Hillsboro Independent
KILLSBCRO OMOOH
NEWS OF THE WEEK
EVIDENCE PILES UP.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
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a Condensed Form for
Easy Headers.
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A Return of th Lees Important but
Not Lata Interesting Event
of tha Past Weak.
Nelson Msrris, millionaire packer of
x. htcago, la dead.
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' Four girl were burned (o death in a
fire at Oklahoma City.
The Moon have again attacked the
French, but were defeated.
ixieta lilea baa established a quaran
tine against all vessel from Cuban
pitta.
The We lis-Fargo Express company is
moving Into Its new 12-story building
at Portland.
San Francisco Supervisors Bribed by
Telephone Company
Ban Francisco. Aug. 28. Secretary
Treasurer F. W. Faton, ol tha Pacific
States Telephone 4 Telegraph company, I Q pBOMOr DAIRY INDUSTRY
was raneu 10 uis nu v..-j -j
tl.u nmiufutlun in the case of the Glass
bribery trial.- He testified again to the
drawing by him of about sau.uw
worth of checks in Febiuary of 1906 for
which no vouchers were turned in. Ji
Aiti rwit know mho ordered the checks
drawn or who signed them. The is
cords thereof were destroyed in tha fire.
Cashier William J. Kennedy was
called. He testified to the drawing of
10,000 and $5,000 checks in February,
and told of the subsequent return to
the company of 7,000 or 7,oou in
farentiallv comprising tha bribe mon
eys lelurned by aeveial supervisors on
flemand of Halsev. alter the granting
of the Home Telephone company ft an
ohiiui annlii-Ation. according to the
Klilm nf tha nnawcution.
Mr. Henev Introduced memoranua
(mm five local banks showing the wun
,1raa1 of annroximatelr I50.UUU in
February, corresponding to the total
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Special Interest in ""' rroouei.un
Evidenced on uooi y.
Mamhfield The chamber of com-
mere of Marshfleld will on September
10 and 11 hold a big meeting for the
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advancement of the dairy anu norvwui-
Li iniMn of Coo county. Those
who have accepted invittation to de
II.,.. a.t.lresaefl on mi occasion are
President J. W. Kerr, Professor C.
rwia and Dr. James Withycombe, of
tha Stat Agricultural college at Cor
L.iii. m. Waldo. State Grange lee
,r of Portland, and William Schul
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merick. of Washington couniy. iney
rill talk on dairying and Horticulture
.n.t Tr Kerr will also speak on some
H,u-ationl theme. It la expected tha
W. C. Hawley will also
rwi nreeent on this occasion.
There has been a nveiy interest in
lsinnrin mavm fthsifc ft lanrsf m. Mnrll.
date for president; that he has more the cornoration. which he was auditing for the dairying business and eipreaaed
imnoriFM wora to ao. I a hen the were destroyed in we me.
Man
battleship of the Atlantic
fleet cannot enter Puget Bound because
the water la too deep to anchor in.
In an address at Loa Angeles K
lihil, of the Japanes foreign office,
aid talk of war between Japan and the
United States is ridiculous.
There is no sign of yielding In the
telegraphers strike. Kepoits say
many of the strike breakers are about
to desert and oin the men already out.
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the
JUDGES FOR HAGUE COURT.
United Statss Proposss th Allotment
Among Nations.
The Hairue. Aug. 28. The United
States delegation announces its willing
ness for all countries on the American
continent, including th United States,
to have four judges of the new interna
tional court appointed for the ZI coun-
tii under-
the belief of possibilities of great
crtwae in mat line, auunw i
resident of the rural district were made
b Mr. Bailer and he appointed Mr
Yoakum, owner of a dairy farm, to act
as rienuty dairy inspector lor uie
t . V
county.
Apple culture is also receiving more
attention than formerly. P. Duffy, an
annla buver. of Sydney. Australia, is
on Coos Bar looking over the orchards
He has bought lor shipment an oi ine
Uravensteln annles procurable and the
fact that outside buyers are coming in
! fhla 4int.inpnt. on
Mulay Hsfig Is leading a great army u Jjn tl)lt thi reuccg the number to this territory has given new interest
of Moois against the French.
A German has perfected a new air
ship which gives good success
Venexnela is defiant against America
-and Koosevelt may call on congress to
act.
An American judge in China takes
k Chinamen's word against that of Amer
leans.
The Union Paciflo is again experi-
, menting with motor cars at Its Omaha
hops.
of ludues to 15. It is understood that
the Americans hepe Asia will be allot
ted two judges snd fcurone nine.
