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HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Les Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
News of rlotR in Russia is causing
dlBnffoction'ln Kuropatkln's army.
Tho now Excelsior Roller mills at
Mnryavllle, Knn., wero destroyed by
fire. Loss $150,000.
Tho Now York clinmbcr of commcrco
bns nsked the lcglBluturo to spend
$100,000 on tho Lowift nnd Clurk fair.
Tlio bursting of a largo water tank on
the roof of tho Denver dry goods Htorc,
n lnrt'n dctmrtmunt store, causctl dnin-
ago to Btock estimated nt over $60,000.
Professor II. Cole, of Chicago, has
discovered what is bolioved to bo tho
largest spot on tho sun. It covers one
tnnthof tho sun's surface, iscirir-shaped,
And can bo seen through Htnokcd glass.
Fire in tho Cramp shipbuilding plant
nt Chester, Fa., destroyed valuablo
blucprintR, models and charts, includ
ing plans of tho battleships Idaho and
Mississippi, and the crulHur Tennessee,
hut work on these ships is not much
delayed.
Extreme cold weather !h prevailing
throughout thu Eastern nnd Middle
states. Tho entire country from the
Atlantic to tho Itocky mountains is In
tho grasp of a blizzard aud the temper
ature ranges from 5 below at Kansas
City to oil below at Glcudtvo, Mont.
Tho annual report of President
Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard unlvera
Itv fnr ilin vnur Hin.'l.O-l. Mlinu'fl n llcfl.
cit of $10,000, nnd he predicts an atyl
nuai tiencn unless iiiuion ieen nru
raised or a largo endowment created.
Ho says $2,600,000 is needed for rea
sonable objects in view.
Three would-bo assassins of tho csar
have been captured.
A number of senators aro opposing
tho Malheur irrigation bill.
The Japanese lmvo captured another
vessolb ound for Vladivostok witli con
traband of wnr.
Tho federal grand jury working on
Oregon land fraud rases Is still grind
ing out Indictments,
Thirty-six lturslan refugees from
Port Arthur on their way to Chofoo in
a junk woro caught by a storm and
drowned.
Grand Duko Vladimir defends tho
action of tho Itusslan government nnd
Bays she has not deferred tho llcrco ox
derations of tho world.
Russian officers dcclaro before tho
North sea commiHsion that they saw
torpedo bouUi of a foreign country
among the ilshiug lxmtn.
Governor Deneon ruges tho Illinois
legislature to appropriato sufficient
monoy for tho Lewis and Clark fair to
enablo a bulldng to bo erected.
In tho Colorado election content caso
Peabody urges that all fruud-taintcd
precinct returns bo thrown out. A
number of ballots from precincts out
sldo of Denver hnvo been examined
and found to have been made out in
tho sumo linndwriting.-
Ilueslans acruso Ilritish of inciting
the riots and Great Dritain has naked
for an explanation.
A canvass of the Denver vote in the
Colorado content shows one-third of tho
ballots to bo fruudulent,
Tho thermometer in Manchuria
where tho fighting is now in progress
ri-gletera 20 degrees below zero.
The residence of Governor Trepoff,
of St. Petersburg, was utmost demol
ished by a bomb. Tho governor was
absent. ,
It is believed that Kuropatkin re
ceived ortle'rs from St. Petersburg to as
sume tho offensive or else ho would not
have moved against the Japanese at
present.
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Twenty membere of the Chicago
Commercial csltib have gone to Cuba,
where they will devoto two weeks to
studying the commercial )OHsibilities
of the island.
Tho provincial council as warned the
czar to grant freedom or lose his crown.
Edwin Stone, of Albany, manager of
the Corvallis & Eastern railroad, tus
apsaulted and the room in which he was
asleep set on fire. The flames were
not discovered until, with the Injuries
received from tho assailant, they proved
fatal. There is no clew to the mur
derer.
Tho naval appropriation bill provides
over $100,000,000.
Tho Prussian government has ap
pointed a commission to investigate the
coal strike.
