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Newspaper Page TextnnTTin OREGON JLXlJ3i YOL. XXIV. ST. HELENS, OliEGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1907. NO. 16. MIST. NEWS Of THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Oar Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Rumt of th Um Important but Not L lnUrtln Eventr of the Past Week. Tlio California flood Iim matin pro. dure ware In Ban Francisco, Tlt continues to I Ixxiined fur Ir- blent, lul third term Ulk lor ttuoMrvelt grow. TIik government Is nuking active preparation to atari Uie laitd fraud trial. In Colorado. Jerome ha found Ilial New York po lice hv Iwil rotnpelM to Contribute lo political funda. Hpraker Cannon and Ilia erngrr. limal party liava been allowed to land at Caiiania aftr being held lu quaran. tin Mivrial day. Ileney denies that hi prosecution of Han Kiam'laro grafter ha any political Ignlitcauce or that it la a blow aimed al organic! labor. Hoiimanlan peasant are pillaging and burning averyUilng before Uiein. Jauge munlier of people aro Mug killed and wounded Tim outbieak ha nm got beyond control of the tronM. Kvidiim'f la being gathered to how that the wreck uf the atwitier Itkt la wii ilu Ut lh blunder of someone. The alraioer will n he a total wreck. About "rrnt of the cargo aaa saved. SI. rohle.lonoala.ff, ei jirocurahir general of tli holy ynod of Kuaaia, la dead. The Thaw defense la now buy ahoa Inglhat at the proawnt tlma Tha la perfectly Mine. Frederick Illcoll, commiaaloner of the American New.jajper Publishers' ats-xlatlon, la dead. Wlnrroialn people ara almost of Hie belief Utat Henatur j.FolletUi lia lost bla grip In atata politics. Ileney atlll maintain that he haa nnly made a beginning in the Han rianclw-o graft ezpoaurra. A Ore In tha plant of tha Itaird Ma ehlneiy mivny, I'lllsurg, dealroyed $JU0,UUO worth of prowrty. The vote of Western trainmen la ah mat unanimoua Ui go on aurike If not given tha advance in wagea aaked for. Ileney haa found that largo sum of. nionev aunrmaed to have been apetit in alreel Improvement has not been fully a .Ton ii ted for. rort IMge. Iowa, ha paed an or. dlnaoce Using wwdielora. Tha mayor, clergy ami Juatira of the eace have been busy inee performing marriage crrcmniiioa. Btumian terrorist continue to pick oft their enemies. President Itixxmvelt la anilotif to prosecute llarrlman. Hoot luui warned the Central Ameri can aUtoa to atop war. Tralna aro running from Portland to Han Francisco via Ogden. Major Ooelliala haa leen formally apiKiintod on the canal comuiiaaion. Senator llurton haa been relcaxed from jail and promlaca to publish hi Lie of the a lory. The East and South I Honoring from estreme heat, Ui thermometer regis tering 90 In many place. In a battle between Nlcaraguan and Iloiidurlan tnxip 1.000 Salvadoreans were killed whllo assisting llonduia. The whole of Moldavia h been rav aged by reM Hant. Several bun drod people have been killed or Injured and 10,00(1 are homeless, having leen burned out. Jew aia Uie worst differ, era. Hudson Maxim, Inventor of high ezplostves, haa Invented a new fuso for hnlla which promise to revolutionize armor for warships. Mr. Mailm alito deolare that Japan could las In piof alon of the entlra I'awllle alope before we were ready for war and that we are practically dufenielcr aa China. Tlie Tranavaul will aholiaU Chlmae labor, , Il.aa.tN ladween Han Franela.10 and Portland are aalllng with every lierth filled and many nimble to get piumagu. Roumanian peaaant are renewing th rioting, Hoven allnnlata liava diwlnred Thaw periiMtiently inaane. Q. A. I). Tuter I proving a alrcng wltneaa agalnat Hermann. American murium and aallor have been landed to guard Honduraa porta. Nloatragua claim a dcoliilve victory ever Honduraa and Bnlvador. There aw.m to be gmnl pioapccta ft r land law reform by the next congrH. Benator Cullom, of Illlnola, my Hairlman denorvea to go to Jail, ami Governor Deneen la believed to contem plate proaecutlon. Undor Uie name of United Churche. the Oongregatlonal, United Hruthren and MethodlHt rroteatant churches In 14 ttate will foim one large orgiini atlen. Home of the Southorn tto have refuted