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Newspaper Page Textnews onraiii Hiv UJCUCira, OltEOON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1907. 8tfENE.-S CF TT3 CC.71TOTS A Rinm t 0- Lw Important but Not UM Intaroatfnf IvwM of tha Put Week. 1 leant la laying hi plana tor 190(1. Huston )u (tarted crtid against gialtr. . , ; Wlill on hla trip round th world Tail will visit ther. I loth telegraph eomapnia In San FrancUwo my busluese la Improving, fnekr Cannon approve tb piiwl dnt'i plu of sending a flee to th Pa inc. Hi tleorgla lesUlatur ha ut named a law whlcli will disqualify 06 p.r cent of lb negro enter. Tit Tieovaal aesernbly la to pur hu a dlamouod valued at 1,000,000 and proaent It to King hdward. kth Wrttora Union and rosU) ofli elili In New York declra thatt bul nt la lesuralng a not wal condition. A Chicago, Milwaukee A BL Paul panemter train bit handcar near lr Kaplda, la., and to pereoo wart hart. Mayor STaylor lie beea declared by the MupreiM court to be In log! ecutiv at tun Fraooiaco. if a uu ap pointed a ntw board ol polio eomtnie- lloner. trip around tb Taft la raaJy fur world. up. French troop bava tb MourUb rlilng wall In band. Tba Hague ofras baa postponed disarmament ehaaga. rWrvtary Straus la back front bl trip lo Hawaii. II found tb Japanese friendly. A deep Intereat bi manifested by tba Imintiratioit la tb Maaaachuelttte campaign. ' ; ' Chicago la alinoat urtobtb raet (in pleat of tb Democratic National con rant Ion. A IIuIm teleerap operator who mfo- ed lo go not baa been, driven out of town by tr.kris. Th flml divlalon ot tb Faolflc etult- r xitiadron baa reached Yokoliatua on IU way to 8ao Francisco. A can containing lht miner at Kouuian, Pa., fall 400 feet to th hot turn of lb abaft, killing flv ot tb oe- rupente. Celebration war bald along tb tlu.lin rlvar in honor of tb flml trip ol ntcarnbuat 00 (boa water August 17, 1807. Tba abab ol Ferala la without fund or power. Chicago' population I now aatltnat- eu at 11,387,000. Flk and Johaon nr being boomed by Woatem Democrat for lb preal denry. Tb Pennsylvania lrglalativ com- mltu recommend criminal protaoo tlon of tba eapllol grafter. rildnt Karlini, of tbt Milwaukee railroad, aay bli enmpany will not as- lauliab lUarner lino to tb Orient. Illll has received 6.000 latter from Nwrthweet lumbermen urging htm not to change th pi seen t Ureat Jtortboro lumtMtr rat. Two Hvm war loai. Are pvraon In- liiiml and 1760.000 worth ot propr-rty dtwtioyed In t Art wbiob awcpt th Macn roaoit at Old Orohaid, Main. Diapatnhfl from Fekin fornwut a Rlcxmiy tutor for Chin, owing to tb uuMittkid aUt of politic. A mmU mlml I noeled to provwit tb dialnt- gratlon of th ampir. A Neva-li Inrentor clalmt to bav a ruaohlna to Mod knlegraph loewiagtM without th uae of an iperl operator. A ipnolally MatpiMd typewriter I uaed and tli rne-aaag I raolvd at tba othor "d by another typewrltar. Miioh onaaalnaaa la fait for Euroixiana in Moroooo. Haywood waa alvan a reuaLng racvp- tion la Chicago. boUi UlaKraph and UUpbon wlro ar tld up In Montana, Th widow of Stanford Whit la to marry hat Ut huaband'a partnar. Montana haa Inaieaaad th taxable value of th tatlroada, which now totali 143,000,000. V The oonllmiftd tl-nD of talcuraph Hnra may reault la government oontrol if not owneriblp. A freight train hit a Coney Uland "olley oar and three peraont were killed and 10 Injured. Hlmnghal dlnpatohe lay th dowager emprena 0f China baa determlutd to abdicate at th next Cblnea New Year nd hand over authority to the aropeior. Old and t mated official of th B. P. are rwlgolng to go to other road. Attorney general of Nebraska ia going alter th lumber trait of that itate. Geoloahjt araareblng th volcanle flelda of Alaaka for diamond. Indian re from time to time found with theie preoiou itonea. How Ban Frane'eco Haa Mad Ui of B.OOO.OOO, Relief fund. Ban French, Aug. SO-Tl. Relief Corpoiaton ha laaued a itatomeut aumuilng up the work that It be done itoid tue lime ol tb Ore to the pieaent evacuation ot tb camp. Th itate- ineni iayi: t.M.4 . . . iiieenorir ol tbe corporation to nrovi.io permanent bowoi for the iut lereri from tiie cstiutrnnh m .,n. pUte the ailmliilitiatlon of tb lo mxt . eipenilve luiurv in the Portland mm. 000,000 ol tb relief fund. The kct in the coming (all and winlnr. A In money that waa received by tbe cor. H"Har a roil or more will kefoie long be wnu( o iuoiiiiuki io l8.8rj7.UMa.US 1. I price cnareea at tbe retail eUjra. :dee free trarmrHirUtlon and the inn. The price la, now HO cent, and durlnir OREGON STATE ITEMS OF MTRKT BUTTER PRIOE8 8OARIN0 Now 80 Canti a Roll, and Will Reach 81 by End ot Yar. Portland Butter 1 going to be an 1 , . J . . A . i'ihw uonMKi irnm verloua nunu Theiuin of fuoo.OOO eubwrllied le Kill outeUndlng, 1 700,000 ot wbkib I In the nmida ol tb American National Ked uroet. loth three month! Iir.medlnlolv the remainder ot the rear the exlvancc ia certain to Re iteady, Butter pricee are rlilng all over the conntry. The coniumptlon, taken a a wliole, exceed the product on. and for tnia reaeon but little eiirplu butter ha following th Are. known aa tba mr. I been put into cold etnriiire durlne the gency period. 12,000.000 waa nent for Huh xn in the bio butter center of .i.e. m . . . I tt.. t Jl j h cioiuing, iowi, elivllvr, dlatrlbutlon of v n ome. i ne current make, auppllee, aaullatluu, aid to the lick and inluied and aid to neighboring elllea. nine th permanent omanixetion on Augtut 1. 1IKMI. ot the Iteliuf and Red ( rue Fund corporation the expvndl- iur na tmn iis.ifl.uoo. Nnari 15.. 000,000 of tb la aum ha been uwd for until next iprlne. will have to aatUfv all reiiuireinenbi. and ai tba nrod no tion naturally leeaeni at thie time ot year, tba natural reault liariaein prima. Two week ago th Portland market wa raieed ! cent. to82Wccntaa email loan, moiily tc i Uie purpoe of " at wholeeal. The olliclali of aealatliif people who had Moulred lot Haaelwood Cream company, at ita In the city to erect home on them. ' meeting, decided on another ti Tbe riwult I abown In tb building of MU advance. A all the city creamery 1,907 cotUgee. Tb remainder haa loom pan ie are running anoner tnan been ipent aa follow: 'Furniture and houaebold neceaal tlra, It.KlO.OOO; tool. f, rtl.U and profeenional men and to aoaint bualneei men, 1513,000; tianaportatlon, t4l, 000; lewlng niacbinea, 137.000: rollel of varloue klnda. 1627,000. "The department of land and build' Inge hai I pent tor th oomt ruction of dwelling bouaea in tbe park and to the Otttng np of the Ingleaide ramp for old people, 00,000. ilomiiee to the ampunt of 1403,000 bav been given to people erecting building in the burned dlrtitct. Klghl hundred and fony-thre building have brought the owner lurh a reward, the bonuree ren- burt month, the new price will prob ably be genoral Immediately. Left yeer at tiii time the kigheet wboleiale price 'of butler in Portland waa 32 cent, and the 86-cent mark wa not reached until December A. Two yean ago at thie time butter waa worth 80 cent, and the bigheet price in that year waa i2 cent wholeeale. FAIL TO KEEP LAW. Statute Requiring Killing of Wed Disregarded In Marlon Palem There ia evidence tliat there ha been a pretty general dlareeard of . i. i .1 ... 1. . i renting IS per cent ol the cart of the " u T i. JZuirVtZ bulldlna A ,rn,.,,nt horn, fee ' bT ' ' ''''"'"ture, providing fur " i I I li a ..tlrnktlnn ft I Htiaaian I .nulian and Chlnere thlatle nd otiter obnox. who are too old to cere for Ibemielvr ml bav no mean ia being elected at a coat of I'MHI.OOO. ' Mncty-Ave tbooaand dollaia haa been adniiniaterrd by the bureau ol peclal relief for a variety ot need, uch aa .mediral aeivice, milk fur chlldien, epeclal dellc-ecii tor children, artiAclal limbe, itiectaclee, eewlng ma- cbinee, atoves, etc. Tb bureau of bovpltala baa cared for 4,750 patient at an aspen ol 1 1 70,000. The Indue- trial bureau lw epent I3A.000 for the eatebllthment ol aucial hall, tb main' te nance of eewlng center, kindergar ten, etc. For th rehabilitation ol hoapitat and cliarluble octtlee t3fl0,- 000 luui been expended, which, how ever, ti not lumcient lor tne ptirpoee The Plan of tbe corporation lor the winter lnclmle adUitlonai aia loine needv Inrtitution. the caring fur about 200 women and children in the hneplt- ale, the maintenance of the Ingloaide cainn and th aaaiatance of thoee who ar in real need of charity.' DON'T WORK ENOUGH. Hetty Oreen 8av Girl Think Too Much of Cloth. NwYork, Aug. 20. "Young gir of today ara too itravaeot. They think too muth about dot hie and they l.m't bav enough to do. II they hil . . . . ik.u Mima naetul woi no moopj . tlxumhta tbev would not run to ucn ilnnnnrt." Rn atwke Mr. HettT Ureen, me world' greateat woman financier, when wkad her opinion on aom topic or eoi rent intereet. 