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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1901)
'I he- llrffiUT "(til I; JIM THE STEEL TRUST STOCK WATERED - o Industrial Commission Will So Officially Report. ONE-THIRD OF IT IS HUMIDITY Gazette AL ,s 0N E LP GRADEiTHE STRIKE IS NOT YET SETTLED WILL RETAIN MORO CASTLE TLrse Hundred Millions of ibe Ctpltillxi liOE Is No! Genuine, Says ibe CoamlssicB. In a report the indus- 5 n it will be shown that Mates ;eei Corporation n-er capital izd, and that the st-H'k amounts to third of Washington. July 23. ii" 1 1 i i i -r preparation by trial comm. is 1 in- Unite i is largt ly the alt-r in $3.IJ,i m..m or flit ire capita! i;U Will Advance 60 Cinu a Ton en the lit of Augmt. Cleveland, July 23. Tht retail price of hanl coal will advance cents a ton on August 1. There it also a strong imssihility that anthracite will take another soar upwards before lull. Die retailers have announced that such an advance will be made. They give a a reason the recent in crease in price by the wholesale deal ers. The producer recently advanced the price oi anthracite foel and the re tail dealers are thereby forced to ad vance, too. The strike of the mine firemen is said to have a great deal to do with the advance in price. The strike caught the coal men unprepared and as a result they are short on the pro duct and must increase the price. Further advances are expected for this same reason. It is usual for coal dealers to in crease the rates every year as the sum mer advances. Fort THE BOERS PROTESTED Thinks a at Hand. Crisis Is UNION MEN ARE MAKING EFFORTS Struggle Between Labor and Manufacturers Will Continue Next Week in Ail Probability. JO. In financial that the strike is .earl STRIKE STILL Threnened D.scharge of L'nloo Man at McKeesporl, 1',; t,- burg, Jn.y 2i. The second week oi the steel trust strike opens with vigor. The first important . de velopment as- contained in the an nouncement mat the De wees- wood mi;), a branch of the American beet ;-!-! co:n:aay .at McKeorp.irt, had de- i J 1 n-.t to trv re.-amptiou today. The icnkr of today's operations, therefore, has I wen transferred to sVeilsville, 'hoi. The next important move is expected The Captured Correspondence They De sire Kept Secret. Tans, July 21. An official com mimical ion received from the Boer headquarters protests against the pub lication ot the correspondence between Mr. Keits, the Transvaal states' secre tary, and Mr. Steyn, president of the Orange Free State, that was captured ith the latter's baggage on July 11. The communication maintains that tne! Mr. Steyn's optimistic views are fully I upueiu uy connuenuai reports irom Botha, Deiarey and Smuts. It is said that Mr. Kruger has received within H An VlfiflD ' most satisfactorv letter from 1 1 AC? j General Botba in which details of fu ture plans and movements are given, everything going to show that the Boers in the field are as determined as ever. 1 1 parti made in t! mill de- of t..e National Tute works in AlcNeespori. 1 he puJJiers and n:i-a?r there are strong, euough to tie up the plant, should a strike be declared. The next move, however, ty the .mpany, it :s under.-txid, is the t -j ri .t n--i d -..char.-e of everv man LEAVES DEATH IN ITS TRAIL. Lightning Kills Three Men, Injures Oth ers and Burns Barns. Warsaw, Ind., July 19. A number of barns were destroyed and several people injured by lightning. A number of buildings a Winna Lake, including the big auditorium and 50 cottages, were inundated and for a time the as sembly grounds were submerged. Injured by Llgbtnlng. Arthur, III., July 19. Robert Cook, Charles Swisher and Charles Scott were instantly killed by lightning. .'.,n- t: ' ! 1 kie l.d "I' No .S o n - i S t i . ! v i 1 1 .Kti-f-i.' a : 1 - !it.r- w e .) -i ; a. fh the :r discharge j strike lever nion Men Ohio, : : t : iK'-i-on Many Gp to El Reno. Fort Worth, Texas, Julv 23. All trains going toward El Reno this morn ing were loaded to the guards. It isex- We! sviiie. Pcted that this week's crowds will be , -j., line largest yei. lue governor in- ... la'crea9ej the police force in anticipation e sheet , ... .,,ki. New York, July circles it is believed far from settled. Tnlnk a Crisis Approaches. Tittsburg, July 20. It is generally believed here that the great steel strike is Hearing a crisis. The steel trust will begin attempts at resump tion with nonunion labor next week, working every possible legal means of protection for the new meu and the plants. If the tight is once begun on these lines, concessions heretofore offered will be revoked. Striker Make New Effort. Pittsburg, July 20. A united effort will be made today to induce the men employed in the mills of the National Tube company at MoKeesport to join the ranks of the steel strikers. It ap pears that the majority of the men are organized and only awaiting word