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AFTER T
AS
in
Judge E. J. Dawne, Suppos
edly Dead, StiU Living
HOLDS HIGH FOREIGN POSITION
Indications Are That He Will
Petition for Re-Opening
of Decree of Divorce
and Figure in a
Xarge Estate.
Although supposed to have been dead
by suieide for the past twenty years,
late developments indicate that Judge
E. J. Dawne, ex-United States judge
for the district of Alaska, ex-superin-fe'ndent
of public instruction of this
state, and many other official titles, also
fugitive from justice, is still alive and
well. It is learned, that; he now holds
a prominent official position with a for
eign government and reports are in
circulation in certain authoritative
quarters which lead to the belief that
he will soon make application in the
circuit court for this county for the
reopening of a decree of divorce which
was granted to his wife in June, 1887.
At the time of his disappearance,
which then seemed mysterious and un
warranted, Judge Dawne had just ac
cepted the appointment as judge of the
United States district court for Alaska
ami had only assumed his toga for a
few weeks when he learned, of criminal
proceedings having been instituted
against him in Marion county ami hei
fled to parts unknown, leaving his fam
ily of a wife and two children in Sitka.
According to the records in the circuit
court here the criminal proceedings
were in the nature of four indictments
for forgery and embezzlement, involv
ing large sums of money. They were
returned during the term of - Distriet
Attorney, now Governor, Chamberlain.
He Abandons His Post.
He fled from Alaska on November
17, IMS.-;, and early in the following
year his wife and two small children
were brought back to Salem by her
father, the late William Miller of this
city. Being unable to find any trace
of her. husband, Mrs. Dawne applied
fur and secured a decree of divorce
from him in the circuit court here upon
the ground of desertion and cruel and
inhuman treatment. The summons,
which was published in a local paper,
was returned with the endorsement of
bo service by the sheriff, ani the de
cree of divorce was granted, notwith
standing default, June 13, 1887. Shaw
k Oreggs apeared as attorneys for the
plaintiff. A few years later Mrs.
Dawne, who resumed her maiden name
of Miller, married Frank Kellogg, a
former law partner with Dawne, who
subsequently died. Her father, the
late William Miller, died a few months
ago, leaving her his entire estate of
both real and personal property, valued
at $80,000. In February of the present
yenr Mrs. Kellogg also died, leaving her
two sons, "William K. and Raleigh M.
Dawne, who reside in Yamhill county,
i iif cm ire esime.
Judge Dawne, outcast, fugitive from
justice and man without a country, who
was thought to have been dead all of
these years intervening, - finally wrote
nack to some friend in this citv and
WILL END
IN ROW
Tins IS PREDICTION OF RUS
SIAN DIPLOMAT.
AMBASSADOR WTTTE ! TALKS
Thinks Japanese Demands Will Be
Intolerant and Unac
ceptable. (By Wireless Telegraph to New York
Evening Telegram.)
OX BOARD STEAMER KAISER
WILII ELM DER V.ROSSE, at sea,
Aug. 2. "I am afraid negotiations
will be ended within a week, as the
Japanese conditions will bo so intol
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DR. B. E.:WRIOHT
PAINLESS DIIISXIST?
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WEDJPiiLll
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through him learned of the decree of
divorce ,jnd, subsequently, the demise
of his former, father-in-law, Miller, and
his former wife, aa'd from the nature
of his correspondence it is believed
that he intends petitioning the court
fori an opening of the decree of di
vorce on the ground of failure of ser
vice,, and t to make application for a
snare of the, estate of his' deceased
widow, valued at $80,000. In case he
should succeed , in having the deeree
of; divorce set aside he could only ap
ply for the personal property, nnder
the statutes, and a life estate in the
real property, consisting of extensive
farming tracts and city property of
considerable value. Previous to his de
parture from here Judge Dawne be
came involved in much trouble over
money ; matters, "and four indictments
were found against him by the grand
jury, charging bim with forgery and
embezzlement, by which - transactions
he is said to have secured large sums
of money. V
- Claimed He Had, Much Money.
