East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 01, 1904, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1Q4.
NO. 5114.
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DIRE STRAITS
Ll Keller Killed and the
Main Army Surrounded by
Japanese.
CREFFIELD COLLAPSES.
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If CZAR l&
By STARTLING REPORTS.
...i, Forces Are Ttunning
IFrom and Dodging the Alert Armies
JtheMlkado-Russlan Right Flank
Lr.ed Back at Sematse Japanese
l,d Force Is Constantly Relnforc-
1,4 Under Cover of Warships In tne
Lrbors-McCormlck Hurries From
Icarlsbad to St. Petersburg Eng-
IUnd protests Against Classing
foodstuffs as Contraband.
Si. Petersburg, Aug. I. A. big bat
I .' u ..t Hnl r.hencr. Gen-
.la in iiriiuiunn it- u-
til Count Roller, commanding the
Lrces n action, was killed by a
rating shell.
Kimmatkln's report to tho czar
laves the result of tho fight In doubt
lind makes no mention of Keller b
Lath.
It says: "July 31 tho Japanese
l.rmia simultaneously renewed their
lidvance on our Boutnern front. Rus-
I ilia rear guard offered a stuuuorn ru
til thn attacks of the ene-
mv raven tori thnt tliev wore of great-
Hu; - - - ,
I; superior strongtn. uur rear guuru
Iilowly retired in tne direction oi nui
One."
I Russian division near Sltnuu
lrkn oiirproHfnllv rheeknd tho ad
vti.ub - -
Irtace of t ie enemy, wnicn preiiHeu
I mini mir rich! flunk. The Japanese
iiln hlnu- urns delivered .at the Taku
I shan nrmv. General Oku commanding,
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I between Slmun Chong and Hal uncng,
twritlnir from various villages west
I of Slmun Cheng on our eastern, front.
I "The advance of tho Japs Degan
sjalnst our main position. At that
mntnent their nlilef force, was dis
closed opposite to our right flank and
around It In the Ulr.eci.ion of Sematese
ind Llao Chong. Tho Japanese are
also advancing against our troops at
HaklatBO."
Leader of the "Holy Rollers" Glad to
Get In Jail.
Portland, Aug. 1. "Joshua" Crcf
field, leader of tho "Holy Rollers,"
religious sect, Is glad h'e Is In jail
here.
It Is the first time In months that
his life hns 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 tho law. Thrice at Corvall
Is a mob gathered to hang him. before
the deputies could get to the train,
and tho 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
liouso, where ho ate, slept and
lived. Tim nit was scarcely large
enough to hold his frail body and
he snyB ho Is glad to be In tho wider
freedom of the county jail.
The reward of $400 for his capture
wll lgo to noy Hurt, ins urotner-in
law, who discovered mm, nnu sinrv'
ed, under Hurt, senior's house
whprp ho had been secreted.
Since Mrs. Hurt went to the nsy-.
lilt", (Jrettleld lias notiung 10 eai, ex
cept nl rare Intervals,
Bla Timber Wool Trade.
m,- THmiior. Aiio-ust 1. The North
ern Pacific has closed Its wool ware
house hero, the season's product Hav
ing all been bnled up nnd shipped.
The last carload went forward today,
making a total of "4 curs, or 2,215,060
pounds, for the season. It was ex
pected that the receipts would reach
two and a quarter millions, hut me
amount fell a little short.
STRIKING
EMPLOYES BEGIN
WARFARE Oil THE
PACKERS
Will Invoke the Child Labor Law and Building Laws of the
State to Worry Their Masters.
Strike Committee Begins an Active Campaign-Secures Four Arrests for
Employing Children In the Packing Houses - Nonunion Men Being
Housed Illegally-Presldent Will Not Interfere-Only 200 Out of 500
Striking Teamsters Can' Get Back-Commissary Department Thronged
With Hungry Families-Injunction Issued Against Sinkers at St. Jo-seph-Pollce
Guards Escort Hundreds of Wagons In Kansas City and
at St. Joseph the Chief of Police and Sheriff Say the Situation Is Be
yond Their Control.
SLOCUM OFFICERS PLEAD.
All Plead Not Guilty and Barnaby l
Held Under $20,000 Ball.
