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HILISBORO .
OREGON
NEWS OF 1HE WEEK
la a Condensed Torn for
Cosy Readers.
Our
A Return of th Last Important but
Not Las Interacting Events
of tha Pact Waak.
Rujsian officials fmr do ontbreakp m
a result o( tha dissolution of the douma
France la threatened with revolt in
(ha south over tha win growing indus
try.
Governor Hughe hai lgned the bill
ranting a recount of tha New tork
mayoralty vote.
Tha Adam Express company ha
just paid dividend to the eitent of -00
per cent in bonds.
Ruef ha been rven another week to
innrrr indictment in connection with
the United Railway bribery.
Th state ha lntroluced letters
written by Haywood which Implicate
hi in In tha Steunenberg murder.
China li grateful to the United States
for a reduction of the indemnity (rant
ed at the cloae of the Boxer trouble.
Schmitz has notified the supervisors
that he la mayor and any action taken
without hia aanction will be fought.
Benjamin IJe Wheeler ha declined
the presidency of a Massachusetts col
lege in order to lemain with the L'ni
ersity of California, although the
MaasachsuetU position pays $5,000 per
year mure.
Market quotation! are to be pouted
on Union Pacific train.
Denver ia full of delegate to attend
the land law convention.
The new Salvadorean revolution la
not making much headway.
Limitation of armament will not
come before The Hague conference.
The wife of ex-Governor Wella, of
Utah, has been fatally hurt in an auto
wreck.
Baron Kaneko li to succeed Aoki ai
Japanese ambassador to the United
State.
OPPOSE FOREST RESERVES.
Public Landa Convention Start Cam
paign for Their Elimination.
Ifenver, Colo., June 19. A mighty
campaign to defeat the policy of the
prtseiit administration at Washington,
which alms at the conservation of the
remaining public lands of tha United
Statu, waa inaugurated in Ienver to
dav. A convention known as the Pub
lic" Land uoiiveution, with delegate in
attendance in greater oi leaser numbers
from all the states west of the Missouri
river and from tha territories, but real
ly dominated by special interest in
Coloiado and Wyoming, ia to form the
base of this movement.
The state, through aome of their
representative, argue that it Is essen
tial to their development that the na
tional government Hay it policy of
mnaorvattoD. so tluit milliona oi acre
of land niaT be thrown open to unre
strided entry and exploitation. Great
nf roimerved lauds deprive the
state of revenue through taxation,
veil as b nreveriting rapid growth
Donulation. The argument sound log.
ical, and can be met only by the arous
ed interest of the entire country
Nnrth. Vjut and South, a well as West
to the fact that the welfare of the
Deonla of the United State M a whole
r a
is at stake.
VOTE CANAL LEVY.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
of
A fire in a Boston garage destroyed
between 35 and 40 automobiles, valued
at $100,000.
New York brokers report the theft ol
$20,000 In bonds which were in transit
from London to New York.
Orders have been received at Hono
lulu to double the capacity of the prin
cipal arm; post near that city.
Prominent railroad surgeons believe
that many wrecks might be averted If
the employe wer retired upon teach
ing 40 yean.
The trial of Orchard for the murder
of ax-Governor Steunenberg has been
postponed until after the Haywood-Pet-tibone-Moyer
trials.
Telegraph operators cf the United
Htatea will ask congress to take charge
of the lines.
A Great Northern passenger train
was wrecked near Mi not, North Dakota,
and 17 people injured.
The elder statesmen and ministers of
Japan do not regard as serious the agi
tation in San Francisco.
Delegates to The Hague peace con
ference have little hope of accomplish
ing anything toward disarmament.
Harrlmanx'a busmen enemies have
started a movement to compel him to
give up the control of other railroads.
A new mayor will soon be chosen in
Han Francisco and then the heads of
the several departments will be re
moved. St. Louis set spart a day for the kill
ing of rat and now the authorities will
have to do something t get rid of the
cal roaase.
A receiver has been placed in charge
V.f Milliken Bros. Steel mill. New
York, and the plant shut down. Fif
teen hundred men are Idle.
The Japanese vice m in inter to France
his country can never forget that
American opened the way for western
civilisation and deplores, the war talk.
The Chinese crops will be short
again thia year,
Adam is to be forced to testify In
the Haywood case.
Nicaragua has sent an army to assist
revolutionists of Salvador.
A cloudburst near Tilford, a small
South iHtkota town, caused the death
of five people.
All employee of the Western Union
throughout the United States are ready
to go on strike.
