CHANGE PUBLIC
SCHOOL BOOKS
Commission Retains Only four of Sit
Now In Use.
Elementary Agriculture Added to
Course Cost of New Set About
the Same as Old Books May be
Exchanged Contracts Distributed
Among Many Firms.
Salem, Or., June 6. All but four
books now in use In the common
schools of Oregon have been changed
by the State Text-Book Commission
and new text-books will be substi
tuted at the beginning of the new
school year. The fourth and fifth
Cyr readers, the Thomas elementary
history and the Reed speller are the
books retained.
Civil government has been dropped
entirely as a separate subject and
will hereafter be taught in connec
tion with history. The mental arith
metic has also been dropped and the
mental exercises will be given with
the aid of the books on written arith
metic. In the place of the two sub
jects dropped, an important one has
been added, that of elementary agri
culture. This addition has been
made in response to a very general
demand.
The principal changes are the sub
stitution of Wheeler's readers up to
the third book for the Cyr readers;
the adoption of Smith's arithmetics
in the place of Wentworth's; the
adoption of Buehler's grammers In
the place of Reed & Kellogg's; the
adoption of the Natural geographies
in the place of Frye's and Doub's
United States history in the place of
Thomas' advanced history.
The total cost of the books used in
the schools under the list in force up
to the present time was $9.80, this
list not including the book on nature
study. The prices of those newly
adopted, not including the nature
study, aggregate $9.14, or a reduc
tion of 66 cents. If nature study be
Included the new list will cost $9.89,
or an increase of 9 cents in the cost
of all the books a child must use In
his eight years of schooling.
ORCHARD TELLS OF CRIMES.
Agent of Vengeance for Federation of
Miners for Years.
Boise, Idaho, June 6. Alfred
Horsley, alias Harry Orchard, the ac
tual assassin of Frank Steunenberg,
went on the stand today as a witness
against William D. Haywood and
made public confession of a long
chain of brutal, revolting crimes,
done, he said, at the Inspiration and
for the pay of the leaders of the
Western Federation of Miners.
Horsley confessed that, as mem
ber of the mob that wrecked the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mill in t
Coeur d'Alenes, he lighted one of the
fuses that carried fire to the giant
explosion; confessed that he set the
deathtrap In the Vindicator mine at
Cripple Creek that blew out the lives
of Siinorintendent McCormlck and
Foreman Beck; confessed that, be
cause he had not been paid
for his first attempt at vio
lence in the Vindicator mine,
lie had been treeacherous to his
associates by warning the managers
of the Florence & Cripple Creek
railway that there was a plot to blow
up their trains; confessed that he
ruelly fired charges of buckshot Into
the body of Detective Lyte Gregory,
of Denver, killing him Instantly; con
fessed that for days he stalked Gov
ernor Peabody about Denver, waiting
a chance to kill him; confessed that
he and Steve Adam3 set and dis
charged the mine under the depot at
Independence that instantly killed 14
men, and confessed that, falling in
an attempt to poison Fred Bradley,
of San Francisco, he blew Bradley
and his house up with a bomb of
gelatin.
Gigantic Bank Combine.
New York Former Secretary of
the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw may
head a $50,000,000 banking merger.
Reports are current In the financial
district, according to the Times, that
the newly organized Carnegie Trust
Company, of which Mr. Shaw is the
head, will be the nucleus of a combi
nation of trust companies, whose
total resources aggregate the figures
given. Officers of the company de
cline to discuss the proposition at
present, but It is stated that the ques
tion Is receiving serious considera
tion from the three concerns
Earthquake Kills Thousands
Victoria. B. C, June 6. The
steamer Shawmut brought news of a
disastrous loss of life following an
earthquake r.t Using Klang. A tele
pram received from Peking by the
Hochl Shlmbun. of Toklo, shortly be
fore the Shawmut sailed reported
that 4000 persons were killed, a vast
number of houses destroyed and
many thousand persons left starving.
