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WEEKLY EDITION. • • • • • • • • • • • • Unswayed by fear, unintlu- enced by favor, the East Ore- goiiian will tell the truth. the whole truth, about county. state sud national affairs. It is fair. absolutely fair. to .aose who differ from its .lews. as well as to its Mends. • • o • • ••••• • o • • • •' EEKLY EDITION • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••••••••••••eaa STRIKING EMPLOYES BEGIN WARFARE UN THE PACKERS WIDOW OF O’KEEFE ing a Fortune—Georg.a Wife Now Walla Walla, July 29.—Robert Ger ry, formerly a member ot the state THE CZAR IS WORRIED legislature, and a leading men hant of BY STARTLING REPORTS. Pasco, visited friends in the city yes terday. He reported harvesting well under way and the yield much bet ter than has been expected, turning The Russian Forces Are Running From and Dodging the Alert Armies off 25 bushels per acre in many fields where it was thought the yie. . would of the M ikado—Russian Right Flank not be more than 10 bushels. Mr Turned Back at Sematse—Japanese Gerry says Franklin county has had Land Force Is Constantly Reinforc a very prosperous year, and he is ed Under Cover of Warships in the elated over future prospects. All Plead Not Guilty and Barnaby Is Held Under $20,000 Bail. New York, Aug. 1.—President Bar naby. Secretary Atkinson and Treat* urer Dexter, of the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, owners of the Slocum, and Government Inspectors Lundberg and Fleming, were arraign ed in the federal court today and pleaded not gumy. Barnaby’s bail was fixed at ,2<i,000, the others at »5000. REGATTA NOW ON. BARBER LAW UPHELD. Supreme Court Holds That the Act Is Plants’ Ingomar Loses First Place to White Heather. Constitutional. Cowes, Aug. 1.—The regatta week Salem. Or., Aug. 1.—(Special)—The opened today with the king and queen supreme court today reversed the de present The first race for yachts of cision of Judge George, ot Multnomah over 100 tons, was won by Plants’ In county, in what is known as the bar gomar, but on a time allowance, the ber case, brought by the board of bar White Heather was given first, Brun- hilde second, Ingomar third, and -Me ber examiners against H L. Briggs The defendant was convicted for | teor fourth conducting a barber shop In violation New Cures by X-Rays. of the existing law regulating the trade. A judgment was arrested by London. August 1.—Professor Boz- the trial court holding the act to be 1 zoli. director of clinical medicine at unconstitutional. The law Is held to . Turin university, has communicated be constitutional in the higher court. i to the Royal Academy of Medicine his observations on the surprising effica- PARKER A VICTIM. I ey of the action of X-rays in the I treatment of certain serious diseases Book Agent "Worked” the Democratic ' of the blood. He states that he has succeeded in curing by X rays a case Candidate Today. Esopus, Aug. 1.—The hottest weath-, of leuchaemia, which was considered er of the year failed to keep Parker . incura.de. In doors today, he dividing the fore Parcels Post to Japan. noon between a long ride on horse- | _______________ Washington, D. C., August 1.—The back and _ a visit to the rice fields. "The”judge’s only visitor was a book I parcels post agreement recently sign agent who succeeded in selling him I ed by Postmaster General Payne, on « rr __ nlthrtHmh hnholf rxf tho behalf ITnifgvrl of Hlntoa nnd Win. the United States, and Min a set of .. Jefferson ’s writings, although the candidate already possessed sev- ister Takahira, on behalf of Japan, went into effect today. The treaty eral sets. allows a maximum limit of weight of four pounds six ounces in the mails Big Timber Wool Trade. ’ rate Big Timber, August 1.—The North between the two countries. The ern Pacific has closed its wool ware fixed in 12 cents a pound or • fraction house here, the season's product hav thereof. ing all been baled up and shipped. Textile Mills Open. The last carload went forward today, Fall River, Mass., August 1.—The making a total of 74 cars, or 2,215,660 pounds, for the season It was ex mills opened this morning, No de- pected that the receipts would reach velopments are anticipated within 10 two and a quarter millions, but the days. amount fell a little short. Ex-Governor Pattison Dead. Philadelphia. August 1.—Former Cholrea Threatens Philippines. Washington, August 1.