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KSXSBORO.
OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
la a Condensed Form tor Oar
Basj Readers.
A Resume f the LmI Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Wwk.
i i i.. ii
publicity
ri:.
tlarrimsn naa upwiw
rl all milrcad accidents on hi lines,
The
Miner.' Federation convention
at Denver ha. adpoted P'"H
form.
ti .. .Tananese are being
Smuggled into the United State trow
M ex n o
A naitf rrH i nun PA nassed in Fhlladel
t.tiiaa nriM ka Mm eitv a imrliier in all
, ,
ireet car line.
i i-...h cmiiMant agent ha been
arrested by hia government for ending
waver to America.
V.ira In Tn. liana In Arixona threaten
i u-mn (ha airent killed one of
them in aelf de ferine.
President Cabrera has passed whole
U lHth sentences in Guatemala for
alleged revolutionary acta
Ti, mntpat for the Republican na
convention eitv is now on. Chi
cago seems to have the preference.
T ,mrliicin driver of New Yolk
li ivo returned to work. The men will
truxt Mayor McClellan to give thein a
f.ir hearing of tlieir case.
Arranirement are almoet complete
i,.iut,Un.Lr nflfl battlenhipe from
Atlantic to Paciflo water. Thia 1 be
lieved to be a move to offset action by
Japan.
A revolution threaten Portugal
Japan threatens to Urt a boycott
aainvt American gooda.
Proepecta of a ettlement of the tele-
graphers' strike seem better.
Corean delegates have protested to
The Hague conference against annexa-j
tion by Japan.
The French senate la seeking to cor-
rt a number of thing complained of
by wine growers,
Strike troubles have become so seri
ous In Kome that troops have been call
ed out to protect the men remaining at
work.
The United States court has enjoined
tlie railroad commissioners of North
Carolina from enforcing the new late
law pending further hearings.
Ten thousand carpenters In New
York will strike unnleaa given an in-
ciease in wages. A the increase ha
been promised no trouble i looked for.
The Incendiary movement among the
Jimsian peasant In revenge for the
dissolution of tUo douma ha assumed
serioti proportion. A number of large
eitat os have been devastated.
The Missouri Pacific railroad will
probably cancel all passe except those
hold by eprnloyes in order to offset a
i art of the loss sustained by the en
forcement of the 2-cent rate.
There is a revival of . terrorism
throughout Russia.
A number of Montana cattlemen have
Ixwi Indicted for fencing government
land.
Driver of New York's ice wagon
liuve gone on strike and the city Is
withuut Ice.
' llarrlman says he has no Intention
of retiring from the railroad business
antil he dies.
A receiver has been sppolnted for the
Marquette Mutual Life Insurance coin
puny of Chicago.
Freight rate between the Mississippi
river and the Kocky mountains will be
advanced 6 per cent.
Judge Land is Insists on Rockefeller's
appearance in court In connection with
the Htandard Oil Inquiry.
More witnesses for the defense In the
llaywor.d cane have helped the pros ecu
(ion more man the defunee.
Striking telegraph operators of San
Francisco would welcome a government
inquiry, as they believe It would mean
victory lor them.
San rranciaco Japanese have been re-
ried licenses to conduct intelligence
oitli-t on the ground that they are not
cimens oi me united Htates.
French Socialists plan to overthrow
I remier Clemenceau.
Runs I an Terrorist are pieparing for
a campaign oi assassination.
Railroad men are trying to smother
tlie Uiegon land grant inquiry.
A number of Untte letter carriers
have quit as a demonstration fur higher
py.
Koneevelt has received the thanks of
China for remitting part of the Boxer
indemnity.
All loading Standard Oil men have
ben summoned lo appear in court at
Chicago and tell about It 6nances.
Both telegraph companies in San
Francisco say they are meeting require
ment of business, but the union ortl
risls say the message sre being sent
by mail.
A hurricane accompanied by Im
mense waves swept the Caroline island
recently. Many ia'ands were. devas
tated anil il i rut i mated that at least
200 natives perished.
The State bank of Chicago and two
lawyer have received a fee of $'.10,000
as receiver and attorney for the Trad
ei' Insurance cornpanr, which col-
hineml as a result of the Kan Francisco
' diaaeter.
The Venetuelaa cabinet has re
signed. ' The Rnsso-Chlnese bank at Vladi
vostok has raid out 126.600 on a
forged check.
Advices from Lisbon Indicate that
Kins; Carlos I In eminent danger of
loftsg his throne.
HOLDS OFF DAMAGE SUITS.
