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JAPAN IS TRYING TO CORNER CHINA Refuses to Withdraw Garrison from Manchuria When Demanded. Will Continue to Maintain Control Takes Advantage of China's Diffi culties to Maintain Foothold and Threatens Her it She Insists on Her Rights. Victoria, B. C, April 29. News was brought by the Shinano Maru that Japan ia preparing to enforce her hold on Manchuria. An agitation ia under way for a "stronger policy toward China." The Japanese Herald of Yo kohama says the impression is gaining ground that J apan, taking advantage of the difficulties, diplomatic and do mestic, confronting China's executive, is trying deliberately, but none the less relentlessly, to force that country into a diplomatic quandary. Japan, appreciating China's weakness, in mil uary, naval ana financial matters, is prodding her into acquiescence in com pacts derogatory to China's future wel fare, and the present concessions will but whet Japan s appetite for more. In the meantime China is reported to have demanded the withdrawal of Japan's garrisions and policemen along the Antung-Mukden railway. Consul General Koike in Mukden refuses to entertain that demand, in view of ar ticle 6 of the Pekin convention, on the ground that the Antung-Mukden rail road is a branch line of the South Man- churian railway. China does not ac quiesce in the consul general s conten tion. This new difficulty may delay the construction'of the Antung-Mukden line. Commenting on the situation, a Jap anese newspaper says: "Japan will maintain the footholds which she legitimately acquired in Manchuria, japan win not necessar ily feel aggrieved if the Manchurian question remains unsettled, hut it will be extremely inadvisable for China, If China fails to resume the negotia tions, Japan will proceed with her en terprises in Manchuria according to her own control. EX-SULTAN A PRISONER. Abdul Hamid May Lose Fortune as Well Freedom. Constantinople, April 29 The for mer ruler of the empire, Abdul Hamid, will be kept a prisoner in a large house with walled grounds on a height over looking Salonica, it was learned to night. He is not to be put on trial, as has been widely reported, for he is considered above the law. It was thought wise to keep the deposed sultan in European Turkey, remote from the capital. His household will be admin istered upon a generous scale and his life will be safeguarded, as he earnestly besought when notified of his dethrone ment. The Constitutionalists want to get the great sums of money that the ex sultan is supposed to have abroad, not only because the government needs it, but because it is desirable that he should be deprived of the resources for another coup d'etat. Speculation places Abdul Hamid's wealth at any where from $25,000,000 to $200,000, 000. RESUME ADANA SLAUGHTER. Destruction of City is Completed by Turkish Troops. London, April 29. A dispatch from Mersina, dated Monday night, says: "Two Turkish regiments which landed here Saturday proceeded to Adana, where they resumed late Sun day night, the wholesale murdering of Armenians and the burning of their property. "Thousands were burned to death, while those attempting to escape were shot down by the troops. The destruc tion of Adana is complete. "All the Armenian population at Eakdjah has been massacred." Maniac After Fallieres. Monte Carlo, April 29. A man nam ed Verdier was arrested here today by the French police. He declared that he was an anarchist and that he had come to Monte Carlo for the purpose of killing President Fallieres, of France, who is visiting here. A revolver, loaded with jacketed bullets, was found on Verdier, as well as a letter address ed to the prefect of the department of Alpes maritimes, in which the man ex plained the motive for his contemplat ed crime. The police believe he is insane. Judge Condemns Verdict. Pueblo, Colo., April 29. Ninety nine years in the state penitentiary was imposed upon R. L. Whitehead by Judge Hunter at Las Animas yesterday for the murder of Wilder Lindsey last July. In pronouncing sentence the judge intimated that he did not believe the prisoner guilty of the crime, but the verdict of the jury compelled him to impose the sentence. Whitehead maintained his innocence of the crime to the last. Warm on Trail of Mars. Fort Worth, Tex., April 29. A mes sage received here today from Professor Robert W. Wood, of Johns Hopkins university, practically agrees to the establishment of an observatory at Stamford, West Texas, which will be used in an effort to communicate with the planet Mara. DEATH AND RUIN. Wind and Snow Storm Leave Trail o Havoc in Middle West. Chicago, April 30. Two terrific storms, sweeping over Middle West states within 12 hours of each other yesterday paralyzed the region from Chicago to the Gulf as seldom before. Both storms were accompanied by thunder and lightning and deluging torrents of