Mayor Schmittt remains a prisoner
In jail and the hoard of supervisor will
elect his surceasor.
The German Insurance company has
offered it San Francisco policy holder
60 cent on the dollar.
Japanese hrpe the visit to their conn
try by Secretary Taft may lead to a
new treaty leing framed.
Harriman has given np control of
the Alton railroad to the stockholders
after making a nice profit.
According to report a plot has been
found the victim of which was to be
Vice President Fairbanks.
The launch of the halt lend ip Minne
sota has been found, together with the
bodies of the men drowned.
Stolypin, premier of Russia, demands
the arrest of conspirators against the
raar under threat of dissolving the
douma.
Several severe earthquakes are re
ported in Chile.
Idaho land fraud trials have been
delayed by the I linen of a juror.
The Portland gateway will not be
opened to Washington lumbermen un
til Cfit year.
Assessment to Dig; Lake Wathlnfcton
Waterway Carries.
Seattle, Wash., Jane 19. The King
ounty board of commissioners tins
afternoon granted the petition of the
Lake Washington canal enthusiasts to
forma tl. 075. 000 assessment district
to const t act the waterway between
Puget sound and Lakes Union and
Washington. A petition will immedl
tely bo filed in the federal court for
the appointment of a board of assessors
to levy an assessment upon benefited
property.
This board will number 11 persons
and a tenative district extending from
the Snohomish county line to a point
three miles south of Kent has' been ap-
proved. This would include the entire
city of Seattle and half of the valley
between Seattle and Tacoma In the area
adjudged to be benefitted by the canal.
The valley benefit consists largely In a
removal of danger from damage by
floods, with the improvement In real
estate values from the opening of the
canal as a secondary consideration. -
By the action of the county commis
sioners approval Is given to the plan of
raising $'.,000,000 by special assess
ment up to 10 mills for the construc
tion of a canal. The extra $75,000 is
needed for ollice work and the expense
of the commission.
The canal will be a temporary affair,
the single lock in Shilshole bay being
the only piece of concrete work. It is
believed by the property owners in the
Lakes Union and Washington district
that the opening of a waterway between
the sound and the ' lakes will be fol
lowed by government control and improvement.
8TOP ALL WORK ON CAPITOL.
SETTLORS WILL LOS LAND.
Klamath Falls Aroud Over Racant
Ruling by Garfield.
Klamath Falls A decision recently
made by Secretary Garfield has com-
plicated matters In township 37, range
10. This tract of land was secured on
scrip py mmeie ..,
ln timber firm, several year ago, but
their filing wa rejected at in urne-
view land ollice, the officials asserting
that the scrip waa fraudulent, unap
peal to the commissioner of the general
land office and to Secretary Hitchcock,
the Lakevlew land office was upheld.
Recently the Wiscon n firm secured a
reheating before Secretary Uarneia,
who rendered a decision reversing
the
NE LA 3 DtA0 LETTER.
Orocrym. C,,. U Make Sal
' piio for PW
Salem-Th ,,! lvif druggi-'-
iue exciuslvtfi h, wll Vlna
not be enfr,.i .,j,ieiit from the fact
that some of ,...iat have fouw
, OI , i ,
t necessary to r,.. huse their "I'P'"
of poison fr. ' n,en. They are
hardly in tn,,. therefore, U proa
ecute ll,e giv,rvllW1 for selling poison
Sorue time . .insist secured ar
opinion from th sttorney general, in
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law of 1907 the sale of pi-
son by an. rMMUn except registered
ply to uch poiiM,, u are used in Iruii
Iturai pur
spray am , ..micu
rwail A i a..utt Uiin
one formerly renuorea ... g.v.ug t .c ,, comwV I':.:.. for the r.a
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lands to the timler company.
sart lo . L k . . . . a liirKut
, lL! iw iuhi LUHhi..tf lU
tract of land is wiinin tn ni . o. .u f poi .Ln grocerymen and
city and is especially valuable for I lm-; ejeri too P
ber, whi e ot il . miao '-- customed to d. ,ias aseerted, bow
ricultural purposea. oevera, j . . toreed
lould follow If
f-om Klaman a is nave nomeaceaas ... anJ ,hat
the townsnipanu nave V"F- others than drB "utt continued to sell
menta on the and. but according to the ..... " w&mm
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ve od the -M.iies am
of
acetate of leKlmd Paris green.
soda
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and
secretary's decision, must
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in a lew lnsiancea noun. iiihud .nnlln., .. .i in
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ed. and It IS liaeiy mai anuiner rcueur- .a.i- t
Ing will be requested.
