NEWS OFTHE WEEK
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A Humt of tht Uu Important but
Not Leas Intoi-tatlng 1 Evaota '
of th Pttt Wtth.
Th United States ptMloa roll It
rapidly deeieaaing.
Mutal Hang ha InrlWtd e crushing
dlt on the iuiuo 01 MoroeoQ.
Hundred ot parson have been ar
rested in Kansas City tor floating tht
Sunday closing la.
Tha Waitings fhavt been rtlxuMtd
from jail am) Uit Russia- pullet admit
they nitut a mitieie.
Tha Western Co loo claims that a
Dumber ot iia striking operators al Cbl.
eago bar applied fur lelnetaWmenL
Tha Brillah freighter Qaeeo Cbrlt-
tlna, bound from Ran Francisco to
purl land. struck tbt rm near Cree
cent City, Gal., and will bo a luUt km.
A number ot Indictment hivt been
Murnwl In New Mm loo igalnat mat
mlri owaere charging thera with hav
ing obtained theli kuida from tha go
eminent fraudulently. ,
Minnesota attorney gvrmrml baa
boo fined 1100 lor conUmpt by a
United Mates District toart. Tha cast
will be appealed to Iba highest court
and atatM rights will receive a tost.
Whist nay go to IS per bushel.
Tba German tmptrof la to vlaii Eng
land In pomp.
Ksneae City theater owners will fight
Sunday elating.
Tht Oklahoma kgltlntt.ro hs settled
down to business. . .
Prominent Pittsburg people art flght
Ing tlx fuodttufl Irnet.
Tha reoaot rat riot In Now Orlaana
doe to itligloui lanstirs.
Bishop Potter Haa shocked Richmond
by Inviting a negro lo dinner.
No naw case ot Iba plagn hart been
repotted In San Francisco tinea Octo
ber 16.
Joseph Chamberlain, leader ot tba
boost of comment, seeks to place bla
ton In bit plana.
Tha ratot of atocka bsvt shrunk $S,
000,000,000, bat tba whole country tx
orpi Wall street, la prosperous.
Hchwaitschild A Slbrg-r, big Chi
cago packers, art to srstrt t packing
bona at Portland. Tbt plant will tost
t)i)0,000.
Tha If ago coaler bat andad.
Tba Ford Jury It not yet complete.
President Boossvtlt bat killed
bai, . "-
Governor itocbes, o( Xew York, aayt
ba will not ba a candidate lot pr-il-
denl. , . ,,'
la a haUIn between police and no
groea at Naw Oilasuu oat tni killed
on aeh tldo. , f
One man wm killed tod two badly
wounded In n war between Chin
tonga tt Philadelphia.
Small haa given op tbt attempt to
retain tbt prealdeoey ot tht tht etrlk
lug telegraph operalou.
Tim attamer Tartar oolllded with tht
ferryboat which ront between Vancou
ver and Victoria. Tbt reeeel will prob
ably be total kM.
Tbt United State tlgnal eorpa baa
inat won tht Lahni enp by wiling
lelloon more than 420 mllet. The
Uit wm made tram Bt. Loala.
Wllliamton t appeal to tbt United
fftatet Bupremt oourt hu been Died.
He waa oonvloted at Portland for ocm
pliclty in tha Oragoo land fraud. At
torney Uentrtl Bonaparta will pereon
ally argue Uit owe.
' Tht general eondlllou ot Emperor
Vranoit Joeeph la. not qultt to good. '
Maroooi'a wlrelea ayettm between
Ireland and Nova Bootla la now open
fur tommerolnl bailneea.
Americana In tbt Phllipplnea art
anilout for Taft lo make a declaration
ol Iba admln.it ration polo towarda
tin ialaodi. : p . ,
Another antpecf bag been arreeted In
eonntotlon with tha robbing ot Anierl
ean mall of gold dtut In Alaakaf ' "
The jnry lor' tht teoond Ford trial'
hat not been aeoured. Indloationt teem
thit Heney lll not call Kuet In the
oomlng trial. ,
Iha Helmet have Wen driven from
the Mew York itnck etchangt On eo
count of heavy loeaea due to no tQort to
oarner Copper, ' , -i -
Bli pollot doga art on their way
from Belgium to New York. Jn many
of the oltlea ot tht old country dogi are
lound a great benefit,
Mulal HaBg'a army la marching on
Cut Blanoo where an attack on French
wopa la to bt mada. , 3 .
' A paaeenger train left tht rail at
Hhrewibnry, Kngtand, killing 16 per-
one and injuring many,
Preaident Bmall defloe tht telegraph
Operator'! nnl hnant deDoee
Lhlrn and pronilaee flgbt.
Much of tha old French machinery at
be Panama canal li being, need whlub
i otto thought entirely Vitiate.