New York, Aug. 1. President Bar
naby, Secretary Atkinson and Treas
urer Dexter, of the Knickerbocker
Steamboat Company, owners of tho
Slocum, nnd Government inspectors
Lumlberg ami Fleming, were arraign
ed In tho federal court today and
pleaded not gunty. Harnaby's ball
wns fixed at $20,000, the others at
$5000.
REGATTA NOW ON.
Plants' Ingomar Loses First Place to
White Heather.
Cowes. Aug. 1. The regatta wool;
,.i ,inv u'ltli thn klnu nnd (luccu
present. The first rnco for yachts of
over 100 tons, wns won by Plnnta In
gomar. but on u tlmo allowance, tho
White Heather wns given first. Bruit
hllde" second, lngonmr third, nnd Me
teor fourth.
WRONGED
WOMAN
SEEKS REDRESS
Mrs. Eliza J. Sams Makes
Some Sensational Charges
Against Her Husband.
ALLEGES ALMOST UNSPEAK
ABLE CRUELTIES FROM HIM.
Says He Has Struck and Abused Her
and Threatened Her Life and That
of. Her .Children Knocked Her
Cholrea Threatens Philippines.
Wnshlnctnn. Auirust 1. About 30
cases of plaguo per week are being re-
nnrtnrl nt T-fnnr- Knnir. while cholera
also made Its appearance at that
point. The latter is considered u
source of great danger to the Philippines,
BOOTLEGGING
IS SUSPECTED
ILLICIT WHISKEY TRAFFIC
AT SUMMER RESORTS
Matter Brought to the Attention of
Authorities A Deputy United States
Marshal Is Sorely Needed at Pen,
dleton Commissioner Halley Pow.
erless to Act Several Whiskey
Peddlers Suspected.
Japs Continue to Reinforce.
St. Vptpraiiiiri' Anc. i. A consid
erable force of Japanese has Just been
landed at Ylnkow, under cover of sev
eral warships.
McCormick to St. Petersburg.
Carlsbad, Aug. 1. American Am
bassador McCormick, who was taking
treatment here, has suddenly depart
ed for St. Petersburg.
Kuropatkin Loses Ground.
London, Aug. 1. A Reuter's dis
patch asserts that KuropatUln's east
front, or right flank has been turned
by tho Japanese.
Foodstuffs Should Not Be Contraband
London. Anir 1 In thn liouso of
commons today the foreign under sec
retary, Earl Perchy, stated that tho
tnVArnmnn, t, .1 I r. .1 . 1. n Tl-lt
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ish ambassador at St. Petersburg, to
yruieBi against tho including or iooo
tuffs In tho light of contraband of
war
For Portage Road.
I. IT VnnWrtnlrln ,1n,,,,tr ntlnrnnv
General of Oregon, is now In Tho
Dall.es for the purpose of cloarlng up
the records on some of tho lands se
cured by the Celilo canal commission
lOr thn nt ....... T, nAAVMa Hint
fcany farmers had been living on
5r mrms ior many years ana aiu
M care to maKe sure that tho title
lh title has been cleared by the
-He oi limitations, but una uoes
B0t fill f fit n ntlth HnHrxA Qtntna
N-V. T bll Klip UUUUU WVMfcM
Eovernment engineers, and it is neo
wy mat tnero suould be auooiute
If DO HafAnt In n mntr aA.
' 111 lliu 1 VI J ov,
cured by the Btato and to be deeded
In tliQ . ...,,
ft construction will bgin Walla Wal-
la Qt.
" "iniesman.
Talk of Lynching.
Lewlston, Idaho, Aug. 1.
i'o lias oeen strong tain
' of lynching Rudolph Wlttor,
tlhr. 1.1,1. . v . . .
nuied u. waiior unu
Christopher Lang and wound
fd Lang's 14-year-old son, at
Resort, fdaho, Thursday oven
'"6. The crlrao Is said to
avo been unprovokod ond
cold-blooded. wittor, who
Was capturfld at Qoldon Rulo
mining camp, soon aftor the
crime, has refused to talk,
ijjoco his capture, nnd Is eul-
What is believed to be illicit traf
flc in Hauor at Lehman Springs and
other summer rpsorts has been
brought to the attention of the auth
orities, and while no arrests have
been made, it is understood that sev
Pi-nl nprHons aro under suspicion.
it Ih nllpcnd that whisky by the case
Is being brought Into Lehmnn Springs
and disposed of to tne campers.
