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THE STAYTOH fNAIL ♦ " ■ C. D. AU X A N D C R . P u b i » * « . S T A Y T O N ................. OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Resume o f the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events o f the Past W eek. Hot weather is causing prostrations an<l deaths in the Fast. Hearst says Senator Bailey, of Texas, is a lackey for Standard O il. A harvest crew near Hutchinson, Kansas, struck to attend a ball game. The battleship New Hampshire has been successfully launched at Camden, New Jersey. Ciurt rumor aays the ctar w ill bow to parliament and dissolve the Goremy kin ministry. Five Oshkosh, Wisconsin, lumber men indicted for Oregon land frauds have been released. I t is claimed a number of Chinese have been found in St. Louis who have bogus certificates obtained by aid from Portland. The management of the Harriman linee has adopted steel as the material to be used in the construction of all passenger and freight cars. Men repairing the electric line be tween San Francisco and San Mateo have had to take out 12 feet of rails, the shrinkage in the earth’s surface be ing due to the recent earthquake. W hile running at a high speed an express train jumped the track at Salis- burg, England. Twenty-seven people, mostly Americans, lost their lives. The train was carrying the passengers of a New York liner. President Elliott, of the Northern Pacific, is said to have resigned. The president bas signed the railroad rate, naturalization and lock canal bills. A heat wave has swept the entire East and a number of deaths are re ported. Reports of spreading disaffection in the Russian army adds to the alarm at the palace. Oregon C ivil war claims w ill probab ly soon be paid. These claims aggre gate 1356,271. An unusual rainfall at London pre vented the open air celebration of the king’ s birthday. Forest fires are raging around the vicinity of Dry valley, Texas. Many ranches are being destroyed. W hite and colored soldiers clashed at Fort Ieavenworth, Kansas, and four men are now in the hoepital. Trustees of Stanford University have completed arrangements for ieouilding. Necessary buildings w ill be ready at the t>eginning of the fall term, August 23 C U T T IN G NEW C H A N N E L. Colorado Flood Waters Now Into Salton Sink. Flow Reactionaries Urge Use of Troops to Stamp Out Revolution. Imperial, Cal,. July 3.— Flood water from the Colorado river, finding its way into Salton Sink, has been cutting a new channel about 30 feet deep through the Hooded country at the Sate of about : a third of a mile a day. As the chan nel has proceeded it baa lessened the threatened serious damage to Calexico and Mexicali, the two towna on tha in ternational Hue. Three or four dava ago the river cut a channel across the line, passing Ca lexico at sufficient distance to relieve it from the pressure ol water, hut cut ting into the Mexican town to the ex tent that the Southern Pacific depot was undermined and fell into the stream. Three or four small adobe house# on the outskirts of the town have also gone into the water, but as yet the business portion remains intact. Whether the town e ill escape further damage cannot now be told. There is also a bare possibility that Calexico may be damaged, though this is now- believed improbable. Mexicali is a town of about 500 in habitants, of neat appearance but of no large investments in buildings, the Southern Pacific railroad being the chief sufferer. Aside from the damage to these towns the water situation has seemed to improve from the standpoint of the Imperial valley. The Hood season is believed to be drawing to a close and the Southern Pacific is accumulating a gieat force of teams and men on the lower Colorado with a view of turning the river back to its old channel when the water falls to the 20 foot level, which should be by July 20. St. Petersburg, July 2.— Under the influence of tiie recent developments touching the loyalty ol the army and the conviction that the present |Milicy of inaction lias reached its ultimate limit, tiie reactionary faction in the ministry hat revived the plan for the disstilulion of parliament ami stamping out revolutionary activity in the coun try by armed force, while such furce is still available. Tiie Associated Press Was informed t.iday tiiat this solution had tieen re peatedly presented to Kui|>eror Nicholas since tiie development of disaffection among the treat regiments of the guard and ttie disorders at Kiaanuve Helo, twit thus far without reeult. Each day favors ttie acceptance of the alternative of the dismissal of the Goremykin cab inet an«! the naming of a responsible ministry. Ttie ministerial represslonieta liase their hop««a on the supposition that the great majority of the troope w ill hall actual conflict, as they did at Muecow in Ikn-ember last forget their griev ances and enter whole heartedly into the combat. One of the advocates of repreeemn said to the Ase<xdate<! Presa today that It would lie necessary to strike hard iuinietliately, or otherwise within a fortnight the world would probably see the proclamations of re publics at Kharkov, Saratov, Rostov and elsewhere. The whole south of Russia, the speaker said, is belching forth anarchy and revolution, and parliament, as “ a hindrance to the work of pacification,” must be dissolved at once. “ The troops, however, must not— they can not— be employe«! against the peasant ry.” added the functionary, a«liiiitting that this was the lim it to the loyalty of the soldiery. It is doubtful if Premier Goremykin