SMALL QUITS IN If ARB,
Striking Ttlrgrapnara Hlia Ftrmer
keener from Platform
Chicago, Oct. Sa.-Followed by Jeen
ou umn, R, J. Bin.ll. form.,
dent ol the Commercial Telegrapkera
ouloo, lelt Olrlch'a hall In teal( m
oey arternn. He did not let th.
vlndlmtlon which be eutivl.t .t ii,.
I - mw
tianli of Uie rank and Ale of the local
union.
Aa HniM.ll h.fi t). i..
k-..L. i. . i . 'TV hi
vfuincnniiia anil (II.imva,i t...i
given op the flght for reetoretion to hie
foidirr re)ltiou. 111. iuvu. w or
Brattle, of Weehlngton, wbo waa vice'
prwueni oi int organlutlon, waa for
mally reoounliaii u th n. i
ui anion, ue announced that bit pol
When tha mntin.
Hmall. who had Um nttin in .n
ante-room lot a chance to be beard,
inriuei 10 me piatiurm. Hardly bed
he aecendrd the eUoe to tha nl.ifnrm
when a number of etrikre eot nn uul
lort the MOttl. Tha othnni hnnlxl .nH
blened BO that tha went, rut tha fmm
prraldanl were drowned. In a pathetic
ay be appiwled to the older mem hen
01 me nniun Keying mat be tied child
ren and that lh ahnuM nnl Ym ,11a.
graced by the branding of their let her
ee uienoneH eiinmii one bit or evldcnoe
end wltii.iut a hearing.
Thie eppral, however, had little ef
fect, although a iivat man nl Iha
itrlkere after tbt meeting bed adjourn
ed egreed thai Bmell bed been treated
tbamefully and at leaet thou Id have
been reralved with common decency.
It waa voted to aaaeea broker and
Iraaad wife niMtrmtim tma itava' naw
each week In lieu of calling them out on
itrlke.
POLITK TO WOMEN.
Robber Makea Oemende Only no Hie
Men Pateeegera.
Belt Leke, Oct. S3.-The Murray
etage, oani lor the oenveyanoe of pae-
eengereontbe Una .botween Bingham
J unci Inn and Handy wee btuugbt to a
halt by a marked robber early thle
morning at Loredaht. The driver and
the male paearniterc In the coach were
ordered down (rum theij arti and erhen
the roblwr faced them ltb drawn re
volver they leedlly complied with bit
demand fur money and valuable.
Oolv 112 waa olUlnd from trie
party, It wm aaid today, but the driver,
ho bad a ouniiaeiaiiie torn oi money
In bla poaaeeiion, managed to eeoueeter
It nnder Uit erat of the itae while hit
paaevngere were climbing down from
their eeale. Tbt puree wee overlooked
by the robber.
Tbt women paeeengert, of whom
there were a number, were not moleat-
ed. Hetiefled that he bad obtained
everything ot value that bla victim
poeetaeed, the bandit, alter permitting
them to return to their eeaU, touk a
Diet alongeida the diner and rode
with the party to tht end ol the etage
line, where be demounted and eeraped
under covet ol the dark neat.
Bourne OtTert Price.
tr..Munn fVt. 12. Hon. Jona
than lkHtrne, Jr., of Oregon, United
Blah) aenator, baa taken a unique atep
to !eat tha aentlment of the country on
the presidential tltuation. TbrouKh
the Netionel megaiine, ol Boeton, he
hat offered a eaih prlie ot $1,000, 0ien
a,.,uan nannlo. for the ttroogett
and beet written argument in itipport
of a teoond etettlvt term tor Kooeevelt.
The prlee will be awarded March 18,
IBOH, the conical eioaiiig un.
liar and thiee iodnet will be named
ahortly to paw upon the argument1. 4
Amaricani In Ruatlan Jail.
D. n,...k.. (Xt 13. William
PI. I 10f"iBI
Engllah Walling, of Indlanepolit, hit
lie and tltcr-ln-law, Mine Koee
Btmnaky, were arreeted In thia city to
. ... l" . .,. nf Mnitarmiia becauae
mint oj m ----ottlteir
aaeoflaUon wltb teveral mem
ber! of tha rinnitn j nmreaaii
. .nil Ulnn hald at the IfCD-
daimee' headquarter! at a late hour. A
repreaentaMve oi i
baiey apjwared al tha bendqiMrteri In
Ibeir oenaii-
Prairie Flrt It Raging.
