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Newspaper Page TextttE $C&i3Al OKEGOIS'iA, POKTLAKD, SlCPTiSMUKK 13, 1903, m Fie Brattain Must Give Up Lakeview Office. EXPLANATION IS USELESS Register Denied Leave to Journey to Washington. CHARGES OF GRAFT TOO STRONG President Gave in to Delegation In Orepron City Case, bat If They Join Hermann In Brattnln's Support, Tnrn-Dorvn Is Sure. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 12. When Register E. M., Brattain, of. the Lakeview Iand Office, read In last Sunday's Oregonlan a sum mary of charges that were lodged against him by Inspector Llnnen, he telegraphed Land Commissioner Richards, asking for leave of absence, that he might come to Washington to answer the charges. No reply was sent to the message until The Oregonlan of September 6 was read by Commissioner Richards, when he tele graphed to Brattain denying his request. The charges as enumerated are declared to be correct and according to the report, but the summary made a week ago is not complete, and docs not go Into de tail. Unfortunately, the details are not to be glvtn out to the public Charged With Getting "Rake-Off." The main objection to Brattain Is based upon Llnnen's report, which shows that the Lakeview Register has been, on a small scale. It is true, conducting his of fice on the lines followed by A. W. Machen, the late Superintendent of the Free Delivery in the PostofHce Depart ment. He is charged with having kept a steady lookout for "extras" and with having collected a material "rake-off" from various sources. Whether or not he, like Machen, secured 40 per cent is not known, but at any rate, Brattaln's "profits" are supposed to have material ly swelled his income. There Is reason to believe that the pub lishers of newspapers in the Lakeview land district could contribute interesting Information as to the methods of Mr. Brattain, and Clerk Whittlesey, recently dismissed, is another person who -could a tale unfold, if he were so disposed. Delegation Xeed Not Indorse Him. The Oregonlan correspondent hag been Informed repeatedly by officials who know, that Brattain cannot be retained In office either with or without the indorse ment of the Oregon delegation. The fact that Congressman Hermann desires his retention and is seeking the co-operation of the two Senators and of Representa tive AVilliamson, will have no effect upon the President and the Interior Depart ment. If Brattain Is unanimously in dorsed for retention the President will most certainly fill his office by some man of his own choice, just as he did at La Grande. The delegation In asking for Brattaln's retention would but court another rebuke at the hands of the President. President Roosevelt has decreed that there must be a change of land officers at Lakeview. Beycnd this his mind is not made up. He has no desire to be harsh with the Oregon delegation; on the contrary Is pa tiently awaiting their advices, which have not yet been received. He is not pursuing a stubborn policy towards the Oregon Sen ators, but on the other hand he will not yield to their stubbornness. DrehKt-r Case Recalled. When he apponted Dresser as Register at Oregon City he did so against his per sonal desire, for he wanted ,to retain Moores. But he yielded to the delegation. When he later asked the delegation to show him like consideration at La Grande the delegation refused. It was not until then that the President acted entirely upon his own responsibility. Now at Lakeview he has asked the Senators to recommend new men. They have not done so, but in the face of the President's very pronounced opposition to Brattain at least one member of the dele gation is asking his Retention, although It is supposed none are especially anxious for Receiver Bailey's continuance in of fice. Up to the present time President Roosevelt has been willing to await the pleasure of the delegation. It is not prob able that he will wait much longer. If it turns out that the President ap points as Register and Receiver at Lake view men "of his selection, it will mean men satisfactory to the Interior Depart ment. The President will very likely be willing to make other appointments dur ing the coming session of Congress, if the delegation should, in the meantime, consent to compromise on good men of their own choice. If they do not, and the President's appointees are refused con firmation, he will unquestionably reap point his men as soon as the Senate ad journs. This game of Federal appoint ments is one in which the President holds the highest card, and he also has the last play. He is not trying to drive the dele gation, nor will he allow himself to be driven. A fair compromise is what he wants, but that compromise must be on men of unimpeachable character and Bterllng worth. KAHX IS HIT OX AXiI SIDES. His Attempt to Continue California Graft Cannes Him' Hamilintion. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept 12. It turns out that ex Representative Kahn, of Callfornia who recently came East to protest against the Indian Office's alleged discrimination against San Francisco, and to demand that city's enormous graft in furnishing Indian supplies be allowed to continue, was really on the war path and after the vcalp of Indian Commissioner Jones. He started home today with an empty belt instead of a scalp. He was given a cvere jolt by Secretary Hitchcock because he Secretary learned that Kahn came as a paid representative of San Francisco merchants and not as a member of Con press. of getting Jones' scalp, Kahn was advised by the President that he haa utmost confidence in his Indian Commis sioner and upheld his determination to do business on business principles. Kahn represented those interests that oppose Commissioner Jones' policy of dividing the Indian business between Portland, Lobv Angeles and other Western cities. STATE'S CLAI3I HOLDS UP LAND. Indian Commissioner Explains the Delay In Klamath Allotments. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 12. In reply to a letter of Senator Mitchell, In which he incloses a demand from J. W. Hanaker, of Klamath Falls, for the Immediate completion of the allotment of lands to the Indians on the Klamath Reservation, Indian Commis sioner Jones states that there are some 310 allotments already made which are held up, pending a determination by the Inter ior Department as to whether swamp lands within the Klamath Reservation are subject to Indian allotment, or accrue to the state under the swamp land act The allotments on which patents have not yet Issued are those made under a recent act of Congress authorizing allot ments to Indian children who did not re ceive land under the original apportion ment The Interior Department has not yet determined whether the claim of the state is superior to the title of the Indians. If the lands are held to be the property of the state, new allotments will be neces sary. If the right of the state is held to be secondary to the rights of the Indians, the alloted lands will be patented and the state will receive the remainder. The state has laid claim to 92,375 acres under the swamp land act It is part of, this tract that is In-'dlspute. CHINESE HAVE NO RIGHT HERE. Revenue Cotter Finds Many on Fishing; Vessels In the North. WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 12. In a report to the Revenue Cutter Service, from the United States steamer Perry. Captain F. Tuttle, in command, tells of the dis covery of large numbers of Chinese on the cannery vessels in the -waters about Bris tol Bay and other Alaskan waters, whose certificates are defective. The inspectors of immigration at Seattle and San Fran cisco have been directed to apprehend these Chinese on their return to those points. The Chinese are helpless, as they can return from the Alaskan regions only on the cannery vessels, and are forced to go to Seattle or San Francisco. Their de portations will undoubtedly follow. LIKELY TO DISMISS KNUDSON. Fnnwton Forwards Findings of Alaskan Conrt-Mnrtlal. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept 12. The Secretary of War today received from General Funston the record of courtmartlal of Lieutenant Knudson, Seventh Infantry, recently tried on the charge of selling army sup plies at Skagway, Alaska, and of re moving from a safe $4000 of Government funds. The fact that the record comes here Is very good evidence that Knudson is slat ed for dismissal from the army, for In all cases where the sentence Is not dis missal or death, the commander takes final action and does not consult the War Department. WAY OUT OF ALASKAN MUDDLE. Both Republican and Democrat May Be Made 1004 Fair Commissioner. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept 12. On recommendation of Representative Tawney, of Minnesota. Secretary Hitchcock today suggested to the President a way out of the tangle over the appointment of an Alaskan' commissioner to the St Louis Exposition. Mr. Tawney thinks the difficulty could be solved by allowing Governor Brady to remain the sole Commissioner and ap pointing two assistants on salary, prob ably at $2000 each. This would permit the appointment of Williams, Democrat, and a Republican as well. SUBMITS tfW CANAL BILL Colombian Committee Considers the Transfer of Panama to America. WASHINGTON, Sept 12. The State De partment has received a cablegram from Minister Beaupre, dated September 5, sum marizing the provisions of the bill re ported to the Colombian Congress by the committee resently appointed to study the conditions upon which the construction of the Panama Canal could be authorized. The main provisions recommended by the committee were: First Approval of the action of the Senate In rejecting the Hay-Herran treaty. Second Authority to be given to the President to conclude treaties for a canal or to contract for a canal with-private parties subject to the rights of the com panies. Third The Panama Railway Company to be permitted to transfer its property, all existing obligations to be assumed by the purchaser. Including the annual pay ment of $250,000, and the surrender of the property to Colombia in 1967. Fourth The Canal Company to be per mitted to transfer Its rights and property on payment of $10,000,000 to the govern ment of Colombia. , Firth The authority to be given to the President of Colombia to make the fol lowing concessions and conditions:" Lease of the canal zone for 100 years, not In cluding therein the cities of Panama and Colon; annual rentals therefor until 1967 to be $150,000; lease renewable every hun dred years, with Increase of 25 per cent in the rental for each succeeding 100 years' period. Neutrality of the canal and recog nition of Colombian sovereignty over the whole territory and the inhabitants there of. Mixed tribunals only in the canal zone; police and sanitary commissions to be exclusively Colombian; a time limit to be fixed for the completion of the canal and works. Sixth Colombia to receive from the contracting governments $20,000,000 on the exchange of ratifications of the treaty. Seventh Regulations to be made fixing the conditions of punchase of private company. Mr. Beaupre adds that the debates upon the reported bill were to begin on Mon day, September 7. The State Department received a second cablegram from Mr. Beaupre this after noon, dated Bogota, September 10, say ing that the canal matter has not once been discussed In the Colombian Senate since the report of the committee, the first consideration of the report having been postponed until the 14th lnst CUBA PREFERS AMERICA. Agent to Float Loan Hopes He-Chn Place It in This Country. HAVANA, Sept 12. Senor Menocal, the chairman of the committee appointed to negotiate the $35,000,000 loan, in an inter view last night with the Associated Press correspondent said: "It is my preference and hope that the loan be placed in the United States. We realize that it Is better and more con venient to place It there than elsewhere. Senor Capote, the president of the Sen ate, who has been added to our commis sion, will accompany me to New York. After presenting the matter and becoming definitely acquainted with the loan situa tion there I shall proceed to London to Join Senor Dola, the other commissioner, and take up the matter with London and Paris bankers." governor blame Head of Kentucky Republican Ticket on Feuds. STATE CAMPAIGN IS .OPENED Belknap Holds Lawlessness in Breathitt and Other Counties 'is Largely Due to the Free Grant ing: of Pardons by Beckham. MUNFORDVILLE, Ky., Sept 12. In the presence of several thousand people the Republican state campaign was opened here today by Colonel Morris R. Belknap, candidate for Governor. The party leaders were' In attendance, and other candidates on the state ticket de livered short addresses. Special trains brought large crowds from near-by cities. Colonel Belknap's speech dealt mainly with the pardon record of Governor Beck ham, which he asserted was largely re sponsible for the lawless conditions pre vailing in Breathitt and other coun ties. "He said: "The dramatic and tragic panorama of political events in our state for four years Is one from which we Instinctively turn away. It Is heavy tragedy with the slime of untruth clinging to its garments. Repulsive and reeking with the foul at mosphere of dungeons, it displays a body prostituted to perjury and fraud." Referring to one of the more noted Breathitt County pardons, Colonel Bel knap said: "Perhaps Raleigh was Innocent of hav ing voted any other than the Democratic ticket Raleigh was the man convicted GRANT READY THIS MO.VTH. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 12. (Special.) Senator Fulton received a telegram this afternoon trom General Gillespie, Chief of Engineers, U. S. A, stating that the steamer Grant, which la being fitted up as a dredge for use at the mouth of the Columbia, was expected" to be ready for service during the pres ent month. This telegram was In reply to one sent by Senator Fulton, request ing information about the matter. of killing a little girl in Breathitt County, and who was pardoned by Governor Beck ham. It was he who was pardoned by Mr. Beckham. Your Governor, by par doning 'this miscreant, has shown that he thinks the brute who would improperly accost your daughters and then .ehoot them like dogs was fit after a few years punishment to enjoy the full privilege of citizenship. "The table of pardons granted during the last three administrations and sub mitted to the public by the Governor in defense of his record Is an Interesting one, although conspicuously Incomplete. Still It shows that at least 1125 convicts have been set free in 11 years. Those paroled and not counted would easily carry the number to 1200. "Mr. Beckham has asked me. In the event of my election, if I would pardon Howard and Powers, or either of them. I answer in the words of Lord Coke, When the case happens I shall do that which shall be for a judge to do.' " Turning to the trials of the alleged as sassins of Goebel, Colonel Belknap de clared: "The trials that have been so far con ducted with partisan juries and perjured testimony leave justice unsatisfied. No such travesties can fool the public, and again they demand the facts, which they have reason to believe are being con cealed for political purposes, and which are vital to the truth In this case being divulged." UNION FACES A CRISIS. Missouri Miners Won't Obey, but Will Confer With Mitchell. KANSAS CITY, Mo Sept 12. Presi dent John Mitchell, of the United Mine workers of America, having failed In his efforts to induce the striking coal min ers at Novlnger, Mo., to return to work, can do nothing further toward settling the differences among the union miners of the district until action has been taken by the Missouri miners convention, which will meet here tomorrow. President Mitchell Is anxious to arrh'e at an amicable settlement of the differ ences, as the operators refuse to treat with the union or its representatives, until those fn authority can demonstrate their ability to compel the union miners to live up to their agreement The operators, however, have the highest respect for President .Mitchell personally, a'nd they are willing to confer with him as they know that he Is disposed to deal fairly with them. There are 6500 union miners In Mis souri, In 57 local unions and all will be represented. It Is President Mitchell's plan, It Is said, to have the convention tell the men officially to go back to work and follow that action up. If necessary, by the extreme action of forfeiture of charter. President Mitchell knows If the agreement Is not upheld, another will never be secured and the effect on union Ism, not only to Missouri, but In the whole United States, not only among miners, but among all other craftsmen, will be disastrous. MAYOR IS THREATENED. Official "Who Wanted Troops at Strike Scene in Great Danger. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept. 12. May or French, of Victor, who was one of those who signed the petition to Governor Pea body for troops, today received a letter threatening tils life. He was informed that he had but three days to live. Gen eral Bell offered to furnish him a military guard, but this the Mayor declined to accept At 8:45 tonight a company of infantry, under command of Captain Greer and Lieutenant McClelland, surrounded the hall of the Victor Miners Union while the union was in session and demanded the surrender of William B. Easterly, a former president of the union. Mr. East erly was not at the meeting, and when this was ascertained the soldiers left Troops Arrest a Union Miner. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept 12. Sherman Parker, a member of the execu tive committee of District Union No. 1. was taken trom his home at Independence this morning by Lieutenant McClelland and a detail of cavalry, who conducted him to the camp and placed him under guard. At military headquarters no statement would be given out as to the cause of bs arrest beyond the significant remark that he was arrested after a meeting held by the strikers In Altman last night Several strikers are now Imprisoned in the military guardhouse, and no charges have yet been preferred against them. Government Takes Up 3Inrder. PITTSBURG. Sept 12. The United States Government has taken up the case of William H. Crowley, who was shot and killed by a private of the Ninth United States Infantry near the Alle gheny Arsenal grounds Tuesday. A rep resentative of the Secretary of War, It Is said, will