The examining committee has com'
Dieted the first reading of the revised
version of ths American permanent; tri
bunal 'proposition. Mr. Choate ex
plained some doubtful Jurisdictional
points. The Mexhan delegation an
nounced that it opposed the court be
cause it is Impossible to secure equality
for all countries in the appointment of
to the culture of apples.
iudge.
Kiit Barboeo. of Braxil. made a long
Garfield is back in Washington from speech in which he protested against
lO.COO-mlle trip, principally through th appointment of judges as projected
He baa planned many re-
the West.
1 forms.
There is a small army of detectives
in Berlin watching noted anarchists at
tending th congress. Km ma Gold
' man is one of the delegate from th
United States.
The Chicago, Peoria A St. Louis rail
road has taken off part of its trains and
will run others as mixed passenger and
freight on account of the two-cent pas
senger rate law.
A train on the Southern railway was
wrecked near Charlottsville, Va., and
21 peraons Injured. Kveiy car over
turned and great loes ol lile was only
aveited by the slow speed at which the
train was running.
t It Js so altered it make wouldn't
recognize it.
Th Chinese legation at Paris denies
that - the dowager empress ia seriously
111.
GFreat Britain has just launched a
third battleship of the Dreadnaught
rlas.
'sK. F. Noel has received the Pemo
criUicnomination f governor of Ten-lessee.
I.aior Commissioner Neill still has
compromising the telegraph-
In the American proposition. He in
sisted that this question must be settled
n a manner which fully recognized the
equality of the powers. The meeting
was then adjourned until September 2.
TREELESS IN TEN YEARS.
4iopa of
en' strike.
' Two persons wcr killed in a cyclone
which swept ovet J-.au Claire county,
Wisconsin.
Nearly all Euroepans are leaving
Morocco on account of the gravity of
the situation. .
Th Hamilton club, th great Chi
cago Republican organization, Is to
build a 12,000,000 skyscrsper.
Taft advises th peopl of Oklahoma
so reject the constitution framed for
Use when th teirltory becomes a state
The Chicago A Alton railroad has
Wn sold to the Toledo, St. Louis A
V estern.
Kslsull, the Moorish bandit, has de
, tested the army sent by the sultan to
, capture turn.
n eiiern ranroaos are again Issuing
warning to coal dealers to lay in
w inter supply before too 1st.
Ivath from the bubonic planus in
India promise to exceed all former rec
ords during theg present year
Heney and Pel mas continue to fight
' every step in ins viiaas bribery case
now being tried in San Francisco.
Japanese hare sued the city of San
Francisco tor $2,575 damages on ac
count of th restaurant wrecked by
mob.
A heavy electric storm has done much
lis mage to telegraph and telephone
wire in Jortnern California and South
ern Oregon.
Bryan says K.xwevelt is protecting
railroad corporations from prosecution
Texas has begun suit sgsinst th In
ternational Harvester company for $1
100,000 for alleged violation of th
anti-trust laws.
Vic President Zimmer, of th Paci
fic Stato Telephone company, has been
sentenced to Imprisonment for three
niimthi for eoontempt in refusing to
1 answer questions In th Glass trial
He has appealed.
Th New York teamsters' strike i
marked with numerous acts of violence.
Connt Bonl hss been snubled by
Gould in liOndon.
The Philippine government lias sup
pressed the flag of secret rebel soci
ety. Drivers and stablemen employed at
the wholesale beef packing house in
New York at on strike.
Congressman MeCall, of Mam., pre
dict hard,tine as a result of ths heavy
fin imposed oun th Standard Oil com-any.
Sscrstary Wilson Prsdlcts Futur Un
less Forests Ar Saved.
Chicago, Aug. 28. Secretary of Agri
culture James Wilson, who was In Chi
cago today on his way to Washington
alter inspecting the government forest
preserves in the West, declared that if
better care, mote general propagation
and a metering of conditions are not ob
served, the ft rests of the country will
practically be wiped out in ten years.
"forest fires," be said, "should be
guarded against, and for that protection
the government has employed thous
ands of men to wstch for fires. A per
son can ride for miles through Michi
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and -see
arren sections where formerly grew
great pine forests. Fires have wiped
out millions and millions of dollars'
worth of the best of hardwood.
President Koosevelt has done much
or the preservation of the forests. He
has added more than 150,000,000 acres
to the forestry reserves and would have
made more bad not the last congress
cut him down. He appreciates more
than many private citizens the great
worth of our forest. The East Is de
pendent entirely opon our Western for
ests for it best timber."
