THE
OREGON
MIST.
vol. xxii. . . r:z . --.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form lor Oar
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Return of th) Lt Important but
Not L Interesting Event
of th Past Wok.
King Alfmtvo, of Spain, 1 visiting
III Berlin.
Tl niawacr ol Jew continue at
Kishiiirff.
American I in xrt Into Cut how
great lueieaa.
ltooMvlt y It U usele to Inter
col lr Russian Jos.
Tint general hoard ut tin navy r
commend tli building ut 1, 000-toil
ship.
Western Washington mlllmnn are
endeavoring to wnn car lor alil)liig
lumlwr.
Tli" Norwegian charge d'aflalr at
Washington l nr Prince Charle, ol
lvumark, will Iw king ol Norway.
Balfour guv rolil reception to th
delegation III England' Unemployed
ml a monitor Indignation meeting iu
1,01.1.
Walter G. Tubby, a Ki. Paul railroad
11111, ha Un appointed superintend
rut fl construction ol tint Panama
canal.
A colony of 25,000 Lithuanians,
gatbetrd Irum nit tb lirgi Eastern
eili 1. lll MtU somewhere in tti Co
lumbia river rriiloii. v
A woman In aurcei-lully borrowed
money in New Jersey town on tli
pretense that he I tli wife ol J.J.
Hill, ol th Ureal Nurlhein.
American novelty manufacturer
claim their product equal the of
f min e and Germany end wilt hold an
liitltiiin In Chicago In leceu.br to
piov it.
Tim rtar ha granted bom ml to
Finland,
Liberal are rallying to tb support
ol Witt.
England' national memorial to
Gladstone liaa btwn unveiled.
An lii.an woman at Kalamaaoo,
Michigan, led ber children with tli
liog.
An Inspection ol tli Uimlt In
spection service Ita two ordered in 8t.
Inula.
Jan ami Runslan will exchange tli
peae ratification atiout Hi 20tl ol tlii
month.
Britaln'e unemployed million ! pe
titioned llallour lor rellel by creating
new public work.
Kir which atari! In a New Or
lean faint tr destroyed $100,OOU
worth ol properly,
A Minneapolis grand Jury liaa r.
tmniHt Indictment againal lour farmer
official ol lh Northwestern Life Imur
;ice company.
The Isthmian Canal commission liaa
juat purchased vat amount ol sup
pile lor th canal, Including lunilier,
powder, car and engine.
Mountain View, Oklahoma, ha Wn
wept by tornado and vcn people
kllleti and 15 Injured. A large number
ol rrsldancet were wrecked.
Witt 0iX)e an Anglo-Rutaian
agreement.
Th ctar ha lgned proclamation
lor Ire praa and liborallou ol prion
r. PrlvaU car line hav riiluaed to
anwer qu.atlon anked by th Inter
itat Comnierr coinmlaiion.
(iermany will terminal tb Dlngley
tariff agreement with the United
State, and thu clear tb way lor
new trad treaty.
Minnesota i now having her turn
with land Iraud. Iteniwn, Hyle and
Olovni ar aocuwd with olllcial and
lumlmrmen ol securing large tra.it ol
timber to which they bad no right.
T i court martial caseol Commander
Young, ol th lienninglon, i being re
ld by th Navy department. It
l understood the sentence ol th court
la a sever reprimand.
SoMlort In Warsaw fraternise with
th rebuls.
It is announced that tb Willamette
Valley Railway oompaoy, which pro
pose to build an elec'rio line Irom
1'ortlaiid to Eugene, is to be a coneo
tlon lor a nw transcontinental road.
Bt. Petersburg dlnpatcbes ay that In
th rioting since th cisr signed the
msnllesto granting a constitution lully
10.000 have been killed and as many
mor seriously wonuded in 60 leading
provincial town.
Th navy I in great need ol engin
eers. Th people of Norway r to vot on
monarchy or republic.
Beef packer say Garfield promised
immunity from prosecution. -
China I preparing to establish a
constitutional form ol government.
Von Sternberg, Germany's now am
baaaador to the United States, has ar
rived at hit post.
Th csarlna is leaving Russia for
Germany nntil the present turmoil has
passed, on account of ber health.
