Hillsboro Independent
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NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form lor Oar
Easy Headers,
A Return of tK Lest Important but
Not Lest Interesting Events
of th Past Week.
GET ALONG WITHOUT ZIMMER.
Honey Produeaa Damaging Testimony
Against Louis Glata.
San Francisco. Aug. 21. Tin break-
ina of Francis J. Heney't automobile
yesterday morning delayed for nearly
half an hour the resumption of the trial
ol Louis Glata for brbery. The asal.it-
ant district attorney and Kudulph
Spreckel completed on foot their jour
ney to the court wnue jiwge
Anil th Iiipv waited.
John Krause. who was r. .nai j
assistant in the alleged bribing oi au
peivieors in behslf of the Faclno Suites
Telephone' Teletrraph company, was
called. He told ol epproacning our
vlsof Thomas F. Lonergan
OREGON STATE lit IS OF INTEREST
FAIL TO KEEP LAW.
W
d,
Statute Requiring Killing of
Disregarded In Marion
Salem There is evidence that thr.
has been a pretty general disregard i,f
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uie pruv.iw w vBuvii law, 141.
cCSS OF IRRIGATION.
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i.l PrOcrOSS Hini u
Progress Being
Bend District.
In a speech at Provincetown, Maes,
President Kooaevelt scoied the (ich
lawbreakers.
The New Zealand senate has turned
down measure allowing women a seat
In that body.
In an explosion of dynamite at Tslng
tail, China, two Germans and 100 Chi
neae were killed.
The War department has advertised
( r material with which to improve the
Honolulu harbor.
Secretary Taft mar chant's all his
Philippine trip plans owing to the ill-
nets of his mother.
Reporta from Cental West and Cali
fornia indicate an almont complete re
sumption of wire aenvce.
Hy means of wireless telegraphy 'be
station at Han Francisco sent the cor
rect time to Midway island, 2,700
miles away.
Hympathy in Portland for the strik
ing telegraph operators is making itself
known by popular subscriptions for a
relief fund. One contribution of $50
was by a former county official.
The Standard Oil company has Is
sued a pamphlet saying that the courts
re biased and that under vindictive
warfare waged by the Federal govern
ment rights of corporations aie tram
pled on.
Hearst is laying his plans for 1908.
Boston has started a crusade againat
grafters.
While on his trip around the world
Taft will Visit the crar.
Both telegraph comapnies in San
Francisco say business is improving.
Speaker Cannon approves the presi
dent a plan of sending a fleet to the Pa
cine.
The Georgia legislature has Just
passed a law which will disqualify 95
per cent of the negro voters.
The Tianavaal assembly is to pur
chase a diamoond valued at (1,000,000
nd present It to King Kdward.
Both Western Union and Postal offi
cials in New York declare thatt busi
ness is lesuming a normal condition.
' A Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul
passenger train hit a handcar near
Cedar Kupids, la., and 20 personswere
hurt.
repressions of surprise and
were frequently uttered by
Hi ...1 ntliar mmhra of the
r -rfsinur "ul " . .
tk"0 !.. ma to Bend recently for
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au vf y luviciing t(,t LmoU Ol lUVWHigimus
the extirpation of Russian, Canadian ' fJtt reclamation projects that
and Chlme thistles snd other obn ,' t" hun sUrted In thia vicinity.
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lous weeus in una county, nd if t Z "utbs repreee
strict enforcement of the act wr t.. i .ivprnmel
him the company's plans, lunching him jn,jgted opon many ot the road super ? to '
and suggesting to him the "Inadvisa- vigort ol the oounty, as well as a n7." ,' in P
bility" of having a rival telephone sys- jorlty 0( municipalities, would be llabu I - blch wi
liasb"
of the state
t have not yet given
details of their task.
position to express an
ill Indicate their nnai
they freely voiced their
, i
over Uie rapiu progress uiat
made in agricjutuie in the
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tern in mis cuy. to im pnaiu iuiijuwu ior urginct In 1 r ioufi
- ..IJ l 11.. nl.il. lit atinorviS- I I It. n.i.lnn. . " lino
- - .,m. In "7. i . .u "u,n
ors lo sn uniurnisuwi suii .-- m u iui cwu onense.
the Mills building tempcrainy This law, whicn is ttie repetitlcnof
hi HiiHir nir me Durpuw, iniii taws udoq uie suuiecr. tuvni .1. ..
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by the prosecution, oi ttl provisions are mane more stringent
' l- . m..iaA ii itrnrkeoner I l i- .U,..-l i. .l . . "
money, nnuov "vtw. - i ana ii p.upn i111.1!111 w cmui n aiiit.