—About 30 Governor Pattison died at 6:30 this c ases of plague per week ar® being re morning of pneumonia. ported at Hong Kong, while cholera A cloudburst at Sodaville, Nev., de- also made its appearance at that — — point The latter is considered a stroyed several farm houses, one source of great danger to the Philip-j school house and several crops. Hat pines. urd,y ni«ht’ MOVEMENTS ON LAND Japanese Army Continue* to Advance in Some Direction. But la Checked in Other*—Anti-Ru**ian Demon »tration in Rome—Witte Profit* by Plehve* Fate and Announce* Hi* Gets Bulk of Fortune Although Dis inherited BIG CROPS IN FR oJKLIN. SLOCUM OFFICERS PLEAD. IN Savannah. Ga., Man Deserted a Fam ily and Settled in the Caroline Is lands. Becoming King, and Acquir Leader of the “Holy Rollers’* Glad to Grain Yield is Much Better Than Was Get in Jan. Expected- Portland. Aug. 1.—“Joshua'' Cref- field. leader of the “Holy Rollers,” religious sect, is glad he is in jail here. It is the first time in months that his life has been absolutely safe. When the jail door closed on him Saturday night he at once fell down on his cot in mental and physical collapse, after his three months' hid ing from the law Thrice at Corvall is a mob gathered to hang him. before the deputies could get to the train, and the torture of the deluded man has been awful. For three months he has been se creted in a pit under his father-in- law's house, where he ate. slept and lived. The pit was scarcely large enough to hold his frail body and he says he is glad to be in the wider freedom ot the county jail. The reward of ,40«t for his capture wil lgo to Roy Hurt, his brother-in- law, who discovered him. half starv ed. nnder Hurt, senior’s house, where he had been secreted. Since Mrs. Hun went to the asy lum Creffield has nothing to eat, ex cept at rare intervals. GREAT ACTIVITY SHOWN GETS HALF ESTATE. Savannah. Ga. August 1.—Th.} widow ot "King" O’Keefe of Yap. who resides her«. will gel ouvhali of that Will Invoke the Child Labor La* and Building Laws of the portion of his estate which is held under the rule of Germany. The Ger State to Worry Their Masters. .uau courts have actetl favorably up- in the petition of the Savannah widow , as has be«n cabled from Hong Kong by Walter C Hartridge, her at- Strike Committee Begins an Active Campaign—Secures Four Arrests for orney. Hartridge is on his srcond trip to Employing Children m the Packing Houses — Non union Men Being Tan. in the Caroline group. He has been working on ih«> case for two Housed Illegally—President Will Not Interfere—Only 200 Out of 500 ears The «-state involved is worth Striking Teamsters Can Get Back—Commissary Department Thronged (liMiiiiHHi and the share falling to h«- Savannah widow. Mrs Margaret With Hungry Families—Injunction Issued Against Strikers at St Jo O'Keefe, and her daughter. Mrs Lulu Butler, is atsiut ,25»>. ih H' seph— Police Guards Escort Hundreds of Wagons in Kansas City and O'Keefe sailed from here leserting his Savannah wife and baby at St. Joseph the Chief of Police and Sheriff Say the Situation Is Be St*»' girl, whom he never returned to see yond Their Control. He married a na ive woman on the Island of Yap. on which he wa» wrecked and became king of the Is He levied tribute and became Chicago. Aug 1.—The new board the opening hours ot the 21st day of land wealthy, trading with other islands of control selected Saturday to man the packers' strike Shipments of nonunion men con ind selling tn Hong Kong and ot her age the strike, met today and started tinue to arrive at the yards. 400 be ports a new line of action by adopting res ing distributed among the plants The i He made a will in H<mg Kong disin olutions to be presented to the build l»aekers claim there are heavy deser-1 Meriting his Savannah wife, This ing inspector, calling attention to the lions from the strikers' ranks, but the will would not stand the test of th-' wholesale stampede anticipated this German court, however. as testator, alleged violations by the packers of under the German law. cannot diStn morning did not materialize. the building laws, in housing non Receipts this morning were very 'lerit his wife The Savannah heirs union men in a building without pro heavy, amounting to 25.000 cattle. annul share in the «.-state in Hone Kong, but can in the islands under i.S.i»»« hogs and 17.00») sheep tection as the laws demand. The absence of President Donnelly, German rule. The state factory inspector this ■ of the Butchers' Union, on a trip to morning also issued four warrants the Western packing cities, is taken MARKETING PRODUCTS. against the superintendent of the as an indication that no immediate Morris plant who is charged with em steps looking to a settlement is con A/alla Walla Now a Busy Town on ploying boys under age templated. The commissary depart Account of Big Crops. The strikers commissary houses ment established by the strikers, Walla Walla. July 29.