to join. NfcW SURfc FOR WHITE PLAQUE jMadlcal Uclartllata ara 8atlfid Their Exparimant ara 8ucct(i, Hoaton, Miirh 20. Hope (or uffer era from the grmt white plague la held out hy ilia puccraa ol eaMrlmiit with vaccine luwulallon a a cure for tubir- cuhaiia, not only ol lunga, but on other organ of the Innly, hy the faculty of i una i outfit m:Iiimi and th- ological di'iiaitiiiwnt of the Muaauchu erlta giiiiernl hoapltal. The tr.tilini'iit ha already been lent- el In Ihecamiof Mr. Curti (iulld, jr., wnu in dmi'Mior duihl, with mhmI en eoiiiaglng lexiilta. At Tufl .MinIu hI achoo) Uie work ha U-eu in cliarue of )r. Timothy taary, jiMfcawirof lhoIiigy and bacUrioloKy ill tha MaaracliUMttt lieneral hoapital, and I'l. Jaim-a Homer Wright. Ir. Wilght i-all the tnatmelit "the Op. aonlc method," from the fact tliat tlie nHKinina in the human body are utiinu latwi to greater activity. In the cane of dltuaae whtfi danger on tatcten attark the Ixxly, the o aoiiina act lo work to ileatroy tlie bac-U-rln. If they a kci.1, the patient ro ot vei, but II the) lail, the dmraae pr gieeaea and the ilm.lly aUorption tf the vital organ begin. Ir. tnry nay ol the preventative w ith which he la etHrlmenting: "What we are trying lo do, and what other in every part of the medical and icli'iitilli! wr rid are at woik trying to do, i to elaborate a villi; which will atrengthen power of the human blood tbnt their nwitaiH-e to the in road of ilUrane will not only lw In. crcaaitd but ptoluugcd; which will make Uiem iiumiine aiialnat the Inroail of the bacteria and keep them up to the iHilut which they tuunt uomm in oi.br to (icrliirm the work foi which they were tntenihwl by nalure. FEAR KiVOlT IN CHINA. Spirt of Raballlon Qrowlng Rife In Famine District. W..I.I.. ..I.... "ll Vf..,,i Hhangliai a lvii-i nveived at the Htate ......I It m.iMM that (I.M ..lliliif dynaaty in (liiua in acriooaly alarmel over the effect of the uprcad of famine through the country and the npporluni I. II. rft,nt 1,1 ,til infim v ai.it.tie to enllat coiiverta to their t-auao dinwted agatnat the govt mincnl. The government' inability to re lieve rufli-rliiK. It la aaid, haa Uwn nmgnltlit and the harUhipcf the peo ple attributed to lack of aynipathy by lie giiverniiieii. iit uie xi. ii.i-".. Tl- l..r...,Mli.M I,i.I1..mImi limt a um lgmla haa hern oiyanUnl b further he circulation o lurlc or the cnaraci r oullincl, and It la aald tliat Ktate li.riii,..i ikllli-Ula f.nr Lhai, a unreail of hvaterla way engender a general up- taiug. II ru aoouiii ia- uie ri--uiv, I. mm. ia .l.tui.r that the rrovcrnmeiil might not be able to control the titua lion. American and other fon-lgn In- Mr.,la lh.ll Will Ihfl iM)lllirillil:(l. HO great I the concern that diplomatic and conaular otlk-ial In China have ben iiwtriHMeil to keep Waalilngtou a.l vbrd of eveiy turn in tliu aituation, CH.RGEO TOLL. Commltaionar GailagHer Took Faaa From Fallow drafter. Han Frnm-iwo, Mari-h 20.--A featiiro of tho lxllln o.eratlon" of the f iinr vlaor not hitherto exHcl and which aiiipnwea in genuine cuwiedneaa any thing yet revealed, came out Unlay -I...., It u.. I..nrhl,l tluit HiiDciviitor (lallHgher, who acle.1 a dlatrlbutcr ol the Hwng, cliargo.1 hi follow itipervlnora a commiwiion of ft cr cent on all bood le be collected lor mem. lialtaghcr admit it in hi confewlon. He raid he did II hecmiM of theexX'no h wa mil to in the way of car hire ami the riaku Involved, (iallagher hot ly defended hluiaclf when qucxtlomxl lu the grand Jury room about tho piactice. lie mltl ho Uiougm ne waa iioocbhj -. nl.,.1 i Im l.is.kiim' enmmlmiion. In aomc ca.ea, he aald, hla colleagmm pro UwUnI, but he Informed tlum that If he wa not b gel the eoinmiailon Uicy would not get the nooui. Although IahiI lilna, of the IVitlo Htalca Telephone comiamy, and Abrnut i,..i.iii. ..I ilia ll.ima Tuleiihnuccom. I.!inuiut i ..... . imy, tho two imliotul tnagnatee. have j not been apprehended ny me ponce, no fear la fell hy the promvut ion aa it I believed that both men will aurn-mhr. To Increate Direct Tax. i. mi l!..lu..