. ...I ..imihttt thji annervisors one St a I ..,,.utu il iklMhiip ailv.B.u l. i
time to an Inner room, whors llaisey I commonly called, requires the road su! ! r t JTl the immense tract set apart
was. . . perviaor oi cacn uisirici to make a tour 1 7 ,iiinstion. The party mat came
With the announced intent or snow- of inspection of the properties within I. nassed dotens of Irrigated
ing that Glass, acting as
the Paclflo States company
presldont of hi, territory and serve notice upon all I ,?ber settlers have ttansformed
uiiikiuup"vi.i V ' l i I pr"peri "i"'" lana any ' iilh piaina inio ueius oi anaim,
absence from this city of John I. Sabin, of the weeds mention! in the Hat ar, "Vf, wt, corn, poUtoea and garden
in 1905, authorlxed the expenditure j by onnj to destroy the same befoie thevl ublai- The view of these many
UttlBr Ul II 11 c j n au v'wm - I ILlkVB UiUVIIISJVg HIIVJ W7'.17.J) aiitl
m. t. ' . .a-1 r.v rwrr S7a at al nrat liHI I
Uie liome leiepnon oumiwu pf"--- of tho notice inubt ue niea with the ' V m0rjttion of the iuccew f riK-
nn i ri iraiiLuiBtj iiicic, mnnrv ntiiirL. 11 iiih luniinunna ... ta...i, fa Nni.ia
. , , I t-liA vv " V " ''4 utlf. I 1 1 rt j mfj i'priuuwm, iui uciusj rnw
expenses of the investigation trip of trie lectB an or refuses to comj-ly with1, ".here two crops of alfalfa, aggre
Oakland city council to Los Angeles in ,he ,aw in thii regpect, the road supe- .three tons to the acre, were cut
that year were defrayed nan ana " vlsor has authority to employ men to leeded down last season, and
rtn riaa r a.'n rA lairirif liiaa inMiraj. .Iahi ne I liA rAtarsl anil n . i t a
TO PREVENT INTERRUPTION.
destroy the pests and charge the cost to 1 Jh-fTfolly matured wheat of first class
the property owner, which spplies as aCr.iitrhM been harvested long before
linn nnon the land. rlu '. i...
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FIR BLOCKS ARE THE BEST.
Railway Ta errsDhers Bend Msn to
Prevent Pulling of Plugs
Portland. Aug. 21. Local features of Orsgon Product Excels Other Woods
the televranhers' strike veeterdav were
the sending of A. O. Sinks, executive
Mayor 'Taylor has been declared by
enitive oi wan irancleoo. lie has ap
pointed a new board of police commis
sioners. Taft is ready for a trip around the
world.
f. French troops have the Moorish op
liaing well in hand.
member of the Oreder of Railway
Telegraphers, out on the Southern Pa
cific lines in Oregon to stop the pulling
of plugs snd other interruption of serv
ice by railway telegraphers: me deser
tion of Mrs. L. I. Dolphin from the
strikers and her return to work at the
Postal office, and the partial reorganiza-
for Switch Block.
Salem Another instance of the an.
perlority of fir wood over the harder
varieties of forestry products for com.
niercial and industrial purposes is illus
trated in a
ii.. (mat season has arrived
Thrrt years ago there was scarcely a
settler'! cabin on the whole 140,000
acres biL'u the Deschutes company
had undertaken to reclaim. Today
there u 250 families residing on the
farm la0"1"' 120,000 acres are green
with (rowing crops, many more fami
lies hare applied for lands and will
come here to make homes when water
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communication to the rail. I M T. "1T r' .' . "?Z1,
road commission received fiom Man. "er- " - .i - -ZV.rl, "J u. Yl 1.
sger K. Lyons, of the Northern Pacific I thii 7" 7 iuuucmou . y.
Terminal company, of Portland. whninextJr'
states that fir wedges will be used
tion of the messenger forceit.the West- f t f ith j . b .
ern Union office. nia,, fti hard wood blocks Wan., w i.
Grants Pass to Have Fair
Grants Pas All of the preliminary
Despite these circumstances, striking B.ianf.ti,in tn thia i... i 'arrnifements for a successful Industrial
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uuHiuiun luiiucitr pmuiuicu vi
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.IttinnnatrntAfl fnllv fiv nuf nw . i
companies are standing nrm and nine i metlxlt
the statem-nl that they are more eon- Mr.' Lyon,. ietter is in reply to a
fldent of winning now than at any time notic( from q.- commig.ton MlJi' ,
tentlon to the dereliction of the com-
The Hague conference has
disarmament change.
postponed
Secretary Straus is back from his tr!p
to Hawaii. He found the Japanese
lrinndly.
A deep interest la manifested by the
administration in the MagHachusletts
campaign.
