. The aggregate or property
valuation, represented by the roll, I
approximately $10,250,000. or an In
crease of 1300.000 over last year'
roll. It 1 not expected that any ma
terial change will be made In the
assessed valuation by the board of
equalisation, which will be? convened
on Monday, August 29. Thl I the
earliest date tor years that the aes
ment of property In thl county ha
been completed.
Raise Timber Land Values.
St. Helens. The assessment roll
for Columbia couuty will be complet
ed and ready for tbe board of equal
lintlon in a few day. It will ahow an
Increase of about one-third In the
assessed valuation of the county. The
valuation of the timber land ha been
raised from $2.50 to $3 and $5. Thl
bear heavily upon the non-resident
land owner, but It Is not nearly as
iik-h as In Clntaon county, and I far
iminw the actual cBh value of the
property. The assessment of the
lienaon Comnanr amount to $128,000,
and the cash value is certainly three
times that amount.
Start Work on fair Grounds.
linker ritv The survey of the
form i ml for the linker County Fair As
sociation is completed and the work
of constructing the new speed iraca
bcBiin in earnest. The grounos su
Join the city on the north, and are
.vi.i.in kkv walking distance. The
hind Is comparatively level and ad'
mirni.w located for the purpose
Work on the grandstand and fair
i...ii.iinir will be begun at once. The
rfoio him not vet been set for the fair,
but will likely bo the first week in Oc
tober.
Umatilla Wheat Moving.
Pendleton. Wheat buyers estimate
that 1.000.000 bushels or vmatti a
..niv'a wheat croD have been o!d
so far this season. Sales are being
made constantly, sometimes smouni
i.r to r.n noo bushels per day. Consid
erable whent Is being shipped from
Knstland. 10 mile northeast of here,
to New York, to the cereal market and
to fill contracts made on me ooara oi
trade. Harvesting Is more than half
done but in some localities will con
tinue several weeks into September.
Seven Williams Name Camp.
Aiimnv Tlecause seven men whose
ftt-ut nnmn was William were the first
settlers of tho proposed mining camp,
(ho town was christened Btllvllle. It
Is-In the Blue river mining district
near the line between i.ane mm un
counties. Hlllvlllo Is now a busy min
ing camp. , .
Northwest Wheat Markets.
Portland Walla Walla, 78c; bins
stem, 85o! valley, 83c.
Tacoma Rlueslein, 85c; club, 17)io.
Albany 76c.
8lem 78c. . .
Colfax Club, 70o; bluestem, 76o.
Pendleton Club, 58Xcs blnestem,
73 Vic.
La Grande Club, 62c ; bluestem, 68c,
OF INTEREST
WIND DAMAGES HOPYARDS.
Poles Blown Over and Vines Torn
, by Brisk Breeie.
Independence. Quite a little dam
ago ba been done to hopyarda In thl
vicinity by wind. Walker Bros., two
and a half mile north of bere, are the
beavlett lotert. Fully 25 acre ot
their yard I flat on the ground.
About Ave acres of the Patton
Sloper yard and three acre In John
Burton's vard are also down. R. D.
Cooper will have nearly 2000 bill to
ktmlgbtcn up, and a few trellis poles
are broken In one of the Hirchberg
yards.
A gale from the west sprang up
about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. It
wa not severe enough to do any dam
age ordinarily, but only very sub
stantial poles were able to withstand
It force where tbe wind bad a clear
weep.
The owner promptly et to work
repairing tbe damage by sharpening,
redrivlng and propping poles. The
eipenie to Walker Bros, alone In re
letting pole will be over 11000.
rrult Shipments from the Cove.
La Orande. The Cove, 16 mile
from La Orande, which I considered
about the bed section of Eastern Ore
gon for fruit, thus far tbi year ha
ahlpped the following: Twenty thous
and boxes of cberrlei, 5000 crate of
strawberries, S000 crate of red rasp
berries, 1000 crate of blackberries.
Owing to a lack of picker the loss on
strawberries was about 20 per cent, on
the raspberries about 40 per cent.
Plums sre now moving and the indica
tions are that of these there will be
about 4000 crates. There will be
about from 2.5 to 30 cars of prunes and
about 40 cars of apples., The pear
crop will be light. Tbe cherry crop
amounted to 100,000 boxes. The apple
crop will reach 100 carloads.
Restored to Domain.