Chile has refused to soil war vesfols
to an American firm, presumably for
one of the nations now at war in the
Far East.
Secretary Taft wants a reduction of
tariff on Philippine producta and de
clares the islands will ultimately bo
given their independence.
Sympathizers with the Russian strik
ers marched through the streets of
Boston with a red flag, but they were
not not allowed to make speeches.
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
Saturday, Jan. 28.
Eulogies upon tho departure of tho
lato Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
particularly engrossed the attention of
tho senato today. Thoro wero 10
speeches by as many senators. After
tho conclusion of the memorial serv
ices tho sonato adjourned out of respect
to tho dead senator's memory.
In a session of less than two hours
today tho houso passed 373 pension
bills nnd received for tho calendar tho
naval and diplomatic appropriation
bills. Tho session was devoted to leg
islation entirely devoid of discussion.
Monday, January 30.
Tho Benato today agreed to voto on
tho joint statehood bill beforo adjourn
ment on Tuesday, February 7, tho
amendments to bo considered on that
date under tho tcn-mlnuto rule. The
larger part of tho day was occupied in
general debato on the statehood bill.
Fulton offered amendments' to tho In
dian appropriation bill referring to tho
court of claims of Chinook, and Cath
lamct Indians; also conveying title to
persons who iiavo purchased grazing
lands from tho Umatilla Indians.
After n protracted debate tho houso
adopted tho conferouco report on tho
executive, leglslatvoand jodiclal appro
priation bill. As agreed to tho hill
carries $29,132,242. A bill was passed
dividing tho stato of Washington into
two judicial districts, the Eastern and
Western. Tho bill extending to tho
Philippines tho provisions of tho revis
ed statutes concerning tho extradition
of fugitives from justice was passed.
Tuesday, January 31.
Tho senato today continued tho con
sideration of tho joint statohood hill
with Nelson as tho principal speaker.
A number of hills wero panned, includ
ing one largely Increasing tho fees for
stock companies in tho DlUtrlct- of Co
lumbia. In tho houso tho senato amendments
to tho army appropriation bill wero
disagreed to and tho bill was sent to
conference. Williams, (Dem., Miss.)
started a lengthy debato by bringing up
tho treatment by General Miles of
Jefferson Davis, president of thu Con
federacy, when ho was a prisoner at
Fortress Monroe. Tho postofllco ap
propriation bill was debated tor an
hour.
Wednesday, February I.
Clark (Mont.,) Dillingham and Teller
today continued tho discussion of tho
joint statehood bill. Proctor reported
(ho agricultural appropriation bill and
gavo notice that ho would askd have,
it considered. Bills wero passed grant
ing certain lands to tho Okluhoma Ag
ricultural college; amending tho land
laws so as to permit settlers on public
lands to mako transfers for public uses
beforo completing title; amending ex
isting lawH so as to require captains of
passenger vessels to supply information
regarding tho ago aud sex of immi
grants. Tho postolllro appropriation bill oc
cupied tho houso. tho major portion of
today. Willi nil understanding that
tho discussion of the Ui'8tion should
bo continued tomorrow, tho bill was
laid asido and other matters taken up,
Tho conference report on tho fortifica
tions bill was adopted. Tho bill cur
ries $(1,747,803.
Senator Ankeny will endeavor to
have a provision made in the naval ap
propriation bill (or tho allowance of a
differential of 4 per cent to Pacific coast
shipyards competing on government
warships contracts.
Friday, February 3.
Tlio postotllco appropriation bill was
tho main topic of discussion in tho
houso today and its consideration was
not completed. During tlio day bills
wero passed as follows: Amending thu
law ho as to reduce tlio amount of
bond required of agents acting for con
signees on imported goods; providing
for thu construction of irrigation and
reclamation works in certain lakes and
rivers in Oregon and California; grunt
ing certain lauds within thu Flathead
Indian reservation, Montana, to certain
Catholic societies for religious pur
M)ses, Thelcnnte spent much of today 'dis
cussing tho distribution of ordinary
farm and garden seeds by tlio Agricul
tural department. When adjournment
was taken consideration of tho hill had
not been completed. A further con
ference was ordered on tho formications
appropriation bill.
