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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON 1A AT T O Y U Lu ST. HELENS, am&OX, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907. " NO. 31. BR OF TIIE1M Condensed f cm fcr Cur I liPPEKLVGS OF TWO CLTTLTENTS A Rttumi of tho LtM Important but Nut Ls lntarHng Events of h Pat Week. Kim KJward and Que". Altsaudr visiting Ireland. A W, Jimuh, Mich., paator h U- . i ii.. lu' (ail. paw -.-. - Tl governor N'iraktri province Chin, h been itBu. T.lnirDt coinpanl to N York tr tivui of funning a trart. Amotion delegate at Tha Hague rt mit prinat)t arbitration wort. Vie IVealdeiit Fairbanks aa) uaun from drowning la Yllawtft prk i Ui riak of hi own III. " (lovrnr Chamberlain, of (W ay ill t mm lei ttf lit flt iO th Pa botlHM). Tli ritatidard Oil 8oWo L offer d no evidence axalwt being fined by Judg Utidl and b will pa NOlStkW Aagiwt I. . A lury It twins McarvJ In ih isliut Luuls til, ol III tlpho (omrnny. .hrg-i with bribing Han Fntwlaeo upfvlsoiS. An Inniwnttal Japan naval m miI tur lit movement of Ui Amerl no navy l ot do eonrwra la bis otmn try and ibi th ttewt would visit (inrrl IWII ey lit nation la not pr-parni for war. - A fn.i i near at Chicago In lit telegrapher' J input. Crown I'tlnc (iaorgw, of Borvla, will WI Hi I nilml Htale. A predict loo I mail that Japan will Inrad r.urop and fight UartnahJ Cnnul Jenkiti ha Imnmi rUl fur favoring i'lmklsnt Zly 1ft Salvador Th k.ltrr da offer! to twr an air- tip ii it inventor can aati u mtnm Urmany. Th rilu.t of tha country hav adnptml plan uf publicity tocuuolllat UM peopl. M. II. V. McCoruilek. danthter of Juhq I, K.t-Mcllof. aan her Uliinf I twing permuted. KmlrawwoM lru;u all rrts of tlx UmtMl si.irt ir mt their way to timt II to atlonJ tit eutivnatiuoo. Hi. I.rnin imlilUhar ar to tu Ui lmiiiii Ixraiia tblf publication iw irrri iruw tba walla oiulclv mattor. A an fviilpitm of th !r amount ol uwmrt i-nl out of Ui t'oltl Wat bf JaaniH It I ihuwn that UiuM In P.irtlnJ annnally cnj 1120,01)0 to Jti. Th llaiiim (wwifoionpa la iiavln antna iiroij utfiMiK ovrtl Aiiwrlaaao iwop oaltlon. Einrm romiMiilna la Nithiuki will ht Hi mm atat law roduolng nta per cnt. Japan Uv formally domamloil II- in Han Kianclnoo prvpaiatory to Kllng U'T damtmi. CommiMlunw Nolll la matin. tramtiaia ITfiri i.l-..- rlrikM irtitft .mmm.Iimm Th JauimUiwn fair baa borrow! BOllitlllll I IliMtln. In n,l tl PrliHfHl tll.t hVfi ftfinthnr mm !.. kM,lM maA lf ! Althlilalinn (lllnnnn nl Rk. Tinl. titltWhlrilaajl Ah a. Aaa.ua Artifr pan (VtrtsiIlM .a I k.l 4A OOO.Ooo ' Til I'nlnn IutA. .1 ik. n.l.i lilntl li.a a .11 .1 I DOI fai. ..) u m i 1. 1- . i t ... . HI uruuHUiv ui ijiihui JuiIko Cliarla Rwavna. fit ilia North. rn Ai ii i.t j. j m.. lirniliftik ti.ln ninnliuiuu Pchhlm. ' r A riiw Li... i fi 1 1 i i..iii.... I . "v-w. ainiiLy WHI VIHTW. IIM U I In I.IL .1 . J . Tnlwrniili onoratOKra m a vnla on a "oral atrib i-It;.,.,e',,,tHi Moool Indlani "Vlah art on th warpath. I'l'lladulphl, ha lorbldtln garuM ai . iu wmoh tiier ii kitting. i-Lf? U m,n thaoana of rioting hlcl, many jWi ar bolng killed. ...A . t"rn'' Eaatwn Wloonln ? "ovoml towni and klllod two PJpl. Th Hague onnferoc I roellng ""y Pmiltlona to mitigate th hor ror o war, . . " NeKotlaton a , plognM lsttl t "lml" ,H,ten Unltod HtaUw, Co 'bl and Panama. Qiover Clovoland, who ha. boon 111 clntly to b around th bona. r Bandit Italiull ha.oapt.trod n,..l tu,',H" comniandwr of th of th luiUn 0, Motoeoo, boily QUARANTIE O- PiACt. wamonitratlon of How Both Coaitt wan o Proticliii. wmm . V olo CJumliiK of flwt rgardd ,m mon-neavy U,t of j,,,,,, nfllnHi Ur lo cwniict, but I n lt. Hialn. makiiiK n nni ol l lint oouiitrjr. X)rlii JmjmU Iwllovwl to U or, paring lo (itU Unltcl Hlu f, iiiiwlry ..f tl, 'piiic, raganllM. 