'Cl ' i VOL. XLVI. NO. 14,204. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AT ON EVEOF REVOLT Government Passively Awaits the Blow STRIKE TO MASK REVOLUTION Leaders Believe the Time Has Arrived for Action. DISAFFECTION IN ARMY Agrarian Disorders Are Now Widely Extended and the Inhabitants of the Larger Cities Are Wildly Excited. ST. PETERSBURG, Juno 17. The plUa ble affair at Blalystok apparently has burned Itself out. No further bloodshed vaa reported today, and no more is ex pected, even by the radicals, who are sat isfied that the authorities are now in control and will do everything possible to prevent a renewal of the excesses. This confidence 1b based on the action of the Governor of Grodno, who is hated and distrusted by the bureaucrats and who, after Investigating the situation at Blalystok, took the unprecedented step. In order to prevent spread of the mas sacres, to telegraph the authorities of all towns within the Jewish pale denying the alleged official reports that the dis orders were due to the wanton throw ing of bombs at a Christian procession by Jewish revolutionists. Catholic Clergy Plead for Peace. This measure, aided by the Catholic clergy, who today throughout Russian Poland addressed their congregations im ploring them not to believe reports spread broadcast for the purpose of stirring up bloody excesses, was efficacious in calm ing the agitated spirits among the Chris tian population. The Catholics of War saw cancelled a great religious proces sion, which was to have. boon held here todny. In order to avoid the chance of conflict. The general situation, however, is hour ly growing more disquieting, and the country seems to be on the verge of another gigantlo upheaval. In St. Peters burg and Moscow the pepulace Is greatly excited and nothing Is talked of except a general political strike, which would bring the Government to. its knees. Leaders Prepare for Blow. The proletariat leaders, who have been preparing for months for a blow, believe the moment has come to strike. The agrarian troubles now are sufficiently extended and disorders in the army are rife. The Government has openly refused to accede to the demands of Parliament and a rupture Is imminent there. The ultimate plans of the leaders de pend upon the success achieved, but If the Government Is brought down it is not doubted they are determined that they and not Parliament shall take over the reins of government, and forever en Joy the fruits of victory. The strikes In St. Petersburg and Mos cow, with which the movement was titarted, while based ostensibly on eco nomio grounds, really are political. The committee of unemployed Is only a rev olutionary organization like last Fall's committee of workmen in disguise. The bakers of St. Petersburg and adjoining towns struck today, and only the black bread eaten by the poor was sold. The streets were filled with crowds of work men. Time to Divide, Says Workman. A correspondent of the Associated Press was stopped today In one of the suburban towns by a workman, who demanded money without the slightest embarrass ment. He announced that those who had money might as well divide it, as the workmen soon would be able to take what they wanted. A monster meeting of 15,000 Social Dem ocrats and workmen, held this afternoon at Terlokl, Finland, was addressed by members of the group of toil of Parlia ment, and every revolutionary utterance was frantically applauded. The Government appears to be wait ing for the blow to fall before raising its hand, and it Is reported that the de sign of several Ministers to raise the question of a more active policy during the Cabinet meeting yesterday was ap " parently fruitless. Heavy patrols have been placed In the streets, and the rail road stations re occupied by troops, but no action has been taken to stop the agitation. The Emperor is reported to be spending most of his time playing tennis at Peterhof. Prospective Strike at Moscow. It Is significant as indicating the prog ress of the revolutionary sentiment that a general strike Is expected to be in augurated on the Nicholas Railroad, be tween St.' Petersburg and Moscow, which was the only line out of Moscow that was not affected during the uprising last December. The workmen in the shops of the Syz ran & Vlasma Railroad have already struck, but apparently the demonstration Is premature. The Reich today again appeals to the Emperor to try to save the situation by cismissLng Premier Goremykln and plac ing members of Parliament who enjoy a measure of public confidence in control of the Government. Admiral Alexleff, commandant of the fortress at Cronstadt, CZAR TIS has received a warning in the shape of a coffin, which was delivered at his house. Jewish Appeal for Help. LONDON, June 17. The Dally Tele graph this morning prints a telegram re ceived In London from Helsingfors, Fin land, It is