Heppner gazette., August 12, 1909, Image 7

GENERAL STRIKE
ON IN SWEDEN
.All Workers Have Not Gone Out, but
Activity Is Seriously Checked,
Troops in Evidence at All Principal
Points Though Workmen Organ
ize Force to Keep Order, People
Are Arming Themselves for Own
Protection.
Stockholm, Aug. 5. With the street
car lines tied up and all cabdrivers re
fusing to work, the labor difficulties
here give promise of soon becoming
. acute. The general strike called for
today has not yet become thoroughly
effective, though the ranks of the
strikers have been considerably aug-
merited. Many affiliated organizations,
while sympathizing with the strike
movement, are still withdrawing their
. active support, preferring to let others
take the lead in the present crisis.
The strike is by no means general in
the provincial towns and industrial
centers of Sweden. In most places the
streetcars are running and the city em
ployes are at woik as usual. No dis
turbances have been reported. The
loading of ships at Gothenburg, where
10,000 men are on strike, is being done
toy troops.
Tue fact that troops are protecting
the gas works and the electric light
plant has incensed the workmen, whose
leaders threaten to call out all the men
unless the soldiers are withdrawn.
A corps of workmen, some thousand
etrong, are being organized with the
object of maintaining order, and the
people generally, bankers, merchants,
tc, are arming themselves for self
protection.
The gunshops of the city are practi
cally denuded of revolvers and small
arms. All tourists have left the city
and the number of visitors now in the
city is smaller than at this season for
many years.
FORMOSA TO PRODUCE SUGAR
"Will Soon Lead World-Japan's Plan
to Kill Head Hunters.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 5. Paul Bell,
an engineer of the Honolulu Iron
works, returned on the Tango Maru to
day from Formosa, where he has been
establishing sugar mills for the Japan
ese Sugar company, and states that
Formosa will, by next year, be the
greatest sugar-producing country in
the world. Five new mills were erect
ed this year and five more are to be
built next summer, all equipped with
the latest machinery. The output this
year was 90,000 tons, all of which
went to Japan.
The Japanese are adopting a cruel
method of dealing with the rebels of
Formosa, head hunters. They have
strectched trochas of barbed wire across
districts, heavily charged with elec
tricity. BEE STINGS CURE.
California Man Crippled With Rheu
matism Now Well.
Redding, Cal., Aug. 5. Tortured by
rheumatic pains, from which he has
suffered for months, James R. Holt,
head of a local contracting firm, sub
mitted himself to the stings of 39 honey
bees yesterday, and today walked to
"his office for the first time in many
days, declaring that his joints were as
limber as those of a boy.
Mr. Holt has been so crippled with
the disease that for months he was
compelled to use a carriage to go from
his home to his office, three blocks
away.
Ten or a dozen bees were applied to
-each aching joint, while the patient
writhed in agony. After it was over
lie became nauseated and a chill lasting
two hours followed. He retired for
the night and finally fell asleep. When
he awoke this morning he was surpris
ed to feel no ache in his joints.
Barcelona is Quiet.
Barcelona, Aug. 5. The situation in
Barcelona today is tranquil. The only
evidences of the terrible nightmres
through which the city passed last week
are the ruins of the convents and
churches, and the torn-up pavements,
the stones of which were used for the
erection of barricades. There is, how
ever, considerable apprehension for the
future. The terrible repressive meas
ures of the military authorities have
left a deep undercurrent of resentment
among the masses, and it is thought
that the rebellion may flare up again.
Filipinos Still Get Guns.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 5. Major Dr.
Snyder, of the United States army
medical corps, who has been stationed
in the Southern Philippine islands for
two years, arrived today on the Tango
Maru. He says there is much gun
smuggling from Borneo and Singapore
by filibusters who keep the Philippine
natives supplied with arms. The great
est number of contraband weapons are
handled by Chinese, who conceal them
in the bottoms of their boats.
Turkey to Invade Crete.
Cologne, Aug. 5. The Cologne Ga
zette's Salonica correspondent cables
that the Turkish government has or
dered out 40,000 redifs in the territory
of the Second army corps at Smyrna,
and has contracted with three steam
ship companies for the transportation
of troops and munitions of war to
Crete. He says great excitement pre
Tails everywhere.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
Registration for Government Land
Reaches 274,529.
