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LAND FRAUD TRIAL
STRIKE OVER, SAYS OLOWRY
York
Millionaire Pcrrln Makes
Emphatic Denial.
Most
j SAYS CHARGE IS ENTIRELY FALSE
Tettlmony of Star Witness Stricken
Out Accused Expresses Great
Hatred for Witness.
San Francisco, Aug. 15. Tho gov
ernment yesterday In tho United
State Circuit Court closed Its case
against Millionaires John E. Hanson
nnd Dr. D. Pcrrln, charged with con
spiracy to obtain 12,000 acres of
land In Tehama county by fraud.
Tho greater part of tho morning
session was consumed In arguments
over tho admissibility or tho testi
mony of Wllford H. Harlan, former
ly clerk of tho General Land Office,
nt Washington, who In answering
questions by counsel for tho govern
inent, confessed that ho accepted
1200 from Benson as a bribe to keep
him Informed In ndranco of tho
prospective opening of tho Plumas
nnd other forest reserves, this money
being loft for him In n bathroom by
Benson.
After a determined struggle by the
attorneys for tho defense, Judgo Do
Haven ordered this testimony
stricken out because It antedated
tho period of tho alleged conspiracy
between uonson and Pcrrln.
Tho en so for tho government was
closed by tho testimony of William
K. Vnlk, formerly examiner of con
tracts In tho General Land Offlco at
Washington, who stated that ho met
Benson at tho Wlllard house, talked
with him about tho Dcnson and Hydo
land fraud prosecutions and accept
ed from him "as a loan," $75. Tho
motion of tho defenso to strlko this
testimony from record was denied.
Dr. Pcrrln, aged millionaire from
Arizona, took tho stand late In tho
afternoon In his own behalf. Ho
strongly denied tho testimony of
Charles P. Snoll, tho star witness for
tho prosecution. Dr. Pcrrln seemed
Indignant against Uonson. and when
referring to tho land deals with him,
lost control of himself and bad to bo
called to order. Ho testified that he
was owner of 300,000 acres of land
In Arizona and at ono time bad ISO,
000 acres near Fresno. Dr. Perrln
said thcro was no truth In the testi
mony of Sncll regarding tho Te
hama county land deal.
Telegraph Operators In New
Going Back to Keys.
Now Yotk, Aug. 10. General ofllcor
of tho two telegraph companies said
Inst nlyht Hint business wns moving to
nil parts of tho couutty and that no dif
ficulty Is experienced in handling
everything oftcicd. President dowry,
of tho Western Union, m Ul:
"The strlko is over. Wo nro receiv
ing applications fiom strikers today,
lut wo nie filled up nnd cannot place
them."
Tho Associated Press service i mov
ing under steadily improving conditions.
Otliccrs of tho union still express confi
dence, and deny that any union 0ctnt-
on have applied for ie-einployiuent.
Trade Wires Are Reopened,
Chicago, Aug. 10. Tho telegtaph
companies reopened their aiUce nt the
boa id of trade with comparatively few
operators. It Is predicted that the
strlko of brokers' operators will not
materialize. Both tho employers ami
strikers declare they will not arbitrate
anything.
Gentral Strlko Called.
Chicago, Aug. 10. S.J. Small, pres
ident of tho Commercial Tele ginphers
union, at 1:30 this morning iraued a
general order to commercial operators
to csnso work immediately except where
contract with tho unicn have been
signed.
DOTH SIDES FIRM.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
GOOD PAY FOR HOP PICKERS.
MILLIONAIRE COMPANY FAILS
Unable to Meet Obligations It Qoes
Into Receivership.
Boston, Aug. 1C. Tho Pope Man
ufacturing Company, one of tho lead
ing manufacturers of automobiles,
went Into the hands of a receiver to
day, Tho receivership, It Is stated.
Is tho outcomo of the tightened
money conditions. It Is added, how
ever, that tho assets of tho company
umount to mnny times Its liabilities.
Albert I. Popo, son of Colonel A.
