The Stayton mail., July 14, 1905, Image 2

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THE STAYTON MAIL
E. O. ALEXANDER. Publalwr
S T A Y T O N ............................ O R E G O N
NEWS OP THE WEEK
I d a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Return« o f the L e e s Important but
Not L e s s Interesting Events
of the P ast W eek.
Extreme heat is killing many in Italy
and Germany.
Terrific heat has killed many people
in New York and Pittsburg.
Norway has offered to make Prince
Charles, of Ihmmark, her king.
Lord Roberts declares that the Brit­
ish army is in bad condition and could
not withstand invasion by another
power.
Dr. Sven Hedin, the Swedish explor­
er, sounds a warning against Norway,
who, he says, is preparing to attack
Sweden.
Reform leaders at Moscow are de­
termined, if Nicholas continues in his
present unyielding attitude, to elect a
new czar.
Forest tires are threatening the Lick
observatory, in which is located the
famoous Lick telescope. The fires are
within eight miles of Mount Hamilton,
on which the observatory is located.
S A K H A LIN A P O W E R F U L
Japan Now Given Opportunity to In­
c re a s e H e r Dem ands on Russia.
8t. Petersburg, July 11. — With the
Japanese flag hoisted for the first time
on Russian soil after IS months of war.
the importance of the landing on the
island of Sakhalin is generally admit
tod l>oth in newspaper comment and in
government circles. Complete occupa­
tion of the island is regarded as a fore­
gone conclusion.
The Novoe Vremya voices the general
sentiment in holding tha* contiol of
Sakhalin puts a powerful lever in the
possession of Japanese
diplomacy,
which finally has something tangible
in its hands to throw upon the scales
with the sword in the coming confer
ence.
There is a divergence of opinion with
regard to the effect it w ill have upon
the negotiations at Washington, some
of the irreconcilables declaring that
it makes peace at the present juncture
more impossible than before, as Japan
w ill lie able to demand the cession of
the islands and a heavy indemnity as
well, at which terms peace w ill be too
costly, but the more prevalent view is
that Japan has now in her hands
enough trumps to take the game.
The attack on the island certainly
dissipates one of the hoj>es of the |>eace
advocates, who have been suggesting
that its voluntary cession might be an
offset with Port Arthur and the Chi­
nese railway against the payment of a
large part or all of a monetary indem­
nity. No further re|>ort of the landing
operations has been received.
The appointment of Charles G. Ms- C H I N A A S K S R E P R E S E N T A T I O N .
goon as American minister to Panama,
while at the same time permitting him Jap an Will O p p o se Appearance at
to hold the office of governor of the
Pe a c e C o n f e r e n c e .
canal zone, has created an excellent im­
Washington, July 11. — China's re-
pression in all circles at Panama.
qudeet to be represented in the Wash­
Assistant Secretary of State Pierce
has announced that the peace envoys of ington conference, on the ground that
Russia and Japan have agreed upon she is vitally interested in its proceed-
Portsmouth, N. H., as the meeting | ings, has been received by the presi­
place of the sessions of the peace con­ dent and informally transmitted to the
ference to be held outside of Washing­
belligerents.
Whether the president
ton.
has received the formal replies cannot
The crew of the Russian battleship
be learned, but it can be stated that,
Potemkin has surrendered.
while Russia is inclined to favor the
France and Germany have reached suggestion, Japan w ill not consent to it.
an agreement about Morocco.
Japan has already made public her
assurance
that Manchuria is to Ire re­
Fire in the business section of Spo­
kane destroyed $120,000 worth of prop­ stored to China. That is one of the
principles for which she says she has
erty.
been fighting. Japan regards herself
The foreign press generally praises as fully capable of executing this prom­
Elihn Root and say he is a fit successor ise without the assistance of China, and
to the late Secretary Hay.
in view of China’s inability before the
John F. Stevens, new chief engineer war to cope with Russia in Manchuria,
of the Panama canal, is on bis way to the Japanese government is unable to
the isthmus to take charge of the wprk. see what possible service a Chinese rep­
resentative would be in the Washing­
Two blocks of the business and resi­ ton conference.
dence section of Goldfield, Nevada,
Moreover, the Japanese have all
have been destroyed by fire.