Many Killed at Riga.
Kt. Petersburg , Feb. 3. Tho latest
reportH received by Consul General
Watts, from thu American consuls in
Russiu, indicate a cessation of tlio
troublu in most of the industrial cen
ters. The consul ut Riga report that
tho rioting at that place was precipitat
ed by studentH and rowdies, who fired
on tho police, Tlio police and troops
returned the fire, and 63 peifons were
killed and 160 wounded. At Rovul
tho soldiers wero obliged to defend u
factory on Suturduy against a mob.
Three strikers uto killed.
Sold Mining Stock on Routes,
Washington, Fob. 3. Postmaster
General Wynne today removed three
letter carriers in thu Toledo, O., jost
nffico, ordered u fourth man to show
caupu why ho should not he removed,
and suspended 30 other carriers, till of
tlio Toledo office, for 30 days on tho
charge of felling mining tdock and of
collecting tlio assessments thereon. It
is charged that the men hold this min
ing stock while on duty as carriers, as
Hell as when off duty.
Piles for the Panama Canal.
Washington, Feb. 3. The Isthmian
canal commission has awarded a con
tract for furnishing fir piles to the
American Mercantile company, of La
Conner, Wash., amounting to about
$200,000.
TWO ARE INDICTED
Mitchell and Brownell Held to
Answer Charges.
JURY MAKES ANOTHER REPORT
Mitchell Said to Have Accepted Pay
While Senator Brownell Had
Men Swear Falsely.
Portland, Feb. 2. Tho Federal grand
jury haB spoken again and tills time
two now nnd distinctly important in
dictments havo been returned, ono
nimlimt Hcnntnr Mitchell chnrelne him
with violating section 1782 of tho re
vised statutes i ol tho United States,
which provides that no ono holding
tho olllco of senator shall recolvo any
compensation whatsoever for any work
dona to further matters relating to tho
work of the government in any depart
ment; tho other against Stato Senator
Gcorgo C. Brownell, alleging that ho is
guilty of subornation of perjury In hav
ing induced Fred Slovera and John A.
Howland, two axmon formerly In tho
employ of Surveyor General Henry
Moldrum, to swear falsely beforo tho
grand jury In regard to tho work dono
by Brownell as a notnry while making
affidavits in connection witli tho work
nf tli niirvnvnr iriituinil's nllico. all of
which is in violation of section 6303 of
tho revised statutes.
It has been rumored for somo time
that Senator Mitchell would yet havo
to face another chnrgo than tho ono
wlileh Ihih heen haneliiu over him for
Homn time, but It woh not known from
which direction tho blow would fall.
Many theories havo been advanced and
among them an entanglement with
Frederick A. Krlhs, nnd this has proved
to bo tho correct guess. It was for
work dona tar Krllis that tlio inuici
ment bns boon returned. Tho senator
has been Indicted under tho same sec
tion of tho statutes which was used
against Congressman Drlggs, of Now
Ynrk. wlin lilended irulltv to tho churuCH
against him, and is also the same
charge brought against henator uur
ton, who was recently convicted and
grouted a new trial.
"GREATEST OF WATERWORKS
Croton Dom, Largest Piece of Ma
sonry of Modern Time.
Now York, Feb. 2. After 10 years
of labor and tho expenditure of $0,000,
000, thu new Cornell dam, near Croton-oii-Hudson,
in Westchester county,
from which this city will draw lurguly
for its water sujdpy, haH been practical
ly completed. It is tho largest piece of
masonry in tlio world, except the Pyra
mids of Egypt. The flood gates havo
been shut down for tho first tlino aud
tho dam has begun to fill with water.
It Is estimated by tho engineers thnt
it will require about two yearn to fill.
When tlio water reaches tho base of ItH
coping It will mako a lako 10 miles
long. Tho water will rise 30 feet uboo
the old dam. Tho new daul will hold
30,000,000,000 gallons of water. Half
n dozen towns which occupied the Hito
wero abandoned.