. ,u-u,,k n ifiu I ----
S.erstsry of Wr Will Not Mak Ex
esplion In Favor of Columbia,
Washington, Nov. 7. In hi an
nual report mail public today, General
MacKeiule, chief of engineers, asks that
lb following appropriations b msde
in the nest sundry civil bill:
Mouth of Columbia river, :i00,000;
Celllo canal, 1250,000; Willamette and
Columbia below Portland, ,125.000;
Columbia between Vancouver and th
mouth of the Willamette, 130,000; Ta
coma harbor, 1200,000. Kach sod all
of these appropriation were authorised
in the river and harbor bill passed at
tb laat nail on ; the wpcctlv sums
hav been eiemled or are covered by
contracts now In force, so that not one
dollar aaked for by General MacKeiule
will go to pay fur new work. In otbei
words, General MaiKensle Is asking
only for enough money to pay for work
now under way or already completed.
II aaks lor no new appropriation lor
be has been Instructed by th secretary
ol war to cut down his estimate and
oonllne liiuiaell solely to woik hereto
fore authorised.
Personally, General MscKensI be
lieve emigre should make large ap
propriations lor lb mouth ol tb Co
lumbia river, and be think It wrong
to allow work on that project to stop at
ita present incompleted stage, and yet
uiiilnr instructions Irom his superior be
cannot oltklally recommend such ap
propriation. MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.
Chief of Englnr Makes Estimat
In Hi Report.
Washington, Nov, 7. HixU-en mil
lion dollars will be necessary to com
plete the engineering works ol the lurt
IhVationi of the ea coast of the I'nited
Htates under the present plans of the
Kndicott hoard, according to the report
of llrlgadler Geneial MacKcntie, cblel
ol engineer. There already baa been
appropriated fur this purpose 3i.'H,
Wtl.1,484. Permanent projects at 31
different points have brru adopted and
most of them are well under way.
Among thee points are Han Diego,
Cel., Han Francisco, Columbia river
ami Puget sound.
The dt-lense ol the Great lake and
th St. I-awrMn-e River is under con
sideration. The estimate lor the com
pletion ol the fortifications do not con
template anything more than th pro
ject outlined by the Kndicott board.
Modern appliance and additional pre
lect which may lie adopted by the
Tall board, appointed last summer,
snd the fortification of lb inaulai po
sessions may increaae the estimate
when additional work is approved by
w.ngre. It is estimate.! that 4,23,3lU
will be required to put Into execution
by the engineering department the
schemes ol the artilleiy and eignsl
eorp lor Are control ol th scacoasl de
le"''' CONTEST ON SMOOT'S SEAT.
Disposition Will B Mad Befor th
Term End
Washington, Nov. 7. Senator Bur
row, ol Michigan, chairman ol the
committee on privilege and elections,
who has arrived in Washington lor the
cowing session ol congress, said tonight
that ho expected to have Ibe case ol
Senator Reed Bmoot, ol Utah, dis
posed ol before the term end.
Kenator Bmoot' cl I being contest
ed on th ground that ha i a member
of the Mormon hierarchy. A great
mass of testimony wa taken at the last
and it was Riiner-
allv understood thst each side had
completed it case.
Senator Hurrow satu o h i i e
..i.ui i.. ,.r.nt further testimony the
committee I willing to bear it. Ho
atated that the committee win consiuer
,i. ...... i,,,,litntv alter the reor
ganisation ol the senate committee In
cident to the meeting ol a new con
greas, and the lllliug ol a vacancy
caused by the retirement ol Betiatot
McCvnuu, ol Marylanc
Costly Improvement.
kl. ,.ale iionii which munici
pal improvement Is being carried on in
London was impressively u
. ..l..ti..n nl new tborolltth-
rei-eui cuiomv w. -
lar through a congested district. This
thoroughfare is three-quarters of a mile
long and S00 feet wide, and it con
. "... : i... ...u..ui.ul anme notorious
Rirumiuii i - -
slum. Among the building removed
to make wy " 11 W0IB ol '"r""
shop. The work has occupied ix
year and ha cost over 30,000,000
large part of which will b recovered
by the sal of building lite.
Socialist Hoist Rd Flag.
