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1H COLONIES
Colon, the Canal Gulf Port,
Swept by a Fire Which Did
Great Damage.
XVSIXESH INTERESTS
SUFFER VEHY HEAVILY.
Government Iamon Postofflce and Ac.
ministration llulldlng, nixl Uie Rail
road ami Canal lmo Much Property
Tlie Shipping Iv,aiOH American
IVMt at Mululil, niiliincH, De
frcycil liy Typhoon, Which AImi
Destroyed Four To In the Inter
, lor A Xumlicr of Drills Are He
IKtrtecl, and Many Ilavo lleen In
jured Extensive Daningo to Ship.
Jilng.
Panama, Sept. 27. A greut fire Is
raging at Colon. Aid is asked of this
city, and a sixiclal train with firemen
and policemen was dispatched. '
Kirn Is Extinguished.
Colon, Sept. 27. The fire has been
extinguished, but after great damage
was done.
The Isthmian postofflce. two iicwb- i
paper offices, the government house,
police headquarters, office of the West
India Cable company. Armour's es
tablishment, the principal Chinese
shops, and 64 houses in Hollvar street
were destroyed.
A great amount of international reg
istered mall and parcels was burned In
the postofflce, and much railroad and
canal property wan burned, but the
shipping escaped. Governor Magcinn
has hurried to the scene.
Malahi Post IKxtroyrfl.
Washington, Sept. 27. Corbrn ca
bles from Manila the atorm totally
destroyed the post at Malahi. Wires I
are down and tne fun extern, -or tne
damage Is unknown. Admiral Relter
cables the gunboat Lelte Is Inst. None J
were aboard. The craft wa enptur-1
ed from Spain and is practically j
worthless.
Iur Town In Itiilnx.
Manila. Sept. 27". Reports of the
result of the storm are slowly coming
in. Pour towns In Marequlna -valley
are reported In ruins. There have
been a number of deaths and hund
reds Injured.
It Is certain many vessels suffered
and several are believed lost. .Sev
eral lighters and n government launch
were lost In Manila harbor. A schoon
er broke from her moorings and
threatened to ram the interned .'Rus
sian cruisers, but sank near Bow Oleg.
. A .lP TKACIIKS AMKUICAXS.
ItcxuN Kxtrcinely Valuable Paper mi
War SiirRvry.
Iietrolt. Sept. 27. Surgeon General
Suzuki, of Ihe Japanese navy, read a
10, 000-word paper at the convention
of military surgeons of the United
States. The members say It Is the
most valuable document of the kind
In modem times.
He told how they treated the
wounded In the battles between Ja
pan and Russia. They ordered sall
'ors to ilnn clean clothing Immediate
ly before battle, to prevent the Infec
tion of wounds, and made each wear
disinfected cotton In the ears to pro
tect the drums from concussion.
Wounds were treated during an en
gagement if possible.
The percentage of deaths hy wounds
was very smalt. Most fatalities were
from drowning and mine explosions.
The convention gave n vote of thanks
to StiKiikl.
Jacob Mlt Dead.
Tonkers. N. Y., Sept. 27. Jacob
Utt. manager of many theatrical
houses, died at a sanitarium in this
city today.
Five- lliirned l Dentil.
Fort Hodge, Iowa, Sept. 27. Five
children sleeping in the home of Ed
ward Adamson at 8 this morning were
cremated. A gasoline explosion
caused the fire.
Koinura Starts for Home.
New York, Sept. 27. Komura left
at 9:30 this morning for Montreal,
thence to Vancouver to take a ship to
Japan, A crowd cheered him as he
left. .
Will Sell $285,000 nniuK
Judge Stewart has reset the hear
ing on the petition for confirmation
of the bond Issue, for the Nampa
Merldlan Irrigation district, for Octo
ber 27. The board of directors has
ordered the sale of $285,000 of the
bonds, and has set November 1 as the
time for bids tn be opened. The pro
ceeds of the sale will go for He pay
ment of the Rldenhaugh caWl. It Is
not the Intention of the board to sell
additional bonds until It Is determin
ed what enlargementa will be neces
sary . BoUe Capital Newa.
Approximate Loss SSOO.OOO by Hip
konu Fire.