Lose, along taken the position that when
» 200 , 000 .
peace negotiations were begun they
Three more of the convicts who re­ would be conducted directly with Rus­
cently escaped from the government sia. It is altogether unlikely that the
prison on M cNeil’ s island have been Washington government w ill press the
taken. The other four are likely to be claim of China, and the official view
here fails to sympathize with the idea.
captured soon.
Pittsburg has been stirred by the
R E V O L T IN A R M Y .
revelation of the fact that the m illion­
aires of the city are paying scarcely any
taxes. H. V. Frick, worth possibly O ffice rs Sen ten ced to Death and C o s ­
» 70,000,000, pays taxes on » 10,000.
s a c k s Routed by Rebels.
Advice from various parts of Russia
show that the effects of the war are
telling terribly upon that unhappy
country. Foreign merchants are clos­
ing their stores for lack of business and
native merchants are barely kept alive.
Baron Komura, Japanese peace en­
voy, has sailed for the United States.
A crisis is approaching in the Nor-
way-Sweden matter.
Swedish troops
are being mobilized along the frontier.
Elibu Root w ill assume the office of
secretary of state soon, but w ill not be
able to give it his entire tie until Sep­
tember.
President Roosevelt is determiend to
eliminate entirely the use of any
“ pull” in securing promotions in the
army and navy.
The Sioux river is on a rampage at
8ioux City, Iowa, and has overflowed
thousands of acres of crops and has
washed away many houses.
ALMOST BANKRUPT
LEVER
Vienna, July 11. — Dispatches re­
ceived here from St. Petersburg state
that 24 officers of the Russian army
have been courtmartialed and sentenced
to be shot within the last few days for
refusing to obey orders to proeeed to
Manchuria.
They set up in their de­
fense that other officers who possessed
of private fortunes had succeeded in
evading the orders to go to the front by
bribing the officers of the general staff,
whose duty it was to make the assign­
ment of officers to proceed to the front.
A I.ithunian regiment refused to
carry out an order given by a brigade
commander, and a detachment of Cos­
sacks was detailed to place the revolt­
e d under arrest. When the mounted
troops tried it they were fired on by
the Lithuniands and a sanguinary en­
counter followed, which resulted in
200 Cossacks being killed or wounded.
The revolted were finally placed under
arrest in barracks.
Dunnite, a new explosive, is claimed
Fast Train Hits a Freight.
to be the most effective in the world.
Greencastle,
Ind., July 11. — W hile
A small charge w ill crumple in the side
running at the rate of 00 miles an hour
of the heaviest armored vessel.
this evening the east-bound New Y'ork
It is said that the Russian Reaction­ fast mail train of the Big Four “ side-
ary party desires to dethrone the czar swiped” the west-bound freight No.
and put in a stronger ruler who w ill be 99. which was pulling into a siding at
able to restrain the reform party.
Oakall, five miles west of here. Fire­
man Tippy,
aged 40, of Indian­
A report from Odesa says that a part
apolis, was fatally injured, and Fire­
of the Black sea squadron met and en­
man A. M. Carner, of Mattoon, 111.,
gaged the rebel ship Potemkin.
The
seriously injured.
Trainmaster Cos-
vessel escaped.
The entire fleet has
ten, of Terre Haute, who visited the
been ordered to capture or destroy the
wreck, said tonight he was at present
Potemkine.
unable to fix the responsibility.
One lesson gained by the American
En d Gambling in Mexico.
navy as the result of the Far Eastern
Mexico City, July 11. — It is stated
war is the uselessness of the conning
tower on war vessels. The Japanese that no more gambling licenses w ill be
gunners invariably disabled the ma­ issued after August 1, when all exist­
Governor Tands,
chinery in these towers early in battle. ing licences expire.
of the Federal district, annonnes that
Germany has forbidden French So­ his determined to extirpate gambling
in this city.
cialists to speak in Berlin.
Important Testim ony In Land
C a s e s H ard T o Get.
Philippine Goverrment OnlyJKepi
Up by Sale oi Bonds.
FILIPINOS REFUSE TO PAY TAXES
Pu rp o se o f T a f t ’s Visit
to
Islands it
to Place Governm ent on S afe
Financial B asis.
