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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1908)
rjjid Form for Oir tef Readers, ,0 OF TWO CONTINENTS ' .rflho U '""Port""' bu' 1 i,at l.,. from Sonttlo tlill Nomo, nftor a '" 1.1. it. a leo. U w ... . i .1.1 ri voar under . nf IDO U ""IS B'Sloons and aeroplane.. M, wero onjolnod from :W38 . 2 track gambling, i-.rtMn auto has ovortaken lftet o acS.. machine in the fiCk olS race. They are . , t Hill says tlio crop prospects 'X ; o Rood, and n. tho crop r. n ii.ti.el. the English editor ar- 111 for erdittotts uttoranccs in i .nflloL'iwd for the publico- md ) " "" ,f- frf TMcr Kddy saya that he iait year now Christina !J totMkf avo ticen ionium SRol ' one every four and one-hnlf t . 1 Meral grand jury in wow l one CSt'-l tho head. ?f the Si fttton Exchange and tho Manila wind Filer Manufacturers' Asso- tawi. ; An English editor i on trial for e i. I, laoanesc authorities lit fart. 'Hwina authorities do not credit krimoriof a well-organized insur- iation. f A dining car will be added to the IkC trams between Portland and r.rnnr u.iwson. oi icn vir- , wimhm : . I . . II niiatl n t Ubtrco'osts. lit transport Sherman will be inntintd at Astoria, bite lias ssuHpox on board, Hirrrand Evelyn Thaw have be- II.. I I.... Tl..... ........ . ra me atrium. i Mntv, mlsimOiil,. Silfiinjtrl rtpf A HU4HI UIIIUIIIWI'H V ll.ll.l.V. W. .1 J..I . ,1.- .! !.. Kt Vf1. ud drowned tour persons. It is estimated that the spring tuatp in the 1 annua district of Mi ill reach $15,000,000. Joe'II Gtv. and it is believed nil J I .1 n - . a 'gsiETirom me uoou is passed. 1 V. I in t! vtsci men till a Men sailing vessel and took from lira all mail not in regular mail sum. Four thousand of the sultan's toops ire in revolt A Stlltl man iv.k rnlil.o.l rt tin . MOlrpirlcptckets in St. Paul. "Ealomr plague has made its appear Wtw Caracas, Venezuela. Senator Ilailrv nf TVv-ic U r.n.,. Jaattl Gompers, president of the mcan Federation of Labor, is ill 1. I fffflt- A. if. r . ( a r... I KV Lllli lift I , 4ii wars l ns nr nK iAr . ...tv, iMiiiiii.iiiirv in i li i tr TwuunQ uie world. Src.'f P.acif,e Ka,c,per com S 4 So tide because his Ln l.n.l i.rnnini it.. :.... . n---- , " "'jureu a woman. Tl r.. . . .. .. utuuan K.IIKcr rnr.linll.. wvta h An,..;.... . i v"' J hvn ii n . a,assauor, ua ."jayne Hil . am i.i U..I ,.,j.i. i.i.. "'lan hour. .. .T. 'nam says w ina ' . " . - '-"II lllCIl 111 Clliwinrt..,.. . n. mod, ;i. 'Kim il. n . vii kiiu same ;ib . ... . 'HI IMiU.. -ii lt,on tbe first ballot. ,t,tKli,l' tocl "mnufucturors "ory of a now trust. !r parado in London. "MeS'li lul"VInn government IpeS. rrt 1'000 "lnt,U8 who W.V Wortliern Pncine rourlhml IRRIGATION FLUME DESTROYED Hood Rlvof 8trawborrloa Porlah for Want of Water. Hood Itlver, Or., Juno 10-OInnt powdor wai succossfully uod Saturday night In nn oftort to causo tho growors composing tho X'nrmora' Irrigating Company tho loss of a largo portion of thoir strawberry erop. Disgrunlloil laborers tiro sutpoctod. About 1G0 feet of flumo on a bill Ido on tho wast flldo of Hood Itlver wns destroyed, and tho wator in tho big Jrrlgntlng dltcb is shut off. As a result, tho crop of two-thirds of tho valley, about 400 acres, is without wa ter until such timo na tho flumo can bo ropalrod, which will tako at the loast eslimnto throo or four days. Tho growors stand to loso at loast 10,000 crates of borrloa, worth $30,000, and if tho flumo cannot bo ropalrod before Woduosday, tho loss will bo far groator. Tho dnmago to tho ditch will not amount to moro than $000. Tho point whoro tho ditch was de stroyed Is high on a hillsido. Tho mombors of tho company stato thnt it must hnvo takon considerable work nnd throo or four' boxes of powdor to product such disastrous results. This Is tho ditch from which nil of tho wa tor is takon to Irrigate tho big straw berry crop on tho west sido of tho valley. Although 25 men woro hurried to tho hcojio of tho trouble ns soon as it was known today, it la ostlmntod that it will tako throo days, working day and nlglit, to repair tho damage. The Jlood lllvor borry season is now nt its height, nnd no water to sustain tho plants and ripen the