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7 KHVS OF TUE VEEH
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, A Resum C 0 Uh tmportont but
Not Um lntrttnf Event
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Tieflto oa Tsss roads to tied up by
,:,houtS.k ,
, Tlit Japanese atborltles art tielod
( togCbloees oollss. ! '
' a FiajMrn-Geuadton reciprocity troatv
Km bta almost ooocludad.
Hogging letters sre waking wit
erebltor Mi: Russell Bags.
, President Roosevelt will aim bit
" nett blow at th lumber trust.
"' Two men wt-k1lrd it Pnw In
n auto race daring Labor day relebte-
Uon. .
, , , China bM ordered Jspanesa troop to
vlttxJmw tram the Northerly part of
Com.
Republican 1 toilers prefer not to tin
ker with tb teiM antil eitf Dm IBM
election. ,s , w .,.... . ,,
Vtrlklng telegraph operators In Chi
sago have plea which they think U
turn to win tb nght tot them.
On ami tbltd far to announced
or lha tellroede to lh umI session
ol ths Ttenf-Miaalailppl congress which
; mlt at Muekogee, L T., Hovetuber Si.
f The Courlee-Joornel building U
' Lilvllle, Ky., bs been destroyed by
x "! ' - x
Several railroads la tba West ara aald
I . to be violating the Elkins law by living
rtUUa.
- Roosevelt baa gltsn op the Lie ol
J otnl taWhood between Arlaooa and
g Nw Mexico.
. A KaruM City striking telecrapb op
' erator baa been Ond law lor assault-
-log a man ba mtotook lot estrlkebreak
f er.
A rumor baa baan circulated that
" Raosevstt lia purchased tha Now Yotk
Tribune, but tha alary lack oonflrtne-f-
Hon.
1 Taooma eommareta! oodles art boay
. with an nddeavof to hata tba Atlantic
V fleet of battleships t Hit that city whlla
In tha wine.
Traoea will demand "of Morocco aa
pnteca for tba ptawnt military and na
tal art loo. Hue will ba topported by
Utinaay and Ureal Britain.
'A wombat of telegraph operator! bare
returned to their pltoea In Hk Lcnla
packing Jwoeea. Tbay will reoeira the
etd tt pending aa adjustment ol tha
eulke.
A Chicago lebor leader It noeoaed of
galtln. .
' Cvntml Amartmna welooma Root
!t and Olai aa paacamakera.
The govornmenk may aak for a reoelv
erthlp for lha llarriuiaa road.
.;A railroad , la projeoted from tba
northern pari of Nbiaeka to iba golf.
Benalor Warren, ol Wyoming, aaya
tba Watt wan la to renominate Rooee-
Tlt.
; All rallroaJa la the Nortbweat ara
iranting nine-hour day In machine
- tup.
' A greater loth of homeeeokura to tba
. rtorthwaet li predicted for September
than aver before.
KltTttnr eompanlea In Mlnntaota
v owned by tarmara are to be merged for
; mutual protection.
: Ttie goVernmani will need 1S8.000
tone of rpeJ to carry tba bataleahip Heat
; into raolAo watera.
' Prlnoa Wllhelm, belr to tha Swedltb
' throne, la thoroughly enjoying hla elalt
to tha United BUtee.
' Tha kalaer to analona to he bit
only daughter wed Prlnoa Leopold, eon
ol Ptlnoe Henry, of Battenberg.
Portland commercial bod lea and the
Oregon repreaentatWea In eon greet art
working to have tha battleeblp Beel
.tltlt Portland- ,
Tha new mllan of Morocco to mak
ing many change In bto foreign mlnle
ii. A .large number ol priaonara bare
laobeen liberated.
I Angeles oounollmen ara conalder.
1I a tneatura which would provide
eguinii uia Inraaion cf indigeni tnoer
. aular pat lento ahlpped from oatalde
polnta In hopaleaa oundltlon. ,
NeltoD Marrla, millionaire packer of
' Ohlcag,,,todad.
. uur gtrla war burned to death In
at Oklahoma City.
. The Moon have again attacked the
rrencn, tmi war defeatetL
Coata Rloa haa eatabllabad A auaran
lie agalnat ell Teasels from Cuban
- poita. .
Mulay Iltflg is leading a great army
oi Moots agalnat tha lit noli.
j Cannon aaya that ha Is not a candl
' dale for, president) that b bas mon
V j .. ..... ...