—The fruit are thronged this morning with were thronged this morning by the vnd produce houses are very busy crowds of hungry families, but no dis men s families. hese days receiving all manner v. order prevails. The packers now state they will egeiables an<l eraly fruits. In the use only 200 out of over 5v0 teamsters ■arly morning hours scores of wagons President Will Not Interfere. out on a strike when the fight is over, ine the streets wal ing for an oppor Washing.on. Aug. 1.—The president having made other arrangements for unity to unload and the rush hardly will return ’o Oyster Bay on August the delivery of meat -ubsides before noon. 2b, and remain unt.l September 2" The principal products being ahlp- Wholesale Desertions From Ranks. He has no intention of interfering ■ed now are potatoes, onions, apples, in the beef strike unless the trouble Kansas City. Mo.. Aug 1 —The po- ind plums. These go in carloads spreads generally to the other trades ice ieported that many skilled butch nearly dally, while other vegetables or causse a meat famine so that the ers have deserted the strikers todsy ind fruits make up considerable situation takes the aspect of a nation and returned to work at Armour's. shipments by express on every train. al disaster, like the coal strike There is no disorder this morning The markets t..is year are found, as Within the last -ew days the presi n the past, in Montana, Dakota. z.cd dent has been assured by men in Now Recruits Deserting is far east as St Paul and Chicago close touch with the Chicago situation Omaha. August 1.—The strike is Prices range fairly h gh. and produc that the trouble will solve itself by unchanged. Governor Mickey made a ers ar. well satisfied with results the men going back to work in time quiet visit to the packing bouse dis Jrops have ixen good and the pros trict and saw a carload of non union >ect for an abundance of fine fruit is Packers Get an Injunction. men arrive at the Armour plant with- onsidered above the average St. Joseph, Mo.. Aug. 1.—A tempor i out disturbance. He returned to Lin ary Injunction, returnable on August coln satisfied with the manner in Letter From Andre. 22. was granted by Federal Judge which the sheriff is handling the sit- Christ.ania. August 1 —A Norwegi- Phillips today against the packing ua ion. The strikers say that many in whaler has found, north of Spits house strikers on an application of the of the new men are deserting the bergen. a bottle con aining a letter packers. The affidavits cite 100 law i packers. rum Andre, dated in D»t«8 The text less acts and contains the statements is not given. of the police chief and sheriff that Officers Escort Teams. the situation is beyond their control. St. Joseph. Mo. August 1—No »trike disturbances this morning. Quiet Reigns at Chicago. Hundreds of officers escort the pack- Chicago. Aug. 1.—Quietude marked ers- teams CREFFIELD COLLAPSES. • TLe Eui Uregutaati of Pen- • 'baton, Oregon. 1» published In • ir- of the wonderful Ln- • land Empire. You will find • that It is readable, reliable • and progr* I will Kiva • the news reliably, accu • rately and fully. • Frank McIntyre, Insane, At- Citizens tempts to Kill His Fellow Inmates. BOOTBLACK USES FLATIRON AND CLUB VICIOUSLY With Retirement From Ru**i*n Politic* —Chance for Capture or Deitruc- t«on of th* Vladivostok Squadron. Hurrying Toklo, July 3»' Shortly after the discovery of the VladivusUik squad- Co-operating Government in BOTH INTERLSIS SLDGUM OFFICERS ARE IMPLACABEE ILL INDICTED No Apparent Possibility of an Grand Jury Finds Captain Van Amicable Settlement of the , ron off i*u this morning, four Japan , e*e warship* were seen chasing the I the Project. Chicago Dispute. Russian cruiser* to the southward The ve«»el* were tfcen about 14 mile* distant. Three more Japanese war TROUBLE MAY BE HEARD PRIVATE DITCHES WILL BE ship* are known to be but 40 mile* SOLD TO GOVERNMENT. from Oshima IN THE FEDERAL COURT Schaick and Two Inspec tors Guilty. INDICTMENTS INCLUDE ALL OFFICERS OF COMPANY Japanese Continue to Advance Required All the Other Prisoners in Water User*' Corporation to Be Or Child He Becomes Violent—County Hal Cheng. July 30 —The Japanese Abnorrr.*! Quietude in Chicago, and Ba-i of th« Officer* Heid Will Be ganized for the Purpose of Comply have resumed their advances. They Fixed at $50u0—Captain of Steam Many Strike Breaker* Are Going attacked the Russian right flank Fri er Grand Republic. Which Wa* ing With the Withe* of Reclama day under cover, which the Japanese to Work Without Interference— Near tne Slocum at Time of D'*a* tion Engineer*—Cost of Land to the infantry pushed along the line of rail Striker* May Be Brougnt Into way The advance was temporarily ter. A ik Held for Criminal Car*- Settler Under Irrigation Will Be 1 checked at 11 o'clock but was aga.n Court a* De'endant* Under a Con Jail Scene of Lively Panic Until the $30 Per Acre, to Be Paid in Annual ' County Jail to Disarm the Infur.at- ed Man—Brooding Over the Imag iced D sappearance of His Wife and Stove wAood and Laundry Tools Were Put Out of Reach. Armed with a heavy flatiron and a lliet of stove w < mx 1, Frank McIntyre, xa insane man confin«-d at the county jail. < rested a panic among the pris- aers this morning and came near ! raining one of the Inmate* before he was *«mured. McIntyre was taken into custody •■rday morning i becau e of his 1U’ rr actio >n» on the street He be- lieve* »!?