0 Han rranclaco liH)iilnta. Tb llagmFliei uutycau imp Ulor MclU-inent wliieb Wa.lilnguTn u.iuiiiiii nmy nirt P atil to ouo tril. I'rl L'nltwl KtatM ami J.n... uol UHpvihI to Imp near ftinllict, but iiwi win uirco japan'i Iiaud If Jp. " aiiKrcwiv uraign. Oyttor Hay. N. Y.. Jul .TI. ,i iiiiirnr oi juwr AO in ra rtinii.i.'i Id it Ion to id ronxaliat mragrr in (ortnatlon wlilih haa ornu from l'rwil dont IUmmuvhIi npirding Ih entm inaioa iwu-icoao iiianouvra ol lb At lalillo Uttlmlilp fWt I. nirardnl a having Uwn ovvrluuked la tbum nwiit, ci part and othrwla. ahlrh lu iiio omq iiiuuigaii In on buth eunti nr-nt. Ailmlral llroonann p.im. Ui Ot.inr Hay Krlday lo Uk luncb with Hi. prmldnnl, iro(iilii nitiro iirnnranm ol th manauvTO plan. Whn ha luft HKarair itlll to tk th train tor Wanhlngton, Iba admliat had on tlHioght ahlrh !. al.hrd tinplialud- mai tt was Urirl.l and Important liromitfl to th world how quickly th Amoiimn navy mold tranafer ita lighting atnngtb Irorn on oivan to the other. Tin aa dUtinrlly an addltbn to tb prtwldent't tiriMW atatmfut iud thriMiitli Herrrtary Lob. alieralu lb object of lb manotiTOr wa aaid to b an rei mowuirnt lor th bntlt of lh navy, to perlvrt ita training in fleet eirrrla on an iln.ll a-al, th porpuM and (Tn-t of th plan being lor tit lament ot lit navy alone. In vn tiling Uiat ha row Irptn the prral4mt regatding th movement. baa been IndtraUd Uiat lb tlrct, aher- evet It ny p, I to b brought back to tb Atlantic, and that th iviurn la lo be aa great a demonatration ol timxl a tbooolaaril (ooinry. HAS ANOTHER THINK COMING. Japan t Admiral Bay Amtrlcan Ma rtna Would 0trt. Tokio, July Tb liot'bl Ibl morn Ing print an interview with Admiral Kakaimito, In which tb aimlial I iiootxl a follow: Hlioald hotiliiUi break out be- aeen Jamn and America, the reault woo UI be indrvlfive, owing lo a aaut til tame of owrntion. Kven uiould thr Wablngto givemment divid on ar, it I doubtful it lit Americana aerving In the navy ar lullkiently uatrmtic to nuht. AnierKti) naval oiiwwu ar oriinaBi tltiire at 111 and atrial galbering, but they ar very deficient in profea- fimial ttainlnc aud practice. Il l ton mnch to eapect a burning patrlutiarn In Ui American naval aervic in caa ar with Japan. It la very likely that moat of th crew would deaert and lc theahlp." MUST OPEN BIQ ELEVATORS. Wiacontln Railroad Commitilon Give Pemptory Order. Madleon, Wl., July 9. Tb Wia contln Kailnwd commlMlnn lasued an order tmlay requiring tbo Ureat North ern and tb Ka.tern Hallway companle of Mlnmwota, ami Ih Cbk-aKO,Ht. I'aiil Miiineanu lit A Omaha Ilallrtiaa coin- ainy to oiwn their big grain elevator at rnipcrior to in uw vt um vio.. P""'1"- . !. .... It Hi oruer Piano aim ip " .v. nrne.1 by the conrta, it will, it I bo- lleved, t-etabllh Ui grain ouainw In Sutierior on tb baala ol two year . .1 - ..M ..I AH.nanlM In ago, wnell in rainwu bhii.iiii Older to get around in vtiaronain grain Inapectlon law, leaatwl tlu-lr ele vator to private partiea. wow !-- Mlly cloalng them W in puouo and putting tb indenondent grain dealer out of bnainea. Dlr Oooll Labor Admltud. ur..hinaton. July 0. That tlie Jap- aneaa government will not eoment to 111 renewal of in preaeni wv'7 " tb United Btalea if till government reaerve the right to lnert a clauao in th eompact eacludlng Japaneae eoob" lalaff from wmtlnenlal United Btalea I lndkted by aemi-omuial Jv'ce pur porting to glv tb viewa ol rorelgu MlnLtor llybl. which were waived i.-.. i.-i. ii ntotaki amoaka, Uie perronalrepreeniatlvol Count Oku. m, lemler ot th rrogreaalve party, now la power. Plan to Find South Pol. London, July D.-To continue the e- fbin In tl. An.arctio, a party U be ..i . n.k nr tna aiacoverj oiw..- oraanUed by Laeuienant cinw..""i X w member of Otptaln Hoott-I crew, .nd will abortly .tt for the Fu South. Lieutenant Hbaokleton baa eurnl an Ideal veaael or hi. purpo... Slio 1 the Endurance and apont many "aoll. in tb North Atlantic ta earob ol gealf . 8le ' " being reUttod lor the two year' voyage. Lbrton May Succeed Schrnlti. Ban FranolMio, Inly 9.