VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1895.
NO. 21.
TRANSPORTATION.
East and South
-VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific R'y Co.
EXPRE33 TF.AIN3 EON DAILY.
8:50 p m I Leave Portland - Arrive I 8:10 a u
12:10 P u I leave Albany Arrive j 4:50 jl m
10:46 a m Arrive 8. Francisco Love 6:00 r w
ASove trains atop at East Portland, Oregon
City, Wood bum, ttaWm, Turner, Marion, Jeffer
son, Albany. Alsany Junction, Taug nf,8nedds,
JTalsev, H .rrisbarg. Junction City, Irving, Eu
gene, Creswell, Drains, and all station! from
Uosebarg to Ashland, inclusive.
ROSE BURG MAIL DAILY.
8:3. A K Leave
12:4? m I Leave
6:2u p H I Arrive
(iriioiw
Albany
Ros?b'irg
Arrive i 1 r
Arrirel l:lm
Lf ave I 6:00 a w
Pullman B iffet deeper and second-class
sleeping ran attached to all through trains.
SALEM PASSENGER DAILY.
4 00pm L-ave Portland Arrive 1 1 r.llt a
6:15 PM Arrive Salem Leave ( 8:im A u
WEST SIDK
B1VISIOK.
Between Portland and Corvallls.
daily (xzcept Sunday).
Mall train
7 -SO A K Leave
12:V r M Arrive
Pur laud
Corvallis
Arrive 6.40 p M
Leave 1 1 .00 p M
At Albany and Oorvsllis connect with trains
of the Oregon Central & Eastern Ky.
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JLAI JAGlO J IIAJ.'U uatJM. UIA...,. ' " ' J
4:45 PMj
7:25 P M I
Leave
Arrive
Portland
MeMinnvllle
Arrive I 8:25 AM
Ieave 1 5:50 a m
Throtiph tickets to all points In the Eastern
states, (,'annda aud Rnrone can l.e obtained at
lowest raieirom a. &. miner, agenr, vurvaiiu.
R. KOEHLER, Manager.
E. P. ROGERS, A. G. F. b P. A., Portland, Or.
5) NT
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E. McNElL, "Receiver.
TO THE
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GIVES THE CHOICE OF
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL
ROUTES
VIA
GREAT
NORTHERN RY.
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
VIA
UNION
PACIFIC RY.
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OMAHA
AND
KANSAS CITT
AND '
ST. PAUL
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES
OCEAN STEAMERS
LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS
...FOR..
SAN FRANCISCO
For fall details call on or address
W. H. HURLBURT,
uea I r aaa. a gem,
Portland. Ob,
OREGON CENTRAL
AND EASTERN R.R. CO.
Yaquina Bay Route
Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the
San praneiseo & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship "Farallon "
A 1 and flrst-class in every respect. Sails from
Yaquina fur San Francisco about every eight
days. Passenger acc mmodattons unsurpassed.
Shortest roate between the Willamette valley
and California.
Fare From Albany or Points West to
' San Francisco :
Cabin .12 Steerage $ 8
Cabin Ronnd trip, good for 60 days 18
For sailing days apply to
' i W. A. CUMSIINGS, Agent
Corvallls. Oregon.
EDWIN 6T0NE, Manager, Corvallis, Oregon.
CIIA8. CLARK, Snp't, Corvallis, Oregon.
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DR. WILSON
Office over First National bank.
Residence, two blocks west of courthouse.
Office nonrs, 8 to 10 A. sr., 1 to S p. u.
Sundays aud evenings by appointment.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST
Diseases of women and children and general
practice.
Office over Allen & Woodward's drag store.
Office hours 8 to 12 A. M.. and 2 to 6 and 7 to a
P. M.
At residence, eorner of 3rd and Harrison after
hoars and on Sundays.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed
Corvallis, Oregon
F. M. JOHNSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Corvallis, Obeoon
Does a general nractlce in all the courts.
Also agent for all the first-class insurance com
panies. NOTABY PUBLIC.
JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON
ATTORNEY - AT
LAW
Office In Zelroff building, opposite postoffice.
H. 0. WILKINS
Stenographer and Notary Public
Conrt reporting and referee sittings msde
specialties, as well as type-writing and other
reporting.
umce opposite postomce, uorvaius, ur.
E. HOLQATE.
H. L. HOLGATE.
J as lice of the Peace.
Notary Public.