Chicago ia almost sure to lie the meet
ing place of the Democratio National
convention.
since they walked out. It is said the
strikebreakers are being worn out by
the long strain and that the companies
are unable to get any competent opera
tors whatever.
Brokers' ollices were silent yesterday,
not a telegraph key clicking in either
the offices of Overheck A Cooke In the
Couch building, or Downing & Hopkins
in the Chamber of Commerce. Wire
rouble south of Ashland is ascribed as
the reason for the failure of the former
company to receive quotations, while
the latter is said to have refused the
fragmentary service offered, the firm
declining to carry on operations in the
present demoralized condition of the
stock maket without complete informa
tion of conditions in Chicago and Wall
street, lesterday was the first day for
years that Portland people who dabbled
in stocks could not learn the state of
the market.
pany. In permitting switch and fro?
blocks to remain out of place in the ter
minal yards, and Mr. Lyons assures
the commission that thia matter, the
blame for which he attaches to the ne
glect of the track department, will be
attended to more carefully in the fu
ture He savs that the hard wool
blocks work out of place on the light
track and under heavy traffic, while fir
blocks remain securely wedged where
driven.
Construes Mill License Law,
has conetiued the definition of what, M Planfc ig.to commence within three
constitutes a mill, factory or workshop. T""' a, wo p,unt .op r
for the purposes of inspection and levr f U.n w.ltM SJ! ThePrice '
oi tees to include ail institutions where
WARNS CHINA AGAINST JAPAN.
Diplomats Point Out Grave Danger of
Further Incursions.
Victoria, B.C., Aug. 21. Advices
fiom Pekin state that Prince China-
Is warning the Chinese government
of the menace of Japan. The interview
ith V iseount Ilayanhi. minister of
foreign affairs for Japan at Seoul. In
which he pointed out that China should
take warning by Coiea's fate lest some
strong nation be moved to imitate events
at Seoul and put her house in order.
A Boise telegrap operator who refus- hM cre,U;d a sensation among Chinese
xl to no out haa hwin rirWan nni. r, t.n otuciale. Chinese look with suspicion
by strikers. ion ue franco-Japanese agreement as
l uM)imwi 10 cover sggresslon In China.
ine nrst division ot the ranifio crois- am! omnia.. i
i I V L 1 I v '"wu WU 1 U slkDlliVP
v. .M.sn..u.. .... ...tm iwuiwuu uuiriall to thft BOVfiTnmflnt tW. wKlla. !.
Is tsv U.t I? ..I I - vs.-
.v. vj r ibuu.ka,. pan-, impenetrat on into Ma.nnl.nri.
A cage containing eight miners at 1 irrecoverable, any further Incursion
Sonman, Pa., fell 400 feet to the bot- ,hou,J b" prevented, even if foreign as
torn of the shaft, killing five ol the oc-l8lBUnre ere Invited to exclude Japan
cupants.
Celebrations were held along the
Hudson river in honor of the first trip
of a steamboat on those waters August
17, 1807
in machinery ia operated for manufac
turing purposes, whether conducted
solely by the owner of the plant or not.
Under this interpretation all little
hops wherein articles of furniture,
etc., are made, come within the mean
ing of the act and the owners will be
required to pay the annual license fee
of not less than $5.
RootNot In Sympathy.
Boston, Ana. 21 The Boston News
tsureau says: "Notwithstanding: oili
cial denials, we have confirmatory ad
vices again warranting the nnl.li,.uii
The shah of Fersia Is without funds of the rumor that Klihu Root and Rob-
or power. ert Bacon are likely to retire from th
Chicago's population Is now estlmaU tte department. They are not I
m at 2.367.000. aympainy wun me recently published
... ... ui.cmui m ui Aiuirnev uenerai ilona-
Folk and Johson are being Doomed parte, which appear to rafl-tth .I.!,
ny wesutrn iwraocraia ior mo preai- 0l the administration to use the
dency
The Pennsylvania legislative com
mittee recommends criminal pro ecu
tion of the capitol grafters
President Farling, of the Milwaukee
railroad, says his company will not es
tablish a steamer line to the Orient.
Hill haa received 6,000 letters from
Noerthwest lumlxrmen urging him not
to change the piesent Great Northern
lumber rate.
Much oneasiness is felt for Europeans
In Morocco.
Haywood was given a reusing recep
tion in Chicago.
Two lives were lost, five pwaons 'n
lured and I750.WH) worth of
fair and itreet carnival have been com
pleted and the opening date fixed on
September 10. It is expected that this
will be one of the largest fairs and
street carnivals ever held in Southern
Oregon, and will collect under one can
vas a large delegation of government
official! and representatives of the
National Irrigation congress, which
will adjourn about that time and re
convene at Grants' Pass during the fair
Week.
Albsny Grants Gas Franchise.
