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S T A Y T O N ................... OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
lo a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
4 Resume o f the L e e « Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
o f the Past Week.
Paper trust officials deny all chart 's
of a combine.
Bryan has carried the Alabama dem
ocratic primaries.
lfeyburii o f Idaho threatens to talk
the dry homestead bill to death in tho
senate.
Commander Robert V. Peary says he
can reach the north pole for an outlay
of $50,000.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has lost
another fortune in the decline of min
ing stocks.
Roosevelt and Taft oppose Burrows
for chairman of the national republican
convention.
Anna Gould and Prince llelie are find
ing many obstacles to marriage, buj
may wed in England.
BIG F L E E T B R E A K S UP.
Atlantic Battleships Start North, Oth
ers Go South.
Sau Francisco, May 19— The Atlantic
fleet of battleships, after 12 days of
uaval pageantry and merrymaking in
San Francisco, »ailed yesterday iiioru-
ing at 10 o ’clock for Puget Sound, ar
riving off Seattle on May 21. One half
of the ships will dock at Bronicrton
navy yard while nt the north, and the
others will return here for repairs and
painting beneath the water line.
Play days in Puget Sound will be
over half the month, anil then the of-
ticers and men will resume the usual
routine of man o ’ war life. Orders call
for thi reassembling of tho fleet in San
Francisco harbor not later than July 3.
On July 7 the fleet will sail for Hono
lulu. and after a week's stay there will
go direct to Auckland.
The Pacific licet of armored cruisers,
under command of Rear Admiral Day-
ton, sailed south Sunday morning nt 8
o'clock, and Rear Admiral Sperry, in
command of the Atlantic fleet, hoisted
for the first time his commanding flag
of blue. Heing junior in lineal rank
to Admiral Dayton. Admiral Sperry
was compelled by naval regulations to
fly a subordinate flag of red so long
ns the Pacific fleet remained nt this
station.
Tho long line of armored cruisers,
which sailed for Santa Barham, was
headed by the flagship West Virginia,
and included the Colorado, Maryland,
Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Washington
nnd California. The protected cruiser
Charleston, flagship of Rear Admiral
Swinburne, also sailed with the fleet,
but her destination is Monterey.
IM P R O V E IN C O RE A.
The Arkansas legislature, called in
extra session by the governor, has ad
Conditions Are Growing Better Under
journed without doing anything.
Prince Ito's Rule.
A union of the Methodist Episcopal,
GOVERNORS UNITE
Plan Permanent Organization to
Hold Regular Meetings.
MAY ACCOMPLISH MUCH (iOOD
Result o f
First Conference Expected
to Be Far Reaching
All Favor
Preservation o f Resources.
Wnshingtun, May 16.— Tho first con
feronccs of the governors of the states
ot the American Union ended yeeterday.
Like many of the important events of
history, time is to reveal the epoch
which the president and governors bo
lieve has been mad«, Thu accomplish
uieuts of the conference, which has
been iu session at thu White House for
ilireu days, cannot be set forth with
mathematical precision. That its im
mediate results are more than ample is
the expression of President Roosovelt,
who brought it about, and of the gov
ernors who participated.
The priuted record of the conference,
which will later be uwuluble ts every
American home, will be a compilation
of facts, startling in their meaning,
convincing in their universal conclu
sion, that the states and the natios must
co operute to the end that to the whole
people of the nation may accrue the
lastiug benefits of its natural resources.
Besides the compilation of facts by the
experts uad the freely expressed opinion
of the governors, the conference leaves
as its permanent record a thousand
words of “ declaration,” uot a “ dec
laration of independence,” but a dec
larutiou of cooperation.”
Perhaps greater iu importance than
all else was the determination of the
governors of the states to perfect a per
manent organization, whereby a here
tofore unknown intimacy may be devel
oped among the executives of the 46
sovereign states made strong by a com
mon purpose and made potent by pro
nouncements which may not lightly be
disregarded.
Of the last day the story is one of
many features. The set programme was
swept aside. The president presided
throughout. He interjected remarks
and speeches. He brought to the plat
form men wuo mule plain the prevail
ing feeling that thoughtful care must
be exercised for the future. The pre
pared papers were not presented, blit
they- will be printed in the permanent
record. Their place was first taken by
tho “ declaration,” which was adopted
after discussion which brought to light
no serious objection to its affirmation.
