VOL. 3XV.- NO. 14,031.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER- 27, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LUCK SEA REVOLT
5 WELL PLANNED
Mutinous Sailors Keep
Perfect Order.
VODKA SHOPS ARE HOT VISITED
Euxine Fleet. Soon Expected to
Join Them.
ONE REGIMENT IS LOYAL
Marching Workmen .and Jacks Arc
Received AVith Military ' Honors,
but Appeals to Desert Officers
Arc Met AVith Refusal.
SEBASTOPOL. Saturday, Nov. 25. Mid
night. (Dglayed in transmission.) The
long-expected mutiny of sailors, who have
Tjeen on the verge of revolt, has come, and
Russia's stronghold on the Black Sea Is
In danger of falling completely Into their
hands.
The situation is very critical. All the
shore equipages, numbering 4000. men, are
In open rebellion, having driven away or
taken their officers prisoners. The Brest
regiment of Infantry has gone over in a
body to the mutincors." General Neplueff,
the commander of the fortress. Is a cap
tive. The Blelostok reglmont, the only othor
regiment In the city, received the muti
neers with cheers, but thus far It remains
loyal. Some of the artillerists have also
Joined the men In revolt Besides the
Blelostok regiment, there are two bat
talions of artillery and a battalion of fort
ress artillery here.
The Euxine fleet is standing in the
offing,, and is still obeying the ordors of
Vice-Admiral Chouknln, but the crews are
disaffected, and there Is great doubt
whether they cau be restrained from join
ing the mutineers, and greater doubt that
they will fire upon -them.
The Seventh Army Corps and the com
mander of the corps have been hastily
summoned from Simferopol,- eight hours
distant.
Planned by tho Socialists.
Thori Is every evidence-that the mutiny
was deliberately and perfectly planned by
the""EocJ'al revolutionaries, who have been
pushing'. their propaganda with great en
ergy, since the St. Petersburg strike was
organized, to save the Cronstadt muti
neers.
Friday eight sailors at the barracks
seized, disarmed and expelled their offi
cers. They then ussembled a great meet
ing. RearAdmiral Plzarevski, command
er of the practice squadrpn, supported by
a company from the Brest regiment, went
to the meeting, and when It refused to
disperse ordered the troops to fire. In
stead 6f shooting the mutineers, however.
two shots rang out, and Captain Stein, of
the company, fell dead, and Rear-Admiaal
Plzarevski received a. ball in his shoulder.
During tho night. the sailors, with the
aid of the Social Democratic leaders, hav
ing learned-arlesson from the less prudent
mutineers at Cronstadt, elected officers
and decided upon a programme, pledging
themselves not to pillage, kill or drink
x-odka, and to take measures to prevent
rowdyism.
Officers Sent to Prison.
This morning (Saturday) they were
joined by the workmen of the port, and
at 11 o'clock. In complete order, the sailors
carrying the banner of St. George and
the workmen red flags, marched to the
barracks of the Brest regiment. The offi
cers of the regiment threatened to fire on
the mutineers, but General Nepleuff, a
Colonel and five other officers surrendered
and were sent under escort to the marine
prison.
Being reinforced by the rank and file of
the entire regiment, the mutineers and
workmen formed a procession, composed
of 10,000 men and marched through the
city. At Novissllsteff Place, the proces
sion encountered several companies of the
Blelostok 'regiment, with a machine gun
battery. The mutineers approached, their
bands playing the national anthem, and
the soldiers received the procession with
full military honors, presenting arms and
exchanging cheers. But the Blelostok
men resisted thTe-appeals of the mutineers
to join ,them, and, obeying the orders of
Commander Schulman, marched off to
ward the road leading to Balaklava. The
battery, however, remained with the mu
tineers and participated In the meeting.
One Regiment Holds OHt,
After the meeting the procession formed
again and went to the barracks of jtho
Blelostok regiment, where there were oth
er companies, but these companies also
declined the Invitation of the mutineers
to join them.
In the afternoon the sailors from the
barracks signaled their comrades aboard
tho warships to join them, and also sent
a deputation to Vice-Admiral Chouknln,
requesting him to come to the sailors'
barracks and hear their grievances. But
the Admiral, In a short speech, in which
he pointed out the madness and criminal
ity of their actlbris and the dreadful pen
alties to which they had subjected them
selves, declined to accede to the request
The sailors thus far have comported
themselves -well. The city Is panic
stricken and the inhabitants are fleeing.