rain, and both caused loss of life, not only in this city, but in re gions to the south. Two towns, Harrolton, Ark., and Hornlake, Miss., are reported as com pletely demolished by tornado-like winds that swept over the prairies dur ing the day : and reports of death and destruction in a lesser degree are com ing in over the crippled wires from every point with which communication can be opened. Coincident with the violent gale re-' ported in t e Middle states, unseason able falls of snow are reported to both the east and west of the stricken area In New Yoi k several inches of snow is reported frcm the rural districts, while the big metropolis itself had a violent snow squall early in the day. From Wyoming comes the report of suffering on the sheep ranges caused by a nve- inch fall of snow. Snow is also reported from Pitts burg, Milwaukee and Montana points. A squall, with wind blowing 45 miles an hour, and rain falling in tor rents, Btruck Chicago at 6:15 o'clock last night. Wires went down in every direction and communication with other cities was completely severed. CONSPIRATORS ARE HANGED. Constitutionalists Invoke Rigid Justice to Leaders of Uprising. Constantinople, April 30. The Con stitutionalists have lost no time in bringing the conspirators in the recent rising to trial. The military court, sitting in the war office today con demned about 250 prisoners to death, and they were executed. Nadir Pasha, the second eunuch of the palace, whose sentence was pro nounced Wednesday, was hanged at dawn on the Galata bridge and his body was viewed by thousands. The national assembly, which met under the presidency of Said Pasha, decided that the sultan should take the oath of the constitution within a week. The assembly also ratified the removal of Abdul Hamid to Salonica. The government has decided to send a commission to Adana to try by court martial the instigators of the massa cres and the committee is autnorizeu to act with the utmost severity. It is alleged that the chief authors of the recent mutiny were Abdul Hamid's favorite son, Prince Mehmed Burban Eddine; Rear Admiral Saind Pasha, son of Kiamil Pasha, the ex- grand vizier, and Nadir Pasha, who were eneaeed for a lone time prior to the rising in corrupting the troops The former two have fled. HOLD-UP IN IDAHO. Bandits Loot Mail Car on Northern Pacific Railroad. Spokane, Wash., April 30. Two men held up'Northern Pacific train No. last night at 10:25 o clock, three miles east of Houser Junction, and 25 miles east of Spokane. Conductor A. F. Miley states that the robbers cut the engine and one mail car from the train, took two shots at the fireman, missing him by a very narrow margin, ordered him off the en gine and put a gun to Engineer Whit tlesey s head, commanding him to go ahead until they told him to stop. The other robber took the place of the fire man, and as they passed Houser at 10:30 he was throwing coal into the firebox in an inexperienced manner. .This, together with the fact that there were no markers on the rear of the train, and as the engine crew dis regarded signals, it was at once sur misi-d by the operator here that it was holdup, and he at once notified the ispatcher in Spokane to that effect. Officials in Spokane as well as Rath- drum were at once notified, and while the mail car was being robbed between Trent and Yardley, posses were form ing at either side of the robbers. Further Lynching Feared. Ada, Okla., April 30. Fearing that as a result of the lynching here of four cattlemen for the murder of A. A."Bob bitt, further trouble might arise, Oscar Peeler, an alleged accessory to the crime, and toward and David Johnson. harged with another murder, have been returned to the jail at Tecumseh for safe keeping. The grand jury to day resumed its investigations. Attor ney General West, in addressing the jury said: "The lynching was the most outrageous crime since the Civil war. Remember your God." Three Schools Wrecked. Wichita, Kan., April 30. A tornado at Douglas and other Kansas towns tonight killed one . person, injured ten and did much damage to property. The storm was the most severe at Douglas. There Lewis Ayers, 70 years old, was killed. Miss J. J. Jones was the most seriously injured. A number of houses were wrecked, including three schools. At Udall, Rock and Rose Hill, build ings were blown from their founda tions. Fruit and crops suffered. Special Rates Doomed. Chicago, April 30. The executive committee of the Western Passenger Agents' association recommended to day that second class party and labor rates be abolished. A meeting of the officials of the Interstate Commerce commission and interested roads will be held in Minneapolis tomorrow to act on the recommendation. A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON THE WORK OF CONGRESS Friday, April 30. Washington, April 30. An extend ed speech by McCumber favoring free lumber