AMERICAN BEEF TOO HIGH.
That Is Why Army In Philippines is
Supplled'from Abroad.
Washington, Feb. 2. Senator An
keny today culled on tho quartermaster
general to ascertain why all army beef
for tho Philippines is purchased cither
in Argentina or Australia, to tlio ex
clusion of American heel. Ho was told
that tho government can get Argentina
or AuHtrullun beef delivered at Manila
for iyt cents a jKiund, far below tho
prlcu at which any American dealers
will agree to deliver it. Tlio war de
partment nays that, until congress
passes u law requiring the purchase of
American meutH, it will continue to
mipply tho Philippines nt the lowest
price obtainable.
Test of Submarine Boat.
Newport News, Vu Feb. 2. With
representatives of tint Argentine repub
lic nnd British governments, among
others, on board , the submarine boat
Simon Ijiko "X" today was submerged
38 feet and returned to the surface in
30 seconds. This cuts in half tlio rec
ord held by tlio French type of subma
rine, which is one minute. Another
record was broken in filling tho 'ballast
tunks for tho submergence. Tho tanks
wero filled In 0 minutes, the best
previous time beliiK 16 minutes, made
by a French submarine.
Crop Outlook on Pacific Coast.
Washington, Teh. 2. Tho weather
hureau'H summary of crop conditions for
tho month of Junuury, 1005, nays: In
the Rocky mountain region and to tho
westward the temperature wuh milder
than usual, with more than tlio average
precipitation in th southern plateau
region and Southern California, and
much less thau average precipiuttion,
us a w hole. On thu North Pacific coast
the winter wheat outlook is favorable,
except late sown in Washington.
Land for Irrigation.
Washington, Feb. 2. For tho exten
sion of the Klamath river irrigation
project, the Interior department today
ordered tho withdrawal from all forms
of disposal of 44B,60 acres of public
lands in tho Ukevlew, Or,, land dis
trlct: 220,620 acres in tlio Redding,
Cal., land district, and 100,440 acres
in the Susanville, Cal., land district.
COLD KILLS THE WOUNDED.
Stream of Sufferers Pours Into Muk
denJapanese Spread Dissension
Mukden, Feb. 1. Constant streams
of wounded men arc arriving horo from
tho right flank, including Lieutenant
Gonornl Mistchonko, who !b In excel
lent spirits nnd is receiving visitors.
According to tho official army organ,
tho wounded number 3,600. The cold
Is intenao nnd tho condition of tho
wounded causes- tho greatest anxloty,
becauso tho cxposuro of their wounds
to tho frost induces gangrcno.
Tho Japaneso are taking good euro to
see thai tho Russian rank nnd filo are
not left uninformed regarding tho dis
turbances In Russia. They aro carry
ing on a regular campaign to spread bo-
ditiou nnd discouragement among tho
troops. Letters aro daily thrown with
in tho Russian lines declaring that all
Russia is aflamo with riot nnd revolt,
arguing that tho soldiers aro shedding
their blood In vain, and culling on
them to surrender or desert. Tho boI
diers eagerly read and discuss these
communications, especially accounts of
tho events ut St, Petersburg January 22.
GIVES UP ATTEMPT.
Kuropatkin Will Not Try to Break
Through Oyama's Line.
Mukdon, Fob. 1. There is no appar
ent connection between storting of tho
battle of January 20 and tho domestic
excitement nt St. Petersburg, nor tho
orders just issued to abandon tho plan
ned advanco against Jtho Japanese posi
tions. Tho nfloct of tho troublu in
Russia Is an yet Inperceptlblo hero.
Tlio facts aro not generally known.
Officers possessing information of oc
currences nt homo say that the disaf
fected aro probably using tho present
war us a pretext for their periodical
demonstrations, which aro regarded no
moro seriously that formerly.
Tho commander in cliief'H orders to
abandon tho advanco are reported to
reasons for stopping tho advanco:
First, tho losses sustained; second, tho
failure of a quick attack upon which
tho advance depended. Thu precise
meaning of tho above Is not apparent.