Spokane, Aug. 6. Breaking all rec
ords in the history of the United
States for registration for government
land openings, registration for land on
the three reservations, Flathead, in
Montana, Spokane, in Washington, and
Coeur d'Alene, in Idaho, closed at mid
night last night with a grand total of
274,529 applications received at the
central office of James W. Witten, at
Coeur d'Alene. Those in the letters
will bring the total to 290,000, exceed
ing the famous Oklahoma reservation
rush, the greatest known.
Until Monday the force in Judge
Witten's office wiil be preparing to
send out the lucky notices to those
drawing for lands. The high platform
from which the drawings will be made
is complete, and the 50 Bteel cans
which contain the applications are
guarded by armed men until August 9,
the opening day.
During the period of application,
certificates of authority to at minister
the oath have been withdrawn from five
notaries in Spokane by Judge Witten
The offenses consisted of altering the
name of the agent in a soldier's power
of attorney and in leaving signed and
stamped application blanks with clerks
to be filled out when the authorized
notary was absent.
On Monday, August 9, Miss Helen
Hamilton, the pretty niece of Mayor
Boyd Hamilton, of Coeur d'Alene, will
pick the winning list of 1,500 numbers
on the Coeur d Alene reservation. On
Tuesday, August 10, the little Miss
will will continue drawing a substitute
list of numbers up to 3,000, this latter
list to be used in case those first drawn
do not appear to file on the land.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
August 12, 13 and 14, Miss Elizabeth
Donlin, daughter of E. R. Donlin, of
Missoula, will draw the winning num
bers on the Flathead reservation up to
6,000 and on Monday, August 16, Miss
Harriet Post, daughter of Frank '1
Post, of Spokane, will select the lucky
slips for the Spokane reservation.
CONTEST SPOKANE DECISION.
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Will
Lead in Fight.
San Francisco, Aug. 6. After ten
days of discussion the freight agents
of the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe
and other transcontinental railroads
announced today that they had decided
to fight the affirmation of the Spokane
decision and its application to other
intermediate points.
George W. Luce, general freight
agent of the Southern Pacific company,
said that when the matter is taken up
at Spokane next October his company
and the Santa Fe will contest the atti
tude of the Northern railroads, which
favors the granting of terminal rates
to intermediate points. A battle royal
is expected at that meeting.
Luce declared that his company took
the position that intermediate points
are not entitled to terminal rates; that
to grant them such rates would be to
open a vast field to the manufacturers
of the Middle West heretofore reserved
for WeBtern enterprise.
He said that in view of the water
competition on the Coast, the present
policy of forcing intermediate points
to pay rates to the Coast plus the local
freight back, was considered fair and
reasonable by the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe, whereas the Northern roads
favored a proposal to limit the distri
buting area on the Coast to a narrow
strip paralleling the shore line.
CRETAN TROUBLE BREWING.
Mussulmans in Macedonia Threaten
Invasion of Greece.
Constantinople, Aug. 6. Serious
agitation has broken out in Albania
against the attempt of Greece to annex
Crete. Forty thousand Albanians as
sembled at MonaBtir today and sent
imperious messages to the government,
threatening that unless effective meas
ures were adopted the entire Mussul
man population of Macedonia would
march against Greece.
Tht grand vizier, on receiving the
message, hurriedly left the council of
ministers, went personally to the tele
graph office and replied that the gov
ernment was taking active steps to
prevent the annexation of Crete by
Greece.
Pirates Loot and Kill.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 6. Advices by
the Tango Maru today note remarkable
recrudescence of piracy in South China
waters, the most desperate band of out
laws having headquarters apparently in
the vicinity of Macao, where the com
munities are so terrorized as to lend
the pirates active as well as passive
assistance, fearing summary vengeance
otherwise. Near Shantuk the water
pirates, united with a local band of
robbers, made a foray inland and took
by storm the castle like home of a lo
cal merchant and financier.
Greeks to Stay in Crete.
Constantinople, Aug. 6. Greece to
day replied to the Turkish note, prac
tically demanding the recall of the
Greek officers serving in Crete, saying
the question is in the hands of the four
protecting powers of Crete, with whose
knowledge and consent the officers in
question were sent to the islands. Tur
key intimates that her friendly re
quest to Greece will be followed, un
less satisfaction is obtained, by a more
energetic demand.
Epidemic Killing Cattle.
Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 6. Advices
received here today at the headquar
ters of the Texas Cattle Raisers' asso
ciation, say that cattle .are dying by
the thousands around Midland as the
result of an epidemic
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE
Thursday, August 5.