Spokane. Kept. 27. The "waviest
losers hy yesterday's fire are ihe
Hoolhe-McCllntock company, whole
sale grocers, the Cudahy Packing
company, stock, 140,000; C. H. Week,
three-Ktory building occjuplc.i hy Pa
cific Transfer company, $25."'il; It.
C. P. ThomaH, owner Cudahy bullJ
Ihg. 1 10,000; Rnbblns. Pratt llob
blnn, furniture, $6000.
The cauHi of the fire In unknown. Il
broke out In the Cudahy building,
which whk filled with soap and lani,
and spread with (treat rapidity t" the
Weeks building on the east side.
Ijitcr the Hoolhe-McCllntock building
on the west corner of the block caught
fire. The four-story brick building on
the cast cornen occupied by the- Spo
kane Drug company, was saved hy a
firewall.
EXGIN EER PARALYZED.
Was- Strivkcn 111 Ills Cab, Rctueen
Stnrbuck and Kxikanc.
Spokane. Kept. 27. SI. P. Wall.
gincer on an (). H. & N. pa anger
train running from Spokane to i'tnr
buck, though paralyzed In the engine
cab, finished the run, Suturilu". Fol
lowing his terrible experience tnal
da, be lies at his home. Kl Mission
avenue, partially paralyzed an
abl.
to speak only a few words.
Knglneer Wall is 4 4 years of age.
He has been running an engine for ?0
years, and for the last lf years has
been running a passenger train engine
out of this city on the O. I.. & X.
i Few railroad men are bettor known
than he. For a time he had a passen
ger run between The Dalles ami Port
I land.
WAS TIE RESPONSIRLE?
t lalm it... xi,, ,, Horn With I n
hiiliuiiiil Mind.
Wellsvlllc, Mo.. Sept. 27. Richard
Mnvghs. formerly of this city, under
sentence of death at Merced. Cnl.. or
the murder of his employer, a ranch
man, may escape the gallows. Friends
and relatives In this county have ralc.
12500 to send a representative to Call
fornla with the facts that Ma'jvhs
mother was Insane a short time befor
her son was born. Maughs divorced
wife and children live here.
Cml Man Murdered.
Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 27. An
drew Casna. a well known coal oper-
jor living near Gallup, was murde
ed last night by unknown parties
Ills wife was shot and may also die
It Is known Casna always kept con
siderable money about the house.
Several men, one a relative. Is sus
pected.
T
BEEN EXTENDED
kx position wim, xrr bk
CIOSKn TIM. OCTOllKK !
Kxtraordimtry Attendance; ol Pa Two
Weeks and Ijiggarcl Rainy Season
Hc'NMinslhli for Tills Action Timr
1st KiihIi Will Continue l ull IHiiiug
Novi'iiiImy ami It Is l!olH-vrl I Fair
Attendance" Will Justify Kn'piiig
Oprn Two Wcvks linger Tlian ITtm
PrnlHfeicd.
Hecause of the excellent attendance
now enjoyed by the Lewis and Clark
fair, the management has practically
decided to extend the limit of the fall
to October 31, Instead of October 15.
as originally Intended.
While' the rainy season Is due In
Portland, yet the weather has been
pleasant and the attendance at the
fair has been extraordinary durlng
the past two weeks. This has Induced
the management to risk open gates
until the last of Oelolr.
The tourist rush to the coast will
continue until some time In November
and It Is thought that the fair attend
ance will keep up for at least two or
three weeks after October IS. no mat
ter what 'the weather rondltlon, as the
strangers will be In Portland anyway,
and most of them will he glad to at
tend the exposition. The exposition
management Is now seriously consid
ering the matter nf announcing the
extension of the limit and it may be
expected at liny time.
SELLING TEXAS LAND.
Six Million Acres Fnder Is-aso Now
0'n for Settlement.
About (,000,000 acres of state lands,
situated In various parts of Texas, and
heretofore mostly under lease for cat
tle grazing purposes, have been placed
on the mnrket for actual settlers un
der a late law passed by the legisla
ture. The cattlemen have been
strongly opposed to the sale of these
lands, and predict that the withdrawal
of them from pasture purposes will
work great Injury to the cattle Indus
try nf that state.