United stales commissioner joim
iiniipv hnfnrn whom complaints In re
gard .to violations of the revenue
Inwa nrn tnnrip. (mid LOdaV:
"As a committing magistrate, I
have not the power to make com
plaints, even when I personally know
,i,n, thn laws nrn broken. There Is
little doubt but that bootlegging
Joints are ueing run, uui wnui is
1 i n rUmutv United States
mnrnlin i for this nortlon of tho state.
As It Is, all the deputies are In tho
office at Portland and wneuevor tueir
s.ervlces are required elsewhere they
lmvn in pnmo irom iieaduuuriers.-
At ono time a deputy marshal was
stationed at Pendleton. The marshal
for Oregon Is allowed but four depu
Hps two of theso aro offlco men.
and this leaves but two for outside
work. Chief Deputy i: A. wortuiug-
tnn whr, U'fla 111 tnWn fl fGW daVS neO
unM thnt thn liuslness of the office
In Portland required the services of
all avaiiauie ocputieH.
rn Trlal.n tlm rlpniitv mnrnhnla nrn
stationed at various parts of the
state.
Chicago. Aug. 1. The new. board
of control selected Saturday to man-.
ngc the strike, met today and starleil
n now lino of action by adopting res
olutions to be presented to tho build
ing Inspector, calling attention to the
alleged violations by tho packers of
the building laws, In housing non
union men in a building without pro
tection as the laws demand.
The state factory ' Inspector this
morning also Issued four warrants
against the superintendent of the
Morris plant who Is charged with em
ploying boys under age.
The strikers' commissary mmm-a
are thronged this morning with
crowdB of hungry families, but no dis
order prevails.
President Will Not Interfere.
Wnohlm-tun. Amr. 1. The president
will return to Oyster Uay on August
20, and remalu until September. 20.
He has no Intention oi lnienering
In tho beef strike unless tho trouble
,i irpiiprniiv to thn other trades
or causse a meat famine so that tho
situation takes the nspect of a nation-
nl disaster, like the coal siriKe.
Within the last .ew days the prest
.i... i.nc iw.pn nnftiirpil liv men in
cloBe touch with the Chicago situation
that the trouble will solve itself by
the men going back to work In time.
Packers Get an Injunction.
a, ir,Dc,ttii Mm auc. l. A tempor
ary Injunction, returnable on August
22, was granted uy reuerai juubu
Phillips today against tho packing
house strikers on an application oi uiu
packers. The affidavits cite 100 law
inou nntu niitl rontnlns the statements
of the police chief and sheriff that
the situation is ueyonu ineir tumiui,
the opening hours of tho 21st day of
the packers' strike.
Shipments of non-union men con
tinue to arrive at tho yards,
lug distributed nmong tho plants. The
packers claim there nre heavy 'deser
tions from the strikers' ranks, but the
wholesale stampede anticipated uu
morning did not materialize
Receipts this morning wore very
heavy, amounting to 25.000 cattle,
38,000 hogs and 17,000 sheep.
The absence of President Donnelly,
of the Butchers' Union, on a trip to
the Western packing cities. Is taken
as an Indication thnt no immediate
steps looking to a settlement Is con
,..,inin,i Tim rnmmlsBary depart
ment established by tho HtrlkerB,
were thronged thin morning by tho
men's fnmllies.
The packers now stnte they will
uso only 200 out of over 500 teamsters
jo'ut on n strike when tho fight Is over,
having made other arrangements for
the delivery of meat.
I -Wholesale Desertions From Ranks.
! Kansas City, Mo Aug. 1. The po
llco reported that many skilled butch
ers have deserted the strikers today
1 and returned to work at Armour's.
There Is no disorder thlB morning.
New Cures by.X-Rays.
i ,.,ir, Animal 1 Professor lloz-
zoli. director of clinical medicine at
Turin university, has communicated
to the Hoynl Academy or Meiticino ui
observations on the surprising officii
cv of tho action of X-rnys In tho
treatment of certain serious diseases
.1.... t... I n i I
L.V the ninoci. no tuaics imu iiu
suocoodod In curing by X-rnyn n cnRO
of leuclmemln, which was considered
Incurable.
Letter From Andre.
Chrlstlaulu, August 1. A Norwegi
an whaler has found, north of Spits
bergen, n bottle containing a letter
from Andre, dated In 1S08. The tit'xt
Is not given.
Ex-Governor Pattlson Dead.