Tbe Dalle. The Secretary of the
Interior ba autboriied and Instructed
tha officer ot Tbe Dalles land office to
restore to the public domain portions
ot the following-named townships, em
braced in the temporary withdrawal
for tbe Blue Mountain Foreat Re
serve: Twenve aoutb, 17 east. 13
south. 17. 18. 19. 20 and 21 east. 14
south. 19 and 20 east, and 15, 20. 22
and 23 east Tbeae lands were with
drawn from entry st the creation of
the reserve June 28. 1902. exclusive of
township 15 snd 22. Twenty-three
tbosuand acres of land are released
from the withdrawal by this order,
out of which 14,500 are already filed
upon.
Mamcur People In tamest.
Ontario. The committee ot 17 for
completing the organisation of the
Malheur Waterusera Association met
in Mayor Lsckey's office snd appoint
ed committees for drsftlng by-law
and for dividing the territory to be Ir
rigated Into districts. The committee
for securing slock In the association
reported that 60.000 shares have been
subscribed, or 6000 more than wa re-
nulred to organize nermanently. w ork
on the Malheur project is expecieu 10
be begun tbls fall unless sometning
unforeseen occur. A meeting or
stockholders will be beld in vaie,
September 27.
exhibit of Grasses and Grains.
Alhanv. A. F. Miller, of Portland.
Is getting together a display ot grains,
grasses, vegetables, leaves, mosses,
etc.. for a state exhibit. Mr. Miller
in Albany In connection with his
vork an 1 left a number or orders, u
Is a little early yet to collect a large
display, but arrangements are being
r orln ror materials to maxe up a ais-
nUv to be collected later. Mr. Miller
has been msklng these collections for
the last 40 years snd knows just what
part of the state to visit tor tne oesi
collection of every variety of product.
New Linen Mills.
Alhany Euaene Bosse. who has sn-
nnnnced that he will establish a linen
mill in Salem. Is looking over the
field In Albany with a view to estab
llshlng a linen mill here. Mr. Bosse
..v. hA will establish a number of
nia over the valley, and that flax
hni,M be arown here In large qunntl'
ties, as the Oregon product Is the best
in the world. At the present time the
linen mill at Solo Is the oniy one in
this locality. It has proved success
ful. every way.
II llM.IHI.IIII III
Surveyors In Grand Ronde.
La Grande. The surveyors who are
out locating the route for the new
electric belt railroad in Union county
for the Eastern Oregon ueveiopmeni
rnmnanv aro now In the center of the
Grand Ronde Valley and will reach
La Grande In a short time, ine ex
pense up to this time has reached a
total of $85 per day, and the company
have the greatest confidence in the
best outcome of the undertaking.
New Albany Tannery.
. Albany. The Star ' Tannery Com
pany has been incorporated in Albany.
The Incorporators sre Henry Lyons,
John 8hea. James H. Curran and Har-
ry Shea. It is capuaiiseu ni. fo.
the stock being divided into shares of
$100 each. This is the second tan
nery for Albany.
rind Scab on Cattle.
Albany. Drs. Wells, ot Albany, snd
Mntnhlnaon. of Portland. Inspected a
number of cattle at Halsey, Linn conn
tv nrlor to their shipment to Nevada.
Considerable scsb was found among
the stock. This wa oraerea eraai
cated before shipment.
LOSS IS MILLIONS.
Tornado Sweeps Over St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
St. Paul, Aug. 23. Several person
were killed, a number are reported
missing and 50 to 100 were Injured,
some fatally; business property and
residences were damaged to tbe ex
tent of perhaps $1,000,000; tbe mas
sive steel bridges across tbe Mlssls
ilppi were wrecked 'and strained;
shade tree were leveled and much
otber damage waa done In Bt. Paul and
Minneapolis by a tornado which bioke
over the two cities shortly after 9
o'clock last night
Apparently the storm was of a local
character, for as far ss can be learned
no damage was done In the neighbor
ing towns. The storm was particular
ly severe In the business districts ot
the two cities. Windows were blown
In and roof torn from Immense whole
sale warehouses and tbe flood of rain
which accompanied tbe storm did Im
measurable damage to stock of good.
Dwelling bouses, churches and school
also Buffered greatly.
Railroad traffic between St. Paul and
Minneapolis wa entirely cut off.
Tbe street railway system of both
ckte were prostrated. For hour after
tbe atorm bad spent Its fury it was im
possible to get Into communication
with Minneapolis, tbe telephone wires
being demoralized. Rumors of great
loss of life were rife, but on being
tracked to their sources were found to
be Incorrect
All telegraph wires were down and
tbe Associated Press waa compelled to
send men to station down the river
before communication could be estab
lished with the outer world.