Bomb 8nt to Cortelyou.
Philadelphia,, Aug. 28. Th ex
plosion of what appears to have been a
large percnsion cap in a package ad
dressed to the secretary of the treasury,
Georg Cortelyou, created excitement
in Nlcetown, a substation of the Phili
delphla postoflice, today. The box,
which was collected from box in the
northern section of the city, was re
ceived by Mr. Roberts, a clerk, who
says it was four inches long by two
inches wide. What was inside the
package, aside from the explosive, the
otlicials will not ssy.
Drowned by Wholesal.
Tokio, Ang. 28. Report from the
inundated district continue to come in,
bringing with them the sad.lest picture
of houses wsshed away and the drown
ing of old and young. One village in
the Yamansshi prefecture was buried
under mud and at least 500 were drown
ed in that vicinity. In some places
it is ditticult to obtain food. When
inn reports ar received it is expected
TRUE TO MONMOUTH.
Alumni and Friends Rally to Support
of "Mothar Normal."
Monmouth The condition required
by th new lUte board of normal
school will be met by the Monmouth
school and it will continue to run
President Ressler fays that the canvass
for funds has proceeded far enough to
justify him In making this definite an
nouncement, although only on day's
time was given to meet the terms im
posed by the board.
Many letters are being received from
the alumni of the school sending in
their pledge and assurances of loyal
suport, and the loyalty of the citizens
of Monmouth, which has always been
an important factor of the "mother
normal," ia again manifested in the
quick response with pledges to com
plete the cash deposit asked by the
board.
By the loyalty and sacrifice of the
faculty all departmenet of the school
will be maintained the same as hereto
fore and the institution will open
promptly at the announced time.
Ashlsnd Fruit Good.
Ashland The fruit season of 1907 in
Aahland and vicinity is now well ad
vanced and shows that, all varieties of
fruit considered, it will prcve fully as
profitable a any that have gone be
fore. For this reason section of South
ern Oregon ha come to that stage in it
development where it is not dependent
upon any one crop of fruit for its pros
perity. W h le the peach crop is not as
large this year as it has been in some
othery eats, there have been bumper
cnerry, loganberry, strawberry and
blackberry crops.
Hop Crop Heavy.
Aurora Th hop growers in this sec
tion ar between the devil and the deep
sea this year as far as prices for their
hops go, for there are no prices, and the
growers nave no means of knowing
when a price will be made, or what it
will be. In the Aurora. Buttsvllle and
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nuuuaru aisincts, tn nop crop is as
large, if not larger, than last rear
The yield is so heavy in many yards
that the hops are breaking down the
wire and pulling down the post
Opsrat Fr Frry.
halem At a meeting of th Marion
county commissioner's court the city of
Independence was granted the right to
operate a free ferry across the Willam
ette at the point where the city ia sit
uated. The sum ct $1,000 will tie paid
to George Jones who has been operat
ing the ferry up to the present ti.i
and the counties of Polk and Marrn
rill each contribute $25 towards its
support.
Best Quality Ever Produced.
Wallowa Th wheat crop lu this
valley is Just being threshed. The
quality is th best ever produced here,
and the yield is the largest for several
being from 30 to 60 bushels
ABANOQM SCHOOLS.
Board of Rgnts L,t 'nd
Salem Th. lo.nl of regents of Ore
gon state n,..... - k.vli has rescinded
its action ..i t , .nit-ring that th
Monmouth ..i V.i. normals be oper
ated this year t udiistsad a resolution
adopted deobnfll W T ,
hsll not beoptrsud nDle,,, dontlon
ar received iIld ihi "no donations
shall be revived without th expresi
understanding 1DJ tgreement that no
claim will be rcd to' repayment by
me st or legators"
The faculty .iv elected at Mon
mouth was diBch,1 n1 th execu
uve committee autburiiea to
new faculty wiies funds ar available.
No faculty h.. k a elected by Drain
normal. v. nMont Reasler, of
Monmouth, mm tut his Institution
will meet the "conditio1 imposed and
that the school will un De,t Jre",
Ex-President hrintt. of Drain, could
not say what the friends of that Insti
tution will do.
BIG PRUNE CROP.
Picking Will Begin About 8sptsmbr
I In Linn County.
Albsny prnBilre surely a bumper
crop this year snd U picking in most
oi me orchards hereabouts will Degin
about the first wsek in September.
Growers are experiencing small diffi
culty in obtaining pickers on account
of the hieh to be raid. The
prevailing wages fot pickers is 0 cent
per bushel, this being an advance of 1
cent over tha m,.nnt raid last rear.
