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OREGON
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historical
and Commercial Importance. ,
Taft leaders claim he will receive
704 votes on the first ballot.
Thaw will remain in jail because he
hates the asylum attendant.
Leading English steel manufacturers
deny the storv of a new trust.
Suffragettes of all nations are to join
in a monster parade in London.
The British Columbian government
has decided to deport 1,000 Hindus who
are paupers.
Eapid progress is being made on re
pairs to tho Northern Pacific roadbed
in Montana.
Utah democrats have instructed their
delegates for Bryan, but paid a tribute
to Cleveland.
Railroad commissioners of five states
met in Chicago to decide on some uni
form measure of doing away with the
deadly grade crossings.
The plant of the Continental Oil com
pany at Albuquerque, N. M., has been
destroyed by fire. Nearly 100,000 gal
lons of oil were burned.
Over 50 Japanese women who have
arrived at Seattle to meet intended
husbands, will be detained until each
individual case is investigated.
The British ship Haddon Hall and
the German ship Hamburg collided in
mid-ocean. Both were damaged, but
were able to reach Montevideo.
Roosevelt threatens to intervene in
Panama to secure a fair election.
The special senate committee has
arranged the preliminaries to consider
tariff revision.
The cars in the New York to Paris
automobile race are encountering
many difficulties in Russia.
Unofficial estimates place the popu
lation of Chicago at 2.140..00O. The
population in 1904 was 1,174,744.
Thugs entered a Spanish custom of
fice and secured $12,000 after killing
the chief official and' four assistants.
An unknown steamer has been
sighted off the California coast south
,of San Francisco with distress sig
nals. New York is sending 78 delegates
to the Republican national conven
tion. Of this number 23 are million-,
aires.
Two hundred Japanese immigrants
have been stopped at Seattle until
they can show that they have a right
in this country.
The New York legislature has
passed a bill abolishing betting at
race tracks. The measure was car
ried by one vote.
The steamship Lusitania has just
crossed the Atlantic in four days,
twenty hours and eight minutes. This
is the best time yet made.
Cortelyou is mentioned as running
mate for Taft.
Henry Watterson says Bryan will
be nominated.
A daughter of Governor Cutler, of
Utah, has eloped with a teamster.
The new Union Pacific bonds are
being sold in London at a premium.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
says he is not seeking another term.
A high wind storm near Guthrie,
Okla., resulted in the death of one
person.
Floods have reached their height in
Kansas City. Nearly all railroads are
blocked.
Many persons were injured in Chi
cago by the collision of two heavily
loaded street cars.
Republicans of the Thirteenth In
diana district have nominated Charles
V. Miller for congress.
There were fewer deaths propor-
tionateiy in .ew juik taai wcciv man
in any week of the city's history.
China has apologized for the recent
killing of French soldiers on the Chi
nese frontier. France also demands
the removal of the viceroy.
Senator Kittredge has probably
been defeated in the primaries for
senator from South Dakota. Gov
ernor Crawford is in the lead.
The recount on the mayoralty vote
in New York is not one-fourth com
pleted. Hearst has niada a net gain
of 135 votes.
Montana floods still tie up all rail
roads except one.
Women's objection to bonnets may
split the Dunkard church.
A tornado did much damage in the
vicinity of Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Great Britain is taking stern meas
ures to choke out sedition in India.
A British steamer struck a rock off
the Chinese coast and 80 natives were
drowned. All European passengers
and officers were saved.
Floods in Missouri and Kaw rivers
are causing a stampede to higher
ground.
Women suffragists will appeal to
both the Republican and Democratic
conventions.
Chicago packers are not worrying
over the beef shortage as they be
lieve it will not last long.
Tnrkev has sent troops onto Per
sian soil and annexed a large section ,
of the country.
A government has
been organized by the invaders
IRRIGATION FLUME DESTROYED
Hood Rivet Strawberries Perish for
Want of Water.
Hood River, Or., Juno 10. Giant
powder was successfully used Saturday
night in an effort to causo the growers
composing tho Farmers' Irrigating
Company the loss of a large portion of
their strawberry crop. Disgruntled
, laborers are suspected.
About 150 feet of flume on a hill
side on tho west sido of Hood River
was destroyed, and the water in tbe
big irrigating ditch is shut off. As a
result, the crop of two-thirds of the
valley, about 400 acres, is without wa
ter until such time as the flume can
be repaired, which will take at tho
least estimate three or four days.