occupied several hours in the senate today. His remarks provoked an extended controversy among advo cates of a tariff on lumber. McCum ber said, while he was a thorough pro tectionists, he would not agree to a tariff on products such as coal, iron ore, lumber ana on, mat are being ex hausted and cannot be replaced. Aldrich reported from the committee on finance additional amendments to the bill and the , senate adopted a mo tion made by him that until further no tice the senate shall meet at 11 o clock daily. McCumber presented statistical esti mats to show that the coal of the United States at the present rate of consumption would last 100 years, iron ore 50 years, lumber 30 years and oil from 20 to 50 years, and maintained that the best way to conserve these supplies would be to permit free im portation of such products. Thursday, April 29. Washington, April 29. The entire time of the senate was given again to day to the general discussion of the tariff bill. Rayner, of Maryland, led off with a general denunciation of the protective system of the Republican party. He was followed by Nelson, of Minnesota, who made an earnest plea for the admission of lumber free of duty. His assertions aroused a general discussion, which was participated in by Hale, Carter, McLaurin, McCum ber, Elkins, Aldrich, and Gallagher. Kayner denounced the measure as failing to provide revenue and protect ing the industries controlled by trusts rather than giving any relief to the consumers of the country. Rayner frequently entered upon oratorical flights and concluded with a series of condemnations of the trusts. He de clared his belief in incidental protec tion in order to maintain wages of American workmen. Nelson manifested especial satisfac tion over the discovery by himself of what he said wbere numerous "jokers in the lumber schedule. While the rates of duty on lumber were suppos edly lowered, he said, they in fact were higher even than the Dingley rates. Carter declared that congress was paying out $5,000,000 to protect the timber in its forests, while at the same time it was proposing to levy a tariff duty on lumber to encourage cutting down the forsts. Wednesday, April 28. Washington, April 28. An exhaust ive treatment of the lumber schedule of the tariff by Simmons, of North Carolina, was the feature of the ses sion of the senate today. Simmons ad vocated the retention of the present tariff, which, he maintained, was but a revenue rate. Simmons opposed the proposed reduc tions in the lumber tariff, principally, he said, because labor constituted a larger element in the cost of producing lumber than in the cost of producing any other manufactured product, and furthermore that the lumber was competitor with some of the articles which added to the cost of its produc tion. The present crusade against a lum ber duty, Simmons charged, had been instigated by speculators having in terests in Canada. He declared there was no lumber trust. Speaking on his amendment provid ing for a constitutional amendment authorizing an income tax, Brown, of Nebraska, said congress owed it to the people to be given a chance to say whether the constitution should be made to sanction a system of taxation approved by the majority of American citizens and by the economists of the entire civilized world. Painter, of Kentucky, suggested that the Supreme court of the United States, as now constituted, might change its former opinion holding an income tax law unconstitutional. Brown replied that he was ready to support any bill providing for such a tax. Upon Brown's request the resolution was referred to the committee on judi ciary. Tuesday. Anril 27. Washington, April 27. As the last half of his two-days' speech, Bailey devoted nearly three hours in the sen ate today to a discussion of the legal aspect of his income tax amendment to the tariff bill, citing numerous cases and authorities to maintain the view that such a law would be constitu tional. He was interrupted frequently by senators, who at times objected to his position or suggested authorities to sustain him. Scott spoke on the tariff with special reference to its effect to the South. Gore, of Oklahoma, de nounced the protective tariff. Bailey discussed the nature of direct taxation and said that question had never been satisfactorily settled. He said it was a matter of regret that the framers of the constitution did njt sat isfactorily define what a direct tax was. Scott declared he advocated protec- Offers Hughes Judgeship. Washington, April 29. Ellwood C. Hughes, for 20 years a lawyer of Se attle, has been tendered by President Taft an appointment to the newly cre ated Federal judgeship in Washington state. Mr. Hughes has been associated with some of the most prominent legal firms on the North coast, and has been president of the Washington State Bar association, of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and