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Show TRY TO ROB STEAMER NATURE'S, SIGNALS. THE CHIEF GRAFTERS CINCH RESOURCEFUL FOR TARIFF REVISION TWO DESERTERS FROM NAVY SLAY CAPTAIN OF VcSSEL AND STAND OFF CREW. ILLINOIS CENTRAL SCANDAL COMES TO CLIMAX BY ARREST TAFT'S KEYNOTE TO SERVE AS BASIS FOR COMING CAMPAIGN OF THREE IS FURTHER CHANGE IN SCHEDULES. Nerve Frauds That Aggregate Million! Charged Against the Accused by President Harahan. of One Fall and He Leaps Overboard; Other One In Irons. San Francisco. With her captain dead In his cabin and bringing a tale of piracy unparalleled in modern seafaring annals, tbe steamship Buck-maarrived In this port Monday. George Washington WUe, one of a pair of buccaneers, who has been In irons on board the vessel since be was captured early Monday morning, oas confessed that he and his partner In crime, French West, planned to murder the officers and crew of the steamship before beaching her on the coast near Point Blance. That his plan would have been carried out had It not been for the cowardice of Wise, is the belief of the officers of tbe Buckman. After holding a shotgun leveled at the Quartermaster and second mate for three hours, Wise deserted hlB post and seeing the futility of trying to overcome the crew West Is believed to slnjslehanded. have jumped overboard. No one saw him make the leap, however, and the hip lying at her dock here will be thoroughly searched In the hope that the murderer of Captain Wood may etll. be on board. with Heavily armed and equipped cord to be used In tying up the Owl watch, the two modern pirates invaded the bridge at midnight, entered the house and compelled Second x wheel Officer Frederick Plath and Quartermaster Otto Kohlmeister, who was at the wheel, to hold up their hands. , Then began a battle between two heavily armed desperadoes on one side and the officers and crew armed with one revolver on the other. When It was over the captain was weltering in his own blood In his cabin, the crew was barricaded In the darkened engine room, one robber was probably overboard and the other was cowering In his bunk. BA5E BALL TO-DA- Y T (Copyright. 110.) JAPAN ABSORBS KOREA EMPIRE MIKADO'S GOVERNMENT QUIRES VAST AND POPULOUS TERRITORY. of Dynasty Will be Princes; People Are Kept in norance of True Situation. Heads FIRES CAUSE DEATH AC- UN AND signed by professional Ig- bondsmen. ntr-et- r.. ..-- - er ! ua. - lie-por- j r - rri I i .... 1 I es-so- n j . -- ail - i aa s - .""'. ,,. - - - Fr'-hrra- n s Jen-se- a Passenger Kills Captain. Gst Forty five Years. Francisco. A wirele-- n Safi report Charles B!h tmbsr Vallejo, Cal. nn and Joeenh C. Brown, the two frffTed by the Merchants' etrharee lo holding Sunday states that Cap'aia E. B yoiitg men hi rorfensed near Good Wood of ihe steamer Rursman. was mail tip the China Japan Saturday night In a atrngg.e year. Cal.. last April were sentenced with sb inane years each. to forty-fivKit's Hs Brother. Militia te FigM Fire. Marlines-.-. Cal Endearor'rg lo pro Portland Ore The sit comanie.; himself and oihett In the hmi of the state militia In Portland, or serious Injury, Fpesina well as eleven other compaf.iss Ir from death as lialian fi.herman. shot and fief, Bllleerl, the lo lake are preparing Oregon, aesiDSt' the fnrest fires la southern killed his brother, Joseph Billeccl, Sunday night Oregon at an hour's Botlc. ! r. e a'rt Fined for Making False Returns. Preacher Gees an Stage. Monl. Joseph Thompson, Helena, Chlfaei Rev. iMdJey ,forier. convicted In Ihe federal court on Ihe for Ihe I'M three year pator of the of making a fa'se census re. tharre ifcrdor tlemotial rhimh lil his district In Oreat lam ha ,nJ j,,, ,f.f,,fpd a p fined $2ort and sentenced was Falls, Vnn ,h a nna,f comedy company to Jail ttr hour. inere. Mad Dog Biles Ten. .r Days. Student Fasts New York. A sqnad of ol!eemen a Rowland iKnver. M:lr. yoking epper New York for 'indent of fhi ci'y. has not tted Is searthlng food for fory-idars. Y.'a'er he white bull terrier wbir!i suddenly hiting ten isie. He pur- went mad Friday, aand after of !r;r.k. !n great )! bti'ief shower dodped persons, ten for eat to nothing days poses I more. and escaped his pursuers ff,M f a forty-eitrh- t y J provement. Mr. Taft does not propose that business will be upset by another wholesale revision, but will recommend to congress that Individual schedules in the tariff system be tak en up separately and be disposed of on a scientific basis. The new revision la to be based upon tbe findings of the tariff com mission as to