The growers stand to lose at least
10,000 crates of berries, worth $30,000,
and if the flume cannot bo repaired
before 'Wednesday, the loss will be far
j greater. The damage to too ditch will
not amount to more than $500,
Tho point where the ditch was de
stroyed is high on a hillside. The
members of the pnmnnnv Rtnto tlint.
; h lnust Lave taken consijCrablo work
and three or four boxes of powder to
product such disastrous results. This
is the ditch from which all of the wa
ter is. taken to irrigate the big straw
berry crop on the west side of the
valley.
Although 25 men were hurried to
the scene of the trouble as soon as it
was known today, it is estimated that
it will take three days, working day
and night, to repair "the damage.
The Ifood River berry season is now
at its height, and no water to sustain
the plants and ripen the berries dur-
I ing the present warm weather will cut
aown tne yieiu to almost notning. or
the past few days from five to seven
cars of berries have been shipped
daily.
An investigation started this after
noon by M. H. Nickelsen, secretary,
and A. C. Staten, manager of the com
pany, in an effort to determine if pos
sible who the ditch destroyers were,
developed the fact that the noise of
the shots was heard two miles away
from the spot where the explosion took
place, and that it occurred about 11
o'clock. Beyond this, nothing is defi
nitely known.
It is said, however, that the officers
of the company have under suspicion
several men whom they had in their
employ last year, and to whom they
: refused to give work this summer.
SMALLPOX ON TRANSPORT.
Sherman Reports by Wireless and
Must be Quarantined.
Portland, June 16 Wireless dis
patches were received Sunday by The !
Oregonian from the transport Sherman
while at sea that there was smallpox
on board. The Sherman is bound for
Portland from the Philippines with
the First Infantry, 5S5 men in all, un
der command of Colonel McGonical.
Before the vessel reached Honolulu
a navv man returning died of the dis
ease and was buried at sea. Two days
ago an enlisted man was taken ill with hibition vote at the recent election,
smallpox. The two men were in dif- Plans are already on foot to convert
ferent parts of the ship, so the whole the brewery into a fruit packing and
vessel is considered infected. This storage warehouse. It is located con
means that under the quarantine regu- venient to the O. R. & N. depot and
lations each of the 1182 men on board is a large and well arranged building
must be vaccinated and quarantined
for 14 days and the transoort must
be fumigated.
This process necessitates disembark
ing all the men, and owing to the lack
of facilities at the Columbia Eiver
station, tents must be sent from some
of the army posts of tho district. Col
onel Eogers, in command, fears that
since the men have just returned from
the Orient, camping out in this cli
mate will be injurious to their health
and he has requested the department
to have tho transport with all on
board sent to the quarantine station
at San Francisco. What will be done
in thiS matter cannot yet be known.
The First Infantry is en route to
Vancouver, where it will be stationed,
succeeding the Fourteenth Infantry,
which was transported a few weeks
ago to Manila.
Refuse to Cut Salaries.
Manila, June 16 After many ex
tended and apparently hopeless con
ferences, the Insular Commission and
the Philippines Assembly have finally
arrived at an agreement upon the gen
eral appropriation bill, which, it is be- ,'
Iiovod, both the commission and the
assembly will ratify. The compro
mise measure appropriates 16,800,000
pesos, the assembly making a conces
sion of nearly 1,500,000 pesos. Tho
commission declined to assent to the
reduction in salaries and the consoli
dation of some of the bureaus as pro
posed by the assembly.
Plague in Venezuela.
- ' i i" . r cs
Caracas. Venezuela. . une io.--
,rr,,l here, within the nast few davs.'
indicating that the countrv has been being made for the horticultural meet
widelv contaminated with the disease. . "ff to be held at Futteville under the
Great" anxiety is felt because no meas- Psp's of Butteville Grange, Satur
ures have been taken to fight the dis-!'!'', June 20. Dr James Withycombe
ease in this city and there are no se-
Ifrom Laguayra opened today, passen-
Ivor, mm in from that ritvbeinff re-1
rums on hand. Ihe railroad running
gprs coming from that eitv being re
quired to undergo a five days' quar
antine. American Horse Wins.