III. UInn Oft. 22. A
cralrle fire It devaatatlngthenortbea.tr
uriibu. nnnut. Mlnneeota,
and three ferma have already been wip
ed out. rue amag
ZM at $00,000. . Tbu. hr a 1 rf-J
to cheeK tne pionmw " : -
. 4.t .11 tl.a fai'mer In
been nnnvaui". - - --- .
the vicinity tonight are plowing Uie
country In an attempt to itop Uie
Amica. ' CK ;" '?
. Caprura Mexican Ba"ndlt.
nudiei to una '"if"
,der of the gang wh rh aat week ttoh,
..... l... 1 1 inn fmrn Ilia nre-
gln.lKiO worm oi uu"i r-
clnl ating room ol the Kiianajnata Con
X. led Mining A MIIUnR company,
T . ...-j .rinr ha ns woundwl
r-.Tmr S hl wai taken all
uieTtolen bullion. In hit confenion
hi Implicated 40 pertoni. ;
' Prealdent la 8nubbrd. ; '
j.okn, Mil... fTT'cruel
that Pretldent Roov.l J
haar-0 uieer, UOVOniur
, Hurricane In Norway.
Th.aTy't J .ti, the-Dreeeut lime
miariuK t ,i
ievenllvMbtvobeenloit. , .;.
ST. HELENS,
OREGON STATE ITEF.IS OF INTEREST
SUaaWg
FRUJT LAND IN DEMAND.
Many Salee of Rogue Rlvtr Valley
Orchard!.
Aibtand Thing! have been dolnt in
Kogue river valley orchard landa re-1
cent ly ai never before and nnmetoui
aloe have been made In avarv nortlnn
of the valley at prices that a lew yean
ago wouiu nave been counted fabulooi,
but which lo reality are demonetrated
lo bt only fair valuee when the retnrni
from them and the poaelbilitiee oi the
future art taken into conilderaiion.
Hundred! ot thoueanda of dollar of
outalde capita) art being poured Into
orcnara maueirjr in the Bognt river
valley, In the purobaae of bearing orch
arda, at well aa in tbt planting ot naw
orchaida. Inqnlriee for larger or imall
er traota ol the highly prlied realtatate
of thli valley are coming In from many
titra. Those who thought nrlcet of
orchaid landi bad reached Uie top notch
a year or two ago art atill wondering
were it U going to atop, and ptoplt wbo
old too toon are turry.
Suipend Enrolling Ftt,
Klamath Fall la order to get addi
tional land! under tht Klamath protect
Igned np, tbt Watermen' amociation
baa voted to impend for the next 90
dayt Uie eniolling fee ot 65 centa per
acre, charging only tba aeeriement fee
ol 10 centi per acre. It la hoped tbnt
to intuit the beginning of tbt Clear
lake dam next year. Thoet familiar
with eonditlona cay that no difficulty
will be encountered in aecurlng Uie. ad
ditional lend. . A leeolutlon wai drawn
up, protecting againtt the recent action
of the reclamation eervice In leaning
the Clear lake reeerve to abeepmen, at
it li feared Uiat when the attempt It
made to take ebeep on a range where
cattlemen have alwaya had control' ae-
rioua trouble will aria.
Correipondenct Work Succeie.
University of Oregon. Eugene The
demand throughout tht itate for Uie
oorreepondenct work now being offered
by the Univemty ol Oregon la greatly
aurpaaaing Uie expectation! ot Hi moat
aanguine aupporteii. In a number ol
town! the teacher art forming eiuM
and carrying on work nnder tba direc
tion of the nnivenity Inatruotori. The
interact hi not confined to teacher,
however, foi many young men and wo
men who have found it Impofiible to
attend college are taking Uie work. To
begin with, only a email number of
courier are being offered, inch aa nu
ll ah Clateloe and Bhakeepeare, fcngiiah
llietory. Pedagogy. Algebra, etc., bot
other will be added from time to time.
Bulletin on Oregon Fir.
TTnlvarait n( OtAsnn- EuMna Willi
v .... .... y - - n , n
ntnmlaaa In ha tn tha lumbering inte-
reeli oi Uie Pacific North weet one of the
mot valuable bulletioe ever publiibed
li tne bulletin to no leeueo next apring
he tha denartment of foreetrv on Uie
ilrengUi of Oregon fir. During Uie
pact tejo yean a moat thorough ana ex-
han.tlva aarlaa nf teata have been made
by J. B. Knipp, engineer in charge at
the vniveralty ol Oregon letting iu-
ilAt In tha nrananttlnn of the reDOrt.
conaiderable collateral data will be
ueed, and Mr. Knapp ie now In Wash-
Ington preparing nn material. .
Do Not Need Rata.
SalemThe 8tat Railway commie-
Un Ka hmaIvaH an anaarar ham O. A.
Malhnuf tn a letter inaulrlng al to the
advliabillty of putting in a low rate on
applet from polnti weal oi Ainany on
H,a nnrvallia A Enatern He left the
amount ot fruit in that district, to the
beat of Information, la Incontiderable.