reach Pittsburg today with In structions to take full charge of the case and investigate it Pending the action of the Government city and county attor neys are powerless. The surrender of the soldier who did the shooting depends on the judgment of the Government representative. THE LAST STRAW. . (Continued from First Page.) British foreign office to cause it to take more energetic action to stop the atroci ties on the part of the Turks. But the policy of the.Cablnet continues to be con lined ;to preserving the concert of Europe. On all sides It Is said that the further ef forts of every power will be to prevent a general European conflagration. In the event of an outbreak of war between Turkey and Bulgaria being utterly un avoidable, the policy of the powers will be to avoid complications which may em broil them. Turkish circles are exorcised at the ac tion of the Greek Premier in protesting to the powers against .the atrocities perpe trated by the Turks "upon the Greeks, but confidence Is expressed that there will be no change In the attitude of the govern ment, on the ground that 'Greece Is too much opposed to the expansion of Bul garia to do anything which might cause Intervention and consequent alteration of the status in Mecedonla. The dispatch of French warships to nearer proximity to Turkey Is accepted here as an Indication of the purpose of France to be prepared to protect French Interests not only during the present dis turbances, but in the event of war. The suggested elevation of the Amer ican Minister at Constantinople to the rank of Ambassador Is believed In official circles here to be an excellent proposal, on the ground that In the eyes of the Mussulmans, the United States occupies an Inferior position In near Eastern af falcs, which is due partly to the lower rank of Its representative at the Turkish capital. FRANCE HAS CRUISER SAIL. Another Will Follow to Patrol Const Off Beirut and Salonlca. PARIS. Sept 12. After a conference be tween the officials of the Marine Ministry and of the Foreign Office, It has been decided to send the cruiser La Touche Trevllle to Turkish waters, without wait ing for other ships from the French squadron ordered to be In readiness to sail for the Levant The La Touche-Trevllle will probably be followed by the cruiser Duchella. Their special points of obser vation will be Salonlca, Beirut and Smyrna, but they will not go directly to these places. The warships will rendez vous at the small Greek Island of Syria, off the coast and within steaming dis tance of the disturbed district Admiral Jauregu'lberry and his flagships will re main at Toulon, ready to reinforce the two cruisers with a large naval force. In case of a more serious turn of events. Ex-Foreign Minister Hanotaux toT day pointed out the extent of the devas tation in Turkey, bridges blown up, vil lages burned and railroad traffic inter rupted. Speaking of the Beirut incident, he said: "The events at Beirut created a new, morbid condition. The alleged attack on the American Consul has never been clari fied. Was he or was he not the victim of an attack? In any case,, the presence of the American naval force has con tributed to the effervescence which cul minated In the outbreak between Mus sulmans and Christians. "The Vail of Beirut has been displaced and an Investigation is being conducted by Turkish officials and American naval officers. If this Is long prolonged, the effervescence may recur, since the pas sions of those interested are more likely to be aroused than calmed." M, Hanotaux adds that France should not be indifferent to the events in Syria, as this Is a field where h,er interests and rights are unquestionably Involved, and he declared that should nothing be done at Beirut or other Syrian points "without France, or against France." The departure of the French warships causes considerable interest, the general feeling being that the purpose of the sail ing of the ships Is not only to safeguard French interests in Macedonia,' as offi cially announced, but also to specially watch events In Syria, where French po litical and commercial Interests are ex tensive. BEIRUT SITUATION IS I3IPROVIXG. Xcw Vail Is Worklnjr Hard to Re store General Confidence. WASHINGTON. Sept 12. The following bulletin was. posted at the State Depart ment today: "Minister Lclshman telegraphs under date of yesterday, the 11th, that the fol lowing proclamation has appeared in the newspapers of Constantinople: " 'By command of His Imperial Majes-r ty, the Sultan, Reshid Bey, Governor-General of Beirut, has been deposed. Nazrim Pasha, Governor-General of Damascus, has been appointed