Vienna, Nov. 7. The Socialist ul
frage demonstration on the Rlngatraase
Unlay was attended by 60,000 persons.
A strong lore ol gendarme was ta
tinned along th streets, but did not In
terlerswlth th demonstrants, and the
SoclaliiU were even permitted to hoist
red flags over th reichsrath building.
.n.. ..lur. whalever. and
llier were no unw " .
similar demonstration ara reported
. . .1. .i f lutiitaatifllfftt
Irom Lumtmrg, uraia, .7.....-
Bruenn and elsewhere.
Off' for th Philippine.
. n.l .. 1 The Fll-
Bionierey, vi. --
tnth infantry and companies I and L
. .. . .... i imln for Run
or tne rounu
r. ii, u w 11 embark to-
rrancisuu, oif .- - --
morrow on th transport Sherman lor
i . i .1. 11U 1 11 imlnaa
tWJ years ervice iu m -'"r
I ' ' i ' ---u--o.- u-.. THEIR USEFULNESS GONE.
I fi
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
CROOK LAND SOLD.
Harrlman Interest Socur Control of
Big Irrigation Project.
Salem -The transfer ol the Colombia
Southern Irrigation company's interests
in the Bend country to a newly formed
corporation organised by men connected
Willi the Harrlman system I a sign
pointing toward the construction ol a
railroad Irom some point on Ilarriman
line to the irrigation district in Crook
county.
The Columbia Southern Irrigation
company wa largely hacked by the
same interests that built tb Columbia
Southern railway. The sale ol the road
to Ilarriman people baa now been fol
lowed by the transfer ol the Irrigation
company's Interests in the 27,000 acres
ol land tieing reclaimed just west ( the
Iteachute river and north of the Turns
lo, In Crook county. This land is
northwest ol Bend and practically ad
Joining that lieing reclaimed by the
Deschutes Irrigation & Power company.
The new company, known a the Co
lumbia Southern Irrigating company,
ha Hied article in the Stat depart
ment with Jaine K. Wilson, II. K.
Connor and W. R. I.itxenberg as incor
(Kiratois. The capital stock i $300,
mm. It is staled in the articles that
the company proposes to take over the
property and affair ol the Columbia
Southern Irrigation company.
SHEEP SENT EAST.
Trad From Southeastern Oregon
Brings In 2,000.000.
Baker City The active state ol the
sheep market this tall baa been a mat
ter ol congratulation to that portion ol
Southeastern Oregon interested in this
branch ol the stock raising industry,
although the estimate sometimes
made, of $3,000,000 having been
brought into this countiy this season,
are too much by hall, according to the
"sheep kings" ol Kastern Oregon.
Miles .ee, recognised ss Baker coun
ty's leading sheepman, and W. G.
Ayre. another sheep king, Irom Durkee,
Baker county, both state that about
$2,000,000 worth ol sheep have been
shipped Irom Kastern Oregon this year.
Prices have ruled Irom $1.75 as high as
$3 M) In extreme cams. Considerable
"hipping has been done this year Irom
lluutiiigton and Ontario, these points
being most convenient to Malheur and
Harney counties. Kreight rate to the
Kaate.n market are the same from
these poln In as from those farther north
along the O. R. A N.
Million in Stumps.
Baker City Two Russians named
Solomon are here from the Kast inves
tigating yellow pine stumps, from
which they claim to have a proces tor
itannffli.iiirinir turtwntine and tar.
They say there is millions In it, and
aie now in the bills surveying stump
age. They must have decayed stumps,
the theory being that old yellow pine
i , in n. nlnrh f-heiiiit-ula from the
ground. Four and one-ball cords ol
stumps mske $K0 worth ol turpentine
and tar, ami lb process can be re
peated 10 time a month. It ia be
lieved local capital will interest iteelt
in the enterprise.
Looking lor Seining Grounds,
As'oria A representative ol Puget
found parlie baa been here during the
past lew days conferring with the own
er ol some of the principal independ
ent seining grounds in the Columbia
river, in an effort to secure option and
property. As near a can he learned,
a company is being organised on Puget
sound to erect a ealmou cannery on the
Columbia,- but before any definite step
desires to ob
tain possession of a number of seining
ground a the principal source from
which to secure tta nau.