Phllnilnlnhln. AllL'llHt I. KornUT
Governor PattlBon died nt Oillti this
morning of pneumonia.
Down and Dragged Her Into tho
Street, Tearing Her Infant From
Her Breast Woman Asks to Bo
Given Her Six Minor Children and
$200 Immediate Relief and the Stat
utory Share of the Property,
Amount of $4500.
Quiet Reigns at Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 1. Quietude mnrked
New Recruits Deserting.
Omaha, August 1. Tho strike 1b
unchanged. Governor Mickey made a
quiet visit to the packing house dis
trict and saw a carload of non union
mpa arrive at the Armour plant wan
nt .iiutiirlinnpn. iin returned to Lin
o,.i unitufi,.,! with tho manner In
: wl.lM, thn sheriff in handling the sit
I uatlon. The strikers say that many
I of tho now men are deserting the
' packers.
Officers Escort Teams.
Rt. Joseph. Mo.. AllgUBt 1. No
Btrlke disturbances this morning
Hundreds or officers escort tho pack
orB teamB.
O. T. STEEL SUCCEEDS
A. W. NYE AS DEPUTY.
Commission of Mr. 6teele Arrived To
dayMr. Nye is. Now Librarian
and Corresponding Secretary of the
Commercial Asoclatlon Out of 17
Arrests Mr. Nye 8epured 15 Con
victions for Violations of Game
Laws.
BARBER LAW UPHELD.
Supreme Court Holds That the Act Is
Constitutional.
el..,,, fir Ani?. 1. (Sueclal) Tho
unnrnmn rrnirt todav reversed the de
cision of Judge George, of Multnomah
county, In what Is known as tno oar
her case, brought by the board of bar
ber examiners against H. L. Uriggs.
The defendant was convicted ior
,ir.tl,,i- n hnrhcr shop in violation
of the existing law regulating tho
trade. A Judgment was arrested oy
tho trial court holding the act to bo
unconstitutional. Tho law Ib held to
be constitutional In the higher court.
BAKER CITY DULL.
Textile Mills Open.
Pull Illvor. Mass.. August 1. Tho
mills opened this morning, wo de
velopments aro anticipated within 10
days.
GUNNING FOR FROG8.
New Sport In the Mountain Resorts
Furnishes Great Amusement.
r.roon frnir hnntlnir is tho latest of
tho many sports practiced in tho Blue
mountains, and tnero is no danger oi
vlolatlong the gamo laws. Dr. T. M.
Henderson, county coroner, and John
Jordan, yesterday afternoon went
gunning for frogs' legs at Meacham,
and managed to bag 54 pairs.
"It was great sport," sold Dr. Hen
derson," and wo aocured enough legs
to furnish dinner for a party of 10,
The frogs we found very plentiful In
tho ponds In and around Meacham,'
Wo hunted win a small target rifle.
"The frogs In that soctlon aro not
of tho bullfrog .variety, but aro the
largo green onos. The legs aro very
dainty, hut most porsons hav,e never
considered them as food."
Mines and Mills Either Closed, or Are
Reducing Their Force.
T. W. Bracking, who has Just re
turned from Baker City, reports that
place as extremely dull at this time
perhaps business more depressed
there now than at any time in many
years. The exhaustion of the Bonan
za mine stopped one large pay roll
entirely, tho North Polo working
force has been cut down from 150
to 40, while tho worjting force of thfl
Columbia has been cut two-thirds.
The Oregon Lumber Co. sawed dur
ing the paBt season 2,500,000 feet of
lumber, but has shipped but 500,00.1
feet so far, and expects to shut down
September 1, throwing from 200 to 300
men out or cmpioymem. it is buuuu
Mini nni nvnr 100 men for an average.
are working In the entire Greenhorn
district.
SOIL LIKE 8ICILY.
Smithsonian Institute Makes Cheml
cal Analysis of Umatilla County
Earth.
Thn anil nf llinntllln I'OlintV. SIC
cording to chemical analynls made by
tne late J'ror. nenry oi mo nniiinsou
lan Institute at Washington, D, C Is
f.lnnllnal will, thn vjilnntlln nflh ffirniQ.
tlon of tho Island'of Slcllly, where for
tho past 2000 years auunuani wneat
crops have been yearly raised.
