Hcppncr Gazette
HEPPNER
OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penmgs Presented In a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
General Bell says the nation ia not
prepared for war.
A crisL is near at Chicago in the
telegraphers dispute.
Crown Prince George, of Servia, w ill
visit the L nited States.
A prediction is made that Japan will
invade Europe .and fight Germany.
Consul Jenkins has been recalled for
favoring President Zelava in Salvador
ine Kaiser has ottered to buy an air
sip n its inventor can sail it across
Germany.
The railroads of the country have
adopted a plan of publicity to conciliate
the people.
Mrs. II. F. McCorinick, daughter of
John D. Rockefeller, says her father is
being persecuted.
Endeavorers from all parts of the
United States are on their way to Seat
tie to attend the conventiono.
St. Louis publishers are to sue the
government because their publications
have been barred from the mails as sec
ond class matter.
As an evidence of the large amount
of money sent out of the United States
by Japanese it is shown that those in
Portland annually send 1 120,000 to
Japan.
A row betweed Tillman and Dolliver
has led to talk of a duel.
The Hague conference is having some
lively debates over the Americaan prop
ositions. Express companies in Nebraska will
fight the new state law reducing rates
25 per cent.
Japanese have formally demanded li
censes in San Francisco preparatory to
suing for damages.
Commissioner Jfeill is making
strenuous effort to keept he telegraph
era strike irom spreading.
The Jamestown fair has borrowed
another $350,000. The company's
property is given as security.
Sedition is spreading in India and it
is predicted that England will soon
have another war on her hands.
Archbishop Glinnon, of St. Louis,
has been appointed to take a census of
American Catholics, estimated at 15,-
000,000.
The Union Pacific at the Omaha
shops has just turned out two all steel
box cars and it is probable the change
will be adopted.
Judge Charles Swayne, of the North
ern district of Florida, is dead. The
judge was brought into prominence a
Buon ume ago dv an attempt, to im
peach him.
Telegraph operatocra are to vote on a
general strike.
It is reported that the Moqui Indians
in Utah are on the warpath.
Philadelphia has forbidden games at
school in which there is kissing.
Odessa is again the scene of rioting
in which many Jews are being killed.
A tornado in Eastern Wisconsin
struck several towns and killed two
people.
The Hague conference is receiving
many propositions to mitigate the hor
rors of war.
Negotiations are in progress to settle
the dispute between United States, Co
lombia and Panama.
Grover Cleveland, who has been ill
for three weeks, is improveud suffi
ciently to be around the house.
Bandit Raisuli has captured General
MacLean, commander of the body
guard of the sultan of Morocco.
STANDARD MEN TESTIFY.
Rockefeller So Long Out of Business
He Knows Little About It.
Chicago, July 8. John P. Rockefel
ler, president of the Standard Oil com
pany, of New Jersey, occupied the wit
ness stand in the United States District
court Saturday, while Judge Landia
plied him with questions regarding the
financial strength and the business
methods of the corporation of which ho
is the head.
Mr. Rockefeller was a very willing
and an unsatisfactory witness. He was
ready to tell all that he knew, but he
said that he knew practically nothing.
1 he net result of his examination was
that he believed during the yeara 1903,
1904 and 1905, the peiiod covered by
the indictments on which the Standard
Oil company of Indiana was recently
convicted, the net profits of the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey were
approximately 40 per cent on an out
standing capitalization of $100,000,000.
The investigation by Judge Landis
was instituted by him for the express
purpose of determining whether or not
the Standard Oil company of Indiana,
wJiich was convicted of violation of the
law, was really owned by the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey, whether
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
CARNAGE PALLS FOURTH.
DEER SEASON OPENS JULY 15
Change In Game Laws Not Generally
Known by Hunters.
