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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprehensive Review of the Import-
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting.
Japan has outbid Russia for two war
ships nearing completion in Italy.
Postmaster Bancroft w ill not bo re
moved front the Portland |>ostotKoo.
Whatcom and Fairhaveu have united
and w ill Ite known as Bellingham in
thè future.
Santo Domingo has now two revolu
tionary governments and foreigners fear
they w ill suffer.
The Japanese commissioner to the
St. Louis fair says Japan w ill make no
concessions to Russia.
Ghouls robbed many of the dead in
the Michigan train wreck. The death
list has been swelled to 21.
Russia is not prepared for war ami
may await a more favorable time, al
though she is buying large quantities
of stores.
The Colombian charge at Washing
ton has little hope of receiving a favor
able answer and is preparing to close
the legation.
During the present session of con
gress the navy w ill be materially
strengthened. When the additions al
ready authorized are completed the
United States will have a more power
ful navy than any other nation except
Great Britain.
Italy has recognized the new republic
of Panama.
Japan w ill send a large force to Corea
to end rioting.
FEAR
LOOT I M ) I K FtRH.
Robbery of Hank
Indian territory.
at
Japan is buying large quantities of
lead for the manufacture of bullets.
The United States has ordered a gun
boat to Corea to protect the American
minister.
Efforts are being redoubled to have
China ratify the trade treaties with the
United States.
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The Colombian charge w ill quit
Washington if Secretary Hay ignores
Colombian demands.
Large patent medicine manufacturers
w ill, the first of the year, take meas
ures to establish uniform prices.
Chief Newell, of the reclamation
service, w ill visit Oregon and confer
with the people about irrigation pro
jects.
The Far Eastern situation is very
threatening.
Britain w ill aid Japan if she gooe to
war with Russia.
The Coolmbian force which landed
on the Island of Pines w ill have to go.
A lone masked man robbed a gambl
ing room at The Dalles of about $ 1,000.
Chicago liverymen have decided to
fight the union hearse drivers to a fin
ish.
The bakers of Paris have gone on a
strike and the situation has assumed a
serious aspect.
General Reyes has warned Colombia
that war on Panama means war on the
United States.
JEWS
H«ad-<in
MSHINEF
South M ’ Alister, I. T.. Pec. 30 — A SECOND MASSACRE AT
gang of five hank robliers United the
APPEARS VERY PROBABLE.
bank in Kiowa, a small town 10 miles
north of here, at .‘l o'clock this morning
January 7 has Hern Set aa the Data—
and escap'd after several hundred shots
Jrwlah SiKlrtlra Will
Appeal to
Lati liven exchanged between the rob
Ruoacvelt Harmony C ub of brattle
bers ami a posse of 50 citizens of K i
Aika Aid of chief Executive In He-
owa.
half uf Thoae Thrcalrnrd.
The robbers dynamited the safe ami
secured |2,000 in cash, some of which
is lie lie veti to have been mutilated by
Washington, lVc. 30.— With the
the explosion. The bank building was
view of enlisting the immediate and ac
partially wrecked, the damage to the
tive interest of the United States
building being about 11,500.
against the re|mrted contemplated mns-
An entrance to the bank was gained
sacre of Jews in Russia on January 7,
by the use of crowbars through a rear
the Russian New Year, Simon Wolf,
window. While two of the men did
representing the United Jew soeielies,
the work of blowing up the safe, three
tomorrow w ill lay liefore the slate i f*
stayed outside as guards. The first ex
partinent an appeal in liehaif of his
plosion was a failure, making a lout! re
(•eople representing to him tints to lie
port but tloing little damage. The citi
, threatened.
zens bearti the noise, ami arming them
Follow ing his visit to the state de
selves with revolvers and shotguns,
partment, Mr. W olf w ill be received by
hurried to the bank.
President Roosevelt, at which time flu*
At the command of a leader of the
w hole subject of the status of the Jews
citizens a volley was fired at the robbers,
in Russia w ill la* discussed.
who were visible through the shutters.
The fire w‘as returned by the guards
Seattle Club Maki a Appeal.
seereted on the outside.