-. i1 T.I. I.yilllH, .lllin'll . ..miint-j. " mince tiilllu made great Hxvh hero tmlny delliilng the government wo nomic ixillcy a directed toward the ... ii l...ll..u.l t.iW.itli,n grmluiii ciiminniioii oi iuihuvi and tho milwtllutlon of a direct tax pro- .i ..... ... tl.rt .....una uf l.hn tjllt- poriionnve io hi. piiyer. The Income tax, he mid, wna the (Irnt great ttep In till direction. in. iI.a i.iiiuiiiirA Ho WilN Willing io moony 1."' . i .. i... .11.1 ..... ....l..iwl if ..milil ho mini, mr lie ohi um ... ...... not he Improved, but ho limlated that the principle remain Intact h at pres ent enforced. Relief Committee Report. . v,..l. xiutuli 9fl. The New York city committee of the relief uf fcrow by the California earthquake die artr hna Juet made Ita tlnal reort to Mayor McClollan. The totol amount aocuroil by theoommlltoe wa 601,070, . i . ....... nl.vu.ul tn .Tan the account navmg w k.- . imry7 by Ue transfer to the National K.hI Croud aotdety of the balance on hand of '.'2,724. All money colloct ed wore tmimmitted without reduction, the member meeting the expenne. Australian Malta Delayed. London, March 20. The IViatofllce department announce that the ntam ebip aorvlce between Now Zealand and Bun Franolaco having atopped, no nmilH will be sent or received by that wite until further notice Mails for New Hoaland now go by the Sue canal. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FINE CROP OUTLOOK. EatUrn Oregon Farmer Rejoicing Ovr Rcant Rain, The Dalle -The rain and anow which (ell hero laxt week aggregnled one inch inolaturu. Hhower atill continue and the aiiow on high elevation, which varied from four to ilx Inchea In depth, I gradually dlmipiHiariiig. Thl will further retard plowing and needing, which, owing to Uie miry condition of tho noil, had but fairly begun throughout the country. When thi IhaI xLnrin full, farmer from the Tygh rl.tgn whmt belt reported Uuit the condition for Mining grain have not lawn a favorable In many year aa now, becaiire of the heavy fieexlng which l.xM'iiel the ground to a depth of 1H Iik Ihk, and the thoMiigh anuking from Uie deep now and heavy rain. Owing to the long drouth and Uie Ifttftic of fall mirm, Uicre i leaa acre age in winter wheat (ban uaiwl, but under Uie prcacnt favorable condition for apring e-dlng, there will lie about Uie umial annual acreage in grain. Tint fruitgrower regard the late now Klorm a moat beneficial. nince it check the budding until dan ger of killing front la part. No Vm of aim t i fear." I, ince lambing on the heep raugiw of the county ha not yet tieguii. EARLY DAY POSTOFFICES. Intptctor Richie Coma Into Pot- tion of Interettiug Relic. 1'ortiand roatullice lnpecUir Rich- in., of ihir city, own a crpy of a "l.ixt ol I'minilmaj ,( the I'niUxl Htater," which aa laMtie.) by the government In 1HU2. The litt ha been, until recent ly, In Uie pftMlon ol John llcdden, portmater at Hi'otteburg, Doughia coun ty. Oregon, who liad it fiom the gov eminent noon after ita pnhllcatlon. Home time apo he gave It to Inriector Kichlcn on the occaaion of an olhclal vti.it to that ollk by the latter. Hcottehurg i one of the olilext pit- otncok in the ntate, and Mr. Hedden wa ita tint iMwtmai'ter. In 1H02 Ore gon had 60 xtotlice. In Multnomah county tbert wire three, Portland, Hprlngvllle and handy. I'olk county led in the number ol poeloflicivj, having 13. Marion county came next, with 10. "Warcopum" county ia credited w ith one, and Waaro county w ith one. Waacopum county' office appear on the liat aa Hood Hlver. There were 20 eounliea in Oregon In 1HU2 in 1K02; the Ute having made a gain of 13 countie In alnce Uiat time. Rate on Log Will Stand. Halem The Mute railrnad commia lon uiuile public the itwult of the Inur ing at Hullaa, In the cane of the people of Kail City agaim-t the Salem, Fall City A Weatern Hailrid company, protiallng agaiunt tho raining of rote by tho nul on loge and IiiiiiIht. After an impartial hearing and lnveatigatlon of the matter, and there being no fur ther remoiihtninco aguinat the rate be ing inciYaacd after It wan thoroughly undfretood and Imd met the approval ol the coinmiraionrni, it waa dn-ldtnl to allow the railroad company to make tho increaxe. Fix Value of Polk Timber. Dallaa The county court, It U nn ibmtivxl. will verv mill