'A. Pope, was appointed receiver for
tho company by Federal Judge
Dodge for tho district of Massachu
setts. The McManus-Kelly Company
of Toledo, wero nppllcants for tho re
celvorshlp. Tho latest financial statement of
tho Popo Manufacturing Comnnnv.
published In Juno, places tho current
liabilities at $2,000,000, with assots
nt $10,000,000.
Working Forces Unchanged at Port
land Offices.
Portland, Aug. 10. With both the
strikers and tho telegraph companies
claiming tho victory In tho local strike,
conditions In Poitland nro much tho
same m they wero yesterday morning.
Today is expected to maik the crisis of
tho trouble and cncli sldo announces its
confidence in tho outcome.
Managers of the telegraph companies
say they havo tho situation well in hand
and that tho strikers have lost. On
the other hand the striking opeiators
ray they have the lofrol companies tied
up and the ranks are standing firm.
They ray the telegtaph companies are
using the malls to dispatch their mes
sages and that unless the operotois are
taken back at their own terms the pres
ent serious tie-up ol all lines of basi
nets will continue indefinitely.
A feature of the situation yesterday
was an appeal to the police by Manager
Dumars, of the Western Union, for
piotectlon to messengers hired as
stlike-breakets. He asserts that strik
ing union messenger boys interfere ser
iously with thoso hired to deliver tele
grams. Strikebreakers are being quartered
in tho Western Union office, cots hav
ing been placed there, and alter their
trick at the keys is finished they sleep
mere, ready to begin work again as
soon as they awake. Tho strikebreak
ers ate said to be well cared for and
Manager Dumars says he Is feeding
them porterhouse steaks. Tbcii meals
aro brought In to them.
HARD WORDS FROM CARTER.
Largest Growers In State Will Pay
$1.10 Per Hundred.
Portland Klfty-flvo tents a lox is
the price that will bo paid for picking
hops In tho Willamette, valley this fall.
Krebs Bio., the largest growers In tho
state, announce that they will pity
ft. 10 per hundred for picking on tlielr
yards at Independence- nnd Brooks,
Other growers luivo not anucunccd any
fixed price, but us tho eomiK'tltlon for
pickers is always strong, It is more
than probablo that this prlco will have
to bo met In all tho hop-growing sec
tions. "Wo lmvo decided to wy 11.10 txr
hundred for picking our crop of hops,"
said Conrad Krebs. "Wo feel, notwith
standing tho prospects ol n low market,
that tho pickers nro entitled to a fair
remuneration for thelt services. High
wages are being tuld for all kinds of
labor, consequently tho price paid for
picking should Ih) in proportion. Fur
thermore, tho hopplckeis havo nothing
to do with tho market. They did not
recelvo any more on n 30-cvnt market
when tho growers wero piling up n foi
tune, therefore they aro entitled to
good pay now regardless of the market.
"Tho crop of the state looks na well
as could be expected. Thcro is not
much foliage, which will make It very
profitable for pickers. Wo havo never
had a finer crop tlian tills year In our
own yards."
UUTTER PRICES SOARINQ
SUCCESS OF IRRIGATION.
PLENTY OF EVIDENCE.
With-
Heney Can Now Convict Glass
out Aid of Zimmerman,
San Francisco, Aug. 16 Tho trial
of Vlco President and General Man
ager Louis Glass, of tho Pacific
States Telophono Company, charged
with bribing Supervisor Thomas F.
Lonergan to voto against tho Homo
Telephone Company's application for
a rival franchise, wag begun before a
Jury this morning In Judgo Lawlor's
dopartmont of the Suporlor Court.
Assistant District Attorney Francis
J. Heney. In his opening stntoment,
Intimated that since tho trial of
Glass on tho cbargo of bribing Su
pervisor Boxton, which resulted In a
disagreement, the state has obtained
new and convincing evidence, which
will bo sufficient to convict without
tho testimony of Second Vice Presi
dent Emit J. Zlmraor
Captive Not Released,
Tangier, Aug. 15. It has been
learned that Cold Sir Harry Mac-
Lean, tho Englishman In the sorvlco
of tho Sultan of Morocco who has
been n prisoner of the Bandit Ral
Bull slnco early In July, has not been
set nt liberty as previously reported.
