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N GUARANTEE OF PEACE. CARNAGE PALL8 FOURTH. Demonstration o f H ow Both Coasts Can Be Protected. Calibration Victims U p T o Formar Records fo r Num ber. The Estacada News I m m 4 tack ì hmrm iw, ESTACADA. Tokio— Coming of fleet regard ed'j inopportune; better be deferred. i London— Heavy debt of Japan ; considered a bar to conflict, but j United States is makiDg an enemy j of that country. : Berlin— Japan believed to be pre- j paring to fight United states for ; mastery of the Pacific, regardless of ; San Francisco incidents. The Hague— Fleet may cause pop- : ular excitement which Washington j government may not be able to con- j trol. Paris— United States and Japan S not believed to be near conflict, but ; fleet w ill force Japan’ s hand if Jap- ; anese have aggressive designs. ORBOON NEWS OF THE WEEK i Condensed Form lor Oar Buy Headers. A Resume o f the L e ts Important but Not L a st Interesting Events o f tha Past W eak. K ing Edward and Queen Alexandra are visiting Ireland. A St. Joseph, Mich., pastor lias ta booed the “ Teddy bear” fad. The governor of Ngaukwei province, China, has been assassinated. Telegraph companies in New York are accused of forming a trust. American delegates at The Hague have proposed a permanent arbitration court. , Vice President Fairbanks saved a woman from drowning in Yellowstone park at the risk of his own life. Governor Chamberlain, of Oregon, says the transfet of the fleet to the Pa cific is a good move and none of Japan’s business. The Standard Oil company has offer ed no evidence against being fined by Judge Landis and he will pass sentence August 3. A jury it being secured in the case against Louis Glass, of the telephone company, charged with bribing San Francisco supervisors. An influential Japanese naval ex pert says the movement of the Am eri can navy is of no concern to his coun try and wishes the fleet would visit Japan. General Bell says the nation is not prepared for war. A crisi is near at Chicago telegraphers’ dispute. in the Crown Prince George, of Servia, w ill visit the United States. A prediction is made that Japan will invade Europe and fight Germany. NEW NORM AL REGENT8. C h an g« in G a m « Law s Not Generally Known by Hunter«. Men Placed on Board Hava N o Affil iation With S la t« Schools. Albany— That net more than 6 per cent of the sportsmen of Oregon know that the open season for deer tiegins this year July 15, is the opinion of a local hunter. The fact that the last legislature changed the deer season lias not become known at all in this part of the state arrd men who always begin deer hunting as soon as the Beasou opens are making no plans to go into the mountains until next month. According to the new law, the open season for buck deer is from July 15 to November 1. It was formerly from August 15 to November 1. The season for fetna.e 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 embodied in house bill 161, which is recorded on page 341 of the 1907 see 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 provision is also contained in the new law. Under the old law many dogs caught chasing deer were shot and killed and the new provision was in serted in order to protect owners of val uable dogs, which would break loose and chase deer without the knowledge of their owners. • Salem— Governor Chamberlain has named the members cf the new board of regents who will have control of all state normal schools. The regents are C. E. Spence, of Cams, Clackamas county, to serve one year; E. Hofer of Salem, two years; E. E. Bragg, of La Granue, three years; W . B. Ayer, of Portland, Four years; Henry J. Maier, of The Dallee, five years; Stephen Jew ell, of Grants Pass, eix years. Not one of these men live in a normal school town, or has any connection with a normal school. It is evident that in making the appointments the governor studiously avoided appointing men who might by past assooiations, geographical location or political interests, be pre judiced for or against any one of the four normals. Not one of the men is interested particularly in either the Unitersity of Oregon, the Agricultural college, or any other state institution. This fact will leave them more free to handle the normal school problem free from other influence. Spence is a farmer, a Democrat and a member of the executive committee of the State Grange. Hofer is editor of the Capital Journal and a Republican. Bragg is county superintendent of Union county and a Democrat. Ayer ie a lumber manufacturer and a Republican. Maier is a merchant and a Democrat. Jewell is county judge of Josephine county and a Democrat. The state board of education, com posed of the governor, secretary of state and superintendent of public instruc tion, are ex-ofticio members of the board of regents. Among educational workers in attend ance at the session of the State Teach ers’ association, it was generally re marked that tiie governor has selected a strong board that will be free to man age the normal