Then William .1. Bryan was presented
by the president. He touched the same
chords which bad produced the vibra
tion of harmony and cooperation. A
governors' discussion brought many
state executives to the platform, but
the product was altogether that of bar
mony, and the sentiments expressed
were applauded alike by all.
F AC E S F IN A N C IA L P A N IC .
TOWNSAREWKECKED
Moxico Takes Steps to Improve Sit
uation by Adjusting Duties.
i
— —
Mexico, May 18. Limuiltour, the see
retary of tho treasury, being inter
viewed
concerning
current
rumors
about the intention of the government
to take some positive amt uetive meat
ures to improve tho financial situation,
limited himself to snyiug that the only
measures proposed by the government
for nny such purpose will be presented
to cungre»* for its action, and consist
iu ubolishing the duties on the expor
tation of hemp, for the eneouragemont
o f its producers in Yucatan. The sec
Communication Interrupted nnd Later
retary added: “ Iu reality, our economic
Resorts May Increase Num
situation does uot inspire either anxiety
or fears of any class. There has never
ber o f Casualties.
been a period during the economic
stringency abroad and which has affect
ed the whole world, that there has been
in Mexico n moment of the fear of a
Hhreveport, La., May 14 Heran per
panic or anything like it. Moreover, sons ure known to be dead nnd many
the attention of the government of others are injured us the result of u
Mexico to the llnnneinl condition is not tornado which swept across Northwest
a thing of todny or yesterday. It be Louisiana late yesterday. The little
gins always at the flr»t sign of tin epoch town of Gilliam, 25 miles north of
ot stringency in any of the money con Hhreveport, was destroys I ami the town
tors of the world; und this constant of Bolinger, on the east side uf the
vigilance has never ceased. The gov river, io Bess er parish, w n badly
ernment, watching affairs in the money wrecked.
world, does not believe nny extraordi
Communication with the greater per
nary measures are necessary in the tion of the storm swept seetion is inter
present situation. The normal con ruptel, ami it is believed certain that
dition is everywhere re established, nnd the Inter re|Kirts will increase the num
our banks, following niv instructions, ber of dead nnd injured. It is said the
have maintained a system of circum work of destruction ut Gilliam was cum
spection and caution, limiting their op piote, only two house* romninia intact.
orations to nffuirs Hint offer ample se The town had a p ’pillatine of about 200.
curities. The solidity of our banks is be The dead at Gilliam arc said to bn Mrs.
yond doubt, nnd they are in a condition T. F. Gardiner and three negroes. Ar
to meet whatever contingency. The fact thur Vaughan is said to be badly in
that business conditions in Mexico are jurod. At Bolinger the dead ifVu Mr«.
improving daily is very satisfactory to Mitriteli Itavi* and two negro.*. Mrs.
the government, and our flnnnrin! con Davies’ mother is reported to I mi dying
nocturne, though there has never been from injures. Charles Isom nnd family
here grave fear of trouble. We are of six nre reported among th« injured.
like an individual, whn suffers an at
It was reported that Oil City, in th s
tack of indigestion, which does not cn parish, was wiped out bv tho tornado,
danger his life of health, but for the but this rutuor is probably untrue, al
moment annoys and takes away his ap though great damag« is thought to have
petite, obliging him to let his stoinnch orcurrcd, involving the wreckage of a
rest a little. This rest is, in both great uiuuy oil well derricks.
cases, the only remedy necessary, effi
cacioos and beneficial,“
F IF T E E N DEAD IN N E B R A S K A .
Cyclone Sweeps Louisiana, Doing
Damage to Property.
SEVEN KILLED; MANY INJURED
Seoul. May 19.— Conditions through
Congregational and I nited Brethren
churches is being considered at the gen out Corea are improving. The deter
mination of Prince Ito, the resident gen
eral conference of the Methodists.
eral from Japan, to suppress the dis
A naval launch rammed the torpedo
orderly element, so that the peaceful
boat Stiletto off Goat Island, N. Y. No
farming population niav do their work
lives were lost. The Stiletto is the first
in the outlying districts, where armed
torpedo boat put into active service by
lands are harrying the farms and vil
the navy, and is 25 years old.
C O N G R E S S B R E A K S RECORD.
lages. is shown by the prompt arrival
Fifty Persons Injured and a Property
Hsad of ths paper trust denies its of reinforcements of gendarmerie num
L o ts o f $5 00 ,00 0.
bering about 5.000. who will be scat
•xistence.