Tho. British Legation hero received
n communication from Italsull
threatening that tuniess his forms
nro accepted Immediately ho would
remove -MacLean to a place whither
nil tho armies of Kuropo if united
could not follow and thero is llttlo
doubt that he could and would do so.
Intimates Hawaiian Federal Building
Site Was Tampered With.
Honolulu, Aug. 10. As soon as
Governor Carter returned from his re
cent trip to Washington ho dictated a
statement for the local papers in regard
to tho matter of a alto for the Federal
building, in which ho said: "1 con
sider that bad faith lias been shown
me, officially and privutely, hy my own
representatives ol the Mahuka site
owners."
Tho Mahuka site Is tho ono selected
by tho representative of the Treasury
department cent out here for that pur
pose. The governor, while in Wash,
ington, tried to secure tho selection ol
the Irwin lite. After reciting his
efforts in Washington In tho matter,
Governor Carter da id:
"After all this I find that tho offer
to withdraw the Mahuka site, mado to
mo In good faith personallyand official-
ly uy correspondence, lias not been car
ried out, and I do not ice how the olli-
clals In Washington can square' with
me in any other way than by accepting
the Irwin site. I did not force myself
wio mis matter and only undertook it
upen their request."
Alarm at Casa Blanca,
Tangier, Aug. 10. There is still
much uneasiness hero in the matter of
the position of tho Europeans in Moroc
co. No confirmation of the report that
Caid Sir Henry MacLean lias been re
leased can be obtained. A courier
and servant from MacLean havo Just
arrived nero ana say mat it la belloved
that news of the bombardment of Cat a
Blanca has made a very bad Impression
on the tribesmen and caused the sus
pension of the negotiations for Moo
Lean's roleaso. The tribesmen uro fu-
rlous against all Christians.
Now 80 Cents a Roll, and Will Reach
SI by End ol Year.
Portland Butter Is going to be an
expensive luxury In the Portland mar
ket in tho coming fall nnd winter. A
dollar a roll or more will Lefoiu long bo
the price charged at the retail store.
The price Is now K0 cents, and during
the remainder of tho year tho advance
Is certain to bo steady.
Butter prices are rising all over the
country. The consumption, taken as a
whole, exceeds the production, and for
this rmson but little surplus butter has
boon put Into cold storage during the
(lush reason In the big butter centers of
the United State. Tho current mike,
until next spring, will have to satisfy
all requirements, and as the produc
tion naturally lessens at this time of
yenr, the natuial result Is a rise In
prices.
Two weeks ago the Portland market
was raised 24 cents, to 32 cents a
pound at wholesale. The officials of
the Hazelwood Cream company, at its
last 'meeting, decided on another 2 U-
cent advance. As all the city creamery
companies are running shorter than
last month, tho now prico will piob-
aniy bo general Immediately. lout
year at this time tho highest wholesalo
price of butter in Portland was 32
cents, and the 35-cent mark was not
reached until December 0. Two yeais
ago at this time butter was worth 30
cenU, and tho highest price in that
year was 32) cents wholesale.
Wondarful Progress Being Made In
Bend District.
Bond Expressions of autprlso and
satisfaction wero frequently uttered by
tho Governor nnd other members of the
party that came to Bend recently for
tho puriHwo of Investigating tho condi
tion o( tho rvclaiuatlon projects that
havo been started In this vicinity.
While the representatives of the state
nnd tho got eminent havo not yet given
attention to the detnlla of their task,
nnd mo not In n txudtlon to express nn
opinion which will Indicate their lluul
conclusions, they freely voiced their
pleasure over the tnplil progress that
has been mmlo In ugrlcultuio In the
Deschutes country.
Three years ago, when tho statu land
board made ltd lint vlrlt of lnsectlou
to the Deschutes project, there was not
nu Irrigated field within the limits of
either pf the Imtueuto tracts set apart
foi reclamation. Tho party that rnino
to Bond passed doon of Irrigated
fluids, whore settlers havo transformed
sage brush plains Into fields of nlfulfn,
wheat, outs, corn, potatoes and garden
vegetables. The view of these many
thrifty, growing ciopa was a praotlml
demonstration of the siicees of lirlgn
tlon on the IXchutc, for fields wero
seen where two ciopo of alfalfa, aggre
gating three tons to tho acre, were cut
on land seeded down last season, nnd
where fully matured wheat of first class
quality has boon Iinrveeted long before
the frost season has arrived.
