NEI'S OF TilE M
(a i cbirl fca fcr. to
IArTiE3 CMT3 OEEKTS
A ftum) f ft) Lm tmpartut but
Not Um IrrtareatlAf Ivwtt .
rth pt wk.
An Anglo-EosMa treaty has been
Uuad.
Rebel Moors bit at but accepted
Ik. ranch tent)! Of MOM.
Tht Hod Fmnotoo elty jail ha tan
eomb-runed as anaaf. .
Hny Itolo confidant of convicting
Tlrvy L. Ford, ot th United Railways,
now on trial. .
Standard Oil lawyer Mr II I not
lb policy ol that eu 10 boot to drlv
rival lo lb wall.
Tli Rust Ian govtrnmofit Km resum
ed lu polk"? ol iltooUDf tuspscted to
roluilonUts without trial.
Ths United BUloa Circuit Court ol
Ap)!s 11 ootid! that the Great
Koithero must pay ill Am lor giving
NtatM. .'.',
rnnylvanla and Kansas an assured
ol 2 cent (tHMpw rau by action ol
lh viwoliv official of the ruotU In-
Wnwied.
Tb Htaodard Oil annoaooM Ut M
prtsjsat suits am floUbol it
III rYftolMioi alarg It erapltsl,
also tin I earning will be published.
l.t Lochrea, ol tb United Htatra
snort, be lsud an Injunction which
ttsrwnd tlx MlrtrrfPta ml law pend
ing a Una! aottloraoat ol tb cm la th
eoait.
Ciroor Clv!ed'e Ulnar bas be
oat very aerlcu. ,
A mining plant at Jooplln, Mo., bat
bw blown up by dynamite.
TH king ol Hlaat U suiting in Ow
many and (pending noty lavishly.
Chicago, Mltwskuee A 81. rul offl.
iala ipeot to awe that toad flnlMhed
to th court In 109.
Mlllppl lu ordered th (lull
Cuaipr company to withdraw Iroia
th state m It la treat.
Dewey doe not favor disposing ol
U rbll pploo and any there U no
danger ol war with Japan.
Tlx Japan Foreign offie baa d
rifled to knar Ambassador Aokl at
Washington tor th present.
Tli F.ngllnah Uamor Lnaltanla La
and hr officer hup to wtabllab a nw
' ICllfl,
Th mvreoraent ha vtat xperts
ismlnlng th books ol tb eiaodard
Oil eooipanjr botooon th yoai l8t
aod lw:'.
lUlaoa, Monl., labor noton bav
arikred a trlk on all lodtwtrl In
vn to oium a dotmxi on ui mio
phoo rompanjr,
Hum la tbroatana amood lotomntloo
lal'ila. ,
ProhlbiUtmlati aim to' maka Wah
Ingtiin, O. C, dry.
Th crown pi loo ol Japan la to tlalt
Corn to InvMllgat affair tbora.
i-uin dm tako a oocmm ip w
tnrd parliamoaUry ovrnmi)t.
Mn Kaatorn Damorrats ar nnltlni
on Oi.veroor Jobnooo, ol Ohio, lor pre
Went. Th Htan.lard Oil Inquiry at Nw
T ork how Il kfllor' liwoin to b
bout 140,000,000 a 7 oar.
' IV.ttlU. at VIm kM kaafl F.
..w.ww mm .wm Mmiw
fMbkl In ij4nrn m WMmmn til dMth
In otd.t to drt? tb doll oat ol bi
body.
Frtno and Canada bar luat ilgnd
. 1.
new oommaroiai iraaiy. rrancw
lvn many mora fatvorabla term than
' boliiro.
Ewtern erltlca ean't pivnt tb yoy-
ol th battleabln flt to tha Faclno,
" K(xiTlt la datormlfiod it lll
ntak th trip. t
Kmroa Ooldnnan, who baa bn at
tending an snarshlit oongrtw at Am
tidam, may not be admitted when
h attempt to rtorn to lb Unltod
SlalM, ;
' tlngato to Tb Hague are onanl
Bou lor holding regular oonlerenoa.
Kogland it preparing to build
'our th battlaahlp ol U Preadnanght
' laa,
Riwila la to apond 110,000,000 con
Iruotlng new lortlfioatlon at Vladl-
t0k. ,,
' Burliank. th hortlcnltoral wlard,
n appl tra on wblob 7 rarletl
-grown.
' Th Wtrn Union olalmi to b able
w handle promptly all bualnwa at ol
Buffalo and north ol Washington.