"any Dattleablps of th Atlantic
"eat eaanoi enter Pngci Sound beoaute
the m i- , . .. ...l a
. la sn address at Los Angeles
i, oi ma Japanese foreign
. Bl it ).IL CA " .
office,
t t r--- ' vi war oeiweon rfapaa
i And
the
ouaiee is imiouious
OPTIMISM PREDOMINATES.
Marchanta Throughout Country Find
Qood Tlmaa Pravail.
Naw Yctk, Sept. 3. Kemtrksbls lor
Uialr optimism at tba itpllaa don,
mora Uwn 8,C(00 raUll marchanU, ; Job.
bara and bankara regarding thabtulnan
ontlouk of tha country, which At nrlnL.
d today Iq tha Dry Uooda Roonomlil.
may aiiow that Uiera li no avldecoa cl
bnalnaaa dapremlon, that on tha whol
tha raUilara art purchulng aa heavily
aa Uiay did lat yaar, and that all art
looking for a continuation of protpatlty.
Thera la not tha tllghtaat arldanoa of
lha praalmlara that haa parvadad Wall
tlrect. Win Uiera la a trada depiaa
alon, It la dot to local oondltiona, aa,
for Inatanea, In Ban Franclaoo, whara
oa account of tha laurr tronblea, tha
morolianU ha not pnnhaaad aa twar
lly at haratofora, In otl.or plaaaa the
marchanta (or tba moat pari stata (hat
It to buoauta prlwa ara ao high that
Uiry look for a lowar lata! and ara nm.
chaalng for Hit liumlltdmnd only:
Flra quaatlona waia atked br tha
Kconomlat of Ita t ubaorlbara In maklni
tba eanvaaa of tha buluaaa oondltiona.
Tbay ara:
"What ara tba crop oonditlona of
yoot auction?
"How ara tha faimara Iliad flruvn-
clallyT
"la labor wall employed or otbarwite
In
your olty and rkinityT
'Do rott obaerra any condition which
woald oaoaa yoo aarlooaly to apprehend
iy ucci in irom preaent proaparityT
"llava too bouatit at frwilr aa but
yaar at Ibla timer'
In vlaaalfrinf ilia raDllee. tha atttet
and trrrltoriea waia placed In flra
great dlvlalooa. In all of thcta on tha
whole lha prutpesta for good cropa are
origni ana, where me cropt are lighter
than heretofore, tha higher pritta more
than coiupenaate. In all aectlona there
appeara to be a atwrelty of available
labor, whlla nnutually high priere are
being raid.
"AH'e well," it the lummary whlrb
lha Koonomtat makra of the aitnatloo
In the entiia country.
NEW ELECTRIO POWER.
Italian Inventor Promiaee to RtvoKi-
Monlie tha World.
New Yoik. rVrt S. Confident that
he Is the discoverer of an electrical de-
viae that It to revolutionise tha world
Industrially and etonomliwlly, Kallle
Bora, an electrical engineer, bu ouroe
Irom Carlncla. Italy, for tha purpose ol
demonttrating before America's best
experts what hit Invention will do.
It conaltta of a small battery and
transforming apparatus, which, be
tars, will run tha laigott dynamot
without the dm of eteem or oilier en
ergy. He aaya It may be applied to
locomotive!, tteamahlpt, lighting and
btlng planto or anything where elec
trical energy is employed, lie cam
hla Invention the "auto vlbro electrics
torgunte." In a statement be ears:
In balldlns a Bra one Brat mutt
have a mtlch. I have discovered the
match ol-elwlriclty. and with It etart
i.. a.. ilat aantlnuea to burn. In
.I.W HW w- -
oUier words, with a lubttance that may
be obtained anywhere for a few cenie i
originate the force that tela the dynamo
In motion and continues It In action.
I am not relying upon theory, but have
made many wen in wn"ii"
which I Incieaeed the ordinary force
manifold without the aid of eteam or
any other power eicept what I obtained
' ....ii hitter. I am utlng
OieelecUlclty which eiiits In all of
oature't elements and wiucn net
trto been waited."