Japanese Con.ul is Al.o lnW-
Rtfjsal Of License.
gan Francisco, Jul -In ""1"
to en Inquiry, the Japanese
dav informed the Associaw- .
. , i Iwn reached a W
no decision .7" . ,h
. i .-..I.-, .nit ahull r pru"K"
""""" " ... , ..i,.: nf Janaiies
courts io r "-- " ,
i i i. r.t Kan Knnc aro
, .l7. .recking May 23 of . Jp-
neee restaurant end tatbhowe on to
om street by . n.ob. lb. Bi. trf
desrribed as teiug M m
con.nl general th.t the consulate i not
awaiting instructions from Tokio.
It wsi further ai tht th consulate
,i..,.iin. the complaint 01
jov! Japan-, that! heir race 1 being
. ..ir.u. hv the board 01
i:b,i "r" . . ,, . ui
discriminated against by the Doaru
in refusing to
commissioner
license. Intelligence
oHiee licene end licence, for Similar
...i Io., Th. reply 01
,u- h.,.,,1 la that it 1 acting under an
ordinance whiida forbid the issuance
. I ... nrvr uvnilM IO BUT
of thl country and person w"
declared their Intention ol Becoming
eltiaens, and in eocor.iance
rule of the board that the otner nn-
e named shall not be granted to lor
ei(ners untji American residents have
m(im fill iv recovered from the buaineg
ul.rv.k ,,1 Ur. vnar' earthnaake
The consulate looka wun Buapiuiuu
on thl defuuse, but wUhe to be un
.leratood a deeiroua of InvestlKating
further before making any detinue re
commendation to the Tokio govern
ment.
EACH SHOUTS OF VICTORY.
Conflicting Claims In Strika of Tele
graph Operator
Ban Francisco, July 3. "The etrike
il over," said Buperintenaeni eiorror.
of the Poetal Telegraph company.
The strike Is over," said Mr,
O'Brien, of the Western Union office,
in the ferrv building.
The atr ke has lust begun, am
President Small, of the Commercial
Telegraphers' union.
Thrwe three laconic statement ade
quately describe the attitude of the op.
noeinir earth and give a mm
a to
their future action. Although the
oflii-ial of both companies here In San
Francisco are but subordinates and
could not of their own volition take
any step towards a settlement, it i
not thought likely that any such steps
111 be taken while the local olhclais
report tliat they are handling the bus!
neas without unreasonable delay
The operators on the other hand, state
that they will carry on the fight, even
though the companies find a man for
every key, and they declare they are
prepared to stay out lis month if nec
essary. Their leaders, however, say
that they expect to win in much lea
time, and Mr. Small yesterday prophe
sied that the "lightning would strike
soon In an unexpected place." but did
not explain hi remark,
ROCKEFELLER TO TESTIFY.
Oil King Surrenders to Orders of
Fadaral Court.
Cleveland, O., July S John D.
Rockefeller has decided to give himself
up 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 llh the government
ollicers through his counsel and that he
hereafter will not be molested by Unit
ed State marshals.
According to the present program,
Mr. Rockefeller will arrive in Cleveland
on the Fourth to spend the summer at
his summer home, Forest Hill. No
government ollicers will meet him to
serve summons for his appearance In
the Chicago court. Instead, service
will 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 0.
or whenever his testimony is desired.
It further was learned that the gov
ernment has sent subpenss for Mr.
Rockefeller to United States marshals
In districts where they thought he
might be or might visit.
Both Must Share Loss.
San Francisco, July 3. Another one
of the important legal points developed
ny uie late earthquake was fettled to
day, when Judge Seawell decided that
contractor and property owner were
put upon a level by the act of Ood and
neither could recover from the othor 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 cost of material used.
Pierce Will Face Trial.
rt. lxiuis. July 3. M. Clay Pierce,
cnairman or the board of directors of
the waters-Pierce company, arrive.! in
St. Louis today, and in response to a
question ii ne is on his way to Texas to
surrender to the authorities in answer
to an indictment at Austin, in which
be is charged with perjury, it was an
nonnced that he will return to New
York tomorrow night. His son, Clay
A. Pierce, Is authority for the statement
thst Mr. Pierce will face trial In Texas
before his fight against extradlction
reaches the United States court.
Reno Operators on Strike.
Reno. Nev., July 3. A a result of
action of Superintendent A. N. May in
dismissing two operators in the Reno
Western Union ollice, four other oper
stera have quit work, and Manager
Brown states that he will not be sur
pri.id if a general walkout results from
the dissatisfaction felt among the em
ployes on account of the strike in San
Francisco. One result of the shortage
of men is that business with the Salt
Lake cilice is six hours behind.