dated Sunday afternoon and is signed by M. Vlnaver and four other Jewish members of the Russian Parlia ment, M. M. Brando, Schlossberg, Kat zenelsen, and Lewln. The telegram says: "The outbreak at Blalystok clearly was the beginning of an organized massacre similar to the bloody October days. Only energetic intervention can precent a ter rible catastrophe. Peril is imminent. Appeal to all Influences to help us." Meetings Held Despite the Police. MOSCOW, June 17. The Imminence or an armed uprising is the one subject of conversation in the hotels, cafes and public gardens. In spite of their pro hibition by the police, meetings made up of from 8.0O0 to 10,000 . persons are held dally in the suburbs. At all of these revolution is glorified. The prefect today ordered the boule vards to be occupied by troops to prevent revolutionary proceedings. TERRORISTS ROB MAIL WAGON Driver and Soldier Escort Are Killed and Sacks Looted. WARSAW. June 17. A band of terror ists this morning held up a mail wagon between Krolniewice and Klodawa. The terrorists killed the driver and his horses and two soldiers who were escorting the men and plundered the mails and de camped. At 6 o'clock this evening five terrorists shot and killed a police officer and his wife while they were walking the streets. The assassins escaped. The Jews of Warsaw are uneasy, but at present there is no Intention of anti Jewish outbreaks. HUNDRED KILLED IX WRECK Passenger Train Derailed on the Chinese Eastern Railroad. VLADIVOSTOK, June 17. A passenger train was derailed at Progranltschnala station, on the Chinese Eastern Railway, today and 100 persons were killed or in jured. Bodies in Burned Houses. VILNA, June 17. The bodies of nine revolutionists have been found In burned houses at Blalystok, from which they at tacked the police station. General Bader, commandant of the troops at Bialystok, has been made Governor-General. Violence Increases in Erlvan. TIFLIS. June 17. A telegram from Ig darle. In the Province of Erivan, says the warfare between the Tartars and Ar menians is spreading with increasing vio lence. Troops and Cossacks have been sent from Tlllis. Delegates Investigating Disturbance. BIALYSTOCK, Via Warsaw, June 17. Order has been restored. The three dele gates sent here by the lower house of Parliament have arrived and begun an investigation of the disturbance. : Orders to' Prevent Massacres. KALUGA. Russia, June 17. The Gov ernor today issued strict orders to the prefect to prevent with all the means in his power anticipated Jewish massacres. Order Restored at Blalystok. ST. PETERSBURG, June 17. An offi cial communication issued today says that looting at Blalystok has ceased and order has been restorsd. FIRE BURNS ALL DAY RYAN ANNEX BUILDING AT ST. PAUL IS GUTTED. Thirty-Seven Firemen Overcome by Heat and Smoke and Lieutenant Edwards May Die. ST. PAUL, June 17. The six-story Ryan Annex building was completely gutted by a fire which was discovered soon after 8 o'clock this morning and which burned fiercely all day. The estimated loss to the buildings and the stocks of the oc cupants is between $450,000 and 1600,000. The fire originated in the basement of the store occupied by the Palace Cloth ing Company, supposedly from a defec tive electric wire. Several firemen were badly cut by fly ing pieces of glass and 37 were over come by heat and smoke. Ten of these were taken to the hospital and the rest to their homes. All of them will recover with the possible exception of Lieutenant William Edwards, who tonight is said to be in a critical condition. The Ryan Hotel is across the alley from the burned structure, but It was not damaged in any way and there was no alarm among the guests. Fifty Horses Burned in Stable. ST. LOUIS, June 17. Two early morn ing fires today did damage estimated at $106,000 by completely gutting a five-story office building and burning a large livery and undertaking establishment this morn nig. Fifty horses were incinerated in the latter. The office building was occupied by the Philip Carey Manufacturing Co., the local office of the Charles Fisher Mattress Company, of Chicago, and the Grand Springs Water Company. FLYER BADLY WRECKED Engine Bumps 500 Feet on Ties Be fore Coming to Stop. BUFFALO. N. Y., June 17. The Twen tieth Century Flyer on the Lake Shore was wrecked near West Seneca, two miles west of here early today. It is considered miraculous that no one was killed. One day coach and seven sleepers were badly smashed. The wreck. It is believed, was ' caused by a spilt rail. The coupling between the engine and the first car broke and the engine bumped along the ties for 600 feet before it was brought to a stop. There were 67 passengers on the train. All of them were badly shaken up and slightly bruised. FJORD ALIVE WITH FLEET OF FISHERS Loyal Demonstration at Aale sund Before King Haakon, Queen Maud and the