Albany That net more than 5 per
cent of the sportsmen of Oregon know
that the open season for deer begins
this year July 15, is the opinion of a
local hunter. TIm fact that the hist
legislature changed the deer season has
not become known at all in this part of
the state and men who always begin
deer hunting as soon as the seuson opens
are making no plans to go into the
mountains until next month.
According to the new law, the open
season lor buck deer is from July 15 to
November 1. It was formerly from
.August 15 to November 1. The season
for female deer remains the same under
the new law as it was under the old
from September 1 to November 1.
These changes in the deer season are ( give the matter his attention. He lis-
FOREST FUND FOR EACH STATE
Pinchot Says Department Proposes
Improved Service.
Pendleton- While in the city for a
few hours, G iff ord Pinchot, chief for
ester oi the united States, announced
that if his present plana were material
ized that the next appropriation for for
est reserves, by congress, would be di
vided into specific appropriations for
the states. His object in this change
oi poncy is to secure better appropria
tions for the individual states, making
it possible to pay better salaries for
those who are placed in charge of the
forest reserves and thereby secure more
competent men.
The question of having the forest re
serve district headquarters moved from
Portland to this city was taken ud
with Mr. Pinchot, and he promised to
the Union Tank Line companv, whose
cars were used for the shipments, made
in violation of law, were similarly own
ed, and also to obtain an idea of the fi
nancial resources of the convicted cor
poration in order to inflict a fine pro
portionate to the offense and the assets
of the convicted company.
It was stated by olhceis of the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey that it
owned the grealer part of the stock of
both the Lnion Tank Line company
and Standard Oil company of Indiana.
Specific figures as to the earnings of the
parent corporation were given by
Charles M. Pratt, its secretary, and
they were close to the estimate given
by Mr. Rockefeller.
embodied in house bill 151, which is
recorded on page 341 of the 1907 ses-
(sion laws.
Another change in the deer law is
that it is now a misdemeanor to kill
dogs chasing deer. It was formerly
illegal to hunt deer with dogs and that
tened carefully to the arenmenrs mmln
for the proposed change and admitted
that there seemed to be some good rea
sons why the change should be made.
The forester says his particular pur
pose in coming to the West at this time
is to study local needs, hear complaints,
SMASH WHOLE DEFENSE.
to
State to Prove Moran Was Sent
Denver for Cash.
Boise, July 8 A little at a time
the outlines of some of the features of
the rebuttal testimony to be introduced
the state in the Haywood case leak
out. It is found that among the wit
nesses lor the defense whose testimony
ill be demolished is Pat Moran, the
Cheyenne saloonkeeper. Orchard tes
tified that Moran went to Denver for
him in June, 1904, and got $500 from
Pettibcne. That was when Orchard and
John Neville, with the latter'a boy,
reached Cheyenne on the occasion of
the flght from Independence after the
depot explosion. Orchard wanted more
. B i m r
money ior nis trip. jioran was a
friend of Pettibone and he readily con
sented to run down to Denver to get the
money, as Orchard did not feel safe in
showing himself in the Colorado city
just then.
Moran denied the stcry in every feat
ure. He did not even know Orchard s
name, hearing him called "Shorty,"
and he could not recognize pictures cf
the famoi's witness when these were
shown him while he was on the stand.
Though he was sadly rattled and dis
credited on the cross examination, he
stuck to his denial.
Nevertheless, the state will have wit
nesses to prove Moran was in Denver.
CHINA TO BE AVENGED.
piuvisiuu jo mau uuLiuiujcu an mo iinn ciyiuin me purposes oi tne iorest re
law. Under the old law many dogs serve, adjust differences, and in short
caught chasing deer were shot and j to adapt the administration of the re
killed and the new provision was in- serve affairs to the local conditions,
serted in order to protect owners of val- j He says he is finding that complaints
liable dogs, which would break loose concerning the reserve is not due to the
and chase deer without the knowledge theory or policy of the administration
Celebration Victims Up To Former
Records for Number.