'paa may annas Cora
to
nd th
ueiljon, . '
Mtoiny Pelmai may dlnd Thaw
' bli aeoond trial.
A wreck on tha Hnlcan Central rail
ed near the northern boundary ol
Htloo retulled In tb death ol 88 pur
ton. , H, Roger.' breakdown 1. Mid .to
"uuetoimm.n lo.aaaonan.wr.il-
i. waa uevcaiua. ui naa loai uv.
MALL FOR ARBITRATION,
Tell Operator Prttldml Roo.tv.lt
Can End Strlk.
Chicago, Hpt. 24 "I hav pltlv
luild Inlurmatlon tUtUwoompanle
ar ready to arbitrate, and I predict lo
you now that you will all b at work
within ten day, and that rlctory will
be your."
Ihl wa th Inloraiatlon given cut
by FrtMident 8. J, 8,all, ol th ttrlk.
log commercial telegrapher, at the
beat attended meeting held alno the
trlk waa declared. There M t,.,i
crleaol "No arbitration" when Preal
dent ritnail bevan (peaking, but thct
grw weaker at haaatd:
I think I liav board that cry be
fore, but I want to aay something on
th cthnr ld. If President Knnu.vi.lt
hould aak tli compinle to arbitrate,
and thev conaentwl. what tKMlllon
would It place you In If you reluaetl?'
"I don't know that vou will
chanc to arbitral." be raid aa tha
erle continued. "If Colonel Clor
has bit way slxmt It you won't be given
uie cnanoe. w liav had aom bitter
xporvnc with arbitration, but il it
ooiues tlii tint with tb alamp ol th
vniioo mate irovernment on It I be
lieve we nan a fiord to sewpt It."
Altbouuh he did not aav ao. Praai.
dent Hniall gave the inferonc that Pres
ident Koomvelt waa in s (air way to
end the strlk. II astd It bad already
ctwt th companies fll.OOO.OOO.
Chairman Wesley Kuaavll aald Ui
ootton grower of th Houtb si clamor
ing for better telegraph facilities, snd
that many Houllirrn ansoclatlon had
spiiealed to Priwidont Kowerelt. Th
ailuatton, be said, looked docldo.Hr
mijwiui.
M. J. lleldv, ol fraton. snd 8. K
Konwkainp, of Pittaburtr, niemboi of
th national executive buatd, aald the
trlk would b over in two weeks.
HAQUC MEETINQ BARREN.
Oelegatlon Oo to Pae Conferene
Without Preparation. ,
Th llsgoe, Sept. St. After having
been In aeaaion for over thre monthr,
and adjurntnent ptobably a month in
the distance, it ia recngnlied generally
and even by,th moat optimlatlo In th
iac movement, Hist m aecoou inirr
natlonal pce conferenca ha been and
will be at Its concluelon, barren of re-
nils leading to permanent measures of
benefit to the ptar Of tb woilU.
ven the iMitlon for a lutar
meeting of the conference, which was
unsnlmottaly ad pled ba bren o alter
ed as to uireM it must inirtsnt
irt. namely, th prloUicity 01 moot
ing, mrely providing for th calling
ol a third coulurence, but Mtabllihing
nothing with regard to convening ol the
tutor eonferenco.
Th tiicvalltng opinion aa cxpresxeu
by on ol th leading delegatoa Is tbst
tl slaw no of rmnilU in the conference
on lb gieat qnntlons was due to the
lack of prriiaialion by all th countries
repreeuhd. Tbl, he laid, was epo
Ullr tiiklnii In th cats of th Ameri
can delegation, which wa upped to
hav coin bei in ocmplet accora witn
lb LaUn-Amcrican co-antrie.
HIS VACATION DAYS OVER.
Prldnt RooMvall Rtum to Wh-
Ington and Hard Work.
Ondcf Bay, L I-, Bcpt. S4.-Prel-
dent Koosevolt' aumnier vacation at
hi. Hammore lull home will end at lu
a. nt. Wednrsilay, when he, with Mr.
Rofwevelt, member of th family ano
tb xeoutlv alafl, will tak a iclal
train tor Wsahlngton,
Uurlns th three anj s halt monms
Hi itreldnt haa occupied the bome-
tesd be ha had th qulcittiana at
tb same time tlie buaicet vacsnon no
haa Indulged In alnc he became an oc-
cuiiit ol ths Wlill w. inero
cord how tlt alno June 12 th pres
ident has lecelved l!i eron at tiov
more Hill. Borne ol the ealleia have
hten dlsllngulabed Iwdgner snd a few
K... mA nurelv social call, but the
majority of them have been offlclaj on
atrlctly government bualneae.