Trtist In Umbrella Frames.
Philadelphia, July 3. An indict
ment was returned by the Unite.! State
grand jury here today against the so.
called nmbrella frame trust. The In
dictment contains three connts and
charges the National Umbrella Frame
Tmipany of this city, the Newark Rivet
Work and the Newsrk Tube A Metal
Works with a conspiracy to form a
ccmblnstion in restraint of trsde.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF MEREST
Archie Meson to BuHd Asv D.ke
Klamath Falls-Archie Maaon. of
the firm Mason. Davis ft Co.. ha.
eeo ad.Sd tT William Hood chief
engineer of the Southern Pacific
Company, that hi. bid on the con
structlon of the alas serosa the Kla
,r.h had been accepted, and
that he was expected to begin work
at once. This Is a good piece of news
for this section ss It; mean. i th , early
completion of
eastern
II a I I . . V 111 LUIS v. J -
to nave two in
. . - ,...
iteam dre'dge. In operation by July
!o and sufe. that be will complete
,k- ...nfrart by tDe urst Ol i" J"
The contract embraces a dike or
grade about six miles long across the
. (TLA tnnf
Ady swamp lands. m .
Mr. Mason has undertaken construc-
.. t ik. Hike elves assurance that
tbs railroad will reach this city dur
ing the summer oi ius.
Seek Locstlon for L'brary.
A lliany Albany's public library will
be started as soon as a uitable build
ing can be found. Arrangement are
complete for Instituting it and as soon
t.mmnirv auaiters
iih,.r will tie opened. Nine directors
have been elected and their election
has been confirmed, in accordance with
the state laws governing public librs
rles, under which this institution was
formed by the city council. These di
rectors are Frank J. Miller, Mr. J. K.
Weatherford, II. H. Hewitt, rreu r.
Nutting, Mrs. II. F. Merrill, Mrs 8.
E. Young, M. II. Ellis and Miss Lucy
Gard.
Water for Irrigation Next Year.
Ontario Messrs. Allbright snd Fg-
gleston, of Portland, unristian in
operative representatives, have re
lumed from LDDer wuiuw crw..
Ther state work is progressing rspidly
on the irrigation project, and that work
of turvey for the Juterala is still going
on. The huge reservoir in Cow valley
will he 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.
Adams Wheat Crop is Good.
Adams The prospect for a banner
yield of wheat in this locality was
never any more promising than at the
present time,. The (all wheat in mom
instances was put in at just the right
time and got a good start and while
the spring wheat came on slowly on ac
count of the backward season the late
rain has now insured a good crop, and
the acreage is considerably larger than
a year ago. The same report come
from the Weston and Athena district,
which Is the center of the great Walla
Walla valley wheat belt.
Law Weak at Vital Point.
Salem An Inquiry received by the
tale railroad commission from a rail
road telegraph operator calls attention
to the fact that the act of the last legis
lature regulating the hours of labor of
railroad employes was very loosely
drawn. Though the law forbids the
employment of telegraph operator
more than 14 consecutive hours, there
Is nothing to prevent their being work
ed 23 hours out of 24 if they be given
an hour's rest at the end. of 14 hours'.
Trainmen are protected in this ref pect,
but telegraphers are not.
Artesian Well at Klamalh
Klamath Falls In boring a well
on the ranch of Abner Weed in the
vicinity of Fort Klamath, In North
ern Klamath county, artesian water
was struck at a depth of 216 feet.
The flow la strong and the water cool
and jiure. This Is. the first artesian
well in Klamath county and If other
attempts that will be made to dis
cover artesian flows, are successful
the problem of Irrigating some tracts
of land that do not come under the
government reclamation system will
be solved.
Newport Resdy for 8ummer.
Corvallis According to present In
dications, Newport and Nye beach bid
fair to be the most popular summer re
sort in Oregon this season. An lnr-pec-tlon
shows much general improvement
at theee two resoits. Newport has
taken it upon herself to cut out and
grade several good streets, with side
walks leading over the hills to Nye
beach, making it very much easier and
more pleasant to travel between the
two placees.
New Clerk In Land, Office.
Burns There Is rejoicing among the
patrons of the United States land oflice
here over the assurance just received
from the department- at Washington
tliat a clerk is to be added to the work
ing force with the opening of the otlice.
The work of the Mice ha been badly
congested and this will relieve the
strain and permit the completion of
important transactions which have heen
awaiting action for some time.
Mill Astetsment hota In.....
