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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.
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kie l.d "I'
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: 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
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.oiiapsea.
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s". rise has
. -rea
riitrr
a:.
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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
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el ;utro
Trico! m
a ' li.s
War, :n
i fc-ev-re!v
third
y the
Evans
to
ty Pe
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set rrie
i a.i the
:t to toe
f
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,r -d
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I.Oi'i.L KILLED
Pii.iaceiChia on
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h 1 1 1 t ! ! fc
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-i- iat iiiitht
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rr t!.t . 1 he hav
n xrt pi ini.it 'y
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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.
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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.