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THE STAYTON MAIL t . D. AlCWMDt K. l‘ uM «h»r S T A Y T O N . ............... .. OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Resume o f the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events o f the Past Week. A general strike has been called in Finland. China’ s army made a good showing at the recent maneuvers. Von Buelow says Germany wants a trade treaty with the United States. St. Petersburg is wild with rejoicing over the manifesto of the csar granting freedom. Russia has a number of vessels at Japanese ports arranging to take home prisoners of the late war. The rumo-ed mutiny of the Russian B'ack sea fleet and mu der of two ad mirals cannot be confirmed. In a head-on collision between two freight trains on the Rock Island at Casey, Iowa, six men were killed. Acting Public Printer Ricketts has submitted estimates of the expenses for the coming year. They are much low er than formerly. M A N Y NOW D ESERT. Army is Little Considered in Time o f Peace by Americans. Washington, Oct. 81.— Major Gen eral F. C. Ainsworth, the m ditaiy si retary, in his annual rep >rt, devotes much attention to desertions from the army. “ Those who know how the can teen came to lie abolished," he says, “ are not hopeful of its restoration there is no likelihood of any such in crease in the soldiets’ pay as w ill offset the greater inducement offered in civil pursuits; the comforts and even luxur ies that are furnished to enlisted men in our service are even now criticised hv some as being not only extravagant but injurious in their effect on men whose real business is to fight and march, e no uni be red with few comforts and no luxuries; and tiie discipline and instruction to which the soldier is now subjected are not likely to be re taxed in future. “ Our |>eople have little real interest in the army in time of j>eace, and from the earliest day of the republic have been accustomed to look upon it as a more or less unnecessary institution Enlistments in the army in time of peace is not uncommonly regarded as evidence of worthlessness on the part of the recruit. “ It is safe to predict that desertions from the army w ill continue to tie ex cessive until there shall have been a radical change of public sentiment to ward the army and until the deserter shall come to be regarded as the crim inal that be is, to be ostracized and hunted down as relentlessly as any other transgressor of the laws.” B U R ST MAIN C A U S E S D EATH . Thirteen persons were killed and 30 Many Families Made Homeless and injured in a wreck on the Santa Fe a Much Property Destroyed. mile out of Kansas City. A number Chicago, Oct. 31. — Three lives were of the injured may die. lost, property valued at 1150,000 was A t Lodz, Russia, where 130,000 men destroyed, scores of families were made are on strike, the infantry were ordered homeless and freight traffic on the to fire into their ranks, but instead Nickel Plate railroad was delayed Tor pointed their guns high in the air. several hours as the result of the Rear Admiral Train, commander of breaking of a water main at Eighteenth the American Asiatic sqnadron, and his and Clark streets today. The fatalities resulted indirectly son, were the victims of an attack by Chinese at Nankin. Marines were from the bursting of the water pipe, compelled to fire twice in order to sub- 1 H°°ded the immediate neigtdsir- due the mob. hood for several blocks, damaging a 1 number of business houses. Two of Suit ha« begun to oust the New \ork the persons who lost their lives were Life and Mutual Life from Ohio. overcome by gas in the Illinois tunnel The Standard Oil company owrs Eighteenth street and Armour ave- $27,000,000 of Santa Fe preferred nue. while attempting to ascer.ain if gtoek, the fljod had damaged the property of the company. T h ' other death was Strike leaders have formed a govern the result of a shock to an invalid, who ment at Moecow to act independently awoke and tound her room Hooded with of the imperial authorities. I water. 