Albany By an ordinance passed by
the city council a franchise has been
ranted to James Steel to erect and
maintain a gas lighting plant in this
city. ' According to the provisions of
the franchise, construction work on the
is fixed at 75 cents per thousand feet.
All municipal buildings will be lighted
free.
Moving Pears to New York.
Grants Pass All dav lonir teams
from the various members of the Fruit
Growers' union may le seen ateadilv
filing into town with Bartlett pears,
where they are unloaded at the war.
house and repacked into small boxes)
with the union label upon each.
Heavy Fiasco From Yearling.
MoMinnville O. W. Keen, living a
mile southwest of this city, seems to be
in the lead thus far for the heaviest
fleece from one sheep. The animal is
a yearling, and yielded 8 pounds,
while a full sinter, 2 years old, pro
duced 22 pounds. Mr. Keen sold the
clip for 2-cents a pound, and the
two fleeces netted him $11.25.
first car from Rogue river valley, load
ed with trult, haa left here on the
through freight for New York. The
pear crop is not so large as last year,
but the grade Is aunerinr in am . an, l
has been brought to a good standard in
growing.
Hold Wheat for Raise.
Pendleton More than 200.000 ....!,.
els of new crop wheat has been soM i
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linens ai puces ranging Irom 6it tn 71
cen is.
Cannery a Failure.
Milton The cannery at Freewater
has cloned its doors. Inability to se
cure funds for running expenses is the
The cause of its action. A great deal of to
matoes, corn, berries, etc., which had
been contracted for by outside parties
will not be forthcoming owing to the
shutdown.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat (New crop) Club, 7879cj
blueetem, 8082c; valley, 80c; red,
78(5.7"c.
Oat (New crop) No. 1 white,
I23.6U Kr7.
nnvitr
of the government to punish Individuals
ratner man to secure the enforcement
of the law."
x radically ilia pntiro I n.r r new rrnnl anno.
has been purchased by the Preston- 22.fi0 I ton i brewing, $2424. 60.
1 arton flour mills, as they are offering! Corn Whole. L'8; cracked, 129, per
a few cents more per bushel than are ton
other grain buyers. While some wheatl Ilay-Vally timothy, No. 1, ,17(&18
has been secured by Pendleton buyers, per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21
the amount is comparatively small, the to 23; dver. 9i cheat, $t($10; grain
i"rm7S Jin shown d"P'tion to'hay, I"10? alfalfa, 113(314.
hold for a better price than that offered I Fanc creamery, 32)35c
..... i.., (i uiere every Der poonu'
destroyed in a fire which swept the
beach resort at Old Orchard, Maine.
Dispatches from Tekin forecast a
gloomy future for China, owing to the
unsettled state of politics. A master
mind is needed to prevent the disinte
gration of the empire.
A Nevada Inventor claims to have a
machine to send telegraph messages
without the use of an expert operator
A spwlally e-inipp! typewriter is used
and the nieseitge is received at the other
end by another typewriter.
Both telegraph and telephone wires
are tied tip in Montana.
Montana has Increased the taxable
value of the railroads, which now totals
43,000,000.
The continued tie-np of telegraph
lines may result In government control
if not ownership.
Are After Raisull.
Tangier, Aug. 21. Raisull. the pan.
tor of Sir Harry McLean, ia at hi. nl.t
camping ground, Kl Hauta, the shrine
of Sidi Kuseph. He has written a lit
ter to Kl Merani, the uncle of the sul
ton, telling him he was sent outbv the
sultan to fight, not to remain Inactive.
This communication angered Kl Mera
ni, and he moved his army to within
eight miles of Baisuli's position. Fight
ing is imminent, ir w Merani is de
feated,;the,hill tribes will,lose Alcazar,
but if he is victorious, the situation
property will be saved and Kalsuli captured.
reason to expect they will get it.
Build Rosds for the County.
Fendleton Frank Balcom. . J
man of this city who was arretted on a
warrant charging him with failin t
Robbers Make Rich Haul.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 21. Three regis-
tered mail sacks, containing about a
quarter ot million dollars disappeared
from the Burlington train between Den-
vtr and Oxford, Neb., Sunday night.
Detectives and postal officials are In-
vectigatlng. Superintendent Butler, of
the mail clerks, believes Uie robbery
was just west of the Nebraska line.
Both mail clerks slept while the train
was passing long stretches between sta
tiona.
Poultry Average old bens, 1313o
ppT poiuiu, iniieij cnieaens, 12)$c;
spring chlckei"'' HXloc; old roost
ers, rKj'!,ci dressed chickens, 1617c;
turkey'- live' l31c; turkeys, dress
. . ..hoice. nominal: cmw b
.upport his wife snd baby, was arraign Into-dMOc. .
ed before Judge (iilliland and enter! iVh ranch, candled, 25(S20c
Dressed, ejfSjStg'o per pound.
pork iioc, to io iou pounds, 8
Si(; pa'ers, ,(amc.
