MMMMfllwtf ltMMilMlKwii ''v'H."Ji9f,'SiaWK'' " wi vt,'.,(ii.V1fWIJ""!'"" 1 ' nWfHWV"wM ""' II B II It 1 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,