BY RAIL TO KLAMATH FALLS.
Last Few Miles Will Delay Completion
Until Fall of 1908.
Klamath Falla The California-
Northeastern Railroad is expected to
reach Darrls, seven
sibly they k,, in doing thia for tl
purpose of rJ,, evidence, but this
Is not proUbk, 'for there ha been no
neeo. ro regrnto that device. All me
dealers hiv,ntinued to sell openly
and have nolmj 0f prosecution.
Antlcipid Buiy Lumber Season.
Klgln Th, u-rioii sawmill men of
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Sacramento Trades Council Find
Stone Cut by Non-union Men.
Sacramento, June 19. At noon to
day all of the union men employed on
the itate capltol were ordered to cease
work on the repairs of the building, on
account ol a controversy that has arisen
between the Building Trades council
ami the firm of Hayes & Townsend, the
contractors in charge of the brick and
stone work.
These orders were Issued shortly be
fore noon by George Duffy, the agent
of the Building Trades council, who
discovered that the sandntone that is
used In the vestibule of the building
was being cut by a nonunion stone
cutter In the employ of Carlow Bros.,
the firm furnishing the stone. It ap
pears that the sandstone cutters, who
are affiliated with the Building Trades
council of San Francisco, have been on
a strike since last March.
Bribery Case Sat.
San Francisco, June 19. The case
against John Martin, Frank Drum and
Kugene de Sable, indicted for bribery
alleged to have been committed by
them as officials of the San Francisco
Gas & Electric company, were continu
ed by Judge Lawler thia morning until
Friday, to which day the cases involv
ing Patrick Calhoun, Thornwell Mul
lally, Tirey L. Ford and William M.
Abliott, otlicials ot the United Rail
rivadH, were also postponed. Judge
Ijtwler intends to conduct the inquiry
on all the cases st the same time.
Negotiations Ar All Off.'
Chicago, June 19. Secretary Wes
ley Russell, of the Commercial - Tele
graphers' union of America, returned
today to Chicago from New York and
announced that a strike of the open
tors o. the western Union and Postal
companies was a practical certainty.
Announcement was made from the
headquarters of the local union that all
negotiations or a settlement of the
troubles have bwn broken off. A force
of cleik was busily engaged today
mailing assessments to members of the
union preparatory to the strike.
Medicos Are In Session.
Is Angeles, June 19. More than
300 memliers of the National Medical
association met today In this city in
their seventh annual session in the
Hotel Alexandria. The delegates are
from all part of the country. The
meeting waa called In the regular order
at 1 o'clock. After a prayer by Rev.
Rolrt Mclntyre, D. D., Mayor Harper
delivered an address of welcome. This
was responded to by Dr. E. O. Sliarn
of Guthrie, Okie.
Tropical Heat In Madrid.
Madrid, Jena 19. The heat here is
Intense. On Sunday it was 95 in the
shade. King Alfonso and Queen Vic
toria are enjoying the cool atmosphere
at Ia Oranja, where they will prob
ably remain a month. It Is said they
will spend a fortnight on the Isle of
Ight in August.
Jerome Will Now Indict.
New York, June 19. District Attor
ney Jerome announced today that the
grand jury investigation of insurance
companies has been concluded. His
omoe, lie said, will nov
la.alnst indicted official
though I ll .L liaa
era ply Detween jeeters ana inie hampered bj the wet weather. There
city, so that next winter there wlU is every promeot of a busy season in
be but aeven miles of staging In the the luniberw kidurtry, and the outpu
trip to this city. i will equal thuH of any former year
A rov ii 1 a t train MArviPaH ftVff fhA Tl.. .,. , . . a . nr rww
. r . .. . . raniiinfaj Ait ia niac'pa at, io.wuu,
tAsu isaaiI w ill na autari anan Ann i ... . .
IIC W IRIIIUOU TV 1 1 W CDVMWUBMWU
July 1, when the road will be com
pleted to Orr's Meadows. The road
is being built In a substantial man
ner, which gives assurance that It
will one day be used as the main
line of the Southern Pacific between
Portlaad and Sacramento.
The road will In all probability
not reach Klamath Falls until the
fall ot 1908, as It will require con
siderable time to complete the dike
000 feet. JUrl tf the mill proprietors
are uneasy mailing the labor question
and this will U the only thing tha
will itand it the way of a successful
run.
Regard Dates September 6-7
Astoria-it i meeting of the 1907
regatta conaitlee officers were elected
as follow: v ,k. Schimpff. chairman
O. T. Peten. i -U. Mi.i.man. T II
Tt'" ... ,V:.ulWhyte. Pr,ry: Albert Dunbar
mo urawui iukb sviuh ivihuuiu .. i , . .
river.