8o great was the force of the water Fifteen of 107 patients treated at the Portlsand sanitarium for consumptives that all the business houses and homes on Clark street from Sixteenth to have been discharged as cured. Twentieth street, and those on I .a Salle Russia will be unable to get the new street were flooded. The tracks of the loan of $250,000,000 she wants until Lake and Michigan Southern railway, after the present trouble is settled. between Seventh and Eighteenth A maniac killed two men at Chenoa, ; streets were undermined, and the Several freight Illinois, and made a fortress of the steel foundation caved in. vault in the bank. He was captured cars were overturned and their contents , damaged. by the use of chloroform. Apostle Dowie is recovering his BIG RANCH C U T UP. health and w ill soon return to Chicago from Mexico, where he has been ar i Chehalis Countv Will Have Additions ranging for his new Zion City. to Population An extradition treaty has been ap Aberdeen, Wash., Oct. 31.— The sale proved by the United States and San Marino. A consul w ill be sent to of the “ Blockhouse" Smith ranch, near Washington. San Marino is the small ! Oakville, in this county, for $25,000, calls attention once more to the activ est and oldest republsic in the world. ity in farm lands in this vicinity. It is The Russian cruiser Leena, now at an indication that lumber is not to lie San Francisco, may be seized by revo altogether the ruling passion. The sale lutionists as soon as she reaches the of this ranch follows in the wake of Black sea. The crew sympathizes with several others which have been re- the present movement against the gov | corued in the past month or six weeks ernment. quite as important. The Smith ranch comprises over 800 Secretary Taft has completed his es timates of the appropriations required acres and was settled upon as far hack for the War department for the next | as 1854 by the man from whom it takes fiscal year. They total $104,988,- its name. Sm th is a quaint character 267.75, $10,000,000 less than the last and prides himself on the nickname of “ Blockhouse.” This cognomen was congress appropriated. the result of his having built a block Taft has started for Panama. house on his ranch for protection Southern congressmen are united against Indians. for a rate bill. It is understood the ranch is to be A split in Maryland Democracy may cut up into small farms and disposed of to first comers. In connection with end Gorman’ s rule. the sale of big ranches, it is important Fire has destroyed one of the Prince to note that logged-off lands are show ton college buildings. ing a steady sale in various parts of the King Oscar has declined (he Norwe county for colonization purposes. It is gian throne for a member of his family. also interesting to the people of this section to know that an Eastern farmer A prairie fire near Minot, N. D., has has purchased a large tract of land near dsetroyed thousands of tons of hay, this city for the raisingof Angora goats. some buildings, a large amount of grain and some stock. Great Increase in Trade. The steamer conveying President Roosevelt from New Orleans to the warship at the mouth of the river col lided with a fruit steamer. No one was injured, and after a short delay the president proceeded. Acting Pnhlic Printer Ricketts has been in conference with the senate and house committees on printing. Ac cording to him thousands of dollars might be saved every year by refusing to print worthless reports. Washington, Oct. 31.— A bulletin is sued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor estimated that the foreign commerce of the United States for the calendar year 1905 w ill amount to more than $1,000,- 000. For the nine months ended in September the imports of materials for use in manufacturing amount to $422, 000,000, and the exports of manufac tures to $424,000,000. Manufactured materials imported in the nine months of 1905 were practically twice*as great in value as in 1890. A Louisville Southern passenger train traveling 50 miles an hour plung ed through a bridge eight miles west of Japanese Leaving Manchuria. Lexington, K y. A large number of Tokio, O it. 31. — The evacuation of passengers were injured, many of whom Manciiuria by the Japanese is being w ill die. The death list is expected to actively carried on, and troops are ar reach at least 16. riving daily at various ports. General The only trains running in Russia Knroki is expected here by the middle of November. are manned by soldiers. BLOOD MUSI FLOW Russian Revolutionists Try to Provoke Conflict. ST. PETERSBURG IN FULL PANIC Streets A re Deserted Except for the Troops and Lights Are Out— Shops Are Closing. St. Petersburg, Oct. 28.