Expects Much From Fulton.
Coo,uille Coquille valley is expect
ing much from the recent visit of Sen
ator Pulton, who has just returned to
IiIm tooiiM In Astoria. Kverytbing wa
done to mske the few days a;ent by the
senator in till vicinity uoi oniy piesn
urable lo himself, but also profitable
to the valley and Coo bay. The junior
senator was given every opportunity to
familiarise bimrell with the growing
needs ol the Coquille river and Coos
bay.
Wide Ledga Near Railroad.
Eugene More excitement has been
rauaed In the Mohawk valley by the
discovery of another gold bearing quart
ledge near Jiareoia. on uie vmnuuua
i.. i Hi Southern Pacific railroad.
The Hyland Bros., who operate a saw-
mill near siarcoia, uuum iu"k -(eet
wide. Sample ol the oio assayed
went Irom $1.50 up to $7.60 per ton.
It 1 probable this ledge will be de
veloped. Hop Sales at Silverton.
Silvortoa I-cbmund A Co., of
Salem, bought 107 bales of hops of N.
A. Sneli at 8 cent, and Woll A Son, ol
this place, bought 61 bales of Peter Ol
son a'. 8tf cants and 64 bales o! 8. C.
Rue at the same price. They bought
49 bales ol J. Arubeor at 9 ceuts. Buy
ers are reticent about reporting sale.
Only prime bops are being sold.
Start Timber Test Soon.
University ol Oregon, Eugene Ex
pert Knapp, representative ol the gov
ernment In charge ol the timber testing
tation, has arrived in Eugene and will
commence experiments as soon as the
big testing machine la installed In the
new building. Carpenter expect to
have the structure ready tor the ma
chine in a few days.
KLAMATH LAND IS SELLING.
Denver Capitalist Get Fin Tract of
1,800 Acres.
Klamath Fall Land in the Klamath
basin i now being sought after bv big
speculators as well a the man who is
looking for an Ideal place to build a
home and rear a family. The order
from Washington, I). C, calling for the
placing ol bid for tb work on the
main canal of the Klamath Irrigation
project, is bringing in investors by the
core, and local land agent are having
their bands lull to handle the would-be
purchasers.
The latent deal ol moment In realty
was closed thi week, when C. E.
Wantland, ol Denver, Colo., land agent
lor the L'nion Pacific railroad, closed a
deal whereby he and other became
owner ol tb Mitchell tract of 18( 0
acres, lying two mile below Klamath
hall. Tne price paid for this tract
as $40,000. Charles W. Eberline, of
New York, land agent for the Southern
Pacific, who i now stationed at Ban
Francisco, was also here this week
looking over the country and inquiring
about land value. W bat his mission
was is not yet given out.
Ind value in the basin have re
mained practically the aame tor several
months, the prospect ol irrigation not
having affected them so far to a great
extent.
Will Hav Mutual Phone.
O.egon City Stock ia being sub
scribed liberally by Oregon City busi
ness men toward a corporation for in
tailing a mutual telephone exchange
In tlii city a, the connecting link to
the aucceseful operation ol the rural
telephone system in Clackamas county
It is proposed to form a company with
a capital stock ol $7,500 and install an
exchange having 150 phone. This ex
change ha been petitioned for br sub-
H-rihers to the various rural telephone
coDipanies throughout the county. At
the rale stock in tb proposed company
is selling, the company will be organis
ed in few day.
Work Progresses at Waldo Lake.
Kugene Engineer Simon Kiovdahl,
in charge of tbe preliminary work of
constructing a large reservoir at Waldo
lake, on the summit of tbe Cascade
mountains, for an irrigating system to
be installed by A. R. Black and hie
associates in tbe Upper Vt illamette val
ley, Is now in Eugene and reports two
feet ol snow have fallen at the summit
in the last two week. His crew has
completed a good trail from the road to
the lake; haa built a bouse for tbe
winter; has commenced work on a big
canal to tap and drain tbe lake.
Eastern Money for Railroad.
Baker City Article of incorpora
tion of the Ontario A Idaho railroad
have been Sled in Boise by N. C.