the cost of production at home and abroad. Only a fair profit Is to be allowed the American producers. "Extortionate and unreasonable profits, the president declares, are to be tolerated no longer. The president has outlined his post tlon In the letter be has sent to Rep resentative, McKIniey of Illinois, for publication In the Republican con gresslonal campaign text book. The letter was mailed from Beverly Tues day. The time of making it public has been left entirely to the committee. Political observers regard this move- as about the shrewdest that has been made during tbe present administra tion. It offers an excellent opportunity for the insurgents and regulars to get together in the campaign, and Mr, Taft has been exceedingly anxious to find ground upon which the factions could meet without embarrassments Tbe principal fight of the Insurgents was on some achedules of the tariff bill. President Taft Is meeting them more than half way In admit ting that Individual schedules need further revision. At the same time be Is backing up the regulars in that he believes they did the best they could with the unreliable information that was In tbelr DIVORCE GRANTED MRS. re's Jim I suppose you love to go sleigh ing because of the melody of the Jin- fling sleigh bells. Jess Yes, and they often lead up to the wedding bells. That's the best of It Sign of Recovery. "If when tbe devil Is sick a monk he will be," said Rose Stab I sagely. "then the devil gets well In double quick time. Witness that young 'dlvil with the ladles,' my kid cousin. Last winter be was 111, so 111 be didn't bare any sense of humor left nor any sense either. I was staying at the same hotel, and when I went in to look after him be virtuously remarked that his room was no place for a 'Chorus Lady and promptly shooed me out (A few years ago I spanked that kid.) Then he got scared and sent for a doctor and the doctor sent for a trained nurse. For several days I got bulletins of bis progress from the chambermaid. Tbo fourth morning she set my mind completely at rest "'Sure, ma'am,' said Maggie, 'an' I think he do be gettln' along very welL The nurse was sitiln' on his lap this CUDAHY saornln'!" Celerity With Which Case Is Disposed Indicates Prearrangement. Kansas City. As a sequel to John P. (Jack) Cudahy's attack upon Jere S. IJIlls. In the Cudahy residence shortly after midnight of March last, Mrs. Cudaby Tuesday obtained divorce from her husband here. Tbe decree was granted by Judge James H. Stover on the ground of In of temperament ten compatibility minutes after Mrs. Cudaby had filed her petlton. Mrs. Cudaby and her maid, Elizabeth Johnson, were tbe only witnesses called. No mention was made of the LHMs affair. Cudahy was not in court. He Is said to have been here Monday, but he could not be located. Attorneys represented him at tbe hearing, but they made no protest against tbe crantlng of the decree and offered no witnesses. Mrs. Wlggm's Idea of London. During tbe recent visit of Mrs. Wlg-gln- . the American author. In Ixradon, an Interviewer called on her. With pencil poised, the Interviewer asked: "And what do you think of London. Mrs. Wlgglnr "You remind me," answered the author cheerfully, "of the young lady who sat beside Dr. Gibbon at dinner. She turned to him after tbe soup. " 'Do. dear Dr. Gibbon.' she said, tell me about the decline and fslt of the Roman empire.'" Those Cocked Hats. salary Is knocked Into a corked bat this week. Dally Why? Dilly My wife's chantecler will take It all. Town Topics. Dilly My The entire nature of man Is lbs garden wbirh Is given blm to cultivate W. . Gladstone. F-- e-r- Vi warnings-natu- n Within the week "the Her of One Hundred and Eighty mlt kingdom" and the empire of Ko Party In Seething Zone and Caught rea will become historical terms, Alarm is for Their Fet Safety. twelve millions of people will be add ed to the population of Japan, and ter ritory as large as England will be and Missoula, Mont. Mercilessly come part of tbe Japanese empire. Tbe treaty of Portsmouth, which set relentlessly the forest fires In western tied the war between Japan and Rus- Montana and Idaho are sweeping over sis, provides that Japan shall have a vast area, driving hundreds of fugitbe "guidance, protection and control tives before them, destroying small of Korea, and the last stage of this settlements and wiping out of existagreement is now becoming an actual ence millions of dollars' worth of ity after three years of experiment property. Tbe situation Sunday night Is more ing to discover a practical method for serious than it was In the early mornof of national the conservation entity VICTIMS. FIFTY FOREST FIRE ing, except as to Wallace, Idaho, the Korean peninsula. The privy council of Japan Sunday where it Is believed that nearly half Fire Situation in Idaho One To Strike was summoned to meet at 10:30 of tbe city will be saved. Communi- Issued for him. Terror to Souls of Men. o'clock Monday, and this is regarded cation with Wal'ace to the west has Spokane, Wash. With over fifty by well Informed persons as practi- been possible at Intervals Sunday, but WEALTHY WOMAN EVICTED. 