The lands are to be sold to actual
settlers In tracts of from one to eight
sections. The price Is $1 on acre,
payable In 40 annual Installments,
with 3 per cent Interest. Each pur
chaser must live upon the land for
three years to acquire title, After the
snle of these lands the state will own
about 12,000,000 acres, which are un
der lease tn cattlemen.
I 1
PISTOL DUEL IN
w-wm . . . t- ... . r. i t .Hunt z-uiccil. i
AN EXPRESS CAR
Two Desperate Men Keep Up
a Fusilade From Behind
Barricades of Packages.
POTII WKItK WOI NDKD
AM) MAY NOT ItrX'OY
:it.
Rattle I let un hi Reiiieul anil l'.ndccl at
Decului'. Twenly Miles Away An
cx-.McH-ciiger Willi an t'likmmii
firlcvaniv Filtered Ihe far and '
Started a Quarrel With the Mchscil-j
Iter Itolli S-ni-eil Pistols and the
Row Was Oir Triiiniitcn roiinil the
ConilialantH Vengeful mill Alert
Walchlne lo icl the Drop on I'jii'h
Oilier No Chanci' for Kither lo lle
eover. Decatur. III.. Sept. 27. J. 12. Ryan.
an express messenger and a man
numeil tlreene, a former messenger.
fought a revolver duel In a closed ex
press car of Ihe fast train. 20 miles
from Renienl, 111., to this city this
moifdng.
Oivene entered the cur at Rement
with a grievance, cause unknown, anil
Ix'gan quarreling.
Ryan. In dr-fense. seized a pistol
when Green shot. The men barricad
ed behind packages and continued fir
ing at each other.
Trainmen opened the car at this
city and found the combatants warily
eyeing each other. Roth are badly
wounded In many places and exhaust
ed from bleeding. They were taken
to hospitals. It Is said there is ne
chance for cither lo recover.
CHINA ItFGISTF.ItS A PROTKST.
Asking for What She Did Not Tlnvr
Courage to Fight for.
Washington, Sept. 2 7. The Post
this morning says;
Tiie Chinese government a week or
more ago. made a formal protest to
the Russian and Japanese govern
ments concerning two of the conditions
set forth in the treaty of peace signed
at Portsmouth. China objects to two
things:
First, the length of lime allowed
for the evacuation of Manchuria, and''"- wl" the "ecldentally turned
second, the provisions made for an ' "" He came from his home at San
armed guard for the railroad lines : Diego. Mexico, to place his two sons
owned by Russia and Japan In Man-! In school.
churla.
China believes that nine months Is
entirely sufficient time within which
Japan shall evacuate Manchuria In
stead of 12 months, as provided for
In the peace treaty. The provisions
made for guarding the railroad, the
Chinese contend, contemputc an arm
ed force of prohablv IS.ooo men In
' . .
menace and It docs not propose 10
agree to such a plan.
IDAHO LAND SW.1.S WTTLL.
State DHsishig of Bonn Acres Aver,
age Sale Price S29.IS.
Holse, Sept. 27. The state of Idaho
is today over $130,000 richer than it
was yesterday morning. The auction
sale nf 6000 acres of land in Canyon
county, owned by the slate, lying un
der the Holse-Payetlc ditch, was held
yesterday In the hall of representa
tives at the state capltol.
The sale called out many speculat
ors, but the majority were bona fide
farmers In search of good land for
homes.
The firsl day of the sale resulted
In disposing of 4 4SO acres of land hi
the most desirable locations on the
tract. The average appraisement by
the state board of this land was $16.20
per acre. At the sale It brought an
average of $29.43 3-4 per acre.
Petition for Injunction.
Columbus, !.. Sept. 27. John S.
Jones today filed a petition for an In
junction restraining Oould, Ramsey
and Ouy from transferring Ihe Little
Kaneknw railway.
Henry's Final Argument.
Portland. Kept. 27. Heney Is mak
ing the final argument for the prose
cution In the Williamson trial. The
case will go lo the Jury at 3 o'clock.
The entire milling plant of the Kent
company, at Rarneston, Wash., was
destroyed by fire. Loss. $20,000.