Richards, an attorney of Sumpter.
Wheeler 4 Co., ol New iork, capital
ists, who are interested in Sumpter
mines, are said to be behind tbe pro
ject, which is to build a railroad from
Ontario to hinmett, Idaho. It is re
ported the Vale railroad, recently in
corporated to build to connection with
the Oregon Short Line, is backed by
Banker Savage, of Chinook, Mont.
All Fruit Crops Ara Light.
Freewater Judge Geer, Oregon state
horticultuial commissioner, spent sev
eral days in this section lait week, and
while here was the guest of John S.
Vinson. He reports light fruit crops
in general over the entire state. Al
though tbe Fieewater crop was lighter
than usual, good prices prevailed and
fruit rancher realised as large profits
as in the previous years. Mr. Geer ap
pointed Howard Evans of this place
Iruit Inspector lor tins vicinity.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 741375c per buhsel;
bluestem. 77(9 8c; valley, 770c;
red, 70(s$71c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $252t);
gray, $25 per ton.
Barley Feed. $21 6022; brewing,
$22(322 60; rolled, $22 5023.
Kve sl.SOhil .60 Der cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy,'$15($
18 per ton; valley timothy, $U12;
clover, $8(89; grain hay, $89.
Fruit Apples, $1(1 60 per box;
hni blnhnrrina. 7c ner Dound: near.
$1.25(41.60 per box; grapes, 00cg$1.60
per box; Concord, loo per basket;
quinces, $1 per box.
Vegetables Beam, wax, 10(312cper
pound, cablwge, lo per pound ; cauli
flower, 85c90c per dosen; celery, 76c
per doxen ; corn, 50o per sack ; cucum
ber. 106U2e per dosen; pumpkins,
tfiie- tomatoe. SOfittOc Der crate:
squash, ?alo per pound; turnip, OOo
(!f $l per Back ; carrots, 6675o ppr
sack; beeta, Doctgii per sac..
Onion Oregon yellow Danvers,
$1.25 per sack.
Pntiitnoa Fancy. 75c ner sack: or
dinary, 6500c; Merced sweets, sacks,
$1.00, crates, $S. 10.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c.
Kiri Oreiron ranch. 32(932 lo.
Poultry Average old bens, 10c;
young roosters, 9l0c; springs, luc;
dremwd chickens, 1214c; turkeys,
live, 17c; geese, live, 89c; ducks, 14
(g 15c.
Hops Oregon 1905, choice, 8llc;
olds, uoininal, 7s10o.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
inAMli! lower erades down to 5c. ac
cording to shrinkage; valley, 2527c
per pound.
Keel Dressed bull, 1 2c per pound;
cows, 3(3)4o; country steers, 44i'o.
Veal Dressed, fancy, 6s7c, per
pound; ordinary, 4g;e; lamnB, (SOjO
Pork Dressed, 6(J7c per pound.
Administration Would Lik to 8a Or
gon' Congressmen Rstlgn.
Washington, Nov. 6. It can be stat
ed on reliable authority that th Roose
velt administration is in sympathy
with th movement now on foot In Ore
gon to induce Senator Mitchell and
Representatives Hermann and William
son to resign their seat in congre.
Official of the administration share
tbe belief universally held In Wash
ington that Oregon should not be de
nied representation in congress; it i
acknowledged that Mitchell, Hermann
and Williamson will never again be
able to render their state effective ser
vices ; they certainly cannot do so un
der prevailing condition. It being
apparent that not one of these men
could possibly be in position to perform
active duty a member of the Fifty-
ninth congress, th administration
thinks it is incumbent upon them all
to reaign.
For obvon reason, no member of
the coadminiatrition can be quoted on
tbi matter, but, if the president'
view and those of hi various cabinet
officers could lie printed, tbe people of
Oregon would have no doubt as to the
position of tbe administration. So far
the administration haa done nothing to
force Mitchell, Hermann or William
son out of congre, tbongb some offi
cial of the department of Justice have
been urging tbe attorney general to
ask for an advancement of the Mitchell
case on the docket of tbe United Etate
Supreme court. If thi i done, and
tbe Supreme court lustaina the findings
of the lower court, Mitchell will be
deprived of bis seat some time this
winter and Governor Chamberlain will
have an opportunity to appoint hi suc
cessor to serve until March 4, 1907.