acting Governor-General of Beirut' "The official gazette prints a notice that Nazrim Pasha has taken temporary charge of the administration of Beirut "Minister Leishman also communicates the substance of a report received by him from the United States Consul at Beirut. The situation there appeared to have im proved. The new acting Governor, Naz rim Pasha, has called upon him, stating his desire to treat the Magelssen matter promptly and satisfactorily and expressing his purpose to effect a complete reorgani zation of the police force of Beirut Mr. Ravondal says that the new Governor en Joys the reputation of being a very cap able man and his appointment Tias given much pleasure to the people of Beirut" XOT A CHRISTIAN IS SPARED Turks Have Absolutely Wiped Out the Population of Monastir. LONDON, Sept 12. The Salonlca cor respondent of the Times, after visiting Monastir, sends a detailed history of the Insurrection and the Turkish operations for its suppression. He says: "No details have yet been received as to the result of more remote military drives, but from information emanating from trustworthy sources not usually unfriendly to the Turks there Is reason to fear that the country has been absolutely devastated and all the Christians of both sexes and all ages, whOyhave failed to find refuge in the woods, )have been put to the sword." Porte Takes a Hopeful View. ROME, Sept 12. The Porte has sent a telegraphic report to its Embassy here giving its version of the general outlook in the Balkans, by which It appears that the work of suppressing the insurrection has been - successful throughout Mace donia. The Turkish authorities expect to have the Insurgents completely crushed within a few days and peace re-established. The report has been communicat ed to the Italian " Government. Xntlon Moves In Bridge Monopoly. ST. LOUIS, Sept 12. Major Thomas L. Casey, of the United States Engineer Corps, received a telegram today from Judge Advocate-General Davis, of the War Department instructing him to ar range a conference with Attorney-General Crow" regarding the Eads and Merchants bridge mergcrwhich the FederaUGovcrn mtent haa now under consideration. Attorney-General Crow instituted suit two weeks ago to annul the charters of the Merchants Bridge Terminal Railroad, the Terminal Railroad Association and Wiggins Ferry Cortpany, the petition set ting forth that these corporations form a monopoly which is a menace to the trade and commerce of St Louis. A Bllirnril in North . Dakota. DICKINSON, N. D Sept 12. Snow has beeft falling ever since last night, and the ground Is covered seven inches deep. The storm assumed the proportions of a blizzard, blowing down trees and tele? graph lines and delaying traffic DEEPER IN THE TOILS Barry Eastham Held for Both Forgery and Robbery. " PORTLANDSTUDEHTATHARVARD f He -Is Alleged to Have Passed Worth less Checks on the Co-operative University Store lor Various ' Amounts Under $100. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept 12. (Special.) A new development was brought out In the Harvard, burglary cases today. In the report of the grand Jury. In addition to indictments against Guy L. Hunt, Barry C. Eastham, of Portland, and Floyd E. Rich, of Wlnthrop, Mass., true bills have been found against Rich and Eastham for forgery. None of thre three were in court today. Assistant District Attorney Banc stated that the forgery Indictments charge Rich and Eastham with passing forged checks on the Harvard Co-operative Society for various amounts under 5100. BATTLE WITH HIGHWAYMEN. Four Kansas City Men Are Severely Wounded, hut Retain Money. CLAY CENTER, Kan., Sept 12. Last night two unknown highwaymen attempt ed to secure money from several persons. A party of Jour resisted, and "Dad" Stevens, J. W. Houserman,- Night Watch man Bush and Louis Behrenz were shot by the robbers and severely wounded. Behrenz was hit In the head and. is not expected to live. The bandits got no money, although their victims had considerable cash and jewelry in their possession. The highway men escaped west After the shooting the bandits took the revolvet from Watcman Bush and beat him Into Insensibility. The home of James- Demlty was also entered by bur glars, but whether by the same crowd or not Is not known. Three suspects were arrested early to day near the depot, but the night was so dark and stormy that the victims cannot say whether the arrested men are the parties wanted or not FOUL MURDER BY FOOTPADS. Farmer Ordered Out of Bugrgry and Shot Down in Cold Blood. PASO ROBLES, Cal., Sept 12. Charles Kuhnle, one of the best-known and wealthiest farmers of this