schools with a view to the best interests of the state. Ontario— Messrs. Allbright and Eg gleston, of Portland, Christian Co operative representatives, have re turned from Upper W illow creek. They state work is progressing rapidly on the irrigation project, and that work of survey for the laterals is still going on. The huge reservoir in Cow valley will be in readiness to deliver water 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. H A S A N O T H E R T H IN K C O M IN G . Funds fo r Condensing Plant. Water fo r Irrigation Next Year. Seek Location for Library. Albany— Linn county subscribers to Consul Jenkins lias been recalled for Japaneas Admiral Says American M a the fund to erect a big milk condensing plant in Albany met last week and per favoring President Zelaya in Salvador. rines Would Desert. fected temporary organisation with Tokio, July 9.— The Hochi this morn Frank J. M iller as chairman and L. L. The kaiser has offered to buy an air- aip if its Inventor can sail it across ing prints an interview with Admiral Hwan secretary. A committee, consist Germany. Sakamoto, in which the admiral is ing of L M. Curl, N. H. Ellis, C. H. quoted as follows: Stewart, J. R. Wyatt and H . Bryant, The railroads of the country have “ Should hostiliites break out be was named to prepare and file articles adopted a plan of publicity toconciliate tween Japan and America, the result of incorporation. One hundred and the people. would be indecisive, owing to a want twenly-six shares of $500 each have Mrs. H . F. McCormick, daughter of of bases of operations. Even should the been subscribed, 4,621 cows listed to John D. Rockefeller, says her father is Washington government decide on a supply milk, for the first year and twice being persecuted. war, it is doubtful if the Americans that number for the second year. Endeavorers from all parts of the serving in the navy are sufficiently United States are on their way to Seat patriotic to fight. "Am erican naval officers are brilliant tle to attend the conventiono. St. Louis publishers are to sue the government because tbeir publications have been barred from the malls as sec ond class matter. Aa an evidence of the large amount of money sent out of the United Status by Japanese it is shown that those in Portland annually send $120,000 to Japan. The Hague conference is having some lively debates over the Americaan prop ositions. Salmon Reach the Calapooia. Albany— Salmon are rpeorted to have been seen in the mouth of the Cala pooia river, where it enters the W il lamette at this city. I f 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 of all the contrivances which have been placed in the river at Oregon City to M U S T O P E N BIG E L E V A T O R S . enable salmon toa scend, very few "o f the fish have ever been seen as far south Wisconsin Railroad Commission Gives as this city. figures at balls and social gatherings, but they are very deficient in profes sional training and practice. It is too much to expect a burning patriotism in the American naval service in case of war with Japan. I t ia very likely that most of the crews would desert and leave the ships.” Peremptory O rd er. Will Find Klamath Reds Active. Madison, W is., July 9.— The W is Express companies in Nebraska w ill Klamath Falls— The Klamath Indian fight the new state law reducing rates consin Railroad commission issued an order today requiring the Great North reservation is a busy place this sum 26 per cent. Japanese have formally demanded li censes in San Francisco preparatory to suing for damages. Commissioner N eill is making a strenuous effort to keept he telegraph ers strike from spreading. The Jamestown fair has borrowed another $360,000. The ocmpany’s property is given as security. Sedition Is spreading in India and it la predicted that England will soon have another war on her hands. Archbishop GUnnon, of St. Louis, has been appointed to take a census of Amerioan Catholics, estimated at 16,- 000 , 000 . ern and the Eastern Railway companies of Minnesota, and the Chicago, 8t. Paul Minneapolis A Omaha Railroad com pany to open their big grain elevators at Superior to the use of the general public. If the order stands and is not over turned by the courts, it will, it ¡ b be lieved, re-establish the grain business in Superior on the basis of two years ago, when the railroad companies, in order to get around the Wisconsin grain inspection law, leased their ele vators to private parties, thus practi cally closing them to the public use and putting the independent grain dealers out of business. Desire Coolie Labor Admitted. The Union Pacific at the Omaha Washington, July 9.