Chicago, July 5. The annual slaugh
ter has been done in the name, or
rather under the guise, of "patriot
ism." With 58 known victims, and
hundreds of others groaning out their
lives in hospitals, it Is certain that the
list of victims to the "Glorious Fourth"
will exceed 158, the total Inst year. In
J90b, with all the precautions that
couw: bo taken bv authorities, the tola
injured reached nearly 0,000 and the
total this yeur when all the returns are
in, will bo quite as large, more likely
larger, for the foolkiller has been sadly
remiss in his duty. Inventors have
brought forth new engines of destruc
tion .
The toy pistol and cannon cracker
and deadly dyanmite cane have claimed
their usual quota. One peculiar feat
ure of the casualties this year is the
number of deaths frcm fright. Of the
five instant deaths in thin city, four
of their owners.
4 f,MT .j these he is endeavoring toadjust as
Albany Albany's public library will rapidy as possible.
but to mistakes that
f n the conduct of the
have been made
reserve affairs,
be started as soon as a suitable build
ing can be found. Arrangements are
complete for instituting it and as soon
as temporary quarters are rented the
library will be opened. Nine directors
have been elected and their election
haa been confirmed, in accordance with
the state laws governing public libra
ries, under which this institution was
formed by the city council. These di
rectors are Frank J. Miller, Mrs. J. K.
Weatherford, II. II. Hewitt, Fred P.
Nutting, Mrs. H. F. Merrill, Mrs. S.
E. Young, M. II. Ellis and Miss Lucy
Gard. t
He went from here to Coeur d'Alene.
Idaho, and from thence goes to Helena
to meet Secretary of the Interior Gar
field. He expects to be in Portland
July 13 and 14
were from fright. This f is a splendid
tribute to the manufacturers of explo
sives and the blithering idiots who use
them to cause suffering.
In New lork three persons weie
killed by explosives, and a girl was
trampled to death under the hoofs of a
panic stricken horse scared by celebra-
tors.
Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Milwaukee
and several other large cities report no
deaths, but hundreds of accidents.
The total fire loss attributable to fire
worka was $304,000. This was greatly
reduced by heavy rains, which were
general over the Middle West the night
beiore the fourth.
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SUE SAN FRANCISCO.
SHOW OF FORCE
AGAINST JAPAN
Why United States Battleships Are
Coming to Pacific.
Japan Has Blocked Open Door In
China aud Broke Many Promises
Navy Department Officials Try
t9 Minimize Importance of Great
Demonstration.
The Miners' Federation has voted to
continue Moyer and Haywood in office
and given about $45,000 to aid in their
defense.
Chester B. Runyon, cashier of the
Windsor Trust company, of New York,
haa disappeared with $96,317 of the
company's money, leaving no trace of
hia whereaboute.
Harriman has ordered full publicity
cf all railroad accidents on his lines
The Miners' Federation convention
at Denver has adpoted a Socialist plat-
orm.
Thousands of Japanese are being
smuggled into the United States from
Mexico.
A new ordinance passed in Philadel
phia makes the city a partner in all
street car lines.
A French emigrant agent has been
arrested by his government for sending
weavers to America.
Navajo Indians in Arizona threaten a
revolt because the agent killed one of
them in self defense.
President Cabrera haa passed whole
pale death sentences in Guatemala for
alleged revolutionary acta.
The contest for the Republican na
tional convention city is now on. Chi
cago seems to have the preference. I
Prominent Oriental Writes Roosevelt
Threatening Letter.
Mexico City, July 8. The most ag
gressive utterance that lias come from
i 1 . . m j i
me pen oi a L-innese concerning tiie
Chinese exclusion act is a document
written by Kong Yu Wei, leader of the
Chinese reform movement, who recent
ly left this city for New York. The let
ter was written to President Roosevelt,
seeking to enlist the president's aid in
revision cf the present laws. The
etter says in part:
Two decades of rigid enforcement of
the exclusion laws have brought about
the ill will of 400,000,000.