Paris. June 16. Thousands of Amrr-
icans Saturday saw W. K. Vandcr-
jbilt's bay colt, North Fast, with
j f'hilds up, capture the Grand Prix
.1.
up. capture tne rana rrix ue
Paris, the blue ribbon event of the
French turf, which this ypar was
worth about $72,000. Beautiful weath
er favored the running of this classic,
and fully 150,000 persons gathered at
Longehamps to witness the race, which
marked the close of the Paris season.
Kaw River Falling.
Washington. June 16. The Kaw
river is falling, but the Missouri at
Kansas City continues to rise slowly.
The stage tonight was 30 feet, with
a further rise of possibly one foot in-
dicsted during Monday, from water
now in sight.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
PREPARING FOR FAIR.
Space Will be Provided
Counties This Year.
More
for
Salem. At a meeting of the build
ing committee of the state fair board
the contract was let for enlargement
of the grandstand at the fair grounds
so that it will accommodate an at
tendance of 0,000 people. McFarlane,
Denison & McLaren, Salem con
tractors, were swarded the contract
for $3,900.
From the reports that have been
received the state fair this year will
be one of the grandest in the history
of the state. Nearly every county has
signified its intention to be on hand
with a large exhibit next fall.
The board has already concluded to
move the administration offices to an
other location to make room for addi
tional county exhibits.vand the build
ing committee is seriously contem
plating the necessity of putting up
new structures. Besides the remodel
ing of the grandstand, a new entrance
will be constructed before the fair
opens. The members of the building
committee who were in session are
V. F. Matlock, Frank Lee and F. Y.
Welch. Mike Wisdom was also m
Salem with the committee inspecting
the grounds.
The organization of the Portland
Country club and Livestock associa
tion has been a great factor in bring
ing better horses to the west this year
and will continue to be so in future
years. It is therefore expected that
the racing feature at the fair this
year will be much stronger than in
former years. The large purses hung
at Portland will attract many driv
ers and breeders who have never be
fore visited the Pacific Coast. The
two fairs, coming one following the
other, will enable both to get the full
benefit of the exhibitions, which will
be the best ever seen on the coast.
Lower Prices for Wool.
Pendleton. The second and last
wool sales were as follows: William
Slusher's clip, 150,000 pounds, sold to
Defour for 104c; D. Goodmans clip
26.136 pounds, to C. II. Green for
9ic; A. T. Warner. 12.121 pounds, to
Kuhn, 10k; G. W. Ellis, 1.047 pounds,
to Green, 12k: D. W. Chapman, 2C,
136 pounds, to Green, 9lc; M. P. Fom-
eroy, SO 230 pounds, to Green. 105c;
I.uhr & Sons. 11,401 pounds, to
Green. 10c: J. W. Groom, 9.99
pounds, to Green, 11.1c; Henderson &
Son, 12,139 pounds, to Kuhn. Ilk;
Sam Warner, 9,850 pounds, to Ureen
12lc; J. M. Pemphill. to Judd, Sic.
There will be but little wool left after
this sale. Prices are lower owing to
the fact that this wool from the west
end of Umatilla county is heavier
than that sold May 25.
Pack Fruit in Brewery.
La Grande. The Roesch brewery
of this city, one of the largest plants
of the kind in Eastern Oregon, will
he closed lulv 1 as a result of the nro-
and is well adapted to tne purpose
Tulius Roesch, proprietor of the brew
ery, is one of the pioneer brewers of
the state and has accumulated a for
tune here in the business. However,
the increasing fruit culture in this vi
cinity will not allow his building to
remain idle long after the prohibition
law goes into effect.
Lake Homesteads in Demand.
I l-cviciv fnnv Innrl filinos are
bein received at' the and office
most of them homesteads. Eve"
piece of land that can be cultivated is
being taken under the laws governing
this form of entry. Few timber fil
ings are now being received as land
of this character is scarce indeed in
this district. Occasionally someone
finds a quarter section or an 80-acre
tract that has been overlooked in the
rush, but most of the filings that are
being made under this act are on
claims that were at first taken under
the homestead act.
O. & E. Surveyors Out Again.
Eugene. Carl Rankin, engineer in
charge of the Southern Pacific sur
vey for the Oregon & Eastern rail
way, or the extension of the Natron
branch over the Cascade mountains to
Klamath Falls and across the state,
arrived in Eugene a few days ago with
a large crew to resume the survey of
the route. Thev will begin where
they left off last fall. Mr. Rankin
says they will be at work in the
mountains till late in the fall.
