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NEW LAND POLICY. THE STATION MAIL Secretary Garfield Aids Entrymsn In stead of Hindering. C. D. AlEXANDCR. P-hlte.W I t is claimed by officers of the Ohio National guard that inquiries have been made regarding the number of m ilitia men that could be dispatched to the Pacific coast on four hours’ notice. Washington, Feb. 4.— It is the pur pose of Secretary Garfield to so conduct the Interior department end so interpret the public land laws as to actually aid every bona fide entryman who is en deavoring to establish a home on the public domain. Secretary Garfield holds that the land laws were enacted for a purpose, and so long as the law is not abused, he intends that the entry- man sltall enjoy its provisions, and so long as he acts in good faith, shall have the encouragement and aid of repre sentatives of the department. In other words, Secretary Garfield Is proceeding on the theory that every man ia honest until proven gu ilty; he is human enough to recognise that honest men may make errors which do not lay them, or should not lay them liable to the law. A reading of Mr. Garfield’ s annual report, made publlo yesterday, w ill convince any man that there has been a phenomenal— an almost incom prehensible— change in the manner of conducting the Interior department. Under Secretary Hitchcock, the en tire force of the Interior department and general land office, on special In structions from the secretary, proceed ed on the theory that the public land laws were enacted to prevent men ac quiring public lands; every technical failure to comply with the law was re garded as ground for criminal prosecu tion; every obstacle was placed in the path of the honest, as w ell as the dis honest entryman, and Mr. Hitchcock retired from office with the astounding record of having actually deprived hun dreds of honest settlers of their lands, while he permitted shrewd thieves to gobble up large tracts under his very nose. The report of Secretary Garfield w ill carry encouragement to every en tryman who is striving to acquire pub lic land for an honest purpose. I t is a most cheering document. Bryan says Roosevelt is an honest re former. IMPERIAL VALLEY CON TESTS S T A Y T O N . ............... OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK I d a Condensed Form (or Onr Busy Readers. A Resume o f the Less Importent but Not Lees Interesting Events of the Past Week. Black Hand Chicago. murders continue in Japan is diverting many emigrant« to South America. A new cabinet opposed to Franco has taken office in Portugal. A plotter against Prince Nicholas of Montenegro has been captured. The steamer St. Cuthbert was burned off the coast of Nova Scotia and 15 of her crew drowned. The higher officers of the battleship tleet have been given a banquet by offi cers of the Chilean fleet. Heinze has been sued for $97,500 on aooonnt of alleged irregularities in the management of the Butte bank. Japanese m ilitarists are said to be loeing power, as the middle class is re belling at the increased taxation. Dynamite has been found In the coal of one of the warships. I t is believed to have been left there by the miners. The entire middle West is suffering Fifty Improved Claims of Non-Resi from a bilizzard. The Heinze savings w ill be reopened. bank at Butte Senator Forsker says Roosevelt is the champion muckraker. The new battleship Mississippi has been placed in commission. The government has brought suit to dissolve the Harriman merger. The English expect a visit from Roosevelt as soon as his term is ended. Two of the smaller street car systems of New York nave gone into the hands of a receiver. A New Y ork newspaper man claims W illia m A . Rockefeller, father of John D., died in 1906. Most French newspapers commend the recent special message of the presi dent to congress. A Kansas City jury grand has jurt returned 200 indictments for violation of the Bnnday closing law. It is believed the talk of war with Japan w ill bring increased appropria tions for the defense of the Paacific coast. H awaii coolies. fears a flood of Japanese Bryan praises the president’ s special message to congress. The battleship fleet has through Magellan straits. started dents Are dumped. Im perial, Cal., Feb. 4.— Out of 1,500 land claims in the Im perial valley, about 50 improved claims belonging to nonresidents have been jumped on the ground of failure to comply w ith the law. A recent decision of the commis sioner of the general land offices revers es the practice that office has held here tofore that any person conld take a number of assignments from claimants so long as the total does not exceed 320 acres. I t is now held that a person can take bat one assignment. Many claims, including scores of well developed farms, are affected by the reversal, and a number of contests are filed. The mutual water compan ies have combined to send representa tives to Washington and lay the matter before Secretary Garfield. An appeal w ill be taken from the decision of Com missioner Dennet on the ground that the Bupreme court holds that an estab lished ruling of a department of the government cannot be annulled by a re versal of the ruling. No apprehension is felt by claimants as to the outcome, but it is considered necessary to present the mattei to Sec retary Garfield. WOOD CHIEF MATERIAL. Small Percentage of Buildinga Built of Cement or Brick. Washington, Feb. 4.