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HE OREGON MIST. VOL. XXIII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 106. NO. 33. BALANCE FAVORS ISLANDS. DOUMA DISSOLVED. SELL WELL RED TAPE TATTERED. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our j Easy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Return of tht Ltt Important but Not Ult lntrtlng Event of lit Pitt Week. Tin ') A uirritau congress li In (iun l kio Janeiro, tlraall. lleiiiieny lays she bee no Intention ul Iritetfemig with Riintla's affair.' Tli rtar I holding down tl capital mill in Iromans army tnd will farm provisional army.; H II11 1 Hug I dead. Hi leave m inn ol about $100,000,000, tuott ul which alii guto charily. Hy ordrr ul ttii pietident tin provis ions ol lln elgUl-boui law hav been etlended tit Ntvy department. Tin stale of Michigan li juit won mil gttit the Michigan Central rill' ty liivulvmg $4,000,000 In berk lazee. Tin laze covered Urn jut Irom ! M.'.U la 1(194. A MtUnnJ peteenger tnin on th Oiral Northern i wracked 30 mllee Ifi.m Hpokan l Diamond Ukl. Pert l tin train nt Into tba lit and svn person wn drowned. A oillltl.m twtwrena Irelght and pas tupt on tiu rbrl.Alrliinr ItaUigh, H. V; reiiltd In tin death el J J ptrtum and tin Injury ul SI. Ol tin killed lit wen colored, and IV col ored mj.Io win Injured. A gmtal itrlVi hl b" ordeml in Runts In August. Prey fill has been decorated with a ciora ol tlt Uglot tt Honor. ; Thsr hat teen whoW-aala bjoghlrr ol black l.y (iiinniii In Alrlra IVrpatoal dayllglit In Alaska wriooi ly liiterferri with wlrlwi telegraphy. Another row hi broken out In Hit govenunrnl priming office at Wathlng ion, I) C. AF nneb woman he ia arMted In Pari lr rb'ery. Hh concealed lint plunder In a wooden leg. Tin wartltnu ol llwt International llar.it compiuyit Hterllng, tlllnol. Iiavi ben dottroyed by llrt. L'i, $100 000. Flit alm.t totally dtroyd tin plant ol tU foil! Utata Leather eoov pany at J'ltntt-i, Wlasonain. Tin loaf It pltced at $01)0,000. Henceforth the canal foinmlmlor) will pay all laborer In iUtftr. Tl rlimge wi made on account ol Wet! Indian negroel, alio would rallief itarve than tpend gold. Two Vienna doeU r railed In consul tallon ou ca disagreed and a durl lulhwfl. Itntti acta wounded and font lo the hospital, la tut ineaiitimi Hit patient recovered wllliout medical at titmice. It U believed tba caar will diMolvt Hit douma. Hnpprcmbm of newtpapera cauwd a riot In Ht. I'etenburg. Peaca but been ilftne.1 among tin Central Aunrlrau republlct. Tin Uit ol the ladrona chlida in tin Philippine liaa inrrendered. Uerwtny propoiri to r-icludo Ameri can tanned meat ol aver Uetcrlpllon. A rivolution in Mealco It threat nod. Inapired by boitlllty to Amail cant. Tl.. M-tUnal t l..lil-k rxi liaiige do- numicea tbo report! rw-ently made on the meat packing inaiiniry. John IX Boenefeller will bt arretted Immediately on hit rrlal In tin Uiillwl Btatea. Ha bag lalled lor thlt Ciiinlry. . , s Tin whola city ol Bjiran. Bunla, i... a i i.v flra. Tba con- llagration baa rendered 35,000 pertont iiomaltM. who art aiJ wmuu Meager reporta have been received ol . n... i.. V..L..I, .mn Jantn. More m uvtt r ill. ill . uvi""'"i --t than a tbouttnd houiea war d.alroyait and tow Ult w anowo W uave lott. Tlie capital of Alatka baa bn movad Irom BlUa to Junaau. Bcotland will try to Induce parlia nient to grant bom rule. A loreit Are In Calaverat county tbrcatua deatruutiun to Calilornla I big treaa. The bltbop ol Zuloland accutel tin llritlth troopa ol wantonly killing many native. . . . 