The Empress Dowager has tele
graphed urgent Instructions to the
local governors
Kurokl Sees Fort Leavenworth.
Leavenworth, June 6. General
Ttaron Knrokl nnd suite left for St.
Paul In a special train over the Bur
lington Rallwiy this evening, after a
day sncnt ft Fort Leavenworth. From
Ft. Paul they will return to Japan
via Seattle.
GRAINQROWERS COMBINE.
Farmers Will Hold Their Products
Until Proper Price Is Paid.
Omaha, Neb., June 7. The 200
delegates called into convention by
the American Society of Equity yes
terday practically completed the or
ganization of the most formidable
combine ever attempted for the pur
pose of controlling the prices of
grain, to be known aa the Grain
growers' Department of the Ameri
can Society of Equity.
It adopted a constitution and set
of by-laws which plainly Indicated
its objects. They state in so many
words that the purpose of the organ
ization Is to control distribution and
name a minimum price at which its
members may dispose of their farm
grain products, which are enumer
ated as being anything from wheat
to broomcorn.
The matter of finances has not
been overlooked, and the organiza
tion makes a pledge to its members
whereby they may borrow money In
any reasonable sum, which may be
secured by their holdings of grain
while it remains in a granary or ele
vator. It was announced to the meeting
that over 500 banks had pledged
themselves to make loans to the
members of the association when en
dorsements were made by properly
accredited officials. The convention
made itself felt in the matter of pol
itics during the day, when Charles
A. Walsh, of Ottumwa, la., a former
secretary of the Democratic National
Committee and at this time an or
ganizer of Independence League
Clubs for Hearst, was given plainly
to understand that his presence in
the capacity of an organizer was not
required.
Mr. Walsh dropped into the city
Tuesday, and it was stated that he
would endeavor to get his propa
ganda before the convention. This
idea was quietly but promptly sat
down on. Many of the delegates did
not know of his presence at the con
vention until after he had left the
city yesterday afternoon.
With each committee report came
a revelation. When the finance
committeee reported it was to the ef
fect that all convention expenses had
been arranged for and that a good
fund was in sight for the field work
which is to begin at once. Chairman
Pauley of that committee and three
other members, aa bankers, were
unanimous in a sttaement that 535
banks over the country were ready
to furnish all the money necessary
to carry out the objects of the asso
ciation. The plan is to make low rate loans
to farmers on their grain after it is
threshed and hold It in society gran
aries and elevators until the price
demanded is available. The plan
also contemplates a European
agency for shipping grain direct to
European markets.
A committee on crop Intelligence
reported a plan whereby all Informa
tion Is to be withheld until It is
called for by the association statis
tician. A partial crop report was
made to the convention, in which it
was stated that wheat in Oklahoma,
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and
the Dakotas would average below 70
per cent of last year's crop.
BALLOONIST'S CLOSE CALL.
Lyman Beechy, Well Known at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
Boston, June 7. The breaking
down of his motor, which allowed
the airship he was navigating to be
blown seaward, almost resulted in
the death of Lincoln Beechey off Re
vere Beech yesterday. Beechey made
a seven-mile journey from Revere
Beech to Boston. On the return
journey the motor became disabled
when the aeronaut was a mile off
shore, over Boston harbor, and the
airship was carried some distance
seaward.
Beechey managed partially to re
pair his engine so as to get back to
the vicinity of Revere Beach. When
several hundred feet off shore, the
airship settled rapidly, and it looked
as if Beechey would be thrown into
the water. Men in rowboats and
launches seized the drag-rope and
towed him and his apparatus ashore
before he struck the water.
Try to Burn Town.