— In a report The house committee on census wants today regarding building operations a cen-us of all standing timber in tbe and the timber supply the geological United States. survey says that the increasing price of President Ripley, of the Santa Fe, lumber and a rapidly increasing use of denies the charges of Roosevelt that his perfect«! fire proof svstms cf construc tion should do much in holding down road has granted rebates on oil. the amount which forests are called Senator Bourne says Rooeevelt’ e spe upon to yield each year, but so far these cial message is bound to carry him to more substantial materials have not de the White House for another term. creased the lumber cut of the nation. A tornado just north of Wesson, Notwithstanding the increased use of Miss., laid waste a strip three-quarters cement and other fireproof materials, of a mile wide and several miles long. the last reports of the building opera Six persons were killed and a number tions in 49 of the leading cities of the injured. United States for the year collected by Officials of the Japanese government the geological survey, show that 59 say that they, like other nations, are per cent were of wooden construction. interested in the fleet’s trip from the This does not include the large quan Atlantic to the Pacific, as they want to tity of lumber user! for the construction of dwellings, stores and other buildings know how the ships stand the strain. in the thousands of small cities and Rnef has pleaded not guilty to 14 towns, scattered over the country and charges of offering a bribe. The cases not included in the 49 cities on which w ill be set for trial February 14. a reckoning was made. Schmitz, who is also indicted on these same counts, has already pleaded not "Yellow Peril League.” guilty. Denver, Colo., Feb. 4.— Several hun China looks on the movement of the dred representatives of union labor, in Atlantic fleet as more than a pleasure mass meeting this afternoon, former! cruise. the " Y e llo w Peril Exclusion lea gu e,” Terror reigns supreme in Lisbon due designed to prevent further influx of to the arrest of conspirators against Asiatic coolie labor into the United States. One of the speakers said that the government. thousands of Japanese were coming into Ruef says he did not negotiate with the United States through the port of the graft defendant« and that Langdon El Paso as students. A prominent Jap broke hia immunity contract. anese of San Francisco, he said, was at the head of the enterprise and conduct Japanese who are supposed to be ed the business from a clothing agency spies have been at every port where in the City of Mexico. ♦ the battleship fleet or torpedo squadron has stopped. SCORES EVIL-DOERS President Answers Critics and Proposes New Laws. SAYS TRUSTS NEED CONTROL Criminal Rich Banded Together for Reection—Employers* Liability Laws—Lee* Injunctions. Washington, Feb. 1. — President Roosevelt yesterday sent to congress a special message which is devoted mainly to a vigorous defense of his policy as regards railroads and trusts from the assault« of hla critics and an even more vigorous denunciation of those critica and those whom they champion. Beginning with the recommendation of new employers' lia b ility bills, both binding the government and interstate corporations, and of laws reetrictmg the issue of injunctions, the message pro ceeds to renew the president's former recommendations for legislation dealing with railroads and monopolies. Then it enters upon a reply to the criticism of the president’s policy, not mincing words in its characterization of hia an tagonists as lawhreakedrs. It shows their inconsistency in criticising Judges Landis and Wellborn after having con demned the pres dent’s much milder criticism of other judge«. It advocates measures to prevent stock gambling, attributes the panic to speculation and high finance, and declares that, even if the president's policy did contribute to the panic, it is better than to allcw dishonest business to thrive. He de clares his purpose of continuing the same policy without flinching. W hile the message was being read in the senate, many senators sim ply scan ned their printed copie« at first, and befere it was half finished they gene rally took up other matters. When the striking passages were reached, many of the senators looked around the chamber and exchanged smiles. T ill man seemed especially pleased with the document; I a Follette paid very care ful attention; Beveridge, McCumber, Knox, Gallinger, Nelson, Elkins, lie- menway and Burrows, on the Republi can side, and Culberson, Teller, Davis, Bankhead and Overman, among the Democrats, were especially attentive to the document. On the conclusion of the reading of the message. Senator Davis, of Arkan sas, promptly moved that 10,000 copies of the message be printed as a public document. " I t is the best Democratic doctrine that I have ever hear! emanating from a Republican source," said Davis. The motion was agreed to, and with out further comment the message was referred to the committee on interstate commerce. The reading of the message in the house was listened to with intense in terest. by the members, of whom there was an unusually large number in at tendance. As the reading of the mesaage pro gress«! in tbe houae, numerous mem bers were heard audibly to exclaim "m ost unusual," "th is íb red-hot," etc. The president’ s vigorous denunciation of wrongdoers was g re e t«l with loud applause, as was his defense cf Federal judges who punish offenders for viola tions of the law. The frequency of the applause In creased as the reading proceed«!. The hum of conversation over the message subsided and the members followed every word. But the climax came when the reading was concluded. Without regard to party, the mem bers loudly applauded, ch eer«!, thump ed their desks and gave other evidences of their approval of the document. After a moment’s silence, the applause broke out again, several members, in cluding many Democrats, arising from their seats and clapping their hands. The message then, on motion of Payne, of New York, was referred to the committee on the state of the Union. After Trade in the Orient. Beattie, Feb. 1.