8anto Dnmont haa nw tlrahlp wbloh he believe au lniptovinui over anyiiiing yet num. Tl.. l dninnrm Tel.. MTI , port of'.tht rent eartbo,aka were greatly overdrawn, ; - ' Hanlo Domingo will borrow 20,000 000 and Pay all outttanding claim. (lermany aiitlAu.tria will help tin c ir 11 another revolution ore... u ih... xi..i !..,. Fnnil convention Alia iRfciuimi . - - . . endoned the tnd taken by Pretldenl HooMvolt on tba pur looa iw. Cltneral Btoeaiiel, ooraniander ol Port Arthur, daring lha Rumo Japanetr u.. l..... ..ni.ni.xt to death ny a military coromltilon lor nrrendorlng Phllippln Export Excied Import Flril Tim Sine Annixttlon. tVaihlngton, July 24 Tin twomott noUwoithy laxtiiri-t of the commercial return ol tin Plillionlni l.l.ml. fnr I UOA an Imlinrt In l.vor ol tin la land lor lb Urtt calendar year period mi uitiory oi tin American oocup. ion, ami the jnlvanc ol American :kmIi lo tin firtt rank in the Inmart ira.lt. ll,a fivaraltl trad baltnca I lot to I in-mated tiport valuea. which ggregtted SS.46t.7-l4, or mora Ibaa M 01)0,000 lii ikum olth wporUlor 1004. An incrvau ol 1500.000 In American trade In 1006 with tba la lanl, combined with a decline In rloa Import, give to tin United Htate thi lead, and In view ol tin anticipated luit'ier decline In tba demand lor for- Ign riie in tin lilaud, lb United Mtite it ipecUd lo coiillinii to In- irext it leid. The InciMte id 12,000.000 in tin mporti I miiii tin United Htile In the lut fly year it largely made up ol port ol Iron and not I and their manufacturer; ro'.lon, raw and manu- Itclur.Hj, tiul ill.iuilnatlng oil. Th run tnd ttcrl trade approilmated t-V 000,000 in viloe. (irrat Urltiln gtinrd moat In Ilia iron and alael tride with tb itlandt, bnt tin UniUd Htalei tikel he lea l, wbereet Great liritain wa loimrrly in tl.a leid. There It (till rrt rm lor liiiiiovemeut In tin lortt Irom lb United mate to tb it- andt. CANNED MEAT EXPORTS. ipan Utad Large Quantltii During War With Ruttlt. Wi.bington. July 14. Coniplet dg- iirra ol the eiporlt ol American canned irnati lor tb part Ureal year are hown todiy In a atatemont ltntil hy th da rtiiieut ol Uonimerc anu I a Dor. in alu ul canned meat eiported Irora b t'nltwl Htalea In June. 1000, wat 401.100, againtt f 7U7.127 In June, mm, and In the fltral year 1008. 19, iSS 410. againtt U,U77,046 In 1005. The figure lor the Bald r' I''00 ndu.le.l-. Cinne.1 leel, H,40,440; oiird ixrk. 1 2iri.H,7 ; anil other lined ineati. 11.687.107. The ooun tllv ol canned beet eiported In tin flt I year wa 4,6.,3,H!Q poiin.lt, a gtSntl fi,tH8.88 pound In 106. Tin re.lut tion in ciporU occurred at moil ticluiitaiy in ma tin pro tint 10 men. ahlch eonnlry took Irg mount ol American bee! during th l. out grealiy qecieaeei ner impuii. in the ditbandiuent ol the army. The xnorti lo Japan during th Otcal year VOII were 3,30(1.63 poonilt, againtt I 0H7.10J poundt In 11K)6, and In the month ol Jun. 1U0H, war 3,41 iMiamlt, rgalntt 3,612.188 poundt in one, lUOIi. Th Uuilad K'ngdoin wa th great- net turner ol can ltd beel. Mport to that miuutiy tncreatttig - ' ..... A. C imondt lor tl a fl cl year, hm ilecreat ng lor tb mi Bt l ol Jaue, 1 two. YEARN FOR OLD HOME. No Hou for Hundred Who Would Return to Stn Francitco. K.i. 1-iiMitlaMi. Jul 24. Ban Fran nee.1 la bom. The tmauU alio were driven Iroui in cny I the time ol III uitanier ere rx" " relarn. ttVuril mounnm niperalWely neeileu lo aio m me - . . . . i t- u . i. ..i r.h,.l!,lino. hot ther ara no noutet i... il,n, The rehabilitation commit- ... u.t to woik to Inrniih relief, hut tin retourc at it command will imiinlnnlv alii tltlnca. jmi ... ..I . ..;l I ....... II nnil tmmi commltie wui ohhj .. i. Vmm. hut i I will not even 11 v terv to lion me iu u..... ..... 1 L lUglU wu. ,,..,., ,. 11 it to iniliviuun ..... .... .i.. I.mk. Kvl.lee.c inav inn t, ........ i...ii . will tit lorcllicoming m b l!- '. ....... tlon Imated between Uolden Oata park .,..1 the neck ol tin bay. aevoral borne r tl.a Kifiininnti uirjtii.t " "' ... i..i..- ....,.-t.i nd nava oceu r are ucum v.. n ... . ... i Htill lti to the ttreicn oi mm f Market ttrret that tb people mutt look lor the rebuilding oi ' n.....i .....tii m tulva the problem ucioii. ... , , Her dac t the llionianui oi . v.., . . ' " "... .-h i. io thi lection that they wUU to rPturn, Dtaiti from ftiver Bottom. Jiilv 24 Valuable . i .i.. i.i.mrln Irinate CojnUtu tlon bav been dug Irom tb. bed of the Delaware river l y a crew u. - - . V.wi.a.tle. IH.I. I1 0remeui. """--".. . .j china urn, prewnteu w v. . """" - - flahtlng h p " tn Amernan !i Khii.it.lnhla In 177. and liiei-7 v. Iln. the . Zu. Tt ih. bottom ol the iuBt ami HI UIIILIIUl wn "r" ; 'T.. Tb Oonrtitntlon .iiinah nvr a century old, i ui g ( V tl V'P .l i, . 