• and children have id'i" i from him. and when first placed in Jail appeared harmless and all lowed to m.ngl. with the other prison? trs This morning he showed unusual >i ui vas.nes* »nu became sul- ■ n S-ruri-g a flatiron list'd by the prisoners in pressing their clothe*, he ook a seat near the entrance to the orr : >r an ! awaited the coming of an offlcei One of the prisoner* saw McIntyre wi the flatiron and slipping up be- him snap bed it away Incensed . the irsan* man seized a huge : k of stov wood an<l smashed it ,■ wall' in an attempt brain the prisoner Tne other In nate, of the jail and Deputy Sheriff Davis went to the rescue and It re o re 1 n l ined efforts of eight men to quiet McIntyre He appeared quiet after his burst ; pas-n-q and was allowed to remain la the corridor For the larger pan if the day. McIntyre has been sitting •u the steps leading to the uppe* corridor, his hat pulled down over his eyes, smoking clgarett«-« in sullen sil« nee eiG IRRIGATION PROJECT. Total of 215.000 Acres to Be Reclaim ed in Wyoming. Work is to i ommence within 6») days on the construction of the I tn mens»- canal for the Oregon Basin Ir rigation company in Big Horn coun- ty. says the Cheyenne Tribune This is the announcement made by the officials of the company who state that blds for the const ruction of the work have been advertised for and. if •hey are satisfactory, the contracts aill be let and dirt will If flying within two months' time. The Oregon Basin proposition is the largest irrigation enterprise ever launched in the state The company is headed by Hon. C. A Guernsey of this < and wealthy New York capi talists. «¡th 8. I, Wiley of Big Horn county as manager It is proposed to construct a canal which will take wa- •T from the Shoshone river and carry it to the Oregon basin, a huge natural reservoir in northern Big Horn coun ty. This will insure a steady and prac- tically unlimited supply of watei. From the Oregon basin another huge < anal will be constructed to convey the water to the lands to be reclaim ed. The total length of the two canals will be over 100 miles and their con struction will involve an expenditure of over ,2.000,000. The cost of the great government project on the Sho shone will be ,2.500.000 and aproxi- mately 170.000 acres of land will be reclaim<-d while by the Oregon basin project no less than 215.000 acres are to be put under water, making the enterprise the largest In the state. Inststlment*—Co*t ot Malheur Pro- , ject Will Be About $3,000,000. during the afternoon Antl-Russian Rioting. Rom>- July 30.—A small an . Kus ».an demonstration »as made in Rome today by a body of students, The completion of the big dam in five of whom were arrested. Malhesr river, which is to be con- rue: rd by the government for the Witte Gets Coid Feet purpose of irrigating the Malheur val Vienna. July 30.— Witte, president ley. according to statements made by ■ he engineer in charge, will «reate ot the council of ministers, denied a storage reservoir capable of sup that be would succeed Fletve. claim plying wat«-r for two years, even were I ing that his ministerial career is m rains to fall during the entire closed time The dam is to be constructed Japanese Army Checked. .n a rocky gorge $0 miles west of Vale It will result in a lake 15 miles St. Petersburg, July i>< —Genera! m length and from a mile to one and sackabaroff reports that the Japan on«*-half mile sin width. “se army under General Oku has ad A J Goodman, of the Goodman- vanced as far as Daictagu. where It Thompson Hardware* Company, has was cheeked just n-turned from a trip to the Mai near country While at Vale he at- PRESIDENT DIAZ'S VISIT. 'ended a meeting of the farmers, who are perfecting an organization Popular Ruler of Mes co Coming to o be known as the Water Users’ Cor the United States. poratlon. it is the intention of the govern Washington. D C. July 30.—If ment." bald Mr Goodman "to con President Diaz of Mexico carries out strue ; the big irrigation ditch in the his reported intention to visit this Malheur valley and to turn It over to country next winter it wil! be the the persons benefltted at actual first time a Mexican president ever I: is estimated taat the project visited the United States will mean an expenditure of about Washington officials recall that ,3.'