Washington, Aug. 5. The tariff has
been revised and the extraordinary seS'
sion of congress is ended. Both houses
andiourned sine die at 6 o clock today.
The conference report was agreed to
by the senate, 47 to 31. at 2 p. m.,
and soon afterward the concurrent res
olution making certain changes in the
leather schedule was adopted by both
houses.
President Taft arrived at the capitol
at 4 :45 and entered the president's
room. His appearance there, the first
time Bince he became president, caused
congressmen to form in line to be re
ceived by him. There was a constant
procession of handshaking statesmen
throough the president's room from the
time of his arrival until his departure
at 5 :50 p.m. At six minutes past 5
the Payne tariff bill, as the measure
will be known, was laid before the
president. He picked up a pen sup
plied by Chairman Payne, which had
been used by both the vice president
and the speaker in signing the bill,
and attached his signature. After
writing "Wililiam H. Taft," the pres
ident added: "Signed five minutes
after 5 o'clock, August 5, 1909. W.
H. T."
Wednesday, August 4.
Washington, Aug. 4. As though
protesting against being called out to a
night session, senators were very tardy
in their attendance upon the meeting
of the senate tonight. Nearly an hour
passed after the appointed time before
a quorum could be assembled. It
was finally obtained after an order had
been issued to the sergeant-at-arms to
bring in the absentees. For over an
hour the senate employes had been tel
ephoning to the homes of senators, and
were told that the telephone bad been
temporarily detached.
A number of the senators spoke on
the tariff measure when a quorum was
finally assembled. Simmons, of North
Carolina, declared rates were higher
on goods used by the common people
than by the rich. Beveridge insisted
that' the next tariff measure should be
drawn up by a commission.
Tuesday. August 3.
Washington. Auet. 3. The complete
collapse of all important opposition to
the conference renort on the tariff bill
was evidenced today when the senate
agreed to vote on that measure at 2
o'clock next Thursday. Half an hour
after unanimous consent had been
given for that course a disinclination
on the part of senators to speak
brought an early adjournment until
noon tomorrow.
The lack of interest in the proceed
ings was evident. This was caused by
an agreement of Western-senators to
vote for the conference report and to
correct the hide and leather schedule
bv means of a concurrent resolution to
be acted upon separately. The form
of the concurrent resolution was agreed
upon at an informal conierence in
Aldrich's commitee room. Instruc
tions are civen bv this resolution to
the enrolling clerks of the senate and
house to chance the lancuace of the
provision reducing duties on boots and
shoes and harness.
Monday, August 2.
Washington, Aug. 2. Tariff legis
lation has been delayed again by the
hide and leather question, and the con
ferees were called together once more
today. Western senators will compel
further changes in the hides and
leather schedule. These senators com
plain that the leather schedule as ar
ranged by the. conferees with the ap
proval of the president, is unfair to
the states interested in protected
hides. It was agreed that some action
must be taken to conciliate them if
the conference report is to be adopted.
Takahira Says Good-Bye.
Washington, Aug. 5. Ambassador
Takahira today called at the White
House to bid goodbye to President
Taft. Baron Takahira has arranged to
leave Washington for Tokio on August
10. He goes in response to the sum
mons of his government, which desires
to consult him in connection with the
proposed revision of the treaty of com
merce and navigation about to be nego
tiated by Japan with the powers. He
expects to return to Washington.
Lends Figurehead to State.
Washington, Aug. 6. Through the
efforts of Senator Jones the figurehead
of the cruiser Washington has been
lent to the state of Washington. It
now lies at the Puget Sound navy yard,
where it was recently removed from
the ship. The government has not yet
decided what disposition will be made
of the figurehead off Dewey's flagship
Olympia.
Thanks for Favors Received.
Washington, Aug. 7. Because of his
instrumentality in having a higher duty
placed on hosiery, Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, is to be tendered a ban
quet by the hosiery industry of the
country and the manufacturers of Penn
sylvania. The banquet is to take place
October 26 in Philadelphia.
Commissioner of Immigration.
Washington. Aasr. 7. President Taft
today selected Ellis De Bruler as com
missioner of immigration at Seattle
ith a salary of $4,000 a year.
Director of the Mint.
Washington, Aug. 7. President
Taft today appointed T. Piatt Andrew,
of Massachusetts, as director of the
mint.
WORK OF GONGRESS
HID CONFEDERATE SEAL.
