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rrasn C.t-1 f SEVENTEENAREDEAD Explosion In Pennsylvania Coal Mine Disastrous. AT LEAST l MBRE ARE INJURED Biro Lamp Touches Off Pocket ot Gas Black Damp Prevents Rescue Work. Wchrum, Pa., June 24. As the re sult of an explosion of gas In mlno No. 4 of the Lackawanna Coal & Coke com pany early today, 17 miners were kill ed and 16 injured. With the exception of one, those killed were foreigners. With few exceptions the injured were Americana. Inspector Joseph Williams with a party entered the mine today to ascer tain if there were any more victims. Superintendent A. M. Johns stated that while the mine has always been regarded as non-gasecus, tho explosion was caused by a miner's open lamp Ig niting a pocket of gas. The mine burning fiercely in seve ral places and deadly black damp is pouring: from the mouth, effectively preventing systematic rescue work. Large quantities of oxygen and many oxygen tanks have been requested from the Cambria Steel company of Johns town, Pa., and the United States gov ernment mining and testing station at Pittsburg. Three men, seriously burned, suc ceeded In reaching the surfaee. They said that following the explosion there seemed to be a (lash and then all was darkness. Calls for help and groans were heard by them as they made their way to tee entrance, staggering over the bodies of comrades, who had fallen with the first shock. AUSTRIA OUSTS STANDARD. Will Outld Reservoirs and Aid Home Refineries to Fight Octopus, Vienna, June 26. Owing to the de cisive Intervention of the imperial gov ernment, the Standard Oil company's plans for gaining control of the Gali clan petroleum industry have suffered a final and crushing defeat. The Aus trians have withdrawn the contract with the company, which would have Insured to the American concern a dominating position in tho Galician oil fields, for which it has been striving many years. The minister of finance has under taken to build reservoirs and lease them to oil men at rents much less than thoso demanded by tho Standard Oil company. Moreover, homo refiners will escape the handicap of heavy re bates en tho prico of tho raw product which the Standard was to have en joyed under the contract now canceled. The government expresses a hope that competition will be sharpened through abrogation of the contract, but it is probable that lively fight will fol low for export trade, which vitally affects the Standard's position in Ger many. CZAR GETS MONEY. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST 1 1 ACT IS SPECIAL. I POHTAQE ROAD QETS FUND. WOMEN ARE SAVAGES. Famous Scientist Causes'Stir at Chi cago by Declaration. Chicago, June 24. "Woman, tho eternal savage, whose only salvation lies In the fact that she always has been and always will "be a savage." has been flayed again by the lash of Pro fessor Frederick Starr, the famous scientist and ethnological explorer of the university of Chicago. "Women are not civilized," accord ing to the astute investigator. "Fur thermore, they should not bo civilized. Whit is more, they can't be," he con tinues, "for the fundamental nature of woman is barbaric, and it is better so. since trie posterity, even the continu ance of the race, depends upon the rigid assertion of a fundamental differ ence between man and woman." "Woman's religion is also notably that of lower culture," he asserts. "She Is always seeing signs in every thing; she avoids having 13 at her table and starting on a journey on Fri day) she is the chief supporter of spiritual mediums. She Is the founder of new sects, in which the religous attitude of savgery is given high- sounding names and maintained by most select individuals; she dabbles constantly in the occult." OFFICE CLERK SUSPECTED. Compromises With Former Official Who Embezzled $1,000,000. Winnipeg. Man., June 25. The famous case in which the czar of Rus sia brought action against Ivan Pros- kowreakoff in the Winnipeg courts for the recovery of a large amount of mon ey was ended today after a year and a. half of litigation. Ivan was a defaulting official in charge of the administration of a pro vince in the trans-Caucasus. He ab sconded with more than 31,000,000 years ago, made his way through China and Japan, where be purchased large quantities of Oriental goods, and final ly reached America, opening stores in San Francisco, Vancouver and