to come out. At Wellsvllle, Ohio. Wellsville, Ohio, July 20. The strike situation at ttie I'nion Sheet Steel mill here this morning is un changed. No nouunioti men have ar rived. The Big Meeting. Wilkesbarre. Fa.. July 20. The whole region here waits on the results of the big meeting tomorrow at which the united mine workers are to define their position regarding the tireiaen's strike. Until then, nothing of impor tance is expected. It is feared that the fight is on, for the indications are that the mine workers will insist that the firemen call their strike off, and wait until nest April. There is no violence in any part of the reigon. United States Will Retain Famous for tuba's Protection. New York, July 20. In addition to other bases of supplies demanded in the l'latt amendment it is the inten tion of the administration to perman ently retain Morro Castle, overlooking the harbor of Havana. This, the Wash ington correspondent of the World says, is announced on highest au thority. It is their intention. Bays the World special, to occupy the stronghold with I mted Mates troops after the govern ment of the islaud has been handed over to the Cubans. The plan is to equip the fortress with modern artillery in order that Cuba may be assisted in defending herself against outside interference, and also that the United States may thus have a guarantee against the failure on the part of the Cuban gov ernment to carry out its pledges aiid terms of the treaty now m course of preparation betweeu this country and Cuba. Under this treaty the retention of the fortress is provided for. MARSHALLING THE FORCES o Mill at Wellsville the Center of the Industrial War. FASTEST RACE EVER MADE. If TTriM V 10 OUT OF BREATH NEW ROUND-WORLD RECORD FI1Z MORRIS, OF CHICAGO AMERICAN, KSTABLISdES UNE. Ha HIS Went on a Race, Representing Paper, Against Several Others. ' Chicago, July 20. Chas. Fitz Mor ris, who ma le a trip around the world : for the Chicago American in competi tion with representatives oi the .New i , York Journal, the San Francisco Kx aminer, one Montreal and two Paris papers, concluded his journey this morning, a winner and record hreakei. i He made the trip in t0 days. 1;! hours, ; 29 minutes and 42 and 4-" seconds. j The best previous record was b3 days. The boy was given an ovation on his arrival The total distance traveled by Fits Morris was 20,4.)5 miles, and the ,' actual traveling time was 54 days, 20 i hours and 15 minutes. The best previ ous record for encircling the globe was held by Geo. Grattiths, who made the journey two years ago in t3 days. FEW CHARGES III THE SITUATION Brewer; Firemen of Chicago Call Tor i Sym pathetic Strike Contentions of the Trust and the Laborers. The Steel Trust's Side. 1. The right to ignore labor onions and treat with the men. 2. The priviego of running some mills as nonunion plants. 3. To protect the non-union men who choose to remain so. 4. To fix different rates of pay in the different mills, Tne Worktngmen's Side. 1. The principle that the trust mills must be unionized. 2. Union men must be treated alike in all steel plants. 3. No coercion, but the right to en roll nonunion men. 4. Trust officials fought to delav the Creseeus Makes a Mile In 2:05 Flat Sir Oliver Won. Detroit, Mich., July 19. Creseeus, the chestnut stallion owned and driven by George 11. Ketclium of Toledo won the free-for-all trot yesterday and incidentally trotted the fastest heat and won the fastest race and record in history. Charlie Her was his only op ponent. Creseeus wou the first heat in'2:03A, breaking the racing record (or this year on any track, and the second heat ne won in 2:05 Hat, breaking world's racing record for trotters. Sir Oliver Won. Chicago, July 19. The Hyde park stakes, the richest two-year-old event at the Metropole tracks, was won yes- teruay dv nir uuver, Merunon second and Abe Frank third. The stake was worth about 509. the IRWIN-COLE FIGHT A DRAW Bout at Julv : start If. n men did not materia. -2e t . . ; - iu'rnini;. No Trouble a; Sc Keesporl. M Keesp .rt. Pa., Ja!y 2J. All is q '..e: here in t.ie strike sitaation. Re p irt.- oi tr 'i.'ie 'nri ui:A are untrue. Coders Rendered lale. -:.an;-.ui:!. Pa., Jjly 2.". A majority f o.sber were rendere f iiie by the r.renieu's strike which was resumed t:,; j;i-ra:ng. M '?t !" the tiremeu are rti:i .it. a a. 1 1 u j o:h-a. mstruoti ms. Matiy r. pan have a! read v rein !:. i t: e triKer. Um.n Men Discharged at 'Frisco. an r .'iin-.-i' July 2.1. At noon a thousand tiimm teamsters have been discharged for refusing to bundle mer (!.and:sw from inui-uhi'iu ho'ises. By liitfht tiiteten hundred will be out. A rompiete tieup in local drayage and freighting is txpected. The men claim the move wa ina-jgirate-J by the em ploye'' ii as part of a plan to break up the at.) . -ris. : Striiie is Tampa. 1 Ta.:.; a. i- .a.. .'