Aberdeen-County Asse,r Caf -
ter says that the total value of the
mil. oi urays Harbor, exclusive of,r' """atoes, $""
hlngle mills, as shown by the re-1 fc"e Old Or"g"" Burlanks, .f
turns Is $896,020. The personsl ss-1 3 25 per sack- ., 3c per p"nd.
rmmrLpr0,tTr,y of Ch'halls C0Unty Butter-Fancy creamery, 22y,Q,2
aiiww Sm 1U altr ronr iriKsa,,..
. . . - "" vrr,r' r""
rTni , years ago.
1"-. toh.i property 1
this year.
assessed
Ontsrlo Wants New Lsnd District
nTitA Pe,:'i0n being eircnlat
ed in Ontario and numerously j.,nwi
asking the government tr. create a new
land district f,,r this section snd xhl
appointment of . register and receiver
Wle At present part ies having Un.l
office business to transact have to go to
Burn, a distance of 150 miles
Fruit Boa Factory for W.0n.
th. L 10 P,,rrn" nia. hinery for
FOREST FUND f0R fcACH STATE
Pinchot Say n.mnt Proposes
Impr0v,d (trvic.
Pendleton-Whii.isths T
few hours, CiiHord PlDcbot, chief for
ester of the I n;., i . .... announced
that If his pre-n, nluit ,rre material
ised that the n,i 'lnriatiun for for
est rvservu I ' !. ,.,,ld be di
vid.d into .recift'DLr!priationa lor
the.tate. ih,- m this change
oi policy la to k.ttr sppropria
tions for the in.ii... .tates. making
It possible to p j,tter salaries for
those who are pj chaige of the
forest reserve. 0j lljt,eby secure more
competent men.
The question of having the foreet re
serve district hH.,.,rtBi moved from
Portland to thia .it. was taken up
with Mr. Pinelint ..a ha nromised to
give the matter hi. -itwiticn. He lis
tened carefully Ut tne tnJumenU made
for the propose cl.an,' Dd admitted
tliat there seemJ to be souie good rea
sons wny me ctiarigt should he maue.
The forester i.i, particular pur
pose in coming to tie yTwt t this time
is to study loca n.u hear complaints,
explain the piirn, 1 the forett re
serve, adjust difier-nres, and in short
to adapt the admini.tr.iion of the re
serve affairs to the local conditions.
He says he is finding that complaints
concerning the itry It not dus to the
uieory or poiicofth administration
but to mistakes that have been made
ja tne conduct of the reserve aftairs
and these he ii endeavoring to adjust as
rapidly as poMibl..
He went from h.r. to Coeur d' Alene
Idaho, and from tlence goe to Helena
to tneei beeretarv of the Interior Oar
field. He expats to be in Portland
July 13 and 14.
Crud Oil for Track. .
Pendleton The oiling of the O
R. ft N. Co.' roadbed between here
and Spokane Is tow on In earnest.
trial run ha been made under the
direction of M. J. Buckley. The roa
that Is being oiled 1 considered by
travelers to b the dustiest and most
disagreeame roid to travel in th
Northwest. Th route lies through
alkali dust and land for many miles
and all passeniert alighting from the
spouane train ire covered with
white coating. The dust, couple
with the heat of the summer months,
makes travel on this road anything
out a pieasurs. .
Run Trtin Over Road.
Medford Serrlce; has been Inangur
ated on the Pacifc A Eastern Crater
Lake route. Mannuer Estes and
friends made the trip to Eagle Point,
where they wen royally received by
the people of thatlorm isolated villne
A barbecue was wvs.l by the citizens
of Eagle Point r,,,B the arrival of the
first regular train to that place. The
road has been pls ad In first class con
ditlon and its citsniion to the lumber
region near Butt (alls will be com
menced ImmediaUy gnd completed ss
soon as possible. 1
Big Wool rjVt Sold.
Fendleton The Cunningham Sheep
A Land company hat told Its clip of
wool, amounting to over 150,000
pounds, to Koeahtand Brothers for 18
cents a pound. Thia clip was offered
at the recent pool sale) snd no bid was
made. The owners Iminsdiately had
the wool sorted and scoured in the Pen
dleton "scouring mills. The bid of 18
cents was on a grease basis. The dis
posal of this clip cleana up practically
all of the Umatilla county wool.
Harney's Prospwt Excellent.
Burns There art excellent crop
prospects in all partsof Harney county.
Grain has a fine stand snd fruit of all
varieties Is tonkins well. Alfalfa has
marie an unusually good growth this
year, and there are some rich patches
of it on dry land with no artificial irri
gation. Haying will begin early in
July and the crop i rery heavy.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 88c; bluestem,
80c; valley, 86c; red. 84c.