'I amak from experience," me auu- ed. "reibape you don't know u, oi wa quite a belle when I wae young. Hut I outgrew all that eort oi tniug. Tha nlnhow 11k and metal Anger ara not to m tall. I uaed to wear ti.,a tlilnn. I need to have more nx- ni and Iriimnlng on nie man mere r.n t;iirmtniaa iree. navo .. ... - i. ... unutnna,. HlnlV DINI enuuK" " An tA hanr itself out of mlrohlet. Thooe iKxallml fashionable women apend their time ioua weed in tltia county, and if a air let enforcement of the act were to be inaUled upon many ot th road luper vieor of th county, aa well aa a ma jority of municipalities, would be liable to the penaltiea impoaed lor neglect in obeefving it proviiloni, ranging Irorn 1)0 to I MX) Bnee for each otTenae. Thia law, which la the repetition of old lawa upon the aubject, except that lie pioviiiom are nuvle more stringent and it acope enlarged to embrace white mtuUrd, corklebur andiilverealt buih, commonly called, rmiuirta the road iu- pervlnor ol each diet riot to make a tour ol inipection ot the propertie within liia territory and terve notice upon all property owners npoa who land any of the weeda mentioned in the list are found to destroy the same before they lir.ve bloomed and seeded, and a copy of the notice must be filed with the county court. If the landowner neg- lecte, fallt or release to comply with th law lu till reepect, the road super visor haa authority to employ men to dvatroy the peetl and charge the coat to the property owner, which applies a a ilen upon the land. County Court Aide Fair. Oregon City Permanent organisa tion ol the Clackamaa County Fair aa- oclatlon ia now oomplete and the pro moter ol tbe scheme for an annual county fair are encouraged by the ac tion of tb county court, whicn naa offered to appropriate 1460 aa soon aa organisation ia complete. The legisla ture ot 1905 authorised county courts to expend IM)0 annually for advertudng the county, and. it ts this runa inat tne Fair association will ntiiise. me rair wilt be held thia year October 9, 10 and 11, on the Chautauqua grounds, in Gladntone Park. UCCE88 OF IRRIGATION. Wonderful Progress Being Mad In Bnd Olatrlct. Bend Expresalona of surprise and eatiifection were frequently ottered by tbe Governor and other members of the party that came to Bend recently for th purpoie of Investigating the condi tion ot tbe reclamation project that bav been itarted In thia vicinity. While tbe representatives of tbe state and the government bav not yet given attention to the details of their task, and ar not in a position lo express an opinion which will indicate their final conclusions, they freely voiced their pleasure over th rapid progress that has been made in agriculture in the Deacbutea country. Three year ago. when the state land board made It Ant vieit of inspection to th Deschutes project, there wss not an Irrigated field within tha limit of either of the immense tract set apart for reclamation. Tha party that came to iSond passed doxens of Irrigated fields, where settler bav transformed aage brush plains Into fields of alfalfa, wheat, oate, corn, potatoes and garden vegetables. Th view ot these manv thrifty, growing crop was a practical aemonstratton ol the suoceee of irriga tion on we uefcnutes, tor seida were seen where two crop of alfalfa, aggre gating three tons to tbe acre, were cut on land seeded down last season, and where fully matured wheat ot first class quality has been harvested long before me rroet eeaaos nae arrived. Three year ago there waa scarcely a settler's cabin on the whole 140.000 acre which tbe Deacbute company had undertaken to reclaim. Today there are 260 familiea residing on tbe mrra