HOLGATE & SON
ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW
Corvallis - - - Oregon
J. B. Bbtson W. E- Yatxs J. Fbd Yath
Bryson, Yates & Yates
LAWYERS
CORVALLIS 0EEG0N
WAY EAST
C0.'S LINES The Short Route
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and dining cars, family tourist sleepers
Occidental Hotel, Corvallia, Oregon, or
cuni, Avruwu, viokwu.
THE NEGROES RON OUT
Illinois - Colored- Miners Put
to Flight.
GIVEN A TASTE OF MOB VIOLENCE
Their Discharge Having Been Denied,
the White Miners Took the Blatter
Into Their Own Hands.
Spring Valley, Ill.,Angust 6. -"The
Location, a patch of some hundred'
odd company houses near No.' 3 shaft,
inhabited almost exclusively by ne
groes, was this morning visited by
a vengeful mob of 500 white miners
from this city, and given a taste of
mob violence.
Last night, near midnight, five col
ored men held up a white man, Barney
Role, between this city and "The Lo
cation," and after robbing him of near
ly 1 100, fired three shots into him and
left him for dead. Role is the third
man shot at "The Location" in the
past few weeks.
When the white miners of this city
heard of the outrage they assembled on
the publio square, and decided to march
in a body to General Manager Dalziel's
house and demand of him the dis
charge of every colored man in "The
Location." A brass band was se
cured, and the mob repaired to the
general manager's house. He refused
to grant what the white miners want
ed. They then told him that as he was
not disposed to run them out of town
they would take the matter up them
selves, and with that they marched to
ward No. S. By the time the mob ar
rived at "The Location" most of the
negroes, having been notified of the
wrath of the whites, had fled to the
woods. About a dozen were caught
and treated to most violent kicks.
Stones were hurled at them and shots
fired. Two were shot, but not seriously
hurt. The boarding-house for colored
men at No. S was then attacked. All
the inmates fled for their lives. The
mob ransacked the houses, breaking
furniture and committing other depre
dations. By noon today every negro
had fled. All the afternoon a gang of
men with pistols and shotguns scoured
the woods hunting for negroes to shoot
at
Sheriff Clark arrived late this after
noon with a band of deputies. - No
more trouble is anticipated, unless the
negroes attempt to come back. There
is a terrible prejudice here against
them for frequent and bold outrages
they are charged with committing.
There is much feeling against Dalziel,
at whose instance, it is alleged, they
were imported. Everything is quiet
tonight, but trouble is expected if the
negroes go to work.
A later investigation shows that
there were more negroes seriously hurt
than at first reported. Two persons
were fatally injured and twelve others
severely wounded.
The rioters were all Italian miners.
There has been bad blood between them
and the negroes ever since the latter
were imported here, and it is asserted
that they have been waiting for a good
excuse to drive them out. This was
furnished by the shooting of last night.
Fought as They Left Church.
Baton Rogue, La., August 6. A
sanguinary battle occurred last night
at Gideon church, where protracted
meetings are being held. The feud be
tween the O'Neil and Picon families
resulted in Henry and Albert O'Neil,
brothers, being attacked by Hill and
Wallace Ficon and Carlo Edmundston
as they came out of the church. The
attacking party was armed with shot
guns, and the O'Neils were almost in
stantly killed. The Picons and Ed-
mundstons were arrested.
The Insurgents Defeated.
Madrid, August 6. An official dis-
patoh has been received here which
says the Spaniards have defeated the
rebels under Jose Maoeo near Santiago
de Cuba, and that several of the rebels
were killed. - -
G. R. FARRA, M. D.
Office in Farra A Allen's brick, on the corner
of Second and Adams.
Residence on Third street in front of conrt-
honse.
Office hours 8 to 9 A. and 1 to 2 and 7 to 8
p. u. All ca.U attended promptly.
Josiph H. Wilsok.
Tbokai E. Wilson
WILSON & WILSON
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
Will practice in all the state and federal courts
Abstracting, collections. Notary public Con
veyancing. BENTON COUNTY
ABSTRACT : COMPANY
Complete Set of Abstracts
of Benton County.
Conveyancingand Perfecting
Titles a Specialty.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
country Property. , .
J. B. MARKLEY & CO., Proprietors
Main Street, Corvallis.
THE CLOTHING-MAKERS.
Every Contractor Will Sign Agreement,
Blse the Strike Continues. .