1 ...... exittence, and in a iair t i. ration. ir.u.e a a Ciar'a Evil Qnlu. u. P.,.lora. Jnly 24. Tonight . ,' ... in.iii.trlniiHlv tpread I twine. t" ." -j; .-,-, H.al.e the tmptror nna "---. . nmllament was noi " ommunlcated with itory. member ol th Garman niunlcallon wun nu oniy ."..h tram a 1m eflBF FlM'til V 1IIK tat ?LW (HamZKlchola. WHg the nkaw finally 'g""dy i.... m.w Ettabllth Storaa , , i.,iS4 The Clgarmakert union H l underwood, hai t.ken np ?etu.l .Uo. to ffln'ali tnrlflt lor the making ol cigar n an tna large cltle. In th United Bt. let S tJMol .tore. "ihLC0TZl .i. ...... h wliluh to get the urgoodVto tb. con.Um.r. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST QOOD WAGES IN HAYFIELDS. Klimtth Bitln Farmer Pay S2 Par Day and Board. Klamath Filli--Laboring man ran do well in Klamath baaln. Haying a Liougbt on tremendoul demand lor man ol brawn, and wage t tar ted at 2 a day and board in tba biyfleldi. Maaon, Davl A Co., contractor on tb anal, promptly met tht wag with tb ldltlontl Inducement of an eight-hour day, and farmer generally reilii that an eight- honr day In caring for a crop of alfalfa would haidly do. It I bnmper ciop ol bay that I being cnt In thlt county, too, and many r niche re port that tonnage ol Irom lour to Dve Ion I not unmail. With ill ol thlt vit production, ap pearance Iddicat that good price will be r allied, a ther are more anlmalt to lie led than aver before. Especially ill the demand for bay tollable lor borte b called for In large qnantity (or th animal employed in contract ing canala. latetalt and other portion. ol the government work and building tba railroad reaching thi wty for the toning tb valley I to produce. The government baa decided to bolld the econd unit ol It cantl without aaklng lor further bid on th work and will Immediately proceed to equip tb add I tlonal camp nec-ettary fnr that work. Thi wage of meo at tb govrnmnt rmu hat been Increated lo correeponJ with tint offsred by larmer ana tn -ontracUire. Work on tba canal tyiUm ii now go ng ahead reoiilly. P C. Ilenny, u pervlilng engineer, who tucceeded J. B. Uppincotl on thi project, it acquaint ing bimtell thoroughly with the work that hat Iwen don and that 1 outlined for immediate conttructlon. II bat cent mint ol tb time on the work tine hi arrival Irom Portland. Barley Stand H at Beit. The Dalle Header ar running all over th county in tb farming eec- liont, ind the grain la being nacieo ra.lv fur threihing. At yet no threib lug ma. hlne have ttarted, but aeveral will begin thla week. A tnrveei aa vanree, it 1 thown thai tb wheat crop It better than wa thought a week ago The quality ol tpring grain I interior None ol the tpring grain 1 No. 1 Th tall wheat li ol good quality, but mott larmera ettlmat that their fall wheat will not yield over IS botbel to he acre about hill a crop. Btrny it tb bett cron thlt teaaon, biving itxid the bot weather better tban wheat or oat. Have 72 Par Cent of Office. H.l.mOnt of 342 county office In th Hate th Republican hold 249 and th Democrat hold 88, while only two am ailed hv Independent, one by Prohlbltlnnlit and one by a woman who haa nn nnlltlcal parlv designation. One mm i vacant. Tba Itepiioiirani nom 72.8 per cent ol the county oflirei and the Eemocrata 26.7 per cent. The In dependent! elected aecured the office ol turveyor In two couniiee ana me rro hthltinnltu elected a roroner. The alectetl li Mi Emma Warren who wa elected achool tuperlntendent ol Clation county. t0 one wa tec led coroner ol Wheeler county. For New Woman' Building. Allanv Alter holding a meeting ol the bord of repnli oi me uregon arfi rolleue at Corvalli. th mem . . a . v a I ben ol the board came to Albany ia ..k .ml at an ac ourned lenlon in n,i. awarded the contract lor th ttmm WAmill l building, to La erected nn the eauinni. to 11. Snook. Tba COO tract price i 189,000, mai oeing voe loweat bid by $2,000. The building will be conatrncted of the gianite from ii.. nn.rrUt at Detroit, tin eaitern i,mln,. if the Corvalli A Kaatern railroad, and the building Hon i la qulna bay. Harveatlna: Begin In Linn. Aili.n.llarvwitltig ba begun in I Inn countv. While tome damage to .nrlnir eraln haa been reported, a a re- ...u ni iinuauallv warm weather iaating i. ..,.. I Am.