WORK PLEASES TAFT.
Secretary Sees Great Improvement at
Panama.
Panama, Nov. 6. Secretary ol War
Talt held a long conference this morn
ing w'th Chief Engineer Stevens. To
day Secretary Talt and Mr. Stevens will
go over the works at Empire City and
Colebra rnt and afterward will go by
boat from Mindi to Colon, examining
at tbe tame time tbe harbor improve
ments at Cristobal.
Secretary Taft inform the Associa ed
Pre that be was very much pleased
with the situation here, which be tays
has greatly changed for the better since
bis last trip. He thought from what
he had already seen that tbe work on
tbe canal was progressing satisfactorily
and was now efficiently organised. He
said he was happy to notice that the
spirit of tbe men on the canal had im
proved, and that tbe condition of five
or six months ago did not exist.
The secretary said tbe rinitary con
ditions are excellent and believed that
by continuing the present methods yel
low fever could be controlled. He
thought the efficiency of tbe laborer
was not a high a it should be, but be
said that he contemplated making no
change until the men bad been given a
fair trial. The department of Commis
saries, where the men could get proper
food, he added, would raise their effi
ciency.
EFFECT IN FATHERLAND.
People tn Berlin Fear Rusaian Revo
lution Will Touch Germany.
Beilin, Nov. 6. Many people in
Berlin are saying that Russia' success
ful revolution may have far reaching
result for the fatherland. Germany,
they ay, will be completely isolated
among nations when the Russian dem
ocracy comes off victorious, if the kai
ser resist the craving for greater po
litical liberty. Tbe situation is deemed
all the more serious because pan
Slavist idea leading to war over tbe
Austrian and Balkan questions may get
the upper hand in Russia, when the
demociacy bas complete power. The
csar's government bas hitherto been
able to keep them down.
German Socialist cherish no illusion
to the eflecct that the ruler of Ger
many will change their methods as a
result of the event in Russia. Herr
Bebel is preparing for a hard fight with
a view to defending tbe fatherland's
main democratic institution, the gen
eral franchise for the reicbstag.
Consul Ordered to Seen.
Washington, Nov. 8. The Stat de
partment, after a conference with the
naval officials here and communication
by cable with Consul General Lay, at
Canton, China, bas arranged that that
official shall accompany the viceroy of
Canton on a Chinese gunboat to Lien-
chow, about 800 miles up the West
river, to investigate the massacre of the
five Presbyterian missionaries at that
place. One or two American naval
officers now in China will accompany
Mr. Lay to assist in tbe investiga
tion. Odessa Llk Military Camp.
Odessa, Nov. 8. The pillaging here
haa been largely stopped, thanks to the
intervention of the troop and tbe local
militia, formed largely of students, but
the itreet ara unsafe tor all, except
sa-titary officers and SiBters of Charity.
Thi city presents tbe aspect ol a mill
tary camp. Tbe student militia Is
pursuing tbe rioters, who are defend
ing themselves with revolvers. The
students are taking their captive to
the university.
Prairie Fir Burns Stock.
Bones t eel, 8. D., Nov. 6. Reports
have reached this place Irom Gregory
that a prairie lire, driven by a terrific
wind from the northwest, bas been rag
ing all day In Tripp county, west of
this place. An area, of over 60 mile
has been burned, and a great deal of
bay and stock has been destroyed.
LET CONGRESS ACT
President Wants It to Investigate
Insurance Matters.
CONSULTS WITH MR. MORTEN
Will Propose a Federal Inquiry To Go
Bayonet th Work of th Leg
islative Committee.
New York, Nov. 7. That there will
be a Federal investigation of life insur
ance methods and that President Roose
velt is taking an active interest in tbe
matter and will, in all likelihood, at
an early date ask lor tbe appointment
ol a congressional committee to take np
tbe work, wa learned today from an
authority the value ol which can not be
questioned.