It ia said tint a o,d picker can clear
about $.! per day ind that children
should be able to pick on an average of
about 30 putihels per day snd thus earn
yi.ou.
It is sn interesting fact that while
the prune Industry was oonisdered a
failure a few vears no. on account of
the lack of a market, this condition has
been eliminated and growers will re
ceive on an imui of 50 cents per
buehel lor all thev can rroduc and
bring into the market. The orchards
that have been nrouerlv cared for will
do better this year.
Moorcs Heads Blind 8chool.
Salem County Superintendent E.
Moores his been elected superin
tendent of the State Blind school to
succeed George W. Jones, who has ac
cepted a position as superintendent of
the state blind school of Illinois.
Moores is a graduate of Monmouth
Normal school, teacher of seversl
years' experience In the public schools
and bai served seven years as superin
tendent of ths Marion county schools.
Mrs. Moores will tucceed Mrs. Jones a
matron of the Institution. The change
will bike place September 1.
jrcre, ufiiiK lrum ou xo ou Dnsneis ner
acre for fall sown wheal and fmm k
that the loss of life will prove to be very 1 35 bushels per aire for spring sown
o,y. i ne supply oi nsti snd regeta- wneat. ins Dsriey snd oat crops are
bles for the Tokio markets has been in-1 lo above th average in quality and
terruppted since Sunday.
yield.
Hss Columbia Nam Plat.
San Francisco, Aug. 28. After toss
ing for weeks ever m'les and mile ol
Farmers Will Hold.
La Grande Threshing in the Grarvt
Dnn.l. It ! .
ia now wen under way
water the shattered name plate of tha and grain is being delivered to differ!
wiuuium mi oeen Picked nn em warehouse. A l u .
on me ocean snore ry tile wWeof an old I tcr wheat have been
sailor who cruised In the wrecked vw.
sel when she was one ol a proud fle I
on me Atlantic coast. It was Mrs. Al
Gibson who recovered the broken name
plat cf the Columbia. Mr. and Mrs.
Gibson live at Edgemar on the ocean
ahor near Mussel rock.
Big Fir In Frisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 28. The book
and printing establishment of John B.
McN'icholl, at 615 Saneome street, was
totally destroyed by fire last night. The
firms of IWigalupi R.si A Co. snd
Main A Winchester, sdjoinlng on 8an
srme strret, also suffered severely, as
did Greenwood, Heis A Co. and H.
Rothenberg, on Ih Washington street
side. The total loss is estmisted at
$60,000.
European Lv Capital.
Fes, Morocco, Ang. 28. Th Euro
pean residents of Fez, excepting the
Germans, left her yeaterlay for El
Aral in. They were escorted by troop.
contract
made at Aft rm.
per bushel, the purchaser being the
tlonr mill companies. Most cf the
farmers do not care to sell now ami are
holding with th hope of receiving 75
Cordensiri Plant for Albany
Albany A sit has been selected for
the condensed milk fuctory. The com
mittee decided on the grounds formerly
occupied by the woolen mill on the
river hank in the east end of the city.
Fhe selection Is a good one and covers
entire block of ground. The walls
i the wrecked building sre in fairly
od condition and can be easily re
built. The necessary track- ana swucn-
rrt fa! litiaa ATA already adjacent. Be
ing on the river makes it possible to re-
celve milk and ship it prouuew vy
boat.
Many Coyotss In Linn.
Alln The coyote is tunning ram
pant in the hill of Linn county and
proving a menace to me eaiuiy oi mo
Hocks and small stork of the farmers.
n spite of local coyote clubs that oner
, bounty for scalw, rapacious
beasts seems to ftooriih and multiply.
The court has at times been petitioned
to lend assistance by offering an addi
tional honnrv Ths rancners unite in
saying that the coyote f' 'rm x
tinct in Linn county.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat (New erop) Club, 80c;
blneatem. 82c! Villev. 81c: red, 8o
Oat f New rroo) No. 1 white,
$23.60: gray. 93
. ' . AAA
liarley (New rroD) reed, s.'i.oig
23 per ton; brewing, $24(5,24.50; roll
ed. I24.50,!k
Corn Whole Ii8 per ton; cracked,
$29.
Hay Valler timothy, No. 1, 117
18 per ton: K-.f.m Oregon timothy,
$19(320: clow 111: cheat, $11;
grain hav. IllfS.i- alfalfa, $1213,
Butter Fanrv creameiy, 3235c
per pound.