« General Diaz was here on a honey The engineer in . barge declares moon trip with his second wife, bat there are lw.oOv acres of land that he »*» not president of Mexico then eaa be watered by —e ditch. This As the same traditions in connection mean* that for each acre of land ths with traveling in other countries pre farmer will be obliged to pay the gov- rail with regard to the Mexican pres ■ rnment ,30 for perpetual water Idency as are held in the United right In order to cause the prop- States, some doubt Is expressed as to eriy oaners no inconvenience, tbe whether President Diaz will estabils’ government will require the ,30 to be a precedent at this late date by lesr paid in 10 annual installments. tag his native country's borders However, before the work on the dit.h is commenced the government FRANCE ANGRY «T POPE demand* that owners ot at least 75.- OQO acres of the lands to be irrigat All Diplomatic Relation* Between ed. agree to take the water. That is Vatican and French Government why the Water Users’ Corporation is Broken 0«. to be formed In this manner the farmer* can deal directly with the Rome. July 30 — M Couricel. secre government tary of the French embassy, has In ’There arc several ditches owned formed the papal secretary ot state by private in-.-viduals and in order that he has been instructed to bretk to Insure the completion of the gov diplomatic relations between France ern m« nl project it will be necessary and the Vatican, owing to the recall to first acquire these. of the bishop* of D'jon and Lnvall. to The land» that will be watered Rome by the new ditch extend along either side of the Malheur river, and from Pope Expresse» Sorrow. the point where the dam is to be Rom« . July 30.—“God’s will be constructed to Ontario it is 45 miles. The land is very fertile and the older done We did everything in our pow- gardens and farms hare fully demon er to avert It.” exclaimed the pope that France had strated just what can be done in the when informed the way of fruit raising, alfalfa and broken off relations. bee culture ” Murdered Wife Then Suicided Kansas City. July 30—Domestic troubles alleged to have been aggre to Washington Militia Team May Go to vated by the woman's devotion Harbors—McCormick Hurries From clubs, caused Julias Kent to sboot the Ft. Riley Tournament. and kill his wife this morning as she Carlsbad to St. Petersburg — Eng- The last congress appropriated the lay in bed with tbe.r 5-year-old son Classing land Protests Agamst sum of ,2500 to be expended in prizes Kent then committed suicide for a national rifle match to take Foodstuffs as Contraband place this year at Fort Riley. Kan says the Walla Walla Statesman It is made open to teams from the St. Petersburg. Aug. 1.—A big bat- army and national guards of the le is in progress at Hai Cheng, Gen- United States. Adjutant General ►ral Count Keller, commanding the Drain of the Washington national lorces in action, was killed by a guard, is endeavoring to arrange to send a team from this state to com bursting shell. pete with the others at Fori Riley. Kuropatkin's report to the czar Realizing that the team from the leaves the result of the tight in doubt guard defeated the regulars and the and makes no mention of Keller's Oregon guard teams at the American ALL THE BIG PLANTATIONS death. lake encampment, he feels assured It says: "July 31 the Japanese UNITE AS ONE. that they would make a good showing armies simultaneously renewed their at the national shoot. . advance on our soutnern front. Rus The general has issued a circular sian rear guard offered a stubborn re from his office addressed to the citi Capital of $3.000.000 With Authority BENSON ACQUITTED. sistance until the attacks of the ene zens of the state, in which he says to Increase to »10.000.000—Total my revealed that they were of great Land Shark Comes Clear in His Trial that he is very desirous of taking the Output of the Islands 350.000 Tons ly superior strength Our rear guard team to Fort Riley. in New York. Annually Will Be Arbitrarily Con- slowly retired in the direction ot Hai All the details have been arranged John A. Benson, of California, who Cheng.” trolled by This New Trust. and the team can be taken If the nec "A Russian division near Simun was under Indictment in Washington. essary money can be raised. There is Cheng successfully checked the ad D. C, on the charge of conspiracy to no mony in the military fund availa A special to the San Francisco Ex- vance of the enemy, which pressed defraud the United States by the ac ble for this purpose, and as it will toward our right