Winn! PtT. Anna Seaman, a talented and hand some Russian woman, alleged to be a Nihilist, joined him here as his wife, and they kept.house in luxurious fash ion in ft fashionable suburb. Tho Russian police eventually traced him to Winnipeg, but when the timo came to make his arrest he was miss ing. His property was attached, and after a long fight, a compromise finally has been reached under which tho prop erty and merchandise is to be sold and the proceeds divided between the czar and representatives of the Prosko wreakoffs. SUTRO HEIRS GET MONEY. Theft of $30,000 From Malls Laid to Los Angeles Postal Employe. Los Angeles, Cal., June 24. The Federal grand jury today returned an indictment t gainst an unnamed person in connection with the recent robbing of a registered mail sack, r.t the local postoffice, of $30,000 in currency. It is said upon good authority to be di rected against one of the clerks in the registry division of the postoffice. The arrest may not be made for sev eral days. Fifteen thousand dollars of tho stol en money was recently found bidden behind the postoffice safe in the main building. The money was shipped originally la four packages by the First National bank of Los Angeles to the bank of Bisbee, Arizona. River Floods Big Tunnel. Grand Junction, Colo., June 24. The Denver & Rio Grande tunnel at Tunnel station, 20 miles east of here, o'clock this morning and traffic in both directions is effectually blocked. The .tunnel Is more than a quarter of a mile long, and Is flooded to a depth of a toot. Tno water Is still rising. The track at other points also is In danger. Two trains are isolated, with the flood ed tunnel behind and a burned-out bridge ahead. All eaatbound trains are being held here. Will Giving Vast Estate to Charity Is Annulled. San Franciso, June 25. The Su preme court invalidated today the will of the late Adolph Sutro and ordered that the large estate, valued at mil lions, and consisting of the Cliff House ranch In this city and the-San Miguel rancbo, be distributed among the heirs. The former property is situat ed along the beach and includes the famous Sutro heights and resorts. Under the terms of the will the es tate was to be held In trust until the last surviving child should die, after which the lands were to be sold and the proceeds given to charitable and educational institutions in this city. The court held that the failure to pro vide specifically for tho distribution of the proceeds of the sale rendered that bequest invalid. MAY GRAFT ARM ON MAN. Injunction Is Grantsd Against Crattr Lako Road. Salem In tho Circuit court Judge William Gnllowny granted n perpetual injunction restraining the governor and socrotary of the treasury from paying out $100,000 for the construction of the road to Crater lake, lie held the law Is special and local and clearly in hibited by tho constitution of the state. Tho case will bo Immediately appealed. The Supremo court has prcvlouly tak en the same stand as Judge Galloway, In a case almost identical. The court's reasons for the decision arc given aa follows: Tho act Is local and special in that it applies to only two counties in the state and because It la limited to a spe cified section and for special purposes only. Tho act creates a loan of the credit of the state, which in tho aggro gate with previous debts or liabilities exceeds tho sum of $50,000. Tho proposed Crater laki road would not be a continuous public highway across the state via Crater Lake Na tional park because tho act provides only for tho construction of roads from Mcdford, in Jackson county, to the western boundary of the park and from Klamath Falls, Klamath county, to the eastern boundary of the park, leaving an intervening segment of more than 13 J miles over which tho statn gov ernment has no jurisdiction or right to trespass, WILL BUILD NORTH. Rumor Says Harrtmsn Will Not Stop at Klamath. Klamath Falls According to rrporta Klamath Falls is not to be the terminus of the terminus of the California North-, eastern for any considerable length of time. It Is stated on good authority, however, not officially, that a contract has been let for the construction of 25 miles of read northward from this city. Tho roadbed is now completed to upper Klamath lake, about two miles north of tho depot site. The trsck will be completed during July and direct con nection made with the boats on tho lake. The