100 persons known to be dead, with the signal to complete the nego- eastward It Is entirely cut off. It is or more missing and a list of injured cally tiations between Lieutenant General known that tbe entire east half cf the Marshal Chops Into House and Piles , that will approximate 200; with half Terauchl, the Japanese resident gen- town, above Seventh has been Furniture In Street. the town of Wallace swept clean and eral in Korea, and tbe emperor of burned. West of that a bard figbt is New York. Miss Delleripha Rich the possibility that two or three more Korea and his cabinet, which have! being made, and with an Improvement rdao to said be worth more than n, suffered In have district the towns conunuea ior a weea. in lue waier suppiy mere is rare ...... - ..i., m nnn nnn complete destruction; with half a . chance be driven In lasted that the flame, may The Yl dynasty Korea has 7n h,fhZ V Z ad V. dozen or more small towns and vll for 61S years. Seven branches of the' back. For a few minute. Sunday af-Jived since she . ..... flflr .., ..-- !. . bl". blrlh. laees seriously threatened, and the r. ...... R. u . v. uui nui i ' iiu' i Mjnr inhabitants by the thousands hurrying wilt be given rank as princes. A num- aire. He summarized the situation i.iii iviutr man to whom she had sold It. A city to places of safety, the Pacific north- ber of other officials will be elevated as follows: forest most terrible fina'ly had to chop his way faces the west to the Japanese nobility. "Thirteen lives lost; property loss marshal the front door. through fire situation In Its history. The sitthe tbe one negotiations Throughout million; (ire still threatening." Miss Richardson Is one of the uation I most acute In the Coeur mass of the Koreans have been kept Refugees Reach Missoula. wealthiest women In Ihe world. When d'Alene district of northern Idaho, In entire Ignorance of what has been About a thousand refugees have her father, Joseph Richardson, died from other parts of the north- transpiring. The newspaper censorwest are of les discouraging nature. ship Is complete, and Japanese news been brought Into Missoula Sunday. In 1S97 she Inherited the bulk of his Some of the fires have been con- papers have not been permitted to be There Is much distress among them. great fortune, and has since lived fru Their wants are being supplied by gaj)y m!tn a n,a!den cou(,in. Although trolled, others are less threatening sold in Korea. Mtssou a people, ana tney nave neen ghe ,ol(, her nome ,he wouId npver In while of an wind, to absence owing 'allow tbe buyer on the premises, and some districts the fire fighters have ESTRADA WINS IN NICARAGUA. gtven temporary nomes. Three more rescue trains reached h. hmA , rhn!ii. mak. hl. ,.,. diverted the course of the flames from Revolutionists Defeat Madr.x Forces Missoula Sunday night from the west. Ing it from outside observations. towns that were threatened. The new and Are In Control. The Milwaukee ran In two of them fires that have sprung up during the PORTUGAL ALARMED. so not far Washington. The provisional gov- and Ihe Northern Pacific another. hours have past twenty-fouCoo persons on the were about There to Is ernment of serious. Nicaragua tottering proved Its fall, the Madrlz army is demoral- trains, but none of them Is In the dis- Grave Fears of Government Over Ac CRUISER IS WRECKED. tivity of Republicans. ized, consternation reigns In Managua tress thst marked Ihe earlier arrivsls. Pacific train Northern The last In and Dr. chief. his Madrit Lisbon. The Serulo says the cleri general Cruiser Bedford Armored British Toledo, and Dr. Irias. are preparing to brought Information Ibat the lown of cal party's strong and growing dissatOff Korea. Rock Sunken Strikes flee the country. This, In effect. Is Ssttest. reported . i.. iftfartlnn with Ihe liberal -onllrv nf the .....earlier . lo be.. tbresta . n I.ondon. Righteeu lives were lost Ihe news received by the state depart- rneu. caugni nre