Three years ago thero was ecareolr a
settler's cabin on the whole 110.000
acres which tho DoHohute company
had undertaken to reclaim. Today
thero nro 250 families residing on tho
faun lands, 120,000 acres ate green
with growing crops, many more fami
lies lmvo applied for lands and will
come here to make home when water
has been supplied and several thousand
acres have been cleared and plowed
this year ready fur production of crops
next year.
LUMBERMEN HIT AGAIN.
Increase In Loading Requirements Are
Almost Prohibitory.
Seattle. Aug. H.- Lumbermen
wero notified that the Central
Krulght Association, controlling traf
fic uf Chicago, has niUunood tho min
imum loading requirement u lum
ber unit shingle from 4,000 tu (1,000
u car, the iiiltiuiru depending upon
tho car lengths. No consideration I
given to tho fuet that curs aro loaded
now to tholr full vlstblo cnpHClly.
Tho otTect Is u sharp advanco In
rates and will drive Pacific Const
lumber nnd shingle out of the ter
ritory enal of Chicago unless they
nro handled by the Isthmian route or
around tho Horn,
Huvornl month ngo certain Nasi
eru linos attempted to advance rates
2 to G cents it hundred pounds, but
thu ndvnucu wus withdrawn. A Inter
order was even mure drastic. Lum
ber nnd shluglo association on the
entire) const aro preparing tu fight
the proponed Inrrwiso In rate from
Pacific Coast point, and steps wore
taken to uiiiku n fight ngnlust thu
now minimum loading rule, coinci
dent with tho struggle against tho
Western lines.
Aside from tho California Red
wood Association, which I not yet
Pledged to rnlsu n dufeuau fund thn
lumbermen of tho const have In sight
n 7350,000 defense fund, sufficient to
lake up the contest against tho new
loading rule, as well as tho rate con
test, Tho claim I mado by tuiubor-
that shipment nro mado by
rale and that the Central llti
cannot apply thu now loading
ut Chicago,
MAY YET ARBITRATE
President Gompors Makes Oiler
(or Striking Telegraphers,
FEN MORE LEAVE THEIR KEYS
Ofllclal Oeneral Order by President
Small Makes no Material Dlf-
ferance In Situation.
men
Joint
ronu
rule
CALL ALL MEN OUT.
County Court Aids Fair.
Oregon City Permanent orgniiim
tlon of tho Clackamas County Fair as
sociation is now complete and tho nro-
motets of the scheme for nn annual
county fair aie encouraged by the ac
tion of tho county court, which lias
offered to appropriate $160 ns soon ns
organization is complete. The leglsln
tuio of 1005 authorized county courts to
expend $500 annually for advertising
the county, and it is tills fund that tho
Fair association will utlllro. Tho fair
will bo hold thU year October 0, 10 and
11, on tho Chautauqua grounds, in
Gladstone Park.
Test New Prison Dogs.
Salem Tho yonngost two of the trio
of thoroughbred bloodhound recently
added to the state penitentiary equip
ment were given a practical test by
Warden Curtis, and they worked fully
up to tho guarantee and the expecta
tions of tho prison officials.
Two trusty convict were turned out,
one at a time, and inch moiled to all
the tricks known and practiced hy fugi
tives) to cvado man-hunting dogs, such
as buck-tracking, wndlng through
streams, climbing trees, and enoli was
gl nui mi hour start, lmt thu dogs,
which weie lashed logelhor. followed
the R-ent unfailingly and treed both
men In short ordor.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
82o;
Moving Pears to New York.
Grants Pass AH day long teams
from tho various member of the Fruit
Growers' union may bo seen steadily
unng into town wltii Uartlott penis
where tlioy aro unloaded ut tho ware
houso and repacked Into small boxes
with tho union label upon each. The
first car from Itogue river vnlloy, load
ed with fruit, has loft hero on the
through freight for Now York. Tiie
pear crop is not so large as last year,
but the grade Is sujicrlor to any, und
has lieon brought to a good standard In
growing.