FIVE INDICTMENTS
Five separate Indictments were
filed In the circuit court this after
noon by District Attorney G. W.
Phelps against John Schmidt. One of
the Indictments charges him with
keeping his saloon open last Sunday,
while the other four charge him with
selling liquor to various parties on
that clay. .
With the filing of the Indictments
today seven distinct charges are now
fill imTini Ft La Grande, Sept. 2i. Grundy &
B NU AULlU
Financial Manager of Equita
ble Tells Who Shared in
Responsibility,
KKN'ATOIt li:PIAV. IIYDK
AND ALSO AI.K.AMKlt.
Senators l)( m- and Drydcn anil Other
(iicat Financial Macnales Will He
Called l the Stand Today District
Attorney at Chicago Fights the Pleas
In Abatement Filed hy tlie Packers,
and Accuses Tlicni of Descending
to the Icvcl of Common Criminals
In Their Anxiety to Fscae the Ien
iiIIIcm of the l.nw Present Contest
in Court W ill Ijist Several Days.
New York. Sept. 27. Henry Rogers
Wlnthrop, financial mnnager of the
F.qultHbk told of syndicate operations
before the Insurance Investigating
commltlee this morning.
,,.., .,,, ,u..-., .. ,,,.. t.,....
personally of Dcpew, Hyde and A lex-
amler in the management of the socie
ty's finances. It Is understood that
Senarom Dcpew and Dryden and Jacob
H. Schlff will be railed to the stand
tocH-y.
Fighting Picas In Abatement.
Chicago. Sept. 27. District Artor
hey Morrison appeared In the federal
court and asked that the
pleas in
abatement of the packers be dis-.
missed. He declared they are solely
for the purpose of delaying the trials
of the ocrused. the defendants thereby
resorting to the ordinary methods em
ployed by common criminals. He ad
dressed the court four hours. The ar-gumcmir-nre
expected to last several
days.
tS W AS TFHNF.I) ON.
And This Mexican In Chicago Was No
Heuti. Kltlier.
Chicago. Sept. 27. Tranqullams
Paraba. Identified
by the Mexican
consul as one of the wealthiest plant
ers of Mexico, was found partially as
phvxlated In a hotel here this mnrn-
Who Hoy the Fh-chug?
Oraugevllle. Idaho. Sept. 27. C. A.
Sears, a 17-year-old boy, held here
on a chnrge of being Implicated In a
robbery which occurred a
f )r U!(iece(, of the
more serious offense of causing the
$12"i.0fl0 fire In the business portion
IseveValnilncToffenses. Sears had beenj
' .......o.i nt nf inun hv the nolice. and
......-.. - - - .- -
revenge Is suggested as a motive for
the alleged arson. He claims to come
from San Francisco, and that his pa
rents are dead.
Court of Apiieals In Session.
San Francisco. Sept. 27. The cir
cuit court of appeals of the ninth dis
trict will hold Its initial meeting in
the new federal building next Monday.
The court Is composed of William R.
Gilbert. Portland, presiding; Judge E.
M. Ross, of Los Angeles, district: W.
W. Morrow, of San Francisco; Thos.
Porter Hawley, of Nevada. It Is ex
pected several Important decisions af
fecting the district will he handed
down In the near future.
Xew CoacHies Tlirough IJerc.
The first coaches of the Salt Lake,
San Pedro and Los Angeles railway
to come to the northwest, passed
through here last night on No. 5, and
today there were two coaches be
longing to the same road on No. 1,
tlie westbound morning train. The
coaches are large and well equipped
and carry about 70 pessengers.
Violated Sunday Law.
The police arrested the proprietor
of the Old Hickory saloon on Main
street Sumluv morning at 1 o'clock,
for remaining open on Sunday. . Five
men who were playing cards at the
time were taken to the police station
and their names and places of resi
dence noted, after which they were re
leased to appear as witnesses. The
police hnve announced they will rigid
ly enforce the Sunday closing law.
Holse Statesman.
AGIST SCHMIDT
standing against John Schmidt, ho
having been arraigned upon two last
week. At the time of his arraign
ment he secured until Friday of this
week In which to plead, and conse
quently bis case will come up In court
there.