Seattle, Lee. 30.— The Harmony club
W hile the two men on the inside of Seattle, composed of 314 of the most
worked, the three men on the outside prominent Jews in this city, has sent
kept up a steady fire with the posse of message» o f ap|sal to President Roose
citizens. It took three explosions to velt, the members o f the Washington
open the safe. After the last explosion delegation in congress and William R.
the burglars gathered up their tools amt Ilearst, of New York, asking aid and
leaving through the front of the hank intercession in la-half of the Jews who
got away in the dark.
are in danger of a inassuiye in Kishinef,
The jiosse followed the gang for a dis January 7. The text of the telegram
tance but lost the trail. W hile some to the president which is indorsed by
of the citizens believe one robber was Governor Mellride, of Washington, fol
injured not one of the citizens was lows :
struck. The latter were protected troni
“ The Harmony club, consisting of
the tire of the robliers by stock pens in 314 Jewish citixens of Seattle, appeal
the rear of the bank building.
to your excellency to intercede in be
A puss«* of Uniteti States marshals is
half of Jews of Kishinef, threatened
in pursuit, with little chance of im with massacre January 7.
mediate results, as the men had several
“ Harmony Club.
hours’ start.
“ By M. Fummerfield, chairman.”
A OA' NSr REPEAL OF LAND LAW
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OUTLOOK OMINOUS.
A severe cold wave has swept the
War Party Gaining Strength In Japan -
East and Middle West.
Russia w ill probably modify her de
mands rather than go to war.
FOR
Kiowa,
Mondcll Argues for Ammitmrnt of the
Timber and Stone Act.
China Would He Neutral.
Pekin, Pec. 30.— The opinion enter
tained by the best informed diplomats
in Pekin, that war between Russia and
Japan is probable and almost inevit
able, remains unchanged.
Nothing has been received here to
corroberate the special dispatches front
Tokio which said thht the Japanese
government was adopting an impera
tive tone in pressing for speedy reply
to this last note. The report is iftit
believed.
Official
communications
received
here from high sources say that the
Japanese war party is growing in
strength and is bringing all its influ
ence to liear upon the government.
The Chinese board of war has ordered
the viceroys to furnish full information
as to the numbers of foreign trained
troops available for active service.
The viceroys of three of the central
provinces in response have reported
that 90,000 such troops are in reaili-
ness.
This unquestionably, is a re
markable exaggeration, as the great
majority of the foreign trained troops
ex'St only on paper.
The dowager empress has issued an
edict at the request of Prince Ching,
appointing
several
unknown
and
probably inexperienced officials as
heads of army departments. One such
has been appointed director of training,
another has been given eommand of the
department of instruction, while a
third has been put in charge of the de
partment which hastodo with the sup
ply of ammunition.
JAPAN W ILL SAFEOUARD COREA.
The Yosemite national park cannot Russia Must Modify Her Answer at Once
be used as a storage reservoir for San
to Avert Such Action.
Francisco water supply.
Tokio, Dec. 30.— An extraordinary
Governor Taft has left Manila for the meeting of the privy council today ap
United States. He was given an en proved the Dime by the cabinet of an
thusiastic farewell on leaving
emergency ordinance authorizing the
Rear Admiral Walker believes force guarantee of the principal and interest
of marines now at Panama is sufficient, of an issue of 10,000,000 yen debent*
but two more batallions w ill probably tiers for the purpose of expediting the
work on the Beoul-Fusan railway,
be sent.
which is expected to he finished by the
Colombians at Bogota are holding end of the year. The ordinance also
nightly warlike demonstrations.
provides for all possible military ex
Toe contract has been let for the penses for the protection of the railway
Alaska building at the »St. Louis fair. and other interests.
I t is to cost $13,897.
Russia Clvsely Watching China.
European powers will endorse Amer
New York, Dec. 30.— The Russian
ica if she refuses to allow Panama mat
government is noting with the closest
ter to be submitted to The Hague tri
attention and keenest interest the tin-
bunal.
common energy now being shown by
Senator Hanna will retire as chair the Chinese in making warlike prepar-
man of the national Republican com ations under the guidance of a large
mittee and Roosevelt wants Root to number of Japanese instructors, cables
the Herald's St. Petersburg correspond-
succeed him.
ent. This has grown so serious as to
Rockefeller has just given Chicago come into the first line of Russia’ s cir-
university $1,580,000.
dilations, broadening out the situation
Such a complication
Scenes at Washington resemble those on new lines.
would
bring
into
place the Franco-Rus-
preceiling the Spanish-American war.
sian and Anglo-Japanese treaties.