Baby. VESSELS PASS IN REVIEW Gaily .Dressed Families of the Sea Harvesters Crowd Small Craft and Cheer the Recently Elected Ruler of Norway. CHRIST IANIA, June 17. Trondhjem. yesterday a city of fishers, today is a capital. Many of those who will par ticipate in the coronation of King Haakon have already swelled the popu lation and others are crowding north by steamers and trains. The gaiety over the confirmation of the country's new in dependence will reach its full tide Tues day, when King Haakon, Queen Maud and the baby. Crown Prince Olaf, reach Trondhjem. All over the country flies the flag of Norway the white bordered blue cross upon a field of red, testifying to the fealty of the people. One hears tales that the radical Republicans object to the new monarchy. They insist on calling Haakon "Mr. King," but undoubtedly the great majority genuinely welcome the new order of things with re-awakened patriotism which promises greater and finer accomplishments by the whole na tion. Demonstration by the Fishers. King Haakon, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olaf are continuing their Journey northward along the coast. Today was spent in the vicinity of Mold, where their majesties were given a banquet tonight. To day began with a demonstration by the fisher folks at Aalesund. Ninety steamers, fifty or more boats and scores upon scores of small craft participated. The royal yacht, Heimdal, at first steam ed through the fleet and was wildly cheered, and then the fleet formed in two long columns and steamed - up the fiord, the Heimdal leading. The families of the fishermen filled the boats. The crowd afloat numbered eight thousand. After the passage all the ves sels passed in review before the Heimdal. King Haakon expressed his pleasure, at the honor conferred upon him and at the plcturesquesnesa of the parade. Journey Resumed Today. The royal family will journey to Chris tlanla tomorrow morning. They will be guests of the municipality at a state dinner. Trondhjem will be reached Tues day evening. The sea Journey northward Is proving most popular and comfortable. A gTeat heat wave Is sweeping over the south ern end of the Scandinavian peninsula, and the railway coaches resemble bake ovens. A majority of the vessels of the visit ing fleet will reach Trondhjem by Wed nesday. Although many of the royal delegates and embassies will arrive there Tuesday, some of the statesmen already having departed for Trondhjem, and others will follow tomorrow. The announcement that Emperor Wil liam will visit King Haakon In July was received with great satisfaction. It will be the first visit of a foreign ruler to the re-established kingdom, and therefore strongly appeals to the people. E OF I ATTACKS WIFE OF RANCHER WITH REVOLVER. Drives From Her Children and Brutally Murders One, In Re venge for Fancied Grudge. YREKA. Cal.. June 17. While riding in a buggy with her two small children in Willow Creek Valley this afternoon. Mrs. William Beal, the wife of a ranchman, was stopped in the road by Dora Chipp, an Indian woman, who pulled the bridle from the horse and fiercely attacked Mrs. Beal when the latter got out of the buggy. Mrs. Beal fled to a house, pur sued by the infuriated Indian woman, who fired five shots into the house after Mrs. Beal had locked herself in. One bullet grazed Mrs. Beat's chin. A little later Amos Richardson, a neighbor, found the youngest child. 17 months old, dead In the road by the side of the buggy, its head terribly crushed and beaten. The other child had escaped. People are searching the country for the Indian woman, whose motive Is said to have been some fancied grudge. The Sheriff has left for the scene, which Is 60 miles east of here. MEMORIAL T0 SCHURZ .Public Men of Note Will Serve on the Committee. NEW YORK, June J7. The committee of 100 citizens of New York, organized to take measures to establish an approorl ate National memorial to the late Carl Schurz, has been completed. The mem bership comprises a notably representa tive list of men Identified with various public affairs with which Mr. Schurz was actvely In touch. Joseph H. Cboate Is to serve as chairman. Gustav H. Schwab as vice-chairman, Isaac N. Seligman as treasurer and George McAneny as sec retary. It is the purpose of the committee, in co-operation with similar committees in other cities, to raise a fund, part of which will go toward providing an appropriate bronze memorial, but the bulk of which it Is expected will serve as a foundation EVENTS OF THE WEEK Heat-ins of Railroad Presidents. The Interstate Commerce Commil sion. Thursday. June 21. will be in session in Washington and will be ready at that time to hear the presi dents of the railroad companies con cerning - which testimony had been taken recently to show that rebates have been granted or that the distri bution of cars has been influenced by