is Idmself a strong advocate of the des perate alternative of repression. The premier told the representative of a foreign power today that he was only anxious to lie rid of the responsibilities of the premiership, and that lie woultl lie delighted if the emperor should call (or his resignation. Printed copies of the government agrarian project were transmití#«! to the lower house of parllument today, and Minister of Agriculture St. Chin- sky w ill soon request President Mon- romtsefT to fix a «lay for explanation and consideration of the document. The project, part of which was elabo rated In the department of Agriculture and part in the ministry of the Inter ior, is a voluminous document, anil ttis deputies probably w ill demand several days for its study. A third section, which is being prepare«l in the ministry of Finance, remains to lie presented. Saturday, dune 30. Washington, June 30.— Promptly at 10 o’clock tonight, Vic« President Fair* banks in the senate and Speaker Can non in the house declared the final ad journment of the first eesaion of the Fifty-ninth congress. For the first time congress adjourned on the day which closed the fiscal year. Other sessions had adjourned before and some after June 30, but the Fifty- ninth congress ended its first session on the day when the goternmeut strikes its Italauces and closes its hooks. The work of the first session of the Fitty-ninth congress is summed up as follows: Railroad rate bill passed. Pure food bill passed and meat in spection agreed upon. Stricter naturalization laws passed. Law providing immunity for w it nesses in government inquiries passed. Denaturized alcohol bill removing in ternal revenue tax passed. Lock type settled upon for Panama canal. Consular service remodeled and re formed. Total of nearly $900,000,000 appro priated for various purpoe«». “ Largest battleship aHoat" author ized, but naval increases receive set back. Annual appropriation for state m ili tia doubled; to be $2,000,000 hereafter. Bill to preeerve Niagara F'alls passed. Philippine tariff revised. Employers’ liability law passed. Appropriation of $1,325,000 for Jamestown exposition granted. Appropriations of $2,500,000 for re W A N T S W A TE R W O R K S T O O . lief of Ban Francisco fire sufferers granted. Standard Oil Not Content With Ssn Private pension bills in usual num Francisco Gas Monopoly. ber passed. San Francisco, July 3.— The Bulletin Friday, dune 29. today says: The Standard Oil company Washington, June 29.— “ We’ re go is preparing to invade the local water ing home; we’ re going home tomor field and give battle to the Spring V al row,” was on the minds of the mem ley Water company, which has enjoyed ber« of the house today when they a monopoly in San Francisco for more assembled for the last day’ s work pre than 40 years. The Rockefeller con vious to adjournment. Conference re cern is believed to be the purchaser of ports were considered throughout the the Blue Lakes and Sierra Nevada W a day. The final report on the agricul ter A Power company. The price tural appropriation bill, containing agreed upon is said to be 15,000,000. the meat inspection provision, was Standard O il already controls the gas adopted, the senate eventually agreeing situation here, having purchased the that the government should pay the plant of the San Francisco Gas A Elec cost of inspection. tric company. It is now proposed not Other matters of vital moment were only to give San Francisco a new water the agreement to the conference report supply system, but also to furnish pow on the pure food bill, the Ohio and er for the gas corporation and possibly Lake Erie ship canal and naturalization to the United Railroads as well. It is bills. also declared that the new system will Both houses of congress tonight supply Sacramento and Stockton, giv adopted the conference report on the ing them light and power and a new sundry civil appropriation bill and that water system. measure now goes to the president for F. A. Mai tell, president of the Sierra signature. Hale presented the report Nevada Water A Power company, says in the senate. The total amount he is not in a position to give out the carried in the bill as agreed to is $98,- names of the men with whom he is 257,184. dealing, and he cannot at this time say The senate receded on the amend whether or not the Rockefeller interests ment providing for a steel light vessel have acquired the property. at Swiftsure bank, at the entrance to the Straits of Jnan de Fuca, Washing M E RE LY U ND R ILLED MOB. ton. The Jamestown exposition appropria Salvador Openly Supporting Guate tion stays in the bill as arranged by malan Revolutionists. the conferees. The appropriation of $3,000,000 for San Francirc , Ju'y 3.