' j. niiU Apples, $11.75 per box;
cantaloupe"' 11-25 1.75 per crate;
,..-..he. 50cl per crate: blackber-
ries, N7 P' pound i prunes, $1.50(3
1 75 Pr cra,e; watermelons, 11 4C
pi,, po""',: P'ms, $1.60(S,1.65perbox;
eart. $l.752.60 per1 box; apricots,
l.fiUW 2 I' 'i 8 rapes, $1.251.75
ier bx'
Vegetb'e Turnips, $1.75 per sack;
earn'"' 2 per Rck; be''ti, 2 "T 't k:
HParag". 10c V Pind; celery, $1.25
ujti"en'' corn' 25 35c per doren;
rucumi' 1015cper dosen; lettuce,
0bJ. !5c 1 li"eDi onions, 15($20c
n.r 'iton; pe". (fo per pound;
I nkins, 1WW2C per pound: ihn-
barb, 31c fr P0"n,l beans, 35c per
i-mipik, prr pouna;
60i-(S$l per lox; tomatoes.
a plea of guilty and wa, sentence.! V P-r
wL"?. m",mB'n Punishment Tork'1
....: ..Ti.,K ui me sentence he mi
. worked on t he roads and the con "
ill pay his wife at the r.. i ...7
per day fcr his services. '
Crops Are Good at Bly.
Bly Owing to a ia. .
It - J .lllll li.v
ng is progressing slowly, thonat.'.w!?"
Arbitrate Fisheries Dispute.
Ion.lon, Aug. 21. -Oreat Britain has
avepted the proposition of the United
States to submit the Newfoundland
fisheries dispute to arbitration by The
Hague tribunal. Meanwhile the mo
dus vlvendi will continue the same as
last year.
'f- .."".ere i. V
thoh rx
"-rvyc'rS!
uruiK cm trie s.0n.l n J
Other crop, show P very favoib,8
More Lights at Station,.
Salem The nxilm.,1 , ,'.
Jn reipt of a wn.m'
(.eneral Manager O Brien, of
A N., sUting that the rennei?
commission for additional 1 htl U
the platform, of the depots at P. f?8
ton and Heppner Junction will b.'"
plied with. uwl"becon,.
Clatsop Building New R0,
Astoria Clateop county is bnii'i
public highway along wh.'t A
t enaat Mnl .. . nfWn a,
... .-f, -nn in is ril
th. Tillamook county line, the "L?4
Ing to .erure a good road u tottf L? U"
tible to Tillamook city. n -
puiin-i
a...,.h.
;,V per crate; sweet potatoes, 6(3)
4 n $2.25(82.50 per hundred.
ptta ' New, $1(31.25 per hun-
.t'ovl 4(S6c per pound, according to
T1! Esitern Oregon, aversge best,
1a"''c per pound, according to shrink
'".rtHey, 20(S,22c, according to fine-ms-
mohair, choice, 29(s30c per
pound
WHEflE MONEY WENT.
How San Francisco Has Made Use of
S0.OOO.OOO; Relief Funds.
Sen Francisco, Aug. 20. The Relief
Corporat on has Issued a statement
summing up the work that it has done
from the time of the fire to the present
evacuation of the camps. The state
ment says:
"The efforts ot the corporation to
provide permanent homes for the sul
ferers from the catastrophe will com
plete the administration of the $u,000,
000,000 of the relief fund. The amount
in money that was received by the cor
poration amounted to $8,357,b33.U3. be
sides free transportation and the sup
plies donated from various sourecs.
The sum of $906,000 subscribed I. still
outstanding, $700,000 of which is In the
hands of the American National Ked
Cross.
"In the three month, immediately
following the fire, known as the emer
gency period, $2,060,000 was spent for
clothing, food, shelter, distribution of
supplies, sanitation, aid to the sick snd
injured and aid to neighboring cities.
Since the permanent organisation on
August 1, 1900, of the Relief and Red
Cross Fund, corporation the expendi
ture has been $6,226,000. Nearly $3,
000,000 of this sum has been nsed for
small loans, mostly fci the purpose of
assisting people who had acquired lots
In the city to erect homes on them.
The result is shown In the building of
1,367 cottages. The remainder has
been spent as follows:
"Furniture and household necessi
ties, $1,260,000; tools for artiste and
professional men and to assist business
men, $513,000; transportation, $41,
000; sewing machines, $37,000; relief
of various kinds, $627,000.