Colored Government Employe Was
Davis' Bodyguard.
Washington, Aug. 6. James H.
Jones, a colored employe of the senate
stationery room, is ill at his home in
this city, and his friends fear he wil
die. Jones was Jefferson Davis' color
ed bodyguard and valet, and is the only
living being who knows where the
great seal of the Confederacy is hid
den. He declares he will die with the
secret.
Jones hid the seal himself under in
structions from Davis at the time
Richmond was evacuated and prom
iaed Davis when he was on his death
bed that he would never divulge the
hiding place.
He positively denies that the seal
was thrown into the James river, as
one story declares. He says he could
put his hand on the seal today, but he
never will. The negro has been offered
large sums of money for the seal by
various Confederate soceities, etc., but
always refused.
Jones has been in the government
employ for about 20 years. He was
originally appointed a laborer in the
senate stationery room by Secretary of
the Senate Cox. He made good, and
is well known and liked by members cf
the senate and officials.
New Law Works Smoothly.
Washington, Aug. 7. Information
received at the Treasury today from
New York, Boston and Philadelphia in
dicates that the new tariff law is work
ing with unexpected smoothness. Gen
erally at the beginning of the operation
of a new tariff law matters in the big
custom houses are "at sixes and sev
ens" for a few days, but no confusion
has yet manifested itself in the admin
lstration of the Payne law. This is
accounted for by the new law having
been constructed on the general lines
of the Dingley act, although, of course,
the figures differ.
New Lincoln Cent Ready.
Washington, Aug. 3. Distribution
of the new cents, which bear the head
of Lincoln instead of that of the Indian
which has ornamented them for so
many years, has begun. The Philadel
phia mint has a total of over 30,000,-
000 of the new coins on hand with
which to supply the orders that are
coming in from banks throughout the
country. There are 1,650,000,000 pen
nies of the old style in circulation,
however, and it will probably be a good
many years before the Lincoln coin
entirely supplants the familiar Indian
head.
Special Session Scheduled.
Washington, Aug. 7. The adminis
tration and the leaders in congress are
considering a plan for a special session
of congress to be held in October,
1910, to consider the report of the na
tional monetary commission. It has
been decided not to attempt to present
the report of the commission at the
next regular session, which will begin
December 1. It is realized that the
subject will demand extended debate
and there is a strong belief that it
would be best to consider it at a ses
sion called especially for that purpose.
Safety Device Ordered.
Washington, Aug. 4. All American
steamship companies were directed to
equip the boilers of their vessels with
independent waterfeeds by October 31
next in a decision of Assistant Secre
tary McHarg, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor. If at the time
indicated all such vessels are not so
equipped, the companies affected will
have their licenses revoked. It is
pointed out that this will reduce to a
minimum the danger of explosions.
Old Landmark to Go.
Washington, Aug. 3. The district
commissioners today received bids on
the contract to tear down the Anacos
tia bridge, which is one of the historic
landmarks of the national capital. It
was over this bridge that John Wilkes
Booth sped his horse to escape from
the city the night he shot Lincoln.
The old bridge has been replaced by a
handsome new structure, connecting
Washington proper with the suburb of
Anacostia.
May Not Move Barracks.
Washington, Aug. 6. Senator Jones
says the entire Washington delegation
opposes the removal of the barracks
from Vancouver to Seattle. He says
the proposal did not originate with the
delegation, but has been consistently
resisted by them. He questions that
the War department will persist in the
removal against the protests of the en
tire representation of Oregon and
Washington.
Checks Water Grab.
Washington. Aug. 3. To frustrate
the attempt on the part of combina
tions to secure control of the water
power of the country and to carry out
the policy of the administration for
the conservation of the nation's natural
resources, approximately 42,000 acres
of land for waterpower sites were tem
porarily withdrawn in Colorado, Mon
tana and Utah, by Acting Secretary of
the Interior Pierce today.
Date for Meeting is Set.
Washington, Aug. 7. President
Taft, of the United States, and Presi
dent Diaz, of Mexico, are to meet at
El Paso, Texas, October 18. This
program has been arranged as a result
of correspondence between the United
States and Mexico.
SWEDEN FEARS REVOLT.
General Strike Gives Excuse for Re
volution by Socialists.