amxiint a tim- lxr crulwr to arrive at a more equitable aamtiiiment of the vaft Ixxlie of valua ble tlmlier lying In Western Folk. Hchixd di.trlcta In tho weatern part of the county will be extended to Include thl timber alxo, thereby making it lia ble tii the aocclal achool tax. Approx imately 1100,000 In tax wa received I ofure Uie expiration of tho 3 per cent diacount limit. Abandon River Survey. Hiilem BecaiiHO theatato leglalature did not co-opemte w ith the etate legiB lature in appropriating more money for the work of the stato geological survey in connection with the reclamation of arid lumlH tliMitghout tho atate, Dla trlct llydrographer J. C. Stevens, of Uie United Stfltea geological survey, an nounce that part ol Uie wcrk will have lo bo abandoned and a number of the ntntloiis cut out lor lack of funds to carry on the work. Large Sums In Short Time. Marahtleld Prominent business men of North Bond !ulJorlbod $70,000 In two hours at a special meeting for the purpoNO ol establishing a building ami loan association in that city. .The cap ital stock of tho association will lie $100,000. It has been established for the purpose of aiding in tho upbuild ing of North Bond and Coos Bay. Big Orchards in Jackson. Medford According to the report of Horticultural Commissioner Canon, of Uie Third district, 350,000 fruit tret have boon added to Uie orchard wealth of Jackson county during Uie pnt year. Tlio acreage reported exceeds 7,000, and of this amount, the larger portion has lieen dovotod to Cornice pours and Spit sonbergs. Tax Money Received. Oregon City Sheriff Beatlo has col lected up to date alxwt $190,000 in taxes. The time for the granting of rebates for prompt payment is over, and all tho big taxpayeis of the comity have paid In. Local Insurance at Eugana. Eugono The Merchants' Protective assixjintion bus decided definitely to form a local mutual fire Insurance or guninatlon, and a special meeting will lie called witliin a tow tiays lor inai purpose. OREGON'S EXPENSES FOR 1806 Total For Various Sum Foot Up to 1,300,449 07. Balem Secretary of Httae F. W. Benon has completed the statement of the animal expenres of the 'several countie of the atate for 1906, footing a giand total ol $1,300,449.97. Among Uie Items of expenditure are $37,077.07 and $20,000 for new court housea for Clatsop and Columbia counties, re flectively. The cxpenne are charged to tho different accounts aa follow: County court.... $ 61,505. 2o Circuit court 118,919.10 Justice court 32,792.06 Sheriffs' office 132,732.39 Clerk oflice 127,427.04 Kecorders oflice 21,042.77 Treasurers oflice 25,870.48 Cotonur' oflice 11,587.07 School aurintenilent. . . 38,461.49 Muck inspector 7,167.44 Asseeaors' oflice 70,610.69 Aaecasmoiit and col. taxea 20,451.63 Tax rebate 7,265 91 Current expense 71.147.48 Court house expenses. . . . 71,220.34 Juil expenses 19,980.79 Care of pour 115,817.97 Indigent soldiers 8,995.51 Insttne 3.835.01 Kefonn school comraitmta 410.68 Uildgea 113,304.70 Ferries 66,635.33 Klectlon expense 90,815.44 Hralp bounty 1,406.70 Board of health 3,044.03 Fruit inspector 2,366.93 Hurveyor 2,739.95 Printing and advertising. 4,605.13 New court house 57,077.07 Fairs 1,938.88 High schools 9,616.62 Library fuud , 201.80 Miscellaneous 17,235.91 Total .$1,300,449.97 Work on the Poorman Group. Bakei City That there aie 100,000 tons of cornier ore aasavinii $14 a ton lying at the surface on the Poorman group of claims, ia Uie declaration of I Manager Arthur, of the mines, who lias jtut returned flora Uie property. There are outcropping aaaaying from 2 ! to 5 per cent in copper, the greatest in 'Oregon. The Pool man group promise ' to be one of the richest copper mines in the groat copper belt of Eastern Ore gon. The company now lias a double shift at woik. Ditch lo Serve 70,000 Acrea. Medford The Sterling Mining com pany has completed a survey for a 21 mile ditch from the summit of Jackson ville mouutuln to the little Applegate river. The work, which will cost about $50,000, will connect the Squaw Lake water system with tbecompany's Rogue Itiver valley irrigating sytitem. It will furnieh sufl'ivlent water for 70,000 acres of orchard laud. The work is to be let by contntct and is to 1x5 completed by 1 i ...l. 1 lniiu New Bsnk Examiner Chosen. Salem James Steele, of Portland, has been appointed state hank exam iner. Ho is a brother ol State Treas urer Steele and was one ol Uie founders of the Firnt National bank at Portland In 1808, and later was connected with Uie Merchant's National bank of Uiat city. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 72c; bluestem, 74c; ! valley, 70c; red, 71c. Outa No. 1 white, $2930; gray, $28020. Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew ing, $23; rolled, $23.5O24.50. Kye $1.45 1.60 per cwt. Corn Whole,$24.60; cracked, $22.60 per ton. I Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $15 10 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $17(0)18; clover, $0; cheat, $9; grain hay, $9(410; alfalfa, $14. ' Butter Fancy creamery, S2t35c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream 33 Kc per pound second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Poultry Average old hens, I5c per pound; mixed chickens, 14c; spring, fryers and broilers, 2022ic; old rixwtors, 10(S)12o; dressed chickens, 16 17c; turkeys, live, 13ail5c; tur keys, dressed, choice, 18Jt20c; geese, live, 8c; ducks, l18o. Kggs Oiegon ranch, 19c per doxen . Apples Common, 75c$1.25 per box; choice $1 6l)2.00. Vegetables Turnips $11.25 per Back; carrots, (1 1.25 per sack; beets, $ 1. 25 1.60 per sack; horseradish, 7 8c per pound; cauliflower, $2.60 per crate; celery, $3.604 per crate; let tuce, head, 3545c per doxon; onions, 10(;iM2li,c per doaon; sprouts, 9o per pound; radishes, 30c per doxen; as paragus, 10c per pound; rhubarb, $20 2.25 per box. Onions Oregon, 7590c per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancv, $1.35(31.60; No. 1 choice, $1.101.25; common, 7So$l. Veal Dressed, 69c per pound. Boef Dressed bulls, 33)o per pound; cows, 5O0o; country steers, 07o. Mutton DresHod, fancy, lOlOc per pound; ordinary, 89o. Pork Dressed, 69o per pound. Hops 912o per pound, according to quality. Wool K astern Oregon average best 13018o per pound, according to shrink, 'age; valley, 2023o, according to flne- liees ; mohair, choice, 280 29o. FARMS UNDER WATER. Sacramento River Never Known to Be So High Before. Sacramento, Cal., March 22. From all down-river point come alarming news Uiat th Sacramento river ia high er than ever known, and that the lt uatioo all along the levee i appalling. There is alieedy suffering and (very able-bodied man is assisting In the fight against the water that U pouring into the breaches and inundating thousands of acres of Uie finest farming land in Uie state. Special dixpatches to the Union from Freeport, Courtland, Walnut Grove and Franklin state that the river has reached the highest ctage ever recorded, and it ia predicted that the terrible v:enea witnetsed during the tremen dous flootla of 1904 will be surpassed. Standing on the levee near Courtland one may see for 60 mile to the south east across an an hi ok en sea of water which extends clear to Stockton. Thousands of cattle are being shelter ed on top of the levees, as there ia nc other place for them, and if the water doe not fall toon an indescribable con dition of dit&kter is considered inevit able. This morning the blockade on the Southern Pacific lines waa made com plete, when the line to the East waa made belples by a washout of 200 feet of track at Applegate, but during the afternoon the situation changed for the better when, with the report that tbe Applegate washout had been repaired, came another stating that it was ex pected Uie track would soon be open through to Stockton. A trestle waa placed in tbe gap at the Applegate washout this afternoon and more trains were dispatched East. One of these, a Portland train, will be sent to Utah and via the Oregon Short Line. The Placer ville line is in full commission again, but no trains are operated on the Marysville branch fur ther than Wheatland. On the Portland line no trains are running beyond Bedding, the tracks be ing out at Keewick, Campbell and Ken nett, and it is not expected that travel can be resumed beyond Bedding for at leavl ten days. ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICE. Canadian Pacific to Enter Portland on O. R. & N. Track. Portland, March 22. Canadian Pa cific trains will be running into Poit Iand May 1. Contracts were signed up here yes terday by traflic officials of the Cana dian ruad with K. B. Miller, general freight agent for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, allowing the use ol the tracks from Spokane to Port land. The Canadian Pacific now reach es Spokane by the Spokane Interna tional railway from the C. P. B.'s main line at the Canadian boundary. Freight service from Portland to all points in Canada, as well as to the At lantic seaboard, will be started May 1 by the new traflic arrangement. Pas senger trains will be put on at a later date. Through paesenger service is promised from Portland to St. Paul. The use of the O. B. & N. tracks by Canadian Pacific equipment was ar ranged for recently at a conference be tween President G. M. Boaworth, of Uie Canadian line and Traflic Director J. C. Stubbe, of the Harriuian system. This meeting was held In Chicago a short time ago. Historic Fort Swept Away. San Francisco, March 22. It is re ported here that all reclamaion districts in Butter county nave oecn nooaeo. Near Meridian the water is in Uie sec ond stories of the houses. Many fam ilies are said to be in want. Effcitt will be made to send them relief. Probably all the stock in these districts has been drowned. The people of Yuba county district, above Marysville, are reported safe. Near Tudor a bieak haa occurred close to an Indian mound which was situated near the old iron fort brought from the East In sections by General John A. Sutter in the days before gold was discovered. The fort is repoited to have been swept away. Steer Clear of Jerome. New York, March 22. In the course of an argument upon tho indictments of the theatrical trust, Edward Lauter bach, counsel foi Klaw A Erlanger, said in court today that Dixon and Zimmer man, who also were indicted on a charge of conspiracy, are in Pennsyl vania, and will not voluntarily surren der themselves in New York. He add ed that they wanted the New York dis trict attorney to cause their arrest in Philadelphia, so Uiat the question of their extradition could be taken up be fore the governor of Pennsylvania. Austria Guards Frontier. Vienna, March 22. The Austrian minister ol Uie interior has ordered a considerable increase in the number of gendarmes upon Uie Boumanian fron tier In order to prevent riotous peas ants from crossing the frontier and starting disturbances in Austria. The opinion Is expressed at the foreign oflice that unless the Boumanian gov ernment promptly suppresses Uie agra rian movement in Bouniania it is liable to soon get beyond control. Giving Away Sag Money. New York, March 22, Announce ment was made today Uiat Mrs. Bussell Sage has donated $150,000 to the American Seamen's Friend society, to be used by that body In the erection of a proposed sailors' home and Institute. Mrs. Sage haa also given $75,000 to Uie Syrian Protestant college, of Beirut, Syria. SCHMITZ WEAKENING Offered Terms to Heney Wblcb Are Promptly Rejected. COMPLETE SURRENDER EXPECTED Haney aa Dictator of th City Will Impeach and Remove tha Mayor. San Francisco, March 23. This was by far the most aenaational day in Uie local graft situation. Mayor Schmitz sent an emissary to Assistant District Attorney Heney and Detective Burns and asked for terms. When do pro posals were forthcoming the agents of the mayor made a definite proposition. They offered a confession from Uie mayor for complete immunity and his continuance in office until tbe expira tion of his term on January 1 of next year. The offer waa rejected with more speed than it was made and Uie negoti ations came to a quick end. The may or's emissaries are expected to return. It is not thought Uiat they seriously be lieved that Uie prosecution would con sent to the continuance of Schmitz in oflice. But it was simply to create a point on which they could yield in future negotiations. Second only in importance to the overtures from Uie mayor were Uie rev elation Uiat 13 indictment bad been voted against Abraham K. Dwtwiler, a