Mooney la Reinstated.
r .1-. (i.nti .t Dn ol U)0
. . .. .... T..L. lf MlIlCC
Dm acia oi uie 7'"- "
commlloneii wat to relntlate Captain
of rolice Mooney. Captoln Mooney
waa dltmieted by the Bchmlli botrd lor
orltloUIng the method of ei-Chief Di
nes and the then board of oommittion
ers. Mr. Mooney wldresaed hie com-
'i... jA. m.l slert-
pany on me nej , "' ..
neta In tha tuppiestion 'toe. He
warned tb men Uiat the fxlendthlp ol
era would not rave thote tliat be found
derelict In any matter oi duty.
Leader or Mutiny Hanged.
. a ifi..l.ftkn. (he
Odeeea, nepi. o. .-.. -Kuttlan
noncommiatloned ollicer who
led the mutiny on the battleship Kntoa
in the eontauu.... -----
Black sea In the turomo. . v, . ---
hanged last night ai
ab.ndon.ng the v.el U , W to
York, women mere .
loundry, became hometick, returned
lounur, .fcrut. noiirlmar-
here, wat uewwv,
titled and sentenced to desfi.
Oraat Church In Danger.
London, Sept. 3.-Tha oommittee of
Li... .n.intMl to inoulre Into St.
nrcuiHN i'i , .i
it... a rnort
Paul's eatnearai ns -K
declares that, while 1 1 cathed-
ral is In "oimmeu.awu-r.. ---- -precantlona
are neoeseary to prseerva
from dltaster.
Cholera tlaylng Chlnasa. '
Shanghai, Sept. 8 -The epidemic of
cholera among Chine In lower Ysng-
i. .nnidlna. About 200
tne proviuw - .
Klang, province ol Klangtl.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
BIQ CROP IN LANE.
Crulta of All Kinds Promise Wall
Hop Outlook Bright.
Eugene Reports from over the
county give a much better account of
tue grain ciop than tha estimate alven
some time ago. On the whole, the
crop will be above the average. -
The work In the hop yards baa com
menced and the yield will ba good.' If
picker ran be assured to set In the
bopt during the good weather a SDlen-
dld showing will be made a full aver
age crop of splendid quality, with lees
bad enact from lice than usual. .
In potatoes and late vegteablei the
yield will be large. The recent rain
waa worth hundreds of dollars to pota
to raltera, who will get a bumper crop
and a good price for it.
(j ranee will be better thlt veer than
for many seasons. There ara not many
vineyardt here, but those who have
oarelully looked after thlt fruit bave
found It a mott satisfactory crop to
raise, reaciieteies good crop;, tba
tame la true of neara. Imt the innli
crop It a little light '
The question of help to do the har
vesting miff ' tli nmAI a tit.
farmer of Lane ooonty, but nothing elee
inreaiena nit return mis year, xne
whole county It esperlencing a prosper
ity It hat never belore known, and the
IIMtnhant vkn la w.tohlna, ti. Annill.
tlont It looking toward the largest and
beet trade from the farmer in the bit-
lory ol the ocunty.
WHAT ONE RAILROAO EARNS.
Selem, Falls City & Weetern Makea
Report to State Conunletlon.
Salem The Kalem, Falle City A
Western railroad, owning a railroad
from Ft I la City to Dallat and operating
traint on the Southern , l'tclflo lines
fiom Dallas to Newbtrg, la the first
railroad to flit an annual report, as re
quired by law. Its report tbows a paid
capital ttock of 1100,000 snd a funded
debt of 17,000. The road and equip
ment coat 1300,808.80, or an average
of $23,600 per mile. The gross earn
Inge for the year were 174,844.78, and
the operating expenses $47,613.14,
leaving net earnings from operation
$26,872.61. From this is deducted
$7,633.63, paid aa interest and taiea,
leaving a net income of $19,239.08.
No dividend was paid, but a deficit of
over $3,000 from pievioue year'a opera
tion was paid and the remainder car
ried at a turplut.
Cars StIN Scarce.
Eugene Th scarcity of care on the
Southern Pacific oompany's lines for
lumber shipments it'll oontlnuee in this
vicinity, snd tome of the mills sre clos
ing down for sn Indefinite period. The
big mill of the Booth-Kelly company at
Wendllng closed down last week snd
Geo. II. Kelly, general manager of the
company, aayt the mill at Saginaw will
be closed on October i. The mine at
Springfield and Coburg are now running
a day thilt, and will probably continue
In operation despite Uia car Mortage.
First Brick Kiln m Coos Bay. .