According to the complaint of Mrs.
Dawne, her husband represented to her
that he was possessed of considerable
means, exhibiting a bank book shelving
a balance of $30,000, by which he ob
tained her consent to accompany, him
to- his io8t at iSitka, Alaska. He also
represented to her that he bad settled
all accounts against him here, but she
alleged that upon her return to Salem
she found bill aggregating $1,600 for
which her property had been attached
and she was obliged to sell her house
and lot to settle these claims. She also
cnarged that he was an habitual im
biber of intoxicants, and when under
the influence he was accustomed to use
abusive language toward her and
heaed numerous indignities upon her.
'When he took his sudden and un
announced departure from Sitka, the
complaint recites, he represented to her
that ne was called to Fort Wrangle
to attend court. The captain of the
vessel upon which he sailed, however.
stated that Judge Dawne had hired
some Indians to take him in a canoe
under the pretense that he was going
to attend to some business for Colonel
French, who was then collector of cus
toms for Alaska, but he was landed at
the nearest town in British Columbia.
He was traced to Nanaimo, thence to
Victoria, and. that is the last she ever
heard of him. There was another story
out that he had gone hunting in the
mountains and never returned, and it
was thought that be had committed
suicide because of his having learned
of the serious litigation that had been
started against bim here and the fear
of his beiag extradited.- He can have
no fear of prosecution under those in
dictments now, however, as they are
all outlawed.
I ' Was a Peculiar Character. ',
1 Judge Dawne led a somewhat varie
gated and interesting existence while
here. When he came to Salem he posed
as a. -minister and presided as pastor
of the First Methodist church, South,
for several years. He then turned his
attention to the practice of law and
followed that up to'the time of his
departure, though rather lax the last
few months, and 'he finally developed
into a horse fancier and sported one
of the best racers in the country. Ho
was of a rather prepossessing appear
ance, dressed well and frequently wore
a silk hat. When he left Salem he
wore a long, flowing beard. He was
accredited with being a very shrewd
business man and attorney and made
a considerable .amount of money, but
what he did with it is only a matter
of conjecture. "
erable as not to admit of discussion,'
This most momentous statement was
made to me by Count Witte, when he
turned to c to his stateroom shortly
before midnight. I caught my first
Mght of M. Witte in the tender at
Cherbourg on its way to the steamship
Kaiser'Wilhelm der (irosse. I had only
to follow the direction in which a dozen
rameras were pointed to find the man
in whose hands lies peace or war. I
beheld a somewhat uncouth figure with
uneven srait. face shrewd, kindly, tired
typically Slavonic, with benignantj
wide-open eyes, contrasting Birongij
with" the oblique half-closed Oriental
optics where as they will in a few
days be trying to read Russia's fate.
In his character Witte somewhat re.
minIS me Or me rfaranrw ri i' om."
Count Okuma, who would perhaps have
been better as a peace envoy than
Komura; but probably Japan felt she
would be more fittingly represented by
a featherweight champion. Besides,
Witte and Kotnura both speak French,
though not very well, whereas Ukiima
speaks only Japanese. If the nefrotia-
Stiurefit
Have you a set of teelh in
your mouth that jjon't stay
where tbey be!o-g?, -
Jfso, come tome and get
one of my "plates which are
guaranteed Tbey coet uo
more lhaa the p3r kind; per
haps uot m much. Come In
und talk it over. Itcts noih-
pm-, 7 .m. to p.m. ' Snatfay, 10-m.
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CATi'T AGREE
AND ARE LOCKED
UP FOR NIGHT
. PORTLAND, Ang. 3. The f
jury in the ease of the United
States against Williamson, Ges
, ner and Biggs i had not agreed
upon a vera iet aT 11 p. m. and
were locked up or the nignt.
tions are conducted in English, M.