While Visitors nsve men wmw
lively lew, the work which th presi
dent has aceonipiianea in omei mo
tion has been great. Ill annual mcs-
1. ... 11 w rwm
Mge to congreaa pirn- 1 -
Dieted. The document needa only tin
lining tonotie,
and but low of them.
Thirty-two Hurt In Wrsck.
w..i,,0b.n. Bent. 24. Thirty-two
raatengers wtrt Injured, non lerloua
fv by th derailment of the Chatta
noogs A Waahlugton limited train on
the Southern railway, Jmt north of
Run's Biding, irgin.a, wi j
A broken rati wa the oauiie of the ao-
oldont. The entire tram, comr-
a bagggao car, day coach and three
ikKmtt, tieliig Imost dlroyed by
". '. 1.1 nil eklv
Hre. a apecwi v... . - p -
made P d P,.1" ?Vy
with all lb parK 0' H'8, mliM
The track wa blocked aeveral hour.
Leatsd Wlr Mas to Remiln.
New York, Bent. 24.-A
effort to pa tcsoiuuuu
all newapapcr
Wire ami uv.. w....--
made at a meeting of
TT' J.rtfD,er.' union today.
Aft a long debate, Ihe resolution
wh'ch bas bofor been Introduced at
leotlng of th. VSS
but It w Mhl ltn 1u,e
SKli ttttlt would be taken
no at a meeting tomorrow.
Moorlah Camps Burn.d;i
n... manna. Sept. 24.-Negol atlons
of hostilities having
lor th oesitHtion
ZEZZTM ..lay ed
the offen.W. 0, c.
P " T Viiaed the tr
ibeimen,
7 . . ,.
err. ioelekb,
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
EASY TO GET CARS.
Trolley Line Prove Qrt Aid to
Frwatr 8hlppr.
Freewster The several packing
.mum m 11111 cut nave anour, enmniitt.
d their seasun' prune packing and
will now begin on th appl crop.
Over 100 carload of fruit, chiefly
prunea, peeune, pear and plum, hav
been shipped from her during tb past
tO day over tb 0. H. A N. and the
Walla Walls Valley trolley line vis
tun nuiinrrn i itcilic.
The ihlpprr aay tbst lino th ad
vent ol the traction oomnanv and their
ability to furnlib Northern Pacific re
frigerator oar, troubles have ended re
garding the securing of car aa th O.
K. & N. aienla have "looaened np"
aondeifulty, and vtn take the trouble
lo call up the grower over the Ions
dlalanc telephone to aak il tbey can
upply them car. Such a atate ol
atlaira ha ht retofor been unknown In
this city, snd of cotrse the ihlppere
appreciate It.
The apple rrp 1 a good one and top
nokh prior have already been offered
and accepted. Th apple trees have
been well sprayed tbli yoar and the
good derived thereby la already showing
llaelf by the shsence of scale. There
sill be over 100 car loada ol apples
from thia point. Hay ahlpmrnt are
becoming general, the rancher eon-
Iguing Uioir hay to point on Poget
eound where price at good.'
Hreating baa begun on tb third
alfalfa crop which promite to be above
the average ) ield.
RECORD PRICE PAID.
New and Wonderful Hood River Apple
Brings SB a Box.
Hood River While the contest ss to
who raiaed the biggest apple in Ore
gon goes merrily on, a Hood Kiver man
aettled any diapote that may arbw thia
year aa lo the highest price by an
nouncing Ihe sal of 40 boxes of apples
at t a bos. The fruit will go to
Heeley, Maaon & Co., ol Fcrtland, and
waa grown oa the fruit (arm 01 uscat
Vanderbilt, known aa lioulah Land, a
few mile from thl city. Th apples
ar of uoh larg ilxe that tbey wilt
average the buyer about 11 cent
apiece without the freight charge. -
Aa far a knownr this top th price
for anything ever grown in the apple
line at Hood River or snywnerw else.
lit apples are of the variety known as
winter lisnsns, and were aei out vj
E. L. 8 m I lb. who formerly owned the
place Mr. Vanderbilt now resides On,
as sn experiment.
Tb variety I a rar one, lime oeing
known of It, but it haa proved auch a
money goiter that It I expected many
more trees will soon be planted. .
When rip tb Winter Bansna emits
urh a strong flavor of th tropical liult
It la named arler that wben placed
where it cannot be aen a box of tbem
convey the idea that there i a bunch
of bananas hanging aomewher In the
vicinity.