"The department of lands snd build
ing, has spent for the construction of
dwelling houses in the parks and for
the fitting np of the Ingleside camp for
old people, $000,000. Bonuses to the
amount of $402,000 have been given
to people erecting buildings in the
burned district. Eight hundred and
forty-three buildings have brought the
owners such a reward, the bonuses rep
resenting 12 per cent of the cost of the
building. A permanent home fcr those
who are too old to care for themselves
and have no means ia being erected at
a cost of $000,000.
"Ninety-five thousand dollars has
been administered by the bureau of
special relief for a variety of needs,
such as medical services, milk Jot
children, special delicacies for children,
artificial limbs, spectacles, sewing ma
chines, stoves, etc. The bureau of
hospitals has cared for 4,750 patients
at an expense of $170,000. The indus
trial bureau has spent $35,000 for the
establishment of Kocial halls, the main
tenance of sewing centers, kindergar
tens, etc. For the rehabilitation of
hospitals and charitable societies $300,
000 has been expended, which, how
ever, is not sufficient for the purpose.
The plans of the corporation for the
winter Include additional aid to the
needy institutions, the caring for about
200 women and children In the hospit
als, the maintenance of the Ingleside
camp and the assistance of those who
are in real need of charity."
DON'T WORK ENOUGH.
Hetty
Green 8ays Girls Think Too
Much of Clothes.
New York, Aug. 20. "Young girs
of today are too extravagent. They
think too much about clothes and they
don't have enough to do. If they had
some useful work to occupy their
thoughts they wcruld not run to such
extravagance."
So spoke Mrs. Hetty Green, the
world's greatest woman financier, when
asked her opinion on some topics of
current interest.
"I speak from experience," she add
ed. "Perhaps you don't know it, but
I was quite a belle when I was young
But I outgrew all that sort of thing.
The rainbow silks and metal finger.
are not to my taste. I nsed to wear
those things. , I used to have more fix
ings and trimming, .on me than there
I. cn a Christmas tree. I have more
sense now. Society hasn t enough to
do to keep itself out of mischief. Those
so-called fashionable women spend all
their time these days at bridge and
smoking cigarette, and drinking pale
tea snd strong whisky. Every one of
them ought to be working."
Aerial Visitor Frightens.
New York. Ana. 20 Everhvnd nut
of doors at Amaganxett, L. I., was
startled last evening on Leering a ter
rific roar, and at the same time saw a
Dialing mass ihooting through the
heavens over the ocean snnarentlv nnlv
a little way out from shore. The bias
ing object appeared to many to be about
20 feet in diameter. Those who wit
nessed the flifiht. S9.V tha nrnton, tnn.t
have weight several tone. When it
struck the ocean huge breakers came
tumbling shoreward. Several bathing
pavilions were washed away.
Refers to Haywood Trial.
Stuttrart. fi
International Rw iui
today with over 900 delegates, epre-
k. u 7 . """""ea. Ilerr Rebel,
the ' Social leader in the leichntag
was :the first speaker. He referred es
pecial y to the strong delegation from
the Lnited States. He spoke of what
he ,rmed the "n(IaloiI(,
in Idaho, "where the capitalist classes
,111. ii ' . ""all, had been
brillmntlv acquitted." other stir,ln
"peecue. were made. "
Uncle Ssm's N.vy Second.
II James fighting ahlna in
1007, one of the rgnlxe,l8., Kit'"
on nav es. nnr th. . """'orruee
'. nates sec.
t ,'mr.!he V'Lp0wer. "d Ore,
in shins it h ui u " yl th' bo'h
in ships with high powered gun. and
armor impervious to viui l"hy
long range the Tnii d...' w". "
...perio, to any other n.vy in the world
reCxar"CtrrilWihe Aricn navy
as an extremely good second. 7
Work Pumps for W..ks.
Charlestown. B.C., Aug 20 tv..
or wie Msre Island navy yard .
.h,ii"j"J,b'i.'to7.
GUILTY OF GRAFTING
Benson and Perrlo Convicted ol
Fraud Against Government.
JURT OUT ONLY HALF AN HOUR
Aged Defendant Hard Hit by Result
Both Are Permitted Their
Liberty on Bail.
San Francisco, Aug. 20. John A.
Benson and Dr. Edward B. Penin were
yesterday convicted of conspiracy to
defraud Uie United States government
In securing 12,000 acres of laud In Te
hama county.
Ihe verdict, which mean, a fine and
term of imprisonment, wa. returned by
a Jury in the United State District
court after being out about an hcur.
Benson and Dr. Perrin were allowed
to retain their liberty on ball. Judge
De Haven set Thursday a. a day for
passing sentence.
J. C. Campbell made the closing ar
gument Ior the defense at the morning
session, and In the afternoon United
States District Attorney Devlin closed
for the proeocation, summing up Ihe
case in a forcible manner. In hi.
charge Judge De Haven instructed the
juroie that if they found from the evi
dence (hat Dr. Perm kid at any time
subsequent to Octol er 31, 1U03, taken
advantage of the contract with Benson
he should be found guilty as charged.