— That the Jap shops has just turned out two all steel anese <j-, erri merit will not consent to box cars and it is probable the change the renewal of the present treaty w ith w ill be adopted. Telegraph operatocrs are to vote on a general strike. the United States if this government reserves the right to insert a clause in the compact excluding Japanese coolie labor from continental United States Is Indicated hy semi-official advices pur porting to give the views of Foreign Minister Ilayarhi, which were received hete today hy Ototaki Yamoaka, the personal representative of Count Oku- nia, leader of the Progressive party, now in power. It is reported that the Moqui Indians In Utah are on the warpath. Schmltx Aska fo r H it Pay. Judge Charles Swayne, of the North ern district of Florida, is dead. The judge was brought into prominence a short lime ago by an attempt to im peach him. A row betweed Tillman and Dolliver has led to talk of a duel. Sen Francisco, July 9. —‘ Mayor Philadelphia has forbidden games at Schmltx yesterday sent a formal de school in which there is kiseing. mand upon Auditor Norton for his full Odessa is again the scene of rioting salary and for the $300 contingent in which many Jews are being killed. fund allowed the mayor’s office, for Ju ly. The letter contained a warning A tornado in Eastern Wisconsin against payirg these or any other sums struck several towns and killed two upon the order of James L. Gallagher. The auditor was notified that he would people. be held personally responsible. Audit The Hague conference is receiving or Norton has decided that his only safe many propositions to mitigate the hor course is to refuse to pay demands un rors of war. less they beer the signatures of both Alliany— Albany’s public library will be started as soon as a suitable build ing ran be found. Arrangements are complete for instituting it and as soon as temporary quarters are rented the library w ill be opened. Nine directors have been elected and their election has 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. M iller, Mrs. J. K. Weatherford, H. H . Hewitt, Fred P. Nutting, Mrs. H. F. Merrill, Mrs. 8. E. Young, M. H. Ellis and Miss Lucy Gard. mer, and Secretary 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 The chief improvements being made are the constructing of a sewerage system and an electric light and water system. N aw Clerk In Land Office. Burns— There is rejoicing among the patrons of the United States land office iiere over the assurance just received from the department at Washington that a clerk is to be added to the work ing foiee with the opening of the office. The work of the atfice has been Istdly congested and this w ill relieve the strain and permit the completion of important transactions which have been awaiting action for some time. Diversified Farming Possibilities Fieewater— H. Miller, of the State Line, about four miles from Freewater, gives a splendid illustration of intensi fied farming. Mr. M iller farms about 40 acres, of which five acres are in fruit, 16 acres are in alfalfa and ten acres in potatoes. Five acres of the potatoes are of the Early Fortune vane- ty. The early potatoes are ready for the market, and a Seattle company has written Mr. M iller to contract for the whole output at $4 per hundred, or $80 per ton. A commission firm in W alla Walla is also after the consignment. S . P. Behind Spencer P o w e r Plant. Klamath Falls— The positive an nouncement has at last been made that the work being done at Spencer’s on Klamath river ia the begiL».:ng f a large power plant which the Southern Pacific company will complete in the couree of a few years. The operations of the workmen engaged on the plant have been rather mysterious and em ployes who have woiked there for six months or more did not know what they were woiking at or for whom. PO RTLAND M ARKET8. Wheat— Club, 86c; bluestem, 88 0 89c; valley, 86c; red, 84c. Oats— No. 1 white, $27.50 0 28; gray, nominal. Barley— Feed, $21.50022 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $23.500 24.50. Corn— Whole, $28; cracked, $29 per ton. Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $170 Buy Land for Waaton Brick. Weston — The proprietors of the 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, Westn brickyard have purchased of $21023; clover, $9; cheat, $9010; James D. Gish his addition to Weston, grain hay, $9010; alfalfa, $13014. Fruits— Cherries, 8010c per pound; consisting of nearly 10 acres in the low er part of the city. Before making the apples, 76c0$l per box; storage Spitz- purchase the brickyard people quietly eubergs, $3 60 per box; gooseberries, demonstrated that the soil was well 7c per pound; cantaloupes, $3.5003.76 adapted to the making of a superior per crate; apricot«, 75c0$2 per crate; quality of brick. The price paid was peaches, $1.2601.50 per box; plums, $1.85 per box; blackberries, $1.250 $ 2 , 000 . 1.60 per crate; loganberries, $1.26 per crate; raspberries. $101 60 per crate; Ontario Wants N aw Land District. prunes, $1.5001.76 per crate. Ontario— A petition is being circulat | Vegetables— Turnips, $2 per sack; ed in Ontario and numerously signed carrots, $2.50 per sack; beets, $2.60 asking the government tc create a new per aack; asparagus, 10c per pound; land district for this section and the beans 7010c per pound; cabbage, appointment of a register and receiver, 2 % c pet pound; corn, 35060c per doi- the office to be located at Ontario or en; encumbers, $1 per box; lettuce, Vale. At present parties having land head, 26c per dozen; onions. 