Washington County News
New York Legislature Will Remove
Supreme Justice Hooker.
iM iw d B a c h W e ek
F O R E S T G R O V E ............. OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form tor Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
|A ., explosion in a Jap an ese arsenal
resulted in th e k illin g or w ounding of
100 persons.
H yde and A lexander have both re
signed from office in th e K quitable Life
A ssurance society.
M any Chicago strik in g team sters are
endeavoring to m ake term s w ith th e ir
em ployers for rein sta te m e n t.
I t has been decided th a t th e R ussian
governm ent m ust pay for th e B ritish
steam er S t. K ild a, w hich was sunk.
F . H . H arroden, of P o rtlan d , has
he in appi i ited N orthw est purchasing
agent for th e P anam a C anal C om m is
sion.
A m erican sh ip y ard s have been a s
sured th a t they w ill get th e ir share of
co ntracts for reb u ild in g th e R ussian
navy.
T he R ussian war p arty s till opposes
peace and I.in iev itch pleads for an o th er
b a ttle , saying he has victory in his
grasp.
T he presid en t has removed C larence
M elzer, deputy collector }f in tern al
revenue a t P h ilad elp h ia, for com plicity
in election frauds.
In th e recent naval b a ttle A dm iral
Togo narrow ly escaped d eath , a shell
strik in g on th e bridge beside him , and
a sp lin te r tearin g away a p a rt of his
trousers leg.
T he peace conference- w ill m eet in
A ugust.
Pope P ius has advised C atholics to
go in to politics.
France und G erm any have agreed
to a conference on Morocco.
Police stopped th e p resid e n t’s chaffeur
for exceeding th e speed lim it.
Cossacks have killed m any wounded
Jap an ese in Red Cross hospitals.
P ittsb u rg steel w orkers th re a te n to
strik e .
F iv e th o u san d men are in
volved.
T he Japanese are forcing th e R us
sians! outposts to re tre a t by Hanking
m ovem ents.
T he p resid en t is h asten in g peace ne
gotiations to prevent an o th e r big b attle
if possibble.
L ightning struck a ta n k a t Lim a,
Ohio, co n tain in g 311,000,000 barrels of
oil. T he loss is placed a t $200,000.
The p ostm aster general an d M inister
O baldia, of P anam a, have signed a
postal tre a ty between th e two countries.
T he C hinese governm ent has deco
rated Jo h n B arrett, m in iste r to Colom
b ia, for his services w ith th e C hinese
e x h ib it a t th e St. Louis fair
It is estim ated th a t th e influx of im
m igrants has reduced to th e verge of
d e stitu tio n 100,000 Knglish speaking
fam ilies on th e New York F ast Bide.
R ioting by Chicago team sters has
again caused trouble.
Railway officials say th e y can run
tra in s from New York to Chicago in 14
hours.
Russia has tried to change th e peace
conference to T he H ague, b u t Jap an
would not consent.
G erm any and France have both ex
plained th e ir positions to Roosevelt
and seek h is su p p o rt.
Mayor D unne, of Chicago, w ill ask
th e city council to construct 100 m iles
of stre e t raliw ay lines to lie operated by
th e city
T h e Jap an ese have successfully float
ed two R ussian b a ttlesh ip s sunk at
P o rt A rth u r and work is alm ost com
p lete to save a th ird .
Dowie has practically com pleted a r
rangem ents for th e purchase **f 1,000,-
OtlO acres of land in Mexico, and a
tro p ical Zion C ity is to be established.
I t would now seem th a t a p rin ce of
th e house of lternadotte w HI be selected
to ru le N orway, King Oscar n o t being
opposed to such an arran g em en t.
F n g lan d has ju s t added tw o new bat-
tlesh isp to her navy.
G eneral M aximo Gome*, th e idol of
th e Cuban populace, and th e one man
above all o th ers to whom th e little
island republic owes its existence, is
dead. He was 74 years old.
T he
Franco-G erm an d isp u te
M o ro cco nears a crisis.
J U D G E F A C E S D IS G R A C E .
about
G eneral M aximo Gome* is very low
a n d may die a t any tim e.