Plancheon will ac,t as interpreter on
the Russian side. ; ' - ..
By M. Witte' side stood his wife,
who i seemed deeply affected; and no
wonder, for now, is a critical point in
tue life of this remarkable woman, who
has done so much to make her hus
band's career suceessfuL Mme. Witte s
daughter by her former husband, and
her daughter's husband, M. Darisch
kine, tjere also present on the tender,
which at last reached the steamship
gangway. When ; this was thrown
across, M. Witte seemed to hesitate
for a moment like a man about to
plunge into . the mysterious unknown.
Finally he gathered himself together,
as' if by an effort, and hastily crossed
the gangway. He was warmly received
by! Captain Cueppers.
, The parting between M. .Witte and
his wife was so touching in its uncon
cealed affected homeliness and sorrow
that even kodak fiends turned away
their beads. Mme. Witte goes with
her daughter and M. Darbichkine to
Brussels, where the latter has been made
consul. The little partyjudges it safer
to remain at Brussels in ease the issue
oft the negotiations shall unchain once
more the demon of revolt in Russia.
With M. -Witte is M. Plancheon, who
was with Alexicff as diplomatic agent
when the long-drawn-out chain of ne
gotiations between Komura and Rosen
was in progress.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
STOCKHOLM. Aug. 2. A German
squadron consisting of aoven battFe
ships, eight cruisers and eleven torpedo
boats have arrived.
ARE ALL BARRED
THREE MORMON MEMBERS OF
SALT LAKE COUNCIL ARE EN
JOINED FROM VOTING.
Question Before City Fathers Is Exten
sion of Existing Lighting Franchise
by Monopolistic Mormon Corporation
Charter Forbids Members to Vote.
SALT LAKE. Aug. 3. A temporary
injunction was issued by Judge Arm
strong in the third district court today
restraining three Mormon members of
the city council from voting for or
against the proposed franchise to the
Utah Labt &. Railway Jompany now
pending before the council.
The ground on which the restraining
order is issued is that these three men,
by virtue of their membership in the
Mormon church, are interested in the
proposed franchise, as the church owns
stock id the Utah Light & Railway
Company, and the president of the cor
poration, Joseph Jr. initn, is also pres
ident of the Mormon church. The cor
poration has a monojK)ly qf the street
railway transportation and the electric
lighting in this city, i The proposed
iranehise is designed to consolidate and
extend the existing franchises held by
the company.
CUT BIO CROP OF HAT.
Tillamook Farmers Have Yield Nearly
All Under Shelter.
niilVEnnAI.K. Or. Anir. 3. The
hay crop ot Tillamook county is virtu
ally harvested. Tho dairymen and the
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raacners nere are . picnncu un iuc nm-
er in which they have secured their
1 in". vil1 Th rrnn this vpar wu
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.-avy and unlike years before, it was
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harvested without uemg aamageu vy
rain. ' ' ,
Spring-sown oats are being taken by
h armv worm but the acreage here is
. ii n r.
mall, and will not add much to the
already laige hay crop. A great
amount of new land has be?n cleared
n ; rnnntv thn nast vear. and a
large number of the dairymen are in-
.. m nic
creasing tneir numuer oi cows irom j
to 50 per cent. -
MORE MEN HUNT SITES.
Millowners Move Mysteriously Around
South Send.
RntTTH BEND. Wash.. Aug. 3. J. W.
Dent and C. C. Sullivan of Rochester,
this state, are here looking; aronna xor
a mill site. Tbey are members of the
Red Cedar Shingle Company, and give
as a reason for their proposed rbange
of location that they must get nearer
transportation lines in order to meet the
competition they have. This makes the
third party of mill men which has been
ior within two weeks looking for sites.
The site just vacated by the Columbia
Box Lumber Company nas oeen taaen
on aa option, and otoer. sites are being
looked after, but whether for specula
tion or practical use has 'not yet been
determined.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE PERISHED.