berries dur ing the jirosont warm weather will cut down tho yield to nlmcst nothing. For tho past few days from five to soven cars of berries have been shipped dally. An investigation Rtnrtcd this after noon by M. JL Nickelson, secretary, nnd A. O. Stnton, mnnager of tho com pany, in an effort to determine if pos sible who tho ditch destroyors woro, developed the fact Unit tho noiso of tho shots was heard two miles awny from tho spot whuro tho explosion took place, nnd that It occurred about 11 o'clock. Deyond this, nothing is defi nitely known. It is said, however, that tho officers of tho company have undor suspicion sovoral men whom thoy had in thoir employ Inst year, and to whom thoy refused to give work this summer. SMALLPOX ON TRANSPORT. NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. 1111 omen are 6tm. ""Wad I ,ynn' but IW tribute 8.11... i ' P'crLilnS UWny WUU U, h'Ati,!!'0 CoHnontnl Oil com T'lCLS1 "0,000 gal- " vu .iniM. ,llotft'rJ ntll daeh l But! I . ,nv08tlKtod. ' -vritn v. -.'.(iiiiurif ini minn il . , "U'U Worn iln..n,..i W 7'1 threaten. i. ... 10 iccuri. 7 i ."'icrvenc in "cure a rar ccctjotJj . Sherman Reports by Wireless and Must be Quarantined. Portland, Juno 10. Wiroless dis patches wcro recoived Sunday by Tho Orcgouinn from tho transport Sherman while nt sea thnt thcro was smallpox on board. Tho Sherman is bound for Portland from the Philippines with tho First Infantry, 585 mon in all, un dor command of Colonel McGonical. IJoforo tho vessel roached Honolulu a navy mnn returning died of tho dis onse and was burled at sea. Two dnys ago nn eulistod man was taken ill with smallpox. Tho two men woro in dif ferent parts of tho shin, so tho wholo vcssol Is considered infected. This moans that under tho quarnntlno regu lations each of tho 1182 men on board must be vaccinated and quarantined for 14 days nnd tho transDort must bo fumigated. This process necessitates disembark ing nil tho men, and owing to tho lack of facilities nt tho Columbia River station, tents must bo sent from somo of tho nrmy posts of the district. Col onel Itogors, In command, fears thnt since tho mon hnvo just returned from tho Orient, camping out in this cli tniiln will bo injurious to their health and ho has requested tho dopnrtment, to have tho transport with all on j board sent to tho quarnntlno stntion, nt Snn Francisco. What will bo dono in this matter cannot yot bo known. Tlio i'lrsi Jniuniry is en lumu Vancouver, whoro it will bo stntioned, succeeding tho Fourteenth Infnntry, which was transported a few weeks ngo to Manila. Refuso to Cut Salaries. Mnnilo, Juno 10 After many ex tended and nppnrontly hopeless con ferences, tho Insulnr Commission nnd tho Philippines Assembly havo finally nrrived at an ngrooment upon the gen eral appropriation bill, which, It is bo llovod, both tho commission and tho assombly will ratify. Tho cornpro miso measure appropriates 10,800,000 pesos, tho assombly making a conces sion of nearly 1,500,000 pesos. Tho commission declined to assent to tho reduction in snlarlcs and tho consoli dation of -somo of tho buronus as pro posed by tho assembly. Plague In Venezuela. Caracas, Venomola, Juno 10 Sov oral cases of bubonic plnguo havo oc curred horo, within tho past few days, indicating tliat tno country mi widely contaminated with tho disoaso. n -a ..wti.. I. nit lioKfiimn no II1PAS- VIIUUV Ullli; JO i.v , 1t uros havo boon takon to fight tho ills- oaso In this city ana more ro u ov um on hand. Tho rnilrond running from Lngunyra opened today, passon- gors coming irom unit "v . nuirodto undorgo a flvo days' qunr- autlno. American Horso Wlnsi Paris, Juno 10. Thousands of Amor- irnns Saturday naw y. ' bllt's bny coit, North East, with J. Chllds up, enpturo tho Ornnd Prix do Paris, tho bluo ribbon event of tbe French turf, which this yonr was worth 'about $72,000. Boautlful woath- a i i n 4 4 1.! a In Bflin. or ravorou tno running i w..., and fully 150,000 porsons gathered nt Loiigchamps to witness the rnco, which mnrkod the closo of tho Paris soason. Kaw River Falling. Washington, Juno lfl.Tho Kaw rlvpr in falling, but tho Missouri at Kansas City continues to rlso slowly. Tho atago tonight wns 00 foot, with