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VOL. 18.
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NO. 5412
COUNCIL VOTES
TO END T
Russian Envoys Ordered to
Take a New Stand1 as to
Indemnity.
THE 1NTEUPUETER8 AND
SECRETARIES ARK BUSY.
Conference Postponed Until 'tomor.
row Morning All Proceeding
Drafted In Japanese and Russian,
Mast Corresjsiiid and Tlien lie
Drafted Into French, Which If Yet
Uie Dlplomatlo Languugo of tlie
World Arrangements' Being Made
for a Banquet at Portsmouth to the
Japanese Commissioners Japan
ese Kenaiiio Captured War Ship.
Paris, Aug. 22. The correspondent
of the Temps at St. Petersburg, de
clares the council of ministers has
voted "by ayimall majority for th,
conclusion of t pence and has ordered I
the Portsmouth delegates It make a
new prnpoml us regards Indemnity."
Next Session Tomorrow. '
Portsmouth, Aug. 22. Today's !
peaee conferrin g was yostponefluntll j
:30 a. m. tomorrow. ' I
The Inability of the secretaries , to j'
complete the drafts of the protocols
is given as the reason for tho delay, j
Assistant Secretary Pierce this;
morning wo In conference with Ka- j
ncko's secretary for oicr two hours,,
at tho Rockingham hotel. Plorco de-
dared he only came to arrange a ban- j
,-.'.: t he Is to give tho Japanese envoys
tomorrow night, whtlo he and the aec-i
rotary and two other are closeted.
The clerks nt the hotol positively dp
nled that Pierce was In the houso.
It Is believed the conference Is about j
the concessions Japan la ready toj
make to Russia.
The secretaries ore busy completing !
the minutes of tho sessions of the con-i
fore nee. The minutes of each meet
ing consist of from 1200 to JOuOj
words. They are drafted in both Jap-
ancso and Russian, and after agree-1
ment by the onvoys as to the exact j
wording, must thon be written in
French. Differences frequently arise ,
aa to tho Interpretation. They must )
he harmonized. ,
Tho Japanese onvoys doclare It Is
absurd to suppose the cession of half
of Snghallen would be accepted. They
declare they have possession of the
Islaijd and that .Russia ran never ro
oover It ( . . ' i
Wltto and Rosen took an automo
bile jj-ldo Into the country this morn
ing.' The Japaneso spent ine morning
In their apartments.
The wire botween hero and Toklo
Is kjept busy with message In code,
but not the slightest hint of what Is
beln done Is given. ,
It la understood If the envoys meet
tomorrow the meeting will be a short
one iind an adjournment will he taken
untl( Friday.
t Roosevelt Hulls In Again.
Portsmouth, Aug. 22. A personal
representative .of, President. Roose
velt was In yecret session with Witte
and Rosen this afternoon In the gen
eral stores building at the navy yard.
, It lasted 40 minutes from 12:30 to
1:10. This latest move of the presi
dent's special envoy Is not known.
Witte and Rosen returned to the hotol
and the messenger stayed to lunch
eon with the peace envoys at the navy
yard. The greatest care la taken to
prevent the fact of the secret meeting
being mado public.
' Rename Captnred Vessels. ' '
Toklo, Aug. 21. The navy depart
ment has rechrlatened with Japanese'
names all the Russian ships captured.
AFTER INDEMNITY.
i V. '
Tronhlo Follow Arrest and Detain
t mont of Frenchman, '
Tanglers, Aug. 22. The French
minister has presonted to the sultan
an enorgetlc demand for an Indemnity
of 12000 for the recent arrest of a
Franco-Algerian cltlxen. The minister
also demands punishment of the offi
cial responsible for the arrest, and an
additional Indemnity of 1100 dally
until the prisoner la released. It la
believed the'. sultan ; will promptly
grant the demand.
GE BLAZE 1
fTHEY ALL Dt IT."
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Rnllroud Magnate' Kxttiso for Vlolnt
j ' i lug the Law.
' 'Kansas City, Aug. 25. K. P. Rip
ley, president of tho Santa Fe rail
road, who passed through the city
this morning on his way to Chicago,
was asked for an expression on the
suits brought by the government
against the Sfita Fo for giving re
bates to the Hutchinson Coal com
pany at Hutchinson, Kan.