Poultry Aversj olJ 13c
pound; mixed rhickens, 12c; spring
chickens, 13c- 0i roosters, 89c;
dressed chl.-kenf, ll7ci "'keys.
live, LV3ac. Itte, live, 8(310c;
ducks, 10c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, wnd'ed. 2520c
per doxen
Veal rw,(I jiaSStO per pound.
Pork Itlock, 75 to 150 pounds, 8(5)
8c; packers, Vug?.
Fruit Appip , $1(5-1-75 per box;
cantaloupes, 7,wJ$1.60 per crate;
Inches, 80nv. ner crate; blackber
ries 67c pe, J; primes, $l.5W-l-5per
crat.- ..termelons, UvlU
INCREASE ARMY PAY.
Congress Likely to Approve, Plan at
Nsat Sassion.
Washington. Aug. 27. Incrtsas in
pay of the army, but no Increase in iU
sis is th compromise which baa been
reached between th president and
leader in congress w ho control legisla
tion. Th president has given bis
hearty approval to the plans of the gen
etal staff of th army which Included
both increase, but after consultations
and conferences, it ha been divided
that it will be Impossible to do more
st tbe next session of congress than to
secure an increase in pay for th army
Immediately upon convening bill will
be Introduced in th senate by Mr
Dick, of Ohio, and In tbe house by Rep
resentative Capron, of Rhode Island
carrying out the agreement which baa
been reached.
These bill will provide for sn in
crease of 10 per cent in the salary of
lieutenant ge renal, 15, per cent in
crease for major and brigade generals
20 per cent for colonels, lieutenant col
onels and msjors, 25 per cent Increase
for captain and lieutenant and 30 per
cent increase for noncommisdonea
officer and private. It Is thought
that such a measure will become law
It was desired by War department
official that congress should authorise
an increase In the strength of the army
not so much by increasing its strength
numerically at this time, but by provid
Ing for creation of new regiments to be
given skeleton organisation in time of
peace.
WHOLE FLEET TO COME.
Sixtn Battleships to Sail for Pacific
In December.
Washington, Aug. 27. Th torpedo
flotilla which will go to the Pacific
coast when tbe battleships 'sail in De
cember consist ol eight vessels, the
Hull, Truxton, Whipple, Hopkins,
Worden, Stews rt, Lawrence and Mc
Donough. Whether all will be fit for
tbe voyage is doubtful.
The flotilla will be commanded by
Lieutenant II. I. Cone, who commanded
the Dale to China four years ago.
The number of battleship which
will go to the Paciflo is 16, not sis, as
stated in dispatches by an error in
transmission. Ship already on th
Pacific will increase this number to IB,
The official statement of the pre si
dent after his conference with actin
secretary of the Navy department, Rear
Admiral Bronson, chief tof the bureau
of navigation, and Rear Admiral Evans
who will command the fleet, is a fol
lows:
"The conference between the pi eg I
dent and the three officers of the navy
was called to decide detail in connec
tion with th Atlantic fleet going to the
Pacific.
"Ths fleet will consist of 16 battle
ships. It will start some time in De
cember. The oonrse of the fleet will
be throngh the Strait of Magellan and
up the Pacific coast to San Francisco,
"The fleet also will, In all probabill
ty, visit Puget sound. The question of
the route'by which it will return to the
Atlantic lias not ss yet been decided.
HAVE NO COAL FOR EXPORT.
cents.
Phsnt Will B Plentiful.
Albany Th Chinese pheasant sea
son ia rapidly pproching snd the
fields are filled with these fin game
bird. Report from all section of the
county ar to th effect that th birds
ar very numerous, and huntsmen are
anticipating great sport In hunting
this, th greatest gam bird in the
West.
fl.60il.65 per
per box ;
per
en-
New Instructor Arrives.
Ashlsnd-Profeesor H. II. Wsrdrlp,
who will have charg of th new man
nal training department of th state
normal and of th work in physical
suitors, hss arrived at Ashland, and is
superintending the Installation of the
equipment required for th new department.
it pound: Mmi.
box; pears. fi.fl-25
grspe, 75rif j 25 prt
VegeUbleeTnmips. '" P" Mc:
carrots, $2 pr beets, $2 per sack;
sparaans. io... innd: beans, 3(8
5c; cabhag,, .Ef. celery. $l-2
dozen: !ii- per doien
cumbers, ia'aCL per d""n; lettuce,
head, 5cpri,V ""ions. 1520c
per doten- - im5c Per pound;
rhubarb, 3 V
perctate;
tomatoes. Kiw ner crate; sweet po-
OnionJ2 I5t450 Pf h,,nle,,
'Utoeax i(S.1.25 per bun-
Hop 4(S.etTW, pound, according to
quality.