Planing Mill for Silverton.
Silverton A movement ia on foot In
this city to establish another lumbering
enterprise, which promises to be a very
important addition to lumbering Inter
net In Silverton. C. J. Simeral,
Brewer Bros., AI Porter and LeRoy
Browne, all owning sawmills near
here, have purchased eight acres of land
south of the depot and will In the very
near future erect a large planing mill,
where all kinds of dressed lumber will
be manufactured. The four mills In
terested In the enterprise have a capa
city of 60,000 feet of lumber a day.
They will incorporate, and It is expect
ed that one or (wo other mil (owners
will become interested In the transaction.
treasurer. Ihddate for holding the
regaua wertiel lor September 0, and
7. A furrmn' fair will be held on the
same dateund) the Norwegian Singing
Club Sanpft j scheduled for the
same time. The committee intends to
raiie t,N h) be given a prizes for
the regattinents and will start out at
once after ibwotiDtions.
Logs That Will Soon Be Paper.
Oregon City Huge raft of hemlock
and spruce logs from the lower Colum
bia river are in the Willamette at this
city, and hundreds of logs line the
river below the entrance to the canal.
There is aliout 275,000 feet in each
raft, and it ia probable that the Wil
lamette Pulp & Paper company will
have about 60 rafts brought to the mill
this lummer to be manufactured into
pulp. Hemlock is worth Id per thou
sand and spruce twice that amount,
IOn, Wtas) and a Chinaman.
Salem F ioot applicants for ad
mission to the tr took the examination
before the Supreim court last week.
Of these one wm toman and one
Chinese, the Isltsrielng Seid Back, Jr.
i Out of coMiderstiot for the feelings of
those who may fail, the Supreme court
will not make public the name of
those taking the elimination, but in a
I few day in announcement will In?
made of the Dimes of those who
passed.
Rain Help Grinds Ronoe Crops.
La Grande The rain of last week
has greatly benefited the Grand Ronde
valley farmer, stockmen and fruit
growers. .Nearly an inch of water has
fallen. Fir men ire assuied of more
than an average crop of hay and grain
while the fruit crop is normal and
much better tbtn average in quality.
S',000 Feurth at Bend.
Bend Bend will celebrate
th
and the value of the logs will aggregate , Fourth. A grind fish barbecue will
1100,000 before the season is past. given, and there win De sports
oi aw iinds. iucq a oau games,
horse rices, broncho riding and
dancing. A purse of $1000 ha been
ralaed and a good time Is assured.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 86c; bluestem, 88i
Outlook Wss Never So Good.
Condon Heavy rain fell bare last
week soaking the ground down six or
even inches. The rain was just about
needed when it fell in light showers
and later in torrents. This axsure one
of the biggest crops in the history of 80C; valley 8Bc: red, 84c
Uilliam county, and with the price of i Osts No. 1 white, $27.6028.50;
wool, cattle, hornes and sheep and the gray R-mjnal
great acreage in grain, this county's I BarlevPu,l 121BO?22 ner ton:
outlook is shout the best In its history. 'brewing, nominal; rolled, 23.60(
i nings never looaeu Dener man they
do at the present time.
24.60
Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $29 per
ton.
. Hay Villey tmothy, No. 1. $17(318
pet t d: Eiatern Oregon timothy, $21
i'w prepare rases
Holds Option on Water Power.
Oregon City M. F. Donahoe has se
cured from Frank Habelt a renewal of ($23; clover, $!; cheat, $010; 8rain
an option on ju acres oi lanuinree nay, I!i(a)i0; alfalfa, $ia(i.
miles from Caaadero on the Clackamas FruiUgtrawberries, $1.60(32 pM
liver. Habelt'a property commands crat; cherries, 312,o P6' P"nd;
the site for the development of lm- apples, $33.50 per box; apricot,
menae water power, as two corners of tl.25rjl.6S per crate; plumi, tl-65
the land cross the Clackamai. It is per box.
understood that Donahoe is represent- j Vegetables Turnip, t2 per sack;
iug a company mat is operating on the carrots, fj 50 per sack; beets, sz.ou
Sandy.
Light Killed During May.
Salem F.lght killed and three injured
is the record of railroad casualties in
Oregon during the month of Slay, as
shown by reports received by the Ore
gon Railroad commission. Of the
killed two were trainmen, twn .. ( 4 net ir.t.
other employes and four were persons' PotatnsOregon, t2.60(?D3 per sack;
not" employed by the roads. Of tha lew notito. 1 i.rn 4 lC per pound.