Be vera I sample of th iron piaoeo
on dupiay in tne wtnuow 01 euww
here weigh very close to a pound apieca.
To Mine Coal Near Madford.
Mutant Tha Pacific Coal companr.
of Lo Angeles, bas bonded lor 50,000
the coal min at the bar ol Roxyaun,
four mile eaat of here, belonging to the
Medford Ccal A Mining company. The
Lo Angele companr i capitalised at
$1,000,000. Th deal was closed by R.
If llnrn. manamtr of the Oallfom'a
company, which agrees to thoroughly
xplor the Interior of the property, to
begin work witnin wn oays anu puau
with proper diligence at an 11 me.
Railway Route to Lakevlew.
viamaihRnslneer Journey and hi
oorpa cf engineeia, who aie turveylng a
Una of railroad from Klamath Falls
enst to Lakevlew, hsve just lucceeded
sftrr four urvey in finding a grade
of 1 per cent through Langell valley
and thenc into utseview. i no aur
vey will be compaialively ay. Bn
i . imin la miatad aa aavina that
a near a he can determine hi initroc-
tlon are to finish to Lakevlew ana men
rtturn over the route to Klamath Fall.
Hay Shipper Complain.
hmm hAAn MtTfllvtwl for
Ihe itote rilwy oommiation from A.
TmUmUa. comDlaininS Of
th failure of the Southern Pacific Rail-
atav company to tend car lor anipmenn
of hay to Portland. The commission
has notified hlra that the railway I lia
ble to a fine of 2 a day lor failure to
furnish car within a certain time, and
ha notified the Southern Paoiflo it
mint look Into the mauer.
V Nw Salmon Industry.
Annl.lier induatrv has iuat
1 ..a,uA.I A ilavlnnnd throimh th
canning or alUng of aalmon. It i the
siting of salmon head and exportig
them to Sweden on order received from
there. Tl prioe Pm are vwy -
1:... ....1 If tho experiment la
auooertful the cost ol salmon cheek
rill b greatly ennancea 10 um
myei. ."'
Brown I Land Board Clerk.
a. 1 i. ntnatina of the state
Httieui w , ,
. i. ..1 n n Rmarn area re-elected
0lOIk of th atat land board, John
Michel saalntant eierx snu w.
bardt attorney ol the land board, in
pise of MoCully, realgned.
Esatern Oregon Appointment.
. A. Okn.tj.vlatn haa
Baiem uovornui -
appointed H. M. Cookburn a coinmi-
aloner 01 tuo
District Agricultural society.
obeqon, fbidat, septemueii 27, 1907.
EARNINGS Of SLEEPERS. ,
Pullman Company Reports to Stat
Railway Commission.
Salem The flat railway commis
sion ba issued an order extending tbe
time given tbe transportation compan
ies of th atat to file tblr annual re
port to October 10. Only ix compan
ies tent reports, the Well, Fargo, th
Denver A Rio Grande, the Salem, falls
City A Western, tha Pullman, tha Cen
tral Railway Union, and tbe Oregon A
Sunaet Logging company ol Clatakanie.
Letter bave born received from the
Portland Railway, Light A Power com
pany and the Rogue River Valley Rail
road company laying report bad been
lent, but so far they have not been re
ceived. Tbe Swift Refrigerator Transporta
tion company filed its report under
protest, aa not being a common carrier.
Tbe Sunaet Logging company report
earning of 110,014.06, operating ex
penses (64,810.88, a deficit of f 53,
806.83. The Pullman company gives Its gross
earnings In operating car wholly in
Oregon at 157,479.08, gross earnings
on alilinea entering Oregon 11,873,
640.04, Oregon's proportion of the
latter 1323,289.40, receipts from car
mileage on lines entering Oregon
1711.74, Oregon' proportional sbaxe
(80.34; total expense ol operation
869,356, Oregon's ahara 1197.037-26;
property owned by the company in
Oregon need in tb operation of rar
1112,25176. Tbe cost of tb car could
not be stated.
Can't Qt Car at Albany.
Albany-Ohoagh local shippers of
perlahable good are uoceful in get
ting cam, ih car abortage for grain
ehippers ia now worse than ever. Pres
ent condition here are pronounced
worse than that which prevailed last
year, so far aa grain dealer are Con
cerned. Now the condition baa reached
such a point that exporters of grain
cannot even get cat lor Oregon ship
ments. It ia only In tb put lew day
that thl condition bas existed gene
rally, thoniih one shipper has had an
order in for 25 days for one car for an
Oregon shipment and no car ha come.