flank. The Japanese quisition of government lands known cost about ,2000. he has made an ap «miner from Honolulu, tells of a gi main blow was delivered at the Taku as the forest reserve lieu lands in Or peal to the citizens in general for gantic sugar growers’ combine on the ,-ihan army. General Oku commanding, egon and California by fictitious affi subscriptions. All subscriptions islands, embracing every plantation. It Is the most powerful combine of between Simun Cheng and Hai Cheng, davits and fictitious persons, has been should be in the adjutant general's capital in the territory ot Hawaii and operating from various villages west discharged in the United States cir hands before August 7. of Simun Cheng on our eastern front. cuit court of New York by Judge La The taking of a team to the tour means the arbitrary manipulation of "The advance of the Japs began combe, who, in his decision, said: nament would be the means of ad the sugar market in that quarter. The "Upon the broadest construction against our main position, At that vertising the state of Washington and special says: An amalgamation of the entire su moment, their chief force was dis- which can possibly -e given to the would show to the people in the na closed opposite to our right flank and indictment, it does not set forth suf lion that the state of Washington has gar interests of the Hawaiian islands around it in the direction of Sematese ficient facts tending to show a con one of the best national guards tn the has been effected and articles of in corporation were filed last Saturday. and Liao Cheng. The Japanese are spiracy to commit any offense against nation. The new organization is composed of also advancing against our troops at the government, or to defraud the United States, and the petitioner every sugar factor in the island, Hakiatse.” Cattle Mange Decreasing. should therefore be discharged " which means that every sugar planta Reports from all sections of the tion is represented. Japs Continue to Reinforce. country where cattle mange has ex- Montana’» Wealth. This organization will control the St. Petersburg, Aug. 1.—A consid sugar output of Hawaii, According to the comparative table, isied would seem to indicate that the entire erable force of Japanese has just been disease is din-reasltig says the Den amounting to 350,000 tons. Whether landed at Yinkow, under cover of sev which has been prepared by Clerk J. ver Stockman This Is, of course, this consolidation of sugar interests J. Ryan, of the state board of equaliz- eral warships. aiion, there Is a I ohs of ,2.233.488 in partly due to treatment, but much I b is the first step to fight the sugar the valuation of taxable property in t due to the improved conditions of the trust Is unknown The articles give McCormick to St. Petersburg. .Montana this year exclusive of the i’a,, A! d,u‘ lo be,,er feed. Dr. Parker. ------ the corporation power to refine su Carlsbad. Aug. 1.—American Am railroads, as compared with the valu- <’harg.. of the bureau of animal in gar The indications are. however, bassador McCormick, who was taking ations last year The largest loss is ‘»’«"try at San Antonio. Texas, says that the field of the sugar trust will treatment here, has suddenly depart in personal property, the livestock val- *H‘ 8 encouraged at the de- not be invaded by the Hawaiian su rd for St Petersburg. uation showing a falling off of »7,- ■ crease of scabies in both cattle and gar raisers. The primary object ot organizing 416,823 The total valuation of the sheep in his territory. He says that Kuropatkin Loses Ground. real and personal property in the state the improvement Is most noticeable such a consolidation of sugar interests London, Aug. 1.—A Reuter's dis- this year, as shown by the reports of in cattle, but that the sheep are is to facilitate the marketing and patch asserts that Kuropatkin's east the assessors, is ,163.657,634. as com showing up well. He and his assist transportation of sugar from these front, or right flank has been turned pared with »165.891,122 last year nuts have recently completed the in inlands. by the Japanese. spection of 140.000 sheep, many of Up to the present season there was which, he says, found their way to always more or less competition in Paid the Forfeit. Foodstuffs Should Not Be Contraband A peculiar thing about the Naylor this market. Dr. Parker says that securing vessels to carry the sugar London, Aug. 1.