.;. r o'ir tL u-, and i.iir iha--rs ahi 2 . :iien o: iise -.!.;' meht ,'idtv d-i.are i their ::iten- tiMj, i,; r.u a srr.fie tomorrow. "I'Me (.tr.i- ;? a.'a.i-t :-w trtu c:gar uidKr- .. ir- : r-.n t.-jra meoiuers ! Big Salmon Runs. j Astoria, July 23. The run of salmon yesterday and today was the largest since 'ii. There were big catches aod the canneries and cold storage plants are crowded to full capacity. The price is still six and seven cents per pound. Republicans Cain In France. Paris, July 23. Returns from the elections lor the irench council gen era! held through the provinces Satur day show the republicans have gained 641 seats, and the conservatives 204. The latest returns sbow modest gov ernment gains. Lynched a Negro. Cleveland, Miss., Jaly 23. Jesse Phillips, a negro, who shot and killed Lucius Reed, a plantation manager, in this city last Tuesday, was captured in the swamps ;near here last night and Ivnched. INSTALLATION OF THE DIKE p th hi vrj.: A' i h J ic 5lr.it -re. Pa. thev in- Sueeeeds the King as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge. New Y'ork, July 19. Eleven thous and English Free Masons attended the installation of the Duke of Connaught as grandmaster of the United grand lodge, in succession to Edward VI I., according to the London correspondent of the Tribune. j Albert Hall was throned with mem-, bers of the grand lodge, past and present, and with the masters and wardens of English lodges, as it was in 1S75, when the prince of Wales was placed on the Masonic throne. The ceremonial was virtually the same as at the installation of the Prince of i Wales. The grand l nje otficers entire ly filled the orchestra and chorus : seats. The duke of Connaugbt was in- j stalled by Earl Amherst, pro-grand master, assisted by the Earl of War-; wick, deputy grand master. The most , impressive moment was when the in stallation was proclaimed and the vast concourse saluted the new grand 'master. Grandmaster Hozier of Scot ! land an the Duke of Abercnrn, grand Fire In Pittsburg. j master of Ireland. made short ad- Pittsburg, July 23. Fire early this ' dresses and telegrams of congratulation morning destroyed two tenement j were received from the colonies. Earl bouses on Pennsylvania avenae. A j Milner, the bishop of Calcutta and the woman and three children were burned i lord mayor of London were present to ; receive advancement in the craft, and j honors were conferred on Lord Kitch-! I ener. i Witnessed by 2500 People-Will Come to Pendleton. Portland. July 20. The twenty round tight before the Pastime club in th exposition building between Toby Irwin and Willie Cole was pulled oft last ninht and resulted in a draw. Twenty-rive hundred people witnessed the limit. Irwin leaves Monday, ac companied by "Biddy" Pishop, manager, for Pendleton, where will train for his fight with Popp Saturdav. his he on IN POSSESSION OF 'FRISCO. Ad- Flve Meetings Held This Morning dresses. Concerts, Etc San Francisco. July 20. A large au dience greeted the speakers at all of the live Epworth meetings this morn ing. All were department conferences, and the most format of business of the session was disposed of at them. The Junior Leaguers, missionary workers, otticial, mercy, help departments and officers were all addressed on subjects connected with their work. Evangeli cal work was concentrated in three open air meetings held this noon. This afternoon the junior leaeuers held a rally in the pavilion. A complimen tary band concert was given in the park for their entertainment. Tonight a chorus of two thousand voices will repeat Tuesday's concert, while dele gations from thirteen states will hold rallies in the city churches. The selection of the next convention city will probably be left to a committee to investigate and decide some months hence. f'.a c a. A: a OjV - ! ' .oiiapsea. '-! 1 y s". rise has . -rea riitrr a:. : r 21. The pracu- ? here h'.ard of ahd the were ap .a; anies back the GAF.KE.M WORKERS OL'T. 1 r. v o ; v eni .,r :; iO.Ojj Men and Women has fce.-un. J. ..' . .. -M-:h!-er of the -; i.i- '." -1 Garment ,a-4 ;. a.j J or iere j a I:.- -r.K-r a ;il in Ua: ''..'.) men aud "j . l ' j Tif'-i ;oiay. j) rr ie - made :n : . v.-'- d a way - i ; - stem and .r . ; jt xiii em- to dejith and several were injured. Dubois In Jail. Oakland, Calif., Jaly 23. Dudley Dubois, attorney for Alex McKencie in the Nome scandals, today began to serve in the Alameda jail a six months' sentence for contempt of court. Death Sentences Commuted. Cape Town, July 20. Lord Kitch ener has commuted the sentence of death passed on 34 Boer prisoners to penal servitude for life at Bermuda. Two Supreme Court Decisions. Salem, July 22. Supreme court de cision today were: West vs. Eley, re versed ; Sturgis vs. Baker, reversed and new trial ordered. DUNCANSVILLE MEN WONT JOIN. Meadow FEELING IS RUNNING HIGH Tolstoi Improves. Moscow, July 23. Count continues to improve. Tolstoi SAMPSON. SCULLY TROUBLE H icr 0! I- i e i a New ;sl.sn. :-.