Oats No. 1 white, 127.50(828; Vl
nominal.
Barley Feed. 121.50(322 per ton
brewing, nominal: rolled, 23.50
24 50.
Corn Whole, 28; cracked, $29 per
ion.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, 17
18 per ton; Fjuitern Oregon timothy
2123; clover, 19; cheat, $010
grain hay, fin; lfalfa, $13014.
Fruits CherriWf glOc per pound
apples, 75catl p.r box; torage Spil
enberg., $.1.50 nor box: sooseberries,
7o per pound; cants loupe. $.1.603.75
per crate; apricot, 75c$2 per crate,
ruin-lies, l.Z5fti.60 per Dox; piuma.
$1B5 per box: "hl-ekberries, $1.25
150 perorate; loanberrles, $1.25 pe
crate; rasptierrisi, $1(3,1 60 per crate,
prunes, 11.50(3)1,75 pef rBte
Vegetables T,,. i.,.. 12 per aek
carrotc, $2.50 rr ck; beets, $2.50
p-irr-aek; asprir,, ji per pound;
beans 7(SU(lr nnnnd: cabbage,
24c per pound; corn, 35(3500 per do,
e-n; cucumbers at ner box; lettuce,
head. 25pper dnJn- onions. l20c
' ITn0"o?j 4(?C T'hS' S
1 ' rtown; rn,,b'b' 3 .
rA 1
Fonltrv A. 1,1 hens. U(312c
,Pcr pound, mXPd chicken. K:
I "pring chirksns I3.jl4c; old roosters,
(e; dressed rh, ,'. Inal7r; turkeys,
(live, Urai2e; ,,.,., dressed, choice,
nominal: 7(?1!V; young
ducks, ia.. ,i,k.. 10c.
IV; ,,CK,
Fgif.-CandiHl 24 2' I
eal-nr,,'.
per uoz'-m-c
per pon r. J.
Beef rwYY,.lla. S,4c per
hulls.
Pund; cows, 6Slc; country
Muttnn-rw,, f.nrv, 8c p' h
ordinary, tVpr'ng lamt,
pound. 1
Pork Dresi aj g ic per po""'1' t
Hops-H: ' pound, acconling to
quality. ' '
Wool East, nrsion average best.
; valley2c ,ccorlin o flne-
ness .
Wohair Choi
W(330cpe' poind.
WAR ON NEW YORK FILTH.
Haslth Department Take Up Work
Left by Garbage btrikers.
New York, July 2. An attempt to
settle the strike of garbage collectors by
arDitration iauen uutt uight. My action
of the civil service law the men w ho
have failed to report for five days are
no longer in the employ of the city.
J he Health department took heroic
me area today to clean the street of
the piles of tilth and garbage which
have accumulated. There were a num
ber of clashes between the striker and
strikebreaker during the day, none df
which, a iwever, a-sumed serious pro
portions. .
Louditions In tome parts of the con
gested Utrk-t may be Imagined wheo
the piles make streets iimxtsvable. Sev
eral doctors, who have visiUd the dia.
tricts where conditions are worst, say
that a great deal of sickness and many
deaths must necessarily follow as a con
sequence of this disastrous strike.
It ia a curious fact that the neonle
whose health and very lives are men
aced by the prevailing condition, yes
terday aided the strikers in an attempt
u urive away workmen who bad been
ent to remove the gaibuge. Ir. Ben
sel called for and is receiving auiDle
ponce protection.
8AD OUTLOCK FOR NEW DOUMA
Reactionaries Are Prt bable Winners-
Regarded as Incompetents.
St. Petersburg, July 2. The most
unfavorable auguries for the working
power oi the thira doums may be
drawn from the Zemstvo congress),
which has been In session the past
week at Moscow. Membership to this
body is dictated by the classes which
will control the elections In most of the
provinces of iiusi-ia, and it wi.s thoi-ght
Hie work they accomplished at this
conference might foreshadow the com
position of the next parliament.
The so called "black nobility" or
reactionary gentry, were In a large ma
jorlty and the deliberation of the con.
gress were filled with a display of utter
unfamiiiarity with parliamentary pro
cedure and hostility towards the liberal
program. The October ists, who expect
ed to form the center of the new
douma, made a disappointing showing
The majority of the members seemed
without plans or definite ideas, and
without leaders capable of directing the
work.
JAPANESE POACHEA3 CAUGHT
Large
Party Found on PribilotT Is
lands bv Cutter Perry.