-, thane report ar tb ....iinn rather than th rule. Fall own grain wa damaged but little, and n excellent crop Will D I"""""" t .i. ....n anrlne srain will Improve considerably yet under the Influence ol the cool weather now prevailing. (n 1. nraxtleallv over, and III. oaior will add the finishing touches before the fall rain let in. Pure Water for Agricultural College. Corvalli Student at th Agricul tural college ar to have pure mountain water hereafter. At It lilt meeting tbe board ol regent mad provision to hive the water brougbt by tne mumo .llivn! Corvalli! from Mary'; peak iapplied In abundance for use at the college, and the preildent and lecretary were authorised to contraot with; the , ty water board lor 100,000 galjkng. or more at a rate 01 10 ou i..,vw Ion per month. ' New Combine Atiracre Mienimn. Athena A combine harvester has been purohaied by John Walter which will be the fint ol It kind to be nied in thi lection. The machine I pro pelled by a 20-hoise power engine, which runs all ol tb machinery, tas in only a sufficient number of horses to draw the machine. Th separator and cutting machinery i opirtUd -tirely independent of the dralt. The feature that most interest larmer Is that of doing awy with many horaes required by other combine. BEST IN UNION. owa Expert Say Dairying Condition Excel Hi State. Halem That Oregon can produce butter diet per tban any other date in the Union and that Oregon creamery men are neverthelea figuring on lm uorting cream from Minnetota, were itartllng attertlon made at a dairy men' meeting her latt week. Proleeaor McKay, ol the dairy de partment ol the I aa htate Agricultural college, wai the principal ipeaker. He taid that although hi ttite produce more butter tban any other ttate, b freely acknowledgnd that thla it a more advaiitageon region lor dairying, lot the reaaon that the climate I let (no net to nch extreme condition!. He tiid.Oregon ibould not import a pound ol butter, but tbould bo an ei porter when that product ran be ahipped tf Ntw Y.irk lor 2 cent a pound and tc Liverpool lor 2U centi. He urged the niter ilon ol dairying ai a mean! of re taining larm fertility. Dirictor Jamee Withycombe, of the Oregon experiment itation, raid that the dairy product! la thit itite, thir par will have a value of 18,000,000 and in a lew yean dairying will aur- pat lumbering;, which I now our greater! wealth producing industry. II did that one creamery operator it figuring on importing cream Irom Min netota, and deplored inch a condition, when the Willamette alley will pro duce 10 to 16 ton ol green corn feed or 10 ton of green alfalfa per acre. Dairy CommiMiooer J. W. Bailey poke in a tlmilar rtrain, laying that he baa aeen hay oRered lor rale tbli year at 2.60 a ton in the field and yet the farmer bad no stock to tell. Higher Price for Hop. Balem On news tbat the English slid German cropi have been seriously iniured transaction in future have been reported at 12 cent It is etl mated tbat about one-ball of tbe Ore goo crop lor 1906 baa been sold, and George L. Rose predicts that the mar ket will open at not less than 16 cent. Cron estimate! vary from 86,000 K 126.000 balea for Oregon tbis year Latest local advices Irom England place tbe probable English yield at Irom 200.000 to 300,000 cwt.. a a.ainst 700,000 cwt. last year. Athena Needs Laborera. Athena There is a scarc'ty ol labor ers in this vicinity. Farmers have ad vertised lor men, but lew respond and owing to tbe tact tnat tin warm weather has battened the harvest many meo are needed and good wige are offered. Much wheal on light soil is mined and will not be harvested. A lew weeks ago this wheat was very promising. Johu Banuister, a large firmer, says that his crop Is damaged ore ball in many plaes. Convicts Make Escape. Salem A loss of 10 per cent of tb prisoner it tbe recoid ol tbe Oregon nenitentiaiv thus far thil season In working convict on the public high way. About 00 men are kept at won on the roar' I ana at ine siaie iair srnnndi. Six have escaped and are till at large. PORTLAND MARKETS. ' Wheat Clnb, 70c; bluestem, 72c; red. 68c; vallev, 71c; new club, 68c; new blueitem, 70c. Oat No. 1 white feed, 132; gray, 131 p:r ton Cai lev Feed, 123 60 per ton; brew ing, $23.60 per ton; rolled, 24 a 24 60 Kve-lt 60 per cwt. IUy Vallertlmotby, No. 1, 119 12 60 per ton ; clover, $8 60(99; cheat, $6.60(37; grain bay, I78; allalla, n- Fruit Apples, 1.502.25 per box; apricot., $1.2591.35; cherries, ogioc per pound; currunt. 