Norway is lik ely to become a rep u b
lic, as no one d esirable for a king is
w illin g to accept.
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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST I
New Y ork, Ju n e 20. — For th e first
tim e in its h istory, th e leg islatu re of
New Y ork w ill m eet in special session
S C H O O L LA N D FR A U D .
th is sum m er for th e purpose of form
ally expelling a ju stice of th e Suprem e State Will Hold Back Titles to Large
Tracts in Oregon.
co u rt.
T he last tim e th a t th is power of th e
Salem — J o h n De L a ittre , a M inneap
leg islatu re was invoked was d n rin g th e olis banker, appeared before th e state
exposures follow ing T w eed’s dow nfall, land board last week to show him self
and m em bers of h is fam ily to lie the
when th re e Bupiem e c o u rt justices who innocent p urchasers of 20,000 acres of
had worked h an d in hand w ith th e old sta te land sold to various persons in
T am m any boss, were strip p ed of th e ir 1900 th ro u g h th e m edium ship of H . H .
ju d ic ia l e rm in e .
B ut th a t was a t a T u rn e r and A. T . K e llih e r. T he board
was n o t e n tire ly satisfied with* the
reg u lar session.
show ing m ade and gave him u n til Ju ly
T he m ach in ery of th e law is now be 25 to su b m it fu rth e r evidence. A t th a t
ing invoked by a R epublican governor tim e th e board w ill probably m ake
to enable a leg islatu re overw helm ingly known its policy regarding th e issuance
R epublican in both branches to re tire a of deeds to holders of state land certi
ficates w hich have been fraudulently
R epublican judge.
o b tain ed .
T h e person who w ill be rem oved is
A t th e m eeting of th e board an order
W arren B. H ooker, long a congress was also m ade w hich w ill resu lt in a
man and longer still an influ en tial Re te st m andam us s u it being b ro u g h t to
publican p o litician in th e u p p er section d e te rm in e w h eth er an innocent p u rch
aser of a land sale certificate is en titled
of th e sta te .
T here is not a d o u b t in to a deed, even though th e certificate
th e world but th a t he w ill be p u t o u t, was fra u d u len tly o btained. T h is order
and every big R epublican in th e sta te | was m ade a t th e request of W . H .
has begged and im plored h im to resign, H olm es, who cam e before th e board as
but he is stu b b o rn .
th e a tto rn ey for th e unnam ed clien t.
New York sta te rew ards its ju d icial He presented tw o certificates of sale, is
officers m ore lib erally th a n any o th er sued upon ap p licatio n s bearing th e
section of th e U nion.
In New York nam es of H . A . W ild and I . U . G irard,
city a ju stice of th e Suprem e c o u rt re and sworn to before H . H . T u rn e r, the
ceives $17,500 a year for 14 years, w ith n o tary p u b lic, w ho is supposed to be
a co u rt day lasting from 11 to 1, and u n d er in d ictm en t for his connection
2 to 3:30 or 4, together w ith n early w ith sta te land tran sactio n s. T he two
four m o n th s’ vacation in Bummer. And certificates are from a large num ber
th e U nited Btates Suprem e co u rt, th e w hich M r. H olm es said are hy p o th ecat
highest ju d ic ia l trib u n a l in th e land, ed in a Chicago b an k .
only pays $10,000. H ooker is an “ u p
sta te ju d g e ,” b u t was tran sferred here
by th e governor soon a fte r he ascended K R E B S M E E T S W I T H S U C C E S S .
th e bench, and, in consequence, is paid
as hig h ly as th e men who were elected H op R a ise rs a re Signing 'j p fo r Big
by th e city voters.
Pool fo r lOOo.