lands, 120,000 acres are green with growing crops, many more fami ne bav applied for bind and will com here to make home when water has been supplied and several thousand acre have been cleared and plowed this year ready for production of crops next year. Test New Prison Dog;. fialem The youngest two of the trio ot thoroughbred bloodhound recently added to tbe atat penitentiary equip ment were given a practical test by Warden Curtla, and they worked fully up to the guarantee and the expecta tion of tb prison officials. Two trusty convict were turned out, one at a time, and each resorted to all tbe tricks known and practiced by fugl- ttvea to evade man-bunting dogs, such back-tracking, wading through streams, climbing treee, and each waa given an hour start, but the doge, hich were lashed together, followed tbe scent unfailingly and treed both men In ahort order. STRIKE OVER, SAYS CLOWRY York Telegraph Operators In New Going Back to Ky. New York, Aug. 18. General officers of tbe two telegraph companies said but sight that business waa moving to all part of the conntry. and that no dif ficulty I experienced in handling everything offered. President Clowry, of the Western Union, said: "Tbe strike is over. We are receiv ing application from strikers today, tut ws ar filled.up and cannot place tnem." lue Associated free service ia mov Ing under steadily improving conditions Oilicers of the unioi. still express confl dene and deny that any union operat or bav applied for re-employment. Trad Wlr Ara Reopened. Chicago. Aug. 16. The telegraph companies reopened their office at the board of trade with comparatively few operator, it is preak-tod that tbe atrlkeof broken' operator will not materialize. Both the employers and strikers declare they wilt not arbitrate anything. General Strik Called. Chicago, Aug. 16. S.J. Small, pres ident of tbe Commercial Telegraphers union, st 1:30 this morning issued general order to commercial operators to cease work immediately except where contract with the nnicn have been signed. . - BOTH 8I0E8 FIRM. 'MAY YET ARBITRATE President Goaipers Kakes fiffc -for striking Teiegrapcers. FEW KORE LEAVE THEIR KEYS Moving Pears to New York. Grants Fast All day long teams from the various member of tbe Fruit Grower' union may be lecn ateadily filing Into town with Bartlett pear, all where they are unloaded at the ware- .i, at hrldxe and hnuaa and repacked into email boxea Albany Oranta Gas Franchise. Albany By an ordinance passed bv the city council a franchise baa been ranted to James Steel to erect and maintain a gaa lighting plant in thia city. According-to tbe provisions of tbe franchise, construction work en the gaa plant Ji to commence within three months, snd the plant ts to be in oper at ion within a year, me price ot ga la fixed at 76 oenta per thousand feet. All municipal buildings will be lighted free. ..,kin riaroites and drinking pale with the, union label upon eaon, The tea and atrong whisky. Kvery them ought to be working." Aerial Visitor Frlghtsns. New York, Aug. 20. Kverbyody out of door at Anuigansett, i.. i., startled last evening on hearing a tor- rlflo roar, and at the same tune saw bluing mail mooting inrougn heaveni over the ocean apparently only lull. nut from more, ine un one of first car from ltogue river valley, load ed with fruit, has left here on tbe through freight lor New York. The pear crop is not so large aa nil year, but tbe grade ia euperlor to any, and haa been brought to a good standard in growing. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 80c; blueetem, 82c; valley, lOo; red, 78. Oat No. 1 white, $25; gray, nominal. Barley Feed, $2l.5022 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $2? .60 24.60. Corn Whole, (28: cracked, 29 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $179 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, 21 23; clover, $9; cheat, I910; grain hay, $9) 10; alfalfa, gl314. Butter Fancy creamery, 274J30o per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 12J9 18c per pound; mixed ohlckens, 12)0; spring chftrkeua, 1516o; old roosters, 8!9c; dressed chickens, 16 17c; tur keys, live, 1216o; turkeys, dressed, choice, nominal; geeae, live, 8llc; ducki, 814o. Eggs French ranch, candled, 22 23o per dosea. Fruits Cherries, 812oa pound; apples, $1. 