Taft Rushes Business.
Washington, Aug. 15. Secretary
or war Taft nrnvea uero this morn
ins and plunged into tho mass
business to bo handled beforo
departure Westward, Sunday. tlon
Chinese Dowager Will Abdicate
London, Aug. 10, Dispatches from
Shanghai etuto that tho dowagor em
press has announced her determination
to abdicate at the next Chinese Now
Year and hand over authority to tho
einporor. Blnco 1808, when the dow-
ager took control from the einneror.
his I she has vigorously kept him in eubjoc-
of
lis
Heavy Fleece From Yearling.
MoMlnnvllle G. W. Kcon. living
mile southwest of this city, seems to be
In tho lead thug far for tho heaviest
llocco from ono sheen. Tho animal Is
a yearling, nnd yielded 8 pounds,
whllo a full sister, 2 years old, pro-
duced 22 pounds. Mr. Keen sold the
clip for 22$ cents a pound, and tho
two fleeces netted him 111.25.
Mora Lights at Stations.
, Salem Tho railroad commission Is
in receipt of a communication Imm
Goneral Managor O'Brien, of tho O. It.
& N., stating that thu rennnst of thn
commission tor additional lights
nnon
the platforms of tho donots at Pnndln.
to" nd Hoppner Junction will bo com- age; valley, 2022o, Recording to fine
Wheat Club, 80c j blueatom,
valley, 80c; red, 78c.
Oats No. I white, $25; gray,
nominal.
Barley Feed. $21.6012 tier ton:
brewing, nominal; rolleJ, $23,600
24. GO.
Corn Whole, $28; clacked, 120 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17(8
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$21023; clover, fO; choat, 40010;
grain hay, lOJJlO; alfalfa, $13011.
Batter Fancy creamery, 27)fQ30o
per pound.
Poultry A verago old hens, 12JQ
13o per pound; mixed chickens, 12o;
spring cklckens, I601Oo; old roosters,
8GJDc; dressed ohlckons, 10017c; tur
keys, livo, 12016c: turkey, dressed.
choice, nominal; k""i lire, 811c;
UUCKS, O(01fC.
-g French ranch, candled. 22
23o per dozen,
Fruits Cherries. 812Mo a nound:
apples, $1.6002.25 per box; Spltien-
bergs, $3.60 per box,; tanUloujios,
2.60g3.60 per crate; peaches, COcO
1.26 per crate; raapborrlc, 1.26
1.60 per orate; blackberries, 67c
per pound; loganberries, fl per crato;
apricots, $1.6002 per crate.
Vogetabli Turnips, fl.76 per sock;
carrots, $2 per eaok; beets, $2 per
sack; aspaiagus, lOo per pound; beans,
J(oo per pound; cabbage, 2o per
pound; celery, fl.26 per dozen; corn,
26036c per dozen; cucumbers, 60cfl
per box; lottuce, hood, 26o per dosen:
onions, 1602Oo per dozen; peas, 46a
per pound; radishes, 20a per down;
tomatoes, $101,26 perorate.
Potatoes New, lK02c per pound.
Veal Dressed, 68)a per pound.
Hoof Dressed bulls, 3ji4u per
pound; cows, C0Osc; country steers,
OfJ07c.
Mutton Dressed, fanoy, 80Oo per
pound; ordinary, 507c; spring Iambs.
O0Ojc per pound.
Poik Dressed, 608)o per pound.
Hops 67Jtfo per pound, according
to quality.
Wool Eastern Oregon, avorago best,
180220 per pound, according to shrink-
Every Union Operator In lha Country
Will be Onlorod to Quit.
Chicago, Aug. H. Kxecutlrn
board Telegrapher Union nxpecled
to call out all operators today.
Associated Prs wire nro work
ing out of New York nnd Chicago,
but corumiinlcntlnn to Pacific Coast
Is obtained only at brief Interval.
Telegraph comtMUilrw and strikers
both optimistic as to result.
Commissioner Nolll cxpotod to
confer with oxecullvH officer of
union today regarding nronowls fur
aottlomont.