He added be wat Inquiring ana if be
Inn,,,! nam! nf tha rate ha would con
sult with Uie proper authoritlet and
ettabllib it. . . ;f
Fruit Man Form Union." '
Enowna At a meeting of a bomber
of Lane county fruit grower! itept were
taken to form a fruit growen' union for
the purpose ol mutual protection and
to facilitate Uie chipping and handling
of Irult. A committee conriiting oi
tht following wai appointed to draft
bylawi and oomtltution and to prepare
artioleaof inooiporatlon: George A.
Dorrla, Dr. II. F. McCornack, Frank
Chaae, 0. Holt and M. H. Hnrlow.
Dalrylrg In Klamath Country.',
vi.m.ih rfalla The Bonania cream.
erv naid the farmera of Klamath noun-
ty laat nioni" gr.ni. n tnww
... I amn onnd aliowlni. teklng Into
oonehleratlon the fact that the creamery
hai been eetebllthed butt lew monuie
..., th.t ihia awt ion haa alwav been a
cattle country and not dairy country.
The creamery li now paying, w ouw
for butter fat, but not getting al it can
hande.
Prepare Permanent Exhibit.
North BendThe chamber lof ; com
merce of North Bend it preparing a
permanent exhibit ol tht varlout .pro
duct of Uie olty and tht aurroundlng
oountry. The exhtbltrwill De arrangeo
attractively in one oi in. w
on the wharf to that it may be Inupect-
ed by ptMe.in on tbt boaw wnren
itop here. There will bt tampiea pi
many dinerem xinua vi r":(,i';.
Muat Apply tn. Pereon.'l ."'
Grande The 1 Grande .land
i. i. uuuilnt nl InatrnetJonl from
office
the
oowmlMloner of the general land
olllce
that nereaner an appiiKanmia
lie of laolated traota muat be made
the
in peraon
i by the applicant at ine no
Ttatnfnra annlloDta COUlu
ofllce.
make
out their papen belort a notary
Ipubilo
OR1X20N, , STUDAY, OCTOBER S5, 1907.
1
MONEY IN CRANBERRY MARSH.
Coot Bay Farmera, Add New Crop
That Bringt Profit.
MaraTifleld Tht growing of cranber
rlea li proving to bt one of Uie moat
profitable farm crop! for Coot county.
Several rancb ownen for a number of
yeara peat bave railed tht crop with
profit, but it waa not generally taken
up until the paet year. Now qultt a
number have cranberry ma i thee.
Land which ia known aa peat or veg
etable bog If required for the railing
of tha crop, and nearbj there mutt bt
an unlimited ' mpply of freah water,
which can be placed under control.
There are, however, many audi tract
of land in the county, and cranberry
growing promieet to be one of tbt moat
Important of Uie farming Induatriea of
tbe eommnnity. - .
W. D. McFarlan, who la the pioneer
cranberry man of the Pacifio eoaet, baa
followed tht buiineet In Coot county
for many yean. He haa a els-acre
manh which baa never failed to yield
a large crop. He haa never made leta
than $200 an acre clear profit, tome
aeaeom be net amount haa beta great
er. Excepting at harvett time, when
help li needed In picking, one man can
attend to a marsh of 15 or 20 acree and
bave time for other farm work, aa tbe
crop it flooded during tbt winter and
need! no attention. Tbt yield on : the
Coo county cranberry marabea thia
year li particulaily good. ,
Unlveralty'a Great Growth.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
registration of tht Univertity ot Oregon
in Uie department! at Eugene, exclu
livt of the Be bool of M oiio, haa prac
tically reached tilt 400 mark. The
total enrollment in all department! at
tbe preeent time la between 750 and
80 J. At tbe beginning of President
Campbell'! adminiitration in 1002 the
attendance waa 224. Tha preeent freah
man claea nnmbera almost aa many eto
denta at Uit total enrollment at that
time. If the preeent rate of growth
continoet, it ia expected Uit number of
tudentt next year will reach 600 in
tht department! at Eugene exclusive ol
mutio. The university often no blch
school lubjecte, Uit requirement for
entrance being the completion of Uie
tour-year high aobool course.
Freight Via Weed and Bray.
Klamath Falls A petiUon la being
circulated among Klamath Falla busi
ness men addressed to the Bontbera Pa
cific company, asking that nil freight
and paaeenger bualneea bt routed via
Weed and Bray over tbe California
Northeastern. The petition citea Uie
difficulties encountered on Uie Pokegama
route during tht winter,- especially
with freight, and tht high rate for the
hauling to this city. Tbt company la
akeed to route via the new road at Uie
earileet pctaible moment.