Wool Fa,. o-gon, average best,
1622cp.rord'to'hriDk-
new; fcohair.-oic, S3
pound. '
pumpkins, iLc per
' pound: sona.h.
American Companies Obliged to R
fuss European Orders.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27. Because of
it inability to fill the order, the Phi la
delphi A Reading Coal & Iron company
was compelled to decline a contract fur
25.000 tons of anthracite, the order for
which was tendered by a representatif
of the Auetro-Hungarian chamber of
commerce. The proposed purchaser
was willing to pay the regular price for
placing the coal on board vessels either
here or in ew lorn.
Another order for 200 000 ton of bi
tuminous coal, wanted by tbe Italian
government, is slso being offered tc the
largest soft cos I operators of the Unit
ed States, with little prospect of its be
ing taken, because of the great expense
in delivering it to its destination;
The great demand for coal by foreign
governments I attributed to the in
creased coal consumption by their war
ships. All native coal ia being used
for this purpose, and the supply is not
equsl to the demand.
On Vrg of Another Strlk.
Chicago, Aug. 27. Chicago is on t
verge of another packing house team
sters strike, with the customary attend
ant rioting and disorder. When the
question of wage settlement came up i
week or more ago, a committee of arbi
tration was appoinetd and the matter
was considered settled. The commit
tee, however, hss been unable to agree
and at tonight's meeting the offer ol
the packers to increase th pay of the
men one per cent was rejected. They
demand one and a half all around and
other concessions.
Steal From Hatty Qraen.
New York, Aug. 27. Expert ac
countant were busy all todsy and to
night in the offices of the Chemical
National bank In lower Broadway and
it was reported that a large defalcation
had been discovered in the big institu
tion, which has been known for years
a "Hetty oreen s nan. Detective
Sargeant McCafferty, head of th bu
reau at headquarters, and several of his
sides were out tonight eeraching for one
of the men in thecsshier department
who is declared to have disappeared
with a large amount of money.
Mead Take Erglsh Job.
Laramie, Wyo.. Aug. 27. Dr. El-
wood Mead, formerly state engineer of
Wyoming, later professor of irrigation
engineering at the Colorado Agricul
tural college, and afterward chief of
the bureau of irrigation of the Depart
ment of Agricnltun, ha accepted the
position of chief of irrigation investiga
tion for Australia, from the British
government, at a salary of $15,0iO per
annum. Dr. Mesvl lost an arm in a
streetcar accident a few year sgo.
Japan Blames America.
Tokio. Ang. 27. It is reported that
th investigation made nn the part of
Japan concerning th Prlbyloff incident
of Jan 19 show that th Jarmnea
fishermen offered no resistance what.
ver and that th firing by the Ameri.
can guard was unprovoked. Th.
Washington government ha ben no
tified to that affect, and Tokio is now
awaiting a reply. Th public I watch
ing tb affair with keen interest. 1
DID NOT DO BRIBERY
Heard It First From Grand Jary,
Says President Scott.
CHANGE LOOKED FOrl.
NO AUTHORITY GIVEN TO CLASS
Hanav Pursues Purpos to Fasten
Responsibility for Buying San
Francisco Supervisor.
San Francisco. Aug. 87. President
Henry T. Scott, of the Pacific Tele
phone A Telegraph company, was re
called to the stand when the Glaus
bribery case was resumed yesterday
Under Questioning by Assistant Dia
trlct Attorney Heney, Mr. Scott teeti
efid that prior to the earthquake and
fire of 1006 F. A. PickerneU, assistant
to the president of th American Bell
Telephone company, took no active
hand in the conduct cf the Pacific
State corporation, but immediately
thereafter be set about the formation
of plans for rebuilding tbe wrecked
plant. The purpose of this testimony
was, on the part of the prosecution, to
ambush any prospective defense to
shunt the bribery blame onto the
shoulders of Mr. Picernell.
Mr. Scott, answering a series of ques
tions designed to clinch in the Jury's
mind the ssserted fact that General
Manager Ulna was In complete con
trol of the company during the alleged
bribery period, said that he (Scott) be
tween the date of his election to the
presidency and his return trom tbe
TsUgrsph Operators fpct Pae
Ovsrturs Soon,
Chicago, Aug. 26. A crisis will be
reached in tbe telegrapher' stiik
within th next few days, according to
th xpectation of Chicago operators.
Announcement to thi effect wa made
today by Frank Like, chairman of the
local strike committee, at a meeting.