Stockholm, Aug. 4. Not only has
the strike of 100,000 workmen largely
paralyzed industry and traffic, but it
threatens to develop into a revolution
ary movement under the leadership of
the Young Socialist party and to in
volve every industry, thus making the
paralysis complete. The king has sum
moned a special session of parliament
and the entire army is kept ready for
immediate action.
Forewarned of the purpose of the
Young Socialists to give the strike
revolutionary turn, the government has
decided at the first sign of insurrection
to declare Stockholm in a Btate of siege
and has quartered soldiers in various
sections of the city and suburbs.
A civil corps guard is being organiz
ed for the protection of property and
the banks are closed and guarded.
All the ferries ruunning out of Stock
holm have ceased operation and the
largest steamers engaged in carrying
visitors and residents to the seaside re
sorts in the archipelago have suddenly
stopped running, discharged their crews
and laid up for the winter. The sum
mer traffic is usually continued until
October.
It is expectedthat'the present total
of about 100,000 idle workmen will be
largely increased by tomorrow. It is
anticipated also that the streetcar ser
vice in Stockholm will stop, and ar
rangements are being made to run the
waterworks and the electric light
plants by soldiers.
WAR MENACES CHICAGO.
Traction Companies Make Carbarns
Camps tor Strikebreakers.
Chicago, Aug. 4. Active prepara
tions to meet a strike are being made
by officials of the street railway lines of
this city. Old power houses are being
fitted up as sleeping quarters for
strikebreakers.
E. L. Reed, who organized the Em
ployers' Teaming company, which
broke the teamsters' strike in 1905
has charge of the hiring of nonunion
men. He stated that he had on call
5,000 men competent to handle street
cars and that 150 men were available
in Boston and 100 in Kansas City. Ar
rangements have been made with ca
terers to feed the nonunion men in the
barns and power houses.
The companies aim to prevent a
complete tieup on any of their lines
and it is said cars will be kept run
ning, no matter what the present em
ployes determine to do.
Special notices were sent out by the
secretaries of the two principal unions
to the various barns with instructions
that the men be urged to cast their
vote on the strike referendum Thurs
day. Members of the Illinois state board
of arbitration have started for Chicago
to see if they can avert the trouble.
By reason of the quasi-partnership
of this city in the surface traction
lines, Mayor Busse, Acting Chief of
Police Schuettler and M. B. Herely,
the municipal traction expert, held a
conference today on the Bubject of the
threatened strike.
POLICE GUARD DOUBLED.
New Outbreak of Striking Japs in
Hawaii is Feared.
Honolulu, Aug. 4. As a result of a
story published in a local paper that T.
Mori, who today attempted to kill S.
Sheba, editor of the Japanese conserv
ative paper Shippo, had been chosen by
lot to assassinate Sheba because of his
opposition to the strike of the planta
tion laborers, the police are working
on the theory that the deed was planned
at a meeting of strikers held here yes
terday. No evidence, however, has
been found by the authorities to indi
cate that there is any truth in the
story.
Mori freely admits that it was his
intention to kill Sheba, declaring that
the Japanese editor is an emeny to his
race and that he intended to punish
him for his opposition to the strike for
higher wages. Investigation by the
police developed that Mori bought the
knife and had it sharpened preparatory
to his attack.
Soldiers Not Mob Then.
San Francisco, Aug. 4. In sustain
ing a demurrer to a damage in the
Superior court today, Superior Judge
Frank G. Morasky held that the sol
diers who destroyed stores of liquor
while San Francisco was burning, in
April, 1906, were not a mob in the
legal sense of the word, and that the
city was, therefore, not liable to a
claim for $1,074. Suit for that sum
was brought by Conrad Huber, a sa
loonkeeper, who charged that his sup
ply of liquor was confiscated. Another
action was decided in the same way.
Unskilled Laborers Strike.
Pitt9burg, Aug. 4. A strike of
street laborers which has hitherto been
considered a minor affair, has become
widespread and gangs of men are pa
rading the streets. Steps have been
taken to form an organization among
the 15,000 Italian workmen of Alle
gheny county and the police have
learned of an effort to organize the
foreigners. A letter received by May
or William Magee demands that the
strikers be allowed to drill.
Liabilities of Over $9,000,000.
New York, Aug. 4. Liabilities of
$9,558,348 and assets of $8,395,928
are shown in the schedules of Shepard
& Co., the bond brokerage house which
failed April last, filed today. All but
a few thousand dollars of the claims
are unsecured. The firm was heavily
interested in railroad projects and in
dustrial enterprises in New Mexico.