--pitriot At torney Langdon, ltirU,,n?W J S to advocate the aaleetlon of W. J. . L brelon to .uiHwd Kugene fc. 8,-hra't1, Dunn Mr. J-cDreion i - He baa been actlv In nlillantliropmt. prevlou non-p"i." ment. -- - 1 (..., political move SCHMITZ SENTENCED Penalty lor Grafting Is Fixed Five Yean Id Prison. CROWDS CHEER TO THE ECHO Juag Dunn Bcori Fallen Mavor Without Marcy-Mk Unavail ing Prott Against Letur. Han Franclmw, July Tlie aenteno. Ing yevtordav uf Mavor Kuirana K ncnnuii tone year in Ban yuentln peniMntiary lorettortlon waa on of the moat dramatic acenraever wltneued In a Weetern court. The effectlvem ol the (earful denunciation of th con vU-ttd mayor aa delivered bv Buuerlor Judge rrank M. Dunn prior to tb paeaing of Judgment, waa heightened by ti demeanor ol th prleoner, wbo time and again interrupted the court to de mand that thoe "humiliating remaik b dediaUd Iron) and that "th court w it duty" by pronouncing sentence at one. Once, whll the tentenc Imnended. th Judge thieatened to send Mr. Met- calf, ol the mayoi's counatl, to iail for contempt becaiiM hedeaer led tb court 'a ooinmenta aa "ctoel and unusual dud ialiment," and Mr. Mek-all was told by Judge Dunne that he on k lit to be "beg ging a day In court to defend hltneelf axalimt the charge ol having tampered with a wlUiets In Uie case." The deleime flled a bill of eiceptlons alter motion lor new trial and motion ir the srmit of Judgment had been de nied and Judge Dunn uranted a cer Icflate tl probable cause, upon which delimit will go to tb Dh-trlct court of Appeals for a new trial. Aa the laat word of the sentence fell from the Judge's lip, the great crowd that had (tout throughout the dra matic arane, sent up a thunderoua cheer. "Oooil for you," shouted a man In the hack of the loom. Ill ejaculation waa echoed and re erhoed by one aftei another of tb spec tator. Several threw their hate Into the all. Other rambled upoo chairs to look over Uie ahouldei ol tb crowd. The greateet coiifualon prevailed. WHICH SHALL LOSE S0O.OO0? Commission Must Decld Btwn Railroads and Qraln Dalrs. Cliii'SRO, July At a conference to day ol the leading traffic official ol the Weatein railroad it was agreed to aak tli Interstate Commerce commlaalon to decide wluit la the legal rat on more than 6,000,000 biwhela ol grain now stored In elevators at rartou joints on tlie Missouri river. The commisaion will decide whether the railioavla or the grain dealers will Im 11)0,000 Mt ol the railroad ar oonrident thai all grain stored In le vator at Miaaonrl river point and ele- here 1 subiect to an advance ol one- third cent per bushel, according to the tarlfl on all line made effective July 1. lant March the Weetern railroads agree I to make an advance on .May 1 of I , o.nls per buehel on grain fioro Miaaouri liver point to Chicago. NEILL GOES TO SAN FRANCISCO Tlo((raphra' Peacemaker Will Arbl- trat at Scan of Strik. Chlcairo. July 9. In th hope that Ihey will be able to effect a settlement the telegrapher strike in fan nan- ciaco and Oakland, Cat., United State Comm is loner of Labor Nelll and M. J. Kcidy, J. M. Rullivan and 8. J. honen- kamp, members ol the internaticnai esocutive boaH of the Telegrapher union, left tonight for Ban rrancieco. The decision to proceed to cn rran- olsco was reached by Mr. Nelll and tlie union olllcials at a conference. Aner canvassing the situation at length, th conclusion wa leached that better re sult can be accomplished by going di rect to Uie scone of tbo strike called oy Uie union against both oompanle. Tbey will alo have tne auvaniage oi holding conferences uauy wivn wi- dent Small. Wlna Growers Again Angry. Pail. Julv 9. l)lpatche from th South ol Franoe today leport tliat th ituation thoie Is again growing serious. The dlsaatiefaition with tlie new wine- fraud law and the supplementary meas ure, together with tne arreet ci av per sons suspe'tea oi comoiiKii ... burning of Uie prefecture a jaroouuo h.. rinilamed the people. The mayor and other muniulpal ollicersar holding neetings and have uecwea again io re ign their offlou unless the arrested perrons ar tei aatu m iliidiawn. Held for Timber Fraud. iv....