Butter-Fancy creamey, 22,4(3 2ric
per inck; ifnarag'is, 10o per pound;
tieans, 10(1126 per pound; cabliage,
2lc per pound; corn, 3SfS,60o per
dor.en; encumbers, 75c per doien ; let
tn "Si hetji 25c per down ; onions, 15
per down: peas, 2(1 4c pe'
nrf-aboa. 20e per doxen ; rim-
pinnd;
t arb, 3
3e per pound; tomatoe t3.60
injured two were employes ami one
was not. No passengers were killed
or injured so far a reported.
Sinfy Five Graduate at O A C.
Corvallis Kx-Senstor John M. Gear
in made the annual address to the stu
denta of the O. A. C. at the commence
ment, which saw 65 graduates In varl
ous departments get diplomas. Th
salutatory was by Bell Bonney, of
Woodburn, on "The Prime Wisdom of
Life." The valedictory was by Darwin
O. Thayer, of Rainier, on "American
Agricultural F.ducation."
Eaterd Central Oregon Canal.
Bend The D . I p. Co. will
soon commence work on a 60-Inch
inverted stave pipe or flume, to be
built across the old river bed In th
Powell Buttes region. This pipe 1,
the first work In an a.t..i- .v "
Central Oregon canal, and the exten-
iuqc oeen desired
settlers of this region.
by the
P" Pound
Poultry Average old hrns, 13(14c
Pr pound; mixed chickens, 13,c;
spring fryfr- gnj broilers, 18tfU7e; old
ror,r", 9fif) 1 Oc ; dressed chickens, 16
l"c; tarkevn. live, 10al2c; turkey,
n'e"ed, choice, nominal; geese, live,
P"r Po'md, 8c ; young ducks, 1314c;
old duckf, lOc.
EiW-Candled, 21r322c perdoren.
v,l-rWsed, 5',(S.7Sc per pound.
I!eel-rreesed b,lllB 3l4c P6'
pound; foa,, tfiie; country steers,
8ir-7Ci '
Mutton Dresed, fancy, flc pe
Pond; ordinary, 57c; spring lamb",
lOraioc,
Pork-Pre-sed, fiRWe r1" P"nd.
,IoP--(5 8c per pound, according to
quality, "
Wor,Uf;a,(ern Oregon average best,
'" 22c pfr pound, according to shrink-vaUe-r
2J22c, according to flne
mohair, choice 29rJ30c per
pound.
RUSSIA IS QUIET.
Ac
Pacple Receive Ntws of Czar's
tion in Silence.
Ft. Petersburg, June 18. The disso
lution of the second douma was recel
ed throughout St. Petersburg with ir
feet tranquility, thanks to the prevail.
tionary measure, and in no plac in
Russia, so far as known, were there any
serious dlaturtaince.
Demoiistiatiun among Ft. Ptter
burg workmen are anticipat.xl tomor
row, but the authorities are not alarm
ed. They profes to be chiefly appre
henaive over the possibility of rioting
and racial excesees in Odessa and
Kiev and other cities where party feel
ing runs high. An outbreak of agrariun
disorder In several regions of the em
pire is anticipated later, when the peas
antry learn of the dissolution, but
spirit of quiet confidence in the ability
ot the government to handle the situa
tion prevails lu administrative circles
ews of the dissolution reached th
St. Petersburg twpers too late foi thei
Uutt editions, but the public was quick
ly Informed through extras and grea
poeteis set out by the police at all street
corners, containing the ukase announc
ing the dissolution and the Imperial
manifesto.
WON'T RUSH STRIKE.
to
Telegraphers Realize Great Cost
Butlneis That Would Follow.
New York, June 18. The Cummer
cial Telegraphers' union has not yet
received sn answer to the demands on
the Western Union Telegraph company
according to President 8. J. Small, of
the union. After a meeting of the ex
ecutive committee tonight, both Presi
dent Small and Secretary Treasurer
Russell left the city, Mr. Russell re
turning to Chicago.
'resident t-man notined all the un
Ions today thr.t the statement that the
adjustment of grievances had been post
poned was untrue, and directed them to
hold themgelves in readiness for lm'
portent information.
President Small also issued a state'
ment in which he said that local unions
all over the country were clamoring
for a strike, tut that they had been
notified that tbey must take no action
without permission from the national
officers. He added that in view of the
fact that a strike would tie costly to
business men throughout the country,
tne national Doara or the union was
anxious to avert it if possible.