of the Seattle school board. He formerly practiced in Spencer, Ia. tion not only because he believed it was the best policy for his own state of West Virginia and for the South, but also for the entire country. He declared if the rate on lumber should be reduced 48 per cent of all the lum ber manufactured in the United States being produced in the South there would be nothing left for the American lumberman to do but to cut wages. Gore declared he had been reliably informed that in the rich Pocahontas coal mines of West Virginia wages were less than in Nova Scotia and England. This statement was denied by Elkins. Clark, of Wyoming, said the coal miners of his state were paid the high est rate of wages paid in any state or country and said that that condition of prosperity would be destroyed by free coal. Monday, April 26. Washington, April 26. Denouncing the principle of a protective tariff as unfair in taking money from one man to give it to another in order to encour age him in the pursuit of an otherwise unprofitable business, Bailey, of Texas, delivered in the senate today a set speech on the Democratic side in oppo sition to the pending tariff bill. After he had proceeded without interruption for more than an hour, Beveral senators engaged in colloquies with him. ttailey favored restriction or immi gration as a protection to American labor. Aldrich retorted that while Bailey was ready to keep out the foreign la borer, he was not averse to allowing the product of this cheap labor to come info competition with the product of American workingmen. Bailey will resume tomorrow, when he will devote his attention to the purely legal aspects of an income tax law. Overman, of North Carolina, offered an amendment to the tariff bill in the senate today in which he proposes to place a head tax of $12 on each immi grant coming into the United States. Half-Section Homsteads. Washington, May 1. Secretary Bal- linger today designated 157,176,800 acres of land in states to which the 320-acre homestead law applies as coming within the provision of the law. The states affected are Oregon, Wash ington, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, Ariona, Colorado and Mon tana. Included in the land designated by the secretary today are 7,000,160 acres in Oregon and 3,576,960 acres in Washington. Diagrams showing the lands subject to entry are being sent to the local land offices. It is believed that 40 per cent of the area designat ed, except in Nevada, is now held by individuals. If all the land designated were suitable for entry there would be 492,000 homesteads. May Appeal to Taft. Washington, April 27. President Taft may be asked by the American society of international law to take steps to stop the massacres in Armenia, A resolution embodying this request was submitted this morning to the members of this society. The memo rial, which was offered by President on of the Boston university law school, was referred to the executive commit tee of the society for action. When the motion was put by General Horace orter, chairman of the meeting, Rob ert Bacon, former secretary of state, voted in the negative. If Abdul is Exiled. Washington, April 28. There is considerable discussion among Ameri can officials and diplomats here today as to the possibility of Sultan Abdul Hamid seeking an asylum in the Unit ed States. Abdul Hamid is immensely wealthy, his great private fortune be ing invested in various parts of the world. His private yacht lies at Con stantinople ready to sail at any time, is commanded by Americans, in whom he has entire confidence. Million for Celilo Canal. Washington, April 30. Senator Bourne was informed today by the chief of the engineer's department that he would in his coming year's es timate recommend si, uuu.uuu lor im mediate use in the Celilo Falls canal and an authorization of $2,600,000 ad ditional in continuing contract. This, it is estimated, will complete the pro ject at a total cost of about $5,000,000. Care of Alaska's Insane. Washington, April 30. The Mount Tabor, Or., sanitarium, was today given the contract for. caring for the Alaska insane during the coming year. The contract price is $27.50 per head per month. The Sitka sanitarium bid $25 per head but Secretary Ballinger held that the institution was not suffi ciently equipped and was not responsi ble. Russia to Protect Americans. Washington, April 27. Ambassador Riddle, at St. Petersburg, tad ay cabled the State department that the Russian government had given him assurances that it was sending troops into Persia and would take care of all foreigners there. This is in reply to the request of the State department that Russia look after American interests in Tabriz. Immigration Commissioner Quits. Washington, April 27. Robert Watchorn, commissioner of immigra tion at New York, against whom charges have been pending before the president for