oeiore ima ir... KOV.rninent nall cumlnated In ' the or when the l.ntisn rmiw i.enrora ru ment Sunday from Called Sltaes Con. le.t 8L Regis. ganisation of a revolution to over i ashore on the rocks of Quelpart Is'and. ,,. oilvares at Mansgua. and these '" throw the administration, seize lt ui.e.n a to are report advices are confirmed by dispatches fleams in lb names, but iney Korea. Monday, according n"' nietnbers and set up a dicta rere ived here by the admiralty. The from Mr. Johnson, t'nlled Slates con authenticated and It is not believed tor hi p. tbe Orst object military which will of men were members of the engine room sul at forlllo. that there have ben many fatalities be to stamp out the Republicans. unsnown men were overcome oy staff. , The panic In the capital is threaten Xhl, grtly fdisturbed occurred during full Ing lives and oun smose The in me loresi near iron Americans of ih. n- inIn.. property ,h. .,ti,n, freed trials of the vessel and the Crowds are reported traversing Ibe tStfi, n twr-tiiihttnana In hr.nnrln tr 1 rtr f cruiser was evidently badly amahed. streets crying "Death to the Yankees." next Sunday. The candiflections stated are MAD. the officially THEATRE NATION deaths lure Ttt firtiUara V!rkhtir Anil YirWfntrft dates for office have entered every to have been due to "the rush of are at Corlnto and in close touch wlth The sunken are consttluenry in the country. many There water." InOne Millions Mors Hundred Than have searched the homes authorities rocks In this vicinity and navigation that legation, and the consulates in vested In Theatrical Business. Barlow Managua are under heavy police guard of a number of Republicans and have in the passage between New Yotk. he new thestricsl found stores of arms and ammunition. island and Glffard lland. Its neigh- and preparations have been made to IU be the meet attacks on American lives and which Is J'ist opening bor. Is not recommended. British Cruiser Aground. most Important, from many property. Socialists and Soldiers Clash. Tokio The British cruiser Bedford In Ihe theatrical history f6rMARMONY. STRIVINO Salt lake City Soldiers tried lo ran ashore on Ihe southwest portion of Ihe United States. Possible Under break up a socialist meeting Monndy Split In Republican While managers throughout the of Qiielpart Island Funday. Japanese Present Conditions. foiled State are !ptimi!1c In their warships have leen sent to her as night by throwing eggs at a soriaiist itar-ces there Is an The weather is bad. The speaker, and assaulting him. When New York Mere lhan one Republl perd'etions. Oeverthe m.F(, a. ponce sergeum ueini.--m Aj of alarm engendered by Bedford at Ihe time of the aecldnl undercurrent has of leader ran national prominence Armm fiV k r. rw. I was sailing with ihe Rritlxh squadron the theatrical war. '" ' I Walker a. brat under, who in turn from Wei Hal Wei. China, for Nag innow More than Hotwt)feVi retw ra t tn n Prefidnt James S. Sherman would J was sn.. la things theatrical in this saki, Japan. vested beea has he that nrn ,he potion , VtaiKer BUI A ! country. ' " I.la..l. v" Joy Rider Held Under Bail. arrested. Aspersions cat by social- - luge lo a low Vhis name" lo" go before Over forty new theaters have el'l er s New York. The police took Inte l sneakers at a recent meeting new nn or York state Republican on- be a built for Ihe i tbe New tre cause of It"? d'fScnlty as temporary chairman. In la Ibe course of construction now. custody Friday E. T. Rosenheimer, Ihe honor would g- lo One biindrei aed ffty new pb ts son of a weaithy neodle manufacturer !ret'on President Salt Lake Gets Convention. Theodore Rooevelt; In connection with the death of Mis be produce. con1311 secured Ihe has gait lxke In view of current political event alii hat t ie Grace Hough, who was hurled from a Is Charles As asual. of Association vention of tbe American in tb Fmplre state. It Is believed of carriage which was truck by an autontrsl fiit'ire In ihe arranrem'-ntThis cheerful Informa- f'otofiel Roosevelt would Spurn Ihe ofOptometry. mobile going fifty miles an lour. Rem and the national Ihe season, In a greatest received name was been turned has dtwn as his telegrsm tion fer said he waa In his machine, enhelmer In Is forthcomhis centered O. II. committee in'eret state Republican by tbe Thursday from Delegates but denied lhat It struck a carriage. "Chanficleer." of once. and Francis King. ing production Toklo. the h The allegations in the graft case are among the most senna tionai in which high officials of a great corporation have