"TIiIb goes to prove," said Dr. C
I Smith "thnt wn f Knutnrn Ore
gon have nothing to fear In regard to
tho wearing out of our grain produc
ing mill. Illntiirv li.llu nu thnt tho
wheat crops of Sicily have been pro
duced for 20 centuries without tho
aid of fertilization other than that
rnntnlnnrl tn thn unit Itaplf.
,"Tho question of how long tho Boll of
the Inland Umpire would be auie to
produce wheat crops has be.en ono
thnt haa Imnn nukprl nml rnnslflnrpfl
many' times. Tho noil with which
Prof. Henry mado his test was taken
from near Weston. Chemically, ho
rpnnrtprJ thnt It wnn nvnntlv llkn thnt
of Slcllly. There, Instead of deterior
ating as the years nave lien, uio sou
nas gradually uecoroo ricner.
Ploneer Druggist Sells.
Aftnr 1K vnnra nf pinna and siir.rpHS-
ful attention to business, G. A. R. Mc-
Grew has found a rest ana cnango ad
visable. He has sold his large drug
in, at Wnatnn In M J. Hockerllne.
recently of Salem. An Inventory la
now being lauen, anu tne new pro
prietor will assume charge tho first
of this week. Mr. McGrew will re
tain his proporty Interests in tho
town where he has so long been an
Influential and respoctpd citizen, Mr,
Cockerllne Is a capablo druggist and
successful bu8inusB roan. He has a
wlfo and thrco children who will soon
arrive from Salora to make their
home In this city. Weston Leader.
ill
WARDEN
IS
APPOINTED
n i.' Mipnin nf Pendleton. lniH been
appointed special deputy gamo and
forestry warden for liasiern uregon
ii a. w. Nvo. ruHlcned. State
Senator C. J. Smith today received
Mr. Steele's commission.
Mi. Steele has been u field deputy
Iwn vnnrM In tllll COUIltV llHSCBSOr'B
office. Ho will not assume IiIh new
duties until September 1. Mr. Nye, the
retiring deputy warden, recently iook
,,,, ii, iintlnu it llhriirlnn nml corres
ponding secretary of tho Commercial
ABOBClUtlOU,
During tho year ho acted nB deputy
linnui wnrilen. Mr. Nve Proved the
most energetic of I ho half dozen statu
game protectors, and out or 17 ar-
mule mn'ln nt llptinnnr fni vlnlllllnn
of tho deer killing law, secured IS
convictions.
PARKER A VICTIM.
Book Agent "Worked" the Democratic
Candidate Today.
h'KmiiiH Am? 1. Thn hottest weath
er of tho year fulled to keep Piirker
In doors today, no dividing tno lore
noon between u long rldo on horse
back anil it visit to (lie ricu neiiis.
Thn IiiiIimi'k onlv visitor was a hook
agent who succeeded In selling him
it set of .leirersoii's writings, aiinoiigii
the candidate already possessed sev
eral sets.
Kor six years Hllzn J. Sams, of Wes
ton, alleges hIio bore tho ubiiso and
cruel treatment or tho man who had
sworn to honor nnd lov.o her, but
when ho struck her down with his
rist, drove her Into the high rond and '.
Hiinlclieil from her breast her child,
Bho could stand It no longer. Now
she Is asking the oourtH to grnnt her
release,
Tho action or Kllza J. SnniH against
ChnrloB A. Sams was filed In tho cir
cuit court this morning. Tho couple .
wore married in Whlla Walla, Wash.,
April 10. 1888. Six years ago, accord
ing to tho complaint, the husband be
gan a series of cruel and Inhuman
iu:tH ugnlnst tho plaintiff. Ho called
her villi nnniCH. Bho alleges, gavo hor
! boatings repeatedly, and threatened
I her life, nt one tlmo drawing u pistol
I and on divers occnBlons chasing hor
with various farm lmpiemoniB, sucn
as -hoes nnd axes.
Mrs. Sams declares their six child
ren have nlso been liihumnnly treat
ed, Roy, n 12-year-old son. In particu
lar, whom the father Is said to have
whitinnii nvnr I tin honil and toro a
hamirul of hair from his scalp.