large steam dredges used in building the dyke across the marsh are to be moved to the lake and will be used in building the Southern Pacific dock. This work will Uke but a short time. It is generally believed that as soon as the docks are completed the dredges will be used in constructing the grade for the extension. It will be necessary to cross several miles of marsh in extending the road northward and it is likely that this work will bo begun in tho near future. Local representatives of the South ern Pacific will not confirm tho report that a contract has been let for a 25 mile extension. Erickson & Peterson, contractors, who havo been building the spur, say that they cannot give out information in regard to future work. Attorney General Finds Way Out of Legislative Blunder. Salem Attorney General Crawford has rendered an opinion to the effect that $75 a day appropriated by tlio terms of Chapter 89, laws of 1909, be used for the operation and maintenance of tho cntlro portsgo railway' system. Under a strict interpretation of the acL the amount would not be avallahlo for anything but tho construction of the line from lllg Eddy to The Dalles, and the balance of the line w uld hno to quit business for lack of money with which to operate. Tho attorney general however, decided that It would be safe to bo guided by the evident Intent or the legislature rather than by the strict wording of the law. Judge W. J. Marrlnrr and It. A. Lewis, of tho Portage Railway com mission, am in Salem to consult with the state officials rcgarJIng the mat ter. The commissioners report that the road is doing a good burners and that when tho extension to The Dalles la completed the road will bo self sus taining. Railroad Bonus Rilied. Baker City All of UioSlO.OOO bonus that has been raised for extrusion of tho Sumpter Valley railroad, the last being reported from tho John Day val ley, following which David Eeclr or dered construction crews Into the In terior to begin tho work of grading and laying track. The road Is expect ed to bo ready for business by Thanks-Riving. Canal Commission Wants Fir, Portland The Isthmian Canal com' mission has asked for proposals for supplies for tho ranama canal work which Include 2,000 pieces of center, Intermediate and side sills of either Douglas fir or long leaf jellow pine. The notices have been received by the Portland Chamber of Commerce and are on file here. New Library at Baker City. Daker City--Tho opening of tho new Carnegie library was celebrated here with appropriate exercises. Tho Daker Concert band rendered a concert in the evening, where several hundred people had gathered, after which addresses were mado by Mayor Pollman, Profes sor J. A. Churchill and C. A. Johns. DRIVE JAPS OFF. Planlsrs Propose Drastic Measures to Prevent Rspsated Strikes. Honolulu, Juno 23. Tho work of getting a Jury to try flvo of tho Jap anese strike leaders charged with con spiracy In connection with tiro strike of laborers on tho sugar plantations be gan today, Seveialoftho leaders stated today tho strlko would bo resumed on the Kwa and Walalun plantations July 1, when they would again call out 3,000 Japanese who havo returned to work. They declared that all tiro Japanesn In tho islands aro affiliated ill one largo organization. Representatives of Jtho planters de clare that, If tho threatened plan of Intermittent strikes, on alternate plan tations, enabling those working to sup port tho largo number on strike, is car ried out, tho strikers will bo unlored olT tho plsntatlons. This would mean thnt tho Japaneso would havn to va cate the homes furnished by, the plant ers ami would bo homeless. The Japanese training squadron Is cxpeeteJ here tomorrow. The Planters' association has receiv ed from Its agents at Washington, I). C encouraging reports regarding a plan to Import efficient labor from Europe through Immigration chamtelt. Sugar planters hero resent the state ments of a number of Spaniards who departed from tho Islands soma titno Since and are reported stranded In Salt Francisco, where they complained of unfair treatment. Tlio planters de clare that tho men wrro given houses, lands, wages and other perquisites usually granted to plantation laborers, and that they left against thn ndviro oftho Spanish consul to go to Mexico, lured by false promise. HARRIMAN TO BUILD Has Called (or lllds on Lino I'roin Natron to Kliimnlli Falls. WILL