J...H. " t -i ..ll,lw nnn. font in- a iiirtnor mo ui iiumimv -. dlestod during Monday, from wator . ... i ii BOW IB BlgUU. WILL RESIGN IMMEDIATELY. Secretary iTaft Plana to Loavo Cabi net July I, , Wn"1,,ngtoii, Juno 20. Secretary raft's resignation ns a cabinet offlcor will bo received by President Koosovolt today. It will tako effect July 1. This wns lonmod Inst night following n con ference of several hours at tho whito hours, at which Mr. Hoosovolt, Secre tary Tnft, Secretary Hoot and Assist ant Secretary of Stato Uacon wcro pres ent. After tho conforonco Secretary Tuft was greeted by a dozon newspnper correspondents who desired to learn of his platiK. "The president wants mo to lenvo a clean slato for my successor," said tho war secretary, "and it will tako mo at least ten days to settlo all pending matters in tho war department. I have no definlto plans tonight as to when I will lenvo Washington." Mr. Tnft intimated that it would bo within a few day. Ho will attend the thirtieth anniversary t tho Yalo class nf '78, with which ho graduated. Ho will bo in Now Haven Monday, Tues day and Wednesday of tho coming week. Asked ns to his .views on the vice presidential question, the nominee for thu presidency was non-committal. Ho asked for the latest news from Chi cago nn to who would bo his probable ruiiniiiK mate. Upon being told that witfro was a movement in favor of Fair banks, ho remarked: "Things Hceni to be in a chaotic state in Chiengo with regard to tho vico prosideiicy." During the conference nt the white house several telegrams were sent to Chicago and Mr. Tnft intimated that ho was oxpecting responses from these which would materially nffect Lis plans for the Immediate future. LET VICE PRESIDENCY ALONE. Taft Will Havo Nothing to Say About It Until Nominated. Washington, Juno 18 This state ment wns ismied from an authoritative source yesterday: "An oxehango of telegrams over night between Washington and Chi cago indicates that thcro will be no de velopments, ho far ns tho administra tion is concerned, in the matter of so liciting a candidate for vico president hero until after the platform shall havo been disposed of nnd a nomineo for the presidency shnll havo been nnmed." H is understood thnt the above state ment was issued with tho distinct pur pose of avoiding complication of tho vico-presldency with the presidential nomination. Reflection over night , has only strengthened the determination of the war secretary to insist upon tho in clusion in tho Republican party plat form of the nnti-injunction plank on the lines of that telegraphed last night. Therefore, a long telegram wont for ward from the war department yester day to Frank Hitchcock, Mr. "Taft's Chicago manager, instructing him to intiist upon tho nnti-injunction plank. Crops Worth Eight Million. Washington, June 10. Crops of 1908 will be worth nearly $8,000,000,000, according to figures prepared by tho department of agriculture. It is ex pected there will bo sufllciont funds to move tho crops from tho farms to tido water. In discussing tho outlook today, Chief Statistician Clark of tho agri cultural dennrtmciit, said: "Indications at tho present timo aro for great crops. For eight years the American farmer has enjoyed unprec edented prosperity nnd now tho ninth promising harvest is practically as sured. Never in tho history of tho United States havo there been nino such years of big yields nnd high prices." Battloships to Panama. Washington, June 10. Reports re ceived here today as to the conditions on the isthmus of Panama state that the situation there is growing graver every Imiir, and President Roosevelt today directed the navy department to order the battleships New Hamp shire nnd Idaho at once to Colon. The cruisers Tacoma and Prairie are already en route. There will be ap proximately l son marines on uie isthmus when the elections arc held. Preparing New Currency. Washington, Juno 10 Tho depart ment of engraving nnd printing stnrt od to turn out tho now notes author ized by tho currency act of tho last Tho notes aro similnr to tho old United States bonk notes with one exception. Whoro tlio Inscription so cured by bonds of tho United