On last Wednesday at tno nums
home, neur Weston, It Is allogod tho
defendant struck IiIb wife In tho
mouth with his fist, knocking hor
from tho oreh. Ho followed up this
act, the complaint states, by striking
tho woman with a stick of wood and
calling her vile names,
"Tho defendant," the complaint
continues, "then drovo tho plaintiff
toward tho road and when she fell
down at tho gate, he caught her by
the arm and drugged her Into tho
road, lorclng her to leave her homo,
and snatching from her, their 10
tnnnihuilil mm. ii nurslnc bilbo."
Sams Is alleged to hav.o a violent
Inniniir mill llltt wlfa llOClnrOB llO gOIl-
orally carries a loadotl revolver.
Tho dofenilant'H proporty ib sum to
consist of $3000 on deposit In tho
Fanners' Hank or Weston, and other
personal property valued at about
$1500. Tho plaintiff desires tho cub
tody of tho six minor children, Iniino
dlato relief to the extent of $200, uud
what other alimony tho court may
seo fit to grnnt. Tlio action was muu
by the law rirm or Money Ac i-owou
today.-
Freedom of the Press.
A. B. Noblett, editor and proprle
Irir nf thn CVAflurn lup Tltnnn lu mmirn
lng over the loss of an advertiser and
subscriber because they did not llko
tho spirit In which ho criticised tho
nptlnna nf nnrtntn tmrsnna Tn tllla
connection we wish to say that the
human race is tho samo an over ana
Brother Noblett happens to be the
victim of a little misplaced confidence
In that be must have been counting
upon some one's frlendsnip when It
did not exisf'Thero are some persons
running around, waiting for an ex
cubo of some kind to try to do some
ono elso an Imagined Injury, and this
was evidently the one, olso ho would
never have Jumped at so small a
prick of tho spur. Adams Advance.
The Kerr-Gl(ford Warehouse Com
pany has Just Incorporated In Port
land, with a capital stock of $100,000
and with Peter, Thomas and Andrew
Kerr and J. C. Flnnders, as Incorporators.
TO FIGHT UNION MUSICIANS.
Managers Will Force the Issue of
Lower Wages,
New York, August I. To compel
union musicians and stage bunds of
this and other or the largo cities of
the United States and Canada to sub
mit to a radical reduction in wages
nnd tn pnrrnnl nnrtnln trrlnvnnpna
urhlnh thn mnnnt-pr nrn llllpt?pfl In
suffer from, tho recontly formed Now,
York Theatrical Managers' Associa
tion began a convention today at tfyo
Apnrlnmv nf Mllnln In thlfl pltv
. .j - --- -. .
The managers decluro that hereto
fore they have had to submit to what
ever schedule of wages their musi
cians have demanded. Now they as
sert that tho musicians will have to
dance to the music of the baton tho
associated managers will wjeld, or
elso cease playing In houses con
trolled by them, A schedule of
wages which the managers consider
fair has been drawn up and probably
will bo adopted by tho convention
Tho musicians as well as tho man
agers aro strongly organized and a
hlttnr fluht In Hkelv to follow nnv at
tempt of the managers to put tho re-
uucca scueuuie into eitect at uio
opening of tho theatrical season this
fall.
Parcels Post to Japan.
Wnuhllictiill. I). (J.. AllKUSt 1. Tho-
parcels post ugreoinoiit recently sign
ed by PoBtiniiMer uonorai rayuo, on
behalf of tlio United States, and Min
ister Takahlra, on behalf of Japan,
wont Into effect today. The treaty
iillows a muxlmum limit of weight nf
four pounds six ounces in tne mans
hntwppn thn twn countries. The rate
fixed In 12 cents a pound or fructlon
thereof.
Summer School of Theology.
Sewanee, Tonn., August 1. Tho
summer school of tueology at tho
University of tho South began Us
four weeks' Houston today under prom
ising aiisplcus. In addition to the
members of tho university faculty tho
Instructors nnd lecturers this year in
clude Bishop Beckwlth, Rev. 0. D.
Wllra'qr'Or Atlnntu, nml Warden Hut
lori.Qrxcubury Divinity School.
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Plehve's Assassin Dies.
St. Petersburg, Aug, 1.
Poroznoff, tho uhbushIu of
Von Pl.ehvo, died of the Injur
ies he received from tho explo
sion of tho bomb which killed
his victim, Ho mado no dis
closures before his dentil and
his true name, his plot and
accomplices are all now sealed
In his speechless lips, It Is
ou,Q of the precautious of the
anarchists that they do not lm
swer questions aftor commit
ting a crime, and the police
expected this silence.
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