This 'evening the mutineers stopped . the
trains In order to prevent the arrival .of
troops from Simferopol, and .many persons
left on foot and In cabs, -wagons, or any
other kind of vehicle available
KILL TWO OF THEIR OFFICERS
Returned Frisoncrs in Revolt at
Vladivostok Garrh-on.
LONDON. Nov. 26. A. dispatch to ya
news agency from Vladivostok, dated No
vember 25, says:
A number of Russian troops who were
taken prisoners at Port Arthur and who
were recently returned here jor enroll
ment In the local garrison revolted to
day, killing two of their -officers and
wounding Ave others. The reasons for
the revolt arc not known.
JIORK PILLAGE AT- MOSCOW
Cabmen and Domestic Servants Join,
the Strikers.
MOSCOW. TNov. 25. Crowds of striking
workmen, many of them armed with re
volvers, continue to pillage factories and
Ktorcs and the houses of the better class.
Tn xRvarnl nuartcrs of the city numbers
of persons have been wounded by shot
from the crowds, me attempts oi mepo
llco to restore order are . ineffective.
The cabmen and 5000 domestic sorvants
have joined the strike.
Rioting in Siberian Town.
(SPECIAL CABLED
BARCELONIA. Siberia, Nov. 27. Severe
rioting took place here yesterday as the
result of several army officers attacking
and demolishing the plant of the satirical
newspaper Cutcat. which has recently vio
lently attacked the army. Later thore
were frequent collisions between the sev
eral political factions and many were
seriously hurt.
Army Is Ripe for Revolt.
(SPECIAL CABLED
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 27. It was re
ported early this morning that the War
Office had received Information from Man
churia that 500,000 members of the Man
churlan and Siberian armies arc ripe for
reolt, and declare that they will tramp
toward Russia If discipline Is not relaxed
and proper food proovlded.
SOLDIERS QUIT MUTINEER
BREST REGIMENT READY TO
RETURN TO DUTY.
Deputations . From Crews of Two
Battleships Promise Support to
the Revolting Sailors.
sSEVASTAPOU Nov. 26. Though the
mutinous sailors have not yet sub
mitted, but on the contrary have re
colvcd promises of support from the
crews of the battleship Pantclelmon
(formerly the Knaiz Potemkln) and
the cruiser Otcha'kofr, and though they
are In compl.etspossesston of Admlral
ty Point, where -"the barracks arc lo
cated, -there were no disorders today
and the- situation is- regarded as much
improved. .
The mutineers have been deserted by
the Brest regiment, which marched off
under arms to a camp formed by loyal
sailors and sent a message to Vlce
Admlral Chouknln asking his pardon
and saying they -were ready to return
to duty. The crews of all the ships,
except the Pantelelmon and the Otcha
koff refused to join the mutiny or to
answer to the signals of the sailors
on shore. The men on the ships named
have not yet risen.
The authorities have posted artil
lery on the boulevard, which Is the sole
avenue of communication between tho
city and the stronghold of the muti
neers, and on the Balaklava road, the
only other egress from Admiralty
Point. They have the mutineers com
pletely hemmed In. but are awaiting
the arrival of troops frors?lmferopol
before attempting to retake the bar
racks. Small bodies of unarmed sailors,
however, were allowed to enter tlje
city today and they strolled about
without being molested.
The mutineers aparently are in a
state of excellent discipline. They
have constructed barricades, have
placed a guard at the aqueduct which
supplies the barracks and have thrown
out pickets, which take regular turn is
at guard duty. They declared that
they had risen because their command
ers had withheld concession promised
by the Emperor and that they are ready
to hold out until these are put Into
effect.
The mutineers held a meeting today
Jn the barracks at which deputations
from the Pentelelmon and the Otcna
koff were present.
The strike of the railroad men In
sympathy with the mutinous sailors is
delaying the arrival of troops. Fugi
tives from this city went in carriages
to Simferopol today, but the panic has
abated to some extent.
CRONSTADT HEARS NEWS FIRST
Engineering of the Mutineer Be
lieved to Be by Intelligent Hands.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 27. (1:30 A. M.)
At midnight the Associated Press was
Informed "by an official of the Admiralty
that the reports received up to that hour
showed there had been no conflict at Se
bastopol yesterday. So far as the ofll
clals knew, the crews of the Black Sea
fleet were still loyal, but beyond that no
Information was vouchsafed.