Allentown, Pa., June 7. What
was apparently an effort of Incend
iaries to destroy the city of Allen
town occurred here early yesterday,
when firemen were called almost
simultaneeously to fight three fires in
the business section of the city. The
first fire occurred in the stockhouse
of Bittner, Hunsicker & Co., one of
the largest drygoods houses; the
Prince Furniture Company, and the
third at the furniture factory of Hel
frich, Bonner & Co. An effort was
made to draw the firemen from the
business section by turning in a
false alarm.
sssi'-s Sne'ced
City of Mexico, June 7. Florence
Morales and Bernardo Mora were
found guilty last night of murdering
General Manuel Barrillas, ex-President
of the republic of Guatemala,
in this city, on the night of April 7
last. Upon the announcement of the
verdict the two defenders of the as
sassins asked for clemency, citing
the provision for 20 years' Impris
onment. The court took the matter
under advisement and in 30 minutes
returned, pronouncing the death sen
tence. Beef Goes Up at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. June 7. A general ad
vance In the price of meats was an
nounced In this city. Beef Is the
meat mostly affected. The Increase
In price to the consumer Is from 5
to 10 cents a pound, according to
cuts.
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON, D. C.
CONDITIONS WILL SOON CHANGE
Canadiano Say Japanese Laborers Will
Soon Leave United States.
Ottawa, Ont., June 6. A report
received at the department of trade
and commerce from Alexander Mc
Lean, Canada's agent to Japan, gives
a press opinion that within a short
time the United States will have more
difficulty in obtaining labor from Ja
pan than it has now in keeping Jap
anese laborers out.
There is a growing demand for
Japanese laborers from almost all the
countries of South America and from
Hawaii, which promises, with the de
mand for men for the development of
Corca and Manchuria, to absorb the
whole of Japan's supply of laborers.
Within the last few months the emi
grant companies who deal with Jap
anese labor as an export commodity
have filled contracts in Mexico for
10,000 laborers.
PRESIDENT UNDECIDED.
Lawyers Urge Prosecution of Harri
man, but Commission Is Divided.
Washington, June 5. Some definite
conclusion is to be reached during the
coming week in regard to the course to
be taken by the Government in the
disposition of the case developed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
investigation into the Harriman rail
road mergers. An important confer
ence is to be held to consider the ques
tion at the White House in the week,
which will be attended by the Presi
dent, the members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, Messrs. Kellogg
and Severance, special counsel for
the Commission, and Attorney-General
Bonaparte.
At present Mr. Roosevelt is unde
cided about what shall be done. He
has received advice from some sources
urging that Mr. Harriman be prose
cuted, while other officials of the Gov
ernment have taken the position that
such a prosecution could not be suc
cessfully carried out. So far the Presi
dent has not given any indication as to
how he regards the case. It is believed
he is not in favor of going any further
with the crusade against Mr. Harri
man. The members of the Interstate Com
merce Commission are also divided on
the question of going after Mr. Harri
man for alleged violations of the anti
trust law. Chairman Knapp is known
to consider the case as developed
against Mr. Harriman of such a char
acter that it would be a matter of great
uncertainty as to whether a conviction
could be had. These views are believed
to be shared by at least two other
members of the Commission, though
they have refused , to state their
opinions.
Investigating Japanese Riots.
San Francisco, June 6. United
States District Attorney Robert T.
Devlin today took the testimony of
three Japanese who were in the Jap
anese restaurant on Folsom "street
when that place was wrecked by a
mob recently. Their testimony was
conflicting and tangled, but did not
differ in essentials from that given
by two white witnesses examined last
Saturday. Mr. Devlin expects to con
clude his investigation tomorrow.
Mr. Devlin is also investigating the
reported importation of Japanese as
contract laborers.
Censorship on Mail and News.
New Orleans, June 6. Passengers
arriving tonight on the steamer
Anslem from Central American points
say that what amounts to a censorship
on the mails has been put into effect
in Guatemala. Under the new rule
they say that all mail must pass
through Guatemala City before being
distributed. The passengers also say
that newspaper-reading in public is
now curtailed, and that foreign news
papers are frequently smuggled ashore
from incoming vessels.
Revenue Grows.