910c; peach- es, 76cail.J0 per box; piumt, i.so, Login berne, 1.3iIX.o per crate, raspberries, l.401.60; blr ckberrlee, 8c per ponnu ; gooeeuerri, o. . Vegetables Beans, 67c per pound; cabbage, l?4J!c; corn, zogaoc per doten; cucumbers, 75cfl per box; egg plant, 3040c per pound; lettuce, lira I. 26c per dcien; onions, 10(9 12c: peas. 405c per pound; radish es, 1016i per desen ; rhnbsrb, 29 2Wo ner pound; spinach 2(93cj toma toes, $1.25(83 per 1 os j parsley, 25c; quash, $1 1. 25 pr crate; turnips, buc8$i p9r wck ; carrot, $191.26 per tick: beets. $1.25l.oO per sack. Onioni New. red, l.t'91Xo per nonnd : new yellow, 1 Ja2c per pound. Potatoes Old Furhank, nominal ; new potatoes. 75e5$1.50 Butter Fancy creamery, 17XO20c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 21(321X0 per dozen. Poultry Avenge old hens, 13914c per pound; mixed chickens, 13($18HN springs, 16 fit 17; roosters, 9 9 10c; dressed chlikens, 14215c; tuikeys, live. 15ai7e; turkey., dre-ted, choice, 17fl22Wc; geese, live, 89c; ducki, Hops Oregon, 1906, 11912c; olds, 8c: 1908 contracts, 129130 per pound Wool Kaatern Oregon average best, 179200 per pound, according to skrlnl ige; valley, 20922, according to fine nets; mohair, choice. 2830o per pound. Veal Dressed, 6K98c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 80 per pound; oows, 4HRWci country steers. 69&C Mutton Dressed fancy, 70 80 per poiind; ordinary', 58c; lambs, fancy, 8980. Pork Drwied, 78i,'o per pound. Cxar Place Ruaala Back Under Hi Own Deapotlc Rule. , St. Petenburg, July 23. Ruitia'i first experiment in parliamentary gov ernment cam to ad ignominiou end Satorday night with tb promulgatien if two Imperial okaae. th flrat di Kilving tb present parliament and pro viding for tba convocation of It sue- lettor on March 0, lU7, more man ds month hence, and the second pro claiming the capital of Russia and the lorroundlng province to be In state of extraordinary tacnrlty, which I only -nflnKetiimilly different from foil mar- del law. Tbis measure of safety la to provide for the outburst which on loubtedly will be provoked by tbis taring meaaure. it 1 now but a tep to dictatorship. There I little doubt that the order (or the convocation ol the new assem bly will (till further postpone the time, in lee tbe new parliament promise ie more amenable tban tbe present. Tbe delav In Using the time lor tbe aew election teem to indicate a de :ision to change tb present baai ol of! -ma to perbape a baai of univenal mffiage with which tbe adviser of tbe jmperor hope to swtmp th edncated libera'i, tbe Socialist! and tbe work man with tbt vaat man of peasantry. The only uncertainty la tne coming dorm when and where St will break fhe advocate ol tb "mailed fist" be lieve that, by dissolving parliament ind provoking collision now, tbey eill find tbe revolutionary leader not prepared for an uprising at Moscow, here, further delay would nearly ive the revolutionist! the time needed o organire and to continue tbe eorrup- ion oi tbe army. There are no precedenta in Hnsaian history lor the execution of an order ol prorogation, but today probably wilt find tbe palace in possession ol the mi litia and the surrounding street deliv ered to tbe emperor s guards. WILL USE BOMB. Terrorist Mark Victima for Death Trepoff ia Warned. St. Petersburg, Juy 23. Although be victory of tbe reactionist! teem at present to be complete, neither tbe So- ialista nor tbe Terrorists have accepted he situation, and, while th people are tpparentiy completely overawed hy tbe tisplay of force on tba part ot tbe au horitia. it will be neceeeary to con