' Locatort Form Long Lint.
LakevlewTho liat ot appllcacta to
purchase government land who are wait
ing in line before the United Btatea
land edict hai Increased to 80 in num
ber, and ie growing steadily. Befqrt
October 28. when the lmds Included In
tbe rettoratlon will be subj-ct to entry
In the land office, tht number ot peo
ple in lint it expected to inrpaaa the
number wbo preceded any previoni
reetoiaUon, Most of those in line are
applicant! nnder Uie timber law. ,
- PORTLANO MARKETS.
', Wheat-rClub, 8990eT blaeetem,
9192c; valley, 8;990o; red,8788o.
Oat No. 1 white, $28; gray, $27.
Barley Feed, $27.60 per ton; brew
ing, $29; rolled, $30S1. t
i Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33. '
: Hay Valley Timothy, No. 1, $179
18. per ton, Eastern Oregon tlmoUly,
23; clover,, $1&; cheat, $11; grain
hay, $1314; allalta, ,$13&14. a
Fruitt Applea, $192.60 per box
cantaloubee, $1 1.60 .per qrate;
peaches, 80c$l per crgte; pruneg, t60q
per crate;" watertheloni, lo per
pound; peers, $11.78 per box; grapee,
40o$1.6O per crate; caAba, $2.26 per
doen; quinces, - $11. 26 - per 'bolxi
huckleberxlea, 7(SVfio per pound ; eras
berriee, $9.6010.W per barrel. .4 ' .
Vegetable Turnips, $1.26 per tack;
beets, $1.26 per sack; carrota, $1.26
per rack; cabbage, ll)jc per pound:
oauliflowef,-26o$l per doaen; celery,
50cl per doten; corn, 86oal per
eackcucumberi, 10 15c peA doaen;
onloni , 1620q per dosen y parsley, 20o
per doien; peppers, 8i0o per pound;
pumpkins, lIMc per pound; , radish-es,-20o
per' dosen; spinach; 6o per
poundf eqnaeh, 60c$l . per box; to
matoe2680e per box. ' -
Onions $1 60(1.66 per tack.
Potatoee 7686e per hundred, de
livered Portland; tweet potatoee, 2c
per pound. ',,."; :.'.'' 'vj,t '
Butter Fancy oieameryH 27X36c
per' pound. : . ' ..' ...
Yealr-t5 l& pound,- iii9e per
pound; 126 to 150 pounds, 7o; 160
to 200 poumla, 8(70. " .
Pork Block,- 76 to 180 ponnda, 8
8 Wo per pound; packen, 7i8o ,
. Poultry Average old heoi,. ld
UXo per pound t- mixed chickens', 119
lier epring hicken,; (l)ai2ft; Old
rooetcM, 8fe9d dreteed-chickeni, 13
14oj turkeyt, live, old," Ijflf.yoa-g, 18;
geese, live, 888o; ducks, lBc; pig
eons, $11.60 per dMen ; squabs, $203.
v Egt Freeh Mnioh, candled, 82)
8Ro per doaenf - .'".r.",' "''J'
39tH-OOT, T)i0b per poundr old?,
46o.'- - H 1.
wool Eastern Oregon, average beet,
1622o per pound, nceotding to ahiink
ige; valley, 2022o, according to flne
near mohair, choice, 2930. per
pou-d. :'. " ' .
. BATTLE ON STREETCAR. ,
Ont Man Killed and. Three Injured
Over Tranafav. 'f 4;
San Franclaeo, Oct. 21 -Ae a remit
ot trouble over tranifer illp on a Polk
street car of the United Bailroada sj
tem Saturday evening', one man wai
ihot and killed, another, to seriously
wounded that ' death will' probably en
sue, and two other men lea aeveitly
Injured. - , , . - i "
When tbt car left tht ferry to pen
out Miaaion street, on ita way to Polk,
it was packed with paasengen, includ
ing men returning from work, and 'wo
men and bildren who bad been ' scroat
tbe bay. Tba crowded condition' of
tht car made it difficult for tht eon
ductor to collect farea and, when Polk
atieet waa reached, both be and Uit un
comfortably crowded paaaengen were) In
a condition of Irritable nervonnneaa. j
The man wbo started tht trouble, ac
cording to bla own adiniaaiona to the
police, waa John Monger. Be aaid that
when he paid hit fare, early on tbe
trip, he bad asked tba conductor for- a
tranifer. Brown waa buay and told
Monger to wait awhile. Monger re
peated his request several timee, and
Brown tailed to band him Uie allp.
Finally Monger concluded that Brown
did not intend to give him tbt ticket,
and struck at tbt conductor. ' Tbt lat
ter dodged tht blow and struck back at
Monger, striking him In the fact and
knocking him down.