Mamhflelil J. W. Utter, formerly of
Idaho, baa Just completed tha first
brick plant of any tiie on Coos bay. It
la lnraiad on Isthmua Inlet, one of the
irlKniarv rlan. and a kiln of 78.000
brick baa been oomploted for the mar
ket. Thlt la the first really anooesttui
attempt at brick making In tha vicinity
. nv ha and that tha material can
be produced here at a reasonable - cost
promises to revolutionise me ounaing,
aa brick ahlDDed here tell at a practi
cally prohibitive price.
Reduction la Appreciated.
The recent action of the
Anniharn PaelUfl In lowerins the ahlT
ping ratee on fruit in and out of Eu
gene It generally appreciated here. The
change not only benefits tba canning
.n,i naoklna comnanv. but Indirectly
the roan engaged In raiting any kind of
fruit. Heretofore ins cannery nas lim
ited ita cut put to certain varieties of
fn.it that would slao be In demand on
the market Sinoe the change of rates
the cannery wants sil kinds ol iruit.
Will Rebuild Shlpyarda.
Bandon The Price ihlpyarda, which
were destroyed teveial weeks ago by
a In tha nonra of reconstruction.
and' will ba within the city limita In-
trad ol two mtiet np tne river aa iot
merly. The new location la adjoining
the Ccdy mllla, which are nearly com
pleted and wnicn Will nave a uaiiy oui
put ol 100 000 feet of lumber, thereby
making ship timber available at Utile
cost.
11 '1 '
Eugena Immigration 8ehema.
Eugene At a banquet given by the
n - u.1 ..i.ta hvnkara It wasdacld-
ed to keep a man In Portland during
September and October to divert Eatt
srn emlgranti to Eugene and Lane
ooonty. Support was pledged from the
Merchants' Protective association and
ine vw"""" - - - - - - - -
dollars a month bu been subscribed for
fvMM.Mi. nitin. ' f wn nunareu
tliat purpose.
Supreme Court Rules Published.
o.Iam Tha um mlea of the SuDreme
Dt,V. . . . . , .
'court have been published In pamphlet
form and Uiers J, V. moreianu um
. i.nra nnmher of them to lawyers
1 1. ...inn narts at the itate. If any
I lawyers who deslrs oopies bsvo been
'overlooked, iney win u uii"
1 ftppUcatlon to Mr. Moieland.
TO PROMOTE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Special Interest In Mild Production
Evidenced on Coos Bay.
Marthfleld The chamber ol oom
merbe of Marthfleld will on' September
10 and 11 hold a big meeting for the
advancement of the dairy and horticul
tural Interests of Coos ooonty. Those
who have accepted InvlttaUons to de
liver addresses on this occasion are
Prealdent J. W. Kerr. Professor 0. I.
Lewis and Dr. James Wlthyoombe, of
the State Agricultural college at Cor
vallia; Mrs. Waldo, State. Q range lec
turer, of Portland, and William Scbul
merick, ol Washington county. ' They
Will talk on dairying and horticulture,
and Dr. Kerr will also apeak on tome
educational theme.' It to expected that
Congressman W. C. Hawley will also
bo present on this occasion.
There bas been a lively Interest In
the dairy and creamery business In Coos
ooonty since State Food and Dairy In
spector Bailey's recent vlait here. He
pronounced Coo county an Ideal place
for the dairying business and expressed
the belief of possibilities ol great in
crease in that line. Addressee to the
resident'of the rural district were made
by Mr. Bailey and bo' appointed Mr.
Yoakum, owner of a dairy farm to act
aa deputy dairy inspector for the
county.
Apple culture to also receiving more
attention than formerly. P. Dully, an
apple buyer, of Bydney, Anstrslia, la
on Coot Bay looking over the orchards:.
He bas bought for ahipment all of the
Uravenateln apples procurable and the
fact that outside buyers are coming in
to this territory haa given new Interest
to the culture of applea.
Dan frer in Ualng Stamping Machines
Albany By a most peculiar injury
to bis band, growing from continued
use ol a stamping machine, Ooanty
Recorder Grant F rob. man haa been
confined to his home for more than a
week and will not be able to nee hia
hand for some time. He was indexing
instruments and using a stamp, the
handle of which he struck with the
palm of bis right band, for several days
two weeki ago. Though the work canted
no pain, the palm of the hand anddenly
grew very sore and bis entire band
swelled np. It bas already been neces
sary to lance the hand three times.
Local physicians have characterised the
Injury aa catarrh ol the band.