— The Chicago, M il waukee A Bt. Paul w ill shortly begin an active campaign for its share of trade in the Orient. President A . J. Earling, who is in Beattie, said: " N e gotiations have been made for a line of steamships between Puget sound and the Orien. J. H . Hiland, third vice president of the Bt. Paul, and F. A . M iller, general passenger agent, have been sent to investigate traffic condi tions In China and Japan, and w ill re port npon the possibilities of trade de velopm ent." Workmen Begging for Food. Buffalo, Feb. 1.— The office of the superintendent of poor at W est Seneca Mail From Fleet. was besieged today by 50 men begging New York, Feb. 4.— The steamer for food. The partial suspension of the Chinese printers have been excluded under the alien contract labor laws, Thespis which arrived today from Rio steel and iron industry there has and New York Chinese papers are tem Janeiro brought 20 sacks of m ail from caused much suffering among the for eign laborers. the American bettleshipe. porarily tied up. KINO 18 MURDERED, Carlos, of Portugal, and *Hls Hair Klllsd by Plotter«. Lisbon, Keh. 3.-— King Carlo«, of Portugal, and the Crown Prince Lula Philippe, were assaaalnated Saturday, and th aoity ia in a state of uproar. Tha king’ s second son, tke Intent Man uel, was slightly wound«!, but Uueen Amelia, who'strove to save the crown prince’s life by throwing herself upon him, was unhurt. A hand of men waiting at the comer of the Praco de Comiuerclo anti the Kua de Arsenal suddenly sprang toward the open carriage in which the royal fam ily was driving to the |<alare, and, leveling carbines which they had conoealed upon them, flted. The polios guard fired upon the asaassiua and k i l l « ! two of them. The royal fam ily was returning from V illa Vloloea, where it had been so journing, and was on the way from the railroad station to the palace. A strong guard was in attendance, because of the recent uprising in the city and the dis covery of a plot to assassinate Premier fran co and overthrow the monarchy. But the twnd of murderers Pad aolceted the most advantageous spot for the corn- mission of the crime, tor it was con c e a l«! from the eyes of the party until the vehicle had come into the Praco de Commercio, a large square. The bodies of the king and crown prince rest in the royal («la c e , and be side them the queen sat throughout the night, sometimes with her hand press ing the forehead of King Carles am! sometimes stroking the lace of the dead crown prince. The condition of the newly proclaimed king, Manuel, is satisfactory to the physicians in attend ance. His wounds are not severe, ami if there are no complications, of which there are no signs now, he is expect«! to make a speedy recovery. He tarries hia arm in a aling, and declares (list he sudffers no pain. The bodies of King Carlos and Prinrs I.uia were embalmed yesterday and w ill lie In state according to the custom of the court. The funeral w ill probably be held February 10. GOES TO ASYLUM. Jury Acquits Thaw But Daclarea Him Inaana. New York, Feb. 3.— Adjudged not guilty of the murder of Btanford W hite by reason of insanity at the tim e the fatal shota were fired, Harry Kendal) Thaw Baturday was held by the cent to be a dangeoua lunatic and was whirled away to the state hospital for Hie crim inal insane at Matteawan. The verdict came after 25 hours of waiting, and when every one connect«! w ith the rase had abandoned all hope of an agreement ever being reached in this or any other trial. Four hours after the foreman’s lipa had framed the words "n o t g u ilty ," with the ac companying insanity clause, Thaw, protesting he was sane, was on ids way to Matteawan. A little after nightfall he had been received In the institution under commitment papers which d i rec t«! hia detention "u n til discharged by doe course of la w ." DEATH IN ITS PATH. Tornado Kills Eight and Maims IOO in Mississippi. Wesson, Miss., Feb. 3.— Extending 40 miles from west to east, the path of destruction made by Friday’ s tornado just north of here was found to have suffered a worse disaster than at first reported. In the tornado path the known dead number eight, the fata 1 ly injured four and the seriously injured at least 100. There are fears that the death list may reach 15 or 20, most of those b e lie v «! to be dead being negroes who have not been accounted for since their cabins were crushed. The damage is estimated conserva tively at $300,000 ami may reach a half m illion. In the wreckage lie four churches, six cotton gins and several country stores. The tornado cut a path about half a m ile wi<le. R elief parties have been sent out. A ll streams are swollen and the country roads are strewn w ith fal len trees. SETTLEFATEOFRUEF Played Prosecution False From Very Beginning. MEMORY SUDDENLY FAILED HIM Thought Decision of Appallato Court Would Result in Releasing Him From Jail. Ban Kram-iaco, Jan. 30.