It was at thia Juncture that the
hoofing commenced. At tbe name
tlma soma one threw off tbe trolley and
tbecnr came to standstill. The stop
page of Uie car, coupled with tht noise
in tbe rear, led tbe motorman to be
lieve that his matt was in danger and,
revolver in hand, be pushed his way
through Uie crowded passengers.
RAILROADS GAIN.
Reduced Paesangtr Rata In Nebraska
' Swella Eaminga.
Omaha, Oct. 21. Instead of tht new
two-cent railroad fare law having re
duced Uie rate in Nebraska, It has act
ually Increased the average rate per
milt in thia state, according to tht re
port of tht Union Pacifio railroad,
which baa just been filed with tbe
State Railway commission. And in
stead ol Uie railroads having a fear of
the two-cent law, they bavt been
laughing in their eleevea over tbe di
veraion they have creaetd by kicking
against Uie passenger rate and drawing
attention from Uit high freight rates
charged in tbt trsna-Mirsiaaippi coun
try. . .V . - '
Tbe annual report of Uit Onion Pa
cific, which had just been filed with tbe
commission, proves on examination to
be a brief in behalf oi the two-cent
fare. Binoe the new law was enacted,
Uie Union Pacific and other Nebraska
railroad! are charging full two oenta
per mile, a permitted by law. No ex
cursion rates, no rednced fare, no com
mutation tickets of any kind and in
fact nothing lees than straight two
cent fare ticket li sold in Nebraska.
But the report which Las Just been
made public ahows that last year Uie
average paaaenger traveled in Nebraska
at tbe rate of 1.96 cents for each mile,
a rate actually lower than that which
is now charged by the railroads nnder
Uit new law.
- TAFT'8 DELPHIC WORDS. '
Sara Ht Will Probably bt Private Cit--.
lien In Two Yeara. ; ',
Manila, Oct. 21 -At a banquet given
in bia -honor in thia city Saturday
night. Secretary of War William H.
Taft made a moat significant statement.
He was referring to the fact that be
had already visited the Philippines
three timea and in expressing bia in
tention to come here again, he said:
'"I hope in another two yeara to visit
Manila again, "but then I probably will
come aa a private citiaen."
Tbsx significance of Mr. Tatt'a re
marks in relation to.the chancee of bis
nomination for. tht . presidency next
year, did pot seem to strike his audi
ence. The secretary's cpetch wat re
ceived, with much enthusiasm by the
representatives of tht Filipinos pres
ent, when he declared Uie government
wai anxious and ready to help the busi
ness prosperity ot Uie islands.
Mr. Taft devoted Uie day to an In
spection of Uit school of Manila.
s Oppose Pulp Export.
-Ottava, Oct, 21 .For tome time
there thai been a strong movement In
Canada In favor of a radical change in
the fiscal condition governing tha ex
port of pulp wood to the United Btatea.
This movement, which hss for months
been '' giowing in ' force and intensity,
cufmibated in the demand oi deputa
tion from Uit pnlp and paper manufac
turers of the Dominion, Who came to
Ottawa and petitioned the government
that the exportation ot pulp wood from
Canada thould be prohibited and Uie
supply conserved. . . .. , : s
-' Dangeroua Fire in Dei Mointt.
Des Moinee, Ia., Oct. 21.-Fire In
Iha nlaht nf tha Standard Oil nnmnanv
today threatened for a time to do ser
ious property damage and to remit in
lose of life. In tbe plant were tank
nnntalnin thnnaanda of irallon ot oil
and gaaolipe, and it tht fire had i cach
ed these a horrible exploelon would
have occurred.' The firemen put up a
desperate fight, however, and) succeeded
in getting the Are. under control..; The
damage.1 has not yet been ascertained. ,r,
' Valuable' Quirtx Stolen.' ' j
' fian Fnacieco.-'Oot'. 21. Some vandal
stole1 fro cabinet at the mineral
building at tbt University of Califor
nia gold, bearing quarts and other 'spe
cimens valued at $1,000. The faculty
it searching for olews to Uie thlei'i
.Identity, ..
OPENUPlIISulSSIPPI
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FARMERS AEE EELPLD PRIAEILI
Next Session of Congrtst Will Bt
. Asked to Start Improvement
of Tftla Great River.
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Vickabnrg, Mies., Oct. 22. Alter a
fortnight spent in tbe canebrakes, and
looking bronsed and vigorous, Preaident
Roosevelt paid a flying visit to Vlcke
borg this afternocn. . .
Tbt president was introduced by Con
gress man John Sharp W i 1 1 lama . When
Mr. Williams said thatJTheodore Roose
velt waa president of Uie whole country
Dixit land and Yankee land alike
the demonstration was notable. When
the president arose to reply tbt big
crowd accorded him a noisy demonstra
tion that lasted several minutes.