tinne the use ol tbe bayonet for tome time. General Trepoff himself is au tbority for tb statement tbat he bas gain been warned tbat be ia marked for assassination. Despite this fact, bt continue actively at work, although it all timea surrounded by a heavy guard. Tbe Socialist member ol tbe douma have held a number of secret meetings, but so far they bav retrained from carrying out tbelr avowed deter mint tlon of issuing proclamation attacking the caar. the reactionary element and more especially I heir former allies, the Constitutional Democrat. If they do so, trouble must come. ENTER LAND AT SHOSHONfc. Boomara' Scene of Operation Trans ferred From Lander. Washington, July 28. In aeordance with a supplemental proclamation is ined by the president, tue register and receiver ol tbe land office lor Lander, Wyo., district, shall receive entries (or landa in tbe ceded portion of tbe Sho shone reservation at 8hoehone, Wyo. from August 16 to October 8, 1906, in stead ol at Lander, a provided in the proclamation of Jun 2. This action wa based on tbe tact tbat tne ranroio now building into in reservation win not be constructed from Shoshone Lander nntll after August 16, and lbs change Is made to accommodate pros uectl,e entrymen All person who drav number at the I drawing, which begin at Lander, Wt0 on Aogust 4, 1906, which num hr entitle them to make entry be- tween tne date ol Augut 16 ind Ge tooer 3 inclusive, must proceed to 6ho- ,jj0ne) Wyo., and make their entries iMtM(1 of gnng l0 Lnder, at provided in tbe first proclamation. After Octo g entrie will be Made at Lander Camp Will Soon Ba Abolished San Francisco. July 23. Rudolph Spreck't and Allan Pullok, of the fl nance committee, investigated nve 01 the refugee camp yesterday. They went to tbe speedway camp, to tbe Harbor View camp, to two in the Po- trero and one south of Market street, incpecting the tenta, shack! and soup kitchem. A a result of tbe tonr Mr. I Pollok itatee tbat tbe camps must be a bo lit bed a oon a possible and the re'ugees houeed in permanent dwell ing. He added tbat most ot the soup kitchens will be discontinued August 1. Guatemalan Shot All Prisoner. San Salvador, July 23. The Salva dorean newspaper accuse the Guate malan troops ol having killed Salvador an prisoner. .They say that General Cristales, when the armisMce was signed, returned to th Guatemalan army all the Imprisoned officer, and soldier of Guatemala, but the paper assert the Guatemalans were unable to take a corresponding step because all tbe prisoner they had captured were shot. .. Threaten Revolt of Fleet. Sevastopol, July 23. A meeting ol 2,300 sailors from tbe rarthlps here today drew up economic demands for prestntition-to Admiral Skrydloff . Cn let. the. .demand, are fulfilled the men lay the whole ot tht Black sea fleet will rivolt. $30,000,000 for Panama Canal More Than Subscribed. LL BIDS ARE AT GOOD PREMIUM Avar Premium of Nearly 4 Par Cent ie Offered Inttritt at 2 Per Cent. Washington, Jnly 21. Bid were opened at the Treasury department late yesterday lor tbe l30,ouu,uuu 1U-3U Panama Canal bonds, bearing S per cent interest, nnder Secretary Bbaw'e circular ol July 2 an I, although no awards will be made until today 01 later, it is evident tbat tbe entir issue baa been snbacirbed for at an average of from 103.94 to 103.96. Mr. Sbaw and other official of tbe Treasury de partment expressed themselves aa high pL-aeed and entirely satisfied wltb tbe figures obtained. Tbe ' total number and amonnta 01 bida made will not be ascertained until today, but it is apparent tbat the whole issue has been subscribed lor aeverai timea over. Tbe largest and beat sin gle offer wa tbat of Fiek & Robinson, of New York, who made ais bida ol 15.000.000. each at an average ol 103.85. Smaller bids at higher prices, however, wi I probably reduce tbe amount which w 11 likely be awarded to .hem to about $16,000,000. One bid ol 1C6 for tbe whole issue came from a n an named Lindsay at New Orleans, bnt on account ol conditions named and for other reason tbe bid was not considered. Saveral telegraph ic bids were received too late to be con