—In the house of & Norlin transaction is that the city he never saw such fine grass as is to from these islands to the Atlantic sea commons today the foreign under sec has had no word from the sewer con lie seen in Southern Texas this y«>ar board I Under the new arrangement vessels retary. Earl Perchy, stated that the tractors since the check for ,600 the Cattle are thriving on it. ------------------------- I will be chartered in concert and sugar government had instructed the Brit firm put up as a forfeit, was cashed) Th«' packers of St. _ Joseph __ have es will be shipped pro rata in the various ish ambassador at St. Petersburg, to by Recorder Start and turned into the protest against the including of food city treasury, according to instruc- tablished a relief bureau for the vessels. The capital stock is »3,- stuffs in the light of contraband of lions from the council.—Sumpter benefit of dependent families of the 000,000, with the right to increase to ,10,000.000. war. I Daily Miner. striking packing bouse employes. SHOOTERS MAY COMPETE. Anti-Tru*t La*>— eu'««—Ca*e Will Be Pro*«cuted Leader* of th* Strike Expre»* Con- V goroualy — Public Sentiment I* t dence and Claim Loyalty of Men. Agamst tne Lax Metnod* struction of the Chi-ago July 30—The «trike sita- ati .n th:.« more mg i* abnormally quiet Four hundred strike breaker* were adde.| to the force* by the packer* aithout Interference by the picket*. The receip * of stock were light. I^abor leaders conferred with offic- ers of the Union Transit Company. cen«erning the position ot the live- »t.xk handlers but nothing wa* ac complished. Sheriff Barrett stated h:s position to a de.egation ot labor men who -Mignt Li» interference in order to get back" at the ponce for their al- .eged favoring of the packers. Barrett said he had not the right ;o in er.'ere with the police. The • bole < ase may be brought into the .ederai courts, ti the butchers order a strike of the stock handlers, em- ;i!oyed by the trarsit company. It aimd it 1» a public service corpo- ratton and that stuck must be hand! i or become a nu.sauce and to order a strike vrculd be to cause Interfer ence with trade and violation of the Sherman an:i-lrust law Pre* dent Hear* ot the Strike. New Yor*. July 29.—The federal Ju..- rvcented the result of it* in- vesugatton of the Stocum disaster to Judge Tnomaa today. It was agre-d ¿/«tween the counsel and the -- *ha’ those indicted appear next M r. ay to plead and offer bad. I .-tri • At rney Burnett admitted th»' ’he in :.''meets include Captain .an Schaick. Inspectors Lundberg a:.; 1 -m;ng From otaer source* it is learned that Frank J Bansty. ,r ■ -at James a . Atchison, secre- arj and Frank B Dexter, treasurer t Kn: ttrbocker Steamboat Co.. see < .plain Fease. of the steamer Grant KepuLIx. are also indicted T. ball will probably be ,».•? in aach case. The («rand Republic, the steamer ot ' ase is captain, wa* very -»•ar the s.ucum ween the lire ecvel- that ie*sel and the officers of R- , . made no attempt to re* .ue the victim* F . sen tmen: is with the grand .ary and strongly demands an Im- .r-’.-ant :n the lax method* ot «team boating. FIRE IN STANDING GRAIN. k in Flame* Near Hadley Washington. July 30.—The presi Stack* Last Evening. dent bad a conference over the beef strike and lll.noU political matter*, Wall* Walla, July 3d.—Fassenger* this morning with Senators Cullom n the O R 4 N tram from Prescott and Hopkin* iast evening reported that about 100 acre* of standing grain near Hadley Strike Breaker* Gc to Work. uad been swept by fire. The blaze Omaha. July 30.—Two carloads of was along the railroad track It baa ■trike breakers were taken into xtended mto an adjoining field, and the Swift plaza thia morning without as the train came tn a stack of grain disturtance. a* a test case, the sher was in flame*. iff telling the union men it wa* up to them 'o detenu.ne whether to have NO SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE. troops here or not. Strike Committee Formed. Chicago, July 30.—At a meeting of the Allied Trades' Council this morn ing. a permanent strike committee was appointed to whom will be in trusted all matter* pertaining to the conduct of the strike and any further effort* in the way of a settlement Mathew Carr, president of the Coopers' Union was created chair man and J L. Tracy, president of the Car Workers’, is secretary The com mittee adjourned to meet Monday morning. Donnelly gave out a state ment saying there had been no de sertions from the union. "Some men are employed by the ¡ac’kers for the purpose of creating dissension in our ranks. They have gun«- back to work, but none are memler* of the organization. We referred they should go back rather 'han remain out to create trouble for us ‘We don’t care whether the strike lasts one or six weeks longer. We have established a supply station in every district and are prepared to take care ■■: all our members. Every ■ lay the strike continues weakens the packers and strengthens us We re ceived $2»xto t.