San Francisco, July 2. The steamer
Homer. Captain Donaldson, which ar
rived today from the Prlbiloff islands,
brought word of the capture of 29 Jap
anese seal poachers at St. Paul's island
of the Pribiloff group by the United
States revenue cutter Perry.
The Japanese, each of whom was
armed and provided with six rounds of
ammunition, surrendered to tne govern
ment ollicers and were taken on board
the schooner, which was towed by the
Perry to Unalaska. 0 scais were
r..nnrl In the small boats and only 12
kina on the schooner. As the schooner
was ourslds the three-mile limit and as
no evidence of poaching in the way ot
skin ws found In the lioats, it was de
cided to give the Japanese snother
chance befoie confiscating the schoonet.
WAR VESSELS COLLIDE.
Rumored Sinking of Torpedo
Boat
by Battleship.
Toulon, July 2. It is reported to
night that during the voyage of a
French squadron bound from .Marseilles
the battleship Jaureguiberry collided
with the torpedo boat destroyer Perluy
sane and that 60 men were killed or In
jured. The maritime prefecture de
cline to give out any Information in
the way of confirmation or denial of
the report. '
Later report are to the effect that it
was the torpedo boat destroyer Darde
that collided with the Jaureguiberry
and that the Darde was luns. Ad
miral Foy, in charge of the prefecture
had received no news of the accident
un to the time he left hi office at 6 p.
m. The squadron was bound from
Marseille to Kebler, Algeria.
No Bribss to Secure Csrs.
Ban Francisco, July 2Vlce Tresl
dent and General Manager Calvin of
the Southern Tacific, announces that
altera thorongb investigation of the
reports that employee had organ.xe.1 a
9ystem for the exped.t on o freight
over Southern Pacific lines In , return
for bribes, ha been completed, snd
shows that there is no such organise
. . a- few shippers, impatient at
delay, bribed one of the yardmssters at
Sparks, Nev., who in making np trains
would give preference to the dispatch
of certain csrs. .
Gusrds Agslnst Msrshsls.
New York, July 2. Dispatches from
.fl.1.1 Va... report lha mis. r.
Farmalee Trentice, who Is at Onr.ta
farm for me '""lr,i
her father, John D. Rockefeller, and
the estate is under strong guard, pre-
nmably to prevent .ir. ""
disp'tehee state that the lake front of
th rroperty is prollel by a launch
and that a reporter who drove out to
the place, which he found guarded on
all sides, wss Informed that he ould
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not approach tne nouae.
Nelll Confers With Oparstors.
New York, July 2. Labor Commis-
sioner eil rimr
Washington this morning ana tnisai-
ternoon nei.i a iu w.,.wC...
ith member of the executive commit
tee of the Telegraphers' union. After
thecenference Ieputy President Ko
nenkamp stated that both the national
and local situation were discussed, nui
refused to say to what length. This
evening the headquarters of the union
were deserted.
Quske Rattles Windows.
Portsmouth,- N. IL. July 2. Fjirth
tremblings UBt suooa uinrni wrw(w-
bly st Intervals were felt here today.
Window hook and rattled ami bric-a-brac
clatter from the shelves. Some
times hstf an hour wculd elapse be
tween the vibrations, but by sundown
100 hocke Lad been felt. The heaviest
came between 6:15 and 64:6 p. m.
WILL USE NO COAL
Steel Ccrpr-raflon Is P.acn.cg to
I'roploy SiibstliUie.
HILL INSTALL HAM G IS ENGINES
Claim Is Maoe That Savirg Effected
Will Mare Than Pay Cost
of Installation.
Pittsburg, July 2 That the cost tf
production of steel may be reduced a
few cents a ton, millions of dollars are
to be spent in new machinery, at the
plants of the United .State Steel cor
poration, and about 100 engine are to
be relegated practically to the scrap
heap, tins step will probably take
two or three years to complete, but it
Is assured by the experiments that have
been carried on at the Ixlgar Thorn p-on
plant of the corporation at Braddx-k,
where the experiment have been along
the lines ol abolishing cis. In favor of
gHS as fuel and using the gas that blows
from the blast furnaces.
The experiments st the Edgar Tl 0 np
ton plant, it is said, has determined
the policy of the fteel corporation fur
all their wi rks, and gas engines will be
immediately installed as fast ae they
can be built stall the plants. At Gary,
Ind., where S new plant is being built,
20 cr more of the new engines will be
installed to furnish p,wer and to
"blow" tbo furnaces. These engine
are mid to cost about $150,000, and the
coat for engines alone at this plant wi 1
be about $.'1,000,000. Besides this out
lay there will be a great expenditui
for the vast eyttem of monster pipes for
carrying the gas from the blast furnaces
and for Its purification before It can be
used in the engine.