section, was murdered early this morning. Kuhnle and his wife were in town attending lodge, and left at midnight for their home in the country. When within a mile of home a masked man stepped from the bushes beside the road and ordered "hands up." Afterward Kuhnle was directed to get out of the rig and had no sooner reached the ground than a shotgun was fired point blank and he fell mortally wounded. Af ter taking a satchel containing 560 from the vehicle, the murderer allowed Mrs. Kuhnle to drive away. Autopsy Disproves Murder Theory. DENVER, Colo., Sept 12. The autopsy performed on the body of J. W. .West lake, late superintendent of the Big Ka nawha Leasing Company's "mines at Creede, at the request of his sister, Mrs. Carrie Westlake Whitney, of Kansas City, who suspected that he had been murdered, furnished positive proof that heart disease was the cause of his death. Mrs. Whitney has been very sick at the Albany Hotel In this city since the death of her brother, but Is now said to be improving. Illinois Mnrderer Gives Up. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12. William A. S. Hoff mann, who shot and killed his father-in-law. Dr. A. J. Brandt, near Mayestown, 111., and threatened to take the lives of others, is under arrest in Belleville, 111. He was taken wlthjout resistance. Jealous Man Slays His Wife. WASHINGTON, Sept 12. Herman F. Denham, a letter-carrier, today shot and killed his wife and then committed sui cide. Jealousy is ascribed as the cause. STORM STRIKES ST. PAUL Rain Floods Basement, Ruins Crops and Damage Railroads. ST. PAUL, Sept. 14. One of the heav iest rain storms in recent years raged in St. Paul and generally throughout the state last night, the official rainfall in this city being five inches for the 12 hours be tween 7 P. M. and 7 A. M. Many base ments are flooded and street-car service was much impeded by sand washing on the track. In some parts of this state It is impos sible to move threshing machines or haul grain. The result will be that many acres of grain and' flax In shook will be dam aged. If not wholly ruined. Nearly all the railroads entering St. Paul report more or less damage. STORM RUINS MUCH GRAIN. Minneapolis Mills Can Only Be Saved by Favorable Weather. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 12. It Is almost Impossible to estimate the amount of damage done to the Northwest by the rains of Friday night and today. At Min neapolis, the fall up to the time it ceased raining yesterday afternoon had reached five inches and throughout the Northwest, according to reports received by grain men, the fall was almost as heavy. Mil lions of bushels of wheat, which under ordinary circumstances would have been graded as high. Is so reduced In quality by the rains that It will sell from 10 to 12 cents less on the bushel on account of the storm. Minneapolis grain men say that a large amount of the unthrcshed wheat will be reduced from first grade milling grain to little better than feed. Actual losses in quality are reported and the loss In quantity Is big. In fact the conditions are such that unless there Is favorable change In the weather, the mills In Min neapolis will be, facing a serious crisis. Colorado Hom a Heavy Storm. DENVER, Sept. 12. One of the heaviest storms of the year prevailed last night throughput the state. The snow lies deep on the Continental divide, and elsewhere In the mountains. The rainfall In some parts of Southern Colorado amounted to an Inch or more. In the valleys the weather Is unusually cold for the season and much garden truck has been killed. Warnlnpj to Shipping: on Gulf. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. The follow ing special storm bulletin was Issued at the Weather Bureau: "Hurricane center near southern point of Florida. Dangerous for vessels of all classes to sail for or from gulf ports." Crop Outlook Is Gloomy. STAPLES. Minn., Sept. 12. A heavy wet snow fell here today. This was pre ceded by an all night rain, and the .out look Is gloomy for saving the crops. Clondhurst Floods Wisconsin Town. MILWAUKEE, - Sept 12. A Sentinel dispatch from Augusta, Wis., says that town and vicinity are flooded, tho' re sult of a cloudburst The levee went out and the floods swept through the town, carrying everything before It Every railroad running through the northwest Is crippled from washouts. Severe Storms In Germany. BERLIN. Seot 12. Severe storms hnv occurred at Munich, Frankfort-on-the-Maln and the surrounding districts. Great damage was done. BRITAIN WOULD STAND PAT Alaskan Commissioners Asked to Resist American Demands. LONDON. Ront 1 A HlanntH news airenp.v