- T..tvO It waa announced today thai seven more Coloradoans bad bjan srretd ny u p7 Marabals Frank and Clark for coal and timber fraul. as sreaultotinoicimen. .i ii.. i.i. iTulvral srand iury. - in name of those apPr. bended are: Jamea Copplnger, imrungo; Hatcher, I'agosa Bpwngs; e..i.a amplon, Bagosa Bpringa; Caldwell, E. M. Taylor, K. ooao, raoa Springs; and William Morrison, Japan to Send lnvstlgstor. Toklo, July 9. It i reported thai i..tn ihli. of Uie commercial ou- .ui,. fnmiirn office, hai been or dered to proceed to America and Cana nts ' da, evidently in connection Japaneas labor question. STANDARD MEN TESTIFY. Rockefeller So Long Out of Builnsss H Know Llttl About It. Chicago. July 8. John I). Kocknh.1. ler, president of Uie Standard Oil com pany, of New Jersey, occupied tb wit ness stand in the United utates District court (Saturday, while Jodg Landit plied him with questions regarding the financial strength and the buiineia method of the coiporation of which be is in nead. Mr. Itockefeller wa a very willing and an unsatisfactory witness. JJ was leady to tell all that he knew, but be said Uiat he knew practically nothing. The net result of hi examination waa that he believed during the years 1908, 1904 and 1906, the petiod covered by the indictments on which th Standard Oil company of Indiana was recently convnieu, in net pront ol the btand ru uii company oi Aew Jersey were apiroiniately 0 per cent on an out- tending capitalization of tl00,000,000 The invdtigation by Judge Land! wa instituted by him for th express purpo oi determining whether or not the Standard Oil oomosny of Indiana. which waa convicted of violation of the law, was really owned by the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, whether th Union Tank Lin company, wboee cars were nied for the shipment, made in violation of law, were cimilarlyown. ed, and alao to obtain an idea of the fi nancial resource of tb convicted cor poraiion in order to indict tin pro portionate to Uie offense and the asset of the convicted company. it wa stated by oinceis ot tbe stand ard Oil company of New Jersey Uiat It owned Uie greater part of tb stock of Doth th Union Tank Lin company and Btandard Oil company ot Indiana. Specific figure a to tb earning of the parent corporation were given by Charles M. Pratt, its secretary, and they were cloe to tb estimate given Dy ur. Kockefeller. SMASH WHOLE DEFENSE. Stat to Prov Moran Was 8nt to Denver for Cash. Boise, July 8 A little at a Ume tbe outline of aooi of tbe feature of Uie rebuttal tmtlmony to be introduced by tbe state in the Haywood case leak out. It is found that among tbe wit- neaee lor tb defense whose testimony will b demolished I Pat Moran, tbe Cheyenne saloonkeeper. Orchard tes tified Uiat Moran weut to Denver for him in June, 1904, and got $500 from Pettlbcne. Tbit was when Orchard and John Neville, with Uie bitter's boy, reached Cheyenne on the occasion of th light from Independence after Uie depot explosion. Orchard wanted more money for his trip. Moran was friend of Pettibone and he readily con sented to run down to Denier to get Uie money, aa Orchard did not feel safe in showing himself in the Colorado city juat then. Moran denied tbe stcry in every feat ure. He did not even know Orchard s name, hearing him called "Shorty," and he could not recognise pictures cf the famoe witness when these were ahown him while be wa on th stand. Though be waa sadly rattled and dis credited on Uie croea examination, he stuck to bis denial. Nevertheless, Uie state will have wit- net ses to prove Moran waa- In Denver. CHINA TO BE AVENGED. Prominent Oriental Writes Roosevelt Threatening Lttr. Mexico City, July 8. The most ag gressive utterance Uiat has com from Uie pen of Chinese concerning tbe Chines exolosion act is a document written by Kong Ya Wei, leader of Uie Chinese reform movement, who recent- ly left thU city for New York. Tlie let ter wai written to President Roosevelt, seeking to enlist Uie president's ail in a revision cf the present laws. ,. in letter say in part: 'Two decade of rigid enforcement ol the exclusion laws have brought about Uie ill will Of 