aidered. but tbe prices named were too small to be succeskiui. The aecietary having stated that the bondi wou'd be numbered serially be ginning with the highest bid,, one offer wa made at 125 for Il.uuu, tbus stcur ing to tbe bidder bond No 1. An ex amination of tbe beat bids show tbat offer of 104 1-16 and up aggregated $15,394,880; 104 to 104 1-16 aggregat ed $1,100,880; 103.75 to 104 aggregat ed $14,177,000. LOSS LOOMING BIQ. San Franciaco Insurance May Reach Total of $300,000,000 San Francisco. Cel.. July 21. It now locks as it tne insurance nets in the burned district of 8an Francisco ill foot np coneiderably more than $250,000,000, and tbe total may go np to nearly $300.000.COO. Tbe eati mates of insurance manager bave been crawling upward all tbe time, and tbe figure given in report. tiled ny tne companies with tbe new xors insur ance department indicate tbat even the highest eatima'.e which they bave made is too low. Several weeks after the conflagration detail 1 estimate of the amount of rach company' risks fixed tbe total insurance in the burned district at $262,363,000. Thirty-three companies which have made sworn return, to tbe New York Insurance department, ad mit a liability of $162,499,000. The estimate of their liability wai $96,063. 000. Taki.ig tbe same percentage oi difference for all the 108 companies which were included in the list, the total of their liabilities would nlaced at $269,271,000. be An addition must be maae tor Lloyds, for the "nndegrround" con cerns, and for the companies which had some risks here bnt were not named with the 108. Ibis addition mav be estimated at $10,000 000, which brings the total np to about $280.000000. From this calculation tbe German of Free port, and tbe German National are omitted, as their returns to tbe ew York Insurance department have a pe culiar look. On the basis ot tbe re turns of the thirty-three companies above referred to, the German, ol Free- port, and the German National, would be involved to the extent ol $8,213,000 in the disaster, hut they admit a loss of only $2,817,000. Stoessel Must Die. St. Petersburg. July 21. The com mitsion appointed to investigate tbe lrrender ol Port Arthur has finished its labors, and recommends that Lieu tenant General Sroessel, tbe former commander of tbe Russian f rces at Pjrt Arthur, be dismissed f-omtbe army and shot ; that Lientem n' Gene ral Fork, who commanded the Fourth East Siberian division at Port Arthur, be dismissed from the army and unde go a year of hard labor; tbat Genen Reiss, chief of Stan of General tstoessei be dismissed and banisbed. Foreign Trade 52,070,000,000, Washington, J-ly 21. A statement issued today by tbe department of Commerce and Labor says the foreign oommere of tbe United States in the fiscal year juet ended aggregated $2, 970,000,000. II the trade with Porto Rico and Hawaii, which was included In our foreign commerce rrior to their annexation were added, the total would materially exceed $3,003 000,000. To tal import, were II 226,000,000, and export. $1,744,000.000. Great Demand for Troopa. Odessa, July 21. General Kaulbars bi. been overwhelmed recently with appeal, for military assistance from landowner, in the district, of Kherson, Yekatnrinoslay and Poltava, against the' peasantry, who ar organised and led by revolutionist. Atilttant Secretary Ryan Taken Initi ative and Buya Sunnyild Canal. Washington, July 20. Acting Secre tary of tbe Interior Ryan today ap proved tbe purchase of th Bunnyiid irrigation canal In Kattern Washing ton, and authorized tbe payment of $250,000 lor the same to the Washing ton Irrigation company. Tb approvi 1 thi purchase removes tbe last ob stacle in tb way ol tht construction by the government of tbe Teton and 8un- yiide irrigation projects. Had tbis lale not been concldned to day, tbe Washington Irrigation com pany would have withdrawn it offer and tbe government wonld bavt bean bilged to abandon both it project, or elae enter upon prolonged litigation. Notwithstanding tbe tact tbat Secretary Hitchcock approved tbe Tleton and Sunnyalde project mora tban lis month ago and authorized tbe pur chase of