—-That the I resent situation cannot end without bloodshed is the conviction prevailing in the higher government circles, which (rum moment to moment ate expecting a conflict between the troops and the revolutionists in St. Petersburg, and news of trouble in the provinces, espec ially at Kharkoff, which has been de clared in a state of siege. Governors have been instructed to take all neces sary precautions to preserve ord»r. One of the most important members of tlje emperor’ s council received the Associated Press representative today and said, with every evidence of deep emotion; The situation is a grievous and painful one, and I see no way out of it except by the employment of armed force. Please do not misunderstand me. I look upon the prospect with tears, but it is becoming more and more evident that the troops w ill be com pelled to fire. I can see no other pos sible outcome. The revolutionists and terrorists are absolutely b -nt on forcing a conflict upon us, and nothing we can do will satisfy them. The extension of the suffrage and the right of assembly will be nothing to them. They are de termined to have bloodshed and we annot avoid the issue. It is a fright- fill disease from which Russia is suffer ing, and sad and painful as it is, the government must act with force." In the city, in spite of the absence of {¡Borders, there is a condition of actual pnnic. H alf of the population is com pelled to rely on candles or kerosene lamps for light, while the street lamps in a large part of the city have been extinguished. The Streets are deserted except for the squads of infantry and cavalry which are everywhere. Tiie shops begin to close in the after noon in even tiie Morskaia, Nevskj and other central streets. Many of the in habitants shut themselves in their houses, scarcely venturing out to make necessary pnrehases of food, which l.as mounted to famine prices. G RE AT INCREASE IN TRADE. Exports and Internal Movements ot Grain and Cattle. Washington, Oct. 28 — Derided in creases in trade movements are shown during September, as well as in the total for the nine months of this year, compared with periods of last year by summaries issued hy tiie department of Commerce and I abor. The grain ex ports for the nine months this year amounted to 105,219,693 bushels, as compared with 48,673,706 for the same months last year. This ypar the corn exports have been 82,753,212 bushels, as compared with 34,441,771 bushels for the corresponding months last year. The September exports of grain th in year amounted to more than 10,000,- 000 over September of 1904;. The domestic movement of trade dur ing September shows the same in creases. Nearly 2,000,000 head of live stock arrived at five of tiie largest dis tributing centers in excess of Septem ber a year ago, while the increase in the receipts of grain in 12 important interior centers aggregated over 27,- 000,000 bushels more than tiie corres ponding month last year. MUST HAVE LIBERTY NO A P P R O P R IA T IO N . Taft Will Not Recommend Money for Bar or Celilo Canal. Washington, Oct. 30. — Secretary Taft, in his estimates this year, will not recommend any appropriation I >r completing jetty work at th« mouth of the Columbia river, nor will he ask for an appropriation to continue the con struction of The Dallas-Celilo .anal. Army engineers who have been advised of the secretary's attitude are of the opinion that, unless some special legls lation Is enacted making appropriations for these projects, work will have to he suspended befoie another river and harbor hilt can pass, something that ia deplored |>y the engineers as much aa it w ill ho by the people of the North- vest. Mr. Taft is not discriminating against the Columbia river in refusing to ask for an appropriation this winter, for he has decided to recommend no appropri ations for river and hbilarr works. Those projects known as continuing contracts w ill lie cared tor in the sun dry civil bill without any recommend ation on tiie part of the War depart ment, hut, unfortunately for the Co- lumhia river, neither the imr project nor tiie Celilo canal is in tliia class. Had Oregon full representation in congress this winter, a good strong del egation, it might lw> possible, witli tiie aid of tiie dc legal ions from Washington and Idaho, to tiave tiie liar project made a continuing contract and thereby provide means for getting annual ap propriations until tiie work is complet ed. But with only one representative in Washington and no reiiesculation in tiie house, where such legislation usu ally originates, this accomplishment is considered im|K>ssible. W IT H O U T A HEAD. Czar Vacillates While Russian lution Grows. Revo- St. Petersburg, Oct. 30.