Notwithstanding tho order to cease,
a tenacious conllict continues In tho
vicinity of Sanchiapu, a fortified out
post on thu Japaneso loft, whore It Is
reported tho Russians havo taken thu
outer works.
TOWNS ON IRRIGATED LAND.
French Proposes-, te' H-Lts'enl
Water Rights for Fund.
Washington, Feb. 1. Representa
tive French, of Idaho, today introduced
a bill authorizing tho secretary of tho
interior to withdraw from entry nny
public lands needed for townslto pur
poses in connection with any irrigtinu
project under tlio national irrigation
law and to huIhIIvIiIo them Into lots.
Such lots shall bo sold ut public unc
tion to the highest bidder for cash, tlio
proceeds to ho expended for tho con
struction ot witter and sower systems
and other municipal improvements nnd
for payment for rights to tlio use of
water. Monoy o expended tor muni
cipal Improvements shall ho repaid by
tho town authorities in 20 annual In
stallments into tlio reclamation fund,
Tint secretary may sell rights to tlio
uso of water available under tho recla
mation act for domestic, flro and other
purposes to any city or town establish
ed us above provided, and also to other
cities or towns.
DEAD IN HEAPS.
Warsaw Streets Full of Human Bodies
as Result of Battle.
WnrHuw, Feb. 1 . Moro blood has
been shed in the streets of Warsaw
during Tuesday and early Wednesday
morning. Tho number of strikers is
increasing, nnd conditions throughout
tho city are fast becoming chaotic.
Thu worst disturbances occurred in
the suburbs, wliilo the city proper whs
somewhat more (pilot.
Many streotH In tho city proper are
liko chanel houses. In somo disticts
tho dead lio in heaps, as it lias been
impossible to bury them all. Author
ities admit that at least 700 corpses
uru still in tlio streets. They nro pu
trefying fast, and in somo quarters tho
stench is becoming unbearable.
Can't Collect Old Debts.
Washington, Feb. 1, All the mem
bers of tho cabinet wero present ut the
meeting today except Secretaries Hay
and Wilson, tho former still being con
fined to his homo by a suvero cold.
Again thu president emphasized his in
terest in tho arbitration treaties pend
ing beforo tho senate, Ho holds that
the opponents of tho treaties are pro
ceeding on wrong premises in maintain
ing that they may bo used by foreign
countries es a basis for action against
certain of tho Southern states in thu
collection of old claims,
Must Obey the Court.
Washington, Feb. 1. It can bo said
by authority that unless thu corpora
tions constituting tlio alleged beef trust
shall heed thu injunction mudo perma
nent yesterday by tlio decision of thy
supremo court of thu United States,
tho government will institute proceed
iugs against tho individual members of
tho corporations to enforce tlio decision
Of tho court. Thu proceedings will bo
under thu criminal law, if such cuq bo
instituted.
Carrying Out New Forestry Law.
Washington, Fob. 1. By order of
tho president, tho forest division ot
thu general land office was abolished
today, and its work will bo continued
by the bureau of forestry of tlio de
partment of agriculture, under Chief
Forester Gifford Pinchot.
ARE BEATEN BACK
Russian Advance Ends in Dis
astrous Defeat.
AWFUL SUFFERING OF SOLDIERS
Battle Carried On In Blizzard by Jap
anese When Forced to Fight
, to Save Position.
Toklo, Jan. 31. Tho troops which
twico captured Port Arthur, onco from
the Chlncso nnd then again from tho
Russians, havo administered a defeat to
Gcnoral Kuropatkin's army from which
It cannot possibly recover during the
winter. Field Marshal Oyama has sent
a dispatch to the imperial headquar
ters indicating that tho conquerors of
Port Arthur woro sent by him to meet
tho enemy in tho bloody battlo just de
cided, owing to their long practice un
der arms and their tried ability to
withstand tho hardships of tho awful
Mnnchurian winter. Tho result of
tho struggle so far has proved thelwls-
dom of his course
Evory dispatch received from tho
front tells ot winter horrors such as no
other battling nrmy over had to contend
with, Many Inches of snow cover the
country ns far as tho cyo can see. Tho
ridges aro Bnow-cnpped. Avalanche
upon avolancho has tumbled Into tho
trcncliH, inflicting untold suffering upon
tho soldiers thoroin.