JAPAN NEEDS MONEY.
in
Thought That This Can Be Raiaad
Franc Now.
Paris, June 18. While political con
sideratlons of high order contributed to
the negotiation ot the new Franco-Jap
anene entente, mere is no longer any
doubt that the substantial quid pro quo
given by fiance was the promise ol ac
cess to the French market for future
Japanese loans. Japan did nn need a
French guaiantee for (Jorea and rnrmo-
sa, but a Japanese guarantee tor Indo
China was worth a great deal to France.
Japan, according to the confidential
statements made by some of her high
est representatives in F.urcpe will need
something like Ave billion francs ($1,-
000,000,000) within the next few years
to convert her present high rate loans
and to furnish the capital necessary for
industrial and commercial development
in Manchuria.
SCHMITZ MAY UPSET PLAN?.
Re-
f He Secures Bail, Scheme for
organization May Be Delayed.
San Francisco, June 18. A radical
change in the executive branch of San
Francisco's government is contingent
on developments In the case of Mayor
Schmits, who is temporarily Incapaci
tated by reason of his imprisonment In
the county jail. 1
The date for the passing of sentence
on Mayor Schmit in the extcrtion cases
on which he has been convicted has
been set for June 27. Prior to that
date he cannot possibly procure bail,
according to the decision of Judge
Dunne, but the law provide that after
udgment has been pasted, the matter
of allowing bail Is discretionary with
any magistrate having jurisdiction.
Consequently, If judgment Is passed on
the date set, Mayor Schmits will have
ground for a new application for bail.
Confirm Report of Treaty.
Parif, June 18. The news of the
igning of treaties by France end Spain
nd Great Britain and Spain, mutually
guaranteeing the integrity of their re
spective countries and their insular and
colonial possessions in the Fast Atlant
ic and Mediterranean and which was
officially denied, was fully confirmed
today by M. Pichon, French minister
of foreign affairs. The fact tliat he
had not, at the time the news wa first
published, communicated with the
powers Interested, led to the official
denial.
Puts It Up to Mr. Neill.
Oyster Bay, June 18. President
Roosevelt has referred to Charles P.
Neill, commissioner of labor, without
comment, the various appeals which
have been made to him by wire and
mail to intenene to prevent the threat
ened telegraphers' strike. The poei-
on is taken that no emergency (nets
such as obtained at the time the presi
dent intervened in the anthracite coal
strike, but, on the contrary, the situa
tion presented is one where action by
the government, if taken at all, may be
initiated by the bureau of labor.
Poles Fear for th Future.
Wareaw, June 18. The newspapers
issued extra containing the news of the
louma'l dissolution, which hss created
profonnd impression. The emperor's
action is the subject of eager discussion,
the people fearing that the new election
law will exclude the Poles. Domlcili-
ry visit Bre nightly occurrences snd
rrests of Socialists and Nationalist
are frequent. Troops to the number of
300,000 are mar-eed around the city
ready for emergencies.
Mexico Has Car Famine.
Torreon, Mex., June 18. Willard S.
Mcrre, an official of the American
Smelting & Refining company, stated
yesterday that mining and smelting In
terests In Mexico are facing a criaia in
the matter of f uc I and or transportation.
SCHMITZ IS DEPOSED
Gallagher to Temporarily Occupy
Mayor's Seat.
SOON !LL YIELD TO ANOTHER
Bribery-Graft Prosecution I New
Complete Control of San Fran
cisco Government.
in
1 San'Francisco, June 18. Acting un
der instructions from District Attorney
William H . Langdon, the board of su
per visors shortly after 7 o'clock last
night adopted a resolution declaring
Mayor Kugene K. Schmit temporarily
unable to perform his official duties and
appointing Supervisor James L. Galla
gher acting mayor. The latter sajs he
will sasume the mayoralty at once and
he deuie that he has made with the
district aattorney or with any one else
an agreement to resign at command, in
order to make way for a reform mayor,
whoso name ia yet to be announced.
Mr. 1-angdon, Assistant District At
torney lleney, Rudolph Spreckels and
their immediute associates in the brib-ery-gruft
prosecution aie by this move
placed in actual ccntrol of the munici
pal situation. That they will be allow
ed so to remain without legal contest
by the convicted mayor's attorneys is
not suspected. It is the plan of the
prosecuting forces to ask for the resig
nation In a few day of some one of the
18 suervisors. This forthcoming, act
ing Mayor Uallagher will appoint to
the vacancy a man named by the dis
trict attorney. So soon as he take
office, Gallagher will resign from the
mayor vhau and his resignation will
De accepted, ihe board, acting under
orders from the prosecution, will then
elect the new member its president pro
tempore and by virtue of 'that office he
will at once become acting mayor.