— W hile tiie day passed quietly without bloodshed in tiie Russian capital, and while the city is outwardly calm, today's devel opments all indicate that a crisis is imminent. Although the streets arc filled with troops, ami reinforcements are now pouring in from Finland, the government seems utterly |siwerless to co|*e witli tiie situation, and many calm observers seem seriously tojbelieve that tiie present regime is tottering to its fall. Differences have developed la-tween Connt Witte and General Tre|siff, ami while tiie precious moments puss, tiie emperor, surrounded hy tiie imperial family, remains shut up at PeterhofT, M’en,inK,J hesitating as to wl.at course to pursue. Tiie situation cannot well !>« exagger ate«!. W itli tiie present indecision of the emperor, the government lias neither a head nor a policy to meet tiie crisis, and things seem to he drifting lowanl anarchy. Tiie revolutionists °P *n,|r «l«ctare that the government l.as rt* he'1 * ° ®l l *t * nd that nothing re mains to Ins majesty except to abdi cate. With a firm head at tiie helm, however, all might quickly be changed. Representatives of tiie Associated Press drove through all sections of tiie city today. Troops were everywhere in evidence, as if io overawe tiie | k * o - ple, hut although there were many ru mors of bloody collisions, none of them could he authenticated. There were great crowds of workmen in the indus trial quarters, hut they were orderly. WHERE M UCH M O N E Y GOES. Buildings Are Full o f Useless G ov ernment Printing. Washington, Oct. 30. — In his testi mony before the joint printing commit tee today, Foreman Brewer, of tiie Senate folding room, said that there were 475,000 uncalled for publications stored in his department. Arnzi Smith, who lias been in tiie Senate document room for 30 years, said that tiie supply of documents there has quadrupled during his incumbency, Gut there are not too many to meet tiie de mand. I J. R. Halverson, superintendent of tiie House folding room, testified that there are no fewer than 1,000,000 doc uments stored, including 200,000 bound volumes o f ‘ lie Congressional record. Sergeant at-Arms Kansdell, of tiie sen ate, stated that tiie senate documents are stored in an abandoned ear barn, Smashed by Runaway Car. New York, Oct. 28. — A runaway an«] that it is almost ftilj. street car on the new Williamsburg Oystermen Are Pirates. suspension bridge across the East river Houston, Tex., Oct. 30. — Captains toilay caused the injury of 25 persons, two of them being fatally hurt. For C. Walker and Constantine Argo, of tiie 1,000 feet down the incline on tiie oyster fleet, are in jail here on piracy Manhattan approach of tiie bridge a charges preferred hy the Federal au Christopher street car ran with its thorities, growing out of methods pur brakes oat of order until it hit and sue«! Gy the G ulf Coast Oyster company demolished a standing Fourteenth to control the flsli and oyster market street car. It was 10 minutes before after several armed clashes in which the broken roof, sides and floor of this tiie trust’s fleet overpowered independ car could he taken off from the last ent fishermen and diiinpe«l their car goes into the gulf. Federal interven passenger under the wreckage. tion was asked, with the result men tioned. The trust employs 140 men Sun Spotted on Puget Sound. Tacoma, Oct. 28.— From Puget sound and 0 |>erate 8 36 boats. points a large spot on the sun was Decrease in Pension Roll. clearly visible today. A heavy fog this morning caused the sun to appear " Washington, Oct. 30.— Tiie Pension as a red Gal I about the size of a dinner bureau reports a loss of 2,003 C ivil plate, and the spot was very distinct, war pensioners by death during Sep- about the size of a dollar. As the fog tern tier. The net decrease of pension lifted, people viewed the strange sight ers was 941, leaving a total of 996,270 through smoked glasses. on the pension rolls September 30. Witte Will Take the Helm and Seek to Rule Storm. CZAR MAY LEAVE THE EMPIRE Social Revolt Shakaa Russia From End to End—St. Petersburg Cut O ff by Strikers. Ht. Petersburg, Oct. 26.