The strike of Chicago hearsedrivers
continues to seriously interfere with
Panama’ s Stand on Debt.
funerals.
Washington, Dec. 30.— The state
ment of M. Bnnau-Varilla, the Panama
Revision of the Dreyfus case and his
minister, that his government is w ill
restoration to grade in the army seems
ing to assume a portion of the Colom
assured.
bian debt, has been received at. the
Britain and France have redoubled British embassy and transmitted by
efforts to prevent war between Japan cable to the London government for its
consideration.
and Russia.
IIEAIH I n
Washington, Dec. 30.— Representa
tive Mondell, of Wyoming, chairman of
the irrigation committee, tislay ap
peared liefore the public lands commit-
te ■ and presented an argument in favor
of a modification of the timlier and
stone act. He stoutly opposed the out-
right repeal of this law or its radical
modification, for he showed it was the
mainstay of the national irrigation act
ami afforded the great hulk of money
that is converted into the reclamation
fund. He furthermore asserted there
has been no such extensive frauds jier-
pe'rated under this law as has lieen
represented by certain department offic
ials and in the newspajiers.
Mr. Mondell believes the timber and
stone act should lie amended so as to
permit the government to realize a
higher price fo r its public timber land
in Oregon, Washingon and California,
where this land is worth more tha-i
♦2.50 an acre, but be stoutly objects to
having the price raised on timber lands
in the inter-mountain states.
Chaim an Lacev, of the public lands
committee, also addressed the commis
sion. He is opposed to the repeal of
the timber and stone act but is willing
to see the law- amende«I so Hie govern
ment will derive a reasonable price for
its timber lands. He thinks a fixed
price per acre cannot be agreed upon,
owing to the varying value of timber
lands in different parts of the West.
TO AID AMFRICAN SHIMS.
SIXTY-THREE DEAD
wreck
Train Culliatun In
Cost«* IN l i v e »
Michigan
Grand Rupdis, Mich., I*ec. 29.—
Eighteen are dead and 31 injured, sev
eral of them fatally, as the result of the
collision early this evening of two pas
senger trains on the I'ere Marquette
railroad, one-half mile west of East
Paris, about six miles east of this city.
The collision, which was head on, was
caused, according to a statement issued
hv the otli iais of the r a d at the gen
eral olliees in IVtroit, hv the high wind
blowing out the rial signal lamp at Mc
Cord's, where the west-bound train,
No.5, should have atop|M*d and re
ceived orders to pass t lie east ■ hound
train at E<*x. The otfieials deny the re
port that a misunderstanding of oilers
on the patt of one of the engini is h i
ri-H|siiisihle for the col isiott.
According to the statement of the
otfieials, the trains were originally to
have met and passed at Oakdale Park,
hut t-> help tin* east-bound train the
dispatcher issued new orders, fixing
Fox as the meeting place. The eust-
I h at ltd train reeeivi*d this order, and
the west-bound rsin should have re
ceived the same order at McCord's.
Instead it rushed by this station, and
the operator there, after reporting this
fact, found on going out on his platform
that his red light, which had Is ett
burning two minutes liefore, was out,
presumably extinguished by the high
wind that was blowing.
Tin* Gains met with a terrible trash,
the liaggage.aMil smoking cats Is-hi ml
each locomotive ls*ing instantly reduced
to a pile of kindling wissl.
The en
gines were completely wrecked, the
boiler of the engine which had pulled
the east b.*und train fs-ing torn com
pletely torn from the running gear and
standing perpendicularly in a ditch at
<he side of the track.
J apan
after
w a r s h ip s .
Negotiations for Twit Chilean Vessels arr
Under Way.
London, Dec. 29.— Japan is negotiat
ing for the purchase of two Chilian
warships, the armored cruiser Earner
alda and another, probably the haltle
ship Capitim Prat, which are for sale
It is n**w only a matter of pries. Ne
gotiations with other South American
governments for the purchase of waf-
ships are also in progress.
Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minis
ter to Great Britain, said to a repre
sentative of the Associated Press tislay,
relative to these negotiations:
" W e want more ships. Of course,
this is only a precautionary measure,
ami it may la* a lot of expense ail for
nothing. 1 have no indication of the
nature of the Russian reply.