--Am ong the passengers on the steamer City ol Pana the building for the department of ma, which arrived today from the isth- State, Justice and Commerce and I^tbor mns, was George W. Phelps, a railroad was stricken out, that being provided official from Guatemala. Mr. Phelps for in the public building bill. Heavy wind blew down a circus tent at Aurora, Illinois. Two men were killed and scores narrowly escaped be ing trampled by a herd of 18 elephants believes that President Cabrera w ill he able to hold hie own againet the revo- which stampeded. lntionists, but this belief ie not shared The crop outiooa iui me Pacific by his fellow passengers. Northwest is most encouraging. According to Phelps, Cabrera has 6,- Congress has taken no action with 000 trained troops in the western part regard to a new trade treaty with Ger of the republic. The other passengers refuse to dignify the Guatemalan army many. to the extent of calling them troops at President Roosevelt has reiterated all. 9 his determination not to run again for “ They are undersized and under- the presidency. drilled,” eaid one paesenger, “ and if P . W. Clement is the choice of In they meet any real opposition will melt dependent Republicans and Democrats like hail in the sunshine.” for governor of Vermont. When the City of Panama left San Jose it was understood that a division Hot weather prevails in Chicago 'and of the revolutionary army was crossing other parts of the East. Several deaths the Mexican border and that more and many prostrations are reported. rebel troope were pouring in from Sal Russian rumors say a new ministrá vador. is about to be formed, headed by M. The officers of the City of Panama Mouromsteff, president of the lower confirm the report brought by the City house. of Peking that Salvador was openly supporting the revolution, and was vir Testimony at New Orleans by the Interstate Commerce commission shows tually a war with Guatemala. that state oil inspectors discriminated against dealers not in the trust. The president is back of Governor Ide, of the Philippines in, the position he took with reference to the title to the Juan de Dios property, claimed by the Catholic church. Senator Fulton has been appointed chairman of the congressional commit tee to go over and check up the work of the commission appointed by Presi dent McKinley to codify the Federal laws. The ship subsidy bill w ill be taken up at the next session of congress. T E S T L O Y A L T Y OF T R O O P S . Regulations A re Changed. Washington, Juiy 3.— With a view to giving effect to the plans of Secre tary Root for the regulation of a consu lar service on merit basis, and as far as divorcing it from political affiliations, the president issued an executive order making important changes in the meth od of appointment and promotion of officers in that service. According to the regulations made by the president, consular officers salaries at more than ♦2,500 are to be filled entirely by pro motion from the lower grades, based upon ability and efficiency. Workmen Beat Government Spies. England has sent a representative to St. Petersburg, July 3. — Detectives the UnitedS tates to inspect meat in disguised as workmen were denounced tended for use by the English army. and nearly battered to death w!tb The little town of Tittzewah, Okla “ knuckles” at a workmen’ s meeting homa, has been pracitcally demolished today. They were removed to the hos pital in a dying condition. by a tornado. portanl conference agreements. Interests centered about the confer ence reports on ttie railroad raai hill and the agricultural appropriation hill. Both were consideied aud adopted un der a blanket rule permitting the con sideration of conference reports without being printed in the Record. Wednesday, June 27. Waahngton, June 27.— The senate was in open session for about five hours and a half today, and, notwithstanding the tession began with a roll call in order to assure a quorum, the day was crowded with business of importance, including the announcement by Senator Proctor, chairman of the senate com mittee on agriculture, of a deadlock in conference on the meat inspection pro vision of the agricultural appropria tion b ill; a reply by Senator Hailey to tiie recent attack upon him in the Coe- mopoliian magazine; the passage of the naturalization hill; the continuant*# of Henator I.a Follette’s effort to pass his bill limiting the hours of service on railroad trains, the acceptance of an almost complete report on tiie sundry civil appropriation hill, and a H|x*ech by Senator Warren In support of his resolution relative to tiie livestock in dustry. Washington, June 27. — The general deficiency bill, the last of the big money measures, passed the house at 6 o’clock today, with few etianges in the bill. Several items were inserted, due to late information of deficiencies in the departments, the net increase being about $600,000 over the bill as report ed from the committee on appropria tions. Among the important actions of the house today were the passage of the senate bill providing for a lock type of canal and the adoption of tiie item in the general deficiency bill ratifying and legalising the duties collected during President M cKinley’s term from im ports from tiie Philippine islands. Tuesday, June 26. Washington, June 26.— After two or three more speeches on the conference report on tiie railroad rate bill, the senate today sent the hill hack to c in ference, again designating Senators T ill man, Elkins and Cullom as conferees. During the dsy the navsl appropria t io n boliil, which haa been in confer ence for several weeks, was finally passed, tiie senate receding from its amendment concerning the naval train ing station at Port Rofyal, S. C., which was the only item remaining in contro versy. The most interesting incident was a conflict over a motion by Senator LaFollette to enter upon the considera tion of the bill lim iting to 16 years the time railroad employes engage«! in the movement of trains may be employed consecutively. Washington, June 26.— A bill recent ly passe«] by congrees providing for the opening to settlement of the Black foot Indian reservation in Montana probab ly w ill tie recalled by resolution of tbs house. President Roosevelt hesitate« to veto the measure, but he has been informe«l by the bureau of Indian affairs that tiie bill does not sufficient ly protect the water rights on the land subje«'t to allotment to the Indians. It is likely tiie measure w ill go over until the next session of congress. The house passed the senate bill Thursday, June 28. wfiich allows live stock to be carried Washingtno, June 28.