New York, August 6. The execu
tive committee of the Garment-Makers
Union held a meeting today to discuss
the attitude of the contractors, as laid
down by Secretary Wilkowsky at the
midnight conference. Should a single
contractor decline to sign the agree
ment, the Brotherhood of Tailors will
refuse to declare the strike off, but it
is believed that all the contractors will
submit to the terms of the brotherhood.
At today's meeting the executive
committee of the garment-makers de
cided to obtain reports from all the
shops and have them read at the meet'
ing in Cooper Institute tomorrow.
It is possible that the union will
decide to ignore the action of Secre
tary Wilkowsky in making the surren
der, and will prolong its resistance to
the strikers.
Acting Chief Conlins had a confer
ence today with Secretary Wilkowsky,
of the contractors' association.- The
acting chief said he had reason to be
lieve that at least 150 shops would
start up for business with nonunion
men, and that he was ready to furnish
police protection which would natur
ally be required in such an event. He
said, however, that Seoretary Wilkow
sky had given him no assuranoe that
suoh would be the case. He said that
Mr. Wilkowsky told him that some
shops might open, but that they would
not be compelled to call upon the po
lice for protection. In the meantime,
however, the off platoon of police has
been ordered to remain on duty as they
have for the past week.
THE NEW DYNAMOMETER.
An Important Invention by Officers of
the Northern Faoifle.
Taooma, August 6. An important
invention has been perfected by H. H.
Warner, master mechanic; General
Manager Kendrick and Chief Engineer
McHenry, of the Northern Pacific. It
consists of an instrument for measur
ing the drawing foroe of engines and
is an ingenious dynamometer. The
measuring is done by means of a dia
phragm working in a oylinder or ves
sel containing confined fluid, as water,
oil or glycerine. As the engine draws
on the load behind it, the diaphragm
presses against the liquid, operating a
needle or indicating gauge, which re
cords every ounce of pressure exerted.
The dynamometer has been sent to
St. Paul and back on . a freight train,
returning here Friday. Officials say it
will greatly reduoe operating expenses
by enabling the making-up of trains
on each division according to the pow
ers of the engine", ''while heretofore
they have been made up of so many
loaded cars, and there was no way of
acourrately proportioning the weight
of the train to the drawing power of
the engines on eaoh division.
Its use will result in a reclassifica
tion of engines on the Northern Pa
cific as soon as enough of the instru
ments can be made for use on all
trains. The invention results from a
conversation, had a few years ago be
tween the inventors regarding the need
of such an instrument
THOSE UNION PACIFIC RAILS.
Shank on Trial In Nebraska for At
tempting to Steal fhein.
Grand Island. Neb.. August 6.
George H. Shank, who, with one Rals
ton, was charged with attempting to
load 125,000 worth of rails fe
tolen from
the Union Pacific company!
and ship
the same during the night
of July 4,
was given a preliminary hearing yester
day and was bound over to
ithe district
court in the sum of $500.
President
Patrick, of an Eastern road
bow build-
ing, testified to a contract -frith Shank
to furnish 1,000 tons of nelv and five
tons of relay rails, and tbkt
he haj
come here to ascertain whj
they were
not shipped,
Shank and Ralston claim
d , to have
bought the rails. The state
attempted
to show that several days
nllrarad ftttemnt was made.
before the
Ralston, in
the presence of Shank, openlyi boasted
that he wouhi take the pile of rails in
dispute. It was shqwn against Shank
that the plan was to load the rails that
night and ship them, and that Shank
and Ralston bad made a trip on
branch roads to find more rails.
Back From Mount Bainier. - .
Seattle, August 6. Major Edward
S. Inraham returned from an ascent of
Mount Rainier, with a party of tour
ists, among whom were several scien
tists. He took with him the first mer
curial barometer ever carried, to the
summit, making observations both up
and back. From the readings will be
deducted the accurate height of the
mountain. Miss Howard, of the state
agricultural oollege, Pullman, who
was with the party, is the first woman
to ascend the mountain tnis season.
She experienced great hardship, and
does not care to repeat the trip.
An Alleged Cattle-Thief Murdered.
nhnvAnne. Wvo.. Aufimst 6. A man
has been found murdered on Horse
Creek, about forty miles from here.
The body is believed to be that of
William Lewis, a ranonman. ljast
year Lewis was arrested on a charge of
horse-stealing, but was aquitted. Sev
eral times since this trial, Lewis and
his foreman have been shot at by" un
known parties.
' Five Hundred Turka Killed.