Per
sonally I scarcely expect it will Is* de
livered for some little time. There is
no truth whatever in the report that
Japan's last note stipulated a time
lim it."
Asked anent the dispatch front Ber
lin saying the British government re
ported to the exar that (treat Britain
“ deemed Japan's demands just, und
earnestly expected that Russia would
grant them,” Baron Hayashi, while he
was not aware of the precise action
taken by Great Britain and St. Peters
burg, said:
"T h e British government is well
aware that Japan will Is* obliged to g<>
to war unless Russia modifies the po
sition sheh as taken in her last note.”
At the foreign office here nothing is
yet known of the probable nature of
the Rusisan reply.
FIRE LAID TO MOB.
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Small Hlaze to Destroy Jill Causes Loaf
of $35,000.
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Strong Effort Wilt Hr Made for Kill Con
cerning Ph'l'pplne Trade.
Pineapple, Ala., Dec. 29.— In their
efforts to hide the lynching of Arthur
Washington, Dec. 30.— Unless there Stuart, u colored prisoner, whom they
is some
tinforseen opposition, it is secured from the jail here last night,
more than probable that, the present a mob is thought to have tired the jail,
session of congress w ill enact some leg which was not only destroyed by fin*,
islation for the protection <>f American but caused the loss of eight stores, two
vessels trading with the Philippines. warehouses and the postoflice, valued
It was said today by an officer of the at $35,0(10. On Wednesday. P. Mel
Newport News shipbuilding company ton, a prominent white man, had a
that Senators Frye, Lodge, Hanna and quarrel with some negroes, and one of
other powerful leaders intend to push them shot him. On Christmas day h
the bill recently introduced by the negro said to he his accomplice was ar
Maine senator providing for such pro rested Htid placed in jail, and the
tection. The bill is radical in its pro friends of Melton, it is alleged, swore
visions, anil inflicts as a penalty to for vengeance. This morning at 4 o'chs*k
feiture of any cargo brought to tins* a mob broke into the jail, nnd after
United States from the archipelago ex knis'king the negro in the head poured
cept in American vessels. The bill if kerosene over his body nnd set it afire.
passed, is to go into effect on July 1, The tlaines spread to adjoining build-
1904.
ings.
FAST TMROUUH PASSENDER TRAIN
WRECKED IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Tlmhcr Which Hail Fallen on Tracka
I rum Freight Trnln the Cause Num
ber ul Injured le at tenet thirty —
Many Wild Scenes, and Some Uvea
l eap Into River.
ConnelUvIlle, I'»., Dec. 28.— With a
terrible crash the Duqucane Limited,
the fastest through passenger train
from Pittsburg to New York, on the
Baltimore A Ohio, plowed into a pile ol
lumlicr at laurel Run, two miles west
of Lawson, at 7:45 o'clock tonight, and
it is estimati*il that 93 lives were lost,
aiul 39 persons were injured.
The train left Pittsburg this evening,
running a few minutes late, in charge
of Engineer W illiam Thornlejr, of Con-
nellsville. When approaching laurel
Run, which is a particularly gissi piece
of naid, the train was running at a high
late of s|*eed. Suddenly the pusnengers
were thrown from their seats by the
lightninglike application of the brakes,
ami a moment later there was a terrific
crash.
The train was made up of two l>ug-
gage cars, two day cisti’ lies, one sleeper,
and one dining ear, and at the time was
carrying at the lowest estimate 150 pas
sengers. The train plowed ah*ng for a
considerable distance, and the cars w ere
torn to pieces, passengers jumping,
screaming and falling front the wreck
as it tore along. Suddenly the engine
swerved to the left and the ntaches
iJungisl down over the eml>anknieut to
the i s l g e of the Votigliiottgheny river.
The moment the ears st«>p|>ed rolling
there wus a wild scene. Many |s*tsons
were pinioned Ismeath the wreckage,
inni the screams ami cries that relit the
air were lieyond description.
Many
were injured in their mud excitement
and plutigtsl into the river.
Others,
pinioned I«eneath the heavy tiuilM-rs,
pleaded in agonizisl tones for release.