Mr. Like declined to disclose fully hi
reasons for making thl statement, but
from other sources It wa leaibu.1 ll'
the operator ar expecting that aom
aort of an offer will be received from .
th companies within a short time.
In view of th determined stand
taken by both corporations sgaist
dealing with the striker collectively.
this report was viewed witn skepticism
in many quarters.
It is said that many of the striker
would be willing to return to work up
on the promise tliat they be given free
nse of typewriters and a moderate wage
increase. Recognition of the onion, ir
is declared, would not tie insisted upon.
Th statement of Mr. Like concern
ing a possible crisis was made during a
dispute concerning the advisability of
holding a strikers' meeting tomorrow.
DOQS SMUGGLE IN OPIUM.
Custom Officials Mak Unlqu Dis
covery Near Blaln. Wash.
Seattle, Aug. 26. On of th most
clever methods of smuggling silk and
opium Into the United States from
British Columbia yet known ha been
discovered by customs officeri at Blain,
Wash., on the international boundary
line. Trained dogs were used to carry
East, In the latter half of March, 1906, on the busineisjand the customs officer
believe thst hundreds of pounds of the
contraband drug have been brought
into thl country in that manner. As
a result of the discovery by the oincera
Thomas Smith is in custody awaiting:
trial on a charge of smuggling.
The first inkling that dogs were nsed
for smuggling came a few day ago
when O filter Lane, of the Bellingham
station,' shot m dog which he saw run
ning through th thick timber near
Blaln. The canine was loaded down
1th a leather saddle in which waa
found three pounds of opium and a
package of silk. Where the dog came
from and where he was going were
mysteries which the officials at once
began to ferret out.
The officer took a coon dog with
them to the boundary line where the
first canine) was seen. For three day
they waited before anothe' dog came
along with a pack ssddle on its back.
This time there were three dogs loaded
down with the drug. The men let
them pass, and then, with the aid of
the coon dog, they traced them to an
old shack near Blaine. The officer
afterwards arrested Smith on a charge.
of smuggling.
signed no company checks, authorized
none, gave do authority to Glass or
Halsey to expend any money, and gave
no company instructions to any one
Mr. Scott said T. V. Halsey had no
stated position with the company, but
that he is drawing a salary of $175 per
month.
Mr. Scott declared that he gained
from the grand jury the first knowledge
of the issuance of $50,000 worth of
checks
NO ARBITRATION, THEY SAY.
Small and th Telegrph Companies
Agr on On Point.
New York, Aug. 27 President Small
declared today that arbitration of the
telegrapher strike was at present oat
of the question, and added that the
strikers were prepared to remain out
two months. He said the executive
board of the American Federation of
Labor would'shortly consider the Fede
ration's relation to the strike. Small
asserted that the companies' conditions
were worse than when the strike began,
and that half of the Western Uinon
force here failed to report for work after
Friday, when double pay was abolished.
Superintendent Brooks, of the West'
ern Union, aaid:
"Our company will have nothing to
do with Small or his union. While
we are willing to consider individual
cases of the men who struck under
pressure, the agitator who engineered
this situation will not be re-employed
under any circumstances."
JUDGE SEARS DEAD.
Member
NO HOPE FOR CANTEEN
General Grant Says Congress 8s
Mistake, But Fear Crank.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27. "The anti-
canteen law ought to be , repealed, but
there is little prospect that congress
will do anything with it for a good
while," said General Frederick D.
Grant, in an Interview at Willow Grove
park.
"Politician do not rare to antagonise
the extreme Prohibition element.
Congress lees, I think, that it has made
a mistake, but it is a hard thing to go
Pack now."
Th general made this statement in
answer to an Inquiry as to what he
thought would be tbe outcome of the
agitation for the repeal of the law abol
ishing the canteen in the army.
of 8 tale Circuit Court for
Multnomah County.
Portland, Aug. 20. Judge Alfred F.
Sears, Jr., of th Stat Ciriuit court
on of the foremost Jurist of Oregon,
died of apoplexy at hi residence, 690
East Madison street, shortly before 4
o'clock yesterday morning. Death was
altogether unexpected, for not the
slightest warning to members of tbe
family foretold the end. The funeral
will be held Tuesday.
Judge Sears waa in hi usual heslth
Saturday. He was about the city, and
to many of his friends and associates
seemed in the beet of spirits. Ha re.
tired about 10 o'clock Saturday night
rather earlier than usual, and It was
not until Mrs. Sears slapped Into hi
room at 4 o'clock to see if he wa sleep
ing well, that it waa known ha bad
passed away.