-.t Raising hmarj'Jer of the -i on el ;utro Trico! m a ' li.s War, :n i fc-ev-re!v third y the Evans to ty Pe iilel tO set rrie i a.i the :t to toe f -1 ,r -d I,., i rwi.sn I.Oi'i.L KILLED Pii.iaceiChia on l. I...,.- ii't ii 1 ,1. ii 1 I f 'i;!it l.u h 1 1 1 t ! ! fc , t" 11. ' l's:r and ridf-mt . -A t'-illy car -i- iat iiiitht ;as!.l b.n a :i"tl.er ir I eiity I af ". '.irtu peri- 1 ! ; ,r ho hi k ' 1 iv I:.;it "ik !!- rain 0 'Au.iif auv i urihi-ier- 1 f I 'ill I lie I tt i r -J If fVl- t ' ,.u 1 ! f r !n, 1 r .1 : ., ! t!,r o'ljf the rr t!.t . 1 he hav n xrt pi ini.it 'y i" T'- ! nii fat !o tr. STE.AMER FOR UPPER SNAKE Will Ply Between Lewlston and Pitts burg Landing. L. D. Lively, formerly of Athena, is in Pendleton today, en route to his home at Lostine, Wallowa county, from Lewiston, Idaho, where he in terested the business men of Lewiston in building a steamer to ply the upper nake river, from Lewieton to Pitts burg landing, a distance of about 90 miles. At a meeting of the Commercial Association, of Lewiston, called for that purpose, a committee was ap pointed to interview the citirens and within 4 hoars fll.OOu was subscribed for construction of the steamboat. This venel is to have a capacity of 150 tons and is not to draw more than twenty inches of water. The outlook for business on the route is excellent, there being a large amount of ore, any quantity of lumber and livestock in the territory tributary to the river which cannot get to market hardly in any other way. The Imoaha mines, About J miles from Joseph, are attract ing mu;h attention. This is uid to be one of the moj-t promising mining Udt in Eastern Oregon. Mach de velopment work is being done there at prentrht and some of the proprti;e are riceedirjily promising. A number of claims have bwen recently sold at god pnees. Several former citizens of Uma tilla county are interested in the mine, notably Mr. Lively and the Bowman boys. Judge Gager Angers Strikers--An Out break Wouldn't Cause Surprise. Derby, Conn., July 20. The feeling against the sweeping injunction of Judge (iager in the Machinists' strike is running so high among all classes of citizens that an outbreak would cause little surprise. In the case of Thomas Davis, a waiter, who was fined $50 and costs by Judge Gager for vio lating the injunction by saying, "Scabs have come to town," has greatly increased public indignation. His tine was paid by public subscrip tion. Three men, arrested for peace ably attempting to persuade non-union men from working, were greeted like heroes by sympathizers in kreneral. A chain of business and family relation ship connects thosj opposed to the strikers, Gager being a brother to a firm which does law business for one of the largest foundries in the city. Voted to Continue Work-Old Mill Men May Strike. Pittsburg, Julv 20. The attempt to get the men employed in the Duncans ville plant to join the strikers was abandoned for the present. The men voted last night to continue at work. They were informed by the superinten dent that if they strnrk thej plant would be closed indefinitely and prob ably abandoned. There is a possibility of the old Meadow mill at Scottsdale striking Monday. Ail is quite at Mones.-en today. Masonry In War. Queenstown, July hi. A non-commissioned otficer of the Munster -usileers. just invalided home from So.ith Africa, declares the soldiers in the field believe it an utter impossi bility t ) catch Botha and Dewet.due to the fact that th b-ading British olficers are Free Masons. TH ft BULLS LOSZ HBAV1LY. Morgan's Thirty-Eight Words Cost Them Nearly 150,000. New York, July 20. Pierpont Mor gan spoke thirty eight words yesterday about the eteei striLe and each word cost the Wall street bulls about $1, 292,613. Before Morgan gave out his statement, stocks were booming. There had gone out a rumor that the strike wooid be eettled by compromise. Mor gan's statement was a denial of this, aud it was followed by a rush to i. 11 stocks, fear being entertained that it indicated a long labor war. As a re- Divine Healer In Insane Asylum. Washington, July 19. Francis Schlatter, the notorious "divine healer,'' was temporarily committed to the insane hospital t h i -i morning. He a arrested yesterday, charged with vagrancy. Postofflee Robbed. Merilo Park, July In. The postoffice here was entered at 4 o'clock this morning, the t-afe blown up and the building partially wrecked. There were taken $250 in cash and $700 in stamps. No clews. Belting on Futures Not Gambling. Indianapolis, July 19. Federal Judge Baker ruled that betting on the ,. - -, . , i : t i'ii'ii't iiiMt;.jii:'fiiiiiiiien in ii' su.t of liquidation the dec I ines , eight- Indiana Pittsburg, July 19. A desperate at tempt will be made to start the Wells ville mills, now