A united Chinese will seek to
avenge its wrongs. Its anger will be
vented in ways that I dread to think of.
'The time will come when a small
park may start an uncontrollable con
flagration and the friendly ties between
our people severed beyond remedy.
Americans have been wont to condemn
Russian cruelty toward the Jaoanese.
How much more humane has been
America's treatment of the Chinese."
Water for Irrigation Next Year.
Ontario Messrs. Allbright and Eg
gleston, of Portland, Christian Co-
opeiative representatives, have re
turned from Upper Willow creek.
They state work is progressing rapidly
on the irrigation project, and that work
of survey for the laterals ia still going
on. The huge reservoir in Cow valley
will be in readiness to deliver wat3r
next year, and while the project of the
federation is a vast undertaking and
will take a long time to construct, they
say it will surely be completed to irri
gate thousands of acres of high land in
Malheur county.
;
S. P. Behind Spencer Power Plant.
Klamath Falls The positive an
nouncement has at last been made that
tne work being done at spencer s on
Klamath river is the begiLi.:ng f a
large power plant which the Southern
Pacific company will complete in the
course of a few yeara. The operations
of the workmen engaged on the plant
have been rather mysterious and em
ployes who have worked there for s
months or more did not know what
they were working at or for whom.
Salmon Reach the Calapooia.
Albany Salmon are rpeorted to have
been seen in the mouth of the Cala
pooia river, where it enters the Wil-
! lamette at this city. If salmon are
successfully passing the falls at Oregon
City and ascending the Willamette a
long deferred hepe of residents of the
upper valley is being realized. In spite
oi an tne contrivances which have been
placed in the river at Oregon City to
enable salmon toa scend, very few fof
the fish have ever been seen as far south
aa thia citv.
Will Find Klamath Reds Active.
Klamath Falls The Klamath Indian
reservation is a Dusy place tnis sum'
mer, and Secrelary Garfield will find
much to interest him when he visits
the home of Uncle Sam's wards in the
! middle of July. At the Klamath
: agency, where the schools are located,
! about $40,000 is being expended in im
provements Hie chief improvements
being made are the constructing of a
sewerage system and an electric light
ana water system.
New Clerk in Land Office.
Burns There is rejoicing among the
patrons of the United States land office
here over the assurance just received
from the department at Washington
that a clerk is to be added to the work
ing force with the opening of the office.
The work of the office has been badly
congested and this will relieve the
strain and permit the completion of
important transactions which have been
awaiting action for some time.
Germs on Car Transfers.
Paris, July 8. A well known Bor
deaux physician, Dr. Busquet, has been
analysing the germs on transfer tickets
used on streetcars, and has found that
they propogate most dangerous diseases.
He soaked a number of them in gela
tine and then gave them to a conductor
to be used. At the end of the day's
work he went to the office and claimed
these tickets. He then left the bacilli
to cultivate and found that in a few
hours four out of every five had devel
oped bacilli of the worst kinds of diseases.
Appeal to Mrs. Russell Sage.
Berlin, July 8. An attempt will be
made to induce Mrs. Russell Sage, of
New York, to use part of her enormous
fortune to abolish the terrible white
siave iraue, which is continually going
on between J-.urope and America. In
no manner could Mrs. Sage immortal
ize her husband's and her own names
than by wiping out this blot upon her
country's reputation, Gem ans say. The
white slave trade, it is claimed, is in
creasing instead of lessening.
Sultan's Credit Exhausted.
Constantinople, Juyl 8. The sultan
is Wing persistently dunned for repay
ment of his numerous loans from Euro
pean financiers and is at bis wits' end
to find a way out.
Buy Land for Weston Brick.