several months, resigned today. The resignation wa immedi ately accepted. RECHAD IS SULTAN. Turkish People Rejoice Over Down' fall of Abdul. Constantinople, April 28. The reign of Abdul Hamid II ended by his de position and the accession of his brother, Mehemmed Rechad Effendi, as Mehemmed V. The name is a varia tion of Mahomet, it being considered inappropriate to assume the precise name of the prophet. Mehemmed V is the thirty-fifth sov ereign of Turkey, in male descent of the house of Osman, the founder of the empire, and the twenty-ninth sul tan since the conquest of Constantino ple. The firing of 101 guns announced to the waiting people that a new sultan had been proclaimed. The ceremonies connected with the transfer of power were simple. The newly chosen ruler came from hia pal ace in Galata through streets lined with troops and cheering thousands and took the oath at the war office. He then proceeded to the parliament and later went to the Dolma Bagtsche pal ace as head of the empire, where for so many years he had been practically a prisoner. Martial law was relaxed and the peo ple gave themselves over to the cele bration of the victory of the Young Turk party and the end of Abdul Ham id s reign. Many buildings were illu minated and thousands of rounds were joyfully fired by the soldiers. General good humor prevailed everywhere. LIKE ONE RAILROAD. Shippers Tell How Harriman Lines Are Being Run. Salt Lake, April 28. The introduc tion of v testimony in the suit of the United States government to dissolve the combination of the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and competing lines, on the ground that it was formed for the purpose of crushing out competi tion was begun in this city today be fore Special Examiner Williams. The government was represented by C. A. Severance, of St Paul ; Glen E. Hus ted, of Washington ; Charles A. Page, of New York, and N. H. Lommis, for Harriman. E. E. McCarthy, traffic manager of a local hardware company, and a for mer railroad man, testified that prior to the railway merger in 1901 compe tition for general merchandise and wool business was keen between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific agents, but since the combination was effected no special effort had been made, so far as he was aware, to se cure routing of business over either one of these lines, as the business is handled, according to his understand ing, over the line most convenient. David Eccles, an Ogden business man, told of his experience in making lumber shipments from Hood River, Or. Formerly he shipped via the Ore gon Short Line to Wells, Nev. Now he was obliged to use the Shasta route and the Southern Pacific, the O. R. & N. company and the Oregon' Short Line refusing to quote him any rate through Ogden. JAPANESE GO EAST. Declare Persecution is Driving Them From the Pacific Coast. Chicago, April 28. Chicago is ex periencing an unprecedented invasion of Japanese. It is said that a single lodging house at Fifty-first and Clark streets, is the headquarters for 700 new arrivals, whereas three months ago, it is said, there were only 200 in the whole city. The newcomers are artisans, domes tic servants and laborers, all strong and vigorous. They assert that they were driven by persecution from Cali fornia and other Pacific coast states. Others, it is said, are to follow them. T. Takahatchi, whose forefather helped lay the cornerstone of the mi kado's palace in Tokio, and who makes his living as a teamster for a teahouse, at 1207 Clark street, declared that the at present rate of immigration, there will soon be more Japanese in the East than in the West. "These who are coming this way now," he added, "are used to manuel labor. They will not confine them selves to work in private families, hotels and clubs, as did most of their predecessors. They are tending toward trade unionism." Robbers Get Heavy Loot. Reno, Nev., April 28. After club bing a Chinaman into unconsciousness and locking him in the cellar, four men robbed the Casino, a b'g gambling re sort of Reno, of between $3,000 and $5,000 about 4 o'clock this morning. A night watchman who intruded was captured and locked in a closet. After the men had opened the safe they scoop ed the money into bags and boldly walked out of the front door and start ed north. A policeman tried to inter cept them, but they took a shot at him. They then easily escaped. Russian Advance Checked. St. Petersburg, April 2S. A dis patch from Julfa, Persia, says the Rus sian expedition has encountered oppo sition, Kurds skirmishing with the Cossack vanguard and compelling a halt. The Russian Foreign office has no confirmation of this but it is admit ted that the troops are advancing slowly and will not arrive at Tabriz before tomorrow night. The consul at Tabriz reports that the famine has been relieved somewhat. Jack London Sells Boat. Honolulu, April 28. Advices