Appeal to State Commieslon.
Salem The Jaeoboon A DeHaven
company, of McMinnvllle, haa filed
With the. Oregon Railroad commission a
complaint alleging thai the company
had a carload of sulphur shipped from
Albany on August 16, and so far hare
been unable to get delivery ol the same.
After apendlng $1 telephoning, the
company learned that the oar waa still
in Albany jon the date of complaint,
Augoat 24... The railroad eornmlsslon
will investigate.
Best Quality Ever Produced.
Wallowa Tba wheat crop in this
valley is Just being threshed. The
quality to the beat ever produoed here,
and the yield to the largest for several
years, being from 30 to 60 bushels per
core for fall sown wheat and from 26 to
38 bushels per sera for spring sown
wheat. The barley and oat cropt are
also above the Average in quality and
yield. .
' PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat (New crop) Club, ' 82oj
blueetem, 83c; Valley, 80c; red, 79c
Oats (New crop) No. 1 white,
$23.60; gray, $23.
Barley (New crop) Feed, $22.60
23 per ton; brewing, $24024.60; roll
ed, $34.6026.
Corn Whole, $28 per ton; cracked,
$29.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$120; clover, - $11; cheat, $11;
grain bay, $U12; alfalfa, $12013.
Butter Fancy creamery, 32), 036c
per pound.
Poultry Average old bens, 13c per
pound; mixed chlokens, 12c j tprlng
chickens, 13c; old roosters, 89c;
dreeted chickens, 16017c; turkeys,
live, 16016c; geese, live, 810o;
ducks, 10c.
Ekk Freeh ranch, candled, 26027c
per dosen. -
Veal Dressed, 6So per pound.
Pork Block, 76 to 160 pounds, 80
8),e; packers, 7),98o.
Fruits Applet, $101.75 per box;
cantaloupes, 76o0$1.6O per crate;
peaohes, 40g85o perorate; blackber
ries;, 406o per pound ; prunes, 60076c
per orate; .watermelons, 101 Mc
per pound;- plums, 260760 per
box; pears, .76a $1.25 per box;
grapes, 76o0$l. 60 per box.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.78 pet tack;
carrots, $2 per sack; beets, $3 per tack;
asparagus, 10 per pound; beans, 3
6o; cabbage, 2Xl oelery, $1.26 per
doaen; corn, 26936c per doaen; cu
oumbers, 10016c per doaen; lettuce,
head, 26c per doaen; oniona, 16020c
per doaen; peas, 405c per pound;
pumpkins, lKS2c per pound; rad
ishes, 20o per doaen; rhubarb, 8 Ho
per pound ; tquath, 60o$l per crate;
tomatoes, 4050o per orate; sweet po
tatoes, to per pound.
Onions $ 2. 26 (J 2. 50 per hundred.
Potatoes New, $101.25 per hun
dred. Hops 46o per pound, according to
quality.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average beet,
16022c per pound according to shrink
age; valley, 2022o, according to fins
neat; mohair, oholoe, 2903 3a per
pound. j
JAPAN WILL NOT FIGHT.
Luke Wright Bays She Hss No Money
for Olgantle War.
Seattle, Wash,. Aug. 30. Luke E.
Wright, ex-ambsstador to Japan and
prior to that governor of the Philip
pines, returned to thla country today
on the steamer Minnesota. Speaking
of Japanese conditions, Mr. Wright
ssld: " , ' '
"There will be no war between this
country and Japan. In the first place
I do not believe that Japan to able
financially to wage such a war as a con
flict with America would involve. Bo
sides, it Is a fact that the Japanese gov
ernment is sincerely In favor of peace
and will bend every effort to keep the
relations between the two governments
amicable.
"I hope nothing will happen that
would Induce this government to con
sider giving np poaseseion of the I'hillp
plnee. We must retain 'those itlanda
and develop them as they are capable
of being developed. Furthermore, wo
need them to strengthen our trade rela
tions with the Orient."
ITO'S REFORM PLAN.
Would Got Greater Revenue From
Core Out of Land.
Toklo, Aug. 29. An important state
council which was to have been held
today bas been postponed until Fridsy,
owing to the fact that some of the mln
Isters and elder statesmen from out of
town bave been detained on account ol
the recent flood and consequent damages
to ths railways. The council has been
specially called to consider Marquis
Ito's plan of Corean policy, necessitated
by the new relations established by the
last convention between Corea and
Japan.