Appropriations Now Exceed Those of
Omaha, Neb., May 14. Report* which
tered throughout Corea.
A ll indications point to an immense
Previous Session.
came in slowly today from the tornado
Prince Ito has issued strict instrue
Canadian wheat crop this year.
Washington, May 18__ The present stricken district south of this city add
tions to Japanese soldiers and civilians
se»»ion of congress, to end this week, three victims to the list of dead, mak
Nebraska railroad employes will aid that they must not treat the Coreans as
is a record-breaker. The appropriations ing a total of 15, nnd place the mone
the railroads in fighting rate laws.
a conquered people, which they are not.
of this session so far authorized exceed tary damage at half a million dollar*.
but
that
all
the
rights
o
f
law
abiding
Bryan is being shadowed by an officer,
those of tile first si ssion of the 59th The casualty list continue* to grow as
as there have been threats of violence. citizens must be respected under pen
congress by more than $300,000,000, communication is partially restored
alty of severe punishment.
The total approprintions made up to with the five towns which suffered moat
A street car strike is on at Cleveland,
Four thousand Corean police, tinder
this time
aggregate approximately from the storm, nnd the h«t of tho in
Ohio. There has been much rioting and Japanese officers, will be enlisted and
$854,844,807. This amount will be in jurod, some o f whom nre fatally hurt,
some bloodshed.
trained. Four hundred new telephone
creased by the general deficiency and will reach at least 50. Two railroad
Good conduct marked the stay of the telegraph offices will he established in
omnibus
public buildings bills nnd such laborers employe.I in a sand pit nenr
sailors and marines of the Atlantic the districts infested by revolutionists,
other measure* as may go through be Louisville were found dead, and Kd.
so
that
easy
communication
may
be
ha
1
fleet at San Francisco.
fore adjournment.
Miller, whn was injured ne*r Pn pill inn,
with the soldiers and police.
The
si-«sion
has
also
established
a
died
of his injuries. At least thr.-o
Two men, who are accused of robbing
The crop prospect through Corea is
high record for the number of bills, other persons nre believed to have re
the New Mexico express office of $35,- excellent.
resolntion* introduced and considered reived fatal injuries. Five Italinn rail
000. have been captured.
Prince Ito today attended the ce'e
nnd for the transaction o f executive road laborers were injured on the line
No appropriations will be made for bration of the 25th anniversary of the
I usines*. There have been 7,127 bills of the Burlington railroad between
rivers and harbors this session, accord opening of Chemulpo to foreign trade.
introduced in the senate, nnd 21,940 • nuncil Bluffs and I’acifle Junction.
He
was
accompanied
to
Chemulpi
from
ing to leaders in congress.
in the house. In the senate 9o joint
Nearly every oo>- o f tho five towns
Seoul hv his suite, a number of foreign
resolutions were offered, of which 30 in the path of the storm Bellevue, pup
Secretary T a f t ’s managers claim he consuls and the Corean minister of agri
were passed nnd nine have become laws. pillion, Richfield, Meadpws and Louis
has the assurance of support from 592 culture. Chemulpo was en fete. At a
The senate considered 184 simple r.-so ville were l.udly wrecked, nnd the vil
delegates to the national convention. banquet. Prince Ito. in his address,
hit ions.
Inge of Fort Crook, nnd the post at
Discord has sprung up in the inter spoke of the peaceful and friendly de
Up to this time 115 bills and 15 joint that point suffered
heavy damages.
velopment
of
Corea
in
order
that
th<*
state commerce commission. Some of
resolutions hnvn become laws. The There are battalions o f the Sixteenth
Coreans
might,
in
the
future,
have
inde
the “ confidential clerks” may lose
senate has passed 484 bills, 17 of which Regiment stationed at the fort, nnd tho
their places as a result. Two members pendence under a stable government,
were omnibus pension bills.
men were put to work clearing up the
and
become
a
friendly
and
prosperous
have given employment to their sons,
debris and putting tho bnrrarks in
ally
of
Japan.
who are charged working hardest when
shape. Many o f the large buildings
HOPM EN ASK PR O TE C T IO N .
drawing their pay.
were partially unroofed, and a dozen
GREAT CONGRESS PLANNED.
or more large chimneys were blown
Grover Cleveland is rapidly gaining
British Hold Great Demonstration! Fa
down nnd scattered over tho fort
in health and strength.
voring Import Duty.
grounds. Nearly all the tree* w.-re
Delegates
From
Entire
World
Going
Trouble is brewing between China and
London, May 18. A great army of blown down.
to London.