idle by reason of the Amalgamated strike. A number of shot workers left here this morning for Wellsville and efforts are making to employ men. Outside ot this develop ment, the strike situation is practi cally unchanged today. The men at Duncanville mill may go out today. If they do, the steel hoop branch of the trust will not have a mill at work. There has been no at tempt made on the part of manufac turers to have a conference with the strike leaders. President Shaffer said this morning that it is possible he would have to declare a general strike, ordering out the men in tbe National and Federal steel mills. The first move against the National Steel company, which is affiliated with tiie companies now affected in United States Steel corporation, may be at tempted tomorrow, when the men em ployed in the National steel mills at Mingo Junction will be called out. This mill is at present furnishing the steel that is being ussed by nonunion men at Wellsville mill. The Mingo men, who are organ ized, object to help ing manufacturers to fight the Amalgamated. Morgan Talks. New York, July 19. Pierpont Mor gan issued the following statement this afternoon in denial of tbe stock re port that the steel strike had been settled: "There is not a word of truth in it. There has been no settlement and there can be no compromise on such a ipiestion. The position of the operating companies is perfectly simple and so far as I am concerned has my unqualified approval." Joining Strikers. Shamokin, July 19. Seven of the sixteen collieries between here and Mount Larmel are tied ap this morn ing by the stationary firemen joining the strike. As a result fourth thousand more miners are idle. Brewery Firemen Strike. Chicago, July 19. lhe union brewerv firemen, who struck a few days ago because the breweries retused to unionize plants, today called for sympathetic strike. Other branches of the brewery workers promised to quit when called upon. Definite action will be taken next week, if a strike is ordered, a tie up of all but five local breweries may result. Stock Canard. Nw York, July 19. A stock report savs the firemen's strike in the Pennsylvania coal regions is practi cally over, and that the men are re turning to work. One Cent Postage Possible. Washington, July 19. Postmaster General Smith yesterday signed three orders amending in important particu lars three postal regulations affecting second class matter. The changes will affect sweeping and radical reforms in the department practices and methods of treating this class of matter. An explanatory statement given out at the department regarding ttie order, says: "The action of Postmaster General Smith is regarded as highly important It is believed that when the effect of these changes is thorough I y estab lished many postal improvements will follow and one-cent letter postage will be made possible." Derrick Topples Over. Emporia, Kan., July 19. Frank Mc Donald of Fredonia, Kan., and Cyrus Wing of Chanute, were killed and Cromwell Lake of Chanute and George Clark a bridgeman, probably fatally injured in the wreck of a work train on the Santa Fe railway half a mile math of Emiioria yesterday. The crane on a derrick car pushed by an engine toppled over on a curve.burying the men under the wreck. LOOKS DARK FOR F0SBURGH Detective Gives Damaging Testimony Against Alleged Murderer. Pittsfield, Mass.. July 19. The trial of Robert F. " Koh burgh, accused of murdering his sister May, abounded with damaging evidence against de fendant today. A detective who worked on the case testified the screen on the window through which the de fendant said the burglars escaped could not be raised sufficiently to per mit the passage of a man's body, and that while Foeburgh declared the burglars fired from the outside there were no bullet holes in the screen. Other testimony of a damaging nature was heard. The court room was jammed today with smartly gowned women. Avenging a Killing. Denver, Colo., July 19. Confirma tion was received of tbe report that the Kadecliffe hotel cabins and other buildings belonging to the proprietor oi ttie iirand Mesa lakes were tin rued yesterday. A mob of 75 men, all resi dents of Delta county, set fire to the property. The incendiarism was in tended to avenge the killing of W, Womack by Game Warden Mcllaney last Monday. Religious Warfare. Saragossa. Jaly 19. Religious pro cessions have been prohibited until the subsidanca ol the excitement inci dent to the encounters between Catholics and rree Thinkers. Over 200 shots were fired in the course of the fighting. Of 4f persons wounded 1 will probably die. The demonstra tors bombarded the convents with stones and tired the gates of tbe con vent of Santa Insa. Awful Hot Spell. Continues to Scorch Things. AGAIN REGISTERS 100 IN THE SHADE Thermometer Has Been Tbat High teen Times During toe Month of July. Fir- OUlDA STRONGLY PROTESTS for El sen principal stocks amounted to $4S,- 592,295. law, and the money uq state cannot I recovered. lost in this r I r. hi In to U.iid-n. i if.!.. II: ; M !. t IMell I , i ' t ...,.! l:ni(nft ) He Sued J O i v 2 1 The Imiiim- id ! I . if Ii k-h-t l lltirt I I it ,ii 1,1,-d that any reg- ;i ii i -n n.a v te Mid . 