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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
Huge indemnify Demanded.

Paris, March 3O.-Although official
information is lacking, it is asserted N
we'll informed quarters that Japan has
permitted Russia to learn that the
peace conditions will be severely rlgor-
Gus, and will not be responsive to the
recent sentimental plea to Japan's
magnanimity. In particular, it Is salo
tnat Japan's indemnity figure is ssOo'-
ooo, 600, and that this stupendous sum
mas proved SO staggering to Russian d.
plomacy that it is the chief cause why
the peace preliminaries do not advance
to decisive stage.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
Pennsylvania Miners viii STRIFE

altoona Pa, March 3I.-The oper-
N'ors ana miners of the central bitn.
minous district of Pennsylvania. after
oelng IN conference in this city almost
continuously since March 10 endeavor
ing 70 agree on wage scale to Oh into
erect on April 10, adjourned finally -
rsy without coming to an agreement
Inc failure to agree means a snsnan
sion OF work by the is, 900 oroani~aa
, ,n,llers q tne district at the end Of the
! present week The employers demand
~ per cent reduction, but the men
say II IS beyond consideration 10"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

washington, March 81 Intaras4 !.
.ne state department centers in ~ :. -
.tude OF the French and Belgian cra =
i'ors towards the recent settIon,e eu
with santo Domingo. II i saali !, ,
sn asl mat an unfayorable reply on tbs;r
a pa,s niignt cause an embarrassing sim
s'lon, IN view of the action which th;s
soVslnment has already taken. Thase
ofeul no have, in all, claims Of sIe
against Santo Dominoo - -
OF great Importance. s'eehient is
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
IRRIGATE UNA
TILLA COUNTRY
Prospects Of Work by Government
Seem Bright.
Water Supply from John Day River
Mag Be Turned on Lands Origin
ally Intended to BE irrigated by
umatills River-Large Tract With
drawn for his Purpose.

Washington. April 1.-The prospect
for government irrigation in the Una
tiila country has materially frightened
10 the last few days, since the receipl
Of report from Edward /. Davis, as
sistant engineer in charge of the Una.
tilla project. After making exhaustive
topographic surveys, Mr.. Davis reports
that he has devised a scheme by which
he believes II will be possible TO irri.
gate anywhere from l0O, 600 to $50, 0OO
acres Of extremely fertile land living
Just south Of the Columbia river IN
Umatilla, Morrow, Sherman and Gil
liam conntiee.
Il was originally intended to utilize
the doodwaters OF the Tma.i!la river
for irrigating these lands, but an ex-
hanstiye search failed TO find any feas-
ible damsite on that stream. Engineers
found that the bed OF the stream was
OF such loose structure that no reser-
voir could be built that would hold
water. But Mr.. Davis has discovered
what he believes to be feasible plan
whereby the government can store the
flood waters OF the John Day river and
by long canal divert 1t onto the land
originally intended to be irrigated from
Umatilla river. While his plan Ia
probably more expensive than would
be the original Umatilla project, had il
been feasible, 1t seems to present the
only solution OF this great irrigation
problem.
As soon as convenient Mr.. Davis
plan will be submitted to the board OF
reclamation engineers, who will 20 over
the ground and determine upon it's feas-
ibility Reports seem TO indicate that
there Is plenty of water in the John
Day river TO irrigate at least 200, 900
acres OF very rich land. The reclama-
ton service is very anxious to construct
an irrigation system in the Umatilla
country and is hopeful that Mr.. Davis
plan will prove practicable.
The Withdrawals yesterday under this
project are desired either for irrigation
'r for rights of way. The new plans
'all for an extensive system OF canals,
md the government, as far as possible,
'ndeavors to protect rights of way of
his character, to prevent conflict with
private owners.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Chicago, April a - well-authenti.
Gated reports that the Federal grand
Jury which il investigating the business
methods Of the meat packers will re-
turn indictments when it reconvenes
next wednesday were prevalent today.
The report was that the adjournment
taken yesterday was really decided
upon IN order to allow Assistant Attor.
ney General Pagin time to draw up the
bills at his leisure and give due con.
sideration to the mass Of testimony
taken since the jury first went into
session.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Brockton, Mass, March 30.-A state
ment that no evidence had been ad-
duced to show that any person was
crImlnally liable for the explosion in
the K. B. Grover company's shoe fac
tory here last week, which caused the
death of 90 employees, made this after
noon by District Attorney French, con-
Guided an inquest held in the police
court to determine, if possible, the
cause of the accident. Mr.. French alsO
said that he believed it to be shown
tnat the explosion was due to hidden
defect in the factory boiler.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
CANAL COMMITS.
SlONERS RESIN
Done by Request of secretar
Appointments Will Be 's''~
During Presidents Southern T''
Request for Resignat;o.. y 'rp
to Governor Davis. ao'sd