Russia along the Manchurian-Siberia
P R E S ID E N T U P H E L D BY C O U R T men nnd women interested in the hop
border.
London. May 19.— Delegates from a
industry in Kngland, estimated to num
10.000 C H IN E S E KILLE D .
A $50,000 memorial to Abraham Lin thousand dioceses scattered throughout N egro Dismissed at Brownsville Loses her more than 50,090. held a demonstrn
tion in Trafalgar Square this afternoon
coln is to be erected at his birthplace the world have been selected to attend
Suit to Recover Pay.
the Pan-Anglican congress to be held
in favor of imposing a duty of $10 on Wall o f Water 20 Feel High Sweeps
in Kentucky.
in London in June. These delegates,
Down River at Hankow.
New York, May 16.— The right of every hundredweight of hops imported
Latest estimates of the dead in the including laymen and clergymen, will
into
this
country.
Victoria. May 14— News of one of
recent Louisiana tornado place the in most cases be accompanied by their President Roosevelt summarily to dis
Special trains brought in thousands the greatest disasters that China hns
number at 50.
bishops, and if the prophecy of the or miss a negro soldier of the Twenty fifth from Kent, Hu“»<-x. Hampshire, Worecs known, u sudd, n tidal wnve in the
Commercial bodies all over the coun ganizers is fulfilled, the congress will infantry for alleged participation in the ter and Hereford, the great hopgrowing Yangtsekinng, which caused the loss of
try are protesting against the increase rank among the great gatherings of riot at Brownsville, Tex., was sustained counties, while the east end of London, nearly 10,000 lives at Hankow, was
religious workers.
in freight rates.
today by Judge Hough, in tho United whence emanate almost all tho hop- brought by the steamer Titan, which
Most of the Amery>,m bishops have
pickers. furnished a contingent perhaps
Both sides in the Dimond Hyde land sent th'eir acceptances, and, as each States district court. Oscar W. Reid, twice as large an the growers and la arrived Tuesday night. A wave 26 feet
in height, without warning, bore down
fraud case being tried at Washington diocese in the T'nited States will also the soldier, sued the government to re borers from tho provinces.
the river, overwhelming some large
claim a victory.
cover
$122
as
wages
from
the
date
o
f
send one or more clergymen or laymen,
A fter being marshaled on Victoria river stenmers. Home 3,(K*0 Chines«
Russian troops will destroy the Per America will be well representated as his dismissal to the expiration of his Kmbankmcnt. the demonstrators with sleeping in sampans, * and small rraft
sian villages near the border, where the regards numbers and ability; all the enlistment. District Attorney Stimson banners flying and bands playing, and mat sheds nnd huts by the river
colonies will have their spokesmen and contended that the president had a marehed to the square, where Knglish side at Hankow were enveloped by the
recent trouble occurred.
missionaries from every portion of the right to dismiss the soldier. Judge men with a grievance always have been great tidal wave, which swept the
Hindus at Calcutta attempted to blow
globe will come to tejl of their work Hough sustained this contention and accustomed to assemble. Speakers from broken junks, splintered sampans nnd
up a number o f whites by placing a among native tribes.
directed a judgment in favor of the hnl/ a dozen platforms harangued the
a mass of debris with swarms of
bomb on the car tracks.
multitude op the ruin of the industry drowned Chinese, mixed with the
The programme embraces problems of government.
Judge
Hough
in
his
decision,
held
through
the
dumping
of
American
hops
a
diverse
character,
and
in
order
to
got
No liquor will be sold or brought into
wreckage. The scenes for many days
the republican national convention hall, through the list of papers the work has that the president was entirely within into Kngland, nnd resolutions were after the disaster were horrible, with
according to a decision of the leaders. been divided into six sections, which his rights in dismissing the soldiers of adopted by acclamation calling upon tho river side strewn with dead, and
will sit simultaneously during the week the Twenty fifth regiment, inasmuch as the government not to delay in helping the debris of wrecked ernft for many
In an encounter with Arabs the
tho enlistment papers and oath pro to re-establish the industry nnd placing miles.
of June 16 to June 22.