1. K't I ! I. .!,: ktiel ui.i-d 2 talis I tA!, MirrfuJ'ftl 12". r i est. '. .- K l. I.e.. i r retrt iu' I hi' 't wevk ui.i-d 2.., rp- Contraetor Skips Out. P.. T. Ienharn, the contractor in charge of the erection of the new building at tbe state Fair Groands, has, according to reports current, d-- amped for parte unknown, taking with him considerable money, paid hnu by the state board of agricultuie f..r portions of the work completed, and leaving in the lurch numerous i riiUir aud it is expected tbat he ill not return to halem in tim to complete the buildings at the fair grounds in time for the 1901 fair, nor, iri fact, ver. H is eoppoeed to have g me to hum Angelee, and, as is usual iu a matter of this kind, "there is man m the cae" iJeiibeoi is lie litxrd to life gone eoutb itb m Cali fornia Minn for, aa ooe paper pate it, California lady. Salem Statee-iuan. WILEY AGL'IN ALDO. Refused to Advise Insurgent Chief to Surrender -Signed Himself Prisoner. Manila, July 20. Aguinaldo has re fusJ a re4 u--1 made by fraud tbat he write to Gen. Malvern and adviw him to surrender. Instead he sent the in surgent general a copy of his oath of allegiance, but under his sigiia';;re h addd the word "pri --oner. " The Fili pino chief is constantly under surveil lance. This ha greatly irritated him. Boers Attack Rangers. lyindon, July 19. A sharp engage, ment took place yesterday l?twen the lioers and Connaught rangers at James town. A superior farce of Jioere at tacked the rangers and were repijie, only after several hours' fighting. The Hritisb Jot seven killed, twenty wounded. Tbe Boer lo-s is unknown. Tolstoi Convalescent. Mo-cow, July 2'J. -Count Tolstoi hag pa-'ed the danger point and is now coiivale-. eiit. He was suffering from ga-tric fever and hi- condition alarmed hi' family who gathered at bis bed side. Steamer Sunk. New York, July 20. At 2 o'clock this morning Sandy Hook reported tbat the Allen had sunk in almat seven fathoms of water. Little Hope for Recovery. row, July 19. Tolstoi bad laj.w during the night and hope n-c'ioverv is fading. Mr, a re- of his Crossed Ocean In Small Boet. Lisbon, July 20. Captain Howard Blackburn, the American sailor who sailed from GIouo-ter, Ma"., in a twenty-five bot sailboat, has arrive.) here.' The trip oecnrned 'A days. Attempted Assassination. Vienna, July 2li. Four Pan-German students attempted to a-sa -sinate fferr batman, clerical leader, t'slay, hot were difarrril beb.re thev run Id do any harm. Tbe affair has rreatod nutation. Six Persons Drowned. New Haven, Conn., July 19. Tbe yacht Yointta, owned by Arthur Col burn of Philadlephis, was wreckedin a storm off Greenwich yesterday after noon. Col barn, his three 'laughters, tbe sailing master and a sailor were drowned. Mrs. Walter Spankle, an other daughter of Colburn, and the steward of the yacht were rescued. Gloomy View of Boer War. Amsterdam, Jnly 19. The publica tion this morning of a letter of Reiti, the Transvaal state secretary, giving a gloomy view of the situation and stat ing that the government has decided to appeal to Krnger to take a final step, has caused a sensation among the Boer delegation here. Bonapartlstt Intriguing. London, July 19. It is report! the czar of Russia will raise Prince Louis Hona parte to the rank of general on September 14, when the French Bona patists planned an u prising to over throw the French republic and make Louis emperor of France. Bar! Russell In Jail. London, July 19. Earl Kiism1 passed a restless night in the Hollo way jail, where he is serving three months' imprisonment for bigamy. He is suffering with acute neuralgia. His wife visited him today. Treatment of Mrs. Cronwelght pouslng tbe Boer Cause. Mile. Louise do le Ramee lOuida has a long letter in the Daily New protesting against the treatment ad m mistered by the British in South Africa to Mrs. Cronweight. "It is, I think, entirely true that Mine. Oliver Schreiner has lieen trans ported to a strange place and imprison ed within a fence of wire netting which is protected by annex) sentinels stationed at intervals, withorders to fire upon anyone attempting to get through the netting to escape. In this place she lives alone, with her dog, in one small room, lor which she pays cooking for herself, and compelled to remain an night without any kind of light. Her husband is refused by the .1....' nrnisii authorities permission to visit her, although her brother is a former premier of Cape Colony, What is her offense? Merely to have espoused the cause of the Boers during the war. Is