capitalist from Ohio, who visited the Pacific coast last April in Uie Interest of the Home Telephone company. Plans for Uie future government of the city were evolved today by Mr. Heney. District Attorney Langdon and Budulph Sprockets. With graft reach ing into almost every branch of the city affairs, tbe functions of government have broken down completely. Instead of an organized form of administration, Francis J. Heney is practically dictator of the city and county of San Francisco. The people are context to let him and his associates work ont the problem. The plan is to keep the boodling super vispors in office for a time. They will obey Mr. Heney 'a orders. Of this there is no doubt. Should they refuse, indict ment, trial snd conviction and im prisonment would follow. While the supervisors remain in office summary impeachment proceedings will be brought against the mayor, and he will be removed by a judge of the ha- perior court after a hearing, which will not occupy more than a few hours. Schmitz will be given a chance to resign to avoid dismissal. Afier the ejection of Schmitz from the oflice the board of supervisors will be ordered to elect as his successor some man to be chosen by Mr. Heney, probably District Attorney Langdon. After the new mayor assumes oflice, Mr. Heney will order the 16 boodling su pervisors to resign and they will resign. FIGHT FOR f'HILIPPINtS Senator Stone Say Wa Must If Wa Fight Japan. Kansas City, March 23. United States Senator William A. Stone, in the course ol a speech here last night at the monthly dinner of the Knife and Fork club, said: "It we aie to have serious trouble with any nation, it will be with Japan. Japan wants the Philippines. I am not sure whether it would not be test for all concerned ii she Bhnuld get them, but one thing is certain, and 'that is, she will never get them with ! our conserjt. But we may have trouble . in keeping them. "Japan would seize the archipelago, and in a week. We could only send over a big enough fleet to wipe Japan horn the sea. That would be a huge and costly task." Lewis to Succedd Dowie- Guadttlajara, Mex., March 23. Dea con John Lewis, an official of the Zion church, who arrived in Guadalajara last week to look over some mining in vestments, received today the news of his appointment as first apoetle of Uie church by the last will and testament of John Alexander Dowie. Lewis de clares the news came absolutely as a surprise to him and declined to say what he intended to do. He said, however, that he intended to return to Chicago immediately and take charge of the business affairs. Brownsville is Furious. Brownsville, Tex , March 23. At a mass meeting ol Brownsville citizens tonight resolutions were adopted ex pressing indignation because of what is termed an attempt being made both be fore the court martial at Fort Houston and before the senate committee at Washington "to clear Uie negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry of the crime committed against Brownsville cn August 13 last by fastening the in famy on the town people themselves." Great Fir In Navy-Yard Pensaloola, Fla., Mnrch 23. Fire last night destroyed building No. 1 at the Pensacola navy yard, entailing a loss of $175,000. In addition to this loss the machinery and equipment for . the gunboats Gloucester and and Isle I de Luzon were destroyed. AFTER BIG ONES. Mayor Schmitz and Bos Ruaf May Go Free If They Tall All. San Francisco, March 20. Following Uie wholesale confession of members of the board of supervisors before the grana - Jury yesterday, there was a scramble today of bribetaker and bribegivers to get from nnder. The rush to Heney' office began with dawn and continued far into the night. Tha greater part of tbe volunteer array was turned away, but a few who were able to throw new light on some of the bribery scandals were allowed to pour forth their tale of degradation. It may be stated at the outset In pos itive term that Dictrict Attorney Lang don and Assistant District Attorney Heney will grant immunity to those supervisors who have confessed. It may also be stated that every member of tbe original board, with possibly two exceptions, have