400,000,000. ' A united Chinese . will seek to avenge It wrongs. Ita anger will be vented in ways tnat l dread to in ins oi. The time will come when a small Dark may start an uncontrollable con flagration and the friendly ties between our people severea rjeyona remeay. Americans have been wont to condemn Rursian cruelty toward Uie Jarauiee. How much more humane has been America' treatment of tbe Chinese." French Revolt Ended. - Montpeller, France, July 8. -The municipal counoil of this city decided tonight by a larg vote to withdraw the resignations of the members handed In durint Uie trouble arising from the pro tects of the winegrower of the south. I This step means the collapse of the sg! tation in this section. It followed th rejeoUon by the Montpeller winegrow ers' committee of a resolution urging Uie various municipalit es not to recall their resignations until requested to do so by Uie winegrowers' congress which will meet(8oon. . Appeal to Mrs. Russell Sag. Berlin, July 8. An attempt will be made to indue Mrs. Russell Sage, of New York, to use part of her enormous fortune to abolish th terrible white slave trade, which is continually going on between Europe and America. In no manner oould Mrs. Sage immortal- lie her husband's and her own names Uian by wiping out this blot upon her country's reputation, Germans say. Tb white slave trade, it Is claimed, is in creasing instead of lessening. 8ultan'a Credit Exhausted. Constantinople, Juyl 8. Th sultan la being persistently dunned for repay- ment of his numerous loans from Euro-1 peso financiers and is at his wits' end , to find a way out. OPEN DOOR IN CHINA Japan Has Blocked If and Broke Kany Proi&fees. BATTLESHIPS COMING TO PACIFIC Navy Department Officials Still Try to - Mlnlmfz th 'Importance of , th Demonstration. , Washington, July 6. Interest In world politic and Uie possibility of conflict with Japan wa renewed her today when Uie definite new that great fleet of Dnltod States warship would be tent to the Pacific coast be came generally known. Also a new phase was put on the matter when it became known that Uie move, ca leu 1st ed a it is to impress JaLan that ahe H not dealing with a pewer like Russia hinge on something deeper than the resentment of Japan at th treatment her citisen have received that San Francisco. The real issue, it is pointed out bere, Is the open door in the Far East. Ostensibly It was for Uie open door that Japan went to war with Russia But after her victory tbe door of trade in Manchuria and Coiea wa pretty well blocked np with obstacle placed by Japan, much to tbe discomfiture of American and British merchant. America was given assurances Uiat th door would remain open and, though Uie president 1 at Oyitei Bay and other oUicia la of the government are out of tbe city, it I reported here that th United State Intend, if it should become necessary, to be prepar ed to insist that the Japanese govern ment put no restriction in the way of trade with the continent cf Asia. While it has been constantly declar ed by tbe ftavy department that no menace to Japan Is Intended by the dispatch of tbe fleet, and Ambassador Aoki, of that country, has averted that Japan will not conrtrue tb presence of Uie fleet in th Pacific as such, it Is understood here that the arrival of the battleship squadron in tb Pacific marks tlie initial step toward the maintenance of a permanent fighting fleet In the Pacific herealter. Whether te entlte fleet of 18 vessels which is now destined for the Pacific remains there or not, it i asserted on the authority of well intcrmed officials that Uie American navy in Uie Pacific will never again be inadequate to cope with any emergency on Uiat aide of the continent unless there is a vast change in the aspect of international politics. BELIEVE SCHMITZ BARRED. Prosecutors Say Nam Cannot Legal ly Go on Ballot. Ban Francisco, July 6. Announce ment by Eugene . Schmits that he would be a candidate for re-election to tbe mayoralty this fall to a fourth term unless bis appeal for a new tual