favoritism. The presidents who have been notified that the commission will hear them are: A. J. Cassatt. Pennsylvania Railroad; O. G. Murray, Baltimore & Ohio: George W. Stevens. Chesapeake & Ohio; L- E. Johnson, Norfolk & Western, and W. H. New man. New Tork Central & Hudson ' River Railroad. Coronation of Kins; Haakon VII. Friday the coronation of King Haakon VII of Norway will take place. , The scene of the ceremonies will be the Cathedral at Trondhjem. The bishop of Trondhjem will anoint the King with sacred oil. after which the crown will be placed on his head by Premier Michelsen. Suburban Handicap. The Suburban handicap will be run at the Sheepshead Bay course of the Coney Island Jockey Club, Thursday, June 21. This will be the 23d re newal of the big race which has been won by some of the most famous horses in this country, ranging from General Monroe, the winner of the first Suburban In 1884. down to Bel- dame, the winning mare In 1005. The field for the Suburban this year, however, promises to be most disappointing, as, one by one, the horses which were destined to be the stars of the year have broken down and gone Into temporary or perma nent 'retirement. Sysonby, Artful,. Tanya and lastly Burgomaster, have all gone wrong and have taken much of the class from the race. Notwith standing their absence, however, it will take a good horse to win over the mile and a quarter course. The field will be a large one and evenly matched. . . Regatta at Foaghkeepsle. The intercollegiate regatta will be held at Poughkeepsle on Saturday, June 23. There will be three races a varsity eight, a varsity four-oar and' a freshman eight. Crews from Cornell, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Co lumbia, Syracuse and Georgetown will compete. for the promotion of one or more of the public causes to which Mr. Schurz de voted his activities. It has been decided also that the memor ial meeting planned for the Fall shall be held under the committee auspices No vember 14. Mr. Choate will preside and Grover Cleveland will make one of the principal addresses. Gomez Commemorative Tablet, HAVANA. June 17. The anniversary of the death of Maximo Gomez waa cele brated today by placing a commemorative tablet on the house In which he died. The ceremony was held under the auspices of Liberal Nationalists and addresses eulo gistic of General Gomez were made by leaders of all parties. Many houses were draped with crepe and flags were half masted. Naval Maneuvers Ended. LONDON. June 17. The' first period of the maneuvers were closed today. An official report of the full results attained has not been issued, but It is alleged that they are gratifying in regard to the strength of coast defense and mobility of divisions. Several wheat-laden sailing ships, including the Russian bark Fahr wohl, were captured southwest of Queenstown. Their crews were greatly surprised and supposed that an outbreak of hostilities had taken place when first they were surrounded by ships. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum, temperature, 65 deg. ; minimum, 50. Precipitation, none. TODAY'S Fair and warmer. Nortnwest winds. Russia. v Russian government is passively awaiting the great upheaval that seems imminent. Page 1. Governor of Grondo takes radical action that prevents - spread of Jewish massacres. Page 1. . Foreign. Fishers of Aalesund give unique demonstra tion of loyalty to King Haakon. Page 1. Taking advantage of Portsmouth treaty, the Japanese are establishing themselves firmly in Manchurian trade. Page 3. Labor party In England adopts the slogan, "The House of Lords must be abolished." Page 4. Congress. Thursday Is fixed by Senate as time for vot ing on the sea-level Panama CanaL Page 2. Tariff and other political speeches will be made In House when pure food bill comes up. Page 2. Speaker Cannon confers with the President on legislative matters. Page 2. Suggested amendment gives Department of Agriculture final say on slaughtered ani mals. Page 2. Political. "Boss" Penrose faces defeat with Republican machine In coming struggle In Pennsyl vania. Page 1- Republlcans gather In Philadelphia to cele brate the semi-centenary o the party's birth. Page 3. Oregon Legislature might take much of the appointive power away from the Governor. Page 4. Domestic Pressing demand for harvest hands In Kan- sas finds few men unemployed. Page 1. Italian steamer Vlncenio Bonaro goes ashore near Fire Island light. Page 4. Harry N. Plllsbury. chess master, dies after a long illness. Page 8. Ryan annex building at St. Paul Is gutted by fire. Page 1. Colonel Greene says Federation agitators started the trouble at Mexican mines. Page 4. Pacific Coast. One union sailor killed and three wounded In attempt to board schooner at San Francisco. Page 4. 