Weston The proprietors of the
Westn brickyard have purchased of
James D. Gish his addition to Weston,
consisting of nearly 10 acres in the low
er part of the city. Before making the
purchase the brickyard people quietly
demonstrated that the soil was well
adapted to the making of a superior
quality of brick. The price paid was
$2,0C0.
Ontario Wants New Land District.
Ontario A petition is being circulat
ed in Ontario and numerously signed
asking the government tc create a new
land district for this section and the
appointment of a register and receiver,
rne omce to De located at untario or
Vale. At present parties having land
office business to transact have to go to
Burns, a distance of 150 miles.
Harney's Prospects Excellent.
T nit . .
rurns mere are excellent crop
prospects in all parts of Harney countv
Grain has' a fine stand and fruit of all
varieties is looking well. Alfalfa has
made an unusually good growth this
year, and there are some rich patches
ot it on dry land with no artificial irri
gation. Haying will begin early in
July and the crop is very he avy.
Injured Japanese Claim Damages from
Bay City.
San Francisco, July 5. Suit against
the city and county of San Francisco
was filed this afternoon in the Superior
court for the recovery of $2,575 for
damages alleged to have been sustained
by the proprietors of the Horseshoe res
taurant and a Japanese bath house at
Eighth and Folsom streets on May 23,
when a row, caused by an attack by la
bor union men on two nonunion men,
who were eating in the restaurant, re
sulted in the fronts of the two places
being smashed by stories and clubs.
The suit was brought in the name of
J. Timoto, proprietor of the bath house,
but includes the damage to both estab
lishments, the proprietor of the restau
rant having assigned his claim to the
plaintiff. The papers were filed by Carl
E. Luidsay, attorney for Timoto. Asso
ciated with him are United States Dis
trict Attorney Robert Devlin, who ap
pears at the request of United States
Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte,
and Karl II. Webb, of counsel for the
proseution.
Japanese acting counsel 3latsubaio
ia also taking an active interest in the
case, which is the first legal action re
sulting from the declaration of the
United Statea government that, by due
legal process, reparation should be
made for whatever damage the Japan
ese may have sustained.
BIG LEVEE LETS FLOOD GO.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Clackamas Land Booming.
Oregon City The large increased fees
of the recorder's office in Clackamas
county is a good indication of the
healthy growth in the real estate busi
ness. The fees of County Recorder
Ramsby for June were $421.01, against
$209. 35 for the same month during the
previous year.
Murphy Estate Valued at $70,000
Salem The will of the late Judge J.
J. Murphy, has been nroUtted here. It
leaves an estate estimated at $70,000
to he equally divided between the wid
ow, Elizabeth C. Murphy, and the son,
Chester G. Murphy, the latter being
named as executor without bonds.
Fruit Box Factory for Weston.
Weston C. W. Avery, manager of
the Blue Mountain sawmill, has gone
to Portland to purchase machinery for
the equipment of a box factory to be
run in connection with his mill. The
demand at present is far in excess of .taess
the supply with present facilities. Mohair
Wheat Club, 80c; bluestem, 88(3)
yc; valley, tic; red, 84c.
Oats No. 1 white, $27.5028; gray,
nominal.
Barley Feed, $21.5022 per ton
brewing, nominal; rolled, $23.50
24. oU.
Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $29 per
ton.
Hay alley timothy, No. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$2123; clover, $9; cheat, $9(10;
grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $1314.
Fruits Cherries, 810c per pound;
apples, 75c$l per box; storage Spitz
enbergs. $3.50 per box ; gooseberries,
7c per pound; cantaloupes, $3.503.75
per crate; apricots, 75c$2 per mate;
peaches, $1.251.50 per box; plums,
$1.65 per box; blackberries, $1.25
1.50 per crate; loganberries, $1.25 per
crate; raspberries, Sll 50 per crate;
prunes, $1.501.75 per crate.