Stntos," appears on tho old notes, tho follow ing legend appears on tho now: "Rm-.iiroil bv bonds of the United states nnd othor securities." Battleships nt Honolulu. Honolulu, Juno 20 Tho special aorv ice squadron, consisting of tho bnttlo ships Mntno nnd Alabamn, which sailed from San Francisco Juno 8 in ndvanco of tho Atlantic fleet, has arrived horo, one day ahead of schodulo time. Sec retary of tho Interior Gnrfiold, who wns a passenger on the Alabama, was re ceiver bv Governor Frear and othor terrltoria'l and fodornl oftlcials. Motcalf Goes Homo. Washington, Jijne 17. Sccreary Mctcalf called on the President today prior to leaving for Ins home in Cali fornia. He will leave Washing on late this evening, and will not stop at Chicago for the convention. He said that he was not and would not he a candidate for the senatorship or for any other office. Hydo-Benson Case to Jury. Washington, Juuo 20 Counsel for both sides hnvo nrndo their closing nr gumento in tho Hydp-IJonson-Dlmond. Schneider land conspiracy trial. Jus tico Stafford will cbargo tho jury today. KAISER GREETS AMBASSADOR. American Cordially Rocelvod at Ger man Court. Berlin, June 17. The emperor to day received in audience the new American ambassador to Germany, David Jayne Hill, who succeeded Charlemagne Tower. The audience was. fixed several days before Dr. Hill anticipated it, but the emperor's greeting was none the less hearty. The emperor's master of cere monies, Baron von de Knesbcck, called at he hotel yesterday where Dr. Hill was stopping, and informed liim that an audience with the em peror had been granted for today in the old palace, his majesty coming in from Potsdam for the purpose. Three court carriages called for Dr. Hill today, and, accompanied by his staff, he proceeded to the palace. On his arrival there he received a mes sage from the emperor that the pre sentation would take place in the garden which recently was planted in one of the palace courts. TEST CRUISERS. Maryland and West Virginia Make a Good Showing. Washington, June 17. Rear Ad miral Dayton today reported that the armored cruiser Maryland on a four hour full speed forced draught trial off the California coast, averaged 133,1 revolutions of her engines per minute, and the armored cruiser West Virginia, under similar conditions, av eraged 131.8 revolutions. The aver age speed obtained with a slight ad verse current was 22.25 and 22,1 knots respectively. The revolutions may exceed those of the records of the contractors' trials, and opinions of the naval of ficials speak well for the work on the machinery of the vessels, which have been now in commission for three years. PROTECT TIMBER. Timber Owners and State Will Work Together. Olympta, Wash., June 10. Ar rangements have been made between State Fire Warden J. R. Wclty and D. P. Page, Jr., chief fire warden for the new Washington Forest Fire as sociation, for co-operation in fighting forest fires during the dry season this year. Mr. Page will pitt 100 deputies immediately into the field, who will be paid by an assessment upon the big timber companies composing the association. These deputies will be appointed state fire wardens at large, with power to make arrests and fur ther enforce the forest protection laws. The state fire warden will is sue no permits to burn slashings without sending duplicates to the deputies above referred to, and these deputies will have power to stop the burnings , if a personal inspection convinces them that forest fires might result. The organizers of the fire protec tion association control 2,500,000 acres of timber land in western Washington and have been assessed 1 cent an acre for the season's work. A half-cent per acre has been col lected in advance. There is, there fore, a fund of $25,000, with $12,500 immediately available. The state owns 05,000 acres of tim ber land in western Washington, and n force of about 25 deputies will soon be put in the field and paid out . of an appropriation provided by the last legislature. Repaint Letter Boxes. Word lias reached Portland from the postofficc department at Wash ington, that all street letter boxes in all cities of the United States arc to be painted a