6002.16 per box; Spitaen bergs, 3.60 per box; cantaloupes, 12.60(13.60 per orate; peaohei, 60c (S 11.26 per orate; raspberries, $1.25 1.60 per crate; blackberries, 6 7c Build Roads for tba County, Pendleton Frank Balcoin, a yoflng man ol tills oity who waa arrested on a ? 'Vir::"i m.n. to be about warrant charging him with falling to oi, i 1 in Hianieter Those w ho wit- support his wile and baby, was arraign ZlZTl Zr Zi ed'oefor. Judge Gi.ll.ani and entered J! - ii hr .evl- tor... When it . pica ol guilty and wm ..ntenced to v w w I uaoii in iita nonncv ib.ii. iniaj, . . . -tmrk the oewn hi Dtwew twv u JTV' DAT pound ; iornDrTit, i per erate; : , ,i i. .n,l tl.. nnt. vegewoies iuru.pi, .. per aaw; os worawu uu " 7?" ,, ,i carrot, $2 per sack; Deeta, $2 per . . . . b i. ai.u R-inrt. i win nay ui who . " t- - . inn. Dim i. w , - . . . . I .1... r,.- iiia aarviona V. York. Aug. 20.-The annual is- p' - " me ot F. T. in mm' fighting ihipa m looT nnaofth rocognweti aumojiu Heavy Fleece From Yearling. n nivTe puts th United BtatM ieo- MoMlnnviiie-. w. n.een, living on naviee, puw ,h. hli o tv. leems to be IIUIP BV""" m a a a. ond among the naval powers, and Great Hi Italn first. The noox aaya ma - In the lead thus abS." n high 3 gun. and Her, from one ah-. Tb i.n.m nimnervioni to vital injury at a yearling, and yielded S8 pmi TnlUd mates fleet 1. while a tM.t,r Jyoh armor I tha lima ,... ------ ,..,,i ..innrlnt to anv ouior navy iu n".. James characterlre th American navy an extremoiy gooa aenouu. ' Work Pumo for Wk. a MA Itlt. a ni..Wn. B.C.. AUg. u. iu far tor th heaviest Tbe animal i oundi, pro duced 22 pounds. Mr. Keen sold the. ollc for 82 cents a ponna, ana me two fleeces netiea mm tti.ao. -s -, Mora Lights at Station. Salem Th railroad commission la In receipt of a communication rroin .hip Shenandoah, '7 tor the Mare liland rmvy yard. s u en n the wqueet ot th rter.kbea'vy t'lo JommiiiCfor additional ilghte upon lla, due to a heavy "" v nlatforma Of the dopota at PemUe- while rounding Cape, Horn, to, o . dsthenienworlteuiePu..n-i , ? itaoMPf naruor. I plied witlu eaok; aspaiagm, 10c per pound; beans, 85c per pound; oabbage, 23io per pound; celery, $1.26 per dosen; oorn, 2686o per dosen ; ououmbers, 60c$l per bfx; lettuoe, bead, 26o per dosen; onions, 1620o per dosea ; peas, 46o per pound; radishea, 20o per dosen; tomatoea, $11.25 per crate. Potatoea New, 1 2c par poapd. Veal Dressed, 68o per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 8K4o per pound; cows, 6ic; country steers, X7e. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89o per pound; ordinary, 6 7c; spring lambs, 9Kc pet pound. Pork Dressed, 6 8)o per pound. Hope 67)o per pound, aooordiBg to quality. Weol Eastern Oregon, average beat, 162Jo par pound, acoording to shrink age; Til ley, 802Sc, according to fin- mohilr oholos, 29S0o a pound. Working Fore Uncrcgad at Port land Office. Portlind, Ang. 16 With both the triker and the telegraph companies claiming tbe victory in tba local strike, condition in Portland are much tbe eame aa they were yeaterday morning, Today ia expected to maik the crtsia of th trouble and each aide announce its confidence in tbe outcome. - Managers of the telegraph companies y they have tbe situation well in band and that the striker have lost. On the other hand tb striking operators say they have the local companiee tied up and the ranks are standing firm They say the telegraph companies are using the mails to dispatch their mes sages and that nnlesa tbe operator are taken back at tbeir own terms tbe prea- ent serious tie-up of all line of busi ness will continue indefinitely. A feature of th situation yeeterday waa an appeal to the police by Manager Duma re, of the Western Union, tor protection to messengers hired aa strike-breakers. He assert that strik ing union meeeenger boys interfere ser iously with those hired to deliver tele- grama. ' Strikebreaker are being quartered in tb Western Union offioe, cota hav ing been placed there, and