Vegetables Turnips, $2 per sack;
carrots, $2.50 per sack; beets, $2.50
per sack; asparagus, 10c per pound;
beana. iUc per pound; cabbage,
2ac per pound; corn, 3550c per doz
en; cucumbers. $1 per tox; lettuce,
head, 25c per dozen; onions, 1520c
per dozen; peas, 45c per pound ; rad
ishes, 20c per dozen; rhubarb, 3gC
per pound; tomatoes, $1.50 per crate.
Potatoes Old Oregon Burhanks, $3
3.25 per sack; new, 3c per pound.
Butter fancy creamery, 22Ja25c
per pound.
Poultry Average old hens, l12c
per pound, mixed chickens, 10c:
spring chickens 1314c; old roosters,
9c; dressed chickens, lfi17c; turkey?,
live, ll12c; turkeye dressed, choice.
nominal; geese, live, ('riuc: young
ducks, li(auie; old dncka, 10c
Eggs Candled, 24;25c per dozen
Veal Dressed, 5 $Fh7 ac ptr pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3f5;4c per
pound; cows, Oec; country steers,
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8c per lh;
ordinary, 67c; spring lamhs, 99c
per pound.
Pork Dressed, G8)c per pound.
Hops 68c per pound, according to
.quality.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best.
1622c per pound, ac-ording to shrink
age; valley, 2022c according to fine-
One Million Dollars Damage to Farm
Lands in California.
Bakergfield, Cal., July 5. The Buena
Vista lake levee has broken, flooding
30,000 acres of land belonging to Mil
ler & Lux and theTevis Land company,
and causing $1,000,000 damage. The
Sunset railway has been put out of
commission and tne oil lields are cut oft
from communication with this citv.
The levee held back the waters of
Buena Vista lake, covering 19 square
miles, and protected a bxly of re
claimed land extending for a distance
of 15 miles, including the old bed of
Kern lake, the property of the Kern
County Land company and Miller &
Lux. This land was covered with crops
of growing grain ready for the harvests
and with alfalfa.
Of the flooded land, about 22.000
acres belonging to the Kern County
Land company and 8,000 to Miller &
Lux. The territory is divided into
four big ranches, and the work of re
clamation haa been in progress for
nearly 20 years.
The levee was built in 1886-7 iointlv
by th two corporations at a cost of
$250,000.
Washington, July 6. Interest in
world politics and the possibility of
conflict with Japan was renewed here
today when the definite news that t.
great fleet of United States warships
would be sent to the Pacific coast be
came generally known. Also a new
phase was put on the matter when it
became known that the move, calculat
ed as it is to impre's Japan that she ia
not dealing with a pewer like Russia,
hinges on something deeper than thw
resentment of Japan at the treatment
ler citizens have received thut San
Francisco. The real issue, it ia pointed
out here, is the open door in the Far
East.
Ostensibly it was for the open door
that Japan went to war with Russia.
But after her victory the door of trade
in Manchuria and Corea waa pretty
well blocked up with obstacles placed
by Japan, much to the discomfiture of
American and British meiehants.
America was given assurances that
the door would remain open and,
though the president is at Oystei Bay
and other officials of the government
are out of the city, it is reported here
that the United Statea intends, if it
should become necessary, to be prepar
ed to insist that the Japanese govern
ment put no restrictions in the way of
trade with the continent cf Asia.
While it has been constantly declar
ed by the Navy department that no
menace to Japan ia intended by tho
dispatch of the fleet, and Ambassador
Aoki, of that country, has asserted that
Japan will not construe the presence of
ine tieet in tne Pacific as such, it is
understood litre that the arrival of the
battleship squadron in the Pacific
marks the initial step towards the
maintenance of a permanent fighting
neer, in tne i'acinc hereafter.
Whether te entire fleet of 18 vessels
which is now destined for the Pacific
remains there or not, it is asserted on
the authority of well informed officials
that the American navy in the Pacific
will never again be inadequate to cope
with any emergency on that side of the
continent unless there is a vast change
in the aspect of international politics.