Washington, June 5 The monthly
comparative statement of the Govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows
that for May, 1907, the receipts were
$57,488,012, and the expenditures $48,
912,800, leaving a surplus for the month
of $8,575,212. The surplus for the 11
months of the present fiscal year is
$65,050,963, as against $6,162,578 a year
ago, a gain of nearly $59,000,000. The
expenditures for May were about $3,
000,000 in excess of those for May,
1906.
Japan is Misinformed.
Washington, June 6. Surprise was
expressed here upon reading the To
kio story bf Japan's dissatisfaction
at the attitude of the United States in
the race troubles at San Francisco.
Officials here can only conjecture that
there has not been a publication in
Japan of all the official correspond
ence, 'which, it is believed, would fa
vorably affect public opinion toward
the United States.
Incraese in Circulation.
Washington, Juno 5. The monthly
circulation statement issued June 1 by
the Comptroller of the Currency shows
that at the close of business May 31,
1907, the total circulation of National
bank notes was $601,940,550, which is
an increase for the rear of $42.810,S90,
and for the month of $2,026,710.
Survey New Section.
Washington, June 4. Topographic
work on the Mount Baker quadrangle
near the Canadian boundary in the
Washington forest reserve will soon be
begun by Robert Muldrow, of the Geo
logical Survey.
New Rural Route.
Washington Rural Route No. 1
has been ordered established Ancrust
1 at Kerby, Josephine County, Ore
gon, serving 492 people and 110 families.
SURVEYS IN OREGON.
Government to Map Bull Run, Kerby
(and Butter Creek Region.
Washington, June 7. The Secre
tary of the Interior has approved of
I the plans for topographic surveys in
Oregon and the allotment of funds
i for carrying out the same. The work
me ocaauu uuuLempiaies me sur
vey of the country surrounding the
source of Portland's water supply in
the Bull Run and Cascade forest re
serves, including a part of Mount
Hood. The survey will cover an area
of 1200 square miles. This entire
country will be surveyed and mapped
on a large scale, the entire work to
cost $7000.
Another survey will be made of
the Kerby country, west of Grant's
Pass, lying in the Siskiyou forest re
serve, in Southern Oregon. This
survey will cover about 900 square
miles and cost $6000.
A third topographic survey will
cover a tract of the country on the
south bank of the Columbia River
along the Umatilla River and Butter
Creek, west of Pendleton. The Na
tional Government has allotted $3500
for this work and the state will ex
pend $2500 additional, under State
Engineer J. H. Lewis. The purpose
of this survey is to determine the ir
rigation possibi'iities of this particu
lar region.
No Grazing Fees for 1907.
Washington, June 8. From cor
respondence received at the Bureau
of Forestry, there appears to be
some misunderstanding as to the
rights of settlers to graze stock on
forest reserves created by the Pres
ident on March 2 and 4 of this year.
The Secretary of Agriculture issued
on order permitting all persons who
had heretofore used the range in the
newly created reserves to continue
the use of same during the season of
1907 without permit from the De
partment and without payment of a
grazing fee. Next season the range
in these new reserves will be con
trolled by the Department and only
such stock can be grazed as is auth
orized by the Forest Service. At the
same time, a nominal grazing fee
will be collected at a rate yet to be
fixed by the Department. But for
the present season grazing in the re
serves created March 2 and 4 will be
as free as if the range was still a
part of the open public domain.
More Water for Panama Canal.
Washington, June 5. In explanation
of the cabled report from Panama of
the extensive revision in engineering
estimates for the Gatun dam and lake,
upon tlie sufficiency of which the suc
cess of the entire project depends, the
following statement has been issued by
the Isthmian Canal Commission: "De
tailed surveys which have been com
pleted on the Isthmus show that the
area of the great Gatun Lake will be
225 square miles, or double the estimate
made in the minority or lock-canal re
port of the board of consulting en
gineers." Forest Guards for Northwest.
Washington, June 4 D. W. Meyers,
J. W. Kelso, Clarence J. Ingram, Clar
ence W. Jackson, G. C. Cottrell and
George L. Ford have been appointed
forest guards in the Cascade forest.