is in the meantime denied by the Appellate and Supreme courts, baa raised Uie question whether he can legally - go upon Uie ballot. An examination into the law on this point was made today by Assistant District Attorney Robert Harrison, and Uie tentative conclusion was Uiat tbe mayor is barred. SchmiU maintains that be is not con victed until bis conviction by Uie Jury in Judge Dunne's court is finally passed upon and sustained by the Supreme court of the state. Coal Will Be Scarcer. Rock Springs, Wyo., July 6. As a result of the suits filed by the govern ment against the Union Pacific Coal company, fcroing that company to abandon coal property alleged to have been Illegally secured from Uie govern ment, three ol Uie big coal mines situ ated on the disputed property have been cloeed down. The mine belong to Uie Superior Coal company, which la owned by the Union Pacific. The effect will be a further shortage of coal in the West. Finn Arming to Fight Russia. St Petersburg, July 6 The Novoe Vremya declares It ha learned from an official English source that the re cent seisure of arms and ammuniUon totaled 90,000 rifle and also several million roubles' worth ot ammunition. All this war material came from Ger many and was reehipped via Newcastle. The sis of the shipment, the paper Bays, is taken to indicate that the pur chasers are Finns, as none ot the Rus sian revolutionary bodies is sufficiently wealthy to buy so much arms and am muniUon. Flocking Over Border. Mexico City, July 6. Two hundred and seventy-five Japanese landed at Santa Crux yesterday. The Japanese are headed tor the coal mine iu the district of Las Esperanza. Joseph Z. Strand, a Chinese immigration inspec tor stationed at El Paso, who arrived in this city today, stated Uiat the Jap anese are flocking to the border in great numbers and buying tickets from Juarea through to Canada, In order to enter the United States. No Idea of Boycotting. London, July 8. "The leading chambers of commerce aesure me," cabled the Toklo correspondent of the cabled the Toklo correspondent ot th Daily Telegraph, that they never even Daily Telegraph, that they never even entertained Uie idea ot boycotting American goods. Such a boycott would be considered suicidal, in view of Uie Isxiutiqg trad cenditions." CARNAGE PALLS FOURTH. Celebration Victim Up To Former Records for Number. Chicago, July 5. Tbe annual slaugh ter has been done in tbe name, or rather under tb guise, of "patriot ism." With 68 known victims, and bundled of other groaning out tbeir live in hospitals, it is certain that tbe list of victims to Uie "Glorious Foarth" will exceed 168, the total last year. In 1908. with all the precautions that conu be taken by authorities, the total injured reached nearly 6,000 and the total this year when all the returns are in, will be quite as large, mor likely larger, for the fooJkiller ha been sadly remiss in bia duty. Inventor have brought forth new engine of destnx tion. Th toy pistol and cannon cracker and deadly dyanmite cane have claimed their usual quota. One peculiar feat ure of Uie cacoaltie this year Is Uie number of deaths frcm fright Of tbe five instant death in this city, four were from fright. This Lis splendid tribute to the manufacturers of explo sive and tb blithering Idiots who ue them to cause suffering. In how- York three perrons were killed by explosives, and a girl wa trampled to death under the hoofs of panic stricken horse scared by celebra- tors. . . - . Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and several other large cities report no deaths, but hundreds of accidents. The total lire loss attributable to fire works was $304,000. Tbia waa greatly reduced by heavy rains, which were general over the Middle West Uie night before the Foarth. SUE 8AN FRANCISCO. Injured Japanaes Claim Damagaa from ' Bsy City ; San Francisco, July 6. Suit against tbe city and county of San Francisco was filed this afternoon in the Superior court for tbe recovery of (2,576 lor damages alleged to have been sustained by the proprietors of the Horseshoe r taurant and a Japaneae bath house at Eighth and Folsora streets on Hay 23, when a row, caused by an attack by la bor onion men on two nonunion men. wbo were eating in the restaurant, re sulted in the fronts of the two place being smashed by (tones and clubs. Th suit was brought In the name of J. Timoto, proprietor of the bath house, but includes the damage to both estab lishments, Uie proprietor of Uie ree tau rant having assigned his claim to the plaintiff. Tbe papers were filed by Carl K. Lindsay, attorney for Timoto. Asso ciated with him are United States Dis trict Attorney Robert Devlin, who ap pears at the request of United State Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, and Earl H. Webb, of counsel for the proscution. Japanese Acting counsel Mataubaio is sleo taking an active interest in tbe case, wbicb is the first legal action re sulting from the declaration of the United States government that, by due legal process, reparation should be made for whatever damage the Japan, ere may have sustained. BIG LEVEE LETS FLOOD GO. On Million Dollars Damag to Farm Lands In California. Bakersfleld, Cal., July 6. The Buena Vista lake levee has broken, flooding 30,000 acres of land belonging to Mil ler & Lax and tbeTevis Land company. and causing $1,000,000 damage. The Sunset railway bas been put out of commission and the oil fields are cut off from communication with this city. The levee held back the water of Buena Vista lake, covering 19 square miles, and protected a body of re claimed land extending for a distance of 15 miles, including the old bed of Kern lake, the property of the Kern County Land company and Miller A Lux. This land was covered with crops of growing grain ready for Uie harvests and with alfalfa. Of the flooded land, about 22.000 acres belonging to the Kern County Land company and 8,000 to Miller 4 Lux. The territory' is divided into four big ranches, and Uie work of re clamation has been in progress for nearly 20 years. - The levee was built in 1888-7 jointly by the two corporations at a cost of $260,000. Throws Sop to Peasants. St. Petersburg, July 6. The govern ment is' showing feverish activity in pushing the distribution of the 26,000, 000 acre of crown, state and peasant land,, which it has decided to distribute in average lots ot 26 acres to Individual peasant soldiers on easy payment terms, in order to make a showing beiore Uie convocation of tbe new parliament. Four of the participants in a pawnshop robbery here June 12 have been tried by court martial and condemned to be hanged. Eight bandits at Riga have been sentenced to death. Pouring Into British Columbia. Victoria, B. C, July 6. It is ex pected over 3,000 Japaneee will arrive in British Columbia during this month from Japan and Honolulu, and as many if not more are expected in August. The steamer Kumerio will bring the first large contingent of 2,000 Japaneee from Honolulu; to be followed by other steamers. The numbers brcught across the Paoifio are constantly Increasing. Five steamers due during Uie next two weeks have over 600 on board. Straus Probes Immigration. Montreal. Julv 5. Oscar S. Straus. sceretary of oommerce and labor, left here tonight for Honolulu, via Toronto and Winnipeg. Mr. Straus is studying conditions at the ports where Immigra tion into the United State is the heav- .test. DENIES WAR REPORT Gorerocasst Will Not Ealerlally Stressttsa Pacific FIsst. NO BATTLESHIPS ARE CG2X& Rumor of Such Movement Cam From Naval Export Only Two 8hlps Ordered to Pacific. Washington, July 4. Th govern ment is not going to throw foel on th anti-American flame now burning In Japan by ordering 18 battleship from th Atlantic to the Pacific, aa has beet) reported in some dispatches. Assist ant Secretary Newberry of the Navy de partment said today that nc larg movement of warship from the Atlan tic to the Pacific was contemplated. The Washington and Tennessee, now in Bordeaux, ar under order to loin the Pacific sqnadron fatter on, bat aside from that no