BELIEVE SCHMITZ BARRED.
Prosecutors Say Name Cannot Legal
ly Go on Ballot.
San Francisco, July 6. Announce
ment by Eugene E. Schmitz that he
would be a candidate for re-election to
the mayoralty this fall to a fourth term
unless his appeal for a new trial is in
the meantime denied by the Appellate
and Supreme courts, has raised the
question whether he can legally go-
upon tho ballot. An examination into
the law on this point was made today
by Assistant District Attorney Robert
Harrison, and the tentative conclusion
was that the mayor is barred.
Schmitz maintains that he is not con
victed until his conviction by the iu'rv
n Judge Dunne's court is finally passed
upon and sustained
court of the state.
by the Supremo
Throws Sop to Peasants.
St. Petersburg, lulv 5. The govern
ment is snowing ieverisn activity in
pushing the distribution of the 25,000,
000 acres of crown, state and peasant
land, which it has decided to distribute
in average lots of 25 acres to individual
peasant soldiers on easy payment terms,
in order to make a ehowing beiore the
convocation of the new parliament.
Four of the participants in a pawnshon
rooDery nere June 12 nave been
Fiji Islands Devastated
Victoria, B. C, July 6. News of a
disastrous hurricane in a portion ot"
the Fiji group, resulting in the com
plete devastation of Futuna island,
causing great property loss, but no losf
of life, was brought by the steamer
Moana, Captain Davidson, which ar
rived from the scene of the hurricane.
The island, which towered high with
beautiful vegetation, now is a great
rmrnt-up brown lump of earth. Tiie
island is a scene of desolation, strewn
completely with debris, and that no
lives were lost is considered remarkable.
Coal Will Be Scarcer.
Rock Springs, Wyo., July 6. As a
result of the suits filed by the govern
ment against the Union Pacific Coal
company, forcing that companv to
abandon coal property alleged to have
been illegally secured from the govern
ment, three of the big coal mines situ
ated on the disputed property have
been closed down. The minea belong;
to ine Rirperior Coal company, which
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tried ia ownpd hw tha TTni nrtrt;n
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by court martial and condemned to lie , effect will be a further shortage of
hanged. Eight bandits at Riga have in the West.
been sentenced to death.
coal
-Choice, 20 (g 30c per pound.
Pouring Into British Columbia.
Vic toria, B. C, July 5. It is ex
pected over 3,000 Japanese will arrive
in British Columbia during thia month
from Japan and Honolulu, and aa manv
a . ....
ii not more are expected in August.
The steamer Kumeric will bring tho
lirst large contingent of 2,000
Flocking Over Border.
Mexico City, July 6. Two hundred
and seventy. five Japanese landed at
Santa Cruz yesterday. The Japanese
are headed for the coal mines in tho
d strict of Laa Esperanza. Joseph Z.
Strand, a Chinese immigration inspec
tor stationed at El Paso, who arrival
Japanese in una citv r.winv otot.i n.4.
from Honolulu. t h fnll.,-.l l fi... ' 1 ,K ''"P
steamers. The numbers brought across
the Tacific are constantly increasing.
Five steamers due during the next two
weeka have over 600 on board .
Straus Probes Immigration.
Montreal. July 5. Oscar 8. Straus,
secretary of commerce and labor, left
here tonight for Honolulu, via Toronto
and Winnipeg. Mr. Straus Is studving
conditions at the torts where immigra
tion into the United States is the heav
iest.
anefe are flocking to the border in great
miiiiwra ami buying tickets from
J Juarez through to Canada, in order to
enter tne United States.
No Idea of Boycotting.
London, July 6. "The leading-
.1,.. ... 1 r
.-via ui commerce assure rue,"
cabled the Tokio correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, that they never even
entertained the idea of boycotting
American goods. Such a boycott would
be considered euicidal. in view of the
existing trade ccnditionaJ