UNCLE SAM'S BIQ SURPLUS.
Balance at End of Fiscsl Year Was
87,000 000 One of Largest.
Washington, July 2. So far as work
ing purposes sre concerned the fiscal
year of tbs government ended June 30
with a surplus of substantially $87,
(M). 000, one of the largest net balance
ever ihown. In the fiscal year 1902
there was a surplus of $91,287,275, Lot
that was the largest since 1890.
While the official figure for the fiscal
year will not tie announcced for a few
day yet, the ft gun now available are
approximately correct. They show that
in the year just closed the income from
the various sources of revenue was
$1105,30(1,134 and expenditures $578,
37,7i)9, as compared with receipts of
$594,454,121 for the last fiscal year
and expenditures of $568,784,799, the
surplus In tliat year being $25,609,322.
There has been a tremendous increase
in the receipts In the year just closed,
while the expenditures have been only
about $10,000,000 in excess of last year.
The largest increase in receipts lis
been from customs, although internal
revenue has shown a nig gain, ine
receipts of this fiscal year in customs
were $333,230,120 and in internal rev
enue $270,3u9,3H8
WOMEN SAVE MANY LIVES.
Their Heroic Work Prevents Break
ing of Big Dam.
Laramie, Wyo., July 2. How the
breaking ot the Wheatland dam, lm
pounding the largest artificial body of
water in Wyoming, was prevented by
the hertlc efforts of four women is
modestly told In a letter from Miss
Knight, addressed to tier mother.
Miss Knight, who is visiting Miss
Helen McGill, at McGill, with her
hostess and Mr M. J. Reed and da gh-
ter, wss riding by the reservoir w n
she noticed a leak in the dam. Tne
women notified Mr. Reed's hut-band,
who is in charge of the reservoir, and
he started for Wheat field to summon
help.
Mrs. Keed and the three gins spent
the entire night filling the crovlce with
hay and diit, using eleven loads of hsy.
When Keed returned in the morning
thev were almost exhausted, but had
succeeded in keeping the break from
enlarging to the danger print.
Taxss Resort Is Burned.
Mineral Wells, Tea., July 2. Min-
eral Wells, w ith nearly 10,000 visitors
from all over the South, was threatened
with total destruction by fire last night.
The fire started in the skating rink of
the Palace Amusement company, a new
$5,000 structure. From there the fire
sriresd to the Mineral Wells sanitari
um, a four story nrkk, nued with pa
tlents. These were all moved ont and
no lose of life Is reported. The Mineral
Wells bathhouse" was totally destroyed,
as were the Lithia pavilion and a part
of the Vann hotel.
Chicago Banks to Merge.
Chicago, July 2. The Record-Herald
tomorrow will say: The creation of
the largest hanking institution in Chi
cago Is about to take place in the con
solidntion ol the Continental National
and Commercial National banks. Ne
gotiatlons to this end have been under
way for some time, but with Indifferent
success until recently. The new bank
will make the following showing
Total capitslifation, $7,000,000,000;
total surplus and undivided profits
$8,984,486; total deposits, $05,694,
378.
Co'dest June On Rtcotd.
Washington, July 2. The weather
bureau announced that the month just
cl.el was the coolest June on record
In Washington, I). C, in the last 75
years, and that the same Is probably
true or ."ew r.ngland. the Middle At
tantto states and the Lower lAke region
In other parts of the United Slates the
temperature were also lower than nsu-
tl. The bureaus official statement
say, in explanation, that It was caused
by atmospheric pressure.
Close Hsvsne Cigar Factories.
Havana, July 2. The cigai maker
who sre on strike, not having replied
to the ultimatum of the manufacturers
to submit their differences to atbttre
tion, the manufacturer annonnce their
intention to close all their plants in
jeunueiy.
RETRIBUTION DUE.
Pennsylvania to Punish Thieves Who
bloie Over (6,000,000.
iiarrlcburg, Pa., July 1. "The state
will be avenged upen those w ho have
plundered It. Criminal and civil suiu
will be instituted and the case i a
strong cne."
Thia declaration wis made today by
James Scarlet, chief euuuael tuS leg
islative committee which has just com
pleted its three and a half months' In
vestigation of the Pennsylvs'iia capitol
scandal. Within 30 days the Investi
gator will render a reHirt to stiver nor
Stuart, and theu, when he turns over
the papers to Attorney General Todd,
will come the retribution..