T he charges against H ooker are
S alem — P resid en t K rebs, of th e O re
m any, and are involved in th e case gon H op h o lders’ association, has re
against M achan, th e celebrated, or tu rn e d from S t. P au l, in th e n o rth end
ra th e r, notorious, postal official.
of th is co u nty, w here a m eeting of
H ooker’s young nephew
w anted grow ers was h eld . M r. K rebs says th a t
money to go th ro u g h college. H ooker ab o u t 45 grow ers were present and th a t
had him appo in ted a clerk in a post- all signed agreem ents to tran sfer th eir
office. H e never did any work, b u t he 1905 crop of hops to a corporation of
drew th e salary .
grow ers to be form ed a t Salem a t some
A m an in th e d is tric t owed M rs. fu tu re d a te . C om m ittees were ap p o in t
Hooker, w ile of th e judge, $2,500. He ed to secure s im ila r agreem ents from
was p ro m p tly appointed a le tte r c a r those grow ers in th e S t. P a u l d istrict
rie r, and each m onth tu rn e d over h is w ho were not p resen t.
check to M rs. H ooker. T h is m an ad
M r. K rebs says th a t th e m ovem ent
m itted on th e stan d th a t h e never did for th e organization of a grow ers’ cor
any work for th e governm ent and never po ratio n is m eeting w ith m uch greater
expected to.
He sim ply adopted an success th a n he an tic ip a te d .
In the
easy way, suggested to h im , to pay off Independence d is tric t, all b u t three
a b ill.
grow ers have signed agreem ents to
A b u ild in g owned by th e judge was tra n sfe r th e ir hopB to th e corporation.
leased by th e governm ent for a post- T he en th u siasm w ith w hich th e grow
office a t w hat was ad m itte d ly an ex ers are tak in g up th e project convinces
o rb ita n t re n ta l.
D espite th is th e M r. K rebs th a t 95 per cent of th e 1905
am o u n t was tw ice raised a t in terv als crop w ill tie in th e hands of th e corpor
of a few m onths.
a tio n .
T h e plan is to have th e affairs of the
S P Y O U T T R A D E C O N D I T I O N S . corporation m anaged by a board of d i
rectors composed of growers elected
Government Sends Out Five Special from th e various d istric ts by th e grow
ers them selves.
Agents to Foreign Countries.
W ashington, Ju n e 20. — The d e p a rt
Y ear o f G ro w th at ’V arsity.
m ent of Com m erce and Labor h as com
U n iv ersity of Oregon, Eugene— The
pleted p rep aratio n s for sending five class th a t was g raduated th is year is
spec*»! «gents abroad to investigate not th e largest class ever graduated by
trad e conditions, w ith th e object of th e U n iv ersity of Oregon, there lieing
31 m em bers only, b u t th e increase in
prom oting th e foreign comm erce of th e
atten d an ce an d th e general character ot
U nited B tates. T h e five agents selected work done is such as caused every
are:
Professor L ncoln H utch in so n , a lu m n i to approve of the regim e of
U niversity of C alifo rn ia; C harles M. P re sid e n t P . L. C am pbell. One of th e
P ep p er; H a rry R. B u rrill; R aym ond F. g reatest changes m ade in th e u niversi
C rist and Dr. Edw ard Bedloe.
ty d u rin g th e past year was th e adop
As th e a p p ro p riatio n is only $30,- tio n of th e p a rtia lly free elective sys
000, it was decided to lim it th e several tem . T h a t change was made as a re
fields of in vestigation in order th a t th e s u lt of th e firm grow th of state high
best resu lts may be obtained for pre schools, th u s m aking it possible for the
sentation to congress early in th e ap u n iv ersity not only to abolish th e pre
proaching session.
M essrs. B urrill parato ry d ep artm en t, b u t also to place
and C rist w ill go to th e O rien t.
P ro th e stu d e n t upon h is own responsibility
fessor H utch in so n w ill go to South in choosing a course of study.
A m erica, an d h as already entered upon
his work. H e w ill v isit a ll th e (torts
One Bar Made Easier.
of th e A tlan tic and Pacific coastB of
In d ependence — T he governm ent
th a t c o n tin en t.
dredger in th e riv er below here has
M r. P epper w ill go to C anada, and
co m p let« ! its work on th e bar and will
subsequently to Mexico, extending his
go on down th e riv e r to sm aller ob
investigations to th e C entral A m erican
stru ctio n s. T he work is expected to
c o u n tries.
D r. Bedloe w ill be sen t to
be com pleted by J u ly 1. No work will
th e W est In d ies, Venexuela, B ritish ,
be done above th is p o in t th is year. A
D utch and F rench G u ian a. I t is ex
ch an n el 35 feet w ide a t th e bottom and
pected th a t th e in vestigation w ill Ire
45 a t th e top is being c u t.