8everal order bave been in a week and
are not being realised.
Llveatock Exhibit Large.
Salem When the 12 new slock
barns were put up on tbe atat fair
grounds this year it waa thought there
waa sufficient accommodation lor. an
the dock that would be exhibited tor at
least five year to come. Bat it was
neoesasry to fix np so no extra stall in
an old building for whatever horse for
which there wa no accommodation in
tbe regular barn."" Ther was suffi
cient room for all the cattle, hogs,
cheep and goat but these barna were
filled nearly to the limit. The llve
atock exhibits far exceeded in number
those of any former atate fair.
Brown Again Land Board Clark.
Halem The atate laud board at It
laat meeting re-elected George G.
Brown olerk of tbe board and George
Mitchel, of Tbe Dalles, deputy olerk.
The spplicatlon of H. T. Hendrys and
other lor tbe purchase of approximately
2,400 acre of tideland on Uatbiamet
bay. on the Columbia river, at the rat
ol 12 per acre waa also taken up again
and the final action contiued until the
board could make a visit to the land in
volved and ascertain tbe real value.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c;
valley, 82c; red, 80c.
Oats Mo. 1 white, $23.6024; gray,
$23J3.50.
Barley Fee i, $23(123.50 per ton;
brewing, (24.6024-75; rolled, (24.50
925.50.
Corn Whole, (29930; cracked,
(30.60.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, (17(1
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
(10020; clover, (11; cheat, (11;
grain hay, (11012; alfalfa, (1213.
Fruits Apples, ll-60 per box;
cantaloupe, 76e(1.26 per orate;
peachea, 60ct. orate; prune, m
76c per crate j watermelon, ldDc per
Dound; plum, 6076o pr box;
grapes, 60c(B(1.60 per orate; caaabas,
(2.25 per dosen.
Vegetables Turnips, (1 25 per sack;
carrots, (1.25 per sack; beet, (1.26
per sack; cabbage, lXle per
pound; celery, 76o(l per dosen;
corn, (1(31.60 per sack; cucumbers, 10
(S 16c per dosen; onlone, 15(20o per
dosen; parsley, 20c per dosen; peppen,
8$10o per pound; pumpkin, 1X
lt'o per pound; radishes, 20e per doa
en; spinach, 6per pound, squash, 60c
(lper box; tomatoes, 4050c per
box; aweet potatoes, So per pound.
Onion (1.60 per aaok.
Potatoes New, 8000o per hundred.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2i)'35o
per pound.
y Veal 76 to 125 pound,' 88Jio;
1 125 to 150 pounds, 7o; 150 to 200
' pound, 67c -
y Fork Block, 76 to 150 pound, 8
8X0; packer, 7K8o.
I Poultry Average old hem, 14 14 Ho
per pound; mixed ohickena, lS13Xo;
spring crucxens, laiwiac; 01a rooev
en, 89c; droaaed chickens, . 16(B17o;
turkey, live, 1616c; geese, live, 8
0o; duck, 15c. -
EggsFreeh ranch, candied, 30o per
doxen. - '
Hop 1 907 Fuggle,- 6H7o per
per pound; 1907 cluster, 7($oc; 010s.
WOol Eastern Oregon, average best,
ltVak22o per pound, according to shrink-
am: valley, 2022o, according to fine-
nesa; mohair, oboloa, ' 2930o "per
pound. . ;
ESTABLISH PRIZE COURT.
Hague Peace Conference Votea on
- Oraat Tribunal. ,
Tb Hague, Sept. 23. The alxtb
plenary lifting ol th peace conference
tcdsy attracted an unusually larg au
dience. Tb member of th Interna
tional Seismologlcal and Dairy con
gresses, which were meeting here, war
present. In the ooorse of Ih discus
sion regarding the establishment of an
international prise court, Senor Eeteva
(Mex co) announced that the Mexican
delegation would now vote in favor ot
tb proposition, a the modification
permitting a country interested in a
care to have it own judge on the tri
bunal largely does away with the objec
tionable feature of tbe earlier propo
sition which be said contravened the
principle of the equality of nailona.
Senor Estova added that while Mexico
would support tbe proposition to eetab
liah a prise court, she did not withdraw
her opinion, repeatedly expressed,
sgainst th project to establish an In
ternational court of permanent arbitra
tion, if bal on a principle contrary
to the equity cf the states.