16020c office business to tiansact have to go to per dozen; peas, 406c per pound; rad Burns, a distance of 160 miles. ishes, 20c per doaen; rhubarb, 3)$c per pound; tomatoes, $1.50 per crate. Clackamas Land Boom irg. Potatoes— Old Oregon Burbanks, $3 Oregon City— The large Increased fees @ 3 . 2 6 per sack; new, 3c per pound, of the recorder's office in Clackamas Butter— Fancy creamery, creamery 22>v025c county ia a good indication of the per pound. healthy growth in the real estate busi Poultiy— Average old hens, 11012c Negotiations are In piogreas to settle Schmiti and Gallagher. the dispute between United State«, Co lombia and Panama. Plan to Find 8outh Pole. London, July 9.— To continue the ex Gtover Cleveland, who has been 111 10c; tor three weeks, is iroproveud suffi- ploratory work of the discovery expedi ness. The fees of County Recorder per pound, mixed chickens, tion in the Antarctic, a party has been Ramsby for June were $421.01, against spring chickens 13014c; old roosters, cientiy to be around the house. organised hy Lieutenant Bhaekleton, $269 36 for the same month during the 9c; dressed chicken», 16017c; turkeys, Bandit Raisuli has captured General who was a member of Captain Scott’e previous year. live, 11012c; turkeys dressed, choice, MacLean, commander of the body crew, and will shortly start for the Far nominal; geese, live, 7010c; young guard of the sultan of Morocco. Month. Lieutenant Shack let on has se Murphy Fstate Valued at 8 7 0 ,0 0 0 ducks, 13014c; old dnrka, 10c. cured an Ideal veseel for his purpose. Salem— The w ill of the late Judge J. Eggs— dandled, 24025c per doaen. The Miners' Federation has voted to She is the Rndurance and spent many J. Murphy, has teen protested here. It Veal— Dressed, 5 V y 0 7 4 r per pound. eontlnne Moyer and Haywood in office seasons in the North Atlantic In search leaves an estate estimated at $70,000 B eef— Dr eased bulla, Sty 0 4 c per and given abcut $46,000 to aid in their of seal«. She ia now being refitted tor to be equally divided between the wid pound; cows, 6 0 6 tyc; conntry steers, defense. the two yesra’ voyage. ow, F.lliabeth C. Murphy, and the aon. 6t$07c. Cheater R. Runyon, cashier of the Cheater G. Murphy, the latter being Mutton— Dreaaed, fancy, 6c per lb; W indsor Trust company, of New York, Lebeeton May Succeed Schmitz named aa executor without bonds. ordinary, 6 0 7 c ; spring lambs, 9 0 9 (ye has disappeared with $96,317 of the per pound. San Francisco, Tuty 9.— District A t company's money, leaving no trace of torney Langdon, it ia aaid, has derided Fruit Box Factory fo r Waaton. Pork— Dreaaed, 608t$e per pound. bis whereabouts. Hope— 6 0 6e per pound, according to to advocate the selection of W . J. Le- Wee ton— C. W . Avery, manager of Harriman lias ordered full publicity breton to succeed Eugene E. Schmiti aa the Bine Mountain sawmill, haa gone | qnallty. W # l — Eastern Oregon average best, soon aa the latter is sentenced by Judge to Portland to purchase machinery lor oI all rail read accidents on his line«. Dunn. Mr. Lebreton la a hanker and the equipment of a box factory to be 16022c per pound, according to shrink T h « Miners’ Federation convention philanthropist. He has been active in run In connection with hia m ill. The age; valley, 20022c acccading to flna- at Denver has adpoted a Socialist plat- previous non-partisan political move demand at present ia far in excess of ments. I tha aupply with present facilities. n*M ohair— Choice, 20030c par pound. OPEN DOOR IN CHINA Japanese Consul is Also Inveatigatirg Refusal o f Llcens- S. '— San Franclaco, July 3.— In response Chicago, July 6.— The annual slaugh to an Inquiry, the Japanese consul to ter has been done in the name, or day informed the Associated Press that rather under the guise, of “ patriot no decision has yet been reached as to ism.” W ith 68 known victims, and whether soft shall be brought in the hundreds of others groaning out their courts to recover In behalf of Japanese lives in hospitals, it is certain that the residents o f San Francisco who suffered list of victims to the “ Glorious Fourth” loss in the wrecking May 23 of a Jap w ill exceed 168, the total 'ast year. In anese restaurant and bathhouse on Fol 1906. with all the precautions that som street by a mob. The matter was coul- be taken by authorities, the total described as being at the present time injured reached nearly 6,000 and the total this year when all the returns are Navy Department Officials Still Try to in statu quo. It was said by a representative of the in, will be quite as large, more likely Minimiz« th« Importane« of consul general that the consulate is not larger, for the foolkiller lias been sadly awaiting instructions from Tokio. th« Demonstration. remiss in his duty. Inventors have It was further said that the consulate brought forth new engines of deet ruc was investigating the complaint of tion. Japan Has Blocked It aid Broke Many Promises. DE E R 8 E A S O N O P E N S J U L Y 16 Oyster Bay, N. Y ., July 9.