The investigation baa disclosed not
on'y one of the biggest public scandals
In the h story of the nation, but has
brought out some very peculiar fwU.
It has shown that, whereas the capitol
was built for less than $4,000,01)0,
nearly $9,000,000 was spent in furnish-
ing it. The $4,000,000 spent on the
building had been appropriated by the
legislature and no scaudal attaches to
its expenditure, but not one cent was '
ever appropriated for the furnishing of
the building, and it was only by acci
dent lait fall that State Treasurer Berry
discovered that nearly $9,000,000 had
been taken from the treasury and sown
among the contractors who vied with
each other in the percentages of their
profits profits which were rarely 'ees
than 400 per cent and in a number of
Inslunces sere more than 2,000 per
cent. In one instance, Sanderson, it is
alleged, charged 13, 250 for a mantel
which cost him $32.
ADVANCE FREIGHT RATES.
Schedules Between Mississippi
-and
Rocky Mountains Increased.
Chicago, July 1. Freight rates In
the territory between tLe Mississippi
river and the Rocky mountains will be
advanced 5 per cent by the action of
the Western railroads in raising the
minimum on carload shipments end
other changes in the classification. It
has not yet been determined to cancel
many of the carload commodity tariffs,
though a few of those whoae usefulness
has pasted will be canceled and the
commodity rated according to classifica
tion.
It is the intention to cancel all less.
than carload commodity rates, but ae
they have to meet special conditions,
the shippers generally have, not made
ny specific complraint.
The call for the meeting of the West
ern Uasaiticatlon committee at Char-
levy, MUs., July 16, was cent out yes
terday. The docket contains 425 sub-
ects, many of which were rulings Is
sued by F. O. Becker, chairman of the
committee, since January 15, 1907, and
will he ratified by the committee. Th
most lniHirtant of the subjects ia "To
revise the minimum weights," on
which special committees have been at
work.
The new Western freight classifica
tion will become effective September
1, 1907. .
INQUIRY INTO TELEGRAPHS.
Commissioner Smith Will Exclude All
From Immunity.
Chicago, July 1 . A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says: In
accordance with the instructions of
President Iioosevelt, Cmnmimtsloner
of Corporation Herbert Knox Smith ie
arranging for an immediate invest ina-
ion of the relations between the tele
graph companies of the United States.
The investigation will be conducted in
such a maimer a to avoid giving any
company or official the privilege of im
munity from prosecution in csho a vio
lation of the law thould lie dircovered.
The investigation will determine the
nature and extent of the agreement ex
isting between the tetegraph companies,
the rate of wages paid to employes, the
operating expenses snd such other data
as will lie nseful to the department of
justice in determining whether to insti
tute legal proceedings, and to congress,
shonld that body desire to have the gov
ernment exercise control over the tele
graph io service.
Steel Trust In Greet Britain.
London, July 1. A great combina
tion of steel and iron manufacturers,
similar to thote existing in the United
States and Germany, ia in couise of
formation in Great Britain with the
avowed purpose of combatting Ameri
can and German competition, which is
increasing. Nine big companies, head
ed by Vickers' Sons & Maxim, and in
cluding John Brown A Co., which re
cently was amalgamated with the Har
lan A Wolff company, have assembled
36 concerns which were previously in
dependent
Ready to Arrange Terme.
San Francisco, July 1. President
Cornelius, of the Carmen's union,- gave
emphatic denial today to the report
that the members of the union have de
cided to return in a body to the service
of the Lnited Railroads. He admitted.
however, that renewed efforts have been
made to bring aliont a settlement and
that to this end President P. II. Mc
Carthy of the Building Trades council,
had called upon President Calhoun, of
the United Railroads, yesterday and
again today for the purpose of present
ing a leipiest for a confeien. e.
Jspsnese Embssiy Delays Action,
Washington, July 1. The Japanese
embassy has for some time hsd infor
mstiwn of the pendency of the a (plica
tion of Japanese to conduct intelligence
offices In San Francisco, but the deci
ion of the San Francisco police board
denying these applications Jiss not
reached the embassy, except unofficial
ly. No action Is exrx ted to be taken
here unless the matter assumes a shape
for diplomatic representations, when
the embsssy will take it up.
Work Under Bsd Conditions.
Colcn, July 1. Despite the itrike of
steamshovel men in May and the heavy
rainfall, the earth takjn from the Cu
lehra cut during May exceeded 600,000
cubic yarde. This result is regarded aa
splendid and aa being due to the stren
uous effort of Lieutenant Colonel Goe
thals, chief tngineer, and hiesUfl.
ice,