TrfTifrTi. Ausrnst 6. The Chroniole
has a dispatch from Constantinople
whiota says: a. man irom uskdh wno
traversed the disturbed district reports
that a severe engagement has ' taken
place with the insurgents near Strumit-
n in which the Turks lost 500 Killed
and wounded, and the insurgents 100
wounded, all of whom were placed in
a hospital at aaiomoa.-
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Late Events.
BRIEF SPARES FROM THE WIRES
Happenings of Interest in the Towns and
Cities of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
A committee of fifty has been organ
ized in Port Townsend, Wash., to pro
mote the welfare of that city.
Lawrence Gronlund, the socialist,
is on a visit to Seattle, to try to make
converts to his way of thinking.
A party of copper-miners has been
inspecting a copper mine on Bear creek
in Wallowa county, that is said to be
quite rich.
George Edgar, who administered to
Ada Myers, in Baker county, has been
held in $300 bonds to answer to the
next grand jury, on charge of man
slaughter.
The Port Townsend, Wash., Herald
has suspended publication. It is un
derstood that the plant will be moved
to North Yakima, where a daily will
be established. .
The total valuation of all property
in King county, Wash. , is placed at
$42,810,688 by the last assessment.
This is $2,648,250 less than the assess
ment of last year.
The A. P. A.'s of Pierce county,
Wash., have decided to have a paper,
to be called the American Citizen.
The first number will appear about
August 15, and the paper will be pub
lished weekly. -
It is claimed that the orchard of E.
H. Hanford, adjoining the townsite of
Oaksdale, Wash., and containing 220
acres, is the largest in Whitman
county, if not in the state, owned by
one man and in one single traot.
Hopgrowers from near Salem are
said to be out after pickers at 40 cents
a box, agreeing to come and get them,
when a wagon-load of pickers can be
gathered together, and to return them
baok home after pioking is over.
The first tunnel at the Santiam, Or.,
mines has been run in forty feet, and
free gold ore has been struck. Consid
erable activity is apparent in the San
tiam region, and the hills are being
thoroughly prospected for new claims.
The Baker City national bank is now
ready to pay its second dividend to de
positors. Twenty per cent or about
$14,000, will be paid out. Reoeiver
Beard hopes to be able to pay 100 cents
on the dollar to depositors by the time
the affairs of the bank are closed.
There seems to be little evidence
against W. D. Allred, who was arrest
ed and brought to Klamath Falls, Or.,
charged with the AgerrKlamath Falls
stage robberies. So far, the driver's
opinion that he recognized Allred's
voice is all the evidenoe amounts to.
Judge Parker, of the superior court
of Fierce county, Wash. , has decided
that in the collection of delinquent
taxes the treasurer must not retain the
full amount of the penalty and interest
in the general and salary funds, but
must divide it proportionally, among
the funds cpooifiod by-law. S
It is feared that the
watermelon crop
of Yakima, Wash., will be
b small one
this year, says' the Repnbll
0. In the
Moxee vaUeyi from-where
many big
loads 01 luscious melons
cafie
last sea-
son, there wli be hsSrdly
enJngh
to sup-
ply tne -producers. xne
ward spring is- said to be
and even replanting failed.
old, back
the cause,
-Rfewarr, Johnson, the
L
a Chelan,
that from
Wash. , steamboatman, say J
shone the first of Seotem
ler on till
snowfall hunting will be
tile
best. The
big ; game -will then be
athered in
droves and herds on the rJ
iddle tide-
lands: bear will be
fatteled
on the
will be
late berry patches and
grose
plump and plentiful as
blaikbirds
in a
tula berry swamp. ,
Benjamin F. Manning, oounty treas
urer of Whitman county, Wash., says
he does not think the county will re
sume the issuance of warrants this
year. October 11, 1894, the commis
sioners found that the legal limit of
indebtedness of the county had been
exceeded by about $80,000, since which
time no warrants have been issued ex
cept on the salary and emergency fund.
The trial of John McDowell for kill
ing his son-in-law, John McCalbe,
February 26, 1895, at the Summitt,
Or., was completed at Toledo the other
day. The jury returned a verdiot of
guilty of manslaughter, and Judge
Fullerton sentenced MoDowell to two
years in the penitentiary. McDowell
is 69 years of age, and the reports of
the murder when it happened were de
cidedly against him. .
Aocording to the Salem Journal,
prices for wheat vary considerably
among the six flouring mills of Marion
county, Or. During six months the
highest price paid by the Salem mills
was 44 cents, lowest 87; while the
lowest price paid by the Aumsville
mill was 40 cents and the highest 60.