Experts at Butteville Grange
Salem. Considerable preparation is
Qt ine yreKon xgricu.iurai nucge,
Armstrong, countv fruit in-
lector, and prominent fruitgrowers
"'ill participate. A large attendance
is expected.
Ready to Construct Road.
Astoria. Not only is the Pacific
Railroad & Navigation company mak
ing preparations to put a large force
of men at work on its road within a
short time, but it will begin active
construction almost at once on the
proposed road frfim Astoria to Ne-
halcm valley. Sufficient work will be
done this year that the line can be
completed by next summer.
Timber Transfers in Clatsop.
Astoria. Deeds have been filed for
record whereby J. E. Wheeler, of
Portland, sells to the Jones-Wheeler
company 3.002.72 acres of timber land
in the southwest portion of Clatsop
county, and W. N. Jones, also of
Tortland. sells to the same company
3.104.72 acres in the same locality.
The consideration named is purely
nominal.
DIP ALL MANGY CAYUSES.
Big Vat Erected for Ufe by Umatilla
Cayuses.
Pendleton. Every horse in Uma
tilla county that has the mange must
be rounded up and dipped. This is
the edict issued by State Veterinarian
Kornick, who has been here for a
couple of days in conference with Dr.
S. W. McClure, head of the federal
bureau of animal industry in the
northwest. In order to eradicate the
mange, which is so prevalent among
the hundreds of Indian horses on the
eservation, tie government inspectors
stationed here have just completed
arrangements for dipping every cay
use on the Umatilla reservation,
whether infected or not.
A great vat has been constructed
near the site of the old agency, and
for several days the reds have been
engaged in the task of rounding up
their ponies. County Inspector 13ry
rtnt started out Tuesday to make a
tour of the county, and every white
man's horse found to be infected will
be taken to the reservation dipping
vat and given a bath, the owner being
charged the nominal sum of 50 cents.
The order on the part of the state
veterinarian was immicu ai wie in-
stance of Dr. McClure, who insisted
that it was little short of folly to
clean up the reservation horses when
tlincp rtf tliA a H irtinl n rr ronrViprc wprp '
in many cases just as bad.
INCREASE PENDLETON PLANT.
Wisconsin Company Negotiating for
Woolen Mills.
Pendleton.
-Agents of the Racine
woolen mills, of. Racine, Wisconsin,
are here looking over the Pendleton
wnnlcn mills with a vipw rf mirrlias.
ing them and making them a part of
the crent Racine indnstrv It is nro-
posed to employ at least 200 men and
women in the plant and to increase
the capacity by more than three times
and piake it the biggest woolen mill
in the northwest. Pendleton, being
on a main line of transportation and
in the heart of the sheep district, has
1 lJ C U1
cn .su u " ",c ,"'u "T""1'
lorauo.i ior me orancn oi uie Racmc
industry.
If purchased the mill will be de
voted exclusively to the manufacture
of high grade Indian robes, blankets
and similar lines of goods.
Klamath Should Yield Oil.
Klamath rails. A. i,. Darrow,
enshier of the Fort Sutter National
bank of Sacramento, who is heavily
interested in Klamath realty, has re-
turned from a 200-mile drive over the
Klamath basin and states that indi-
cations point strongly to sections of
Poe and Langell valleys being great
oil producing districts. Mr. Darrow
has been in past years connected with
the Standard Oil company and speaks
from experience. The Klamath Oil
company will sink experimental wells
this spring.
Plenty of Work for Woodchoppers.
Pendleton. Wood dealers in the
Blue mountains at Meacham and Ka
mela find it impossible to secure men
to cut wood for the winter market and
work at good wages for at least 100
able-Dodied men is now to be found
at the wood camps at Kamela and
Meacham. Dealers are now offering
$1.10 per cord for cutters, but so far
none have been found to take the jobs
at that price. At this price a good
man can make $2.50 to $3 per day in
a 10-hour day.