Tbe proposition to establish an in
ternational prise court was ultimately
approved, Brsxil alone easting a vote
against it. Russia, Japan, -Blam, Ven
esuela, Turkey and Persia abstained
from voting.
On tb motion of President Nelidoff,
tbe resolution in regard to convening
th third peace conference, introduced
September 19, wa unanimoualy adopt
ed, together with the expression of
gratitude to Emperor Nichols, as the
initiator of the conference and to Queen
Wilhelmina for ber hospitality.
Prior to tbe vote, M, Tsnkoi. head of
tbe Japanese delegation drew cordial
applause because of his expression of
appreciation of the personal initiative
of Emperor Nicholas in bringing about
tbe meeting ol the convention.
JOHN D. TO TESTIFY.
Federal Government Wants tox Know
of Standard Oil.
New York, Sept. 23 John D. Rock
efeller, genius extraordinary of tbe
gigantic Standard Oil trust, will be
forced to take the witneca stand and un
der oath divulge certain eecreta of tbe
comtinatiou'a history, which he, better
than anx other, la able to render ac
curately. Other leading figures in the
trust, who, it was expected, would es
cape the ordeal, also will be called to
face Deputy Attorney General frank
Bellegg's formidable inquisitorial bat
tery. Those in charge of tbe governmr nt'a
ease in the Federal suit to dinvolv
Standard OilZas a corporation violator
ol the Sherman anti-trust law decided
today that tbe issuing ot more lubpe
nss is necessary. Although Mr. Kel
logg would not toll who will be com
pelled to testify, tha fact remalna that
the enly men in possession of many
much sought secret who bave not been
snbpenaed are John D. Rockefeller,
William Rockefeller, W. H. Flagler,
Oliver H. Payne, John D. . Arobbold
and U. H. Roger.
It i believed that, with the possible
exception of William Rockefeller and
H. H. Rogers, all these men can be
forced to appear in court William
Rockefeller auddenly disappeared from
the city th other day and Mr. Roger
i declared to be in no condition to un
dergo examiation.
NO EFFORTS TO HIDE FACTS.
San Francisco Health Officials Will
Tell Truth About Plague.
San Francisco, Sept. 23. At a Joint
meeting today of the Federal, state and
municipal authorities to discuss the
bubonic plague aituatlon, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:
"Resolved. That it be the sense ot
thia meeting that the fullest authorised
publicity be given to the plague situa
tion in the city at all times; that the
newtoaoera be requested to publish
inch reports as may be furnished by
the department 01 publ:o neaith; tnat
the Interests of the city are best served
by thl coarse."
The decision nencerortn co encourage,
pnblioity is In line with tbe view
held from the beginning by the federal
authorltiea.
The total number ot verified oases of
plague to date i 39; deaths, 22; un
verified suspects, 23.
Jspsn Excludes Foreigners. .
London, Sept. 23. A dispatch to the
Time from Pekin today aay that the
labor troublea at Vancouver are being
followed with much interest in tbe Far
East, where an analogous problem has
now arisen between China and Japan.
Japanese Imperial ordinance No. 326,
ol July 27, 1899, vigorously forbid all
foreigner, whether European, Ameri
can or Chinese, from working in Japan
aa laborer in argioulutral, fishing,
mining, manufacturing and other class
es of Industry outside -of the narrow
residential settlements.
Get After tha Paper Trust. ,
New York, Sept. 23. Members ot
tbe American Newspaper Publishers'
association- have appointed a commit
tee and Instructed it to rail the atten
tion of President Roosevelt to what the
association asserts is an unlawful com
bination of paper manufacturers to
keep up she price 01 -white paper and
to demand relief from what they con
aider an oppressive burden. The ac
tion is the subject of numerous opin
ions here from both side. .
Army of 8howorkrs Out.
Bt Louis, .Sept.- 23. A conservative
estimate places the number ot shoe fac
tory workers out here, at 25,000. The
companies, at a meeting today, decided
not to acced to any demands made by
tb atilkers.
JOHN D'S BIG SHARE
Rockefeller Has 247,690 Starc
ol Standard Oil.
VALUE HAS DECREASED GEEATLY
Big Oil Combine Haa Made Profits
f Over Eight Hundred Mil
lion Sine 1882. -'
New York, Sept. 21. Records of the
stockholders of tbe Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey, laid bar yester
day at the bearing of the government'
suit for th dissolution of the alleged
oil combine,- disclosed th fact that
John D. Rockefeller owns 247,690
shares, or nearly five times as much
stock, a any other individual ahare
bolder, and that he and hi associates
who signed the trust agreement in 1882
till control a majority ot th stock.