"The giving of rebates jl the rail
roads," said Mb. Ripley,' "in a common
thing, and tho only excuse for It seems
to be that all the roads do It. I do
not care to say. anything about what
amount of money the Santa Fe or any
other road has gjven In this way."
President Ripley's assertion Is In
line with thai of ex-Vlce-Presldcnt
Paul Morton, to whom President
Roosevelt gave a clean bill of health.
Mr. Ripley said Jiodld not expect the
Bclon rut-off would be completed
within tho year. He brought a glow
ing message regarding crops along
the line of the Santa Fo and of heavy
traffic for all western roads aa'a re
suit.
Pound the Checks.
j1 'r-hVngo, Aug. ?2. Checks which
disappeared with Ous Hnhhs. the miss-
liiB; r-niploye. ofjCbarlesj A. Stevens &
Pros., who vanished last Thursday
wlille on his, way to tho Corn Ex
change National bank, to make a de
posit for the house, were discovered
wrapped In a newspaper In n down
town drug store yesterday. The
checks were left nt the drug store by
n man last Thursday. There was also
a bank deposit slip In the bundle and
this Indicates that there was 13221)
in cash In the possession of Bobbs
when he left the store of Stevens &
Pros. Not a dollar of the currency
wf.s In the parcel.
T
OF
IS INDICATED BY THE
WITNESSES SUMMONED.
Federal Grand Jury Now In Session at
Portland Will Put Under Fire Per
sons Who Temporarily Escaped
' Owing to ' Defective Indictments
Conspiracy, and Alleged Tampering
With1 Government Witnesses During
.Uie Recent Trials, Are Cltargcd
Against Williamson and Other Do.
fondants.
Portland, Aug. 22. The federal
grand Jury convened this morning and
began Investigation of the land frauds.
The first matter considered wa the
reindictment of the persons previous
ly Indicted but dismissed on the
grounds of defectiveness.
It Is evident from the witnesses
summoned that new Indictments will
bo returned against Congressman Wil
liamson and co-defendants for con
spiracy and alleged tampering with
government witnesses during the re
cent trials.
1IKRT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ,
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Extraordinary Anatomical' Deformity
at Log Angeles.
Los Angeles. Cat, Aug. 22. When
Malcolm Rose, a landscape gardener,
was placed on the operating table at
tho county hospital hero today to un
dergo an operation for the removal of
a growth from, his neck, It was dis
covered by the surgeons that the pa
tient's heart Instead of being In a nor
mal position on the left side of the
body was located on the right side
nearly six Inches from Its proper
place. The organ in every way. how
ever, appeared normal. It had evi
dently been In that position , from
birth. Tho physicians at the hospital
state thnt It Is the first case of the
kind that has ever come under their
observation.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheat
Market In the United States.
Chicago, Aug. 12. September
wheat closed today at 80 5-8; corn at
63 1-3. and oats at 88 8-4.
RUN
IlLIAH
T
ME
T
Loss Already Aggregates Several Hundred Thousand Dollars,
Light and Power Service ot East Side Crippled.
i
Fire Is Raging Through "the Shack District," Burning Mnny Structure
Standing on Piling Foundations Condemned Itoaduuyg Built Over Pil
ings, Greatly Obstruct Uie Work of the Fire Department, Which Is Wad
ing and Struggling Through Sloug hs to Reach the - Fire People in a
Mad Riuih to Save Their Live aod Kclongtngfl Dynamite Used to Pre
vent Spread of Flame.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 22. A fire,
starting at Union and Oak streets
early this morning on the east side,
has at S o'clock swept cloan two city
blocks, destroyed the street car
bridges, tying up traffic and spread
to surrounding blocks. Many build
ings aro ablaze and the entire depart
ment Is fighting the flames.
This is the most menacing fire of
the present yuar, taxing the energies
of tho department. Two blocks have
boon swept away, and the fringe of
this circle Is blazing despite tho con
centrated efforts of tho flroboat and
engines.