Other guards appointed are: L. D. Ham
mock, Coqnille forest; Jesse Dewitt,
Siskiycu forest; Orloff A. Stafford,
Heppner forest; F. P. Pettit, Fremont
forest; Maurice Hamilton and John
Snow, Washington forest; J. II. Bolen,
W. J. Ryan and C. W. Ray, Yakima
forest.
Captures British Sealer.
Washington, June 7. The Secre
tary of the Treasury has received a
telegram from Captain Ainsworth, of
the revenue cutter Rush, stating that
he had seized the British sealing
schooner Charlotta G. Cox, which
was found illegally catching seals in
Fairweather grounds, off Alaska.
The Rush also reported the pres
ence of Japanese sealers in the same
vicinity with a large number of seal
skins on board. The Japanese seal
ers, however, are not subject to seiz
ure outside of territorial waters.
Aged Dipomat at Hurt.
Washington, June 6. John A. Cas
son, of Iowa, famous as a diplomat
and lawyer, fell here tonight and frac
tured his arm, and, after being car
ried to his home, was reported in a
serious condition. He is 85 years
old. Mr. Casson is the former special
reciprocity commissioner of this gov
ernment, former member of congress,
former member of the American-Canadian
joint high commission, and has
held many other high offices, and is
a member of numerous clubs.
Abandon Garrisons.
Washington, June 7. Secretary
Taft has briefly outlined his policy
in regard to the reduction of the
garrisons in Western Army posts as
follows: "It is not proposed to re
move cavalry from Fort Snelling. So
far as the cavalry at Forts Assini
boine and Keogh are concerned, the
absence of troops in Cuba and the
necessity for concentrating squad
rons at Fort Asslniboine and Keogh."
Alaska Forest Worthless.
Washington, June 5 Request has
been made by the Forest Service for re
lease from temporary withdrawal of 3,
500,000 acres of land at Norton Bay,
Alaska. The restoration to the public
domain of this land will be made be
cause after careful examination the
Forest Service has found it unsuitable
for National forest purposes.
New Acting Commissioner.
Washington. June 7. John C.
Capers of South Carolina will be ap
pointed Commissioner of Internal
Revenue ad Interim until December
1, when Pearl Wight of New Orleans
will become Commissioner. Mr. Cap
ers is the member of the Republican
National Committee from South Carolina.
bAN FRANCISOO SHAKEN.
Two Hard Jolts Are Felt on All Sides
of the Bay.
San Francisco, June 5. A 12:26
this morning San Francisco and the
cities about the bay were shaken by
a severe earthquake. The shock was
the severest since the disastrous trem
bler of April, 1906. The shock was
not violent enough to sever electrical
connections, and although the entire
fire department was placed in readi
ness to fight any fires that might fol
low, there was no blaze of any con
sequence. As far as can be learned at this
hour the damage was limited to the
breaking of dishes on the shelves and
the destruction of a few tottering
walls in the burned district.
In the residence district a number
of people ran into the streets in their
nisrht c othes. Alone uolden uate
avenue a genuine panic prevailed. Sev
eral hundred women rushed to tne
street in their night clothes. Three
women were treated for nervous
shock, but no one suffered injury, as
far as reported.
The earthquake was in the form of
two sharp shocks, the second follow
ing while the earth still trembled
from the first. The coming of the
shake was announced by the rattling
of windows and the swinging of
chandeliers. Then came an adrupt jolt
and then a lessening tremble, to be
followed by another quick jolt and a
gradual lessening of motion.
Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and
other bay cities reported a shock ex
actly like that felt here.
Reports so far received indicate
that the shake was felt at least as far
south as Santa Cruz, 125 miles down
the coast.
HIRED ASSASSINS.
Prosecution Charges Conspiracy to
Rule by Terror.