The average prioes were as . follows:
Salem, 40 cents; Jefferson, 45 cents;
Aurora, 50 cents; Sidney, . 43 cents;
Gervais, 47 3-4; Aumsville, 55. ,
The state grain commission will es
tablish the following grades: On
olub, blue stem and other varieties of
wheat there will be four grades first,
seoond, third and rejected. On bar
ely there will be brewing barley, No.
1 feed, No. 2 feed and rejected. The
rejected does not mean that it will be
excluded from the market, as it may
mean wet wheat or very light shrunk
en wheat, and the dealer will be guid
ed accordingly. ;
CONDITION OF CORN.
This Tear's Crop Will Be the Largest
- Ever Known.
nioago, August o. a local paper
says: '1 he crop, of corn this year will
be the largest that has ever been
known. It is estimated at present
tnat the yield will exceed by 200,000,
000 bushels the record of any previous
year. The condition did not exist a
month ago. At that time continued
drouth in nearly all corn states made
the outlook dubious for an average
yield. Jut the rains came, heavy and
continued showers, just at the ferine
most needed, and today prosperity
hovers closer over millions of homes
than for many years.
How much depends on the corn crop
is realized by few. The crop will
bring more money, if marketed, than
all other products combined. The es
timated yield of corn for this year is
from 2,250,000,000 to 2,500,000,000
bushels. At the present price, which
is 35 cents for December or May de
livery, the cropiwill be worth $800,-
000,000. A decline of 5 cents bushel
would mean a difference of $115,000,
in the value of the crop.
To emphasize the immensity of this
product, it may be said that the state
oi xowa aione will raise enough corn
this year to supply more than five
bushels to every man, woman and child
in the United States. Illinois, Iowa.
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and
Kansas comprise what is termed the
corn belt. This section furnishes nearly,
if not quite, two-thirds of the entire
corn produot.
So favorably have the reports be
come of an enormous crop that the
managers of the various railroads that
traverse the valleys of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers are already making
arrangements and perfecting their
equipments for handling the crop. The
force of workmen has been inoreased in
a number of shops, and all rolling
stock is being overhauled and made
available for use, in addition to new
freight cars that are being hurried
rapidly in construction.
The government report of July 18
indicated that there would be an un
usually large yield of corn, but since
that report was issued, the conditions
have vastly improved. Secretary
Morton has called for a special report
on corn from all weather stations, 1
which will be furnished soon. Thei
previous greatest yield of any year was
in 1889, when the acreage was 78,-
189,651 and the yield 2,112,892, bush
els.
THE NAVAL MANEUVERS.
Request of the Japanese Government to
Witness Them Denied.
New York, August 5. A Herald
dispatch from Washington to the navy
department has refused permission to
the Japanese government to have one
of its officers witness the maneuvers of
the North Atlantic squadron. The re
quest was preferred by the Japanese
minister some days ago, and he has just
received a reply containing the refusal.
The department authorities 'state in
this communication that the maneuvers
will be extremely simple in character
and will be simply preliminary to
others to be held in the future.
Japan is not the only nation inter
ested in the coming naval maneuvers
of the North Atlantio squadron. Other
nations have determined that they
would like to have an officer witness
them, but none has gone to the length
which Japan took. Besides informing
the Japanese government of their re
fusal in this connection, it is under
stood the reply says they will be glad
to have a Japanese officer witness the
maneuvers of our squadron when our
navy is more familiar with drills, ex
ercises, etc. The vessels will leave
about August 7 for Newport, where
they will remain for a short time, and
then go to Portland to attend a fair to
be held there. Great interest is being
manifested in the maneuvers, and con
siderable benefit is expected to result.
Another Federal Investigation.
San Francisco, August 5. The
Chronicle publishes an article in regard
to alleged frauds in the railway ser
vice on the Pacific coast which it says
promise to lead to one of the most far-
reaching federal investigations ever
held here.
It is alleged by Railway Postal Clerk
E. S. Clover, and others, that the
United States mails were fraudently
stuffed, with the advice and consent of
Superintendent Samuel Flint, of the
eighth division of the railway service,
during the month of June, 1894, in or
der that the weights carried during
that month, which formed the basis for
estimating the compensation to be paid
the railroads for the next four years,
might appear unduly large. -.. Railway
postal clerks of long standing say there
are great opportunities for stuffing the
cars in such a way as to rob the gov
ernment of millions eaoh year. The
Chroniole says that this local scandal
opens up a wide field for congressional
investigation.