Tbe atorm was of short duration.
lasting not more than 15 minute. The
devastation it wrought was terrific.
The wind, according to tbe government
weatner observer oiew su mnes u
hours, coming from tbe southwest
Buildings wete unroofed and fronts
blown In. tbe cellars being flooded by
tbe rain which came In great waves
along with tbe wind. Electric wires
were prostrated and many persons
were injured by contact with electric
light and trolley wires.
PACKERS WILL TIGHT.
Gourt Must Decide on Their Right
House Employes.
Chicago, Aug. 23. Tbe packers will
apply to tbe courts for an Injunction to
prevent tbe carrying out of the city a
orders that the strike-breakers be no
longer boused In the buildings in the
stockyards. This waa decided on at
a meeting of tbe legal representatives
ot all the packing firms, save one, that
are affected by tbe strike.
Agents of the packers hurried aboat
the yards today reassuring the non-union
men and rushing the work of re
habilitating barracks to be entirely
separate from tbe alaughter bouses.
Arrangements were made to bring in
tents to cover every available vacant
s Dot for tbe same purpose. Small cir
cus tents were sent for to meet the
emergency. Swift's carsbops were soon
taken possession of by mechanics, wno
began fitting up the plant's bunkhouee,
and tbe same was done with other
buildings, apart from the killing de
partments. Every effort was made to
prevent a stampede of non-unionists.
The packers declare It was successful
and that the exodus was no larger than
Is usual on Saturdays. Union pickets
reDorted that the desertions were
heavy and that the non-union m
were in a stste of terror.
ACTION SAVES MANY.
Captain of ferryboat Rammed Makes
Harbor Quickly"
New York, April 23. A hundred pas
sengers on the ferryboat South Side,
plying in the East river between Tenth
street and Green Point, have been
saved from possible death by quick ac
tion on the part ot a captian or a new
Haven Railroad transfer-boat. The
terry boat 60 yards out in tbe stream,
making for the slip at the foot of
Tenth street, when she was rammed
by the big float carrying IS freight
cars. The float's prow penetrated
nearly to thee enter of the ferry boat
on the aide of the ladies' cabin. The
passengers fled In terror, msny of the
women in the cabin having been cut
and bruised by flying glass and splint
ers. .,
The captain of the transfer-boat
realised that If he backed off the ferry
boat would float helplessly away and
sink. Whistling for help, he ordered
on all piessure, pushed the helpless
ferrvboat toward the docks, snd suc
ceeded in shoving It against the pier ot
the slip where the passengers quickly
scrambled through the windows and
over piles of freight to the street. A
few minutes later me soum siae But
tled to the bottom.
Darkness and storm, together with s
misunderstanding of signals, probably
caused the accident.
Panama Enters Denial.
Panama, Aug. 23. President Ama
dor today informed the correspondent
of the Associated Press that there was
no truth in the report received in New
York yesterday from Buena Ventura,
Colombia, to the effect that the govern
ment of Panama had stationed a gar
rUon at Fort Nugul, at the confluence
of the Atrata and San Juan rivers,
thereby assuming formal possession oi
a wide strip of the Colombian depart
ment ot Cawes. The president aaaea
that Panama wants peace with all na
tions and especially with Colombia.
Answer Is Held Up.
Washington, Aug. 23. In reply to
the State Department's Instructions to
request President Castro to put the
New York & Mermudese Asphal Com
pany again In possession of its proper
ty in Venezuela, pending tha decision
of the Venezuelan supreme court In
September, Minister Bowen haB cabled
that he has laid these representations
before the Venezuelan foreign office,
but has not yet been able to secure sn
J answer from President Castro.
MINERSNEET
Seventh Annual Convention at
Portland.
WILL SELECT PERMANENT HOME
Pighl Is Between Denver and Salt
Lake, With the Tormer Blry
In the Lead.
Portland, Aug. 23. Under the folds
of tbe flags of the world, the seventh
annual convention of the American
Mining Congress was called to order
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Armory. The day wa spent In begin
ning tbe work which will for Ave nays
take up the time and attention of the
delegates, who have come from all of
tbe mining state of the country to
make an effort to better tbe condition
of the Industry, and to bring It before
the people on the plane where it
should stand.