— Confronted Gy a situation more serious than any since tiie tieginning of tiie political and social upheaval of Russia, which at tiie time tills dispatch la tiled, shows no signs of amelioration, tiie emperor's ministers, under tiie leadership of Count Witte, s|«ent almost all of yes terday in conferences in tiie hope of finding some way out of tiie crisis into which the revolutionists have cast tiie country. The general strike on tiie railroads is «xuuplet« except in a few border provinces, ami St. Petersburg, Moscow and other large cities sre al most as closely beleaguered as if they were invested Gy besieging armies. At tiie same time tiie industrial strike lias assumed large dimensions and tiie tur bulent elements in several localitiea are forming open resistance to the Insipe. The ministers who hsd been ill session during tiie day resumed their meeting after a abort interval lor din- net and continue«! deliberations until long alter midnight. The result oi these delilx rations is not known. After a night of inexpressible terror, Russia today ia piling««! into the «leep- est gloom. Following tiie d«-i laiation by tiie workingmen yesterday afternoon of a general strike to reinforce tiie rail way strike which lias paralyiisl the in dustry of tiie country, rioting and street fighting kept tiie city in a slate of terrible unrest all last night. What makes tiie situation seem hopeless in that the crisis, apparently, is not yet reached. So serious are tiie conditions that it is saiil tiie czar will soon leave Russia, paying a two months’ visit to Den* mark. Tiie czar's visit w ill Ire osten sibly to recuperate from the strain oi tiie last two years. In reality, it in laid, those lieliind tiie government de sire him out of tiie way am! in a place of safety shnultl an uprising evolve itself out of tiie present labor ilifhcul- ti«*s. Count Witte, according to in- formatbm f'om Peterhof, will hohi an office equivalent to that of regtuit «lur ing the almence of tiie emperor, ami will hold full powers as head of tiie government. REFORM PU B L IC LAN D LAW S. Time is Opportune for Congress to Act at Coming Session. Washington, Oct. 26.— There is stone doubt in tiie minds of members of tiie Public Lantls commission as to their aGiltiy to make a final report to the president before congress convenes on December 4. but there is little doubt tfin' the president, in Gin annual mes sage, w ill forcibly remind congress that it lias a duty to perforin in redrafting some of tiie public land laws which are now so «irawn as to foster ami encour age fraud. If tiie Public Lamls com mission makes its isst report during tiie coming session, tiie president w ill semi tGut rejxjrt to congress witli a special message, ami w ill renew' and re inforce what he has to say on that sub ject at tiie opening of tiie session. The president is more determine«! than ever before to have tiie laud laws revised, especially the laws that permit tiie disposal of timber lands at a nom inal price, nml which, furthermore, offer so many opportunities to specula tors ami thieves. In light of tiie con victions at Portland and of other con victions soon likely t«> follow, both in Washington and in Portland, it would see in that the coining session is tiie pioper time for land law reform. With several notable examples «)! land thieves clearly fixed in tiie public mind, ther«* will he more incentive to remodel tiie laws now titan a year or two hence. Ate Match Heads and Died. Butte, Mont., Oct. 26.— An autopsy on tiie remains of James F. I la rues, the alleged murderer of Patrick Hanley, allowed that lie had committed suicide Gy eating off tiie lienils of phosphorus matches, much phosphorus being found in his stomach. Barnes hailed from Chico, Cal., where a wife and two ch il dren resiile. Itarncs apparently had been eating tiie matches for a number of days, which accounted for Gis eating nothing for several days, leading to the belief that tiie prisoner was starving himself to death. Not Seeking Presidency. Washington, Oct. 2. — The Post to morrow w ill say: Secretary Taft has announced: “ I have no intention o f resigning from tiie cabinet to make a campaign fAr tiie presidency, and, fur thermore, I have no intention whatever of making a campaign for the office o f the nation’ s chief executive.”