Open Bids for Building Sites. ,
Washington. The supervising
architect has announced that bids will
be opened July 16 for public building
sites 130x135 feet at Albany and La
Grande and 140x140 feet at Fendleton.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club. SS(80c per bushel;!
red Russian, 86(fT87c: bluestem, 91
92c; valley. SSSOc. f
uaricy i-eed, so per ton; rouea,
S(..iii'(i s.."u; orewmg, frzo.
vjats .o. x wnuc, $zi.iu per ion;
gray, $27.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$17 per ton; Willamette Valley, or
dinary, $15; Eastern Oregon. $18.50;
mixed. $16; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12;
alfalfa meal, $20.
Butter Extras, 25c per pound;
fancy, 24c; choice, 20c; store, 16c.
Eggs Oregon, 18(?I)19c per dozen.
Poultry Mixed chickens, 12frJl25c
pound; fancy hens, 12$c; roosters, 8c;
fryers, 20c; broilers. 22$c; ducks, old,
1718c; spring, 20(??22ic; geese, 8tfi)
0c; turkeys, alive. lOfrljlSc for hens
147lfic for gobblers; dressed, 17(tt)19c. j
Apples Select, $2.50 per box; ;
fancy, $2; choice, $1.50; ordinary, ,
$1.25. - j
Potatoes Old Oregon. $1110 per
hundred.
Fresh Fruits Strawberries, $2fo2.75
per crate; cherries, $1(1.40 per box;
cooseherries. 6tft7c per pound: apri-
cots, $lrt?1.50 per crate: blackberries,
0t 1.25 per crate
Vegetables Turnips. $1.50 per
parsnips! $i Sage? SI per ' St; J 15 today denied the motions of the
cwt.; beans. Hl2jt per pound; head of the czar's, sentencing the governor attorneys for Patrick Calhoun and Ti
lettuce. 12?iffl5c per dozen; aspara- and vice-governor of Astrakhan prison rPV por,i and bo Ruef to sot aside
gus, $1.50 box; eggplant, 20c pound; to eight years penal servitude in the tn" indictments returned by the M
parsley. 25c per dozen; peas. 5 'a 7c minoa of Siberia, lias struck terror in- Farland grand jury a few wetkd ago,
per pound; peppers. 20c per pound; to the ranks of the Russian offi;iildoin. charging them with bribery, and or
radishes, 15c per dozen; rhubarb. 2(a) - ,., t,..,i Anna .h,n ,i.,i i,t n,
naatia iniiat cm r nil
t . I A V r S 4 MB. V A. A A -P w . I
3c per pound; spinach, 3c per pound; von(, torturing a few prisoners, some The attorneys sought to have tho in
caulif lower. $-.50 per crate. f wnom nfnrtnnatelv had the bad dictmnts invalidated on tho pronnda
Hops 1907, prime and choice. 5 t
ir t V- 'A 2 y y
best, llwl5c per pound, according to
shrinkage; Valley, 1012e.
Mohair Choice, 18(3l8jc per
pound.
Cascara Park 3tfT4ic per pound.
Flogs Rest, $6(7?6.25; medium,
$5 7516; feeders, no 'demand. '
Cattle Best steers, $5; medium,
$4.50rt?4.75; common, $3.503.75;
cows. best. $4; common, $3.503.75;
calves, $4.50(5.
Sheep Best sheared wethers, $4;
mixed, $3.503.75; spring lambs, $5.
GERMANY HAS GRAFT.
Astounding State of Corruption Dis
covered in Navy Yards.
Berlin, Juno 15 How many millions
has tho German government boon
swindled out of by tho recently dis
covered embezzlements in tho imperial
shipyards at Kiel! No one dares ovon
guess. How many of tho vessols built
and equipped in the yards, aro to bo
found to belong to tho same class as
tho battleships built in Kussia with
wooden pegs instead of steel rivotsf
No ono knows yet, and no one prob
ably ever will.
The discovery that two high officials
of the imperial shipyards, and possibly
a number of others, have systematical
ly been robbing the government for
years has come as a terriblo shock
to the German people, who are prjud
of the proverbial honesty of their gov
ernment officials, and who havo always
contended that while fraud might be
found in America and Kussia, all Ger
man government officers would always
bo found to como up to tho Roosevelt
standard, and be able to show a record
as clean as a hound's tooth..
It is impossible to find out at this
time how many officials are implicated
or suspected; tho government even re
fuses to. let it become known how
many people aro under arrest besides
the leaders, lleinrich and Fraukenthal.