Dr. A. J. Giesy wa Immediately
called, but the Judge waa past all med
ical aid. lie had ceased breathln
when found by Mr. Sears, and the.
opinion of the physician ia that he
had died but a short time before. No
sennd waa heard from hi room, and
this lead to the belief that th end
waa peaceful and pa In lees.
Develop Mexican Oil I and.
New York, Ang. 27. Arrangement
nave oeen completed lor the organiza
tion ol a l.W.OOO.OOO Americsn syndi-
cate, according to an announcement
published today, which
veiop several million acres
tn Mexico. It is the purpose to ship
me product to Central and
America, also to Europe and Africa, in lutionarr rrt. ... , ,iT:
competition with the Standard Oil plot or it w.t the work of irrerpon.il
company. The syndicat will take individual. Ha 1H FZ .u.
rtVAP tha MfiTiran pf I , . ... . . ai wi mo
.-.v-a.U I rtiVlnUU 1 1 T a I Q 1 MHO 1 (1 1 1 Ofl ftf thai .L. cs f t
hich owns innrrtTlmatU 1 rum rau I . . iue oocill
- i"- - "uiDin uirt ill r in ia nn inri
aiunoed party delegates who declared
Waa It Plot of Socialists?
St. Petersburg, Aug. 26. At todav a
session of the court martial trying per
sons charged with
plans to de- plot against the czsr discovered in May
of oil lands Lieutenant Colonel Bplradovich. chief
YalA Ia al,t .1 11 . r1. e- '
i me isarkoe-fceio gendarmes, raised
South the question whether the Social Kevo-
acres of land.
Stronger Army In China.
ream, Ang. 27. it is believed to.
night that Yuan Shih Kal Is about to
relinquish the vicerovaltv of rhi.i i
lor the purpose of becoming the h.,l
of the War department. His action 1
said to be do to the realization of the
central government that it position ia
weaier man ever before, and was also
promoted ny the reported maladroinis
ration of t hins modern rm
Tieh Liang, th minister of war, whose
the party had no connection with it.
Bank Notes From th 8.
Berlin, Ang. 26. A nackaoa K.-u
notes of the National Provincial K.u
of England recently was washed np on
the beach nf the Island of Foehr, off
the Kchleswlg-Holstein coast, and found
hy a workman on his way to his fac
tory. It is supposed, as no wnr I,..
is- appeared to claim them, that they be
il niT1 V J""" on th. ill fated
method, have resulted In th. A i tl "ii" j T aow? Hook
.iiMi.ii. . . l viinu.
or oo.uuu soldiers, who pay is
rears.
in ar-
Develop 8an Juan Harbor.
nan Juan. r. K.. Ann. 57 n,-
i .... . - "
uoaras oi trade, chamber of commerce,
business representative and army and
navy officer attended the
11.1 L . i " v
"J governor fort to discuss the
pians ior the dredging of th brhr.
ere. a committee waa anrv. nfl
, r I' , vwii-
-ung mainiy of representative r.
transportation companies, to report on
o mailer, and tneir finding will I
eenttothe! Wsrdpartment. An army
. o n.i, hjuiw wun commit u
Canada Would Chaek
Ottawa, Ont., Ang. 27. The Dom'n-
Kovernmeni is nmt ! ..
-irj to restrict the number of Japan
ee Immigrants coming into Canada.
in existing arrangement ...
.r-"" w
v jnirir animation ai Ron t
pan, dui ibis number ia mnllii-.i
many time by arrival, from Honolulu. I
It la proposed tn limit ih- . I
Kno i . - o
ine notes ) hn a..
posited in the safe keeninir of h-
we. If unclaimed In !l.
they will be handed over to tha fln-u.
Four Shot In Holdup.
Billings, Mont.. Aug. 2rt
were shot, one fatally an
ror life, in an attempt,! holdup thi
morning at Huntley, one of the go'vern.
Huntley irrigation project. Six Finn.
oe American were sleeping in a
car when they wer ...l " , , "
in order to hold up their hand. The
r mi... remsea and the mhl .
Thre Finn, and on. robber wer.
fire
wounded
Ion
Sultan'a Brother on Tk...-
.""'" Aug. ZH A ennrU.
Mnrn-r. "I."." wun" TOD1
-- roiiornu th report that
th. .ultan'. brother waa rT.t"
saltan August 16.
a V .
vurona. jh. Dew
fsFe0.' BPr" "
ksnt of Fes, and then r.r,..t ..L
er waa nrortaim
and assumed the
altari declare hi.
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take