T his w ill
com pleted in th e field by th e close of
give four feet of w a 'e r du rin g low w ater
th e presen t y ear, and th a t all of th e
and w ill enable th e boats to m ake th e
agents w ill have th e ir final reports
ru n lietween Salem and th is place
ready for congress in Ja n u a ry .
th ro u g h o u t th e sum m er, w hich has not
been possible heretofore.
Millions From Alaska.
S eattle, Ju n e 20. — According to a
Silverton Sawmill Sold.
cablegram received by Jam se D. lieg e,
8 ilv erto n — T he K ing saw m ill, to
$2,000,000 in gold is stored in his Bank g eth er w ith 700 acres of tim lier land,
of Nome a w aitin g sh ip m e n t on th e has been sold to W illiam J . Sw inson,
fleet th a t w ill soon sta rt track for th is of M innesota, for a cash consideration
p o rt.
A nother $1,000,000 is held by of $11,500.
The 700 acres of land is
o th e r hanks. T he H candinavian-A m eri- said to lie one of th e best bodies of
can bank has been notified th a t $1,- tim lier in th is v icin ity , averaging
000,000 in gold is on its way to th a t a b o u t 1,500,000 of first grade fir to
in s titu tio n . T he U nion T ru st A Sav each 40 acres. M r. Swinson is an ex
ings bank has $500,000 to com e. The perienced m illm an and w ill continue
W ild Goose m in in g com pany, of Ban to operate th e m ill a fte r m aking some
Francisco, has a large am o u n t, besides im provem ents.
m uch for local in s titu tio n s.
Swedish Prince for the Throne.
Stockholm , Ju n e 20. — I t is openly
assert« ! th a t th e plan to have a Swed
ish prince ascend th e th ro n e of Norway
has been perfected, an d th a t it w ill lie
b ro u g h t before th e R iksdag soon. K ing
Oscar, according to thoee who are cog
n isa n t of th e p la n , w ill p rotest at first,
b u t w ill finally re lu c ta n tly consent. It
is positive th a t one of th e conditions
to be expected w ill be th a t th e N or
wegian fortifications on th e Swedish
fro n tier be d ism an tled .
G overnor B rady, of A laska, w ants to
a tte n d th e Lewis and C lark fair, b u t
S ecretary H itchcock has ordered him
to rem ain a t hie post for th e present,
as he may be needed.
T h e F ederal grand ju ry a t Chicago
has tu rn e d in a nu m b er of ind ictm en ts
ag a in st beef tru s t offlicals, b u t p a rtic u
Fatal Explosion in Colliery.
lars w ill not be given o u t u n til th e
F k aterin o slav , S outhern R ussia. Ju n e
ju ry ha* finished its w ork.
20.— Five h u n d red persons were killed
P resid en t Roosevelt is striv in g to in th e explosion w hich occurred a t th e
p re v e n t a n o th e r big b a ttle in M anchu Ivan colliery at K h artsisk , belonging
to th e R ussian lio n ets com pany.
ria lie fore peace is concluded.
T R A IN S C O L L I D E .
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POR TLAN D M ARKETS.
W h eat— C lub, 82<«t83c per b u sh e l;
blu estem , 88<jjtS9c; valley, 85c.
Oats— No. 1 w hite, feed, $30 per te n ;
gray, $30.
H ay— T im othy, $14(318 p er to n ;
clover, $ll< 3 12 ; g rain , $11 <312; cheat,
| 12 .
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 19c per dozen.
Butter — Fancy creamery, 17)^(3
21 l-ac per pound.
Strawberries, $ 1 2 5 (3 1 50 per crate.
Apples— Table, $1.50(32.50 per box.
Potatoes— Oregon, fancy, old, $1.26
$11.35; Oregon, new, $1.60.
Hops — Choice, 1904, 19021c per
pound.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, best, 19023c
per pound; valley, 28027c; mohair,
choice, 31032.!%c.
T I T L E C L A IM E D BY S T A T E
Klamath County Land Good Now Only
for Hay.