after their trick at the key! ia finished they sleep there, ready to begin' work again aa aoon aa they awake. The atxikebreak- era are - said to be well oared for and Manager' Dumar aya he 1 feeding them porterhouse steak. Theit meals ara brought in to them. HARD WORDS FROM CARTER. Intlmatee Hawaiian Federal Building Site Waa Tampered With. Honolulu, Aug. 16. A aoon aa Governor Carter returned from hia re cent trip to Waahingtuu he dicta ted a statement for the local paper in regard to the matter ot a site for the Federal building, In which he said: "I con sider that bad faith haa been ehown me, officially and privately, by my own representatives ot the Mahuka alte ownera." The Mahuka site ia the one eelecled by the representative of the Treasury department sent out here for that pur pose. . Tbe governor, while in Wash ington, tried to secure tbe selection of the Irwin site. After reciting his efforts in Washington in the matter, Governor Carter said: "Alter all this I find that the offer to withdraw the Mahuka aito, made to me in good faith personally and official ly by correspondence, haa not been car ried out, and I do not ee how tbe offi ciate in Washington can 'square' with me in any other way than by accepting the Irwin site. I did not force myself into this matter and only undertook it open their request." Alarm at Caaa Bltnca. Tangier, Aug. 16. There ia still much uneasiness here In the matter ot tha position ot tbe Europeans in Moroc co. No ooaBrmation oi tne report that Caid Sir Henry MaoLean has been re leased can be obtained. A courier and servant from MaoLean .have just arrived here and say that it is believed that news of the bombardment of Casa Blanoa baa made a very bad Impression on tbe tribesmen and caused the sus pension of the negotiations tor Mao Lean's release. The tribesmen are fu rious againit all Christians. Resent Visit of Haywood. Chicago, Aug. 16 William D. Hay wood, secretary ot tbe Western Federa tion Of Miners, visited the Chxsago Press club today and some of the mem ber are muob wrought up about it. An emphatic protest,, addreesed to the board of directors, was prepared at once and circulated tor signaturea. A vote of censure 1 at ked tor tbe members who brought Haywood into, the club. This will be considered gt the board's meeting Friday night. . Chlnsis Dowager Will Abdicate London, Aug. 16. Dispatohes from Shanghai state that the dowager em press hai announced her determination to abdicate at the next Chinese New Year and hand over authority to the emperor. Since 1898, when the dow ager took control from the emperor, he baa vigorously kept htm In subjec tion. , V -, Official General -Order by President Small Makes no Material Dif ference In Situation. Chicago, Aug. 17. Despite th taau snce of the general atrike order by Pres ident Small the situation in thia city waa not materially changed yeeterday. All of tbe men who were disposed to strike were already out. It waa believ ed by tbe official of the union that the order would paralyse a number of brok erage and commission bouse, but no additional strikes were reported, Both the Postal and Western union in creaied force on the board. They both reported tbe iltoation aa steadily im proving and occasional applications from the striken for their old positions The improvement in the Associated Prea eervice was marked. A number of town on tbe Weet, North and South circuits received a full report yeeterday, and the volume ol news handled waa much greater than at any time since the walkout on Monday night, The officials of the Telegraphers' union late yeeterday changed front on tbe proposition to arbitrate and an nounced that they would accept the offices of tbe general board of arbitrat or cf tbe American Federation of La bor in settling their difference with the companies. Thie board consists of John Mitchell, cf the Mine Workers; Dsniel J. Keefe, of the Longshoremen. and President Samuel Gompera. Goto per made the above announcement. Seattle Wire Cleared. Seattle, Aug. 17 Superintendent K. T. Jieid. of the Western Union, to night went to Bell ingham to appoint Edward Farland, of Dallas, Tex., man' ager of the