The sailors who mutinied number about
4000, and belong to various equipage, from
the Twenty-eighth to the Thirty-sixth.
Including the sailors on board tho ships,
there were about 8000 In ScbastopoJ when
the mutiny occurred. The troops In the
garrison consisted of the Brest and Blelo
'tok regiments, with two battalions of ar
tillery and one battalion of fortress artil
lery. The Blelostok regiment during the
outbreak several weeks ago fired "upon
the soldiers, and at the Admiralty no
doubt Is now entertained that the mutiny
was the result of the carefully prepared
work of revolutionists, to whom the sup
port given the mutineers at Cronstadt by
the workmen of St. Petersburg offered a
powerful weapon.
Profttingby tho mistakes of the mu
tineers at Cronstadt, however, those at
Sebastopol took particular care to. adopt
measures to prevent their meeting degen
erating into a drunken riot, and, so far
as known, both the mutineers and the
(Concluded . on ;ro S.)
PLENTY OF MONEY
FOR IRRIGATION
Secretary of Interior Has Not
Been Furnished Proper
Figures.
MATTERS IN A BAD TANGLE
Reclamation Service In Its Contro
versy With Hitchcock Has tho
Best of the Argument and
the Facts to Prove It.
RECLAMATION ITJND. .
Amount now In fund... (2S.02S.S7t
Additions in next three year. 9.000.000
Total fund available.'. f37.02S,S71
Amount already contracted
for 33.000.000
Available for new work f22.028.S77
OREGONrAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Nov. 25. When the Secretary of
the Interior and the Reclamation Service
reach nn understanding as to the extent
and condition of the National reclamation
fund, it Is expected that a number of
new Irrigation projects. Including projects
in Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washing
ton, will be approved and placed under
contract But until there Is a complete
understanding, the present chaotic condi
tion must continue, and inactivity will be
the rule, save on projects that are act
ually under contract
The great misunderstanding that now
prevails- is as to the amount of money
available for use. and the restrictions un
der which thai money may be expended.
The Reclamation Service has its own set
of figures, but those figures' do not coin
cide with the figures which have been fur
nished Secretary Hitchcock by the men In
his own department upon whom he relics.
Thi Secretary, confronted with very dif
ferent financial statements, from sources
whloh, ought to agree, has concluded that
neither is right yet he is unable to figure
out for himself just how much money he
lias to spend, and how much he has spent
In the 3V years the reclamation law has
been in force.
Involved by Intermediaries.
If Secretary Hitchcock. In handling irri
gation matters, . dealt ftireeUy with the
Reclamation Service, as the law contem
plated he-would do. and as good business
practice would seem to demand, he would
not now have n nasty tangle on his hands,
but would be able to work In harmony
with the bureau that was especially cre
ated to build Government irrigation works.
It Is by dealing through unreliable inter
mediaries that the Secretary has become
involved In an unpleasant controvcrsy
with the Reclamation Service, and, un
fortunately for the Secretary, the Recla
mation Service Is in the right The Sec
rutarjr acted on bad advice, given him by
men who lacked full and proper informa
tion on matters which passed through
their hands
The holding up of new Irrigation proj
ects worked cut by the engineers of the
Reclamation Service has been attributed
primarily to a supposed lack of money.
Recently, a number of feasible and very
attractive projects which have been stud
led and mapped, have been submitted to
tbe Secretary for approval, but all were
sidetracked because the Secretary believed
he had no money to construct them. Since
taking this action, his Ideas as to the ex
tent of the fund have been changed some
what and he Is beginning to see a means
whereby he can approve some of the new
projects, and authorize work to com
mence. Contracts for Only Half.
Secretary Hitchcock now rcalires that
it Is one thing to apportion money for a
project and quite another to let con
tract for the construction of some project
The Secretary has apportioned over 532,
000.000 for different projects, but he has
only authorized contracts and paid for
work amounting to 515.000,000. in other
words, -while the entire amount In the
reclamation fund has been apportioned,
only half of It has been contracted for,
leaving the other hat; for future use on
works which have been approved, but
which have not yet reached" the contract
stage.