Secretary Quick, of Railway Teln-
graphora, issue Important ordor to
organization.
Wesley llussoll, secretary of tho
Commercial Telegrapher' Union,
said:
"All member of the executive
board havo arrived horo with the ox
coptlon of President Hmall who
wired til sanction to any atop wo
might take In thn direction nf calling
n goneral strike. Tho oteoutlvo board
la considering tho question. In my
opinion, by night thn 15.000 opera
tor In tho Cnllml fltntr nnd Can
ada who belong to tho union will bo
called out."
Union men nro assuring tho atrllc-
or who crowd headquarter that If
they romnln out thn companies will
bo forced to meet their domnml.
OIL CHEAPER IN EUROPE.
Monopoly Makes Home Consumsrs
Pa Moro Than Foreign.
Washington, Aug. H. Further
startling disclosure of the manipu
lation nnd control of the petroleum
Industry by thn Standard Oil innnnn.
oly nro inndo In tho report of Her
bert Knox Hnilth. Commissioner nf
Corporations, Discriminations In
price nro exposed In tho report
which rhnrgos Hint In tho buslnoss
of selling petroleum product In for
eign countries the price policy of tho
Ktnndard Oil Company haa been to
aacrlflco thn Interests of tho Ameri
can consumer for thn purposo of so
curing the Standard's foreign bust
nosa. The figures show n very remark
ahlo oxcos in tho American prlco
nbovo (ho foreign prices, particular
ly during thn latter half of 1004 and
tho first half of 1006. During the
latter hnlf of 190t tho nrlco aver.
aged for tho United fltatcs 10.3 conta
as contrasted with C.92 cents In Oor-
mnny, 0.42 cents In tho United
Kingdom anil (M conts in Den
tnnrk. Tho oxcos of tho domestic
prlco, nflor allowing l cont for dlf
foronco In quality, rnngod nt that
tlmo from 2.38 cents to 2.88 conts.
During tho first hnlf of 1906 tho ex-
irnoruinary dccllno In tho prices In
tho Unltod Kingdom increased tho
offcctlvo mnrgln botwoen tho domo.
tic prlco nnd tho prlco In that coun
try to 3.17 cents,
Chicago, Aug. 17. Despite) tho luu
anew of the general strike, order by Pres
ident Kliuill the ltuntloli III ihl elty
was not materially ehsugtd yesteiday
All n( the men who worn ilxd to
strike weie alinidy out. It was Udlnv
ed by the ulfietnt ol tho union thut thn
outer would wrljio a minilr ol liroV
enigo and commission liou, but no
additional itilkt wero reported
Itoth thn Postal nnd Wettu Union in
maicd force on (he build. They lxth
refilled the situation a steadily III)
pnvlng nnd uvnslotml application
from the striker for their old Mltlm
Tho Improvement In tho AsKi'latcd
I'ress servlm wa uinikrd. A number
of town mi the West, North and Koulli
cticult reeolvcd a full trkitestnrdy,
and the volume uf now handled was
iiiueli greater than nt any time since
the walkout on Mumlay night,
Thn olfioinU ul tho Telegrapher
union late yttterilay clunged limit on
the pratMMltlou to arbitrate and an
iHHinecd that thry would accept tlm
oltlees of the Knorl lrd of arbitral
or t( Hie Amoilmn KtderntltHi id Iji
Kir In settling their dlffernw with
the companies. This IxMrd consist i.f
John Mltihi.il. cf the Mine Worker.
Daniel J. Keofe, of the (.otiiplMireiiKii,
ami Presided! HrtHHiel (Ionian, (loin
lor made tho above aunouiierinenl.
Hsattt Wires Claared.
Htlle, Aug. 17 ttaporltlemleiit
It. T. Iteld, of tho Wettn Union, tin
night went to lUdlincltam to appoint
Kdward I'artand, of Dalits, Tot., man
ager uf the IbllliigliaiiinftV, tosiKVrol
Mknager Tucker, who went out with
the stllker.
Tho 1'o.tnl company soy Imilnnui
has fallen oft moro than 60 r mil,
lmt that with seven dsr onerntnr In
tho place ol 12, they ate handling all
tho bulne atveptod. IVntli oincm say
less than half tho usual volume ol bus.