Preliminary work, addresses of wel
come and responses occupied yester
day and last night, and today the real
work will commence. The power
that are behind the management of
tbe congress, the wishes and desires
of the delegations are beginning to be
made manifest by conference snd
caucuses, and tbe hopes of cities and
the desires of ambitious men are now
being settled.
The one great question that Is now
before the convention of miners as
sembled is that of selecting a perma
nent headquarters for the congress, ot
choosing some one city In which can
be erected a home for the organiza
tion, and where can be maintained
nermanently the office of the con
gress, the exhibits to be collected and
the records of the proceedings.
Denver snd Salt Lake are both out
after tbe permanent home, and are
bending every effort to secure It, both
by offering bonuses and concessions
snd by velvet-tongued srgunents.
Which will secure the prize is now un
known, though it looks as though it
might be Denver, for tbst city has
many warm supporters and friends.
Tbe question ot the permanent es
tablishment Is s serious one, as the
members well know, for it means the
presentation to the city securing the
headquarters of every annual meeting
after tbe one held next yesr. It Is
the opinion of s great many of the del
egates that tbe only business-like plan
of proceeding will be to give the an
nual convention to the city securing
the permanent home. The records,
the exhibits, tbe secretary snd his as
sistants, the building and headquar
ters of the organization will be in the
place known as tbe home of the con
gress. It will be. therefore, conven
ient and more practical to bold the an
nual meetings at thatplace than to
send them to new cities each year, ne
cessitating the establishment of tem
porary quarters and transfer of re
cords. - r
AMERICA KEEPS OUT.
She Will Take No Part In the Shang
hai Trouble.
Washington, Aug. 24. The United
States Government does not intend to
insist upon tbe neutrality of China.
It does not Intend to Insist that the
Russian warships now in the harbor
at Shanghai shall be disarmed or be
forced from tbelr present haven, it
does not intend In any way to prevent
tbe Japanese from capturing the Rus
sian warships..
It does not at this time propose pro
tecting American interests in Shang
hai or any other Chinese ports, if, by
so doing, it Is found necessary to in
terfere with the freedom of the war
shins ot any other nation.
This Is the decision that was reach
ed this afternoon by the Department
of State after a conference between
the State and Navy Department offi
cials with President Roosevelt at Oys
ter Bay over the long-distance tele
phone. Instructions in accordance
with this decision were sent to Rear
Admiral Sterling, in charge of the
Asiatic squadron now at Shanghai.
An impression exists here thst
Consul-General Goodnow may have
unintentionally paved the way to com'
routing this government to a main
tenance of the neutrality of China,
when be called the meeting today of
the foreign representatives to take
such action as was deemed necessary.
But before that meeting had assem
bled, a cablegram had been sent him
carefully to abstain from any action
that could be deemed to be interfer
ence.
Railroad Shops to Work Less,
Altoona. Pa.. Aug. 24. The Penn
svlvania Railroad Company today
made the most sweeping reduction in
the time of the men employed that has
taken place since the panic of 1893
The employes of the machine shops
today were notified that, commencing
with tomorrow morning they would
be divided Into shifts, one shift to
work Monday and Wednesday and
the other Tuesday and Thursday,
eight hours to constitute s day's work.
The remainder of the week the shops
will be closed entirely. It is not
known how long the order will con
tinue In effect.
No Prospect of Big Battle.
Llao Yang, Aug. 24. Japanese
troops In considerable force are con
centrating on the southern front of
tbe Russian army and there is contin
ual skirmishing, but ' no immediate
prospect of a big battle. During the
night they kept up firing on the Rus-
sian outposts, but the Russian troops
have strict orders not to reply. The
Chinese say "that 30,000 Japanese
troops, with 200 guns, have landed at
Ylnkow, part of these troops golug to
Ntu Chwang and part to Haicheng.
Port Arthur to Be His Tomb.
London, Aug. 24. No further war
news has reached London. According
to the Moscow correspondent of the
Morning Post, Lieutenant-General
Stoessel concluded a telegram to an
Intimate friend there with the words:
"Farewell forever. Port Arthur will
be my tomb."
FURTHER CHECK TO FRAUD.
Public Land States are Divided Into
Districts.
Washington, Aug. 20. To render
the Inspection of tbe service of tbe
general land office more effective, th
acting secretary ot tbe interior today
divided tbe public land state into nine
inspection districts, placing a special
agent in charge of each. Tbi special
agent will have supervision orei all
otber special (gents ssaigned to this
dietrict snd will bave charge of all in
spections csrried on in that district,
being in tnrn directly responsible to
tbe general land office.