Measured by the p reseat market prioe
ol 1440 a ahare, the holding ot Mr.
Rockefeller in the Standard Oil com
pany hav a value ot 1109,000,000.
Th atockholder' record of A a gust 17,
1007, shows tbst th University of Chi
cago Is tbe owner ol 6,000 s bares ot
Standard Oil stock.
The depreciation in the price of tbe
stock within the past 10 year, about
th time the agitation began, has been
more than- (400 a ahare. Sins legal
proceeding against the Standard Oil
company were instituted, the stock haa
steadily declined, until iLis now around
$440. This represents a loss of over
1100,000,000 on the holdings of John
D. Rockefeller.
The shrinkage in the mat ket value
cf the Stock cost the University of Chi
cago about 12,000,000.
Accountant for the government are
till engaged on the record of the li
quidating trustee and ledger obtained
from the Standard Oil company, and.
while the examination haa not been
fully completed, it i said that the
book show that from 1882 to th pres
ent time the oil combine ba earned
between $800,000,000 snd $900,000,-
000. It la expected tbst r.ext week the
exact figures will be produced in court.
EIGHTEEN MINERS KILLED.
Cage Drop TOO Feet to Bottom of
Shaft.
Negaannee, Mich., Sept. 21. By a
cage plunging 760 feet down the abaft
of the Jones 4 Laugblin Iron mine, 11
men were killed and seven fatally in
jured. The cage with it human
freight waa being lowered on its nrat
trip of the day, when the brake sudden
ly tailed to bold. Two otber men
sprang to the assistance of the one at
the brake, bnt their effort did not
avail and the wire cable continued to
unreel from tha drum like thread from
spindle.
The cage shot down a couple ot hun
dred feet before a kink in the too rap
idly paying out cable caused it to part
and from that point the cage had a
sheer drop to tbe bottom of the shaft.
The safety catches with which It wa
equipped failed to operate. The surg
ing of the cable and it mad night tore
out part of the side of the engine house
and ripped out several of the sheaves
in and about tne inait bouse, work
men at the bottom of the mine imme
diately set about tbe task of removing
tbe dead.
Tbe bodies lay in one pile, a mass of
lifeless flesh and blood. Ihe bonea ot
the bodies were so shattered that the
men, when they struck, were piled on
top ol each other like so many pelts of
leather. Seven men were found still
alive.
When all the minera came from un
der the ground and many anxious wive
snd other failed to find member of
the families who worked in the mine,
the scene was pitiful. Priest and min
isters moved among the people consol
ing them and begging them to be calm.
Japanese Ar Pourirg In.
Victoria. B.C. Sept. .1. The steam
er Indiana arrived at quarantine with
276 Japanese destined for Vancouver,
and remained at quarant!ne until some
time lsst evening in order to reach
Vancouver about 3 o'clock this morn
ing. The Japanese had heard ot riots
in Vancouver, and were anxious to land
here. The Shinano Maru also brought
312 Japanese, 193 being for Victoria
and Vancouver and 119 lor Seattle. Ac
cording to advices " by the Shinano
Maru, cholera is epdiemio in many
parts ot Japan.
Larg Fleet la Gathering.
8n Franoisco, Sept. 21. The grow
ing fleet of warships in the bay was
sdded to today by the arrival from
Bremerton navy yard of the armored
cruiser Charleston. The cruiser pro
ceeded at once to Mare island, where
she joined the cruiser Albany, Cin
cinnati, Raleigh and a number of tcr-
pedo boat destroyer. In all probabil
ity all ol the vessels will remain at the
navy yard until the -coming ol the
cruiser squadron from Honolulu,
bat For Pattibon Trial.
Boise, Sept. 21. By agreement of
attorney and the court, the trial ol
George A. Pettibone ia fixed for Octo
ber 4. Judge Hawley expect to witn
draw from the Borah case in order to
give all hi time to preparation for the
Pettibone trial. Pettibone 1 charged
with complicity in the murder ol gov
rnor Steunenberg.
KQ, 42.
OEFIES TEXAS LAWS.
Standard Oil Doaa Busln In State
Under Alias.