Bellingham office, to succeed Manager Tucker, who went out with the ettikers. The Postal company says business has fallen off more than 60 per cent, but that with seven day operators in the place ot 12, they are handling all the business accepted. Both office cay lees Uian half tbe usual volume of bus iness is now offered, but both oompan iee claim to be keeping np fairly well. especial ly to Pacific coast points. Bnperintendent Held, of the West ern Union, says trouble on tbe coast lines is in Cow Creek canyon, Oregon, where railroad operators open the cir cuits, new tuu rrokertona out pa trolling all railroad lines in special en gines to locate breaks in the Northwest; He aaid tonight he would prosecute railroad operators who prevent reopen ing of line by grounding the wire. NSL 37. LUMBERMEN HIT AGAIN. BOTH SIDES FIRM. Strikers and Companies In Fight to Finish at Portland. Portland, Aug. 17. Locally, the striking telegraphers and the telegraph companiee are organizing their forces for a finish fight. There were two de fections from the union yeeterday. ' Otherwise the situation in Portland remains unchanged, and the sending and receiving of telegrams continues serionaly Interrupted. The issuance of a general strike order by National Pres ident Small, of the Commercial Tele graphers' nnion, has served only to magnify the seriousness of the situation ontslde of Portland, since operators who had before hesitated to join tbe ranks ot their striking associates cheerfully left the keys yesterday. The result was to more completely paralyse the tele graphic businecs of the. country. It was expected that a crisis might be reached yesterday, but tbe possibili ty of a settlement seems even farther removed. No sooner bad the order for a general strike been issued by Presi dent Small than tbe Western Union official Issued instructions to all local managers to refuse to reinstate any more of the striking telegraphers. Benson Trial Is Resumed. San Francisco, Aug. 17 The trial of John A. Benson and E. B. Perrin, indioted for fraud in connection with securing land in" the Plumas reserve, was resumed before Judge De Haven, yeeterday afternoon. Perrin 1 waa on the stand and continued his story for the defense. Argument will commence today. The main feature was the ex amination of character witnesses, first by the prosecution to establish tbe in tegrity of Sne.l and on the part of the defense to show the good reputation oi Dr. Perrin. Live Over Ya Olden Days,. Los Angelee, Aug. 17. Living again in the days ot the early padres, where the wild surroundings ot a simple In dian village gave no suggestion of the bustling city which, was in a few yeara to supplant it, parishioners of tbe Church of Our Lady of the Angelea Di vine, today celebrated the founding of Lo Angeles,-and incidentally tbe estab lishment of their hietorio house of wor ship. The day began with a cannon salute fired by General Jose Aguilar. Man Missing, 8o la 813,000. Omaha, Aug. 17. Theodore Olsen, ex-Danish vice consul here, and once oity comptroller of Omaha, is missing. It 1 alleged his accounts with the Dan ish government are short $13,000, on account of estates he handled as trustee for the government of Denmark. Increase In Loading Requirement Ara - Almost Prohibitory. Seattle, Aug. 1 4. Lumbermen wr notified that the Central Freight Association, controlling traf fic of Chicago, has advanced tbe min imum loading requirements on lum ber and shingles from 4,000 to (.000 a ear, tha advance depending upon the car lengths. No consideration la given to the fact that cars are loaded now to their fall visible capacity. Tb effect ia a sharp advance In rate and will drive Pacific Coaat lumber and ahinglea out of the ter ritory east of Chicago nnleea they ar bandied by tha Isthmian rout or around tha Horn. Several month ago certain East- era linee attempted to advance rate 2 to a eenta a hundred pounda, but the advance was withdrawn. A later order waa even mora draatic. Lum ber and shingle aaaoclatlona on th entire coast are preparing to fight tba proposed Increase In rate from Pacific Coaat pointa, and atepe war taken to make a fight against tha new minimum loading rule, coinci dent with th straggle against tha Western lines. Aside from tha California Red wood Association, which la- not yet pledged to raise a defenae fund tb lumbermen of the coaat have In eight a 8260,000. defense land, sufficient to take op the contest against the new loading rules, aa well aa the rata con teat. The claim la made by lumber men that ahipmenta are mad by Joint rata and that the Central Bu reau cannot apply tha new loading rnlea at Chicago, CALL ALL MEN OUT. Every Onion Oparator In th Country Win be Ordered to Quit. Chicago.'