After the Jury had been out about
half an hour they filed back Into court
and asked for a reading of letters Perrin
wrote from Washington, Snell's reply
and that part of the charge relating to
Dr. Perrin's liability in connection with
the Benson contract. A verdict was
returned within ten minutes sfter the
request of the Jury had been granted.
Dr. Terrin took the verdict very hard
and was comforted by his two sons.
Benson appeared to be dumfounded at
the result.
The punishment provided by the .tat
nte is a fine of not less than $1,000 nor
more than $10,000 ; and imprisonment
for not less than two years.
NO LACK OF MEN.
Telegraph Company Blames Opera
tort for Congestion.
Portland, Aug. 20. "General condi
tions are improving," said K. T. Held,
district superintendent of the Western
Union Telegraph company, who was in
this city yesterday from Seattle.
"There has not been a day since the
strike began, a week ago, that our com
pany has not had enough good opera
tors to handle all business, and they
could have done so, but for the mali
cious Interference with our wires by the
railroad telegraphers. We have a num
ber of secret service men and inspec
tor., who are on duty at suspected
points and we propose to arreet and
prosecute every man who is found tam
pering with our wires. However, there
lias been less disturbance on this ac
count today than any other day since
our operator, walked out.
"Six month, ago the operators In the
employ of the Western Union through
out the Northwest were as one large
happy family. But that condition has
been replaced by discord ever since the
men came under the influence of Sam
J. Small, president of their national or
gunixation. The men had no grievances
and what Is more they deliberately
w Iked out without being so much as
ordered. It was not until then that
they formulated a statement of griev
ances to be presented t) the company.
The same course was pursued by the
messengers.
"The trouble Is not tlmt the men
have grievances, not tlmt they were
kept from their positions by intimida
tion. They would rather not work at
all. Take the Portland ofiice today,
for instance. The company is paying
$3 a day for messengers. Seven men
accepted positions as messengers this
morning and before night six of them
had quit their positions."
Gompers' Aid Asked For.
Washington, Aug. 20. President
Samuel Gompres, of the American Fed
eration of Labor, today reported to the
executive council of the federation that
he, John Mitchell, of Indianapolis, and
Daniel J. Keefe, of Detroit, had been
intrusted by united labor with an at
tempt to bring about "an honorable ad
justment of the telegraphers' strike at
an opportune time." Mr. Gompers
was asked when he thought that time
would arrive, and replied that he could
not say, but that it might be "at any
boucr, or perhaps not at all."
Mutt Kow Tow to Mr, Ishil.
Seattle. Wash.. Aug. 20. A bulle-
tin in the dock ofiice of the lmmlirra.
tion ofiices gives this laconic Instruc
tion to Inspectors: "K. Ishil, Japanese
dipicmat, may pass through Seattle.
Kow tow to him." Japanese Consul 8.
iimmmsu Ictt lastn uht for Sun Fran
Cisco to meet Ishii and bring him to
T . I . . . . . .
i oruana anu neatt e. lie l nun ina
here to investigate consular and labor
conditions and immigration officer, have
received word he must be treated with
consideration. The force wa. given the
wora in ine dock office bulletin.
Taft Favors Ravlalnn.
Columbns. O.. Amr. 20 W IT T.r
secretary of war, tonight made what he
w pieaseu t0 term hi. "political con
fesaion of faith" . r-!..-i i
i. t m. . . ""iiwriai nan.
Mr. Taft ma,l nn f,i . .
. , .. . B.iiiu.iiicemeni
k- rani"'"r. but he was Introduced
-7 ovrrnor iiarn.as the next presi
dent of tho fnlii u... i-1 J
th. . i , wnicn wa.
ji '""iei in. prev ons
declaration that he I. in favor & Ur,
Stomach Full of Frogt.
imbibe ;:;:.: "".-rF'?w
tion A,M.,M intern- obstmc
won. An operation was ntri. .
Mrt. KandiicK.. i7," neceary to
STRIKE OVEH, 8AY8 CLOWRY
Telegraph Operators In New York
Going Back to Keys.
New York. Aug. 1.-General officer,
of ths two telegraph companies) salcl
last night that business was moving to
ail parts of th. country and that no i dif
ficulty is experienced in handling
.verythlng offered. President dowry,
of the Western Union, said:
"The strike is ovei. We are reo'IV"
ing applications from striken today,
tut we tie filWd.up and cannot place
them." , ,
The Associated Prert service is mov
ing under steadily iuiprovlngconditicns.
Otncert of the uniou still express confi
dence and deny that any union operat
ors have applied for re-employment.