Oregon ba been made a specisl dis
trict with Special Agent Thorns B.
Keuhansen, of Minnesota, in charge.
Washington is another separate dis
trict with Edward W. Dixon, of Ore
gon, in charge, while Idaho and Mon
tana combine to make another district
under Harry II. Schwartz, of Booth
Dakota. These special agents were se
lected from the list of five land offices
because of their proficiency and adapt
ability lot tbe service and will receive
1.600 instead of $1,200 a heretofoie.
with an allowance of $3 per day for
subsistence. .
Nicholas J. O'Brien will be in charge
of tbe Idaho-Montana district.
Oregon and Washington are the only
states that constitute sepacrate dis
trict. Tbe experience of the past two
years bas demonstrated that with all
special agents repotting direct to tbe
general land omce at Washington it
bas been almost impossible to keep
check on those who go wrong. Kum
erons discharge bave lately been made,
because special agent bave been fonnd
participating in fraudulent land opera
tions, locating settlers on desirsbble
snds, furnishing speculator with val
uable insid information, etc. It was
this discovery thst led Land Commit
ioner Kichsrde ti work out ths new
system which ws approved today.
f-pecial agents in charge of the dis
tricts will bsve headquarters at local
land offices to be w lected by them.
Each will bave a civil service clerk.
whose salary will be $1,000 per annum.
TO SAVE TIMBER.
fire Alarm System May Be Put
In Reserves.
Washington. Aug. 20. The agricul
tural department i considering ' the
advisability of installing wirelees tele
graphy in . forest reserve throughout
the West with a view io making tha
system of forest protection moie effect
ive. While the present ranger system
is quite successful, numerous large fires
bave occurred in reserves patrolled by
rangers because of their inability to
reach the fires at the time of their
origin. Secretary Wilson's idea is to
provide each reserve with a practical
Sre protection system that can be need
to give sn alarm the moment fire is
discovered snd get tbe settlers snd the
rangers to tbe scene without delay.
While not satufied wireless telegraphy
can be employed wi.h good effect, Sec
retary Wilson believes the plan worthy
of investigation, snd has directed Chief
Moore, oi tbe weatber bureau, to tour
tbe BUck Hills' reserve in Couth Da
kota with a view of determining the
possibilities of this new service. If it
is found wirt less telegraphy is too ex
pensive or impracticable, Chief Moore
will report on some other tire aJsrm
system which will be effective in reach
ing rangers in sll parts of tbe reserve,
ss well aa settlers npon and adjacent to
the reserve. If some system can be de
vised thst will not be too expensive,
Secretary Wilson will recommend its
adoption and ask congress to make th
necessary appropriation for eqaipplog
all the forest reserves in tha West.
It is believed snch a fire alarm sys
tem will be especially valuable and
practicable in a reserve like the Black
Hills, where large mining interests are
conducted within tbe reservation and
employ a large force of men. Secre
tary ft ilson will not go into details in
discussing his plan, nor will he show
how it is proposed to nse wireless tel
egraphy. He wishes little publicity
given tbe proposition until. Chief
Moore report. .
Can't Stop Use of Wine.
Washington, Aug. 20. Despite th
protest of the Christian Endeavor so
cieties of Connecticut, the traditional
bottle of wine will be broken across tb
prow of the battleship Connecticut
when she is launched. Acting Secre
tary of the Navy Darling, in his reply
to the protest, said : "Permit me to
suggest that yon and the 3,000,000 of
people you represent ought to find com
fort in the thought that wine thus ex
pended can neither imperil tbe soul
nor contribute to ths cup. of human
oriow." . .
Tenders His Resignation.
London, Aug. 20. Tha correspond
ent ot the Standard at Tientsin sajs
that Lieutenant Newton McCully, A
the United State navy, and Lieutenant
Decuiverville, of the French navy,
have left that port. - Tbe correspond
ent adds that the Chinese admiral, 8ah,
has tendered his resignation and offered
himself for punishment on account ol
bis inability to prevent tbe Japanese
capturing the Russian torpedo boat de
stioyer Keyeehitelni. ...
Cruisers Heard Prom.
London, Aug. 20. A dispatch to tha
Central News from Vladivostok (ays
the cruisers Rossis and Gromoboi, ol
the Vladivostok squadron, have return
ad there.
burned them alive.