The loss already aggregates several
hundred thousnnd dollars. Street car
traffic and light and power service of
the entire East side Is crippled.
The fire started In the Iowa hotel,
a frame structure, and rapidly spread
throughout tho district largely occu
pied by second-hand stores and shacks
standing on piling foundations. The
road way has been condomned, pre
venting tho fire department reaching
all parts of the endangered district,
and firemen waded and wallowed
through the slough In desperate ef
forts to protect the structures. There
have been several thrilling escapes.
Firemen working on the elevated
roadways were frequently endangered.
The population of the gulch made a
mad' rush to escape with their lives
and belongings. By hard work the
flames were prevented from going
west. Some of the crews of firemen
were subjected to such great heat
TAGGART WENT CALLING,
t
Sirs. Vow's Testimony Compromises
' tho Captain.
! Wooster, Aug. 22. Brigadier Gen
eral Minor, who was Captain Tag
gnrt's commanding officer at Fort
Leavenworth, was present ' In court
today.
J Mrs. Irene Vose was recalled to the
stand In cross-examination this morn
log. J She told that Taggart, In pa
Jamas, passed her door and went Into
the room where the Filipino servant,
Augustlna, slept, and she said Taggart
was 'moroso and Irritable during the
the witnesses visit at his home In Ma
nila, i
Mrs. Vose described an occasion
during her visit to the Taggart home
nt Manila, when she said Taggart
was JealouB nnd angry and slapped
his wife. She said Major Newbury
left Taggart's house on account of
this. She admitted Mrs. Tnggart had
four servants and four horses and the
rest of the establishment was In pro
portion, but she did not know of any
"special comforts" Mrs. Taggart had.
Miner left the court room ahead of
Taggart. At the noon recess the men
did not move. :
General Minor's wife testified this
afternoon. She said she was In a po
sition to see every guest at the table
and saw nothing of Impropriety In the
attitude Mrs. Taggart. She sold Mrs.
Taggart admired the roses on the
table, and In her presence the general
gave her one. Cross-examined, Mrs.
Minor was asked, "Did you know of
the time Minor called upon Mrs. Tag
gart and remained alone with her In
the parlor while a young woman was
posted on the porch 7" She answered.
"I never heard of It and don't believe
It happened."
General Minor said all his calls at
Q
10
SWEEPS
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T
that brother firemen had to turn wa
ter on them.
The elevated street collapsed, tak
Ing the crew Into the blazing piling
and muck beneath.
The flimsy lodging houses have be
gun collapsing, rapidly adding fuel to
the blaze. At 10 the blaze Is thought
to bp under control, though fresh out
breaks are constantly reported.
I Among the structures destroyed are
the Kadderl,y building, a three-story
brick: Kcarns, Hros!. block and lodg
ing house; Alr-Tlght Stove Co., a
three-story brick; Bailey's paint Btore,
Portland Cement & Tiling Co., We-
ders. Smith's and Hochfleld's second
hand stoves. lout, restaurao
I."ss to the Kadderly building, $60,
000; Cully block, 850,000. Among the
buildings destroyed was the Odd Fel
lows' hall; loss approximately $200,
000.
Six Persons Injured.
At noon tho flames are still raging.
though under control.
Three persons were injured. There
were a number of heroic rescues by
firemen. There was little Insurance.
Tho burned district Includes four
blocks of business houses and resi
dences between Stark and Pine, and
Union avenue and Sixth streets. The
entire district Is In ruins, and other
adjacent sections were badly damaged.
Rio Pello, a fireman, was Injured.
John Stewart, a truck driver, sus
tained a broken leg. Three women
were severely Injured wnlle being
rescued from the Kadderly building.
A boy who jumped to the sidewalk
had his legs fractured.
Taggart's home were formal. He de
clared he never went out the back
way from any house In the garrison
except his own. He denied sending
for Mrs. Taggart and said he didn't
even call upon her in the cnptalri's
absence. He said there was no truth
in the charge of the petition naming
him as a corespondent.
ELEVEN MEN INJURED.
Educational Building Collapses at St.
Louis.
St. Louis, Aug. 22. A section of the
educational building of the World'
fair, weakened by the earthquako,
collapsed this morning, carrying down
1 1 men, fatally Injuring some.