receiv ed today from Sydney, Australia, state that Jack London, the American au thor, who started on a tour of the South sea islands, many months ago in the sloop "Snark," has sold the boat there and gone to South America. ALL INLAND RATES MUST BE REVISED Officials of Hill and Harriman Lines Have Hard Task. Must Meet Spokane Decision Inter state Commerce Commission Has Calculators at Work Will Ar range System to Suit All Com munities West of Rockies. Chicago, April 27. Acting upon the suggestion of the Interstate Commerce commission, traffic officials of the Har riman and Hill roads are trying to work out a comprehensive scheme of freight rates which shall apply from the Middle West to interior Pacific Coast points. The suggestion was offered by the commission in the Spokane rate case decision, and is being acted upon by the railroads in a spirit of concession to public opinion. All of the high traffic officials of the Harriman lines are in Chicago working vigorously over what they declare to be the most diffi cult problem they have ever undertak en to work out; a plan of transconti nental freight rates which shall please all shipping communities. The Spokane rate case decision fixed the rates only from St. Paul and Chi cago to Spokane, and suggested that the lines get together and agree upon an adjustment of rates to intermediate points. J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager of the Harriman lines, said: "It is the most difficult task we have ever undertaken. We hope to be able to work out a scheme of rates not only in the Spokane case, but for all the West, which will prove acceptable to the commission." ABDUL TO LOSE CROWN. Young Turks Decide That He Must Abdicate Throne. Constantinople, April 27. The de position of Sultan Abdul Hamid ap pears now to be certain, and the 101 guns saluting Mohammed Rechad Ef fendi as the new ruler of the empire probably will be heard before the next selamlik on Friday. The dignitaries of the church care as little for Abdul Hamid as does the committee of union and progress, but the higher clergy are seeking to curb the agitation of the enthusiasts of the Mohammedan league. A caucus of senators and deputies today determined to make an effort to try to compel the sultan to abdicate under the ecclesiastical law, by the terms of which a decree may be issued by the sheik ul islam pronouncing the sultan incapable of ruling. Mohammed Rechad Effendi, the heir apparent to the throne, has lived prac tically a prisoner for 25 years in tbe large palace and gardens not far from the Yildiz Kiosk. Since the July revo lution he has only been on the streets looking through some of the carriages upon the scenes in the thoroughfares, which must have been strangely in teresting to him. He is gray haired and not very strong. He is 65 years old, and well educated, although inex perienced in the affairs of the world. ALL READY TO TACKLE MERGER Government Will Take Depositions on Harriman Combine in Utah. Salt Lake City, April 27. The tak ing of depositions in the equity suit begun by the government to dissolve the alleged illegal combinations of the Harriman and other Western roads will be begun in this city tomorrow. Sylvester G. Williams, special assist ant to the attorney general of the United States, arrived today and will conduct the hearing. Railroad men and others have been subpenaed in large numbers to give testimony, and it is believed that two weeks will be con sumed in the taking of evidence. Especial attention will be given to the relationship between the Harriman road and the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake, known as "The Clark road." Funds May Be Buried. Caracas, April 25, via!Port of Spain, April 27. It is persistently reported here that ex-President Castro left a fortune in gold buried in Caracas. If this is so, it explains Castro's alleged lack of funds, and his anxiety to get back to Venezuela. Negotiations have been begun between the Venezuelan government and a representative of the Ethleberga syndicate, of London, for a settlement of the disputes over the match and salt monopolies in Venezue la, held until recently by English com panies. Women to Lose Places. Sacramento, Cal.. April 27. Unless something transpires to change the complexion of the election laws of the state, 23 out of the 57 county superin tendents of schools will not be able to qualify for re-election. The new law declares that a candidate for office must file an affidavit stating that he is a qualified elector. This means, of course, that the 23 women now holding office will be unable to succeed them selves. Renew Butchery at Adana. Beirut, April 27. Delayed dis patches just received here say that the carnage at Adana was renewed Sunday night and many were killed. The first massacres at Adana, where an Ameri can missionary was killed, resulted in the slaughter of 10,000 persons.