In view of the size of the fines Im
posed by Judge Ellis upon the other
s-loonmcn, It Is probable that Schmidt
will have to pay $150 In all for his
seven charges.
La (irande, Sept. 27. CJraudy &
Russell have contracted for all this
season's beet pulp und now have? a
number of teams hauling straw and
hay to the stockyards at the sugar
factory, where they expect to feerl so I
head of cattle and 3000 head of sheep.
They may feed more as It cannot he
ascertained how many thousand tons
of pulp there will be until the close
of the factory run and as this wavim
will exceed Any former season"s run.
firandy & Russell are preparing Ic :' I
all cif the product. As usual the bed j
growers will be permitted to purchase!
such amounts as they may require.
but this as compared with the total
output is of little Importance. how'er
the farmers are beginning to use wore
and more each year. Pulp has proved
to be one of the best cheap foods ob
tainable. The feeding of so much stock ever,
year means a large market for all hay
and straw In the vicinity of the far.
tory and glveB employment to quite a
number of people to take care of the
stock while In the process of fatten
ing. .TOFTS" AUK UFX OFT.
Walla Walla Police Run 2S Thugs Out
of the Fair Grounds unci Away From
the City.
Walla Walla. Sept. 27. (Special. I
The police force and assisted by dep
uty sheriff yesterday afternoon run 2'.
conspicuous "touts out or the rair
! grounds and ordered them to leave the
1 city. They had become so thick In
crowd8 at the races that petty
' ro" . ,,'
crimes were becoming numerous.
If the "touts" hang around the city
Oiey will be arrested for vagrancy and
ordered out of tow n or put on the rock
pile.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From tlie Greatest Wheat
1 Market in tne i inicci ncaies.
Chicago, Sept. 27. Wheat closed at
85 1-4; corn at 57 7-K, and oats at
27 3-4.
Wheat Droel One Cent.
Wheat took a drop of one cent In the
local market today, thus bringing the
prlce hack to 60 cents once more. I mu rver- Bn,i that under their oia
During the day the market has been j aKr(.ement with the Fulled States gov
very quiet, as almost no selling was ernm(.nli each alternate section, not
done, few of the growers being in ' otherwise disposed of for 40 miles on
town. " . J er side of the new line, must be
Korea Wus Sighted.
San Francisco. Sept. 27. The Korea
I with the Taft party aboard, was sight-
ed 20 miles nut at S.iO this morning.
T
RLE ON LAND
! I)KC,SIOv KF CHFD S
I ISION Ur.ACIIKI) AS
TO HUSERVATION LAND.
A W,ft- ! Heing Construe,
Ivclv With Her Husband, she Will
Not lie Allowed to Enter I .and at
EIJTII GANNO
tlie Same Time That Her Husband immense tract of arid and semi-arid
is an Kiiti-yiiiuii on Other I .and hand which would support people
Other Cases Similar Exist, and Other enough to comprise an entire county.
Suits Are Pn.hahlcs-Snccessful f'"r " 'YUS rim
Plaintiff Has lreferciuv Right. j , OI-sr, MEETING TONIGHT.
Roth man and wife cannot file upon
lund such as was included In the res
ervation sale of 1902. according to a
decision that has Just been received
from the commissioner of the general
land office.
The decision was given In the case
of Ren S. Rurrouglis vs. Rose Carroll,
who purchased ISO acres at the time
of the last sale of reservation land,
while her husband. William Carroll,
likewise did the same In another quar
ter section. The contest was brought
on the grounds that both man and
wife could not file on claims, and this
contention has been upheld hy the
commissioner of the land office. Fn
der the conditions of the sale those
filing on the land are required to
make their residence thereon for a
certain period of time. Consequently.
It was held that since a wife's home is
constructively with her husband, she
could not hold a claim while at the
same time her husband was the entry
man on another.
The contest being decided In favor
of Ihe plaintiff, the latter will have a
preference right In filing on the con
tested claim, and will presumably do
so.
The above decision sets at rest a
matter that has been more or less In
doubt ever since the recent sale nf res
ervation land. There are several other
cases aside from the Carrolls' In which
both husband and wife have filed on
claims, and It Is presumed that other
contests will now be brought.