— The sig nificance of Bear Admiral Brownson’s addition to the somewhat meager in formation which has come from Presi dent Roosevelt regarding the contem plated two-ocean maneuvers of the A t lantic battleship fleet is regarded here as having been overlooked in the com ment, expert and otherwise, which has since been indulged in on both conti nents. Admiral Brownson came to Oyster Bay Friday to take lunch with the president, professing entire ignorance of the maneuver plans. When he left Sagamore H ill to take the train for Washington, fhe admiral had one thought which he wished emphaeixed— that it was desirable and important to demonstrate to the world how quickly the American navy could transfer its fighting strength from one ocean to the other. This was distinctly an addition to the president’s previous statement ¡Bsued through Secretary Loeb, wherein the object of the maneuvers was said to be an exercise movement for the benefit of the navy, to perfect its training in fleet exercise on an extended scale, the purpose and effect of the plan being for the benefit of the navy alone. In everything that has come from the president regarding the movement, it has been indicated that the fleet, wher ever it may go, is to be brought beck to the Atlantic, and that the return is to be as great a demonstration of speed as the outward journey. H O L D S O F F D A M A G E S U IT S . BATTLESHIPS COMING TO PACIFIC 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 frem fright. Of the five instant deatlis in this city, four were from fright. This fis a splendid tribute to the manufacturers of explo sives and the blithering Idiots who use them to cause suffering. In New York three persons were 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 works was $304,000. This was greatly reduced by heavy rains, which were general over the Middle West the night before the Fourth. S U E S A N F R A N C IS C O . Injured Japanese Claim Dam ages from Bay City. 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 phaee was put on the matter when it became known that the move, calculat ed as it is to impress Japan that she is not dealing with a power like Russia, hinges on something deeper than the resentment of Japan at the treatment tier citizens have received that San Francisco. The real issue, it is 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 waB pretty well blocked up with obstacles placed by Japan, much to the discomfiture of American and British merchants. America was given assurances that the door would remain open and, though the preeident is at Oyster Bay and other officials of the government are out of the city, it is reported here that the United States intends, if it should become necessary, to be prepar ed to insist that the Japanese govern ment put no reetrictions in the way of trade with the continent cf Asia. W h ile it has been constantly declar ed by the Navy department that no menace to Japan ie intended by the diBpatch of the fleet, and Ambassador Aoki, of that country, has asserted that Japan will not construe the presence of the fleet in the Pacific as such, it is understood here that the arrival of the battleship squadron in the Pacific marks the initial step towards the maintenance of a permanent fighting fleet in the Pacific 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 gide of the continent unless there is a vast change in the aspect of international politics. 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 beeD sustained by the proprietors of the Horseshoe res taurant and a Japanese bath house at Eighth and Folsom street« 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 stones and clube. 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 hia claim to the plaintiff. The papers were filed by Carl E. Lindsay, 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 Earl H . Webb, of counsel for the proscution. Japanese Acting Counsel Matsubaio ie also taking an active interest in the case, which is the first legal action re B E LIE V E 8 C H M IT Z B AR R E D . sulting from the declaration of the United States government that, by due legal process, reparation should be Prosecutors Say N a n }« Cannot Legal made for whatever damage the Japan ly G o on Ballot. ese may have sustained. San Francisco, July 6.— Announce ment by Eugene E. Schmitz that he BIG L E V E E L E T S F L O O D G O . would he a candidate for re-election to the mayoralty this fall to a fourth term One Million D ollar« Dam age to Farm unless his appeal for a new trial is in the meantime denied by the Appellate Lands in California. and Supreme courts, has raised the Bakersfield, Cal., July 5.