— The senate 36 hours insead of 28 without stop. consumed the greater part of the day The omnibus public building bill was discussing the public building hill. also passed. Efforts by several senators to secure in Will Not Go to Panama. creases for public buildings in cities Washington, June 28.— By a v >te of and towns of their respective states were in no instance successful. For six to four, the senate committee on in- Han Juan Porto Rico, Henator Foraksr teroceanic canals today decide«! not to secured an advance from $200,000 to go to the isthmus of Panama and take 11300,000. In reporting the bill, Hen testimony in the cansl investigation. ator Hcott, chairman of the committee Bva greement no testimony will tie tak on public buildings and grounds, re en in Washington until netx session, and therefore tiie disposition of W il ferred to it as “ the pork l«arrel.” The agricultural bill reappeared in a liam Nelson Cromwell’ s refusal to tes partial conference report. The report tify concerning canal matters prior to was complete, except with reference to government ownership of the property the meat inspection provision, and on will he postpone«! until next December, which wlil postpone action on the nom that another conference was ordered. There was some desultery discussion inations of canal commissioners. It is of the conference report on the pure- expected tiie commissioners will he re- food bill, but its disposition was post appointe«! during the recess of congress. poned until tomorrow Nominations Sent to Senate. Washington, June 28.— T he presi Washington, Juiie 28. — The house worked nnder forced draft today and dent yesterday sent the following nom Marshal, dis accomplished an immense amount of inations to the senate: business preparatory to adjournment trict of Idaho, Rue] Rounds; chief of at the week’s end. Conference reports bureau of insular affairs, Colonel Cla*- on a number of measures were adopted ence O. Edwards; to he'placed on the without debate, but it required special retired list, Colonel John Pitmen, Ord rules in other properties to effect con nance department, with rank of briga sideration and adoption of soms im- dier. Varied Language in New Mexico. Washington, June 26.— The senate today passed a bill regulating jury serv ice in New Mexico after Senator Spoon er, on behalf of the judiciary commit tee, had withdrawn the amendment which made it necessary that all jury men in that territory should speak the English language. Henator Spooner is author of the amendment. He stated today that (he attorney general had told him that in 10 out of the 25 counties of the territory it would be utterly im possible to secure a jury if the amend ment should become a law. J O L T FOR C A S TR O . Ultimatum" From United States Will Be Sent Him Soon. Washington, July 2. — Soon after General Cipriann Castro resumes the presidency of Venezuela, July 5, he w ill find himself confronted by re quests from the Unite«t States for set tlement of American claims against his government. For more than a year Castro haa not been bothered by the United States. Meantime Judge W. J. Calhoun visite«! Venezuela and in- vesiigate«l the American claims, anti the State department has lieen busily engsged in reviewing the cases and putting them in condition to lie pressed. What seemed to lie indifference on the part of the Unite«! States has been only caution, and the State department will take up its work where it is allow ed to rest after the sending of a note to Castro by Secretary of Slate Hay, which is practically an ultimatum. A request will he ma«le (or the ad justment of American claims regardless of what action the Venezuelan courts may have taken or shall take in the fu ture. Representations covering prac tically all the American claims against Venezuela mity doubtless tie presented. Gasoline Runs Short. Cleveland, July 2.— The Standard Oil company today sent nut circulars noti fying all its customers that high grade gaeoline, testing from 74 to 73 degrees, had been withdrawn from the market. This action is taken as a result of the demand for the product and the ina bility of the Standard Oil company to supply the same. The high grade gaso line is used exclusively in operating automobiles, naphtha launches, etc. It is stat«»d that gas engines generally Detectives Murdered in Streets. Warsaw, June 27.— At 6 o ’clock this can be altered to permit the use of the evening in the outskirts of this city a common or stove gaeoline ae fuel. band of terrorists, armed with revolv Company Increases Capital. ers, attacked three detectives, of whom New York, July 2.— At a special they killed two snd wounded the third. When an ambulance arrive«! and the meeting of the Hanover Fire Insurance doctors tried to assist the wounded de company today it was voteti to increase tective, two men approache«! and fired the capital stock of the company from This action twice, killing the injured man. The $500,000 to $1.000,000. shots attracted Cossacks snd infantry to was taken as the result of the losses the scene, and the soldiers barred the sustained by the company in the San The new stock will street, firing several volleys by which Francisco fire. a number of sympathising workmen he issued at $150 a share, thus adding $760,000 to the company’ s resources. were wonnded.