Salem —T he state of Oregon has as
serted title to 4,500 acres of land in
th e vicinity of Bwan lake, K lam ath
county, and q uestions the rig h t of about
a dozen se ttlers to acquire th e land
from th e governm ent under th e hom e
stead law s. In o rd er to determ in e the
rights of th e state and th e settlers, the
governm ent has assigned a special agent
a t K lam ath F alls to go w ith S tate Land
A gent Oswald W est an d ascertain th e
ch aracter of th e land.
Though th e s ta te ’s claim is adverse
to th e settlers, th e re is no in ten tio n on
th e p a rt of th e sta te land hoard to oust
th e settlers from th e ir hom es. On the
contrary, th e assertion of th e s ta te ’s
claim w ill be a protection to th e set
tlers, for it w ill rem ove all doubt as to
th e v a lid ity of th e ir title . If th e in
vestigation should re su lt in a decision
th a t th e s ta te ’s claim is good, a ll bona
fide hom estead entrym en w ill be given
an o p p o rtu n ity to buy from th e state at
th e m inim um price of $1 per acre.
T here is room for d isp u te as to th e
ch aracter of th e lan d . I t is low and
for a considerable p a rt of th e y ear is
covered w ith w a te r/ L ate in th e su m
m er th e w ater recedes sufficiently to
p erm it hay harvesting, and th e settlers
save a crop for w in ter feed.
In m any,
and perh ap s all instances, th e settlers
can n o t live on th e land all th e year, for
th e reason th a t it overflows. If it is in
fact sw am p land, th e s e ttle rs . could
never acquire valid title th ro u g h th e ir
hom estead e n trie s , th e experience of
th e W arner valley se ttlers being an il
lu stratio n of th e outcom e of an effort of
th a t k in d . Some of th e settlers realize
th e condition Of th e ir title and are de
sirous th a t th e state press its claim in
order th a t they m ay know w h eth er they
can secure th e land from th e govern
m ent or not. If they cannot, th e soon
er they find it o u t th e less w ill be th e ir
loss. If th ey can, th e d eterm ination of
th a t fact w ill leave th em w ith in d is
p u tab le title s.
In th e case of th e W arner valley
lands th e state sold th e sw am p lands to
men o th er th a n th e settlers, and litig a
tion has th u s far re su lt« ! adversely to
th e settlers. In th is instance th e state
w ill se ttle th e question of title before
selling th e land, and th e n , if it be de
cided th a t th e sta te owns th e land u n
der th e sw am p land g ran t, w ill give
bona fide hom esteaders a chance to
purchase.
H AY H A R V E S T IN L A N E C O U N T Y .
Vetch Has Come Into Popular Favor
and is Raised Generally.
E ugene — F arm ers in th is county are
nearly all in th e m idst of hay harvest,
and for two weeks all energy w ill be
directed tow ards ¡ u ttin g in th e hay for
m arket or for w in ter use. The crop is
th e best th a t has been seen here for
years. A ll kinds of grass has grown
b etter th a n usual and on account of a
shortage a year ago th ere is an in
creased acreage.
T here is an immense" am o u n t of
vetch, w hich has proven to be one of
th e best fodder crops ever introduced
h ere, for th e trip le reason th a t it is
very nourishing, yields a heavy crop
and enriches rath e r th a n im poverishes
th e land. Its use has become general
and nearly every farm er raises m ore or
les» of it.
Less grain w ill be c u t for hay th an
usu al, on account of th e abundance of
th e purely hay crops.
' Continue Normal School.
P endleton — A t a m eeting of the
board of regents of th e E astern Oregon
N ormal school, belli here, it was decid
ed to continne the in s titu tio n , regard
less of state assistance. F unds w ill be
solicited from p riv ate sources, and th e
board announces th a t over half of the
am ount ne«ied has been prom ised. A
com m ittee consisting of P resident R.
E . F rench, G . W. Proebstel and P . A.
W orthington, secretary of th e board,
was ap pointed to secure th e funds nec
essary for th e m aintenance of th e
school.
No Warrants for Supplies.