Boise, Idaho, June 5. Through
James H. Hawley, senior of the group
of prosecutors, the State of Idaho
today made the- opening statement
against William D. Haywood, whom
it charges with the murder pf Frank
Steunenberg, and then began the pre
sentation of the testimony by which
it hopes to prove the indictment laid
against him. The opening statement
was a broad, sweeping arraignment of
the leaders of the Western Federation
of Miners, who were charged with
plotting wholesale murder and hiring
assassins, all in a gigantic conspiracy
of vengeance upon those who ob
structed their sway, to destroy oppo
sition by terrorism, to control the po
litical destinies of the communities
covered by their organization and to
perpetuate their own power within the
organization.
It charged a widespread conspiracy
dating in, inception from the North
Idaho disturbances 15 years ago,
reaching down to the murder of Frank
Steunenberg, and whose murdered
victims bv bullet and bomb numbered
scores. Hawley declared that wher
ever in the mining sections of the
Coast States the federation had been
in control there had been left a trail
of blood to mark its operations. Of
the hired assassins he cried:
"To them murder became a trade
and assassination a means of living."
JURY COMPLETED.
Men to Try Schmi'z Will Be Kept
Under Lock and Key.
San Francisco, June 5. The jury
was completed this afternoon for the
trial of Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz on
the first of the five indictments re
turned against him by the Oliver
grand jury by which he is accused
jointly with Abraham Reuf of having
extorted from Joseph Malfanti $1175
as the first installment of a $5000
annual bribe to secure the French
restaurant keepers of San Francisco
their license to sell liquor.
Judge Dunne, upon motion of the
prosecution, and over the determined
and spirited objections of the defense,
formally disqualified Sheriff Thomas
O'Neil and Coroner William Walsh as
unfitted by personal bias to perform
any functions in connection with the
trial, and appointed William J. Biggy
an elisor to have charge of the jury
until a verdict has been rendered or
a disagreement reached. Shortly after
adjournment Mr. Biggy, who for some
months past has been Abe Reuf's
jailer, marched the jury to the St.
Francis Hotel, where the "twelve tried
men and true" will be kept under lock
and key during all the time that they
are not sitting in the trial.
Linemen Help Telephone Girls
San Francisco, June 5. All the line
men in the employ of the Pacific
States Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany quit work today in sympathy
with the girl operators, who have
been out on strike for over three
weeks for the purpose of forcing the
recognition of their union. This ac
tion was taken after the executive
committee had made an ineffectual
call at the company's office this morn
ing for the purpose of seeing t resi
dent Scott. Last night the union in
mass meeting voted to walk out un
less the company granted the demands
Will Examine More Baggage
Mexico City, June 5. In railroad
circles here todav it is announced
that the United States customs of
ficials have decided to make the ex
amination of baggage crossing the
Mexican border into the United States
much more rigid than heretofore. Ac
cording to railroad officials, the Unit
ed States Customs Department has
been lenient in its examinations, the
working rule being that only 10 per
cent of the trunks should be thor
oughly searched for dutiable articles
Strike Grows at Havre.
Havre, June 5. Disturbances tonk
place Sunday afternoon between strik
ing fishermen and fishermen who had
not ceased work. Eventually, however,
the latter joined the movement.
Winegrowers Protest.
Nimes. France. June 5. A gigantic
demonstration of winegrowers wr.s hell
here as a protest against the adultera
tion of wine. Nine thousand persons
marched in the procession.
HAYWOOD TRIAL
HAS BEGIN
Jury Is finally Completed and Put
Under Oath.
IndlctmentHReadto Prisoner, Who
Stems in Good Spirits Jury It
Composad Mostly of Farmers,
Past Middle Age Only One Who
Ever Belonged to a Union.
Boise, Idaho, June 4. Twelve men to
try William D. Haywood for his life oa
the charge that he murdered ex-Gov
ernor Frank Steunenberg have been
chosen and bound by oath to honestly
deal the law's justice between state and
prisoner. Haywood has heard the in
dictment charging him with the crime
and today, after the state has recited
its case and made promise of proof, the
first chapter of the sickening tale of
the Caldwell crime will be retold.
Th wearisome work of iurv selec
tion ended quickly and unexpectedly
Monday morning.