ever been named. The investigation began over a year ago. It reached a crisis last spring, when President Harahan be gan actions to recover sums said to aggregate more than $1,000,000 alleg ed to have been secured by car repair companies In connivance with high of ficials of the road. Harriman, Ewlng, Taylor and a large number of others of lesser magnitude resigned their po sitions. Much of tbe money is said to have been repaid privately. The name ol Ira O. Rawn, of the road, who resigned to become presl dent of tbe Monon, and who was found dead recently at his home with a bullet wound In bis breast, was brought Into the scandal. Murray Nel son. Jr., attorney for the Illinois Cen tral. stated that Rawn's death headed off warrants which would have been WHOLE CITY AND VAST AREAS SWEPT BY BLAZING STORM. LIFE AND PROPERTY LOSS ENORMOUS. Made are signals for help. Doan's Kidney Pills should be used at the first sign. Mrs. W. R. Cody. 402 16th St., Lewis-ton- , Idaho, says: "I Still Convinced That Payne-Aldrlc- b had a bad case of Bill is the Best Tariff Law, But dropsy and bloated 40 Thinks It Needs Fixing. lbs. in weight My ankles swelled and I had to wear shoes two sizes larger than Beverly, Mass. President Taft'a usual. I waa nerv keynote speech for the congressional campaign became known here Tues ous, restless and much run down. After using Doan's Kidney Pills I day. The president will favor further re came down to natural weight and my vision of the tariff. kidneys became normal" Remember the name Doan's. For IWhlle be is still convinced that the Payne-Aldrlclaw la the beet tariff ale by all dealers. CO cents a box. Foster-MllburCo., Buffalo, N. T. law the country has had up at this time, he has at last reached the con A BROAD HINT. clusion that there la room for im Chicago. Three former officials ol the Illinois Central Railroad company were arrested Friday in connections with the alleged huge frauds by nitans of which the railroad asseita it was defrauded out of $1,500,000. The men arrested were. Frank B. Harrlumn, formar goneral manager of the road. Charles L. Ewlng, former manager of lines north of the Ohio. John K. Taylor, formerly general storekeeper of the road. The warrants were sworn to by President Harahan of the railroad concerned. They charge the three men with conspiracy to cheat and dc fraud the railroad by false pretenses and with operating a confidence aerae Harriman and Ewlng were taken to the HarrlBon street police btntion I heir bonds of 110,000 each were n The first indication, of kidney dis order is often backache. Then cornea pain in the hips and sides, lameness, soreness and urinary troubles. These Determines te See the Mountains Utlea, N. Y. Theodore Roosevelt wound up the first dy of his pl'grim age Into the west by placing himaeif dlre-ylIn opposition lo Vlce-Prea- l dent Sherman. Speaking In the vicepresident s own country, he warmly endorsed State Henator Frederick Davenport, who is a staunch proRrea ive, and whom Mr. Fherman has said that he would not support Mr. Sher man wss out of town and did not se Colonel Roosevelt. y NORTHWEST SITUATION Cut Out Breakfast Cooking Easy to start the day cool and comfortable if BETTER Rainfall in the Forest Fire Zone Gives Hope For Amelioration fnokane. Wash. Ught rain heran lo fall Tuesday afternoon In Wa'lace ard other Coeur d'Alene nv'nin towns Itjat have been scorched n threatened by Ihe foest fires and Ih weary fire fighters took new hope Nothing but a long and heavy down pmir will quench the flame that are eating up the big trees of northern Idaho, northwest Montana and north eastern Washington, however. The Idaho militia and United States troops are on the way lo do battle with Ihe red Invader, but th soldiers csn lille more than protection of the threatened towns. Hoke Smith Shows Strength. Atlanta Karly returns from Tne. day's primary from practically every county In the stafw shows gains for Hoke Puilth, candidate for governor, and spparenilr he has a safe lead over the present governor, Jos. M Brown. Made Long Swim With Broken Leg. New York. James Mack, a salesman, fell from a steamer ganeplank Tnesday n!ght ard swam half a mi thronjh the waters of Jamaica bay to the land with a broken leg. Post Toasties arc in the pantry ready to serve right from the No cooking package. required; just add some cream and a little sugar. Especially pleasing these summer mornings with berries or fresh fruit. One can feci cool in hot weather on proper food. "The Memory Lingers rocrrrif ckhkal m, ftsttie Oerk. Ktrfc. tL J |