-day as a donation to our cause." Washington Range War. Spokane. July 29—A small range ■i*r !ia« •<. n carrl. ! on near Usk. Wash, this week, resulting in the killing of ¡.art ot a herd of sheep and narrow escapes for herders and cow boys. About 4v0 sheep were killed in one raid of the cowboys and fur- her trouble is expected. The trou ble arose over the disregard of the herders for the range lines agreed upon between the sh«>p and cattle men Many Salmon Perish. Grand Master Say* Order Will Not Gc Out in Sympathy. Frank L. Hawley, grand master of he Switctmen * Union, is in the dty. He Is * to ppi eg at the Spokane hotel. Mr. Hawley, when seen this after noon. stated that he was on one of his periodical visits to this section of he country, ssy* the Spokane Pre*» "The Switchmen's union is tn ex- cellent shape st present,” said Haw ey "Our relations with our employ ers at present are the best and there isn't the slightest Indication of any .rouble of any sort. Our union ba* about 24d<<«) memuer* and all are . ailing together. ”1 want to be emphatically quoted n the Chicago strike matter. Some ■I the [«pen throughout the country bar« stated that the switchmen were about to go on a strike in sympathy with the butchers. There is ab*o- ly no ’ruth in this s atement JU- . ugh we sympathize with the strik ers we will not go on strike our selves ” NANCY HANK’S COLT. Famous Trotter >* Proving to Be a Good Brood Mare. W. i«>mea from New England, where the old mare is owned, that Nancy Hack*, former champion trot- ■r has foa.ed a f ne colt by Bmgen ir. that the youngster ha* been .am ; Malcolm Forbes, in honor of he mare s late owner When Nancy Hanks sold for about «4 ■ at auction a few weeks ago. the in hater of the mare. Mayor J. M. tvb.ns.'n of Calais. Me, said that if ■r foal was a s.allion and was born .iraight and sound, be would feel that .e had his money's wortn in securing i colt by Bingen out of such a mare. It will be recalled that Admiral .X'wey, l>v Bingen and out of Nancy tanks, trotted to a record of 2:144* as a 3 year-old. and that Lord Rob ru, her Arion colt, could beat 2:20 ast season at 2 years of age Portland. July 29.—Salmon by the thousands are said to be perishing while trying to get over the dam in the Umpqua river at Ray * landing Plague of Cate, p Hara. The water is report'd as black with Over in the Five Rivers country them and it is said to be a novel sight to see them shooting into th* they have a caterpillar scourge. The air in their efforts to surmount the ike of eaterpiillars was never seen be- ire. Their ravages are described a* obstacle to their progress up the stream, where they have selected not unlike that of a grasshopper raid. A: Frank Sells' place no leaves are spawning grounds eft ou the apple trees, and the same conditions prevail in other orchards Diphtheria at La Grande. I.a Grande, July 29.—The young son n the vicinity. The j«ests seem to of J A Matott is quite ill with an ,e« d mainly on apple and alder leaves aggravated case of diphtheria, this uid their operations are confined to being the only case in the city at hese trees, the damage to th” alders present. It is thought to have been vending back into the mountains, contracted by the child in playing where the caterpillars swarm in mil- around a newly opened grave in the ions.—Corvallis Times. old cemetery, containing a diphtheria victim Lewiston Broom Factory. The broom factory of Thurber & Maxfield will be permanently estab Suicide Over Finances. Newark. l>. July 2:« - W G Taffel. lished in Lewiston and the manufac- n'ceiver of the Savings bank, suicided tire of brooms will be commenced by drowning today. Worry over fi early this fall. The capacity of the factory tor the first year will be nancial affairs caused the deed. about 25 dozen per day. but it is ex- Idaho Crops Good. l>ected that the plant will be greatly The reports front the harvest field* «‘nlarged as soon as the quality of continue to be most encouraging. The the brooms become* generally knows threshing has not generally com in the Northwest. — Lewiston Tri menced and few reports on yields bune. have been made, but header men state Lee McKenzie, chief surveyor of that the crop is the heaviest ever harvested in the country and the yield the Washington Insurance Associa will be a material increase over for tion. has given written promise that mer years The hay harvest Is well the association is in good faith in advance in all sections, and balers asking better fire protection for the have been In operation for the past city of Spokane, and will lower the two weeks. The hay crop is report rate recently raised 20 per cent If * ed to be very heavy and of an excel 10,000.000 gallon reservoir is con structed. lent quality.—Lewiston Tribune.