When the Reclamation Service, after
careful survey. Is satisfied that some pro J
ect Is feasible, it makes an estimate of
the cost of its construction, and asks the
Secretary to approve the project and ap
portion enough money out of the fund for
Its construction. When an apportionment
Is made, the money is set aside contingent
upon the fulfillment of certain conditions
which usually relate to vested rights and
the co-operation of owners of lands under
the project In making the allotment, the
Sscrptary has Incurred no legal, or moral
responsibility. He Is not bound to spend
the money on the project for which the
allotment was made. Indeed, conditions
may arise which may demonstrate the
lmp:-actlcabHlty of building the project,
in which e-vent the allotment may be can
celed and the money turned back Into the
fund.
If, however, a contract Is let for some
part of a project, the Secretary then as
sumes a legal responsibility for that part
only. He must be certain there Is suffi
cient money In- the Treasury to complete
this contract even though final payments
may not be. -required for several years.
Eleven Projects Under Way.
At the present time actual construction
is in progress on portions of 11 great proj
ects, requiring about three years for their
completion. 'The' estimated cost of these
projects is about '.equal to the total
amount now In the rcclaamtion fund. $2S,-
000,000. But the fund is constantly grow-
lag. It will be three years or more before
the present fund can be expended, and in
that period It is;estlmatcd J3.0CO.OOO will be
added by reason of future public land
sales, not' to mention some moneys that
will be returned to the fund from settlers
on. the first irrigation projects to be com
pleted. In view of the great time consumed In
making preliminary investigations, and
the great time required to. complete these
enormour Irrigation systems, it Is proper
for the Reclamation Service to prepare
plans for new projects In anticipation of
further additions to the fund. By so doing
the engineers upon the completion of one
project can take up immediately the con
struction of another, and thus apply tho
money In the Treasury as quickly and
economically as possible towards the con
struction of feasible projects.
On this basis the present reclamation
fund, with tho Increment which will
come to it in the next three years, can
be expended safely In such a manner
as to permit commencing construction
on cyory project which has thus far re
ceived th approval of the Reclamation
Service. This can be done without let
ting contract! at any timo for more
than one-third or one-half of the total
amount of moneyJn Uajjjwqiix----A
Condition of the Fund.
To get down to figures, the reclama
tion fund on June 30. 190S, amounted to
52S.02S.371. The Commissioner of the
General Iand Office estimates that be
tween June 33, 1905, and June 30, 190S,
practically J9.O00.J00 will be added to
the fund, from the sale of public lands.
Land Office receipts arc gradually de
clining. It is estimated that for the
present fiscal year the net receipts (that
is the amount that goes into the re
clamation fund) will amount to $3,250,
000; next year only 53,000,000 Is looked
for and the year following a quarter
of a million less is counted on. This
59.000.003, added to the 528,000.000 on
hand will maka a total of 537,000.000
thnt can bo expended by the Secretary
of the Interior before June 30, 1S0S.
In other words, as It takes about
three years to build' many of the large
projects, the Secretary can, at this
time, make contracts. In addition to
contracts heretofore made, to the ag
gregate amount of 537.000,003, and stfll
be within tho limits of the law and tho
fund.
As stated above, about 515.000,000 has
already been expended, or is covered
by contracts now.belng executed. This,
deducted from the -537,000.000. still
leaves 522,030.000 with which the Sec
retary can reckon, and works costing
up to this amount can. be safely au
thorized. These contracts may be made
under projects which have been hereto
fore approved, or under projects for
which no allotments have yet been
made.
Some Projects Abandoned.
The facttha't money; has" been al&ttd
does' -not necessarily Insure its expendi
ture, as instanced in the case of the
31alheur and Palousc projects, -which
have sinco been abandoned. In all 55.-
300,000 was allotted for building thoso
two projects, and yet not a cent Is to
be expended, on either. The. fact that
the allotment was made did not insure
construction, and the Secretary was at
no time obligated to build elthor pro
ject
In tho Minidoka project. In Idaho,
however, there was not only an allot
ment of 51.300,000, but' over 5i.000.00O.
worth of work has been contracted for.
and that money must be paid out
Irrigation works are being construct
cd, or aro under contract, in each of
the .16 states and territories benefited
by the reclamation act save Oregon.
Washington, Utah, Kansas and Okla
noma, but allotments have been made
for every state and territory except
Utah and Oklahoma.
now the Allotments Stand.