In bis speech here the pnaident laid:
"It seem to me that no American
president could spend his time better
than by seeing for himself jutt what
rich and wonderful region tbe lower
Missisaippi vslley is, so that ht may go
back, aa I thai) go back, to Washington,
with tbt set purpose to do everything
that lies in mt to see that tbt United
8tatee doee ita full share In making tbt
Mississippi river practically a part ot
tbe set, coast, in making ita deep chan
nel to the Great lakes from Uie Gulf.
I wish to see the leveet to strongly bnilt
as to remove completely from the minds
of dwellers of those lower regions all
apprehensions of s possible overflow.
I advocate no impossible task. No
difficult task. The people of Holland,
a little nation, took two-thirds ol their
country out from under tbe sea, and
they live behind the dykea now and
have lived behind them for centuries in
safety. i "
"With one-tenth the effort we, a
mnch greater nation, can take tbe in
comparably rich bottom lands ot tbe
Lower Mississippi oat ol ue tear oi Re
in g flooded or even being overflowed
by tha Missisaippi, and whilt I do not
likt to say in advance what I intend to
do, I shall break my rule in this cue
and say that in my next message : to
congress I shall advocate at heartily as
I know how, that the congress now
elected shall take Uie first steps to bring
about that deep channel way and At
tendant high and broad levee system,
which will make of these alluvial bot
toms the richest and most populous and
most prosperous agricultural land, not
only in thia nation, bot on the tact ' ot
tbe globe, and, gentlemen, here is tbt
reason I am particularly glad to be able
to advance such a policy. I think any
oolicr which tends to Uie uplifting ef
sny portion of our people In Uit end
distributee ita benefits over tne whole
people. Bot it ie far easier, originally,
to put into effect a policy which shall
at Uie moment help the people concen
trated in tbe center! of the population
and wealth than it is to put into effect
a policy which shall help Uit dwellers
in tbe country and tbe tillers oi tne
SOU.-'. . ':.' ' -I'
"Now hers we have a policy whose
first and direct benefit will come to tbt
man on tht plantation, Uie tiller ot the
toil, the man who makea his fortune
from what he grow on the soil. '
"Mr. Williams hss laid that In our
day we can sink ail mere party differ
ences. Binoe I nave been preeident l
have found, aye, most ot tbe time ' I
bavt needed to sink them, because Uie
differences of party are of small im
port noe compared to Uie great funda
mentals of good citisenehip upon which
all American citixens should be united."
The president said he agreed heartily
that tht constitution ot Uie United
Btatea represents a fixed aeries of prin
ciples. Yet he said that, in Uie inter
est of tht people, it must bt interpret
ed, not as a traitjacket, not as laying
the hand ol deevth upon all develop
ments, but as an investment designed
for Uie life and health and growth of
tbe nation. .. . . I
Mora Powder for Japan.
New York, Oct. 22 Japan is man
ufacturing mare munition! of war it
the present time that at any time dar
ing Uie war with Russia. Under peace
Japan ha one more arsenal and one
more naval base than it bad nnder Uie
exigency of war. Both the arsenal and
the naval base have been established
within the last aix months and at each
plaoe day and night shifts, of laborers
are being worked. Port Arthur or Oy
roju, as tbt Japanese have renamed
tbe place, ia the new naval bast wheie
there ii so much activity. : r
tamping Out tha Plague. . i
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 22. At a Joint
meeting ot tbe. city, and stale health
board! here laBt night, It wai decided
to ask Uie state board of Oregon to co
operate with Washington health au
thorities in the handling of the bubonic
plague; which has made its appearance
in thia city. One case has been report
ed, tba of a Chinese who died nearly
a week ago, but the city health officer
have adopted prompt measures to sup
press any threatened danger, j
. Leak In Mart Island Dock, '
- San Francisco, Oct. 22. Tbe massive
drydook vyhioh tbe government is haw
log constructed at tbe Mare island navy
yard sprung a teak Friday, and in on
der to 'save- Uie structure from almost
complete destruction it was necessary
to blow out the entire front ot the deck.
The cost -of. Uie dock, whioh la being
J built by contract, will bt $3,000,000,
NO. 46.
ARRANGE COMPROMISE.
Warring Telegraphers to Settle Differ
ence m Convention.
Chicago, Oct. 18. Warring officials
ot Uit itriking telegraphers reached
compromise tonight. They have post
poned hostilities until tbt convening oi
tbt emergency convention, tailed to
Milwaukee for October 23.