Too details of Marquto Ito's plana are
unknown, but the fundamental points
ara believed to consist in effecting a
thorough reform ia the land system,
which to now in a chaotic condition,
and alto the establishing of a new sys
tem of judiciary and police on the Jap
aneao plan. These measures will
naturally be considerable of a drain on
the Japanese treasury. It to thought
that Marquis I to plana to ask an extra
annual outlay of a little over 1,000,000
yen for a period of five years.
8 cared Foreigners Flee.
Pitt-burg, Aug. 30. With their
bouses slipping and creaking and win
dows breaking, several hundred for
eigners hsve deserted their homes at
Port Vus, a suburb, fearing death in A
landslide which three tent to bury Scott
street and 25 dwellings. Ths trouble
is caused by the digging of a new mil
road cut 100 yards below. The earth
between the cut and the hillside where
the bouses itand it underlaid by a soft
shale soapetone, and the whole mast to
alowly moving towards the cut. The
past 24 boors 100 yarda of Scott street
dropped 30 feet below ita original level.
Anarchy Rules French Navy.
Parle, Aug. SO. A full report of the
teoatorlal commiation on ths sxploslan
March 12 at Toulon', which, destroyed
the battleship lena, just published,
charges that the disaster ia directly
traceable to irresponsibility, general
indifference and lack of harmoy pre
vailing in the navy. The report do
manda the inauguration of several re,
forms, and says that the various branch
es of ths naval service sre divided by
jealousy snd there is no superior au
thority. Each branch works apart, re
sulting in a state of anarchy.
Want American Education.
' Seattle, Wash., Aug. 30. Tactai
Wan, a mandarin of the second rank,
came to Seattle today on the Hill liner
Minnesota in charge of a party of ten
young men and six young women, pick
ed by the Chinese government for edu
cation in this oountry. The girls will
be taken by the mandarin to Wsllesiey
lor a five year course of training and
the young men are to enter Yale and
Columbia universities. Some will be
graduated aa engineers and the others
given a preliminary training for diplo
matic missions.
Criticise the President.
Boston, Aug. 30. The 100th anni
versary of the abolition of the a lave
trade was observed by representative
colored cit liens of the oountry who were
attending the annual meeting of the
Nicaragua Movement society. At. the
evening meeting an address was adopted
calling npon oolored voters to oppose
any candidate for president endorsed by
Roosevelt. The address severely criti
cised the president and the governor of
Georgia.
Oppose Anti-Japan Agitation.
Boston, Aug. 30. The Boston cham
ber of oommerce today adopted resolu
tions deprecating agitation aa tending
to call forth all feelinga between the
United States and Japan. It declared
oppoaitlon to any legislation intended
to discriminate agalnat Jjoan or her
citiaens.
Will Trap Hottlle Moors. .
. Cats Blanoa, Aug.30. General Drnde
has decided to dltpach a portion of the
French force five milea south to endeav
or tnftrap the Moors. The preliminary
trials of 60 prisoners charged with as
sassination, pillage and connivance
with hostile Moors has begun.
Sultan May Ba Killed.
London, Ang. 30. The Tangier cor
respondent of the Tribune telegraphs
under reserve that there Is a rumor that
Sultan Abdul Asia has been assassinat
ed In the palace at Fes.
Maxagan Acclalma New Sultan.
Tangier, Aug. SO. It to announced
that the sultan's brother has been ac
claimed sultan by the entire population
ol Maxagan.
BRIDGE COLLAPSES
Sccres of lorkesa Ttrcw lot.
St. Lavre&u EIrer.
DEATHS BEACH AT LEAST SIXTY
Structure Near Quebec Was Mile and
Half Long, and Half of ft Fall
Without Warning.
Quebec, Aug. 31. A section of the
new bridge across tbs St. Lawrence
river, five miles below this city, col
lapsed late yesterday, carrying scores of
bridge workmen and mechanics into
the water. It is estimated that the lost
of life to at least 60, and may exceed
that number by 20.
The bridge was about a mile and a
ball long and half of it, from ths south
shore to midstream, crumpled np and
dropped into the water. Ninety men
were at work on this section of the
structure.'and the whittle had blown at
6:30 for them to qnit work for the day,
when there came a sodden grinding
sound from the bridge midstream.
The men turned to see whet had hap
pened, and an instant later the cry
went up: "The bridge ia falling."