bright scarlet. The prin cipal reason assigned for the use of the bright and attractive color is that these mail deposit boxes may be dis cerned more readily. Tiicsc boxes arc now painted in an aluminum color and are not easily located in the streets by many persons desiring to deposit letters. Alaska Timber Burning. Dawson, Y. T., June 10. Forest fires arc raging near Minto and along Lake Lebargc. Fifteen miles of Can adian telegraph wires have already been destroyed near Minto, and for five miles along the lake. Hundreds of square miles of valu able timber have been destroyed. The lircs were set by travelers en route down the river in small boats. There have been over 800 arrivals here to date. GERMANY HAS GRAFT. Astounding Stato of Corruption Dis covered in Navy Yards. . Berlin, Juno 1C, How many millioLS has tho Gorman govcrnmont been swindled out of by tho recently dis covered cmbczzlomcnts in tho Imperial shipyards at Kielf Na ono dares evca guess. How many of tho vessels built and equipped in the yards aro to bo found to belong to tho samo clasa as tho battleships built in Russia with wooden pegs Instead of steel rivetsf No ono knows yet, and no ono prob ably ever will. Tho discovery that two high officials of tho imperial shipyards, and possibly n number of othors, havo systematical ly been robbing tho government for years has como as a terrible shock t tho German people, who aro prjud of tho proverbial honesty of their gov ernment officials, and who havo always contended that whilo fraud might bo found in America and Russia, all Gor man government officers would always bo found to como up to tho Roosovelt standard, and be able to show a record as clnan as a hound's tooth. It is Impossiblo to find out at this time how many officials aro implicated or suspected: tho government oven re fucea to let it becomo known how many people aro under arrest besides the leaders, Hcinrich and Frankcnthal. Tho latter is a multi-millionaire, and it is somo consolation to think that he will be able to mako good tho losses, though this will not heal tbe wounded Gorman pride. The kaiser was informed of tho af fair just as ho was about to prepare his speech for tho oponing of tho Mari time exposition here, and was bo upset by tho news that he found it almost impossiblo to entertain tho King and Queen of Sweden, who were his guests at the time. He has given orders that tho wbolo affair is to bo sifted to the bottom, and that all the guilty ones are to bo punished, no matter how high their standing. . Rumors to tho effect that certain high officials in the navy department have received their share of the stolen funds have so far been found to bo unfounded, aud aro not generally believed. BROUGHT TO TERMS Corporations Lose in Struggle to Rule San Francisco, SAVE BRITISH BABIES. Mrs. Bertrand Russell Conducts Pub lic School for Mothers. London, Juno 15. Hundreds of poor mothers in London are deeply grateful to tho Hon. Mrs. Bertrand Russell, who was formerly Mrs. A. Pearsall Smith, of Philadelphia, whoso school for mothers in this city has proved a great success. Mrs. Russell com menced her ambitious scheme in a very small way first thero were nightly classes for mothers who were allowed to bring their children and who were instructed by Dr. Dora Bun ting how to properly feed and clotho their little ones. These classes imme diately became very popular, but Mrs. Russell, who was often present in per son, soon discovered that the mothers themselves were as poorly fed as their babies and to remedy this she changed the night classes to day classes and provided a substantial dinner at a price of 3 cents to those who could afford to pay, while those who could not were fed freo of charge. The mortality of children in Eng land is appalling when compared with that of America, but thanks to the splendid example set by the two Amer icans, Nathan Strauss and Mrs. Rus sell, whoso experiments have aroused widespread interest and caused many men and women of wealth to como forward with offers of help, the death rate among children less than 18 months of ago will undoubtedly go down. Takes Terrible Revenge. Venice, June 15. A double tragedy recently took