ODESSA IS STORM CENTER.
Main Reliance of Haywood Prosecu
tion Is on Conspiracy.
Boise, June 17. The announcement
made I y the prosecution in the Hay
wood case Satuiday that it would have
its testimony in chief concluded by or
on Wednesday next, taken in connection,
with the fact that there is to be no oth
er session until Tuecday, lias created a
feeling that the state is not going to
present such a strong case of coirubora-
tion as was anticipated. The reason
for this feeling ia probably twofold,
tliat the law of conspiracy as laid down
in this state is not lully understood by
the public and that the extant to which
the slate may relv uion rebuttal testi
mony i not know n.
The law as laid down in the Corco
ran tase is very brd anil it is under
stood its geneial principles apply in.
this case, but that fact is not grasped.
lot instance, it has been argued by
some of the newspaper writers in their-
communications that the state must
corroborate Orchard's statement that
Haywood sent him to kill Steunenberg.
SCHMITZ MUST STAY IN JAIL.
Dissolution of Douma Is Hailed With
Joy by Reactionists.
Odessa, June 18. The news of the
dissolution of the douma and the em
peror's manifesto waa received with
stupefaction by the Progressives here,
who bad not expected th abrogation of
the laws so far forced from the govern
ment, but provoked the hlghes enthus
iasm from the Union of True Russians,
who today celebrated the event with
the sanction of the authorities.
Accompanied by a Cossack band the
True Russians marched in profession
to the cathedral, where a special ser
vice was held. They carried huge Rus
sian banners and but-ts of high govern
ment officials. Tr.ere were no exer
cises.
Since the dissolution of the douma
he police have arrested more than SIX)
persons, including three professors, the
eaders of the different Radical parties
and several fairalies, including a num
ber of children. Governor General
Kaulbars summoned before him 11
public officials and warned them against
commenting on the dissolution, other
wise their punishment would be suspension.
Fir Destroy Montana Town.
Butte, June 18. A special to the
Miner from Harlowtown, Mont., says:
'Fire which bioke out In Marshall's
general store has practically destroyed
tills village. Before the fire could tie
controlled everything in the business
streets had been burned except one store
nd the railroad station. The build
ings destroyed Include the I-eland ho
tel, Benjamin Tur-er's general store, a
meat market, two saloons and a num
ber of ether business buildings. The
loss is estimated at about tl28,000,
with small insurance."
lea Blocks St. Michael.
Seattle, Wash., June 18. Ice Is still
blocking St. Michael, Alaska. The
passengers on the ill fated steamer
Ohio, transferred to the steamer Unit-
ilia and sent forward, have been land
ed on an Ice floe, and rejxirt received
today indicate they made a precarious
way over the ice to St. Michael. The
travelers bound for that port, 61 in
number, reached 8:. Michael over the
Ice and then made war In a similar
manner for the steamer Klla to go up
the Yukon.
Fire Torpedo at Admiral.
Sebastopol, June 18. Rear Admiral
Wiren, in command of the Black sea
flet, was cruising in a steam cutter yes
terday while a torpedo boat in command
of Lieutenant Ruzhek was practicing
firing Whiteheads in the inner ly.
When the admiral's cutter was at short
range the torpedo boat suddenly tha 'g-
lier position and fired a blank
Whitehead directly at the cutter, pene
trating the latter' water tank. The
romptitude cf the crew in beaching
he cutter laved the admiral from
drowning.
Chines Kill Officials.
Victoria, B. C, June 18. Further
lvices regarding the rebellion in South
China received by the steamer Mont-
eagle today state that Sun Yat Sen,
ho for. year has been organizing an
antl-dynsstic movement in China, left
Tokio a few weeks before the outbreak
and is reported leading the revolution
ist near Swatow. having taken the
eld May 22 and opened operations 1 y
attacking the walled city of Kwang
Kong, which was easily captured.
Devlin Must Aid Japanes.
San Francisco, June 18. United
States District Attorney Devlin trsJay
received a letter from Attorney General
Bonsparte in response to tliat which he
sent contain! g a report on the riot
through which a Japanese restaurant
was damsged. It it r ported, however,
that he baa been instructed to lend
whatever assistance he can to the Ja planes.
New Yorker Die of Heat.