— The Buena question whether he can legally go Vista lake levee has broken, flooding upon the ballot. An examination into 30,000 acres of land belonging to M il the law on this point was made today ler & Lux and the Tevis Land company, by Assistant District Attorney Robert and causing $1,000,000 damage. The Harrison, and the tentative conclusion Sunset railway has been put out of was that the mayor is barrgd. commission and the oil fields are cut off Schmitz maintains that he is not con from communication with this city. victed until his conviction by the jury The levee held hack the waters of in Judge Dunne’s court is finally passed Buena Vista lake, covering 19 square npon and sustained by the Supreme miles, and protected a body of re court of the state. claimed land extending for a distance of 15 miles, including the old bed of Coal Will Be Scarcer. Kern lake, the property of the Kern County Land company and M iller & Rock Springs, Wyo., July 6.— As a Lux. This land was covered with crops result of the suits filed by the govern of growing grain ready for the harvests ment against the Union Pacific Coal company, forcing that company to and with alfalfa. Of the flooded land, about 22.000 abandon coal property alleged to have acres belonging to the Kern County been illegally secured from the govern Land company and 8,000 to M iller A ment, three of the big coal mines situ- Lux. The territory is divided into ated on I he disputed property have four big ranches, and the work of re been closed down. The mines belong clamation has been in progress for to the Superior Coal company, which nearly 20 years. is owned by the Union Pacific. The The levee was built in 1886-7 jointly effect w ill be a further shortage of coal by the two corporations at a cost of in the West. $250,000. _ T h ro w s S o p to Peasants. St. Petersburg, Inly 6.— The govern ment is showing feverish 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 showing before the convocation of the new parliament. Four of the participants in a pawnshop robbery here June 12 have been tried by court martial and condemned to be hanged. Eight bandits at Riga have been sentenced to death. Strike In Another City. San Francisco, July 6.— President 8. J. Small confirmed the report that he had ordered out the operators in an other city. “ I have ordered the union operators in at least one more city cn (trike,” said he. “ I will not divulge the name of that city, hut the tele graphers will be ont in less than a week. W hen the whistle sounds in the office designated, the keymen w ill leave their places. Until then or until I choose to make the place known neither the telegraph companies nor the public will know.” Pouring Into British Columbia. Victoria, B. C., July 5.— It is ex pected over 3,000 Japanese will arrive in British Columbia during this month from Japan and Honolulu, and as many if not more are expected in August. The steamer Kumeric w ill bring the first large contingent of 2,000 Japanese from Honolulu, to be followed by other steamers. The numbers brought across the Pacific are constantly increasing. Five steamers due dnring the next two weeks have over 600 on board. Straus P robe« Immigration. Montreal. July 6.— Oscar 8. Straws, secretary of commerce and labor, left here tonight tor Hanolnln, via Toronto and W innipeg. Mr. Straus Is studying conditions at the ports where immigra tion into tha United States ia the baav- Finns Arming to Fight Russia. St. Petersburg, July 6.— The Novoe Vremya declares it has learned from an official English source that the re cent seizure o f arms and ammunition totaled 90,000 rifles and also several million roubles' worth of ammunition. A ll this war material came from Ger many and was reshipped via Newcastle. The size of the ahipment, the paper says, is taken to indicate that the pur chasers are Finns, as none of the Rus sian revolutionary bodies is sufficiently wealthy to buy so much arms and am munition. Fiji Islands Devastated. Victoria, B. C ., July 6.— News of a disastrous hurricane in a portion o f the Fiji group, resulting in the com plete devastation of Futuna island, causing great property loss, but no loss of life, was brought by the steamer Means, Captain Davidson, which ar rived from the scene of the bnrricane. The island, which towered high with beentifnl vegetation, now ia a great bnmt-np brown lump of earth. Tne island is a scene of desolation, strewn completely with debris, and that no lives were loet is considered remarkable. Flecking O ver B order. Mexico City, July 6.