Tbe inquiry will be conducted inde
pendently of tbe state legislative com
mittee, and in sp:te of any results
which may follow tbe committee' re
port. It i declared that the revela
tions and the many startling disclosure
brought out by tbe state committee
have been tbe incentive which bas led
tbe president and bis adviser to take
op the question. -
Tbe president during tbe laat two or
three week bas frequently been ia con
ference with men prominent in the ins
nranc world. It is known that Pail
Morton, head of tbe Equitable Life As
surance society, wa in Washington
yesterday. It was whispered in Wall
street today that Mr. Morton's visit to
Washington was in the line of giving
the president some inside information
concerning tbe proposed investigation,
and that be might even have been sum
moned there. Mr. Morton would not
say whether this was a fast, neither
would he consent to be interviewed.
DREDGE COAST HARBORS.
General MacKenzie Recommends the
Building of a Boat.
Washington, Nov. 7. In hi annual
report General MacKenxie, chief ol en
gineers, made one exception to the rule
prohibiting recommendation for new
work. He recommended an appropria
tion of $50,000 to build a dredge for
use on the bars at the entrance to Tilla
mook, Yaquina and Coos bay, a .d at
the entrance to the Siuslaw and Co
quille rivers. General MacKenzie had
this to cay about tbe diedge, lor which
the last congress refused to make an
appropriation:
"Navigation in these harbors is often
greatly delayed by the forming of
shoals, tbe material deposited in most
instances being of such nature that it
cannot be handled with a dipper dredge.
It is estimated that a combination suc
tion and dipper dredge could be ad
vantageously used, and so constructed
that it could be taken from harbor to
haibor a necessities demand.
"Tbe cost of such a plant with two
dump scows would be approximately
$50,000, ai-d it is thought that the
necessity for its nse will fully justify
the expenditure.
RIOTS AT ODESSA.
Czar's Ukase Mad Excuse for Ex
termination of Jaw.
Odessa, Nov. 7. The anti-Semitic
riots are in full awing in this city and
surrounding district. The agitators of
the movement have distribuetd a cir
cular assuring tbe villagers that tbe
authorities have received the csar's
ukase and state that it commands the
extermination of all Jews. As a result
of this action, the wholesale pillage
continues. The local authorities refuse
to interfere, either atanding idly by,
refusing to check riots, or participating
in the same.
News continues to reach the city of
terrible massacres, which have occurred
at various points along the railway, es
pecially here and at KieS. The casual
ties in those murderous disturbances
are heavy.
Confer on Packers' Case.
Chicago. Nov. 7. Attorney General
Moody has sent for United States Dis
trict Attorney C. B. Morrison and
Assistant Attorney General Oliver E.
Pagin to go to Washington in regard to
the beef trust prosecution. The plea
of the packers declaring that Commis
sioner Garfield, of tbe bureau of Cor
porations, had promised tbe packers
immunity from prosecution ha taken
such an aspect that tbe attorney gene
ral is said to wish a joint interview
with the commissioner and Messrs.
Morrison and Pagin.
Whole Caucasus in Revolt.
London, Nov. 7. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of tbe Daily Mail says:
" War, hopeless war, prevails in tbe
Caucasus. Tbe Trans-Caucasian rail
road, the sole line, is effectively
crippled and reinforcement have been
compelled to march. Seventeen bridge
have been wrecked, and the rails have
been torn up in 40 places. Telegraph
lines have been destroyed, and Georgia
and the Dagheetan are isolated. Every
male is in arms."
Poles Also Want Autonomy.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 7. On the
heels of the announcement of the suc
cessful Finnish national movement
comes news of a strong revival of tbe
struggle for autonomy in Poland. Dis
patches from Kalisch, in Poland, and
Thorn, in Wist Prussia, say that flags
with tbe Polish coat of arms have been
hoisted in several churches and city
buildings.
PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT
Call on Popl to Celebrat Thanks
giving In Tim Honored Way.
Waahlngton, Nov. 8. Th president
today issued hi proclamation naming
Thursday, November 80, aa a day lor
Thanksgiving. Tbe proclamation fol
low:
By the president ol the United State
of America, a proclamation:
When, nearly three centurie ago,
tbe first settler came to the country
which ha now become this great re
public, tbey faced not only hardship
and privation, but terrible risks to
their lives. In those grim year th
custom grew of vetting apart on day
in eacn year lor a special semce ot
thanksgiving to tbe Almighty for pre
serving tbe people through the chang
ing seasons. Tbe custom bs now be
come national and hallowed by imme
morial usage.