Salem — All ad vertisem ents for su p
plies for th e state in stitu tio n s w ill
h ereafter contain the provision th a t th e
supplies w ill be paid for w ith certifi
cates of allow ance, for w hich w arrants
w ill be issued w hen an appropriation
becomes available. T his provision w ill
lie inserted so th a t those who furnish
supplies w ill know w hat they are to
get, and cannot afterw ard say th a t they
m ade th e ir bids w ith th e expectation
of m otiving w arrants.
First Crop of Alfalfa Cut.
Pendleton— F. B. H olbrook, m anager
of th e Oregon I .and A W ater com pany,
of Irrig o n , was in the city last week a t
tending th e good roads convention.
Mr. Holbrook says th a t th e first crop
of alfalfa in his vicin ity has been c u t
and stack « !, and th a t th e second crop
is already a foot h ig h . S traw lierries in
th a t section are nearly gone, and black
cap rasplierries a re on th e w ane, having
been rip e for several weeks.
VICTIMS OF HEAT
Eighteen People Killed and Sixteen
Others Badly Injured.
B altim ore, M d., Ju n e 19.— E ighteen
persons are known to have been killed
and a score m ore injured to n ig h t in a
train wrqck on th e W estern M aryland
railroad about a q u arter of a m ile from
Patapsco, a sm all station
between
W estm inster an d Finksburg.
P as
senger tra in No. 5, w estbound, was
ru n n in g a t a very high rate of speed
when a t th e point nam ed it crashed in
to a double header freight ru n n in g east.
All th ree of th e engines were reduced to Dwellers in Cities Flee to Seashore
scrap iron, tw o baggage and express
for 1 heir Lives — Children
ce ' sm ashed and a num ber of th e
.reig h t cars sp lin tered . T he passenger
Among Victims.
coaches sustained little in ju ry and
alm ost w ithout exception th e ir occu
pants ecsaped w ith no th in g worse th an
New Y ork, Ju n e 20.— M any p ro stra
a bad shaking up.
T he fatalities occurred am ong th e tions and four deaths, th e la tte r all of
crews of th e engines and w orkm en em young ch ild ren , accom panied th e re
ployed by th e railroad. Not being reg new al of yesterday’s to rrid tem p era
ular passengers th ey had boarded th e tu re, aggravated by a high degree of
baggage cars and engine. Those in th e h u m id ity in th e early hours of today.
baggage cars were badly m angled and A t 12:30 P. M. th e therm om eter m ark
th e crews of a ll th ree engines were ed 88 degrees w ith every indication of
killed o u trig h t.
a fu rth e r rise, but soon afterw ards re
T he th ree coaches in th e passenger lief cam e in th e shape of a cool breeze
tra in rem ained on th e track and none from th e sea, accom panied by a rap id
of the passengers was seriously h u r tw fall in tem p eratu re and h u m id ity ,
all but a few escaping w ith a bad w hich continued steadily u n til to n ig h t,
shake-u^ an d bruises.
A b soon as when the a ir was alm ost too c h illy for
word of th e accident was received a th e com fort of the thousands who had
special tra in w ith physicians was sent fled to th e seaside resorts to escape th e
out from here and by 9 o’clock th e in heat of th e m orning. N owhere in th e
jured were being conveyed to hospitals. city was the suffering so intense as in
The p atien ts were d istrib u ted between th e E ast Side tenem ent section, w here
C ity h ospital, St. Jo sep h ’s and others little preparation had been made for it.
n ear th e railro ad .
O rdinarily such days do not come u n til
early in J u ly . From h undreds of stuffy
thousands
of c h ild ren
" D O N ’T BE T O O H ARD O N U S .” tenem ents,
swarm ed into th e street, m any of them
h alf clad and others struggling to rid
Plea of Russian Papers to Japan — them selves of such fragm ents of w in ter
Some Suspect America.
garm ents as still clung to th e ir little
St. P etersburg, Ju n e 19.— The press bodies. M others w ith haggard faces
of all shades of opinion is discussing peered o u t of lofty windows and sh rie k
J a p a n ’s probable term s and declares ed in vain for th e ir little ones to come
w ith practical u n an im ity for a co n tin u in. T he police were constantly called
ation of th e w ar ra th e r th an th e accept upon to quell in fan tile riots, and scores
ance of h u m ilia tin g conditions.