COST AliOUT $2,225,000 Construction to 0s Undertaken Mow Will Uo Followed by Comple tion of Line Soon, Russians Fear Cholera. St. Petersburg, June 24. Because of the provalenco of cholera in this city the cabinet has decided that the gov ernment will undertake the drainage of St. Petersburg, and tho reorganization of the water supply. Fifty million dollars must be realized by s loan for the work, which It is estimated will bo completed in IS years. Unique Operation Possible at Billings If Extra Arm Can Be Secured. Billings, Mont, June 25. The graft ing of an arm from ono man to another will take place in a hospital in this city should some unfortunate individual come along from whom the arm may do secured. J. U. Williamson was knocked down and robbed In the rail road yards at P6rk City several weeks ago. He was thrown beside the tracks and a train came along while he was unconscious and cut off ono of his arms just below the elbow. County Physi cian Miller states that h.is arm Is In good condition for grafting, and if a dying patient should happen along in time to supply the limb the operation will be performed. Robs State School Fund. Denver, June 25. Mark Woodruff. ex-stato register of lands of Colorado. was arrested today at Plattville under an indictment charging embezzlement of $16,000 -from the sale of school lands. Woodruff was briujft hero this afternoon, arraigned in the District court and released under $2,500 bond. Woodruff declares that he has received no promise of immunity. Ho refused to go into details at to where he has been since leaving Denver more than two years ago, but stated that ho had been employed on various newspapers. American Bink Opened. Pekin, June 25. The Pekln branch of the Interaation Banking corpora tion, the first American bank In tho East to join the group of British, French, German and Japanese institu tions In exlstdnen hern linen 10H9. wan opened here today. Fruit Outlook Improved. Cottage Grove The past week has been a busy one in all parts of this end of Lane county. The recent rains have put a broad amllo on the face of every farmer and agriculturist The fruit outlook is improving each day and with a continuance of showers this section will surpass last year in abundant crops.- Wheat, oats, vetch and barley are looking well and the warm weather is bringing in the berry crop on sched ule time. Haying will soon be In full swing, In fact several parties havo al ready cared for their first crop. Plant Has 800 Berries. Dufur A strawberry plant bearing 800 well developed berries Is thought to be the record, even for thin prolific variety, yet in the field of Mike Abnet, not far from this place, surh a plant flourishes. The berries havo been counted tlmo and again by doubtful persons. The plant is supported en tirely by one root, and spreads over a large area. It has grown with no un usual cultivation. Ontario Bridge. Is Begun. A. C. Thornberg, of tho Minneapolis Steel & Machinery comapny, has ar rived in Ontario to begin tho erection of the Idaho-Oregon interstate bridge across the Snako at this point. Pre liminary work has begun, and Mr. Thornberg reports that within a week or ten daya n full force of men will be at work on the structure. Looks Good in Wheeler. Mitchell Cloudy, damp weathor, with heavy shower at intervals during the past week, havo been favcrablo to tho crops. In some localities fall sown grain failed to rally, but a big hay crop and a heavy ylold of tprlng sown grain are now the very best prospects In the greater portion of Wheeler county. Kansans In Eugene to Organize, Eugene The former residents of Kansas who are now residing In Eu gene organized, by electing William Hempy, president, and Paul Merrill, secretary. July 15 was seclected as the day for the first Kansas picnic Three Roads to Coast. Salem Three companies havo or ganized and filed articles of Incorpora tion within the past week for the pur pose of constructing railroads from points in tho Willamette valley to tho Inclllc coast. Two have been pro jected for tho Coos bay country and ono for Lincoln county. Benson to Name Delegates. Salem Complying with the renucst of tho MIssisslppI-to-Atlantic Inland Waterway association. Governor lien- son will appoint a number of delegates to attend the meeting of the associa tion at Jacksonville, Florida, this fall. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Blueatem milling, $1.30; club, $1.20; valley, $1.17. Corn whole, $36 per ton; cracked, $30 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $41 per ton. Hay Timothy, Wlllamotto valley, $170(20 per ton; Eastern Oregon.- $20 23. Fruits Apples, $l((2.60 per box; strawberries, $1.60tCl.85 per crate; cherries, 0G(8c per pound; gooseber ries, 40(6c per pound; currants, 2(ii; 10c per pound. Potatoes $1.26(82 per hundred. Vegetables Asparagus, 75(,j0c per dozen; lettuce, head, 25c; onions, 12H Oil 5c; parsley, 35c; peas, 3(f(Cc per pound; radishes, 15c per dozen; rhu barb, 3ft(3c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, extras. 2CJtc; fancy outside creamery. 26(1 20 kc per pound; store, lEc Butter fat prices average ljfc, per pound un der regular butter prices. EfTfC Oregon ranch 21c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 13c per pound; springs, 18c; roosters, 8jj9c; ducks, young, 146015c; geeso, young, 1 IrJCl2c; turkeys, 18c; squabs, $2(52.25 per dozen. Pork Fancy, 10c per pound. Veal Extras, 8)i(ti9c per pound; ordinary, 7c; heavy, Cc. Hops 1909 crntracts, 16rper pound; 1008 crop, 106(1 Ic; 1007 crop, 66(5Jjc 1000 crop, 26(2 J,' c. Wool Eastern Oregon, lC(f(23c per pound; valley, fine, 2!lc; coarse, 21 fie, mohair, choice, 2lf'i26c. Cattlo Steers, top, $1. COM4, CO; fair to good, $1,256(1.40; common, $4 0(4.10; cows, top, $3.76613.85; fair to good, $3.25(33.60; common to me dium, $2.50(7?3; -calves, top, $6(T(5 50; heavy, $3.50(7(4; bulla and stags, $2.76 6J3.26; common, $2622.50. Hogs Best, $86(8.16; fair to geod, $7,606(7.75; stockors. $060.60: Chins fats, $0.76T7. .Sheep Top wethors, $4; fair to good, $3,606(3,76; owes, tfc less on all grades; yearlings, beat, $4.16; fair to good, $3.764; spring lambs, $4.76 GJ5.25. HIS SEAT RICKETY. Reichstag May Force Chancellor Von Uutlow to Resign. Berlin, June 23, The political situ ation for thn crown is extremely con fused by loday'a evrnU. Tho rclchs tag's adoption of a quotation tax, which Chancellor von Bueluw declared the government would never accept, and tho finance committee's rejection of an inherltanco tax. which ho de clared to b-i an essential part of thn central schemo of finance reform and which tho Conservatives and Clericals aro determined to defeat, leaves the chancellor's position precarious. .Many politicians think tho chancellor will lm compelled to reiign, unless ha has tho courage to dissolve tho rclchs. tag and appeal to the country. Dissolution can ttko place only on joint action by tie emperor and the Federal council. The proposal to impose a yearly tax on bonds and slocks was adopted by 203 votes against 155, Tho tax Is to bo calculated on tho basis of tho aver ago quotation for tho preceding year and tho rate or inl'rest on this amount which the current dividend yields, Tho tax will then be deducted by tho com panics from the dividends before pay mcnL WHEAT DOE8 WELL. Colorado Farmor Pays Debts on Irri gated Land From Dry Farm. Longmont, Colo., Juno 23. Twelve hundred bushols of wheat harvested from CO acres of dry farm land and sold for $1.32 a bushel. This Is the result of dry fnrmlnir on Georgu F. Givens' farm near hero. He bought the land from thn railroad at $1.50 an acre. In 1007 ho got 2,090 bushels of wheat from 00 acres. I.nnt year, which was tho driest In many years In that vicinity, ho threshed tl.o 1,200 bushels mentioned above. Now he Is building a fino barn and paying off tho debts ho contracted on his Irri gated quarter section with tho proceeds of his dry farm wheat. Samples of tho grains raised under similar conditions in all parts of Colo rado will bo exhibited at thn Interna tional Exposition of Dry Farm Pro ducts, which will bo held at Billings, Montana, next Octobor 25 to 20. In connection with tho Fourth Dry Farm ing congress. Portland, Juno 20. Bids for thw con struction of 69.48 tulles uf tho Oregon Kastrrn railroad, projected from N, Iron to Klamath Fallr, will bn rmo vtj In tho Southern Pacific oilier at g,n Kranclsio during the next Uo weeks. Of that mileage, 34,21 inllra will l constructed southeasterly from Natron, while thn remaining 26,24 miles wilt bo built In a northwesterly d're-tlon from Klamsth Falls, Bids for the construction of tho Kit. math Falls eml of tho extension muit bo submitted on or before June 30. Contractors, however, aro allowed until July 10 to submit proposal for ImiW. lug tho 31 miles or tho track