it tolerable that for this alone she should be subjected to the indignity of isolation and be carried away from all she loves:" VOICE OF THB PRBSS. Louis Post's Public: The second step in Mayor Johnson's tax agitation in Ohio has lieen successfully taken Every point he had chosen as available for the initial tax fight in the state was accepted by the democratic conven tion at Oolumbus on the 10th and in serted in the platform. This triumph and under the circumstances it was triumph of no ordinary magnitude, was not achieved easily. The convention was under the domination of McLean assisted by reactionary leaders who boltes 1 the national ticket in lH9t and are now bent on so reorganizing the democratic party as to make it again an efficient ally of the republicans McLean's interest in politics is frankly lor nimsell, and his personal support ers opriosed the Johnson tax reform with all their might. San rranciseo, Star: Single taxers will lie pleased to learn that even the San Francisco Call has found out that a constitutional amendment providing for local option in taxation has been submitted to the people of the state of Colorado. In a thoroughly character istic editorial in its issue of the .'id inst., that paper informed its readers that, "This amendment was urged es pecially by the single taxers, bat was hacked hv the large capitalized in terests ot the state." The former statement we know to tie true, and we hope tbe latter one is true also. It would be a comfort to know that the large capitalized interests of any sovereign state of tins union bail enough good sense and public spirit to back such an amendment. If the Call s information is correct the amendment is almost sure to be adopted, for it has been endorsed hv the organized labor of the state, by Hon. Thorns M. Patter sn, who wag recently elected United States senator, by the late Governor Thomas, and hv the present Governor firman. It is aim) supiiorted by the most influential newspapers of the state. Senator Buck 1 in believes that it will carry. Portland s Public Utilities By a very large majority the Port- I land charter rommi-son has adopted the principle of municipal ownership of "public utilitie," which, by the; terms of the proposed charter, are to; Prisoner from Home, incl'ide etreet lighting, the water j Seattle, Jnly 19. Ludley Dnbofe, supply, gas works, electric light works j charge of a deputy United States st. arn water or electric pier works, i marshal, arrived from Nome, en route beating works, telephone lines, street to San Francisco to answer the con r lw, "and such other public tempt charges in the McKenrie case. nt I tir-f the common council may : r1i-':grate." It i i-rovi'b-d. however,' London Sweltering. thitti.e i it v shall not aruiiiira any i London. Julv 19. London IM swelter- of tin re public utilities except after ipg today, the third consecutive i i ... ...i.. i ... .i. i I I i k: .. ft 1 . m i iiiiig iviior iej ii ii'i wt uy m tuw vi the electors of the city. Bryan's Commoner: Postmaster General Smith, who resides in Phila del idi ia. sent a telegram from Washing' ton addressed to the olhcers of the citi- l's mass meeting, in which he de nouncod the machine and distinctly took a stand with the fieople. This was interpreter! to mean that the ad ministration had arrayed itself against the Philadelphia syndicate. But im mediately following Mr. Smith's tele' gram "a rlosw friend of tbe adminis tration" gave to tfie newspapers this announcement: "Tbe president never has ami never will mix up in local politics; he believes that local politi cians shonld settle their own differences." hot day. Suffering in intensified by the email supply of ice. Short Llna Extension. J. M. Stevens, county attorney of Bingham county, who wag in the city yesterday to secure requisition pspers for A I lender, tbe horse thief, said that work was being rushed on the Houston branch of the Short Line, save the Idaho Statesman. A Unit 1000 men were employed, tin said, and tbe grade was I radically completed. The laying nf rails wag about to begin and tbe track would be put down with great rapidity. It wag already across i the bridge, and all was in readiness to rash the work. Kansas City, July 23. Deaths by heat during the past 24 hours were ten. The heat is unbroken, the thermometer today going above 100 for the fifteenth time this month. Though prayers for rain were offered in nearly all the churches on Sunday, not a cloud is i sight today. Chicago, July 23. tit. Louis, Cin cinnati, Kansas City, Springfield and other largo cities in the Mississippi valley report the hottest day for vears. The thermometer at Springfield showed iu at Z v. ni., St. Louis 107. Kansas City 10(1. There were numerous deaths and prostrations in the various places. Died In Chicago. Chicago, July 23. Six persons over come by tfie heat hero yesterday died