DIVISION OF SUM
VEXING PROBLEM
Claims on Reclamation Fund Double
the Amount Available.
Supervising Engineers and Secretary
Ballinger Gather at Portland for
Conference on Apportionment
Eleven Millions to Be Disposed Of
No New Projects Encouraged.
Portland, Aug. 3. An apportionment
of the reclamation fund among the va
rious government irrigation projects
for the year 1910 will not be determin
ed until Secretary of the Interior Bal
linger holds a further conference with
the officials of the reclamation service
today. Mr. Ballinger yesterday held a
preliminary conference with these offi
cials, at which were present the super
vising engineer of the six divisions into
which the entire reclamation field is
divided. There is to be apportioned for
these projects about $11,000,000, but
the demands for funds aggregate an
amount fully double that available.
The conference, which was an execu
tive one, was held in the offices of the
reclamation service in the Beck build
ing. There were present all of the di
recting and supervising officials of the
service. In addition to Mr. Ballinger
they were: F. H. Newel, director; A.
P. Davis, chief engineer; O. H. En
sign, chief electrical (engineer; D. C.
Henny, consulting engineer, and the
following supervising engineers : F. E.
Weymouth, Idaho division ; I. W. Mc
Connell, Central division; H. N. Sav
age, Northern division; C. H. Swigart,
Washington division; L. C. Hill,
Southern division, and E. G. Hopson,
Pacific division.
" Today 'b conference was only pre
liminary and there is nothing definite
to announce regarding the probable ap
portionment of the reclamation fund,
for the reason that final conclusions
were not reached," said Mr. Ballinger
last night. "The various supervising
engineers presented their demands
for funds with which to carry on the
work undertaken by the government,
during the ensuing year. These re
quests will be considered further at an
other conference which will be held to
morrow. It will not be until after to
morrow's hearing that I will be able
even roughly to determine how the
funds for this work shall be expended.
"From the fact that the demands for
money far exceed the amount of funds
that will be available, I find it will be
a difficult job to decide on any appor
tionment that will satisfy all. Oregon
has not been receiving its share of the
proceeds from the sale of public lands
within its borders, as contemplated un
der the reclamation act. To Bee this
state next year receive more nearly
its share of this fund is another prob
lem with which I am confronted, espe
cially in view of the increased demands
coming in from other sections of the
reclamation field."
GENERAL STRIKE CALLED.
Open Secession Reported in Many
Communes of Spain.
Bayonne, France, Aug. 3. With all
trades unions in Northern Spain de
claring a general strike today, and
with several communes in Catalonia
having proclaimed a republic, condi
tions in Alfonso's kingdom are any
thing but satisfactory. While the gov
ernment on the one hand sends out re
assuring dispatches to the effect that
it has the revolt in Barcelona and
neighboring districts thoroughly under
control, on the other hand it admits
that it has seized the telegraph and
telephone lines in the Biscayan pro
vinces, in an effort to keep the revo
lutionists and strikers from communi
cation with each other.
This conflict of official reports, taken
with the fact that the municipality of
Palamos has declared itself free and
independent, lead unbiased outsiders
to believe that the revolt is anything
but suppressed, and that while revolu
tionists may be cowed in Barcelona
itself, they are waiting in small bands
in the hills for more reassuring times,
and will then reassert themselves.
Suffering at Acapulco.
Mexico City, Aug. 3. A dispatch
from Acapulco state that severe shocks
continue. All the buildings that re
main standing are uninhabitable and
many are suffering from lack of shelt
er, lents and temporary shacks in
which people are sheltered are inade
quate. Local authorities have sworn
in a number of citizens as special po
licemen, as the force of gendarmes is
insufficient. There has been some loot
ing. Feed, clothing and medicine are
urgently needed, but thus far no relief
steps have been taken.
Calhoun Juror Accepted.
San Francisco, Aug. 3. The first
juror in the second trial of Patrick
Calhoun, president of the United Rail
roads, on an indictment charging him
with bribery, which is now in the third
week, was temporarily passed yester
day. After more than 1,500 talesmen
had been summoned to court, and a
large number interrogated, Thomas
Gainsford, a master plumber, is the
first man accepted by both sides sub
ject to peremptory challenge.
Alabama First at Income Tax.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 3. The
house of representatives yesterday
unanimously ratified the proposed in
come tax amendment to the Federal
constitution. The senate will vote on
the question of ratification Wednesday.