New York, Sept. 20. That the
Standard Oil company is operating un
der tb nam of tbe Coraioana Refining
company in tb state of Texaa, which
haa forbidden the oil combine to op.
rat within tb tatt wa indicated
yesterday when Wesley H. Tilfcrd,
treasurer of th Standard Oil company,
under examination in tb government'
nit againct th company, testified that
H. C. Folger and C. M. Payne, whom
Mr. Zellogg, the attorney for tb gov
ernment, states, control tbe Corsicanst
company, ar prominent In tbe conduct
of th affair of th Standard Oil com-
any. .,,
Mr. Kellogg sought to draw from tha
witness th information that tb CoraU
cans company was really a Standard
Oil company and waa operating in
Texaa beoauM th anti-truat law of
that state woold not permit tbe coco
bin to operate. Mr. Tllford replied
that a far aa he knew the Standard Oil
company bad no interact in Texas. He
said that Mr. Folger and Mr. Payno
were both officer of th Standard Oil
company, but be waa not aware that
they owned tb Corsica na company.
Mr. Kelloav spent a busy dsy tracing or
tbe various changes in development ot
Standard Oil from the time of its in
ception in 1882, when th trust waa
formed, until the trust was dissolved In
1899 and the Standard Oil company of
New Jeraeywaa formed. Mr. Kellogg
developed many of his questions frosa
tha trust agreement of 1882, which waa
contained in the bill of complaint filed
in St. Louis last December, when the
present action was commenced.
NEGOTIATE WITH ROOSEVELT.
Operators 8 aak Arbitration Rumore
of DlaasntJon bt Rank.
New Ycrk, Sept. 20. Conflicting re
port regarding the possibility of an
early settlement of ths telegraphers'
strike were current tonight. From one
unofficial source it waa given out that
direct negotiations had been opened
with President Roosevelt, sacking bis
aid in bringing about arbitration. Ac
cording to this authority, Percy .
Thomas, of the national union, and
Daniel L. Russell, ex-president of tbe
New York local, bad a two-hours" talk
with th president st the latter' home
in Oyster Bay, on Wednesday laat.
This could not be confirmed tonight,
but Mr. Russell did say:
"The moat important notion taken
in connection with the strike was made
on Wednesday, and we are satisfied
that it will bring a speedy and aatlafae-
tory settlement."
Mr. Rnasell, who is alao chairman ol
tha local atrike committee, added that
word had reached him late tonight that
two members of tbe union had gone to
Washington to see Labor Commissioner
Neill and to express to the commis
sioner d lr satisfaction with the conduct
of tb strike.
WARRANTS FOR GRAFTERS.
Builders snd Architects of Pennsyl
vania Placed Under Bond.
Philadelphia, Sept. 20. Warrant
reached this city Iste this afternoon
from Harris burg for tbe arrest of Geo.
F. Payne, builder of the state capital, .
Charles G. Wetter, hi partner, and
Stanford Lewia, an associate of Archi
tect Huston, who planned the capitol.
Counsel for Payne and Wetter waived
hearing and ball for Payne waa fixed
t $10,000 and lor Wetter at $9,000.
Counsel lor Lewia accepted service in
hi behalf and furnished $4,000 ball for
hi client' appearance in court. Payne
iasaid to be ill at Mount Clemens,
Mich.
Warrants far George K. Storm and
John C. Niederer, of New York, stock
holder in a concern which manufac
tured the lighting fixture of th capi
tol. alto arrived her today. The men
are (opposed to be In New York snd it
1 stated that unless they accept service
the warrants will be served in that
city. . '
Newspaper Will Fight.
New Ycrk, Sept. 20. The annual
meeting of th member of tb Associ
ated Frees wa held at the Wsldorf
Aatoria hotel here. Thos in attend
ance numbered 280, while probably 400
other were represented by proxy. Th
business transacted was of a purely rou
tine nature, except a change in the date
of tbe annual meeting from th third
Wednesday in September to the third
Tuesday in April. A resolution ap
proving the course of the officers ot tb
association In dealing with theitrik ol
telegraphers was unanimously adopted.
Island Ambly Called.
Manila, Sept. 20. The governor
general ha issued a forms! proclama
tion convening th national assembly
on October 18. Plan bav been mad -to
render tbe Inangural sesaion ol th
assembly a brilliant function. The
member ot th Philippine commission
believe that there 1 a prospect pf the
early passage of a public utilities law,
based on the recent railway rate legis
lation ot oongrass. An elaborate recep
tion will be tendered Secretary Taft. .,
- Cxolgosz' Paranta Poor.
Cleveland. O.. Sept. 20. M. Cxol-
goss and hi wlfe,aparentof th assass
in of President MoKlnley, have applied
to the city charity department for as
sistance. Csolgosa ia 83 and b. i'
76 years old.
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