New York, June 18. Five deaths
and several prostrations, due to the
heat, were reported yesterday. The
weather bnreaa showed a temperature
of 90 at noon.
Judge Has No Discretion and Give
Sheriff Strict Orders.
San Fraiincieco, June 17. "No tail
for Eugene E. Schmit," the convicted
mayor of San Francisco, was the ruling
made ly Judge Frank II. Imnne, in the
application made by the mayor's coun
sel that he be given his liberty under
bond pending sentence, which the court
ill pronounce on June 27. Judge-
Dunne adopted as his own the stand of
the prosecution that In the eyes of the-
law the mayor is no different from any
other p r- n on whom the jury has set
the brand of felony.
Ex-Judge J. C. Campbell, the may
or's chief counsel, made the formal mo
tion for the admittance of his client to
bull on the strength of an affidavit in.
which the mayor says that, by reason,
of having, been compelled to give al
most hU whole time and attention to
his trial for the last four weeks, public
business requiring his attention has
been delayed and there ia now a large
amount of it pending and undetermined
and requiring his immediate attention.
RESUMES DESPOTIC POWER.
Czar Dissolves Douma and Chaneg.
Existing Laws.
St. Petersburg, June 17. Emperor
Nicholas aflixeed his signature Satur
day to an Imperial ukaee abolbhing the
present douma and ordering that the-
elections of members to its successor.
which is to meet November 14, be hehi
under the new election law, which pro
vides against the "submergence of t he-
educated classes by the uneducated
mafseB.''
This action constitutes a virtual coup.
d'etat and override the fundamental
laws solemnly proclaimed by his majes
ty on the eve of the convocation of the
first douma, which declare that the
electoral law can never be changed
without the consent of parliament,
itself. This breach of the constitution
is justified by the great law of necessi
ty, the advisers of the emperor holding
it impossible under present condition
to secure a parliament capable of co
operating harmoniously with the crown
and rescuing Russia from anarchy and
revolution.
NO CONTEST ON BOND ISSUE.
Union Pacific Votes S 100,000,000
for Improving Line.
Salt Lake City, June 17. At a rpe
cial stockholders' meeting of the Union
Pacific Railroad company here it waa
decided to issue 1 100,000,000 In new
stock. The Issue Is for the purpose of
meeting the expenses of improvements,
present and prospective, along the line
of the Union Pacific.
The exact vote on the bond issue wss.
2,193,316 shares out of a total of 2,
980,000 shares. While the poll waa.
kept open for two hours aa required by
statute, the proceedings were merely
perfunctory. It was explained by t lie
officers of the company that the new
stock issue is not to be sold immediate
ly, but is to be held for the redemption,
of t '5,000,000 of convertible bonds.
Strik Kills Havana Cigar Trad.
Havana, June 17. The cigarmakers'
strike is paralysing the Industry. The
moet tecent compilation of statistics by
expert shows a rapid decline since
February 23, the date of the lieglnning
of the strike. The total numter of
cigars exported in five months this year
was 63,81)7,000, against 106,111,000 for
the correapont'ing months last year.
The value of the exports during thia
period was M, 277,000, compared with
t8, 632, 000 during the corresponding
period fo 1906, when there meren
labor troubles.
London's Big Bill for Tea.
London, June 17. London's busi
ness, it may be said with tome truth,
is largely run on rnps of tea. Thrre Is
no more profitable trade than the tea
shop business in the city of London,
where the consumption of tea ami cof
fee, especially tea, is enormous. On an
average, Lyoi.s & Co. open a new de
pot in London every month. Taking
London a a whole, it i et-timeted thst.
2,000,000 cup of tea are consumed
every diiy at the tea shops and cafes.
This repnsents a tu-n over of tStO.OUO
or t26.000,000 a ytar.
Sugar Companies Unl'.
Salt Lake City, June 17. Thorns
R. Cutler, general manager of the Utah
Sugar company, the Idaho Sugar com
pany and the Western Idaho Sugar
company, annruncea that the F.astern
ttock holders in the three corporation
have approved the plan for their con
solidation. It is proposed to merge t he
corn pan les under the title Utah-Idaho
Sugar company, issue $10,000,000 of
preferred and $3,000,000 of common
itoik in exchange for the old stock.
Railroads Mutt Comply.
Lincoln, Neb.. June 17 Attem..
General Thompson has filed an Injunc-
uon againtt lour ot the principal rail
road lines In Nebraska to compel them,
to maintain the two-cent fare and antl
pass enactmentta, now operative, and
to put Into effect tha Prim nrifarl i
freight rata on July 9.