place in a traveling cir cus giving performances at the town of Mestre, a short distanco from here. Among the performers were two acro bats, a man Rafaelli and his -wife, Emma. A rich man about town had fallen in love with the latter and had begun a liaison with hor. Accidental ly Rafaelli discovered his wife's un faithfulness and planned a terrible ro vengo. While his wife was performing her dangerous acts in the flying trapeze under tho roof of tho circus tnt, Ra faelli suddenly cut tho rope which held tho trapeze, find tho young woman foil down the sand of tho arena, dying. Her lover rushed to hor side, and whilo ho was holding her head on his lap kneeling at hor side, Rafaelli cleft his head from behind with nn ax and then calmly surrendered to tho police. Slaughter of Innocents. Paris, June 15 Owing to the ex treme rigor of last wiuter and the willful destruction of song birds, Franco is threatened with the extinc tion of lnr larks, finches and thrushes. Professor Corcolle, of Chambery, has adilressod an appeal to tho public, warning them that if farmers, game-l-oepers nnd poachers continue their conduct mey win soon uuvu uvurnn- - .. m, , my MUST PAY WELL FOR PRIVILEGES Board of Supervisors Exacts Reduc tion on Gas and Telephones and Rent fyr Trolley Franchises. San Francisco, June 10. The annual struggle between the city and the cor porations has just come to an end, with an unexpected victory for the municipality. The members of the board of supervisors, who represent the city in the negotiations with the corporations, arc for the most part business men and lawyers. It was thought that their sympathies would run naturally to the vested interests and that the local service companies, which suffered heavily in the earth quake and fire, would take advantage of the situation and make up from the public what they lost in the fire. That is exactly what the corporations tried to do. They said so openly, and ar gued their right to do so, but a ma jority of the board stood firm for the taxpayers, and the city witnessed a most encouraging example of com petent government. Pressure from every possible ave nue was brought to bear on the super visors to force them to yield to the de mands of all the service companies for higher rates. The gas company want ed an increased rate, the water com pany threatened famine unless it should receive a 15 per cent advance in rates, the telephone company re sisted to the utmost, and the street railroad company ran cars without permits, seized franchises and at tempted to bottle up the traffic priv ileges on Market street, when the su pervisors stepped in and completely blocked the game. The gas company asked for an in crease from 85-cent to $1 gas. The board conducted an inquiry. The gas company promised to turns its books over to the supervisors for inspec tion. This, it afterward appeared, was a bluff, for when the supervisors asked for the records, the company refused to produce thejn until prac tically compelled to do so. It was then discovered that improper charges had been made in figuring tbe cost of operation. The mask was pulled aside by the "business" board and the gas company got an 85-cent rate. An investigation into telephone rates resulted in a general reduction of from 15 to 25 per cent. The water rate was placed at the same figure as last year, with a slight increase in. the allowance for hydrants. The trol ley franchises which the United Rail roads attempted to appropriate were withheld. PROSECUTE ENGLISHMAN Georgia to Make Speed Trial Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash., j linw '. ilk wimih i Pr Timreilnv! uated all tho small birds in tlio coun morning, and incidentally will at- try. As proof of tho necessity for tempt to break all battleship speed , legislative measures ho declares that records en route. The Georgia is the thousands of larks aro killed and sold .irltnnwlpiltrofl smed ruipen nf the at O cents a aozon.- Atlantic licet, but her olhcers arc de sirous of establishing a record. Sustained-runs under both natural and Czar Hits Russian Officials. St. Potershurc. Juno 15. A d?croo forced draughts will be made, and all of tbo ozar, 80ntenoinB tll0 gOVOni0r i.rri'le n.