The latter is a multi-millionaire, nnd
it is some consolation to think that he
will be able to make good tile losses,
!Genan ide
I though this will not heal tho wounded
rru u.. , a n Ur o e
; fair juHt ng hc wa8 about to e
hig ech for th ; of th6 ari.
; t- e ition h all(f wa9 80 up8L,t
by the news that ho found it almost
impossible to entertain tho King and
Queen of Sweden, who were his guests
at the time. He has given orders that
the whole affair is to be sifted to tho
, botto"1' ,anJ th, a,n the one.
high their standing.
Humors to the effect
that certain
hih officials in tho navy department
' have received their share of the stolen
funds have so far been found to be
' unfounded, and are , not generally be
' lieved.
SAVE BRITISH BABIES.
Mrs
Bertrand Russell Conducts Pub
lic School for Mothers.
London. June 15. Hundreds of poor
""""
mothers in London are deeply grateful
to th(J IIon Mrs Bertrand Russell,
who iv;is fnrmorlv Mrs A. Vonvsnll
Smith, of Philadelphia, whoso school '"'", -, Jne i-w-ine
for mothers in this city has proved aadian government lias notified tho
great success. Mrs. Kussell com-j government of Japan that the limit of
mencod her ambitious scheme in a . ::.., ..ii-,.,! fr v,,.., i.
1 T Oil III It a T 1X1 Ob IUL1U VfVll'i 111, -,
nightly classes for mothers who were L"1'" rechecl and that no more Japan
allowed to bring their children and ese laborers can be sent to Canada be-
w" Wl're instructed by ur, uora jsun -
tinK h"w, to properly feed and clotho
their little ones, lhese classes nnmo-1
'il:ltel.v very popular, but Mrs. j
Kuwm'H. who was often present in per -
Sl)"' 8Hon discovered that the mothers
themselves were as poorly fed as their
babies and to remedy this she changed
tne "'ffht classes to day classes and
provided a substantia dinner at a
Pfj''0, oi 3 eellt! t t ,ose cou 'l
affonl to Pa3'. while those who could.
""Su "Vi . , K x-
Ihe mortality of children in Frig-
land is appalling when compared with
that of America, but thanks to tho
splendid example set by the two Amer-
unno, 1 l iia u kji i uuoo auvi .tx i o
sell, whose experiments have aroused
widespread interest and caused many
men and women of wealth to come
forward with offers of help, the death
rate among children less than 18
months of age will undoubtedly go
down.
iiiQim X o t lum Vlrniiua o n i 1 ra lna.
Takes Terrible Revenge.
Venice, June 15 A double tragedy
recently took place in a traveling cir-
cus giving performances at the town
of Mestre, a short distance from here.
Among the performers were two acro
bats, a man Rafaelli and his wife,
Emma. A rich man about town had
fallen in love with the latter and had
begun a liaison with her. Accidental
ly Rafaelli discovered his wife's n.
faithfulness and planned a terrible re-
ven jro.
while his wife was 'performing her
,i.,orn,i9 nets in the flvinir traneze
under the roof of the circus tent, Ra-
f:lPii Sl
ldenly cut the rope which held ''neession from the filed tariff on slup
,eze;ind the young woman jnents of oil from Olean.N. to Rut
n the sand of the arena. 1:,n'l P''Hows rails, t. There wero
jnn trapeze,
f(.j flown
dying. Her lover rushed to her side,
nn,l whilo he na holdinrr her hca.l on
his lap kneeling at her side, Rafaelli
cleft his head from behind with an ax
and then calmly surrendered to the
police.
Slaughter of Innocents.
Paris, June 15 Owing to the
treme rigor of last winter and
ex-
the
willful destruction of song birds,
France is threatened with the extinc-
tion of her larks, finches and thrushes,
Professor Corcelle, of Chambery, has
addressed an .appeal to the public,
warning them that if farmers, game-
keepers and poachers continue their
conduct they will soon have extermi-
nated all the small birds in the coun-
try. As proof of the necessity fof
legislative measures he declares that
thousands of larks are killed and sold
at 6 cents a dozen
Czar Hits Russian Officials.
te to di aml to torture pri9oners
has hitherto never been considered a
Adopt Secret Ballot,
Paris, June 15. The Chamber
of
Deputies Saturday adopted an amend-
ment to the voting law which practi-
eally puts into effect the secret Aus-
tralian ballot system. There hag been
much complaint of the ssvtem of
marking ballots in public. This has
enabled the big land owners and man-
ufaeturers and political manipulators
to exercise duress on the Toters.