Xwo Upturned Boats Found and Occu
pants Are Not to Be Found.
VANCOX.WER, B. C, Ang. 3.
Nicholas Brown and William Ward, two
fishermen employed by the English Bay
cannery, were drowned last Jfight. The
empty "boat vas found floating bottom
np today. Another fishing boat with
nolhing to identify it was also found
overturned. It had been manned by
Japanese, who were undoubtedly
drowned. It was squally o the gulf
last night.
DECLARES IT
. A FALSEHOOD
PRESIDENT BAXR OF PHILADEL
PHIA DENIES SaORT
CIRCULATED DURING THE STRIKE
Does Not Claim 'Divine Right" on
Anything Except Ufa, Lib
- erty and Happiness.
Says Statements to Effect that He Con
trolled Coal Output Were Malicious
and Published for Purpose of Inflam
ing Public Mind.
PORTLAND, Aug. 3. "The state
ment that at aJy time I ever claimed
the divine right, to anything except
'life, liberty and pursuit of happiness'
is a malicious falsehood,', said George
P." Baer, president ot the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad, tiwlay, Baer, in
company with his family, is in Portland
on a pleasure trip-, - -
. Those conscienceless papers which
made me appear as saying my associates
and 1 controlled the anthracite coal of
this country; by divine right' deliberate
ly falsified. I havc said and done some
foolish things in my time but never
anything quite so unworthy or idiolie
as to make such an utterance. That lie
circulated at the time of the coal strike
hearing was for the express purjiose of
inflaming tbe public mi ad. At that time
Senator Hanna said to me: 'Baer, don't
deny it; it won't do any good. The lie
will travel so fast you can't overtake
it.' Hanna was right and 1 knew it,
so said nothing by way of denial.
"As he said, to me, so 1 say to you,
if some one starts a i-e about you, don 't
deny it. Live it down. That's the
only way. Prove it is not true.. One
of the greatest human failings is then
pToneness to believe an evil report. The
world wants to hear the evil so badly
it will believe it in preference to a
good report any time.
"As to the story about the divine
right, I think I have lived it down pret
ty successfully by this time and only
trouble-makers or their dupes credit
it." .
RIVER BANDITS ARRESTED.
Accused of Having Held up Fishermen
and Robbing . Them of Their
Outfits.
VANCOUVER, Ang. 3. Harry Young
of Seattle, R Brechin of Vancouver,
ami Ifarry Kline of Vancouver, were
arrested today charged with being river
bandits. Numerous accusations of loat
stealing and thefts of nets and outfits
from the fishermen -are made against
them. It is alleged they held up sever
al Japanese fishermen in boats off Fra
ser sand heads and made them relin
quish the boats, gear and everything
they had of -value, in several instances
forcing the victims to swim ashore., The
arrested men are all well known to the
police.
SAKHALIN HAS FALLEN.
Bnlk of Garrison Surrendered to the
Japanese on July 31 Russians
Increasing Strength.
TOKIO, Aug. 3. The bulk of the
Rur.sia-n garrison" at' Sakhalin surrender
ed to the Jafianese on July 31. .,
London, Aug. 3. Disptaehes from
Tokio give confirmatory evidence, of
the great strength of the Russian forces
and .continued reinforcement, especially
in northern Korea.
SONS IN PEN; MOaHER INSANE.
ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 3. Mrs. Harriet
L. Connett of STeet Home, was exam
ined for insanity in Albany yesterday
and committed to the -state asylum for
the insane by County Judge C. II. Stew
art. The mental alerration was bronght
on by worry over two of the Connett
bofcs, wo were arrested - for burglary
and after a number or jail breaks and
re-incarcerations were finally landed in
the penitentiary. The unfortunate wo
man was taken to the asylum on the
afternoon train by a woman attendant.
SOLDIER'S HEROIC DEED.