In the above case the firm of Car
ter. Raley & Haley appeared for Mrs.
Carroll, while Winter ft Collier repre
sented the contestant.
Morrow Horses to Indiana.
John Madden, of Lone Rock, ship
ped a carload of horses to Indiana
last Monday. They are a very good
all round lot of horses and Ml. Mad
den expects to receive fair prices In
the east. Heppner Times.
There are 8.840.7S9 negroes in the
United Stales, but only 2."77 of Afri
can birth.
I! GET GRANT
N. P May Claim Each Alter
nate Section for 40 Miles
on Either Side of New Line.
ORK.INAL LAM) tiltANT PKOM-
1SKK MAY HOLD iOOI)L
Said on C.ckhI Authority Thai the
Agreement With the Fulled States
(iocernmeiit by Which the Northern
Pacific Was Donated Kvery Alter
nate Section for 10 Miles on Both
Sides Will He llindlng III Case of tlie
North Rank Road Such a Dona
tion Now Would Give the Coniny
Half the Vac-ant l-ancl ill All tlie
Columbia Hlver CouiilieH in Oregon
and Washington.
Will the Northern Pacific railway
demand the fulfilment of the original
land grant promises of the United
States in the construction of the North
Bank road?
The promise of the government to
the Northern Pacific when it began
building westward that the govern
ment would give It, absolutely free of
charge, every alternate section of hind
for 40 miles on either side of the read.
This Is why this company owns an
empire in the northwest today. This
Is why settlers are forbidden to locate
upon alternate sections in western
Cmatllla county, and this is why hun
dreds of thousands of acres of rich
timber lands In northern Idaho are
held away from settlement today.
It Is said on good authority that the
company can claim a fulfilment of the
land grant promises In the construe-
ton of this new line down the Colum-
given to the Northern Pacific when-
I ever it begins tn build a mad
down
the Columbia.
A glance at the map, will show at
once the magnitude of this promised
donulion, should the old agreement be
binding.
Following as It does the northern
boundary 'of Oregon Into Portland, the
40-inile limit of the North Hank road
would reach to the center of the nriD
tier of Oregon counties, und wnula
withdraw from the people fully one
half of the vacant land now left in
those counties.
The evil effects of such a laud grant
would be blighting on the state, as it
would at once reduce the vacant area
in the northern portion of the Colum
bia river counties by one-half. This
reduction or the public domain would
take place in the very districts in
which the promise nf Irrigation and
future Increase In values Is most cer
tain and would at once place In the
nossesslon of the Northern Pacific an
May Act Vpoii Resolution to Macacl
uinize Alta Street.
Tonight the regular meeting of the
city council will be held, the first one
In several weeks. As Mayor Matlock
has not yet returned, the council will
probably have to meet without him.
However, every member of the coun
cil Is now In town.
Probubly the most Important mat-
t tcr to come berorc me mceiiog mn
that of macadamizing Alta street. The
resolution calling for this was pre
pared today by City Attorney Carter
and will be read at the session this
evening. After Its adoption 10 clays'
notice must be given the property
owners before the work can be com
menced. After mi Early Decision.
The refusal of Shoshone county t
respond to the appeal of Governor
Gooding and reconsider its action la
the matter of the l0"i state tax levy,
has destroyed the last hope of t
state administration that this matter
would be settled without recourse t
the courts. As announced in a spec
ial dispatch to the Statesman yester
day. Shoshone, after accepting the ad
vice cf the governor and calling a
special meeting of the board of coun
ty commissioners to reconsider the
matter, decided that It were better
that the cuse be taken to the supreme
court for adjudication at as early a
moment as possible.
The case can In no way Involve the
legality of the action of the state
board of eququlization, because that,
body simply followed the acts of the
legislature, and if error has been made
In the various levies, the legislature
and not the board Is responsible.
It is apparently the wish and hope
of all parties concerned that the mat
ter be adjudicated as soon as possible,
to the end that money for the admin
istration of state be forthcoming from
the various counties before It becomes
necessary to close any of the Insti
tutions conducted by il. Holse Statesman.