Iiicm Is uow oflorod, lmt Ulh eoiupau
le claim to lo keeping up fairly well,
eapoolally to Puollld ctmtt Klnta.
Kuiierlnteudrnt Itrld. of the West
ern Union, says tumble on the rt
line I In Cow Creek rnny.m, Oiegon,
wliere railroad orwrator oimhi tho elr-
cults. Bold has I'lnkertiHwi nut jw
trolling all mllmad lln In swil en
gine to hosts break in the Nuithwent.
lie said tonight ho would imwetnitr
rullriMil upemters who vrevit rroieu
Ing of Hues hy grimrHllug the wire.
BOTH HIDK8 FIRM.
Across Africa In Auto.
Borlln, Aug. H Dispatches from
Dnr Ks Salaam, normnn Knst Afrirn
stato that Lloutonnnt Ornutz. of tho
Prussian nrmy, atnrtod from thoro
Saturday on an attempt to cross Af
rica In nn ntitomohllo, Ho purposes
to rldo through (lormnn Knst Africa,
British Cuntrul Africa. Ilhndnsin nmi
Gorman Southwest Africa, to Hwnk
ophamund, occupying nbout six
weoku on tho Journoy, If all goes
well. Ho has n specially built 46-horso-powor
car, with Immonsoly
hoavy whools, four foot In dinmoter.
with massive tiros.
Strikers and Companies In Flf.hl to
Flnlih at Portland.
Poitland, Aug. 17. 1x-ally, tho
striking tolegiaphets ami tho tolenianli
nuiipaiilM nro orgnnixlng tholr (urciii
for a finish light. Theru were Iwii di
fecllons from (ho union yesterday.
Otherwise tho situation In Portland
remain unchanged, ami tho sending
ami receiving ol telegrams continues
seriously InlerrupKd. The Ib.iuiiwo of
a genoial strlko order by National Pro
blent Small, of the Comiuorclnl Tolo
grapher' union, ha eivel only to
magnify tho seriousness o( tho situation
outside of Poitland, slnco operator who
had before hesitated to Join the tanks
of their olrlklng associate cheerfully
left tho keys yitrday. The nault was.
to more completely uirnlyzw the tele
graphic business of the country.
It was expwtod that a crisis might
bo reached yesterday, but the ixMslblll
ty ol u settlement seem even farther
removed. No sooner had tho order fop
a gerionl strlko been Issued by Presi
dent Small than tho Western Union
olllolali Issued Instructions to nil local
manager to reluso to relnstntu any
morn ol tho striking telegrapher.
piled with.
new; mohair choice, 2080o pound, J
Moro Treops for Casa Blanca.
Tangier, Aug, 14. -Additional
troops nrrivod nt Casa Blnncn today,
Threo hundred Spanish troops sailed
from Cndlx to Casa Blanca, Tho
Spanish crulsor, Hlo do la Plata, has
ronchod Casa Blanca, whoro sanitary
conditions havo boon groatly Improved.
Adam Chooses Darrow,
Hpokano, Wash., Aug. 17. Aroord
Ing to ieioits from Wallace, Steve Ail
urns has chosen Clarcnro Dnrrow lit
jireforenco to ltlchnrdton to dofond Iilti
W llOll hid trial cornea nn nl tVHnn..
shortly upon thu ulmrgo of murdering
Ifrcd Tyloi, a svttlor in tho St. Joo ills-
ir o oi nittiio. nI Mlllor, one of tli
a tornovs in the ilnywooilfaso Imibeen
at Wallace, his object being to comult
w th Adams nbout his forthcouilhi;
tr ul, It Is said that Adams icadlly
Boleotwl Harrow In proforenco to ltlch
ardson, Man Missing, 8o Is I3,000.
Omnhn, Aug, 17. Theodoro Olson.
OX-Jhinlsh vice ennsiil ln.r,, .,,,.1 n..n..
city comptroller of nimim i. ,..iu.t....
It Is nllcgod his accounts with tho Dan-
urn Kovemmont uro short $13,000,011
account of ostati he bundled as trustoo
for tho government 4 Denmark,