Offered up His Life to Save That of a
Sixteen-Year-Old OirL
YOSEMITE VALLEY, Aug. 3 Mary
Garrigan of Los Angeles, aged 16 years,
while engaged in a game at tbe camp
fire last night, fell into the' Merced
river Bear here and was drowned. John
Yates, a soTdier of the Fourth cavalry,
was also drowned in trying to rescue
her. '." v . r .-.;.-, . - - '
HAVEN'T FOUND COUNSEL YET.
NEW iOKK, Aug. 3. Tbe legislative
committee appointed to investigates tbe
isuranee companies, has not selected
counsel to 'conduct the investigations.
Tonight Chairman Armstrong said:
"The sub-committee pursued the quest
all day to find a lawyer to conduct the
investigation, but as -ret no selection
hs been made and a selection will prob
ably not be reached before the latter
Iart of next week.".
COLLINS FOOTS THE BILL.
VICTORIA, Aug.. 2.-4George D. Col
lins of San Francisco, on trial before
the extradition commission on a per
jury, enarge as an i rancisco, is no
loqger confined in tbe eity jail at night,
arrangements have been made with tbe
police to allow him to sleep at the hotel
instead of at tbe jaiL He provides the
expenses for the additioesl guard.
SPIRITED RACE
FOR GAMBLERS
CHICAGO POLICE AND RACE BET
TORS INDULGE IN CHASE.
POLICE ARE FINALLY VICTORIOUS
Succeed in Capturing Fourteen of Re
calcitrants but Others Escape f -to
Indiana.
Gamblers Determined to Carey on Race
Track Betting on High Seas an- Offi
cers Seek to Prevent and Spectacular
Boat Race Ensues on Lake Michigan.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. Gamblers intent
upon playing the races and the police
men determined to prevent race track
betting on the! high seas, furnished to
day on lake Michigan an uniqu and
spectacular gambling raid. The police
and gamblers raced around the lake,
first into Michigan water, then close to
the shores of Illinois and then into the
jurisdiction of Indiana, the one seek
ing to escape aud the jiolice determined
to capture them at all hazards.
The net resnlts if the day for the
police were the capture of fourteen
marine gamblers who floated ashore at
Mouth Chicago in a launch. All the oth
ers, after a hot chase by the police, in
a lumbering fire tug, escaped to Indiana
Harbor, Indiana, and made their way
ashore outside of thejurisdiction of the
Chicago police. '
TWO KILLED IN WINDSTORM.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 1. One
white boy and two negro' boys were
killed and twenty other persons injured
n a heavy wind storm which struck
Besainay, La, this afternoon.
NO PRECEDENCE
JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN PEACE
ENVOYS WILL BE TREATED
ALIKE BY PRESIDENT. -
He Will Take No Cognizance of Suc
cesses In Present War to Receive Ja
panese Half Hour in Advance of the
Russians on Account Komura's Ear
lier Presentation.
NEW YORK, Ang. 3. Acting for
the president, Third Assistant Secre
tary of "i$tate iVirce today communi
cated to Baron Rosv-n,' tbe Russian am
bassador and Takahira, the Japanese
minister, toe oflicial program of the for
mal presentation to the presideut, of
tbe Russian and Japanese plenipoten
tiaries to tae Washington conference'.
As the president's representative,
I'eirei will accompany Komura and
Takahira and suite to the pier on Sun
day morning, where the Russian delega
tion will board the cruiser Chattanoo
ga, and the Japanese the Tacoma, and
the vessels will immediately start for
Oyster Bay.; Half an hour later tiere
will perform a similar ceremony for
Witte and Rosen and tnc suites who go
on board the cruiser Taeoma.
I.?irce will go on board the convert
ed yaest Syjph which, steaming rapidly
ahead, will take a position at th front
of the column. Arriving at Oyster
Bay at about noyn the "peace squad
ron" will anchor, and its arrival will
be loudly heralded by the firing of the
ambassadorial salute of nineteen gnns.