-Aug. 14. Executive board Telegrapher' Union expected to call out all operators today. Associated Press wires are work ing out ot New York and Chicago, but communication to Pacific Coaat I obtained only at brief intervals. Telegraph companies and striker both optimistic aa to results. Commissioner Nelll expected to confer with executive officer of union today regarding proposals for settlemenL Secretary Quick, of Hallway Tele graphers, Issues important order to organisation. Wesley Rusaell, aecretary of th Commercial Telegraphers' Union. said: "All members of the executive board have arrived here with the ex ception of President Small who wired bis sanction to any step w might take In the direction of calling a general strike. Tha executive board la considering the question. Ia my opinion, by night the 28.000 opera tors In tha United States and Can ada who belong to tha anion will b called out" Union men are asanrlng the strik ers who crowd headquarters that If they remain ont tha companiee will be forced to meet their demands. OIL 43MEAPER JN EUROPE. Monopoly Makaa Horn Conaumara Pay Mora Than Foreign. Washington, Ang. 14. Further startling disclosures of the manipu lation and control of the petroleum Industry by tha Standard Oil monop oly are mad in tha report of .Her bert Knox Smith. Commissioner of Corpora tlone. Discriminations la prices ara exposed in the report which charges that in the business of aelling petroleum producta in for eign countries the price policy of th Standard Oil Company baa been to sacrifice tha Interests of the Ameri can consumer for the purpose of se curing the Standard'a foreign busi Tbe figures show a very remark able exceea In the American price above the foreign pricee, particular ly during the latter hall of 1904 and the first half ot 1906. During the latter halt of 1904 the price aver aged for the United Statea 10.S centa as contrasted with 6.92 centa in Ger many, 6.42 cents In the United Kingdom and 6.49 cents In Den mark. The excess ot the domestic price, after allowing 1 cent for dif ference in quality, ranged at that time from 3.88 centa to 2.88 cent. During the first half of 1906 the ex- 1 traordlnary decline la the prices in th United Kingdom Increased tha effective margin between the domes tic price and the price in that coun try to S.17 cents. - . Across Africa m Auto. Berlin, Aug. 14. Dispatches from Dar Es Salaam, German East Africa. state that Lieutenant Greets, of the Prussian army, started from there Saturday on an attempt to crosa Af rica in an automobile. . He purposes to ride through German East Africa, British Central Africa. Rhodesia and German Southwest Africa, to Swak ophamund, occupying about alx weeks on the journey, if all goes well. He ha a specially built 48-horse-power car, with Immensely heavy wheels, four feet In diameter. with massive tires. Jury In Record Time. , San Francisco, Aug. 14 All speed records la the bribery graft proceed ings were broken when a Jury waa completed within six hours for tba second trtal of Vice President and General Manager Louis Glass, of tha Pacific Statea Telephone Company, charged with the bribery of Super visor Thomas F. Louergan. in all only 28 talesmen were examined. Tha prosecution nsed but one of its five preemptory challenges and tha da tens used only six of ita 10. Mora Troops tor Casa Blanea. Tangier. Aug. 14. Additional troops arrived at Casa Blanca today. Three hundred Spanish troop called from Cadi to Caaa Blanca. Tne Spanlah crulaer, Rio da la Plata, haa reached Caaa Blanca. where sanitary condition have been greatly im proved.