Trade Wlret Aro Reopened.
Chicago, Aug. 16. The telegiapu
companies reopened their ofiices at the
boaid of trade with comparatively few
operator.. It i. predicted that the
strike of brokers' operators will not
materialise. Boh the employers and
trikert declare they will not arbitrate
anything.
General Strike Called. '
Chicago, Ang. 18. 8. J. Small, pres
ident of the Commercial Telegraphers
union, st 1:30 this morning irsned a
general order to commercial operators
to cvase work immediately except where
contracts with the nnicn have been
signed.
BOTH SIDES FIRM.
Working Forces Uncharged at Port
land Offices.
Portlsnd, Aug. 16. With both the
strikers and the telegraph companies
claiming the victory in the local strike,
conditions In Poitland are much the
same as they were yesterday morning.
Today is expected to maik the crisis of
the trouble and each side announce, it
confidence in the outcome.
Managers of the telegraph companiea
say they have the situation well in hand
and that the strikers have lost. O ra
the other hand the striking operator
say they have the local companies tied
np and the ranks are standing firm.
They say the telegraph companies are
using the malls to dispatch their mes
sages and that unless the operators are
taken back at their own term, the pres
ent serious tie-up of all lines of busi
ness will continue indefinitely.
A feature of the titustion yesterday
was an appeal to the police by Manager
Dumars, of the Western Union, for
ptotection to messengers hired as.
strike-breakers. He asserts thst strik
ing union messenger boys Interfere ser
iously with those hired to deliver tele
grams. Strikebreakers are being quartered
in the Western Union ofiice, cots hav
ing been placed there, and after their
trick at the key. is finished they sleep
there, ready to begin work sgain as
soon as they awake. The strikebreak
ers are said to be well cared for and
Manager Dumars say. he Is feeding
them porterhouse steaks, their meals,
are brought in to them.
HARD WORDS FROM CARTER.
Intimates Hawaiian Federal Building.
' Site Wst Tampered With.
Honolulu, Aug. 16. A. toon as.
Governor Carter returned from his re
cent trip to Washington he dictated a
statement for the local papers in regard
to the matter of a site for the Federal
building, in which he said: "I con
sider that bad faith has been shown
me, odicially and privately, by my own
representatives of the Muhuka site
owners."
The Mahuka site is the one selected
by the representative of the Treasury
department tent out here for that pur
pose. The governor, while in Wash
ington, tried to secure the selection of
the Irwin lite. After reciting his
efforts in Washington in the matter.
Governor Carter said:
"After all this I find that the offer
to withdraw the Mahuka site, made to
me in good faith personally and official
ly by correspondence, has not been car-,
ried out, and I do not see how the offi
cials in Washington can 'square' with
me in any other way than by accepting
the Irwin site. I did not foice myself
into this matter and only undertook it.
open their request."
Alarm at Casa Blanca.
Tangier, Ang.' 16. There is still
much uneasiness here In the matter of'
the position of the Europeans in Moroc
co. No confirmation of the report that.
Caid Sir Henry MacLean has been re
leased can be obtained. A courier
and servant from MacLean have just
arrived here and .ay that it is believed
that newt of the bombardment of Casa
Blsnca baa made a very bad Impression
on the tribesmen and caused the sus
pension of the negotiations for Mac
Lean's release. The tribesmen are fu
rious against all Christians.
Shah of Perta Helpless.
Teheran, Persia, Aug. 19. This un
happy country is in a complete state of
anarchy. The new shah is entirely
helpless, having lost even the power of
veto, which mott constititional mon
arch, reserve to themselves. Being
without money, he cannot get out of
his difficulties, and he ha. to act en
tirely at the orders of the revolutionary
party. Obeying their commands, he
has wlthdrswn hi. uncle, hitherto gov
ernor of Ispehen, from hi. pont. The
revolutionaries are crazy on the tub
joct of reform.
Sentence Is Deferred.
San Francisco, Ang. 19. The sen
tence of Vice President Zimmer, of the
Pacific Telephone A Telegraph com
pany, for contempt of court in refusing
to answer questions in the firtt trial of
Ixitilg Glass was deferred SHturdsy un
til Tuesday by request of his attorney,
who wss unprepared for argument.
Zimmer'. attorney, Charles H. Fairall,
has raised the point that the verdict of
guilty cannot stand, a. the iurv was
discharged before it was rocorded.
Chinese Dowsgsr Will Abdicate.
London. Ang. IB Dia
Shanghai state that the dowager em
press ha. announce.) her determination
to abdicate at th n.T r'l.in. v. ,
Ysr and hand over authority to the
emperor. Since 1898, when the dow
ager took control from the emperor,
he haa yigoroosly kept him In lubleo
tion.