-i nvnprlnil trt lin cnincnffl . ' 0 " mm vicu-goveruur oi Aairunuiiu jirnuu to eight yoari ponal sorvitudo in tho initios of Siberia, has struck torror in Opium Commissioners. WnaliliiiVf nil. .Tiinn 1R. "PronlilnTif. Roosovolt has appointed throo commie- to the ranks of the Russian offiiinldoin, sionors to roprosont tho Unitod States . tot tho two men had dono nothing bo- nn Miii tntitrnnf Innnl r)nmti.1aa!nn t f In i V oml torturinc n few prisoners, somo W LIIU tlllVIUIIMUIIII VUIIIlH4inilUH w tw M l 1 1 1 t 1 1 ii,.u .1,,. nni..ni n,..iinn l ), Vn. ' or wiioui un t or uuiaioi v una mo una IllKl.lV IIIU Uli.lllll l II Vini I'll ... IIIU II. i .- . . ' . ... Inaln in I ( rt wi I . n td.tnVA M.ionnn.D VU UtU, I.III4 WAbUtV If. u ! tins luthortQ never been considered a crimo In Russia. vest East, Thoy nro: Thomas Burko, nttor noy, of Sonttlo; Dr. Hamilton Wright, of Maine, nnd Dr. Charles Tonnoy, Chi nese socrotary of tho Amorlcan loga tion nt Pokln. Lumber Cases Decided. Adopts Secret Ballot. Paris. Juno 15. Tho Chamber of Donutios Saturday ndontod an amend' Washington, Juno 18 Tho docUlon ' mont to tho votlne law which nracti' of tho interstate commerce commission cnllv nuts into offoet tho secret Aus in tho Pacific Coast lumber rate easos trallan ballot system. Thoro has beon will probably bo announced tho latter much complaint of tho ssytom of part of this wook. Tho decisions have marking ballots In public. This has boon wrltton and ore only awaiting tinol onablod the big land ownors nnd man roviow and approval bef oro bolng mado ufnoturors and political manipulators public. - " to oxoroiso duress on tUQ voters. Editor of Paper in Seoul Is Charged With Sedition. Seoul, June 16. Y. Mimura, the Japanese resident governor of Seoul, appeared as the prosecutor of E. T. Bethel, a British subject, who was to day arraigned in a British court ap pointed under order of the privy council. Bethel is charged with spreading sedition by the medium of a newspaper published in the Corean vernacular, and of which he is the proprietor. The court includes Judge F. St. Bourne and Prosecuting Attor- n y Wilkinson, both ot wnom were specially sent from Shanghai by the Untish eovernment at the suggestion of Ambassador McDonald at Tokio. The prosecution said that it would prove that the publications in Bethel's vernacular newspaper was largely re sponsible for all the disturbances in Corea. M. Mimura asserted that the Corean government exists only sub ject to the direction of Japan. He further said he believed there were 20,000 troops now in Corea, and that half of the country w-s disturbed. Consequently the publications were creating a false impression regarding the real intention of the Japanese gov ernment, increasing the difficulties of the government and causing much bloodshed. C. M. Cross, a lawyer of Kobe, who is defending Bethel, asked for a jury trial, which Judge St. Bourne refused. Gold From Alaska. Seattle, Wash., June 16. The steamship City of Seattle, which ar rived in port early this morning from Southwestern Alaska, brought the first shipment of gold from Fairbanks to reach Seattle by the Skagway route. In all, she brought about $1, 800,000, the greater part of which was consigned to Dexter Horton & Co., bankers of this city. Another large lot was $504,000, consigned to the Washington Trust Company from the Washington Alaska Bank, its branch at Fairbanks. The gold came up the Yukon on the Prospector, Runaway Auto Kills Four. New York. June 10. Four persons were drowned tonight when an auto mobile carrying a pleasure party of six became unmanageable, shot at . wild speed down West rifty-sixth street and bounded from an open pier into the North river. The machine turned ver in its plunge from the pier, holding the four victims fast in heir seats. John Bailer, the chauf feur, was carried into the river with the machine, but managed to free himself and swim to safety. Cuban Patriots Amuse Taft. Washington, June 10. - Secretary Taft laughed today when he was told of a further report of preparations of revolutionary uprisings in Cuba based on the proposed withdrawal of Amer ican troops on or before next Friday.