The allotments as they stood Novem
ber 15 were as follows:
State anckname of project Allotment
Arizona Salt River 5 3.S30.000
Lraiirornia xuma 2.o,0CO
uoioraoo uncompangre 2.3tu.ooo
Idaho Minidoka 1.300,000
Payette-Boise 1,300.000 1
Kansas Garden City 260.000 '
Montana Huntley 5(0.000
rwo-tniros .tower xeuowstone.. 1,200,000
Nebraska-Wyoming North Platte 3.330.000
Nevada Truckee-Carson 3,000,000
New Mexico Hondo 240.CCO i
North Dakota One-third Lower !
Yellowstone Toocoa
Oregon-California Klamath 2.000.000
urcgon Jiaincur 2.2W.0W
South Dakota Belle Fourche 2,100.000
Washington Palouse v 2.S0O.COO
Wyoming snoanone 2.230,000
Total 532.9Srt.0CO
Inasmuch as only half of the recla
mation fund has so far been expended
'or contracted for, and Inasmuch as it
will take three years to build the aver
age project It is apparent, from the
foregoing figures, that the Secretary
of the Interior could safely enter into
a contract today for every project for
which he has made an 'allotment, and
still hav a surplus of 51,030,000, which
could be used In case of emergency. Or,
to be more to the point Inasmuch as
the. Palouse and Malheur projects are
not to be built the Secretary could
safely enter Into contracts tomorrow
for the construction of the Umatilla
project In Oregon, -which will cost
51.000,000, and - could contract for the
Tleton. Okanogan and Sunnyslde pro
jects in the Yakima Valley in Washing
ton, which will cost respectively
51.000.000, 5500,000 and 51.300,000 or 52,
500.00 In alL
Substituting Increases Surplus.
By substituting these four projects
for the Malheur and Palouse, the Secre
tary would In reality Increase his sur
plus from 54.000,303 to 55,500,000,- as the
combined cost of the three is only
53,500.000, whereas the total allotment
for. Malheur aad Palousc Is a little
over 55,000,030.
This, of course, shows that Oregon
nnd Washington, which have not yet
been recognized under the reclamation
law. can be given Instant recognition. s
fac as money Is concerned. There is
money enough and to spare, if the Sec
retary makes the distinction between
allotment and contract And inasmuch
as all four" projects named are pro
nounced feasible, there Is hp reason
why all four should not be immediately
approved, and the necessary allotments
made. Then, if after further examina
tlon. the Government is unable to make
satisfactory arrangements with the
landowners unaertiie respective pro
Jects, they can be dropped.
CHOKE AND BURN .
If WRECK ON II
Fourteen Persons Lose Lives
in Rear-End Collision on
. Massachusetts Road.
SMASHED CARS TAKE FIRE
Many of tho Passengers Arc Pinned
Under the Wreckage and Arc -Roasted
Alive 'Before Pow
erless Onlookers.
LINCOLN, Mass.. Nov. 26. Fourteen
persons were killed. 23 were seriously In
jured, and probably a score of others cut
and bruised In the most disastrous rail
road wreck recorded In this state for
many years. Tho wreck occurred at SU3
o'clock, at Baker's Bridse Station, a mile
and a half west of Lincoln, on the main
lfne of the Fltchburg division of the Bos
ton &. Maine Railroad. The regular Sun
day express, which left Boston at 7:45
o'clock, for Montreal, by way of the Rut
land system, crashed into the rear end of
an accommodation train bound for points
on the Marlborough branch, and which
started from Boston at 7:15.
Of the dead, a dozen were passengers in
the two rear cars of the Marlborough
train. The other two were Engineer Bar
nard, of the Montreal express, and his
fireman. No passengers on the express
train were injured. Of those who lost
their lives, a number were apparently in
stantly killed In the collision, while oth
ers were cither burned to death or died
from suffocation. A partial. list of the
dead is as follows:
BOGENB BERNARD, engineer of the .Mont
real train.
. LYONS, fireman of the Montreal train.
ANNA HILBRIDGE. ased 5 yean, Acton.
DANIEL. WEATHER 11 EE, Acton.
MAT CAMPBELL, Maynard.
WILLIAM J. BARHIS. Maynard.
THREE-TEAR-OLD CHILD of Mr. Harris.
MAT COLLINS. Concord Junction.
NELLIE SWEENEY, Concord.
. MAGANAO. Concord. .
SEVEN UNIDENTIFIED BODIES.
The following Injured persons were
taken to the Massachusetts General Hos
pital In Boston:
Harry Broadbent. Maynard: Andrew Carl
son. Maynard. condition nerloua; Srario Vando.