KANSAS RIVERS
RISE AGAIN
Rains Swell Streams and Weather
Bureau Predicts Hood.
Prospect Is That Water Will Go Even
Higher Than Before Veritable
Cloudburst in Kaw Valley Resi
dents of Topeka Much Alarmed
at Outlook.
Kansas City, Juno 13. Unusually
heavy rains fell yesterday in, Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa and the
weather bureau predicts that the Kaw
and tho Missouri rivers will again reach
the high stage on Wednesday night. At
5 p. m. tho Missouri hero had fallen
.25 of a foot, but had risen .1 of a foot
at 8t. Joseph and continues to rise
there. The Kaw fell about six inches
yesterday and was stationary last
night. At Topeka tho Kaw is rising
rapidly. ,
The weather bureau predicts that tho
new flood at Topeka will etceed that
of Tuesday. All of tho tributaries of
the Kaw are very high, and moro rain
is threatened. Tho crest of the new
flood hero will be reached Sunday
night. A hoayy downpour yesterday
morning caused some additional trou
blo from flooded basements in the West
bottoms, where the sewers were unable
to carry otf tho excess. No further
damage was experienced in tho stock
yards, Argentine and Armourdale, Kan
sas, and in Harlem, Mo., and none is
expected.
The stockyards are still idle and the
packing houses were unable to continue
working even if they had stock. The
railroads, on the other hand, were in
better shape, but schedules were still
disarranged.
CANADA CLOSES DOOR.
All Japanese Immigration is Shut Off
for One Year.
ore January 1 of next year. Tins is
in acenrdaneo with tho understanding
between the Laurier idminis
rta .hlU bctWLtn. 10 M
ration and Tokio last January, which
provided that not more than 400 each
V(,.tr 8,louUl bo sent. six hundred and
;,ifiht hful C0I11C up to the en1 of May
aU(j ,ore aro arriving by every boat,
Jt ,ookjj ike a barefaced evasion of
the arrangement on tho part of Japan,
j;lpallese Consul Yada said tonight
that even the 400 had not yet arrived,
w,Kn tl() mimber of touri8ta !ln,i sUl.
dent9 WH9 tilk(n into consideration. As
a In.lttor o f.,ct Carlll(iian officials as-
gort n()t n th fl cent f t
. -
new arrivals arc exempt from tho ar
rangement.
OIL TRUST FOUND GUILTY.
Rochester Jury Brings in Verdict ir
Rebate Case.
Rochester, A. i ., Juno 13 Guilty aa
charged in the indictment, was tho ver-
diet brought in by the Federal Court
jury in the Standard Oil company case
here at 6:30 o'clock tliis evening. Tho
jury had been out since tho noon re
cess.. Daniel J. Koefe, of Buffalo, who con
ducted the defense, moved for a new
trial and it was arranged to have
Judge Hazel hear arguments on the mo
tion July 7.
' The oil company was placed on trial
June 1 for an alleged violation of tho
interstate commerce law in accepting a
" -ounis in ma inuictmeni. eacn ropre-
sentlllg action Oil a car of oil. TnO
maximum fine on each count is $20,000,
or a total for the whole of the ship
ments of $800,000.
More Track Washed Out.
Missoula, Mont., Juno 13 It was
reported Thursday night that several
rniles of Northern Pacific track had
been washed out near band Point, and
there is little hope of opening up trans-
portation between Missoula and Spo-
kane for some time. Heavy rains last
night delayed repair work west of here,
and much of the work has been de-
stroyed. An effort will bo made to-
morrow to run a train from Arlce and
transfer passengers who have been
stalled for several days at Dixon. The
distance between tho two points is 14
miles.
Graft Indictments Stand.
Ran Francisco, June 13 .Judge Law-
that the iurors wero prejudiced when
they returned true bills.
Dies t Save Czar.
Reval, June 13. It became known
here yesterday that a woman school
teacher - thwarted a plot to kill Czar
Aieholas just after the ceremonies in
the Gulf of Finland on the occasion of
the king's visit. The woman had been
picked by the nihilists to throw the
bomb that would have killed the czar
and his entire family, but she commit-
ted suicide rather than carry out the
mandates of the secret order.