Tbe Japanese plenipotentiaries will
come on Imard from the Cnattanooga
and bo presented to the president. Half
an hour later the Russian ravoys will
come aboard and !e presented.' Imme-
liately tb.- president will formally pro
sent the Russian and Japanese envoys
to each othvr. Luncheon will follow.
At the conclusion the Japantssee mis
sion will take leave of the preiVt
and lioard the- Dolphin. 1'eiree will go
aboard the Galveston and the prcsMont
will tnen take lca of the Russian mis
sion and go ashore, again receiving a
salate of twenty-one guns. Under con
voy of the eniscr Galveston, the Rus
sians on the Mayflower and the Japan
ese on the Dolphin, will sail for Ports
mouth.. I
The (squadron will steam slowly so as
to arrive on Monday morning.
Desirous of being strictly neutral in
all the arrangements for the pre'senla
tion it wa decided that the president
will recogoixe no precedence based on
th,3 sueeeesrs in the present war. Be
cause Komura jvas presented at Sage-
more Hill almost a week before Witte
arrived it was decideft for this reason
tnat Komnr must take precedence oyr
Witte. This, however, will be recog
nized onlv in a half boor's difference In
tbe time of j the presentation of tb.3 two
missions. : j -.
; FOUGHT TO A FINISH.
Desperate Negro Kills Two and Seri-
oualy Wounds Four lit a Fight
; With Po-se.
LEWISVILLE, Kaa., Ang. 3. After
killinir two nersons and seriously and
probably fatally Shooting two others.
and slightly woumlisg two more, ixe
Kinney, a desperate negro, was killed
in tbe river bottom at Doella today,
after a hot fight with a posse of citi
zens. - , ; , , : - ;- .
TWO OUT OF THREE.
DES MOINES; Aug. ,3, Farmer
Buras defeated Jack Cam, the "Mob
tana Cowboy," in a wrestling match
tonight, takin? the first and third falla.
Carri won the second after a hard
struggle. -
BOTH CERTAIN
OF WINNING
RAILWAY OFFICIALS AND MEN
ALIKE CLAIM VICTORY.
IMPORTANT TRAINS ARE MOVING
But Some Difficulty Is Being Encoun
tered in the Movement of
Local FrcighU
Railroad Management States Many Op
erators on one . Branch of Great Nor
thern Return to Work Telegraphers
Scorn Idea of Sympathetic Strike.
ST. IAITL, Aug. 3. The second day
of-the telegraphers' strike on the Great
Northern aud Northern Pacific railways
ended with the railway o flic in Is assort
ing tbe strike already broken and the
officials tt the tclegrajdiers'.. union de
claring it only begun. Bdh sidts pro
fess great satisfaction tonight and each
maintaus the struggle will be ended
within a fortnight. J -
In spite of the difficulties presented
by the walk-out of the telegraphers,
the railroads have In-en able to keep
tbe more important traius very, near the
schedules. The time freights, are le
ing successfully handlel.' The abandon
ment of a numln-r f way freights was
the most serious disablement of traffic
today.
. The railway officials claini a notable
break in the strikers, in that all of the
ofH-rators on one branch of . the Great
Northern in North Dakota having gone
back to work, and thirty or forty more
haying signified their willingness to do
so. Alanv substitutrs were Maeed dur
ing the day. ' ItefHirts disprove the re-
resentutions of the strikers that, tbe
freight business is completely paralyz
ed. There was much delav at many
jM.ints in h.-iiulling bxal freight but this
class if traffic is graduailv Wing taken
care of. The officials sav there is no
accumulation of freight at the terminals
and no shipments will bo refused to
morrow.
Rumors of a sympathetic 'strike
of the trainmen have lrih in circula
tion and although conference have
Iwen held, it is declared tonight that
sm-h a move is not imtK-mliiig. Presi
dent IVrbam of tbe telegraphers' broth
erhood, eaid tonight: ' We are bound
to win and can fight it out alone. 1
would not think of consenting to a sym
pathetic strike."