6an Francisco refugees object to soup kitch ens and ask for Issue of rations. Page 2. Mount Shasta Is reported to be smoking. Page 1. Sport. Portland shuts out Fresno on local diamond. Page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Democrats who defeated Word plaa to down Mayor Lane. Page 14. Bntldtng boom on East Side shows steady increase. Page 5 Four suburban school districts vote on an nexation to Portland tonight. Page 9. W. G. McPherson, recently returned from Panama, says good progress is being made in canal work. Page 13. Louis J. Simpson, who has solved the labor problem on Coos Bay, visits Portland. Page 8. Episcopalians hold memorial services In honor of late Bishop Morris. Page 8. PENROSE'S POWER IS FAST WANING Machine Boss Is Preparing for Decisive Fight in Penn sylvania. FUSION MAY DOWN HIM Democratic, Lincoln and Prohibition Parties Are Combining Their Forces in an Attempt to De feat Successor of Quay. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 17. (Spe cial.) Senator Boies Penrose, domineering boss of the Republican organization in Pennsylvania, is mustering every rem nant of the old Quay machine for the Im pending battle, which is expected to be one of the most notable in the history of the state and may mark the passing of the old guard. The political pot, which has been simmering for some time, has now reached the boiling point, and throughout the entire East the outcome Is awaited with interest. What will be the fate of the regular Republican machine, of which Penrose Is the recognized leader? That Is the ques tion every one Is trying to answer. It has carried all before it so long that It is hard to realize that its reign is threatened. But even its friends admit such is the case, and those who watch with unpreju diced eye prophesy doom for Penrose, from the hands of the opposing parties. Just as Quay fell from power before men within the Republican organization. It Is generally admitted that Penrose Senator Boise Penrose. Republican Boss In Pennsylvania. threw prudence to the winds when he took the reins in his own hands at the regular Republican convention and dic tated the entire policy of the body. A shrewder man would have kept carefully in the background, In view of the over whelming defeat met by the machine last Fall, but Penrose could not resist the temptation to pose in the limelight. On the ground that the platform was per sonally revised for him by President Roosevelt, he has forced through a ticket of his own, but the opposition to that ticket Is growing day by day, and its fate is sealed if the Lincoln party. Democrats and Prohibitionists succeed In uniting upon an opposing slate, which appears likely. Elected Ruler of Norway. Since the regular Republican convention important political agencies have been at work, so the belief is being generally ex pressed here that Penrose will be down and out after the next general election, unlss he secures direct help from some of the Democratic bosses In the state. Quay always managed to keep on good terms with the Pennsylvania Democrats, and Penrose is trying to do the same thing. He lacks, however. Quay's ability. Penrose accomplishes his ends by the grossest display of vulgar political brutal ity. He has no finesse, no tact, no adapt ability. His ticket is beaten today unless he can secure Democratic assistance, and upon this situation, depends the outcome. Life or death for Penrose seems to de pend upon whether the Democrats at their convention one week hence Indorse the independent Lincoln ticket or not. Penrose, of course, is exerting his Influ ence in the state to induce the Democrats to make a regular party nomination.- If they do that he will win; otherwise the independents will secure contnol of the state administration. CoL Jim Guffey, Democratic boss in Pennsylvania, is significantly working for independent party nomination. The great majority of Democratic workers, however, believe they should indorse Lewis Emery, Jr.. Lincoln candidate for the head of the ticket, and then perhaps nominate one qr two Democrats for subordinate positions. In which case the Lincoln party would probably fuse with the Democrats. Jim Kerr, formerly clerk of the House of Representatives; Howard Mutchler, ex-Congressman; ex-Postmaster Larkin, of Pittsburg, and ex-Judge Gor don, of Philadelphia, who has been the legal municipal adviser of Mayor Wea ver, are all in favor of fusion with the Lincoln party. They may be strong enough to overcome the opposition of Guffey, although he has furnished the funds for the party so long in the state that his opinion is entitled to more than the usual consideration. Guffey Is Cautious. Bosses usually have sympathy for each other. The same independence in the Republican party which threatens the political life of Penrose seems to be di rected in a leaser degree against Guffey. For this reason, if for no other, the Dem ocratic boss is for party nomination be cause he is naturally