In of ch ild ren were reported lost a t n ig h t
th is th e new spapers are u pheld by p u b fall.
lic opinion, w hich is steering around
Eight Deaths in Pittsburg.
to su p p o rt of th e war policy if J a p a n ’s
P ittsb u rg , Ju n e 20.— A t noon today
term s prove too h ard .
Only th e N ashi S hisn advises R ussia .the governm ent threm om eter registered
One
th a t she need not balk a t th e paym ent 89 deg., and was rising steadily.
of an indem nity, th e cession of th e death and several prostrations were re
The m axim um
S akhalin islands, th e renunciation of ported up to noon.
her rig h t to keep w arships in F ar E ast reached by th e governm ent therm om e
ern w aters or th e su rren d er of V lad i ter was 92. T his evening at 8 o’clock
vostok, b u t the paper holds th a t R ussia it was down to 85 w ith prom ise of
m ust retain N orthern M anchuria and show ers and cooler w eather tom orrow .
In th e d istric t including P ittsb u rg , A l
th e V ladivostok railro ad .
T he Bourse G azette draw s a gloomy legheny and M cK eesport th ere were
p ictu re of R ussia’s relations w ith eig h t d eath s and six pro stratio n s rep o rt
France, G reat B ritain , G erm any and ed up to 11 o’clock to n ig h t and no
A u stria.
T he Novoe Y'remya an d th e d o u b t o th ers w ere not reported.
reactionary )3viet sound notes against
Several Prostrated in Washington.
th e U nited S tates. The Novoe V rem ya
reiterates th a t R ussia’s chief enem ies
W ashington, Ju n e 20.— Several p er
in th e F ar E ast are not th e Japanese, sons were pro strated by th e h eat in
b u t th e B ritish and th e A m ericans, on W ashington today. None of the cases
account of th e ir com m ercial riv alry , was serious.
T he tem p eratu re rose
w hile th e Sviet objects to W ashington steadily from 4 A. M. u n til nearly 1 P .
as th e place of m eeting of th e p le n i M ., when a storm th reatened and some
potentiaries, declaring th a t th e atm os relief followed.
T he m axim um te m
phere th ere is u n friendly, and asserting p eratu re recorded by th e W eather b u
th a t R u ssia’s representatives w ill be reau was 93 degrees.
subjected to prejudical influences in
“ th e capitol of th e enem y’s a llv .”
IO WA F A R M S U N D E R W A T E R .
Torrid Weather in East Prostrates
Many People.
TWELVE DEATHS ARE REPORTED
BAD AIR IN T H E S U B W A Y .
S cien tist S ta te s th a t G ases May Ex
plode a s in Mines.
New YTork, Ju n e 19.— Foulness of a ir
in th e subw ay has reached th e satge
when th e fainting of women is of a l
most d aily occurrence and th e indica
tions are th a t as the sum m er advances
conditions w ill grow w orse. N icola
T esla m akes a statem en t th a t indicates
th a t t h t poisonous character of th e sub
way a ir is not its m ost dangerous
ch aracteristic, but th a t it is really a
violently explosive union of gases th a t
may a t any tim e cause such a cata s
tro p h e as is occasionally reported from
deep m ines. Tesla in h is statem ent
says in p a rt:
“ T he danger to w hich I refer lies in
th e possibility of generating an explos
ive m ixture by electrolytic decom posi
tion and th erm ic ‘ disassociation of
w ater th rough d ire c t1 cu rren ts u»ed in
th e opera*ion of th e cars.
Such pro
cess m ig h t go on for h ours and days
w ithout being notio«l, and w ith c u r
rents of th is kind it is scarcely p ra c ti
cable to avoid it a lto g e th e r.”
England Stands Ready.
London, Ju n e 19.— It is probable th a t
th e crisis th a t G erm any is forcing upon
th e nations of Europe w ill soon assum e
a new phase.
E very move th u s far
m ade by th e kaiser has been aim ed a t
France, alth o u g h chiefly design«! to
dam age B ritish interests. T he B ritish
governm ent has not the slig h test desire
th e shgjter itself b ehind its more
exposed neighbor.