Sandford. serious; Andrew Klane. address not
known; abl Hastens. South Acton; Nicho
las HolbYook. Maynard; Harry Vent. South
Aeten. condition critical; Matthew Campbell.
Maynard; Egbert Campbell, condition serious;
Mrs. Clara Fuller, Leominster, condition sort
ous; Mr. Albert Bentley. Maynard. crushed
thlch. condition critical; Mrs. William BarrlM,
Maynard; Anna, Klaven; Peter Weston, May
nard. Among others Injured who were treated
near the scene of the wreck were the fol
lowing: Hoke Smith. Concord; Mr. and Mrs. John
Davis and their daughter. Bessie and Maud,
of Marnard.
Express Hits Standing Train.
The wreck was primarily due to thick
weather, which apparently obscured sig
nals set by the forward train, which,-at
the time of the disaster, was standing in
front of Baker's Bridge Station. The
Montreal train, drawn by two locomotives,
and consisting also of nine cars, crashed
Into the rear ofthe Marlborough branch
local, demolishing the two rear cars. All
of the passengers killed and seriously in
jured were In these. None of the passen
gers on the Montreal train was seriously
hurt, but the engineer and fireman of the
leading locomotive were killed.
The wreck caught Are, and some of the
passengers were Incinerated. Few persons
live In the vicinity of Baker's Bridge sta
tion, and no fire department was avail
able, so that the flames practically burned
themselves out. The uninjured passen
gers and a number of train hands, assist
ed by villagers, went to the aid of the in
jured, and many persons were rescued.
The railroad station and a number of
dwelling-houses were turned into tempo
rary hospitals, and many volunteer nurses
assisted in relieving the suffering of the
injured. Later, the most seriously hurt
were taken to Boston on a special train.
Brakeman Sent With Signal Torch.
The Montreal train does not stop at the
small stations, and after passing Wal
thatn. does not stop ordinarily until It
reaches Concord, two miles west of Ba
ker's Bridge Station. Owing to the heavy
traffic the Marlborough branch train was
behind time when It reached Baker's'
Bridge.' According to the statement of
persons who were at the depot there, a
brakeman was sent to place a fuse or
red-fire torch a distance in the rear.
The night was unusually dark. Ac
cording to those at the station at the
time, the torch had not been set more
than a minute before the roar of a heavy
train around a curve a short distance east
of the depot was heard. Within a few
seconds, the headlight of an on-rushlng
locomotive showed through the mist, and
before a hand could be lifted to warn the
passengers In the waiting train, the two
ponderous engines, traveling at a speed of
25 mlks an hour, crashed Into It, 'The im
pact was terrific
The leading locomotive telescoped the
rear car of the Marlborough train, and
the second engine forced this mass against
the third car of the local and completely
wrecked it- In these two cars all but
two of the fatalities occurred, and prac
tically all of the injured. The collision
destroyed the forward locomotive of the
Montreal train, but the engine following,
although much damaged, did not leave
the rails. None of the cars of the express
was thrown from the track, and the col
lision apparently had little effect upon
those in them.
Barncd With tlie Wreck.
Fire added to the horror, flames almost
immediately communicating to the wreck
age of the passenger coaches. A number
of passengers who had been pinned down
by broken scats were Incinerated. Some
of them, however, had evidently been
killed instantly. Tho second car of the
local train remained standing on the
rails, and was not greatly damaged.
Thirteen of the dead were sent to Bos
ton on the special train, together with 14
of the most seriously Injured, of whom it
was feared that three would die within a
short time. The majority of those injured
were women. It Is probable that the Dis
trict Court will hold an Investigation.
Heads Separated From Bodies.
LINCOLN, Mass.. Nov. 25 Just before
2 o'clock this morning It was estimated
that the dead numbered IS. There were
13 persons taken from the wreck and
three died after being removed. Three
of the bodies were headless.
Two skulls were found at 2 A. M. and
20 minutes later a man's head with a
full beard was picked up. It "is difficult
to fix" the exact number of those who
perished, but it Is thought It will not ex
ceed IS.
.RUMOR OF FOUNDERING
Battleship King Edward VII Re
ported Lost in English Channel.
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(SPECIAL. eXBLEO
LONDON, Nov. 2C A rumor is current
here, the source of which cannot be as
certained, that the big first-class battle
ship King Edward VII has foundered In
the English Channel. There Is no con
firmation of the rumor and up to the
present time it has been impossible to
locate where It originated.