Washington, March 80. III.
practical step having in view - u'''
organization of the Panama can.' r.
mission was taken today, when ''a .
compliance with instructions 70
President Roosevelt, Secret.r nun
quested the members of the 80 ~
sion to tender their resienations '' Ia
request was promptly complisa -n'
by the members of the commis.;.- ''0
IN Washington and their res;,.. .07
will be in the hands of tho ,'''
tomorrow. ucn'
The purport of Mr.. Taft's lat.o.
questing the designations ~ u. .
miss'oners was sent to Major ssna.s
George W. Davis, retired, of the 49,,
governor of the canal zone al
one OF the members of the commis.ia
and prompt answer is expected :
him. NUN
AS Indicated In the letter of Mr. Tai
the designations are requested IN o.a
that the president may have -
hand in recognizing the COMMUNIST.
That the president has contemnlo.oa
organization has been known for
time and he has been in consul,a ssle
with Mr. Taft as to his future noI;s4
IN choosing its personnel and dir s~l.!
Its work. 1t was believed originals
that better results might he e Accom-.
plished by the appointment Of small
er commission than now existing h.,
a recent opinion of Attorney Gsna,.,
Moody held that under the law tbs
president was required to name savsn
members in all. The appointment
probably will be announced during tbs
progress of his Southern trip.
The members of the present comm;s
sion, in addition to General Davis ara
Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Of tbs
navy. retired, chairman; William Ba,.
clay Parsons, William H. Burr. Benis.
min Nj. Harrod and c. Ewald Grunskv
The last four being civil engineers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

The s Iau rass' Manchuris, March %
uara 5e ia Sspanese are again moving TO- 30
hsa su anu anu tne Russian guard has isl H.,
u 0an from Its position, about IL ro;Iaa
To po 81 Slplnghai GA miles north l,'e -
s ne fass3 to Chaomiaodzi. wb;c N o.
9 p 40 miles below Gunsbr d. Is
~ iao,1caiiy complete reports sbnu, Z ass. ass.
cnn, russian army sacrificed ga,a-a La
soin a ,nissariat stores to the anos eaeiai
sl'zoo,ooo and stores for an ARM ns OIL
amounting to $500, 900 at Mukde y corps
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
elockada Runnar rakan

Toxic, April 1.-The steamer Indus
try whose nationality has not been
aseertained, was seized by the Japanese
on March IS. She was presumably
bound for Nladivostok. The British
steamer Mars, which was stranded off
nural promontory on March IL, while
attempting the passage of Soya strait.
las broken in two under her engines.
Tier bow and stern are both submerged.
Her captain and nine of the crew have
been rescued.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
Says Il Is An A False Alarm,

Washington, April l. - Mr.. Lecer
the Haytian minister. has received a
caplegram from the president of Hayti
contradieting the cablegram Of Minister
POWELL received yesterday, stating that
serious trouble is pending in Hayti,
and that il is doubtful whether the
can maintain peace and
order ON March 81 and April 1. Ac-
cording to Minister Leger's advices. the
country IS quiet and there is no fear of
an uprising; the law concerning the
Syrians rs being executed peacefully
and no trouble is feared.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

washington, April 3. - Seventeen
special agents OF the land office in var.
ions Western states were furlouehed
to-day on account of shortage in funds
A large part of the appropriation for
special agents has been consumed in
the employment of special officers en-
gagged IN running down frauds in Ore
gon' Secretary Hitchcock deemed II
more important TO get at the bottom Of
'se's IN oregon than to conduct exten.
slve formal examinations elsewhere.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

santo Domingo, Republic of san'o
domingo, March 30-The news OF lhe
acceptance by the government at WASH
ington of the proposition of the Domin.
ican government that the governmen..
OF the United States assume control Oh
the finances of this republic with tne
view OF setting aside portion OF the
revenues for the payment of its deoes,
pending definite action on the part OF
tne American senate, has had mos'
favorable effect here.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
Bidders for Refnerx Rona.