afraid in case of fusion his control over his own party will be terminated, and a new indepen dent machine will be built up which will know Guffey no more than It will know Penrose. There was a day when Quay would have snuffed out the independent party move ment in Pennsylvania without much dif ficulty. He would have paid but little attention to the voting throughout the state, and would have done absolutely nothing to conciliate the rural constitu ency. All deficiencies in the actual num ber of votes cast would have been made up by enormous frauds in Philadelphia. Break With Mayor Weaver. Penrose would have resorted to the same tactics, except for the fact he and his party associates, becoming swollen with political pride, saw fit to break with Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia. They made Weaver, and despised him for that fact. They did not realize that a man they had created and used for all sorts - of dirty political work could ap peal successfully to the Independents for support. But Weaver did break away from the machine, he organtzed the city party in Philadelphia, and he has cleaned up the City of Brotherly Love so that now the registry lists are reasonably re liable, and the election is straight as elections go. The Penrose ticket cannot expect a fraudulent vote in Philadelphia. The only hope of the Republican boss, there fore, Is to break up the voting. The Teg ular Republicans under ordinary condi tions might outnumber the Independent or Lincoln Republicans, so if they can keep the Democrats on the outside ther Is a chance of winning. There Is no pos sibility of the Penrose ticket securing a majority in case the Democrats fuse with the Lincoln Republicans. Several congressional seats will be lost In Pennsylvania this fall no matter what happens. Political leaders here are fully aware of this fact, and the shrinkage In the Republican majority, so far as Penn sylvania Is concerned, has been fully dis counted. There Is no Immediate danger of the loss of a senator, because Penrose will not retire in any event until 1909, and by that time political conditions In Penn sylvania probably will settle down so that the Republicans can choose one of their own number to succeed him without pro voking a fight which would result in the loss of the legislature. Independents Are Strong. It is a good year for the Independents to clean up things, therefore. They can elect a governor of their own and thus retain independent Republican control of the state, while at the same time they will risk nothing in the legislature. If the Democrats decide to disregard the wishes of Boss Guffey and proceed to In dorse Emery, the Lincoln party nominee, the Prohibitionists, who have nominated Berry for governor, will be forced to in dorse Emery also, and this will make his election certain In opposition to the silk stocking Republican dummy nominated at the Penrose convention. Lewis Emery, Jr., the Lincoln party nominee for Governor, is proving a more popular candidate than was anticipated. Word has been received here by mem bers of the Pennsylvania delegation and by others from the state who are not in sympathy with Penrose and what Is left of the old Quay machine to the effect that many old time Republicans In Phlla dephla and throughout the state, men who have not mixed in politics much of late, have decided to vote for Emery as the best possible way of getting rid of Penrose and his disreputable machine. The city party in Philadelphia, led by Mayor Weaver, will throw Its entire strength to the Lincoln ticket. Weaver's own political future is involved in this, for he cannot hope to keep Philadelphia clean unless he keeps Penrose out of it. . Emery Against Trusts. Emery has appealed to Independent voters up the state as few other men could do. He Is no greenhorn, having been In the state senate and having seen a good deal of state politics. He Is a Republican now . and always has been. Emery, like Guffey, made his money in the oil regions. He owned an Indepen dent refinery and sold out to the Standard Oil Company at a good price. Later he organized the Independent movement against the Standard OH and against bosses In both parties. He represents the best there Is in the state In the antl corporation and anti-machine movements. His friends say Emery will poll a larger vote than is given the highest man on the Penrose ticket. In any event, whether there be fusion or not. F REPORTS RECEIVED FROM MOUNTAIN AT REDDING. Deep Rumblings Are Said to .Be Heard From the Interior of Giant California Peak. REDDING, Cal., June 17. Reports are being received here that smoke Is pour ing from the cone of Mount Shasta and that deep rumblings are heard in the mountains. The reports are not credited. FRIEND WAS FAITHLESS Nicaraguan Doctor Compelled to Kill a Cabinet Minister. MEXICO CITY. June 17. Nicaraguan society Is