Washington, July 8.— Secretary Taft
is hastening to Manila to prevent an
utter collapse of the civil government
there as administered by Governor
Wright. The mystery of hia mission
and the urgency with which it its un­
dertaken are gradually being revealed.
Early action of a remedial character is
necessary to prevent the government
from lieconiing bankrupt through short­
age of revenue receipts.
Governor W right has not made pro­
gress in dealing with the Filipinos.
He has asked them to obey the laws
and let it go at that.
He has not
sought to harmonize differences ami se­
cure their co-operation.
As a result,
the Filipinos are now refusing to pay
taxes. They knew nothing ul>out land
and revenue taxes until American rule
was made effective. Taft succeeded in
inducing the natives to pay these taxes.
Under Wright they refused payment.
It is impossible to sell the land for de­
linquent taxes.
The dectease in Philippine revenue
has been so great that nothing hut bond
sales has prevented a collapse of the
government. The money derived from
selling bonds and certificates of indebt­
edness has furnished sufficient funds to
maintain affairs up to this time, hut
the sums borrowed must eventually lx*
repaid, and the situation has grown
serious.
Mr. Taft has gone to determine what
can be done to develop revenues and to
place the government on a safe financial
basis. Mr. Taft also desires to confer
with Go\ernor Wright on the friar land
question. The entire matter was ad-
usted after tedious deliberations, and
an arrangement reached satisfactory to
the president and Mr. Taft. The titles
were defective, and it was agreed to have
new transfers made. Governor Wright
was asked for his approval ami refused
to give it. It is considered imperative
that this troublesome question should
be settled.
T O M A KE IS T H M U S H E A L T H Y
Shon’s
Telia H ow C o m m issio n Will
C a r e for Em ployes.
Washington, July 8. — Life on the
Isthmus of Panama is to tie made
healthful, comfortable anil enjoyable
before *he real work of digging the
canal is begun, according to an an­
nouncement of policy made today by
Chairman Hhonts, of the Panama Cana)
commission. Mr. Hhonts said:
“ Our first duty is to create sound
underlying conditions.
This is now
vastly more important than the moving
of dirt. The men must have suitable
houses in healthy surroundings; they
must have wholseome and nourishing
food at reasonable cost; they must have
suitable transportation facilities to get
to and from their work, and they must
have opportunity for recreation.
“ It w ill lie the policy of the commis­
sion to provdie these essential" as
quickly as possible, and to only in­
crease the working force, aside from
the mechanics necessary to provide
these necessities as fast as the facilties
indicated can tie furnished.
“ Ho much has been said by the press
of an exaggerated character
about
health conditions there that it may tie
wise to recapitulate the facts regaining
yellow fever.
There have been be­
tween 9,000 and 10,000 employes on the
isthmus since the disease first apjieared
in May. During that month there were
20 canal employes stricken and two
deaths. In June 30 canal employes
were strietken and there were four
deaths, two of those dying being Amer-
i ans appointed in the Unite*! Htates
and two persons appointed locally on
the isthmus.”
Whole Battalion Slain.
Ht. Petersnurg, July 8. — General
Linievitch in a telegram to the em­
peror dated July 5, and confirming the
defeat of the Japanese at Havantse,
when a Japanese battalion was annihi­
lated, says that after the capture of the
position and the flight of the Japanese,
the latter were reinforced and resumed
the fight, hut all their attacks were re­
pulsed. The Russians captured consid­
erable quantities of supplies, and held
the position until ordered to retire.
The Japanese losses, General Linievitch
says, were enormous.
Refunding Hawaiian Debt.
Washington, Jnly 8. — President
Roosevelt has approved the issue of
»800,000 of bonds by the Territory of
Hawaii to refund the gold bonds of the
Repnbhc of Hiawaii, issued nnder act
of the legislature of June 13, 1896.
VERDICT IS CLIII.TV
W ll N E S S E S F O R G E T .
Fraud
Portland, July 9.— Three witnesses
now hare been heard ill the tiial of
Representative Williamson, Dr. Van
Ueaner and Mai ion R. Biggs, whose
cases are lieing heard ladore Judge De
Haven.
They have given damaging
testimony, but it has been literally
dragged from them, and yeaterday
morning when Henry Beard was testi­
fying, Judge l>e Haven turned to Dis­
trict Attorney Hunev and said: “ Mr.