The men made a rush shoreward, but
the distance waa too great for them to
escape. The falling section of the
bridge dragged others after it. The
snapping girders and cables boomed
like a crash of artillery.
Terror lent fleetneas to the feet of
the frightened workmen as they sped
shoreward, but only a few of them
reached safety before Ihe tost piece of
Iron work on the south shore was
dragged into the river.
Near the ahore the wreckage of the
bridge did not go below the aurface cf
the water and eight workmen who re
mained above water were rescued and
taken to the hospital at Levis.
The steamer Glenmont had just
cleared the bridge when the first sec
tion fell. The water throvn up by the
debris came clear over the bridge of the
steamer. The captain st once ordered
out all the email boats. They plied
backward and forward for half an hour,
but there waa no aign of life.
The Quebec bridge waa begon about
seven years ago, and was to bave been
finished in 1909. Subsidies bad been
granted by the Federal and Provincial
governments and the city of Quebec,
snd the estimated coat for work was
$10,000,000. Ths Phoenlxville Bridge
company, of Pennsylvania, had the
contract for the construction of the
bridge.
8TRAW COMPANY FORMED.
Organized by Pacific Stataa Concern
to Keep Out Rival.
San Francisco, Aug. SO. The task of
showing that the Pacific States Tele
phone A Telegraph company in 1906
sought to prevent the entrance into
Oakland of the Home Telephone oom
pany by organising a "straw" Home
Telephone company and obtaining for
It a franchise was resumed at the con
tinuation of the Glass bribery trial
yesterday. William A. Beaaly, an at
torney of San Jose, testified that ha
had bid in the franchise and furnished
a surety bond of $2,500 to the Oakland
council, and then had signed and de
livered through Halsey all of his stock
holdings in the "straw" oompany to
E. J. Zimmer who at that time was
auditor of the Pacific States Telephone
ok Telegraph oompany. Subsequently
the scheme waa abandoned and Zimmer
went to the clerk of the Oakland coun
cil and caused the franchise to be for
feited and the bond released. He. re
ceived for his services $100 a month
and about $11 ,000 for expenses.
Delmaa ellcted from the witness the
statement that the legal papers con
nected with the attempts of ths tele
phone company to suppress opposition
had been prepared by the legal depart
ment of the company presided over by
Mr. Pillsbury, who on the stand swore
that this work had bean solely under
the direction of Glass.
Ona Trust Seeks Peace.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 31. A new turn
wss taken today in the anti-trust suit
of the state of Texas against the Inter
national Harvester company of Amer
ica lor $1,000,000 penaltiea and to
drive the company out of Texas. Ef
forts were begun to settle the case out
of court, and indications, it is laid, are
that the efforts will succeed. The terms
of the agreement, if one hat been made,
have not been made public. The at
torneys on both tides have been In con
ference today at Houston and something
may develop.
Say Strikebreakers Deaert.
New York, Aug. 31. In a circular
sent out today by the offlcera of the tel
egraphera' union it was declared that
the atiikere would ignors any sugges
tion of a compromise and stand im
movable on all demands. It was also
asserted that many strikebreakers had
left the companies and wholesale de
sertions sre alleged to have taken place
from the working forces to the offices
yesterday. The public was aeked to use
mailt Instead of the wires.
Enjoins New Rates to Creameries
Chicago. Aug. 81. Judge Kohlaatt,
In the Federal court, on complaint ol
14 creamery concerns of the Middle
West, temporarily ehjoined 14 West
ern railroads and five express oompan
lea from establlihlnB. BeDtember 1.
new rates for transporting milk and
EVIDENCE PILES UP.
Ban Franc'laco Supervisors Bribed by
Telephone Company.
Baa Franclaoo, Aug. 38- Secretary
Treasurer F. W. Eaton, of the Pacific
States Telephone A Telegraph oompany,
was called to the stand yesterday by
the prosecution in the case of the Glass
bribery trial. He testified again to the
drawing by him of about $60,000
worth of checks in February of 1906 for
which no Touchers were turned In. Ho
did not know who ordered the ebeeks
drawn or who signed them. The re
cords thereof were destroyed in the fire.
Cashier William J. Kennedy was
called. Ho testified to the drawing of
$10,000 and $6,000 checks ia February,
and . told of the subsequent return to
the company of $7,000 or $7,600 in
lerentlally oompriaing the bribe mos
eys returned by severs! supervisors oa
demand of Halsey, after the granting
of the Homo Telephone oompany's haa
chiso application, according to the
claim of the prosecution.