excited over the case of Dr. Julian Irtas, who killed Dr. Alta Mirano, a politician and Cabinet Minister. Irias had occasion to visit Costa Rica and left his wife in care of AJta Mirano, who was his intimate friend. During Irias' absence Alta Mirano is alleged to have grossly Insulted Senora Irias, and when Irias returned he demanded an explan ation, when Alta Mirano stabbed Irias In the arm. Finally Irias killed Alta Mirano with & pistol. The tragedy occurred In Alta Mlrano's house. Irias will be tried, but has the sympathy of Nicaraguan society. KM S CRY NG HARVESTERS Unemployed Men Are Hard to Find. FACTORIES RUNNING FULL TIME Railroad Building Proceeding on Great Scale. IDLERS TO BE IMPRESSED Authorities of Cities and Towns Will Force All Abie-Bodied Men to the Fields or Out ' of the State. TOPBKA, Kan., June 17. SpeciaL Kansas Is sending out the strongest ap peal of her history for men to work In the harvest fields. The difficulties of the last few years in getting enough help to gather the wheat before It becomes dead ripe and scatters in the gathering will be Intensified this year If the ad vance signs are token of what Is to come. At least 25,000 more men than are In sight now will be needed, and desperate measures will be adopted to draft men Into the service behind the self-binders. Competition for labor Is stronger this year than ever before. There seems to be no idle men anywhere. Appeals have been addressed to the em ployment agencies in Chicago, St. Louis and other large Industrial centers. The answer has come back in almost every Instance that it is Impossible to fill tha orders. Where the Laborers Are Now. Factories are running at full capacity all over the country. Building operations are going on on a scale exceeding any thing of the kind in past years. These activities, in addition to the many pub lic Improvements that are in progress, have absorbed the bulk of the labor of the country, skilled and unskilled. State Free Employment Agent Gerow holds that a number of rallroada are largely to blame for the shortage of har vest hands. He says the railroads need every man they can get to complete their own work, and for this reason have re fused to grant the 1 cent a mile passen ger rate that usually Is made for the harvest hands. They fear. It Is said, that the call from the wheat fields, with the attractive wages, will draw away their laborers, who get only 1.25 for working on tracks. The Rock Island and Union Paclflo have given the harvesters' rate, but the other lines are obdurate. ' Promised Fried Chicken. All sorts of inducements are held out to laborers to go to the wheat fields. Along the Santa Fe road today farmers) drove Into town In surreys and carriages and picked up the straggling laborers who alighted. At Halstead one farmer made a deal with five men, who left tha train, and conveyed them to his home, five miles distant, in a big automobile. His promise of a fine fried chicken Sun Cay dinner as an additional Incentive. The flat has gone out unofficially that there must be no idle able-bodied men in Kansas at harvest time. The loafer who can work will be obliged to toil or leave the state. Local authorities in cities and towns hitherto have co-operated with the agriculturists In enlisting the whole avail able force for field work. They will do so again this year. Big Pay for Harvest Hands. There will he no room for complaint on account of compensation. The farm ers, if need be, will pay as high as S3 a day for good men. The ordinary wage will be 2 to J2.50. Board and lodging are also given. Farmers will co-operate with each other, and there will be less "steal ing" of the hands of others than In past years. Present indications are that Kansas will harvest 5,000,000 bushels of wheat. , The usual migration from the Texas and Oklahoma fields will recur this year, but this source of aid of itself will not be sufficient. RAIN SAVES KANSAS CORN. ; Wheat in Northern Section Will Also Be Greatly. Benefited. TOPEKA Kan., June 17. After the hottest day of the year North and Cen tral Kansas was tonight visited by ter rific rain and thunder storms, breaking the extended drought which had already irreparably damaged the wheat crop and threatened the corn crop. Reports received here are meager, but It is known that the storm is general In the northern section of the state. In Marshall County the storm Is so terrific that all wires are down and flood damage is threatened. In the extreme northern tier of coun ties the rain will still greatly benefit the wheat, but farther south It Is feared that the crop will be still further damaged by the delay In harvesting due to wet fields. The hot weather has been burning up the corn In all sections and tonight's rain will mean a saving of many thou sands of dollars to the farmers of the state on this crop time. No rain has fallen In Topeka so far. i