the Sunnyside canal at th above price, tbe owner ol th canal have been unable to collect- one cent from the government, because tbe sec retary of tbe Interior haa not approved t je formal purchase, some of tbe gov ernment lawyer having found trivial bjectiona which tbey believed anonid be corrected before tbe government paid for tbe canU. Mr. Hitchcock, . . . . . . on bis counselor advice, reiuaea to pay over the money. BIGGEST OF ALL DRYDOCKS. Will Be Built of Concrete at Bremer ton Navy Yard. Washington, July 20. Plan, for tht largest and best drydeck in the world are being prepared in the bureau of Yarda and Dock at the Navy depart ment, to cost $1,250,000 and to be con structed at the Bremerton navy yard. Poget sound, Washington. Thi amount the largest ever appropriated for a dock, and the new dock will ba able to take in tbe largest battleship, either in course of construction or in contem plation. Tbe location has already been selected, and borings are being made to learn tbe depth of foundation. It I to be a concrete dock ol tbe largest pat tern and materials will be purchased on the Pacific coast if practicable Tbe dock is to be so constructed tbat it can be lengthened if vessels of great er length should be built in tbt future. t will be 37 ieet in depth over .111, bieh will provide lor the docking of any vessel tbat can ne ouui, nnieee some now unknown system of building i developed. The greater depth of tht new dock i. also designed to me it case where a vessel hae been injured and draws much more than the ordinary d pth on acconnt of the injury. NATION ENTERS BUSINESS. Japan Makes Great Stride Forward on Road to Socialism. Washington, July 10. According to advice, received by the bureau of man ufactures, tbe Japanese government hat undertaken one of the greatest experi ment, in tbe world', history, which in dicate, a clear porpoee to protect, su pervise, develop and nationalise all Japanese industries. It is stated that tbe provision for the nationalisation ot railways was but a single step n tht great plan of industrial naturalisation toward which the country la fast ap proaching. ' The movement for Manchurian na tionalisation ha. received careful atten tion, and it i. now prtpoeed tbat a company shall be formed by the goy ernment and private capitalize jointly for tbe purpose of operating tbe rail roads, forests and mine, in Manchnria. If successful along tbe lines Japan I. now working, it I. .aid that the indi vidual, and corporation, ol America that are striving for the trade of the Orient will di.civer tbat they are not competing for tbis trade against indi viduals and corporations ol Japan, bnt tbat they are in commercial conflict with the Japanese nation itself. Embezzle Igorrote' Cash. Washington, July 20. The War de partment was advised today ol tbe ar rest in Chicago ol Truman K. Hunt, who brought to this country a band ot 50 odd Igorrotee fiou the Philippine. Acting nnder instructions from the War department, Hunt ba been formally charged with holding Irom the dog eat er lor 15 month ea'arie which h agreed to pay, and also with embezzling $1,000, money tbey had made by tell ing souvenirs from their far-away home. Hunt was at one time governor of the Igorrote district. British Anti Cigarette Bill. London, July 20. Tbe committee oi the house of lords on juvenile smoking haa resulted in favor of legislation on the lines of Sir Ralph Littler' bill in the house of common, providing a pen alty for selling cigarettes to a child nn der 16 yeat of age, Imposing a penalty on anyone found in possession of ciga rettes or smoking tobacco, ind author ising the police, schoolmaster and parkkeepera to stop yonths Irom smok ing and to confiscate their tobacco. Refuges Are Returning. San Fram isoo, July 20 It wa es timated that within three week ot tba ' fire on April 18, tally 335 000 people left San Franciaco. According to com putation made today, just three month alter the fire, there art now in San Francisco 365,000 people, with 60, 000 more waiting in nearby cities for opportunity to return at toon a suit able accomodations can be had. to the Japanet.