, "Scab" Operators Forced Out.
-.-Devils. Lake, N. D., Aug. 3. While
there has deen no particular damage
caused by the Great ivorthern . tele
graph'ers strike as yet, the ..situation
threatens to liecome BrioiiH shortly. All
the non-union oerators sent here by
the !reat Northern railway were tolay
forced to leave their keys anil the
city by the sympathizers of the strik
ers. So far .the. passenger trains run
only a little liehind time, some regular
freights are running but no extras.
Railroad Officials Encouraged.
Tacoma, Aug. 3. Reports -of the-, im
proved conditions of the strikw situa
tion came to the northern Paeifie head
quarters today and the train service
was maintained much better than on
Velneslay. The ojenitorn, whilo not
admitting defeat, are ready to acknow
ledge the company, is mctting I he -situation
much Ix-ltcr than -was exiected.
Noose Weakened Him.
Butte, Aug. 3. The members of tho
Mill and Smeltermen 's Union today no
tified Ralph K. Spurrier, an operator
who refu-d to strike, to quit work on
K'iialty of ' being -ortiyl . out .of
town." Other oixrators Were- looked
for, but none was found.-' The miners
at 1ancy .drove the operator from the
only Imarding JiotiM- in town l-eau
ne refusfvl tc quit.. At --Basin, forty
miles north of Butle,. the miners re
quested I hi; operator .to -quit.- The op
erator refused and armed himself, with
a rifle end defied the miners, until
about fcixty of the mi tiers -gathered
at mut the oflifc with a' long roin with
a noofe in the end. The operator
weateneii ami lell l,ne camp.
deficit ?;maxjj:r.
Monthly Statement of the Government
Shows Increased Revenues.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The month-
ly comparative statement f the govern
inent receipts and , expenditures shows
tbet for the month of July, 1H03, tbe
total receipts were-ti9,213,i33 and the
expcmlitures .-f3,12$,7fS. leaving a de
ficit for the month of 18,ft.."i.6fi3. For
July, V.m, tbe deficit was $I7,407,72S.
The receipts from the several sources
of revenue are given as follows.
Customs, -$21.590.1 4"; iacrea as com
pared with July, iWi, $2,imJiW.'.-.
Internal revenue, J21,08,635; increase
H.,r,ai. .
Misf-cdlaneoas, t,n9l49; decrease,
Tbe expenditures are given as fol
lows: " -,'-.'
Civil and niiscelltmeous, ,CZn,1j-i;
Increase, $.,J3,.
War, $12,CS.,5.; decrease, $l,715fim.
'Navy, $10rV5,12l; decrease, $1,403,
53!.
Indians, $l,CiH.20J;, increase, $G30,4'i7
Pensions, $ 1 2,1 00,986 ; increase, $Ifi,-
6H3.
I'nblie works; $,2ai,032; decrease,
5 1 .'.! iiW.
Interest, 1,092,2 17; increase, $38,879
COURT HOUSE BURNED. .
WATER VI LLE. Wash Ao. 2
Fire completely destroyed tbe . court
noase. jne ore was presumably caue1
br crossed electrie lizht wires. Lom
$15,000j insurance, $",00,
NEW RAILROAD
FOR COOS BAY
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL BRANCH
OUT FROM DRAIN.
TO TERMINATE AT MARSIIFIELH
Will Bufld Along the Course of
Urapqua River to Gard
.: ncr. . . f,
Work of Surveying Now in rr6gress
and Construction Will Begin Upon its
Completion Length of Road Will Be
Eighty -One Miles.
lOKTLAXI, .V"g. 2. The S.mtheru
Pacific company today made an wflieial
announcement of its intention to build
a branch leaving the main lino at Drain
and running westerly along the Unipqua,
river to Gardner, a mint near tho mouth
of the I'mjiua, and thciieo south " to
MarshfiVld, on Cws bay.
'. According to General Manager J. P.