Great Gnlc Sweeps Channel.
DOVER. Nov. 26. A terrific gale pre
vails In the Channel. The storm Is the
most severe that has been experienced In
the past three years. The Admiralty
pier Is partly submerged and the London
boat train has been unable to reach her
pier, owing to the huge seas which are
hurling masses of shingle across tho rails.
The cross channel service Is suspended.
Steamer Ikuta Is Sunk.
TOKIO. Nov. 26. (5 P. M.) The steam
er Ikuta. bound for the Llaotung Penin
sula, collided with the steamer Fukura
near Mutsure. not far from Shimoneslkl.
IaHt night. The Ikuta, which was struck
amidships, sank Immediately. Most of the
people on board were saved. Eleven are
missing.
SWALLOWED BY THE SEA
Great Section Slumps OfrEast Coast
oT Coney Inland.
NEW YORK. Nov. Kl-(Special.)-Over
100,000 feet of barren Island east of Coney
Island and north of Rockaway has been
swallowed up by tho sea and the Inhab
itants of the Island, composed of nearly
2000 souls, are panic-stricken lest, by tho
some mysterious arfd silent swiftness, a
large part Of the eastorn end of the Island
should suddenly disappear underneath tho
waters.
'Eighty thousand feet of the beach was
suddenly lost forever underneath the
waters Saturday, carrying down a part of
the great rendering plant of the Sanitary
Utilization Company. Today 20.0GO feet
more went down fathoms deep Into the
quicksands underlying the whirling chan
nel. Other big plants are threatened. No
lives were lost, but there were many nar
row escapes.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
T EST ERD AY'S Maximum temperature. 44
ilejr.; minimum. 41 ties.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; possibly part snow
or Bleet; westerly winds.
Russia.
Ovr 4000 sailors and soldiers In revolt at
Sebastopol. Page 1.
Mutineers organize and promlne to abstain
from vodka and pillage. Page 1.
General Neplueff. commander of the fortress.
Is a prisoner. Page 1.
Euxine fleet expected to Join In the mutiny.
Page I.
Brest regiment quits the mutineers and says
It Is ready to return to duty. Page 1.
Llnlevltch said to have put down mutiny
with much bloodshed In Manchuria. Page
1.
National.
Farms of the United States produce an un
precedented yield. Page 1.
Plenty of money In the reclamation fund for
all present projects. Page 1.
North Yakima. Commercial Club advances
claims of the Tleton project. Page 5.
Railroad employes will combat rate legisla
tion. Page 4.
Perry Belmont appoints committee to urge
publicity In the matter of campaign con
tributions. Page 3.
Foreign.
Sultan of Turkey shows signs of yielding to
pressure of the powers. Page '2.
Fleet of. allies reaches the Island of Mlty
lene. Page. 2.
Cubs, sends gunboat to Investigate affairs In
the Isle or Pines. Page 0.
Domestic
In rear-end collision In Massachusetts 14
are killed and 30 Injured. Page 1.
University of Pennsylvania - takes Initiative
In suggesting new football rules. Page .1.
Autopsy Is "performed on the bSdy o Mid
shipman Branch. Page 2.
Pacific Coast.
Marlon County has a long list of aspirants
for state offlcas. Page 4.
Boom in real estate at Ontario. Or. Page 4.
Horsethlef shot In streets of Los Angeles,
aftera running flght with officers. Page
4.
Sports.
Pacific Coast scores Portland 2-3. Los An
geles 1-2; San Francisco 1-3, Tacoma 0-3;
Seattle 11-7. Oakland 2-2. Page -9.
Multnomah men have try-out game prellm-J
nuiry to inaicn wiin university Ol UTegon
on the gridiron. Page 9.
Marine.
Schooner Bella, ashore near mouth of Slus
law River. Page 3.
Portland grain buyers do not fear being In
dieted for having combined to control
prices on wheat. Page 3.
Several candidates aspire to appointment as
Cleric of Federal Court. Page 3.
Judge McBrlde will be asked to restrain
Mayor Lane from raiding Mllwaukle Club,
Page 9.
Typographical Union favors state ownership
oz printing plant. Page 13.
New plant on the Sandy seeks light and
power franchise In Portland. Page 8.
Portland and VIcIalty.
Anti-Suffrage Association preparing to op
pose amendment. Page 13.