French troops lost 13 killed and 65
vide that a soldier shall serve “ for the a duty on all imported hops.
wounded. The Arab losses are de
period of three years unless sooner dis
Aid fo r the Unemployed.
Oakland Children Visit Battleships.
scribed as heavy.
charged by proper authority."
Cub Bears for Warships.
New York. May 19.— Alexander Law,
Han Francisco, May 14__ Hundreds ol
The old plant of the Omaha Packing
Aberdeen, Wash., May 18._George Oakland school children clambered u;
company has been destroyed by fire, who was delegated to convey to Wash
Chinese Revolt is Serious.
Wolff, a business man, proposed a few tho sides o f the battleships y.-sterdaa
together with 3,000,000 pounds of meat, ington a resolution passed at the recent
Shanghai, May 16.— The Chinese gov days ago that when the excursion from and for six hours they gave the sailor,
convention
for
the
unemployed
held
involving a loss of $500,000.
here, reported to a gathering of unem eminent is greatly alarmed over the
this city by steamer to see the battle a lively time, Kaeh boatload of young
Another woman now figures in Sen ployed today in Manhattan Lyceum. Ho
sters w.-re permitted to rnmnin on board
Chinese revolt, which is steadily grow
ship fleet leaves Grays Harbor, that 16 one hour, when nnother bont'nnd took
ator P la t t ’s domestic affairs.
said that Congressman Fornos, of New
York, had promised to introduce in tho ing more serious. The rebels have cut live bear cubs be taken, nnd one pre their place*. In the hour’s visit that
The governors’ conference plans to
house of representatives the resolutions off communication to Mengtse. It is senfed to each ship. The idea nt once each enjoyed nothing was overlooked,
form a permanent organization.
of tho convention railing for a large estimated that the revolutionists num took popular fancy and up to this oven and Jack had his hands full from the
public works to furnish employment for ber 10.000. The faet that the rebels ing ten Teddy bears had been gathered time the first crowd stepped on board
Tonopah, Nev., is rapidly recovering
the idle. President Roosevelt, Mr. Law selected Yunnan as the seene of their from surrounding towns, nnd the total until tho last crowd left. The children
from the effects of the recent fire.
reported, had been too busy with the first attack convinces Peking that they number necessary is expected to b.i saw everything worth seeing, and what
The Oklahoma house has passed a bill conference of governors to grant him a are familiar with conditions, as this rounded up by Wednesday next, when they did not understand their escort
province is poorly protected. The gov the excursion is promised by the cham had to explain to them.
providing that the state shall fix wages. hearing.
ernment is not hopeful of saving Menir- ber of commerce.
Minnesota democrats have declared
tse. which is at the head of the French
Venezuela Pays Debts.
Chinese Students Uphold daps.
for Johnson, and refused Bryan as sec
Chicago Employs Chinese Police.
Caracas. Venezuela, May 19.— Tho railway, from being taken.
Tokio, Mny \4 — Chinese students in
ond choice.
Venezuelan government today made its
Chicago, May 18__ For the first time Tokio are protesting against tho anti-
Troo ps May Fight Locusts.
in many years, the fffiicago police de Japanese boycott being maintained in
Proceedings in the endeavor to re monthly payments on account of tho
Tunis. May 16.— Troops may be called partment has engaged Cliinnso dotce- [ hinn. Twelve hundred of them have
lease Thaw from the New York asylum foreign claims, despite the curtailment
for the criminal insane are in progress. of revenue resulting from the closing of out to exterminate millions of locusts fives to aid in preserving peace in joined the movement, and are daily
the port of La Ounyra. There have that have invaded the district between Chinatown. The result, ’of the trinl of holding meetings to voice their feelings.
In case Bryan receives the demo been no new cases of bubonic plague for Kairuan and Tunis on an unprecedented three Chinamen of murdering n wealthv Three hundred students who uphold the
cratic
presidential
nomination,
his four days; should four more davs go by scale. The authorities have decided rhino*« merchant has so exorcised the Chinese government in this matter are
this
the only moans of getting Chicago Chinese that further warring trying to break up tho meeting by mak
daughter save she will take the stump without a case, the port will be re
opened.
rid o f the insects.
between the tonga is feared.
in several Western states for him.
ing noisy demonstrations.