Topeka, Kan, April 3.-The Kansas
on refinery bonds will not be pur-
chased by the state school commission
ers' as has been reported. Bids have
been received from Boston, New York
chicago, Philadelphia and number az
Western cities, but they were ali re-
lected because of the statement that
.he bids We're conditional upon the
bonds standing the test case TO he
brought in the Supreme court. The
case m court will be decided as soon as
possible, and another chance will then
be given bidders. e-'
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Denver, April 4.--The governorshir
contest now before the Colorado legisla.
ture has been responsible for the fail.
ure OF considerable important legisla.
ton 70 enact. The contest consumed
so much of the time OF the gular SEES
sion that a great many measures only
reached second reading and there died
Among the measures that have failed is
the one authorizing bonds for $500 900
70 cover the cost of maintaining the
military In several mining camps.
while strikes were on during Governor
Peabody's administration
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
Display e.,rhark,s wonaer.

San Francisco, April 4.-The women
OF Santa Rosa and sonoma county will
make floral exhibit at the Portland
exposition with the other products from
sonoma county, and it viii be made mn
for the most part OF Luther Burbank
floral creations. II enough can be So.
cured that will stand shipment to Port
land, the display will be entirely Of his
no~ers, as the women OF the city aud
county are anxious to show Mr.. Bur-
bank how they appreciate his work.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
MILL is IN RUINS.
Bannockburn Property at Albany is
Rayaged by Fire.


Albany, Or, March 31.-The old AL
bany wooden mill, a brick building
being operated by the Bannockburn
Wooden Mills company, of Portland,
was Wednesday entirely destroyed by
fire, involving the owners in loss OF
about $50, 900, and the city in loss in
payroll and general expenditures in the
city's stores that cannot be replaced in
years. While the Bannockburu Wooden
Mills company will not suffer loss
greater than the figures given above,
the building could not be duplicated
for less than $4,000. 1t cost that
when built, and later some 500. 900
more was spent upon it.
The fire originated in the driving
room. in wooden annex or basement
built below the main floor of the build
ing, on the water front. 1t is sup
posed to have been started by an ex-
plosion in the steam drying apparatus.
though the exact origin is not known.
The flames shot quickly up the big
power belt to the first floor of the main
building. Here the greasy floor and
woodwork furnished fuel for the flames
and in moment the entire building
was on fire.
The building, with all the valuable
and intricate machinery, is a total loss.
1here were no manufactured products
on hand, hence the losses are confined
to buildings, machinery and the small
amount Of raw material. The LARGE
bo,ler and engine are thought to be un-
injured, though some explosions that
were heard from the direction of the
engine and drying rooms may have in
Jured the big machinery.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
SEND THIS BOOK EAST.
Tell Your Friends About Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.

washington and Idaho.
The 1905 issue Of "Oreeon. Washing.
ton, Idaho and Their Resources, !" is.
sued by the passenger departments OF
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation com
pany, and the lines Of the Southern
Pacific in Oregon, is now ready for dis
tribution, $4,000 copies having been
issued, The book is divided into chap
ters covering the following subjects:
Climate, Dairying, Diversified Farm
ing, Fish and Fishing, Fruit Culture,
Grain Growing, Grasses and Forage
Plants, Homes for Millions, Hop Rails
ing, Irrigation, Lewis and Clark Ex-
position, Lumber and LAUNDERING.
Markets, Mines and Mining, Portland
the Rose City," Railroads. Schools
and Churches, Soil, Stock Raising. Veg
etables products, Lands in Western
Oregon, condensed information about
towns and cities along the o. r. IN.
and the Southern Pacific lines.
Every citizen of the states ex-
plotted In the book will find 1t valu-
able to send to relatives and friends in
other states who may be induced to
come and live in the Pacific North
west.
-Four cents in stamps sent to A. L.
Craig General Passenger Agent of the
oregon Railroad & Navigation company,
Portland, Oregon, with the address of
an eastern friend, will insure its being
sent.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
Commission on Port Arthur.