— An attempt, to kidnap Abe Ruef from the county jail ami spirit him away wan unearth«! last night by Sheriff Ia rry Dolan. Tho details of the plot were revealed by one of the guards, who had seen the prepa rations. The plot waa being en gin eer«! by the Indicted magnates, wiio recog nize that they muat get Ruef out of the way at all hazards Ur save themselves. In the midst of the denunciation be ing heaped upon the graft proaecutinn by Patrick Calhoun and hi* fellows in indictment ban come a clear light «b ow ing that the prosecution «lands at th » present moment aa strong as, if not stronger, than ever. Abe Kuef’a trial w ill Ire pressed with vigor. Then he w ill lieaentenoed to 14 years In prison. He may at once bo placed on trial again ami his «enteric«* raised to 2H yeara. Then Patrick Cal houn w ill be put on trial and Ruef dragged from tire prison to testify. This arrangement has been made necessary by the discovery that Ruef and the indicted magnates were nego tiating during the very time that Ruef was under guard. The plot has been unearthed by Hpecial Agent W illiam J. Hums, and it includes tbe insinuation tliat Ruef had an advance tip on the decision of the Appellate court, which qu a «h «l the indictment against him . With this information, Ruef, believing that he would be tu rn «! looae, sudden ly lost his memory on all matters that would tend to incriminate Calhoun and other lm lict«l magnate«. HALL UN STAND. Testimony la Vigorous Daniel of Con spiracy Charges. Portland, Jan. 30.— For over three hour« yesterday John H. Hall, ex-Unit- ed States attorney, te s tifl«l In defense o f the alleged conspiracy charged in the Indictment on which he is being t r i « l in the F «lera l coart. He vigorously denied that he had ever en ter«! into a conspiracy or an illegal agreement with Bteiwer and his associates or with any body else. He asserted that at no tram* had he ever been unfaithful to hia trust as a pioeecuting officer for the govern ment, neither had he ever b«*«n dilatory in prosecuting all violationa of the law that had been rep o rt»! to him and sup ported by the nec<eaary evidence. Mr. H all w ill pro>«bly complete his testi mony this morning and the cross ex amination of the witness by Heney w ill follow. Aside from tbe final argu ments to the jury, Heney’s cross exarn- ination of Hall promisee to be the feat ure of the trial. Jndge W«dieter, counsel for Mr. H all, said last night that he would prolwbly call only one witness when the witneea finished ids testimony, although it is understood Bteiwer w ill Ire recalled for further croes examination. Heney w ill offer some testimony in rebuttal when the defense haa concluded Its case, so that the final arguments cannot begin before tomorrow afternoon and prob ably not until Baturday. Blame for Theater Fire. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 30.— The jury which haa tieen investigating the diaas- troua fire at the Khoetlee opera house, turned in a verdict at 1 o ’clock this morning, in j « r t aa follows: " W e are of the opinion that Mrs. Munro and the deputy factory inspector are largely r«*sponsible for the disaster, owing to negligence. W e request the prosecut ing attorney of Burke county to arreit and if possible convict Mrs. Munro, owner of the stereoptican machine, and Insurance Must Be Paid. Harry M. Bechtel, the deputy facory Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 3.— The inspecor, on the charge of crim inal English insurance companies that lost negligence." heavily in the earthquake and fire of January, 1907, have had a further ver Big Increase in Pensions. dict handed down against them. Two Washington, Jan. 30.— A general test cases for the payment of losses pension bill, which, If ratified, w ill sustained at the time o f the earth increase the pension roll by about $12,- quake were recently decided adversely 000,000, has Ireen introduced by the« to the companies. The companies ap chairman of the committe«’ on invalid pealed to the Bupieme court. Today pensions. The bill provides for the the Bupreme coart upheld the decision payment of a pension of $12 a month, of the lower body, which had decided instead of $8, as at present, to all wid that the fire was not of earthquake ows of veterans of the Mexican war, of origin. the Indian wars, all widows of veterans of the C ivil war married prior to June Bank Closed in Brooklyn. 27, 1890 and all widows of Bpanlsh wsr New York, Feb. 3.— The*Home Rank veterans who died of disease contracted of Brooklyn, an institution on which a in the aervice. ran was started, didYiot open for busi ness Baturday. The Home bank Is a Band o f Women Thieves. small institution, located in Bouth I.nblin, Russian Poland, Jan. 30.— Brooklyn. It has a capital stock of The police of this city have unearthed $100,000 and a surplus and divided a liand of robbers com pos«! entirely o f profits amounting to $63,670. The de women and the leaders have been taken posit«, which formerly averaged about into enstody. _ The women are said to $600.000, have been reduced greatly be responsibleafor a long aeries of high ■inoe the October panic. way robberies.