from Ni tron, tho proient northern trrmlnus of tho projected road, l-ocnl Ilsrrimtn official will make no estimate of I ha probablo cost of building the two sec tions of this railroad, but It I Ullovtd tho Improvement will Involve n j. pondlturo ot approximately $2,226,000, The two extensions, aggregating about CO miles, for which bids list been asked, rover about line-third of the length of the pruxed road, whlrh, according to tho approved survey, will bo 193.0 miles In length from Klamsth Falls tu Natron. The action of llarrlman In calling for bid for extending this road by be ginning work simultaneously at Ni tron ami Klamath Fall Is accepted as conclusive evidence of his determina tion to complete lis construction. It I figured that to build tho 60 miles of track for which bids havo been InviUd will practically exhaust the approprla tlon that has been mado for this rosl for tho ensuing year. For that reason additional appropriations for further extenilons are looked for next year. There can be no question of the ulti mate purKo of llarrlman to complete this road between Natron and Klamsth Falls. Completion of tho extenders for which proposals havo been aikrd cannot in themselves add materially to tho value of tho property. By extend ing the road 26 miles northerly from Klamath Falls, tho northern terminus of tho southern extension would rraeh only Into tho heart of Klamath county. Tho construction of an additional 35 miles southerly from Natron would terminate tho road fnm this end In a mounta.noui ami spsrsly settled dis trict. For these reasons It la patent front a practical business consideration that tho llarrlman Interests will complete the road as soon as toslbta and plsr tho Investment on n revenue-earning basis. The primary purpose In project ing this road was to provide for th Southern Pacific a bettor grade for crossing the state and thereby avoid tho more difficult passage now followed over tho Siskiyou mountains. When completed, tho Oregon Eastern un doubtedly will become the main lino for the Southern Pacific between Portland and San Francisco. Search for Treasure Ship, San Francisco, Juno 23, Ofllcora of tho United States mlno planter Armls toad are planning to maku a final effort a locate tho sunkenliull of tho steam er Hlo do Janeiro, which was wrecked in tho Golden Gato February 11, 1901, Tho Bio was entering tho harbor from an Oriental' trip and carried to tho bot tom with her scores of passengers anil $200,000 worth of treasure. During tho last eight yvrirs many attempts have been mado to locate tho wreck. It is thought it has been carried far to so n liy tho tides and curronts, Masked Men Rob Messenger. Green Bay. Wis.. Juno 23. Two masked men hold up Night Miissongor Kado, of tlio United States Express company last night, securing $5,000 and making their oicopo. Kado was counting thu money In the transfer room hero when tho holdup took place. Thero Is no duo to tho identity of the bandits. AID DESTITUTE LABORERS. Plantation Hands Nnw In By City to Us Returned to JJsy City. Honolulu. Juno 25. Tho territorial board of Immigration has decided to bring back hero 200 Spaniards and Porto Itlcans stranded In San Francis co, and roported to bo destitute. It Is understood that this Is being dono at tho request of tho depparttnent of com merce and labor at Washington. Tho stranded laborers wcro. Imported hero about n year ago from Eurowi and Porto Klco to work on tho sugar plsn tatlons In tho islands, Becoming dis satisfied (hoy left tho Islands and went to San Francisco, where thoy charged that thoy were brcuuht to Iluwull un der falsa promlsvj. May Take Clear Title. Washington. Juno 20. Under on or der Just Issued by Secretary Bnllingir seiners on an government Irrigation projects muy make full payment for tholr wntor rights as soon as they fully comply with (hu requirements of tho low as to residence, cultivation and Ir rigation. Herotoforu final payment for building charges could not bo mndo until flvo years nfter water Was tumid on. This makes it ussier for settlers with money to got ubsoluto titlo to tho land, especially settlers who went on tho land before water was ready, dsps Bound to South America Honolulu, Juno 0. Tho Japaneso llnor Hongkong arrived toduy from Yokohama en routo to South America with 700 stoerngo. passengers, mostly Japanese, aboard. They are all bound for South Amtrlcan ports. i 'i 1 , fe---