Field Marshal Oyama's dispatches
have convinced tho military authori
ties hero that ho was by no means anx
ious to engage in thu battlo, and, In
fact, permitted tho Russians to tako
several positions in his vicinity to savo
tho troops from thu unspeakable strain
of fighting in thu storm. But tho Rus
sian advanco was mudo wltlilt such en
ergy nnd determination by large bodies
of troops occupying miles of ground
that Oyama finally decided to accept '
tho challenge
A largo portion ot Gcnoral Nogl's
army, both his regulars and his re
serves, woro placed in tho vanguard.
Among them wero thousands of veterans
ot tho Chino-Japaneso war, who, hav
ing dono service in Manchuria in the
winter, wero able to make progress and
uso their arms where less seasoned
troops would havo been paralsyed.
Tho victory gained over the Russian
right nrmy is considered hero even a
greater feat than was tho capture of
Port Arthur, for, while the battle
raged, there woro no trenches to seek
protection in and ovury shot of the
enemy was miidu more deadly by the
indescribable cold. For this reason
thu iiuws from thu front that Field Mar
shal Oyiinui Is now following up his
advantage with relentless energy lias
been received witli amazement.
CITY OF BLOOD.
Battle Rages In Warsaw Streets with
No Respect to Age or Sex.
Warsaw, Jan. 31. Another day and
half a night of horrors havo passed.
Ah this dispatch is sent, tho city is
ruled by savago mobs and moro savage
soldiers. Both aro intent upon killing.
No official statements uru obtainable ut
tills hour, but when tho cost in human
lives comes to bo counted there will be
found dead by tho hundreds men,'
women and children.
Everybodyyoung and old, men,
women and children was attacked by
thu soldiers and ruthlessly shot down.
One Holdiur aimed a sahru blow ut a
woman, In suit defense sho druw n re
volver and fired a shot, which wont
wild. A second later a volley was' di
rected at her, and she fell dead, riddled
by u scorn of bullets, This is but one
of a hundred instances.
For thu most part the soldiers who
rodu and trumped through the streets
during thu lato afternoon of Monday
weru drunk. They seemed to take a
particular delight in nttacking harmless
persons. They killed tor tho mere
sake of killing.
To Shoot Down Bandits.
.Manila, Jan. 31, Habeas corpus has
been suspended In the provinces of Ca
vltu and Butuugus. Major General Cor-
bin is heartily co-operating with Gov
ernor Wright, nnd is giving him uvory
possihlo aid in suppressing lawlessness.
Federal troops consisting of detnchmentH
of picked sharpshooters work in con
junction with tho native scouts nnd tho
constabulary. Federal troops garrison
thu towns and martial law bus prac
tically been established. Tiiu present
situation in thu two provinces is partly
dtiu to raids of ladroiies.
Run Down by Cavalry.
London, Jan. 31, The foreign office
lias received u telegram from Consul
Gueral Murray, at Wursaw, reporting
that himself and Vice Consul Mucu
kuin weru charged by Russiaul cavalry
men engaged in clearing thu streets of
Warsaw. It appears that Mr. Murray
is partially deuf, aud when hu endeav
ored to mako known his personality, it
was without avail. Ambassador Ilard
ingo lilts been ordered to make urgent
protest ut St, Petersburg.
Beef Trust a Monopoly,
Washington, Jan. 31. Thu supremo
court of thu United States today decid
ed thu United States vs. Swift A Co.,
known us tlio beef trust ease, charging
conspiracy among tho puckers to fix
prices on fresh meats nnd liko products.
Tho opinion was handed down by
Justice Holmes and affirmed thu de
cision of thu court below, which was
aguliiat thu packers,
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