T 9t. petersburg, March sI.-(1 a M
- me membership of the commiss;oD,
70 70 investigate the circumstance Of ,fs ION
suarenoer OF Port Arthur. under . the
pnesluenoy OF General Roop. has HE sme
announced a. 1t consists ~ cs oeei,
ne10erg' OF the engineers; Giehe u.,els ss
s anu aamaroff, of the infantry: Dan;"n
enkoff, krijanorsky and Roas,. LEMON
DoubasoF spd Admirals Dikoff and
the " rn;Ssi The sitting will begin ar ~
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Lima, Peru, April 4.-The papers To-
day print Chile's reply to the Peruvian
protest regarding Tacna and africa.
The reply delcars that Chilee is resolv-
ed, without wounding the susceptible.
ties OF Peru. TO Scquire definitely do
minion and sovereignty over Tacna and
africa.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Philadelphia, April s.-The soft coal
operators late this afternoon stated thar
they had practically agreed to renew
.ne wage scale. This win prevent the
threatened strike OF so, 900 miners in
the bituminous district. A Joint CON
terence of the operators and miners will,
De held in Altoona tomorrow to COM
plete the arrangement.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
REVENGE is TAKEN.
Russian Bomb Thrower Mutilates an
Enemy of Socialists.

Lode, Russian Poland, April 3.-Po-
lice Commissioner Szabalovicz, of the
Second district, was seriously injured
today by bomb, which was thrown at
him in the street.
The police commissioner had been
summoned by telephone to come to the
office of the chief of police, and started
on foot, followed by policeman. The
former noticed, at the corner OF Kon-
stantinosk and Zawarski streets. a
poorly clad man carrying basket. AS
szabalovicz approached, the man sud
denly hurled a bomb, which exploded
with terrific force, blowing off the COM
missioner's feet and severity woundino
him in the breast. 1t is feared his in
juries will prove fatal.
The force 70 the explosion is iudgable
by the fact that it tore hole in the
ground two feet deep and IL feet in cir
conference. The accompanying police
man drew his sword and wounded the
commissioner assailant on the head
When the prisoner was searched a
loaded revolver and some cartridges
were found in his pockets. He is re-
ported to be dying from the sword cuts
received.
The explosion was heard about five
miles away. All the windows in the
neighborhood were shattered. People
in adjoining houses were thrown TO the
floor.
szabalovicz is hated by the Socialists
lie is charged with killing a Socialist
during the disturbances here in Decem-
Der last.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

.nundesrath today ratified an ,hi-Ihe
Ing treaties of commerce ~ a.. ,'ne pend
STAT 81 the treaty with the TTn;tas
the fs..o further negotiations repar r,,;eu
the so.s VIII be necessary because *
mod; sc;,on OF the American senate j.; ~
san.;a .ying what is regarded as $40 IN
sential clause of the treaty as an es-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
irrigation of umatilla Land

Washington, April 1.-The secretary
OF the interior today ordered the with
urawai from entry of 800, 600 acres of
land IN Oregon and 90, 900 in Washing
ton on account of the Umatilla project
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Washington, March 80. - Secretary
hitchcock today designated William
II. Code, of Los Angeles, as chief en- en-,
gineer of Indian irrigation. He VIII
nave supervision of irrigation construc-
.,on work on Indian reservation
throughout the West.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items That Are Likely to Interest All
Our Readers.
A Brief Review of the improvements,
Growth and Development Along
All Lines of Industry Throughout
Our COMMONWEALTH Mining, His
toricai and Commercial.

Boise-Judge Joseph w. Huston is
dead, aged 72 years. He was appointed
United States distirct attorney for
Idaho in 1869. and served until 1878
He practi1 G | law from the latter year
until 1890, when he was elected asso-
ciate Justice of the Idaho supreme
court, and served in that capacity till
I 600
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08
Rushing Supplies to the From.