O'Brien, of the Harrimaa lines, who
left for southern Oregon today, activo
Work of construction will begin a soon
as the work of surveying the . routo
which is ' now ijn progress, has leeu'
coinjdctcd. The road will bo standard
guage and have the highest grade of
equipment. Drain, the jwiint from
which the branch starts, is Ku miles
south of Portland. 'lTie-new roan will
Ik- eighty-one miles in length, it will
tap a country which is completely un
develojK'd owing to the lack of rail
transpirtation. It jmssessi-s pssibly ,
the largest timber belt in tho world,
has rich agricultural pimHihilit ics and is
a mining venter for ltli gold and coal.
WOULD ESCAPE
i
UP TO DATE CHESTERFIELD DYN
AMITES JAIL AND SHOOTS
AT JAILER. y
Terrible Attempt at Jail Break on Part
of Seattle Prisoner Fa illng, ne
Sends Bullet Crashing Through HI3
Own Brain.
SI'ATTI.E, Wash" Aug. 2. After
dynamiting the county jail and entirely
wrecking his coll in hopes of being abla
to effect his 'escape,. "Jack" Chester
field ut 4 o'clock fhis morning firrti six
shots at the jailers who attompted to
rcMlwre order in lh.j cell, and then sent
a bullet crashing through his own brain.
The wound, it is thought, will prove fa
lsi. 'Chesterfield war to have been tak
en to toe penitcntinry this morning tel
o?rve a three-years sentenee for crim
inally assaulting a young girl.
The would f escnjK' had two revolv
er' in his hands and fired at everyone
who approached him. He was . com
pletely barricaded and was able to keep
the jail rs at bay until the fire .depart
inont was called out and his cell flood
ed. It was -not until the. man was
standing mi two feet of wat.-r that he
cave un and nol himself. Game to tho.
last breath, he. never left his feet and
was taken leaning against his cell, al
though a l?adeu bullet Lad torn a boh
through his head. ""
Chesterfield was secretly married la
the jail tnree week ago. Since then
bis wife has be n given unbounded free
dom, and it rs believed that she abused
the confidence fof the official and sup
plied her liMibajil with what she had
thought' would be "lis in cans of jscape,
biit which proved to bo implements of
self destruction.
Late last evening the Yale lock ott
the man's cell was found io be so worn
that tin- dMr could be swung open with,
little more than ordinary pressure.-lSut
this was remedied, and it was not then
thought that any otifvr plan of escape
had been planned. Two saws were alsa
found in tl cell. The dynamite, it is
believed, was concealed about hij
clothes. TLree more sticks of dynamiter
were found in the cell' this morning.
Chesterfi:-ld is keeping good his word
that he 'would never be "t3Vm to th
pcuncDtiary jilivr. , -
YIELD LIGHT IN LANtf.
Aphis &mld to Have Hurt What Crofl
Materially There..
Lt'OFjNIV OrM Aug. 2. Thf first
wheat to bo delivered at the Kugcno
flour mill has Ikcii bronght in by Fred,
J. Smith. The grain was of splendid
quality and averaged ver fiO jn.nndj
to the bushel.' The yield, however, was
only atut three fourths of what wan
exacted. The first lod whs brought in
Monday to tho Springfield mill. Fran.
Armitage delivered it. This lot was
not of a very gool quality, averaging
about 51 jtounds to the .bushel.
Reports from all over the county
where threshing is In progn :m indicate
thatthe crop wil b far shorter than
'xmvim. The aphis got in its dT-adly
rorl: In-fore the hot weather came and
killed it. The owner of one. threshing
outfit states that eo far as he has thresh
ed -tbe wheat crop has turned out about
one half as heavy as expected.
FOREST FIRES IN ALASKA.,
8EATTJK, Aug. 3. Forest fires ere
again raging long the southeastern
coast of Alaska and hevy elouh ,Z
smoke han over the waters of Lvr u
enal, according to reports brn.:,t" I
the trsmcr City o? Sttle.