Large Increase In population of suburbs re
quires better school facilities. Page 8.
United Brethren pastor favors tithing sys
tem of raising church funds. Page 13."
Orejon's bcnklng laws are lax. Page 8.
HfiY CROP WORTH
MOMH
Corn Leads All Fan
Products in America
GREATEST HARVEST IN H1ST0R
Secretary Wilson Present!
Vast Figures in Report.
POTENT FACTOR IS THE HE!
Competes AVJth the Cove and thl
AVhcatfield for Precedence in
tlie Value of Yearly
Production.
SOME OF TILE BIG CROPS.
Corn (bushels) 2.70S.00O.00O
Hay $603,000,000
Cotton 5T3.0OO.00O
Wheat S25.C0O.00O
Oata 2S2.000.000
Potatoes 138.000.000
Barley 58,000,000
Tobacep 12.000,000
Sugar bane and cugar beets. 30.JOO.000
Bice 13.982.000
Dairy products fifi3.000.00O
Poultry products 500,000,000
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26. "Wealtlj
production on the farms of the Unjtc
States In 1905 reached the hlsheaC
amount ever attained In this or anil
other country $6,415,000,000."
Tn the first annual report of his thirc
term Secretary of Agriculture Wllaor
presents an array of figures and
statement representing products anc
profits of the farmers of this country.
which he admits "dreams of vvealthj
production could hardly equal.'
Four crops make new high recordH
as to value corn. hay. wheat and!
rice although In amount of produc
tion the corn is the only one that ex-l
ceeds previous yields. In every cropl
the general level of production wasl
high and that of prlees still higher
Beside the enormous yield of wealth the!
Secretary estimates that the farms of!
the country have increased In value)
during the past five years to a present
aggregate of 56,133,000,000.
"Every sunset during the past flvol
years." he says, "has registered an InTj
crease of $3,400,000 in the value off
the farms of this country."
This Increased value, the Secretary
suggests. Is invested better than inj
hank deposits or even In the gilt-edged
bonds of private corporations.
Tempted by Gambling Parasites.
In dealing with the cr6p report
"leak" Secretary "Wilson, after refer
ring to the "gross breach of trust on
the part of one of the employes of the
Bureau of Statistics," he says:
"This department acted with vigor
when It got evidence of the wrong
doing on the part of its own officials.
but we have no evidence of disciplinary
or preventative action at the trader's
end of the line, where gamblers. In-1
terested neither In the production nor
consumption, disturb values to the
Injury of both and "make loud outcry
when creatures of their own kind cor
rupt officials to betray confidence for
the love of money. Tlie responsibility
for this "leak" 13 shared by everyone
who, to get money without work, gamb
les in farm products. "When this form,
of industry ceases these parasites who
tempt department officials will have to
work for their bread."
The method of handling crop reports,
he says, has been thoroughly renovated
during the year. There also has been
decided change In the methods of work
prescribed for field agents, each agent
Is now confined to' a definite group of
states with which he becomes thor
oughly familiar by travel each month.
Highest Production of Corn.
Analyzing the principal crops for the
year the Secretary says that corn
reached Its highest production at 2,708.
000,000 bushels, a gain of 42.000,000 over
the next highest year. 1893; hay is
second In order of value, although cot
ton held second place during the two
preceding years. The hay crop this
year is valued at $605,000,000. Cotton
comes third, with a valuation of $$575,
000.000; wheat, $525,000,000; oats, $282.
000.000; potatoes. $138,000,000; barley,
$58,000,000; tobacco, $12,000,000; sugar
cane and sugar beets, $50,000,000; rice,
$13,982,000; dairy products, $50,00,000.
an increase of $54,000,000 over last
year.
"The farmer's hen." the Secretary
says, "is becoming a worthy companion
to his cow. The annual production of
eggs is now a score of billions. Poultry
products have climbed to a place of
' o in value, so the
farmer's hen competes with wheat for
precedence."
More Horses Than Ever Before.
There are more horses and with a
larger aggregate value than ever be
fore, notwithstanding, as the Secretary
says, they were "threatened by the bi
cycle and later by the suburban trol
ley and the automobile." He estimates
their value at $1,200,000,000. or nearly
as much as the corn crop.
Although milch cows are increasing
in numtiers and value, the report states
that other cattle and sheep have for
several years been decreasing. There
t Concluded on page 3.)