— Two hundred and seventy five Japaneee landed at Santa Crux yesterday. The Japanese are headed for the coal mines in the district of Las Esperanza. Joaeph Z. Strand, a Chinese immigration inspec tor stationed at E l Paso, who arrived in this city today, stated that the Jap aneee are flocking to the border in great numbers and baying tickets from Jnares through to Canada, In order to enter the United States. N o Idea o f Boycotting. London, Jnly 6. — “ The leading chambers of commerce assure me,” 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 suicidal, in view of the existing trade rendition«." local Japanese that I heir race is being discriminated against by the board of police commissioners in refusing to grant them liquor licenses, intelligence office licenses and licenses fur similar municipal privileges. The reply of the board is that it is acting under an ordinance which forbids the issuance of liquor licenses to any save citizens of this country and persons who have declared their intention of becoming citizens, and in accordance with the rules of the board that the other licens es named shall not be granted to for eigners until American residents have more fully recovered from the business shock of last year’s earthquake. The consulate looks with suspicion on this defense, but wishes to be un derstood as desirous of investigating further before making any definite re commendation to the Tokio govern ment. E A C H S H O U T S O F V IC T O R Y . Conflicting Claim « in Strike o f Tele graph O perators. San Francisco, Jnly 3.— “ The strike is over,” said Superintendent Storror, of the Postal Telegraph company. “ The strike is over,” said Mr. O’Brien, of the Western Union office, in the ferry building. “ The strike has just begun,” said President Small, of the Commercial Telegraphers’ union. These three laconic statements ade quately describe the attitude of the op posing parties and give a hint as to tbeir future action. Although the officials of both companies here in San Fraacisco are but subordinates and could not of their own volition take any steps towards a settlement, it is not thought likely that any such Bteps w ill be taken while the local officials report that they are handling the busi ness without unreasonable delay. The operators on the other hand, state that they w ill carry on the fight, even though the companies find a man for every key, and they declare they are prepared to stay out six months if nec essary. Their leaders, however, say that they expect to win in much less time, and Mr. Small yesterday prophe sied that the “ lightning would strike soon in an unexpected place,” but did not explain his remark. R O C K E F E L L E R T O T E S T IF Y . Oil King Surrenders to O rd ers o f Federal Court. Cleveland, O., July 3.— John D. Rockefeller has decided to give himself np and testify before Judge Landis in the Federal court in Chicago. It was learned tonight upon trustworthy in formation that the oil king had reached an understanding a ith the government, officers through his counsel and that he hereafter w ill not be moleslod by Unit ed States marshals. According to the present program, Mr. Rockefeller w ill arrive in Cleveland on the Fourth to spend the summer at his summer home, Forest H ill. No government officers w ill meet him to serve summons for his appearance in the Chicago court. Instead, service w ill be obtained upon the oil king’s counsel, who have promised to have Mr. Rockefeller testify in the Standard Oil cases before Judge Landis in the United States court in Chicago July 6, or whenever his testimony is desired. It further was learned that the gov ernment has sent Fnbpenas for Mr. Rockefeller to United States marshals in districts where they thought he might be or might visit. Both Must S hare Lota. San Francisco, July 3.— Another one of the important legal points developed by the late earthquake was settled to day. when Judge Seawell decided that contractors and property owners were put upon a level by the act of God and neither coaid recover from the other in cases of misfortunes resulting from the quaking earth crust. The court held that both parties must stand equally whatever less results to buildings under construction— the property owner that portion already erected and the con tractor the coat of material used. Pierce Will Face Trial. St. Louis. Jnly 3.— M. Clay Pierce, chairman of the board of directors of the Watere-Pierce company, arrived in SL Louis today, and in response to a question if he is on his way to Texas to surrender to the authorities in answer to an indictment at Austin, in which he is charged with perjury, it was an nounced that he w ill return to New York tomorrow night. His son, Clay A . Pierce, is authority tor the statement that Mr. Pierce will face trial in Texaa before hie fight against extradiction reaches the United States court. Reno O perator« on Strike. Reno. Nev., July 3.— As a result of action of Superintendent A . N . May in dismissing two operators in the Reno Western Union office, fonr other oper ators have quit work, and Manager Brown states that he will not be sur prised if a general walkout results from the dissstisfaction felt among the em ployee on account of the strike in Son Francisco. One result of the shortage of men ia that business with the Salt Lake office is six hours behind. Trust in Um brella Fram es. Philadelphia, July 3.— An indict ment waa returned by the United State« grand jury hare today against the so- called umbrella frame trust. The in dictment contain« three counts and chargee the National Um brella Frame company of this city, the Newark Rivet W orks and the Newark Tube A Metal Works with a conspiracy to form a combination in restraint of trade