general movement 1 eon tempi ted. Hi statement is nbstan tiated by an official announcement made today at Oyster Bay. It is pointed out in diplomatic circles that the Japanese government does Dot countenance the anti-American agita tion that i in progress in that country. and this government, aa such, enter tains the mot friendly feeling for Japan. It therefore being mutually understood that the relation of th two government ar most amicable, there could be nc reason for now moving 18 battleship to th Pacific. Some naval expert who can scent ar every time tbey.smell firecrackers ar responaiblo for sensational report that have been in circulation, bnt these xperta ax not speaking by authority. There is to be no general change in the stations of our warships. Ultimately the Pacific fleet will be strengthened, ss it needs to be, but there is no inten tion of annecessarily exposing th At lantic coast with ita many great cities at a time when it is believed there i no danger of war on the Pacific. GARFIELD TOURS MONTANA. Secretary 8 peaks en 8aving Land for Public Good. Helena, Mont, July 4. Secretary of the Interior Garfield, accompanied by Senators Carter and Dixon. Gilford Pinchot, chelf of the reclamation bu reau, and a host of administration offi cials, arrived yesterday. Tbe visitors completed an inspection of the Huntley and Buford projects, and after deliver ing a Fourth of July oration at Missou la will visit St Marys and other Mon tana project. Mr. Garfield delivered an address here last night. Mr. Garfield spoke st the auditor ium, urging the people of th stat to co-operate with tbe government In ita efforts to save the natural resource of the state for the public and from fall ing into hands of private Interests, ' which, he said, waa done with th re source ot the East. Mr. Garfield and party left thia morning lor Missoula. A review at Fort Harrison in his honor and in that of Brigadier General McCaskev, com manding the department of Dakota, wa given. SchmiU to B Candidate. San Francisco, July 4. Mayor Eu gene E. Schmits, who is awaiting sen tence under conviction of extortion, 'in an interview this evening authorized the Associated Presa to sav that he will be a candidate for re-electionttoa fourth term. He declared that he is confident of winning at the polls and that noth ing will prevent bim from running ex cept the denial by the Appellate and Supreme courts ot the appeals he la pre paring to take for a new trial of the charge on which he stands convicted by a jury in the Superior court. . Cable Lin in Operation. San Francisco, July 4. The Califor nia street cable line was put in opera tion yesterday for the first time since the carmen struck. The cars were manned by nonunion men who were broke in last week. After a quiet week in Uie strike several cars were (toned laat night in various pait of the city $1,000 strike benefit was distributed tc the striking carmen, and Treasurer Bowing reported the union's treasury in good condition. ' Big Lumbar Yards Burn. Denver, July 4. Fir which was dis covered in the Hardwood Lumber com pany's yards in this city at 1:45 this morning did nearly $50,000 damage be fore brought under control. The yards are a thiokly populated portion of tbe oityand it was only by hard work that the name were aept from spreading. A It was, nearly all the windows in the residence for a radius ot 100 yards wore broken by tbe extreme beat. ; Offer Drago Doctrln. The Hague, July 4. Joseph H. Choate, United State delegate, yester day presented a definite draft of hi proposition regarding th collection of ' debts, embodying tbe principle also mad publio. M. Bourgeois, French, president of tht arbitration committe, received Mr. Choate'a nronoaition and ordered it to be printed and distributed to all Uie delegates before being read to tbe subcommittee on arbitraUon. Earthquake In the Alps. Rome, July 4. Slight earthquake shocks were felt today 1st Tolmexso, Sandaniele and Amaro, near Udenl, capital of the province of that nam. Tolmesso it In the Alps,