Heney, you may lead the witness, for
it seems as If this is the only way you
can get anything out of him .”
This statement came from the court
after his honor had listened to the ex­
amination of Campliell Duncan, Green
Beard and his son Henry, lla id ly had
the direct examination of Duncan got­
ten under way than inferences that
witness fo. the government ha<l been
tampered with were Iwing brought out.
Duncan had a splendid ability to forget.
His memory in connection with the
talks nnd deals that he had with the
defendants wan conveniently a blank.
Ho was that of G teen Beard, who was
another of the men who had taken up
a timber claim, which, it is alleged,
was taken foi Dr. Oesetir and Repre­
sentative ¿Williamson. His son Henry
was also suffering from a had memory,
hut after a severe shaking up both by
Mr. Heney and Judge Bennett, he
blandly admitted, when he was closely
pressed by Judge Bennett, that he had
committed |>erjury in swearing to his
timlier entry affidavit.
Shortly after the morning session
convene*!, ex-Kenator Thurston roee to
make inquiry concerning the motion for
a new trial for Henator Mitchell. Coun­
sel explained that he was a long way
from home and that nothing save the
pending motion was keeping him in
Portland. Judge I>e Haven then an­
nounced that he would take up the
Mitchell case at 10 o’ lcock Monday.
T A F T S A C T IO N C R IT IC IS E D .
Presid ent and Cabinet S a y He
H a rs h With Wallace.
W a.
Chicago, July 10. — A special tele­
gram to the Evening Poet from ita
Washignton corres|>on<leiit says:
" I t in learned on high authority that
President Roosevelt is not entirely
pleased with the way in which Secre­
tary Taft treated Engineer John F.
Wallace, and this is one .if the reasons
why the construction of the isthmian
canal is to lie entrusted to Secretary
Root.
“ In plain language, several tneVnliets
of the cabinet have expressed to Presi­
dent Roosevelt their disapproval of the
treatment accorded to Wallace by Taft.
They say Taft did wrong in flying into
a rage and telling Wallace he did not
wish to receive any report from the
latter on the canal problem.
The
view of these cabinet memliers is that,
if Mr. Walalce, whose reputation as an
engineer is beyond question, found
natural obstacles to the construction of
the canal that liaffle engineering gener­
ally, Mr. Taft might have found it out,
and that he should have accorded W al­
lace the private audience that he sought
and not have required the presence of
Mr. Cromwell, an onteider.”
JA PA N ESE
LAN D
ON S A K H A L E N
John H. Mitchell Convicted ot
Crime Against Nation.
STEPS TAKEN FOR NEW TRIAL
If N s c a s s a r y
Case
Will Be T a k e n to
the S u p re m a C o u r t of the
United S tate s.
Portland, July 4 .— -At 11 o ’clock last
night, with the din of exploding tire
crack era almost drowning the word* of
i ’aptaiu Bladen,
Henator John 11.
M ticbell, who for 22 yents has sat in
the senate of the United States, list­
ened to the reading of the verdict that
pronounced him guilty.
Although hard hit, as a man must
lie uuiler such awful conditions, Sena­
tor Mitchell retained his composure.
Tears welled into iiis eyes and iiis
voice shook, and, as tie slowly rose
from his seat, after the jury had tM>eii
polled and couit was adjourned, lie
tottered and for the brief spell of |>er-
haps a minute the shocking force of
the verdict seemed suddeuly to unload
U| m iii his shoulders every one of those
70 years through which he has passe*),
and tie Im aine old, very old. With an
effort which allowed that he was atill
fighting, still not without hope, tor ex-
Kenator Thurston, as soon as the jury
was polled had moved for a new trial,
he straightened up hia bent figure in
a way that aeemed to say, “ there ia
yet another chance.’ ’
Senator Mitchell w ill not rest under
the verdict of the Jury as returned last
night, hut w ill take the matter to the
Supreme court of the United States,
if nectesary. Senator Thurston, one of
the counsel for the defense, when asked
as to the future course of the defense,
said:
“ On Monday next the court w ill hear
a motion for a new trial on the part of
the defense, and if that is denied, the
matter w ill pe taken to the Circuit
court of Ap|**ala in Han Francisco, and
from there, if necessary, to the Su­
preme court of the United Htates. Of
course, other than that statement, I can
have nothing to say as to what I think
of the outcome of the tria l.”