T here is reason
to believe th a t
Lord Lansdow ne
w ill soon tak e occasion to m ake E rg -
la n d ’s position clear and th e d irect
issue.
Yellow F ev er in Panam a.
P anam a, Ju n e 19.— The greatest ex
citem ent prevails here over th e sudden
increase in th e num ber of cases of yel
low fever w hich have been discovered.
R esidents of th e city as well as th e la
borers of th e isth m ian canal are m uch
a larm « ! over th e spread of th e disease
th a t has been m ade recently.
Sam uel
Davis, a form er detective sergeant of
New Y'ork, w ho was brought here by
Grain Ready for Threshers.
P resident A m ador to reorganize th e po
M ilton— A num lier of farm ers north lice force, died last n ig h t.
and east of th is place have binders at
work bin d in g th e ir g rain , w hich is a l
Big Pay fo r W allace.
m ost rip e enough to th re sh . W hile it
P anam a. Ju n e 19. — I t is reported
m ay be bound before it is en tirely ripe, th a t Chief E ngineer G . F. W allace, of
th e berries are perfeclty form «!, and th e canal com m ission, who left here
w hile yet in th e dough it ripens in th e some tim e ago to go th e U n it« ! States,
sta rk . T he yield of grain being honnd m ay not re tu rn . I t is said he has been
w ill be far above th e average, as crop offered a position w ith a railw ay in the
conditions have so far th is year been U n it« ! States th a t w ill pay him $60,-
ideal in th is v icin ity .
000 a year.
Mississippi River Threatens to Swamp
Several Towns.
Des M oines, la ., Ju n e 20.—T he M is
sissippi riv er is out of its banks from
C linton to D avenport.
T housands of
acres are in u n d ated , and th e crop and
property loss w ill run up in to th e h u n
dreds of thousands. The situ atio n a t
M uscatine and C linton is c ritic a l.
A
rise of another foot w ill Hood p a rt of
th e streets in both cities. T he river is
now rising a t th e rate of about one inch
per h o u r.
T he P leasure island a t D avenport was
su rro u n d ed today, several thousand
people who bad gone th ere on th e elec
tric line having to be removed by boat,
th e road having been cover«!.
T he
riv er is rising a t D ubuque, b u t is risin g
m ore rap id ly a t B urlington and Keo
kuk, w here th e danger is ap p reh en d ed .
H undreds of men a re w orking on th e
levees a t M uscatine, th e w ater th r e a t
ening to break through at any tim e.
EN V O YS T O C H O O S E PLACE.
President Will Not Intercede in B ehalf
of Any City.
W ashington, Ju n e 20. — P resid en t
Roosevelt today received th e in v itatio n
of G overnor C bam herlain and M ayor
W illiam s to have th e peace com m is
sion m eet at P o rtlan d , if it is decided
to leave W ashington a fter th e first
form al m eeting.
I t is said at th e
W hite house th a t th e p resid en t w ill
not advise th e com m ission on th a t
p o in t, as he does not feel th a t it is
w ith in th e pro p rieties of th e situ a tio n
to do so. He w ill leave th e selection
of a place of m eeting outside W ashing
ton to th e envoys, only tak in g care th a t
am ple provision is m ade for th e ir com
fort and convenience w hile in session.
L og R aft A cro ss O cean.
San Francisco, Ju n e 20.— A log ra ft
co n tain in g 10,000,000 of spars and p il
ing is to be tow «! across th e Pacific to
Shanghai d u rin g th e sum m er. T h is is
th e giganic p lan of a new com pany jn s t
organiz«! under th e laws of B ritish Co-
lu h raia, w hich is to be a branch of th e
Robertson Raft com pany, of th is c ity .
A t th e head of th e concern is H . R .
Roberts« n, w ho is said to have been
very successful in raftin g lum ber from
n o rth ern points to San Francisco.
Must Leave Port Arthur.
Chefoo, J u n e 20. — A m erican and
E uropean firms still in P o rt Arthur
have been notified by th e Japanese au
th o ritie s to d ep art and to rem ove their
m erchandise. Many^ of th e firm s are
now arranging to c h a rte r s te a m e n for
th a t purpooe.