The elimination ot 8. 3. Small, for
mer preaident, at a factor In tht flght
will be sought at tht convention by tbt
executive committee. A temporary
president to sooceed Small and direct
tbt strike or its settlement will bt
chosen, it Is expected, from tht com
mittee's membership. Mr. Small still
emtends that no convention will bt
called, bat it making effort! to control
it action through hii friends.
The tinoe of tbt battling officii !a
came after a descent upon tht tele
grapher' headquarters in tbt Monoa
building by ex-President Bmall andjs,
bodyguard of detectives. They arrived
before Uit members of the extent iv
committee reached tbt office and took
poeeeaaioo at once. Tbt eommittot
members tad Secretary Russell wert
refused admission to the ofBoea. .
After much parleying tbe lata comer
were permitted to take their place,
and Small locked himeelf in bit private
office. Tht terms of tbt oompromles
were not given ont by tbt participants.
General Superintendents Cook u4
Ospen, of tbt telegraph companies in
sert that bom six to tea men apply for
reinstatement daily In Chicago. They
declare that in other lauge citlee al
most a fall number ot men wert at
work,, wbilt mora applications wort
being received daily. Fifteen asked re
ins temet yesterday In New fork, ev
en! in West Oakland, Cel.. and tht
entire force of Columbia, B. C. ' i .
TRADE HAS NOT DECREASED.
American-Asia Association Expect fto
War With Japan.
New York, Oct. 18. That thtre haa
not been a falling off in trade with
Japan following the Japanese-Rosa ian
war, but on the contrary a healthful re
sumption of normal conditions, wat tbt
statement of Jamea R. Morse, preai
dent of Uie American-Asiatic associa- ,
tion, at the annual meeting oi tbt or
ganisation today. Conditiooa la China
have not been . so good, but there art
prospect of recovery from depressed
conditions. In the secretary's report,
John Ford says: r
"Tbt obviously temporary character
of Uie settlement of the Japanese ex
clusion question in California tended
to encourage rather titan to cheek the
circulation of foolish and miacbevioat
rumors oi impending war between tbt
two countries. All tbt inflntnet of
your executive committee has been ex
erted to demonstrate Uie aburdity ol
assuming that there could bt any seri
ous quarrel between the two govern
ments in dealing with the leant raised
in California."
RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE.
Official Suggtsts Ftatlblt 8ehtmt to
Prtvent Car Shortage. '
Los Angeles, Oct 18. Nearly every
railway company ia studying to perfect
plana for the quick movement of tart
and rolling stock, with a view to elim
inating the shortage feature of tbt
buaineet this winter. It is argued that
with Uie proper thif ting ot cart and a
careful adjustment nearly one-third
more business can be transacted with
Uie present equipment.
It is suggested by sn official bert,
and tbt plan is nnder consideration,
that there bt formed a pool of equip
ment by tht various roads and a clear
ing house for cars. Any demand for
ca-s by any road would bt made to Iha
clearing bouse, and that eoneera would
givo over Uit required number of cart
from tht nearest aopply, or in oaaa oi
a ahoitage, or a multiplicity of de
mand! the orders would be filled pro
rata.
Under this plan it would bt Uit duty
of every road to wire daily report of
tbt exact location of all its ears. Tbt
entire equipment ol tbe pool would bt
registered in Uit clearing bouse, much -In
the same manner in which tht cam
of a line art tabulated by tech ot tbt
different roads at present.
His First Rlda Tln.
Seoul, Oct. 18. tne emperor and
crown prince of Cores left Seoul for
Chemulpo at 12:30 this afternoon to
receive the crown prince of Japan, To- .
shishlto. This waa the first time tbt
crown prince of Core had ever ridden
on a railroad train, and he showed a
childlike interest in the proceeding.
He wai delighted with the speed of tht
cart. Tht Japanese crown prince land
ed from a warship lq the haiDor at I
p. m. and ht was greeted at Uie dock
by tbt Corean emperor and tht Coresn
crown prince.
Trap for Blackmailers.
Lead, 8. D., Oct. 18. An attempt to
extort $20,000 from J. Grler, manager
ot the JHomeetake gold mint, nnder
threat of dynamiting bis borne unices
Uie money wss placed in a designated
place, waa frustrated last night when
Uie oolice arrested Mrs. Anna Maljas
and Chrla. Maljas, her husband, and
Matt Zimboia, who cams to the place
designated. Grler'a house, the finest '
in Booth Dakota, is located on tht top
of. a steep hill in the center of town.
1 Older Sue Hit Kldneptrt.
San Francisco, Oct. 18. Buit wss
filed today by Fremont Older against
Luther G. Brown, G. A Wyman and
Ben Cohn, alleging false arrest and
imprisonment and demanding damages
of $100,260. The suit growl out ot tht
recent kidnaping of Mr. Older, tbt
three defendant having been concerned
in that adventure. , . .