today. To Divide tbe Money. Portland. July 19. Judge Bellinger made an order of adjudication in the case of Giltwrt Bros., the bankers of Salem, which will result in throwing them into involuntary bankruptcy. By this oruer of Judge Bellinger it is likely that the receiver will bo re moved and the property turned over to trustees to lie appointed by the court, which will give all the creditors an equal share of the money remaining. Deadly Work of Moonshiners. Montgomery, Tenn., Jtiby 20. In a moonshine raid near here this morning Deputy Marshal Price was killed and two policemen and one moonshiner were wounded. The body of the dead man was not recovered. OREGON CORN WANTED. To Form Part or the Economic Rxhlblt at the Columbian Museum. The Board of Trade is in receipt of a request from C. F. Millspaugh, curator of the department of botany of the Field Columbia museum, at Chicago, asking for samples of Oregon corn. Mr. Millspairgh writes that he is deep ly interested iu filling a series of new cases with all the forms, kinds, uses and history of Indian corn, as a part of the economic exhibit of the museum, says the Telegram. One of the most interesting series in these cases will, he anticipates, be a com plete set of standards of each state in the union. He, therefore, asks for a quart sample of each grade in Indian corn "as stipulated by your state laws, Board of Trade laws or Produce FJi change standards, as may be provided ; also a copy of the laws prescribing the grading and describing the grades of corn." The samples are to Ut directed to F. J. V. Skitf, director of the museum. As Oregon is not a very heavy corn producer it is doubtful whether the re quest of the Field Columbian Museum management ran be complied with to any satisfactory extent. Still, some fine samples of coin may lie sent from Southern Oregon, where most of the corn is raised in this state. Being an industry of minor importance, how ever, it is not believed that the trade tMslies of Southern Oregon have estab lished grades or standards. It is known that there are no state laws re lative to the matter. . ... . . BAKER CITY WATER SUPPLY. Land lobe Set Aside In Elk Basin for a Water Reserve. Baker City, July lf. Forest Siier intendent S. If. Ormsby commenced inspecting an area comprising 22 sec tions of land petitioned to be set aside as a reserve lor the protection of Maker City's water supply. This land is situated about the watershed and in the basin of Flk creek, Irom which the new water system draws its supply. The petition asks that it I mi set aside as a timber reserve. Interesting ques tions are probable in connection with acquiring the title of certain persons supposed to have entered upon the tract and taken up land in anticipation of the act creating the reserve. Super intendent Ormsby says where title to land is complete, there will be no in terference. If a man is acquiring title, be will be given a lien certificate, en abling him to select other laud and get the benefit of work done here. It is aiso stated mat me reserve win not interfere with mineral operations, which is an important consideration for two reasons. It is located in the IHkhorn range, the hub of large min ing operations, and minerals will like ly be discovered on it. Construction of quartz mills on a stream rains heir value for domestic uses, and if the re serve will not protect Irom tins menace, it may accomplish little. should extensive operations be com menced there. WALLA WALLA NBWS. Young Man Loses a Portion or His Foot Under a Train. Walla Walla, July !. Fred Kavlor. a young man who worked for the G. Sutherland company for some tune. yesterday sustained the loss of a por tion of his left foot by being run over by an Oregon Railway &. Navigation company tram at allev Grove. He was brought to this city by a man who came to his assistance, and then he was removed to the hospital. ext Monday in tins citv will occur the transfer of tbe funding lionils recently negotiated by the county com missioners with the N. W. Harris company of Chicago, the total sum in volved being IHO.iHM ami the interest to be at the rate of 4 per cent per annum for the next 20 years an option of release at tbe end of 1(1 years leing one of tbe provisions of the agreement. I lie last will anil testament of John Albeit, who died in this citv June 1H. of the present vear, from tbe effects of cancer of the tlimat, was filed in the dice of the county clerk yesterday fternoon ami an order nf the court was issued admitting the same to probate, and appointing Rose Albeit as executrix of tbe estate. Must of the estate goes to Mrs. Albeit. It value is about $'r0,000. The action of the Ixiard of regents last year in prohibiting intercolletrialn athletics at tbe agricultural colletre ids fair to end in a concerted move ment among Oregon colleges for reform of the rale of athletic games.