We live in easier and more plentiful
time than our forefathers, the men
who with rugged strength faced th
rugged days, and yet the danger to
national life are quite as great now a
at any previous time in our history. It
i eminently fitting that once a year
our people should set apart a day for
praise and thanksgiving to tbe giver of
good, snd, at tbe same time that they
express their thankfulness for tb
abundant mercies received, should
manfully acknowledge their shortcom
ings and pledge themselves solemnly
and in good faith to atrive to overcome
tbem. During the past year we have
been blessed with bountiful crop. Our
business prosperity has been great. No
other people baa ever stood on as high
a level of wellbeing as ours now stand.
We are not threatened by foe from
without. The foe whom we should
pray to be delivered from are our pas
sions, appetites and follies; and against
these tbere l always need that w
should warn.
Therefore I now eet apart Thursday,
the 30th day of tbi November as a
day of Thanksgiving for the past and of
prayer lor tbe future and on that day
I ask that throughout tbe people gather
in their home and place of worship
and, in rendering thanks unto the moat
high for the manifold blessing of tb
past year, consecrate themselves to a
life of cleanliness, honnr and wisdom,
so that this nation may do it allotted
work on earth in a manner worthy ol
those who founded it and of those who
preserved it.
In witnesa whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of th
United State to be affixed.
Done at tbe city of Washington, thi
second day of November, in tbe year ot
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and five, and of tbe independence of
tbe United State the one hundred and
thirtieth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the p'eaident,
ELIHU ROOT , secretary of state.
MINIDOKA SALES POSTPONED.
Lots In rownsites Will Bs Placed on
Market Next Spring.
Washington, Nov. 8. Iu refutation
of stories recently sent from Washing
ton, the Reclamation service today
make tbe following announcement:
"Tbe secretary of the Interior, act
ing upon suggestions of the governor
and prominent citizens of Idaho, an
nounces the postponement of sale of
lota in the new towneites of Heybura
and Rupert, on the Minidoka project.
The dates of sale, Novemper 14 and 21,
respectively, have been extensively ad
vertised, and indications were that a
large attendance would be present.
Owing to the lateness" of the season,
the possibility of bad weather and th
lack of accommodations for visitors, it
wa deemed wise to postpone the sal
until early next April. At that time
pleasant weather can be counted upon,
water will have been turned into th
new government canals, and more than
1,000 new settler will have already es
tablished themselves on the land and
will be clearing off sagebrush and put
ting in crops.
"The Minidoka tract today offers on
of the best object lessons in the West
of tbe wisdom of the reclamation law,
and present conditions predicate that
one of the most prosperous and popu
lous agricultural communities in th
world will soon rise up from out of th
desert at tbi point in the Snake river
valley."
Culebra Cut Is Flooded.
Panama, Nov. 3. Heavy rain last
week filled the Culebra cut with water
to the extent of stopping the work of
the steam shovels at tbe Cucaracba end
of tbe cut. To make up for the time
lost during the rainy season, Chief En
gineer 8tevens will follow the example
of the Frenchmen, who, in the dry sea
son, employed a double force of men.
All freight trains of tbe Panama rail
road except one each way will hereafter
run at night, so as to give the Canal
commission's train mor time on th
main line during the day.
Ito Will Rule Over Cores.
Tokio, Nov. 3. It is reported that
tbe Marquis Ito will leave for Core
on November 5, as ambassador from
Japan. It is likely that tbe candidate
for tbe posts ot Japanese ambassadors
at the European court and at Wash
ington will be accedited before long. It
i rumored that Russian commissioner
will establish a head office for tb
transportation of prisoner at Nagasaki.
Most of the released men will be sent
to Vladivostok, the other to Odessa.
Mor Fraud In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 3. According to
a report made to Mayor Weaver today
by W. Bleddyn Powell, the city archi
tect, the city of Philadelphia ha bean
defrauded of thousands of dollar in
tbe construction of six pavilion for
consumptive on the ground of Jh
Philadelphia hospital. . . '