confessed. With equal positiveness it may be stated thatjthe ultimate object of the prosecution is not tbe conviction of Mayor Schmitz and Abe Buef. If Schmitz and Buef will reveal Uie full details of their nefarious transactions and make conviction of the millionaire bribegivers donbly tore, they will eith er be pardoned after conviction or will be allowed to go free. Should they refuse to confess Uie evi dence at hand will be need against them, and it is sufficient to send them both to jail for the rest of their lives. Convictions can be obtained against Buef which will result in a total pen alty of 300 years. Each time Buef birbed a supervisor be laid the founda tion for a fresh Indictment, and he biibed 15 of them time and time again. AMERICANS IN PERIL. Nicaraguans Threaten to Loot Cap tured Cities of Honduraa. Puerto Cortez, Hondoara, March 16, via New Orleans, March 20. A turn of sinister significance was given to Uie Central American war today by the finding on the persons of captured Ni- caraguan soldiers proclamations prom ising them loot of the first cities which they can capture in both Honduras and Salvador. - Americans in Puerto Cortes are anx ious, because American residents are Uie principal property holders of most of the Honduran cities. Any doubt as to the completeness of such a loot is dispelled not only by the wording of Uie proclamations, bnt by the experi ence had in 1894 by some of the per sons not living at Puerto Cortez, who were present at Uie looting of Choin teca, Honduras. LOST BRIDGES STOP TRAFFIC. Child'Drowned in Creek Fruit Crop May.Be Ruined. San Jose, Cal., March 20. More damage has been done by floods in Uie creeks in the last 24 hours than in the past 15 years. The washing out of bridges, notably Uie Southern Pacific on the Almaden branch, will stop all traflic from San Jose to Los Uatos by way of Campbell for weeks. The dam age in the vicinity of the latter town will reach many thousand dollars. Fruit farmers generally are of the opinion Uiat there will be light crops this year, if some do not prove utter failures. The rains are believed to have washed out muh of the pollen, which will prevent the blooms matur ing into fruit. At San Martin, Harold Bole, the 5 year old son of a well known rancher, fell into Uie swollen La gas creek and waa drowned. At Santa Clara several families were driven from their homes by the overflow of the Guadeloupe creek. Unwilling to Prosecute Fencers. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 20. The announcement was made today that B. M. Auhserman, of Evanston, recently appointed United States district attor ney for Wyoming by President Boose velt, had declined to qualify for the oflice caused surprise in local political circles. It is repoited here Uiat Uie intention of the administration to in sist upon criminal rather than civil prosecutions in the cases of illegal fenc ing of Uie public range had a bearing upon the decision of Mr. Autherman. A new selection will be made. Salt Lake la Isolated. Salt Lake City, March 20. Wash outs on tbe Southern Pacific and on the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake roads, have isolated Salt Lake City temporarily from the Pacific coast. The iron bridge at Verdi, 20 miles west of Beno, Nevada, is out and a wagon bridge over Uie Truckee river at tha same point is also down. No train have arrived in this city or in Ogden from the coast since yesterday morn ing. More Floods In Ohio Valley Pittsburg, March 20. The Mononga he la, Allegheny and Ohio rivets are ris ing rapidly on account of heavy rain throughout Western Pennsylvania. Many small streams in this vicinity are already overflowing their banks. Fore caster Penny forecasts a 24-foot rise by tomorrcw noon. Suit for Kingston Insurance. . Kingston, March 20. The first sail against the insurance companies to re cover for losses sustained In the earth quake was filed yesterday. Th York shire company is the defendant. Other companies will soon he sued. Successful Train Holnup Yekaterinoelav, Kuasia, March 0. Ten armed men held np a train on the outskirts of this town txlayand secured $7,600 In cash, with which they mads ! their escape.