Mr. Honey introduced memoranda
from five local banks showing the with
drawal of approximately $60,000 la
February, corresponding to the total
amount alleged to have been paid to
the supervisors at that time. . Thomas
E. Sherwin, formerly traveling 'auditor
of ths telephone company, testified to a
similar $50,000 entry on the books of
the corporation, which bo waa auditing
when they were destroyed in the file.
JUDGES FOR HAGUE COURT.
United State Proposes th AHotment
. ; , Among; Nations.
The Hague, Ang. ' 28. The TJnlted
Stataa delegation announces its willing
ness for all countries on the Amerkaa
continent, including the United States,
to have four judges of th new interna
tional court appointed for the 21 eoon
trlee of this continent, on th under
standing that this reduces th number
of judges to 15. It to understood thai
the Americans bepe Asia will be allot
ted two judges snd Eurons nine.
The examining oommittee has com
pleted the first reading of the revised
version of the American permanent tri
bunal proposition. Mr. Choate ex
plained some doubtful jurisdictional
points. The Mexican delegation an
nounced that it opposed the court be
cause it to impossible to secure equality
for all countries in the appointment of
judges.
Buy Baiboso, of Bra til. mads a long
speech in which ho protested against
the appointment of judges as protected
in the American proposition. He In
sisted that this question must bo settled
in a manner which rally recognised th
equality of ths powers. The meeting
was then adjourned until September S.
TREELESS IN TEN YEARS.
Secretary WUeon Predicts Future Un
less Forests Ara Saved.
Chicago, Ang. 28. Secretary of Agri
culture Jamea Wilson, who waa In Chi
cago today on.hia way to Washington
after inspecting the government forest
preserves in ths West, declared that if
better care, more general propagation
and a fostering of oonditlona are not ob
served, the forests of the country will
practically bo wiped oat in ten years.
"Forest fires," ho said, "should be
guarded against, and for that protection
the government baa employed thoas
a&ds of men to watch for fires. A per
son can rids for miles through Michi
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and tea
barren sections where formerly grew
great pine forests. Fires hire wiped
out minimis and millions of dollars'
worth of tha beat of hardwood.
"President Boose veit has done much
for the pi user ration of the for east. Ho
haa added more than 160,000,000 acres
to the forestry reservee and woald bar
made more had not the last ouugisss
cut him down. Ho appreciates more
than many private citiaens th great
worth ol our forests. The East is de
pendent entirely npon our Western tor
eats for its beet timber."
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Bomb Bent to Cortolyou.
Philadelphia,, Ang. 28. Th ex
plosion ol what appears to have been a
largo percuaion cap in a package ad
dressed to the secretary ol the treasury,
George Cortelyou, oreated excitement
in Kicetown, a substation of th Phila
delphia postoffioe, today. The box,
which was collected Irom a box in' the
northern section ol the city, waa re
ceived by Mr. Boberts, a clerk, who
says It waa tour inches long by two
inches wide. What was intide the
package, aside Irom the explosive, the
officials will not say.
Haa Columbia Name Plat.
San Franciaoo, Aug. 28. After toss
ing for weeks over miles and milea ol
water, the shattered name plate of tb
ill-fated Columbia has been picked np
on. the ocean shore by the wife of aa old
sailor who crnlssd In the wrecked vee
eel when tbs wss one ol a ' proud fleet
on the Atlantic coast. It was Mrs.' Al
Gibson who recovered the broken name
plat cf ths Columbia. Mr. and Mrs.
Gibson live at Edgemar on the ocean
shore near Mussel rock.
Big Fir In Frisco.
Ban Franc isoc, Aug. 28. The book
and printing establishment of John B.
McMicboll, at 615 Sansoms street, was
totally destroyed by fire tost night. The
firms ol Baoigalupi Rossi A Co. snd
Main A Winchester, adjoining on San
torn street, also suffered severely, as
did Greenwood, Heine k Co. and H.
Ro then berg, on the Washington street
tide. Th total toss to estmlsted at
$60,000. - -
Euroweana Leave Capital.
Fee, Morocco, Aug. 28. Tbs Euro
pean residents of Fes, excepting the
Germans, left her yesterday tot El
'Aralsh. They wire eaoorted by troops.