st. Petersburg, April S.-More than
Ten trains, stocked with provisions and
war material, are leaving st. Peters
burg daily for Yladivostok.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Lewiston-The eastern experts who
are to make a thorough examination o
tie big Diamond Chief copper proper
ties on Big creek, are expected to arrive
almost any day. The Diamond Chief
was recently bonded to /. d. Lively Of
Duluth for $3.50, 0G0. It is one Of the
best developed copper properties in this
part OF the state. j. Fl. Babendorf is
superintendent and chief owner.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Lew lston-The supreme court has
handed down an oral decision in the
famous kootenai county division case
by which the law creating Lewis
and Clark counties is held unconsti-
tutional, and Kootenai county will
remain as of old, with Rathdrum
the county scat. Toe decision
dashes the hopes of Standpoint and
Occur d Alene of being county seats. at
least till another Legislature is con-
vened or unless new trial is granted
The decision is not unanimous. Jus-
tice Ailshie gave the opinion of the
court quashing the writ of mandamns
and disnissing the proceedings. The
conclusions reached by Justice Ai's1ie
were concurred in by Justice Sullivan
although he does not concur in the
whole opinion. Chief Justice STOCK
slayer dissents from both the conclusion
ana the opinion entirely, and sets forth
his views in a short opinion of his own
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Kendrick-The Potlatch is having it's
annual hundred thousand dollar rain,
and fall wheat never looked better.
With larger acreage than last year
and the promising season, this year
bids fair to be the best yet experienced
For time the farmers feared that,
owing to the exceptionally light snow
fall, the season would be dry and hard
on crops, but during the past two weeks
there has been so much rain that many
farmers have been forced to suspend
spring work. The hills are all green
and fall wheat has good start.
The Potlatch river has been rising
more rapidly during the past week and
has reached its highest stage this year.
but it is not near the danger line. and
that it will do any damage to the rail-
road or otherwise this year is improb
able.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hepburn has
had second conference with the presi-
dent regarding the proposed creation
of the Shoshone forest reserve in
Northern Idaho. The senator sail he
WAS not altogether opposed to the crea-
tion of this reserve, but believed it
should be restricted in area and should
not embrace any lands valuable either
for mining or agriculture. He will
talk The matter up further with For
ester Pinchot.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-08

Moscow-City and county officials
have been asked by State immigration
Commissioner Allen to compile state
ment of the resources in Latah county.
He is especially DESTROYS of securing a
list of all manufacturing propositions,
including everything down to small
candy kitchen. This information is to
be uesd in booklet which win he de-
scriptive of each section of the states
1t is proposed that many thousands of
these will be distributed during the
year at the Lewis and Clark exposition
at Portland.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-23
PERSONALS.

Mr.. Oscar Bailey has returned from
Wake Forest.
Rev. L. l., Nash returned to Header-
son yesterday.
Mr.. Eugene P. Albea. of Winston,
is at the Marlboro.
Mr.. ]. c. Nichols, of Wilson, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. O. S. Spears, of Ellington, spent
yesterday in Raleigh.
Mr.. r. III. Hayes, of Pittsboro. was
in the city yesterday.
DIR. Norwood j. Carroll went to
Henderson yesterday.
Mr.. I. r. Rose, of CASTOR. spent
yesterday in the city.
Mr.. r. H. Hobby. Of Charlotte. is
Mr. G. G. Sanders of Kinston, was
in the city yesterday.
registered at the Marlboro.
Mr.. w. II. " Eames, of Rocky
Mount was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. T. A. Padtin has returned from
a business trip to New York City.
Insurance Commissioner Jas. r.
Young is in Charlotte on official bust
ness.
Mr. ]. P. Cameron and z. F. Long
of Rockingham, were in the city yes
terday.
Editor Curtis II. Muse. of .Harnett
County News, was in the city on legal
business yesterday.
MeSSrS. II. A. WINSTON anu ii. n.
Harris, of Chapel Hill. We're at the
Marlboro yesterday
Mr.. A. Dughi is in Greensboro on
business. and will probably return to
the city tomorrow.
Col. p. NJ. Pearsall returned to the
city yesterday. He has been recre-
ating at Jackson Springs.
Mr. w. A. Wyatt, Jr., left yesterday
Tor Poughkeepsie, n. Y, where he
will enter Eastman College.
Rev. t. N. Ivev went to Carthage
yesterday. where he will attend a dis
trict Methodist conference. He will
be gone several days.
Messrs. Norman III. Johnson, e. C.
Duncan and Willis Briggs left yester-
day TO attend the banquet of the Tar
Heel Club in Greensboro which took
place last night.
mr. h. a. foushee. who filed the
petition of the city of Durham against
the Southern Railway before the Cor
poration Commission yesterday. has
returned to Durham.
DR.. Hubert A. Register was called
TO Smithfeld yesterday to attend the
12-year old son Of Mr.. Ed. Pou. who
had a severe fall and broke his arm.
DR.. Royster viii return to the city
today.