Kryans Will Tour the World.
Lincoln, Neb.,' Aug. 22. William J.
Iiryan Is here. His wife Is now In Ger
many. The family has changed Its
plans for the tour of the world to the
eastward to avoid the hot weather ot
the East Indies. They leave San
Francisco for tho Orient September
16. .
Visitor From Colorado.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 22. The presl
dent received no official visitors this
morning. Philip B. Stewart of Colo
rado, with whom he hunted, comes
this afternoon for a two days' visit
Suppressing Boycott. .
Shanghai, Aug. 22. It Is under
stood the vloeroy 'and governor' of
this province have agreed to suppress
the boycott against American goods.
- . .. London la Anxious.
London, Aug. 82. The people are
gathered In the club to hear all hews
from Portsmouth regarding today's
events. Europe generally unites In
praising Roosevelt
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HEAVY FREIGHT COMING.
O. It. & N. and SlKirt Lino Yards at I
Huntingi.ii i iiu-ii with wetixund
lonilH, .
I
Several thousand tons of merchan-
dlse'and fast freight, mnny hundreds
of tons of which are consigned to !
Penjjleton, are now lying In the rail-
rono yards at Huntington, awaiting
shipment to the west.
Since the passengHr business Is so
heavy much of the motive power Is
being employed in moving the big
passenger trains, and within the pant
few days freight has congested some
what at Huntington.
The system expects t he heaviest
freight traffic during the coming fall
and winter months ever witnessed and
the forerunner of this rush Is now ar
riving. DINED WITH WANAMAKER.
Hooker Washington Denies He Es
corted Anyone to the Table.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 22. Pres
ident Booker T. Washington has ad-j
D
dressed a letter, under a New York i ' ' . 8 .
date, to the Age-Herald, of this city, j '",rt t.s morning with eight passen
concerning his recent visit to John , Ker'
Wanamaker at Saratoga. He says: ' She h-ft the port of Antonio. Ja
"I did not escort any female mem-, n:ak'1' ' for :l voyage.,
her of Mr. Wanamaker's family to or Three hQurs fro,n 'ort a part of th. '
out of the dining room. I did dine , ""e"'" Shs drifted h
with Mr. Wanamaker and members ' ,,me 0,1 U1,,u Sunday, trying to repair
of his family at a hotel, at his request. I he break, then signaled the steamer
for the purpose or talking on busl-j M,al f"r a tow aJ was brought Into.,
ness, but at tho time was a guest my- few Yor'c- ,
self at a colored hotel at Saratoga." i Tlie Chinamen aboard tried to eat
j sharks, but It made them 111. Dolph
Taft Party at Colm.'
Cebu. P. I., Aug. 22. Taft and par
ty arrived ab.iard Ihj-. Logan - tAi'
momlnff hpinir parnrted tnto the har-
. M
Dor oy scores iu craii. i lie ciiy is
decorated and a parade, races and ;
banquet will take place. The party
will leave nt daybreak tomorrow.
GALLON HOUSE
HE FLED
MEN
I New Orleans. Aug. 22. In the yel
VANSVCLE ROAD RESORT j low fever situation today 11 new case
ABANDONED WITH HASTE, j ""d six deaths were reported to the
I health authorities up to noon.
"They Folded TlM-lr Tents Like the
Arab, and Silently Slide Away,"
leaving the Cold Storage IVpot In
tho Side. Hill Mnny Hevlricnta of
That Vicinity Regret That tlie In
prlotors Fled Before Doing Taken
In Cu-rtody Rcsonsilile Residents
Had No Use for the Villainous Out
fit. The "Gallon House" proprietors,
Ed nnd R. Anderson, who have been
doing business among the harvest
hnnds and teamsters near Vansycle
for several weeks past, have ceased
operations and "flew the coop" for
parts unknown. Yesterday Deputy
Sheriff Joe Blnkeley left here in a '
two-seated rig with the Intention of'
consulting with the two men, butj
when he arrived at their place about
nOOn. theV hnrl HiMnnniva T..1
hn. .,,, ,,, . ' ,
....... in-uri i.ineii, ami
nothing remained but a cave dug In
a bank nnd used as a cold storage,
remained to show for the stand thnt
has caused so much notoriety during!
the present harvest.