So terrific wrus the force of the wn-rk
that nearly every pusaengcr suffered a
moment’s nnconselottneas, and many of
ths able-bodied Ineli were unable to as
sist in helping the injured from the
wreck on ae omit of having fainted.
The w reck was caused by the break
ing of castings on a iarloH'1 of htidge
timbers on a west Isiund freight traia
which had passed laurel Run not more
than 15 minutes before the ill-futeil
passenger train. The wreck (Viiirredhn
a curve, ami it was im|HMHÌhl« for
Engineer Thornley to see far enough
ahead to dftect the obstruction on the
tracks.
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS.
Three Days' Session Sufficient to Enact
Needed Legislation.
F » !« n , I>ec. 24.— The special session
of the Oregon legislature ended last
night at 11:15 o ’clock. In a three day
session the legislature accomplished all
that hu*l been desired, an achievement
made possible by perfect harmony
among the tnemls-rs.
Yesterday both houses passed the hill
appropriating $ 199,009 for securing a
right of way for the Gelilu canal, and
also a number of bills of minor import
ance.
K illin g of Chinese pheasants has
been prohibited until 190«,
Ten |>er cent bus been fixed as the
maximum rate of interest to lie charged
upon property sold for taxes.
No person, except the person paying
the same, will be |s*rmitti»d to maintain
a suit to recover fees paid to county re
corders under the invalid fee law.
A law has Iteen passed («ermitting
owners of water rights to condemn and
appropriate the property and water
rights of others for a public use.
The total cost of the session lias been
about $7,590, for the payment of which
an appropriation was made.
The new barracks at the soldiers’
home at Kosehtirg will be furnished at
a cost of $2,500.
The legislature memoralixed congress
in favor of the Brownlow road hill
which, if passed, will bring nit appro
priation of $250,900 to Oregon, and
also in favor of increasing salaries of
rural mail carriers from $900 to $&0O
per year.
For Ratifying Treaty.
Gorge In the Alleghany,
Troops Cannot Enter.
Pittsburg, Pec. 30.— The recent cold
snap has made dangerous the ice in the
Alleghany river. At Rosston the gorge
¡H an immense affair, being packed to
j th,, bottom and extending 15 miles up
stream. It was formed during a thaw
an(j the ice, breaking into small pieces,
),aH packed all the way to the bottom,
j offering resistance that can scarcely he
overcome. The water is now backing
tip and spreading over the lowlands.
The gorge at Springdale still holds and
but little ice is floating in either the
Alleghany or Monongahela rivers.
Washington, Dec. 29.— The following
cablegram reached the navy depart
ment tislay from Rear Admiral Cogh-
lan, at Colon: “ Atlanta did not allow
an armed force in Colombian territory
at any time for any purpose. Two
officers landed as usual with swords at
invitation of Colombian generals.”
Admiral Coghlan also cabled the de
partment that he would proceed to
Cartagena with his flagship, the Olym
pia, for the purpose of bringing Minis
ter Benupre to Colon, on his way to
the United Htates from Bogota.
Japan Trying to Buy Warships.
Ex-Governor Sharp Dead.
London, Di*c. 30.— Japan is negoti
ating for the purchase of the Argentine
warships Moreno and Rivadavia, now
building at Genoa, Italy, but the Jap-
anese legation has not heard of the corn-
pletion of their purchase.
Washington, Dec. 29.— Ex-Governor
Isaac Sharp, of Kansas, died hero to
day of an affection of the stomach,
aged 71 years. He was ft native of;
Pennsylvania, hut went to Kansas ini
the early fifties.
Washington, Dec. 28.— It is learned
at the state department that the period
of time from now until October 8 of
next year is open during which the ex
change of ratifications may take place
•between the United Htates and China
of the commercial treaty recently rati
fied hv the senate.
The ratifications
must take place in Washington. There
has been some intimation that they
never will take place, because secret
opposition of foreign powets may cause
,hc Chinese government to withhold its
ratification of the treaty.
Authorized to Sign Treaty With Cuba.
Rome, Dec. 28.— Signor Savina, the
Italian minister to Cuba, has been
authorized to sign a treaty of commerce
and navigation Isitween Italy Hnd Cuba
similar to that of 1890 between Italy
and Mexico and including provisions for
arbitration in the case of disputes.
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