The court room hushed to silence as
the 12 men rose in their places and,
facing the clerk's desk on the left,
raised their risrht hands in solemn
asseveration of their pledge to do exact
justice by the accused. It was an im
pressive scene and there came anotner
two hours later, when after the mid
day recess Haywood listened to the
reading of the indictment against him
self, Moyer, Pettibone and Simpkins.
iiaywooa naa come to me court iuuiu
whitened somewhat in color from his
illness of Saturday, but as the clerk
walked in front of the jury box and
began reading the indictment a little
Hd of blood came un alontr his neck
and HnrAnd over his cheeks. His wife
and daughters sat at his side during
the brief atternoon session at wnicn me
indictment was read. Haywood talked
with them and his" counsel after the
statement was read and then, as he rose
to return, to his cell, smiled a friendly
ereetiner at a friend sitting near the
end of the bench.
DINAN IS INDICTED.
Accusad of Trying to Subvert Law by
Seeing Prospective Jurors.
San Francisco. June 4 The grand
jury late last evening filed with Dis
trict Attorney Langdon a formal com
plaint against Chief of Police Jeremiah
F. Dinan, charging him with wilful and
corrupt misconduct in office in that he
subverted the law in endeavoring to
secure the acquittal of a defendant
without the knowledge of the District
Attorney. The defendant in the case
was Mayor Schmitz and the investiga
tion by "the grand jury grew out of the
accusation of Assistant District Attor
ney Francis J. Heney that Dinan had
attempted to tamper with the tales
men drawn for the jury which is to try
the Mayor on a charge of extortion.
Dinan was accused by Mr. Heney of
having detailed some of his officers to
interview prospective jurors in the in
terest of Schmitz. The chief practi
cally admitted having detailed men to
shadow some of the men on the venire,
but declared that he did so because he
wanted to see that no improper person
got on the jury.
STRIKE CALLED OFF,
Delegates of French Seamen Advise
Men to Return to Work,
Paris, June 4 The extended strike
of the seamen ha virtualaly come to
an end, with the capitulation of the
strikers, who are expected to resume
work at the home and colonial points
immediately. Captain Lapere, one of
the strikers' delegates, conveyed the
information to Minister of Marine
Thomson at a late hour last night. He
informed M. Thomson that the strike
committee assembled in Paris had tele
graphed the following message to all
ports:
"The delegates have been in confer
ence with the Minister of Marine and
the naval committee of the Chamber
of Deputies. The Minister has aban
doned the prosecution of deserters, and
he has requested the navigation com
panies to reinstate all the officers and
men. The members of the naval com
mittee assured the delegates that M.
Thomson's proposition in the matter of
pensions would be improved. The dele
gates, therefore, immediately proposed
that the strike cease."
Put Ties On S. P. Track
San Jose, Cal., June 4 An attempt
to wreck the early morning train be
tween this city and San Francisco was
thwarted yesterday by the fortunate
discovery, shortly before 5 o'clock, of a;
large pile of ties on the Southern Pa
cific track, at a point near Santa
Clara. Also a rail had been loosened,
and had not the discovery been made
just in time, a frightful wreck almost
certainlv would have resulted. Officers
are busy in an attempt to run down the
criminal and two arrests have been
made, the men in custody being tramps.
Beef Goes Up In Ch cago.
Chicago, June 4 Higher prices for
all grades ef beef are in prospect, and
steaks and roasts are to cost the con
sumer more money. The enforcement
of the rule by the big Chicago packers
that incoming cows and heifers must
be sold to thorn only subject to post
mortem examination is causing the trou
ble, and the deadlock which has been
: V uwn the commission men
and the packers during the past week
promises to hold on indefinitely.
Trocps Held Rody,
Marseilles, June 4. The steamer
Islv. having on boar! a crew of Mue
Ji. VMa w:n unable to leave port Sun-
d:v because the officers of the vessel
'refined ti navigate her. All the troops
i v-a rT- fine A t.i rmrrnck in readiness
I to suppress disturbances.