Mr. Blnkelev wm tnM thnt thu a..
derson brothers had left the evening
before his arrival, and they are
thought to have moved over Into
Washington. Evidently some of the
pntrons of the nhice hu,l soon thin, .a
that' made them believe a visit from '
the sheriff v. t l... .... I
they told their fears to the proprie
tors of the tent, with the result as
above stated.
For some time past it has been said!
thnt the ''gallon limit" was not being!
observed by the two men. and that
liquor could.be had In less quantities.'
This Is said to have accounted for the;
visit , made by Deputy Blnkelev
though that official declines to stats
what his motive were. 'I
The wheat raisers and w arehouse !
operators of the Vansycle country i
have not taken kindly to the "gallon
house" idea, nnd they -are glad the
bllslnesn In MtnntiAit Ihmivl.
i-i-.u, .,,wut,ti m.iiir h lay . .
that the . Andersons , had remained
there another day, so as to have met
the deputy sheriff.
STEAMER
ATIIS
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Caused by Kepeated and
Hopeless Breaking Down of
Defective Engines.
ARRIVES AT NEW YORK
MANY DAYS OVERDUE,
lout Win I.aden With Rotten Ban
aims Which Poisoned Uie Water
Supply Crew Killed and AM
Sharks and IKilphiim, and Under
went Sickening Experiences From
(he Pestiferous Odor of the Iiaoan
u The Dangers , of Asphyxiation
Were W orm Than of Starvation and
of Dearth of Water Steamer Was
I.aden nt .lamalce. .
New Vork. Aug. 22. The steamer
t
Athos, 17 days oveidue, with a cargo
of uneatable bananas and bone ot
half-eaten sharks aboard, Indicating
ins were caught and relieved the fam
ine. August 8 the Athos, slpnalled "All .
well" to the steamer Adirondack, but
i on the KVh the fresh water tank wa
found tainted by the Juice of rottlDg
bananas, and for a week she ,wa
tossed about by heavy seas, the en-
glues breaking time and again. The
J steamer Vera provided some provt
j Ions, but was unable to tow,
The passengers say the odor of rot
i ten fruit was worse than hunger and
dangers of the sea. and many sicken-
i ed. ....
The Day's Record. "
TEACHERS SELECTED.
Contracts Made at Helix and Adams
for Ensuing Year.
j Teachers for the schools at Helix
and' Adams have Just been selected,
j and the contracts filed with the coun
ty superintendent. For Helix, Charle
; It. Dutro, of Idaho, has been selected
; as principal and Miss Bertha Stach-
ling. of Kansas, as assistant. School
will commence In thnt town on Sep
tember i.
For the A damn school. Prof. W. O.
Ueed has been hosen principal; J.
H. K. Scott, assistant, and Miss Beds
Carlstrnm, primary teacher.
Plenty of Water In Yakima.
It may not lie out of place to stats
that these Imposing Irrigation suits
'(that have been commenced, and all
this dynamiting of Irrigation dam
j that has been done, are not the result
' ! of a shortage of water In the Yakima
l iver for the use of farmers In grow-
' ing crops. There Is a shortage of sev-
i eral thousand cubic feet of water
fiMu-ii me irrigation companies in
' these prosperous limes figure they
.ooiiM use next year, or some other
lime. If they had It. There Is. as a
I inalter of fact, a small surplus In the
"V'T "U abwe what beln
f"r f fining operations, and It
j the case to say that the scrap which
i is on Is for this surplus. Yakima Be-
' " '
t lennliig Out Bonner's Ferry.
Sheriff Ed Poust, of Kootenai
i county, arrived In Bonner's Ferry at
i 1 o'clock last night wltn Mis two dep
! cities and raided the. gambling houses,
coniiseaung rive slot machines, on
roulette wheel and three black Jack
tables. The sheriff next visited the
disorderly houses and ordered all the
Inmates to leave town. Spokesman
Review.
. The Douglas county yield of hops
Is estimated at 90. 000 pounds. :i good
ivernge yield.