John Newton Williamson, Dr. Van
(testier and Marion R. Biggs w ill la»
brought face to face with the United
Htates court on Friday morning at 10
o'clock to answer to the indictment
charging them with subornation of
l>erjury, in having induced 100 jx-rmm»
to swear falsely in regard to entries
made upon timlier and atone land in
the vicinity of Prineville.
Judge De Haven set Friduy morning
as the time for beginning the trial
when court was called yesterday morn­
ing. He also stated that he would fix
Wodnesday morning as the time for
taking up all land fiaud cases in which
demurrers had been filed against the
indictments. He would then set apart
a time for hearing the arguments ia
those rases where such hearing was
necessary.
Important C a r d is Played to Influence
T e r m s o f Peace.
D E S T R O Y R E B E L SH IP ,
Ht. Petersburg, July 1(1.— A landing
of Japanese troop, on the island of Sak­
halin was officially reported tonight,
and startles military circles in St. Pet­
ersburg, though it has been realized
since the defeat of Admiral Rojestven-
sky that the Japanese were able to take
possession of the island as soon as they
thought fit. The strength .if the land­
ing force cannot he ascertained, hut the
garrison of the island is too weak to
offer an effective resistance.
Though the Japanese seem unwilling
to risk a grand battle with (jrneral
Linievitrh, pending the peace meeting
at Washington, the landing of troops
on Sahkalin is considered to express
Japan’ s decision regarding the formal
conclusion of a general armistice,
namely, that in the interim before the
meeting it is necessary to occupy the
island w hose possession is an ini|xirtant
card in Japan’ s diplomatic contest at
Washington.
Russian G overnm ent S e n d s T o rp e d o
Boat on Trait of Potem kin.
Bucharest, Roumania, July ft,— Ad­
vices to the government from Kustenji
state that the Russian torpedo hunt
Hlneltiloy had appeared off that |>ort
and by signal had requested informa­
tion concerning the reliel Russian bat­
tleship Potemkin. It is said that the
torpedo iMiat is manned hy a select
crew ami has been commissioned to at­
tack and sink the reliel ship upon
sight. When the port authorities sig­
naled hack that the Potemkin had left
the |xirt, the torpedo lioat retired in
the direction of Odessa, for which place
the Potemkin is beleived to have set
out.
At all Roumanian ports where Rus­
sian warships are now lying thbre is
reported great agitation among the
sailors. The Russian vesrel Bulgarie,
owing to an outbreak among her crew,
lias been indefinitely delayed at the
port of Ismalia.
Mitchell Only the F irs t.
Boston, July 10.— Discussing alleged
land frauds in the West, Secretary of
the Interior Hitchcock today slid:
“ The conviction of Henator Mitchell is
the first of many which we hope to se­
cure in the near future. We have been
working on this matter for several
years, and we now have got to where
we hope to accomplish results.
We
have 12 indictments in Montana of so-
called stool pigeons, people who have
impersonated insolvent homesteaders
and turned over the certificates for
money.”
Rebels P r o c la im G en e ral S tr ik e .
Ht. Petersburg, July ft. — The execu­
tive committee of the Hocial Revolu­
tionists has issued a stirring appeal
summoning the workmen
and nil
classes of six-iety interested in the
overthrow of the present regime to
show sympathy with all those who
fought for freedom at Lodz, Warsaw,
Odessa and other places, as well as
with the sailors who mutinied at
Odessa and Lihau, hy inaugurating a
general political strike.
The leaders
have supplemented this hy proclaiming
a general strike for Thursday.
May B re a k Ou t When L id is Off.
Odessa, July 10.— It is officially an­
nounced that quiet prevails in Odessa,
but it is feared in many quarters that
an outbreak w ill follow the lifting of
the state of siege. The governor gen­
eral today issued a proclamation threat­
ening those circulating false reports
with punishment under m ilitary law.
P r e p a r e s to Fight Hungary.
I/ondon, July 5.— The correspondent
of the Daily Mail at Vienna asserts
that Archduke Francis Ferdinand has
initiated m ilitary preparation with a
view to the eventuality of Hungary at­
tempting to recede from the dual mon­
archy.