Cqughlln and George Escape.
Salt Lake, August 5. The outlaws,
Coughlin and George, who were pur
sued by officers yesterday in City Creek
canyon, made their escape in some
way, and all track of them has been
lost.
Highest of all in Leavening
A VIGOROUS PROTEST
Japan Not Willing to Accede
to the Powers' Demand.
WILL ENDEAVOR TO HOLD ON
Forced Evacuation of the Ilao Tunsr
Peninsula May Result in War
A Diplomatic View.
Washington, August 3. The diplo
matic corps in Washington is watching
with much interest at present the set
tlement of the question of the evacua
tion of Port Arthur in accordance with
the demand which Russia, France and
Germany are reported to have made
upon the Japanese to evacuate the en
tire Liao Tung peninsula without ref
erence to China's fulfillment of her
part of the Shimonoseki treaty obliga
tions. It is made quite clear at the
Japanese legation here that Japan will
not accede to this demand, if really
made, without a vigorous protest.
Japan", said an official of the le
gation in discussing the contingency
today, "will fight before she will yield
the advantage she has in the penin
sula, without a full settlement of the
indemnity awarded her for the surren
der of the concession. It is too import
ant a lever to let go of, simply beoause
it may suit Russia's purpose to ask it.
It is our understanding here that the
evacuation is to depend upon the pay
ment of the indemnity. Japan cer
tainly regarded the matter in that light
when the treaty was amended at the
instance of the European powers. It
may be claimed that the question is
no longer between China and Japan,
but rather one between Japan and the
European countries interested in the
settlement But this position is not
tenable. It is China to which Japan
must look for the money she is to re
ceive, and it is Chinese territory that
is involved in the controversy; and if
it is a matter of keeping faith with the
European powers, let them make good
the indemnity if they do not want Ja
pan to continue at Port Arthur."
The representatives here of the Mi
kado's government are evidently not
impressed with the belief that France
and Germany are so much concerned
over this settlement as has been repre
sented. Diplomats, generally, also
find it hard to realize that Russia
should be so much in earnest in press
ing Japan to the wall in these matters
as she is reported to be. They say that
having gained every advantage sought,
Russia would naturally be expected
now to press her claims in a way not
to further wound the feelings of the
Japanese.
"Russia," said a member of the
diplomatic corps, "has succeeded in '
preventing Japan's getting any foot
hold whatever in the Asiatic continent,
and it is evident from recent accounts
that Europe is reaping a diplomatic
harvest in Corea to which Japan is en
titled. It has always been Russia's
policy to treat a conquered nation so
leniently as to soon Russianize them.
Why she should not treat Japan as
liberally and make the Pacifio island
her actual, as she is her natural, ally,
passes my comprehension."
There is good reasons for believing
the Japanese are taking every oppor
tunity to impress upon the Russians
the advantage to them of friendly co
operation between the two countries in
the Eastern Pacific. Whether this is
to be done with a - view of Japan con
tinuing to hold Port Arthur, notwith
standing the existence of the treaty, is
not so clear, but there are some who
interpret the Japanese tactics to mean
this. It seems clear, at any rate, from
all that can be learned here, that Ja
pan will hold on to the footing she
now occupies on Chinese soil until the
indemnity is paid or until she is driven
out by a more formidable display than
can be made in a diplomatio confer
ence. Nothing to Prevent the Fight.
Dallas, Tex., August 3. Ex-City
Judge Charles Fecklor, regarded as
one of the clearest legal minds in Dal
las, stated the law governing prize
fighting as follows: "The last legis
lature adopted a new criminal code
which made prizefighting a misde
meanor, punishable with a fine of not
less than $500 nor more than $1,000,
and an imprisonment of thirty days.
This law went into operation July 20.
The legislature also subsequently pass
ed a civil code and it enacted that a
fight may take place "by taking out a
license for $500. This law goes into
effect September 1, thirty days before
the Corbett - Fitzsimmons contest
There is no doubt the supreme court
will hold it is or will be the law after
the 1st of September. The civil code
was adopted last and, therefore, will
take precedence over the other." This
opinion is concurred in by every lawyer
in Dallas, who has read the law, and
there is no power to prevent the Cor-bett-Fitzsimmons
fight
Panama Strike Ended.
Colon, August 8. The Panama rail
way yesterday handled 1,300 tons of
transit freight The strike is ended
land the strikers are receiving the usual
wages.
Power, Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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