from T.lvcrnnnl ntintoc Tli- Robert J. Howard, the son-in-law of Lord oiramcona, tne Canadian High Commis sioner, who arrived here on the Cunard line steamer Lucanla today, as . saying: "Every means Is beine taken to stiffen the backs of the British representatives In the Alaskan boundary matter to resist the American demands." He added: "The Canadians will be very much incensed if the British ("TnmTTilectnn position to give away Canada's rights." What Prompted the Statement. LONDON, Sept 12. Dr. Howard's re marks were prompted by statements pub lished here from a Canadian source, Inti mating that Canada may be sacrificed by Great Britain for the sake of the tetter's friendship for the United States. Not one of the American commissioners would consent to be quoted on the subject The British officials openly say that such crit icisms certainly will not predispose Lord Chief Justice Alverston to pass favorably on the Canadian arguments. One of the afternoon papers today doubted "whether American opinion would follow the Amer ican Government to respect the findings; or, if it Is against Canada, it lg possible that it may spell separation from the mother country." STEEL .TRUST FOR EUROPE Large Works In Germany, Belgium and France Are to Be Combined. LONDON, Sept 12. The Brussels cor respondent of the Dally Telegraph says that negotiations between representatives of large steel works In Germany, Bel glum and France for the formation of an European steel trust are progressing fa vorably. American Trust Has No Fears. LONDON, Sept 12. Inquiry made at the European offices of. the United States Steel Corporation today reveal the fact that no serious Importance Is attached to the statement made by the Brussels correspondent of the London Dally Tele graph, that negotiations are In progress favorably between representatives of the large steel works in Germany, Belgium and France for the formation of a Euro pean steel corporation. The Associated Press is infgrmed that, so far as known, the continental manufacturers are no nearer a combination than when the idea was first mentioned a year ago. It Is pointed out, however, that the price of steel on the Continent Is kept extraor dinarily low, which "would facilitate the efforts to effect a combine, although It Is doubted whether the vastly differing in terests and methods of the various coun tries concerned could ever be united un der one organization. LAWYER SUES FOR LIBEL Honolulu Paper Alleged to Have Damaged Him to Extent $25,000. HONOLULU, Sept 12. George A. Davis, an attorney at law, who was recently dis barred by the Supreme Court on the charge of unprofessional conduct In the Sumner case, has brought suit against the Pacific Commercial Advertiser of Honolulu for libel. Davjs asks for $25,000 for an article printed In the v Advertiser today relative to the decision of the Su perlor Court at San Jose, Cal., dismissing an action begun for the purpose of re opening the probate of the estate of the late James Campbell and to set aside the sale of the St. James Hotel in San Jo3e. The Advertiser charged that Davis, as sisted "by one of the Circuit Judges of Hawaii, had instituted the proceedings for the purpose of forcing fees. Davis asks for an injunction restraining the Advertiser from the publication of mat ter reflecting on him, pending the dis posal of the suit. Circuit Judge Debolt refused to grant an Injunction, but signed an order to show cause. CLOSE CALL FOR A FIEND Chief of Police Tries to Shoot Man Who Assaulted His Girl, in Jail. 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Secretary Daughters of Revolution. CHICAGO, Sept. 12. Mrs. Georgia S. Hatcher, of Washington. D. C. corre sponding secretary of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is dead In this city. She had been In Chicago for four months, stopping here on her way home from Arizona, where she had gone In search of health. Armenians ClashWlth Troops. TIFLIS. Russian Trans-Caucasia, Sept 12. Several persons were- killed and 27 injured In an encounter between several thousand Armenians and police and troops yesterday, at an Armenian Church near Elizabethport. Break Record for Drlven-to-PoIe. CLEVELAND, Sept. 12. The Monk and Equisy, driven to pole by their owner, C. K. G. Billings, broke the world's mile wagon record of 2:12tf this afternoon go ing the distance in 2:09. Two New German Field Marshals. BERLIN, Sept 12. General. WIttashle, of the Eleventh Corps, and the Count von Schllffen, of the general staff, have been given the rank of field marshal. Salt Lake Bicycle Race Postponed. 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