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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1905)
MBP " pf I . " '-- i i M M-MHHMMMH ' " is of m ttIV Form m 1 Wsy Reaiers. KINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS I Not of tno Leis njerfl8tI"K Pit Important but r- I it nr event- Week. And 1b . v hetwecn Htingftry fbe.d.i result In revolution. Gormany Ib inoir Rub- to tv-. ..i.mnn aru o ' .. - ,rlhv Canadi .wHlaew.u b coun. H0T1IHU been year a -gro ... .ii .inln conventl in iryih w Ion tod no- . . .mm eai mum" """""" CSTind. e'vatem of wireless r - . oi..i who comiiiniiuBM v"" . i Ti -I i ii it r in EoKi&n ion- "' 7" " , 'iu - . n ail rnicn in im j ! l .ffu n enure im IlnnoV fiftVfl .MUM - . ., " "."'. ami iHnnnRfi o: . i.ri iranu uioko - ImUWPlilly IH)88lblO, AH 110 IIAB r t... rptlrwl from tho flubl or ' ' Cabin proamency. rcbyor repuont. UHram the Philippines. L Liberal party haa been organlicd mn ml the KU8S1M1 UOUinn. frsiMind Gcrrnnny lmvo completed f . . .Artvlfrirf Mnrnrfn. i n-ti icdCofllitionifltB at Buda Pcet. . . , . . i it . If u. ...!. l..tvt In t tnlftif At. ...Ill ,..t-l.- Irt llwt flr.lil ... it - . . ii i.iii.. f-. i ii ... f . - - 1t.it I ind eocs East. - ii i . t , " .V i ii inn ivnnnnn u'itrii aii'iivtr rin II nntDortrl. ailton A Dayton rond struck a 0-. ..v.i viviiiivistiiii; lllll., miu !Bin was killed und oilit injuretl. rhe yellow fe.vcr situation nt Na iMiu., ig becoming worse. -- ..ftv..u.inH iii tut m linn r iiiu itai lur ro' I VhtAFi hiIIT 1 .... . bstorlleyburn, of Idnho, continuea policy. NtnitndenU Are holding nmcn S!Let?alndl!,B Kreftter Hbortiea proposed by tho czar, i ..ii ,. MmTth?,,8uUano,'r,ry ton- Wo they will nianao MacodonU. fen A Ottnr 4). WlAnt . . - vlU Pm lot ft railroad rato law. "'Harriman avatem l.nB Bn.t.i ""11 lllll Nnrtl...... Tl- lowi .... . '""ui" in -.vid cerium ii,o Mia n..ll - 1Ah ... .-wuv lin iiiii lilt- cana dfttn - "v: "new trestv nf iiu.. . . lie. I .r,an w boon made Illirahl0W''wlnB emiiK anil 'cftffiCa8fftCU0n ta hole' baa .!. ' Sfcaro8oingltobuBi. hH the ... with f"T 01 Norway ara di.. .... . "o NnnratU.. i - done, Wly 88 the bettht pBf'of a8ub,T 86,14 to Chile wSr?i"Udyng trade roU. vvuHvry Rnd the ' " v 11 8tUi, AT WORK ON MESSAGE. Preildent Devoting Much Time to the Gathering of Material. Oyiter Jtoy, Sent. 20.Tho president 1b devoting considerable time each day now to work on his Annual ineseage to congrsen. For some time he has been Resembling data for the messngo, but since the Adjournment of the peace conference he has been writing tho data into doflnlto form. The message will not be completed until flomo tirno early In November, because each member of tho cabinet will lmvo to supply mater ial lor discussion of tho work of his department. This information will bo contained in tho Annual roporta of tho cabinet oillcors, which havo not beon completed. Threo topics highly Important At thin tlmo to tho American pooplo will bo discussed by tho president In his message. Thoy aro tho .FodorAl reuula tion and supervision of life InHuranco, tho relatione between this country and Venezuela and America's Interest In tho (Iscftl Affairs of tho government of Santo Domingo. Other important tsub JcctB nnturally will bo considered, among thorn tho scandals disclosed In tho Dopartmontn of Agriculture and tho Interior; tho work of the depart ment of Justice in tho beef trust cases, the regulation of railroad freight rates, the progress mado in tho construction of tho Panama canal and Uio conclusion of ponco between Russia and Japan. Much of tho material for tho dis cussion of thcHo aubjecte tho president has In hand, and tho last fow days of liis stay at Sagamore Hill Aro being devoted to tho preparation of that part of Ills mesfiago which will deal with them. Few visitors havo been received since tho adjournment of tho pence conference, the president desiring to be as freo kb possible from interruption while working on his mesvago. ills laet week here 1b practically devoid of engagement. Tho consideration of all matters except those of Immediate Im portance 1b being postponed until tho president shall reach Washington. NAVAL BASE AT- SINGAPORE. Great Britain Will Purchase Extenslvo Docks and Sites. London, Sept. 20. Tho fact thaf' tho British go vorn merit purposes to estab lish a vast naval base at Singapore, which was announced by tho Sunday Observer with tho suggestion that this was the first tangible result of tho new Anglo-JapAneso altianco and tho con elusion of tho IttiBBo-Jnpancao nar, affords tho newspapers an opportunity to discuss tho situation of uaing Singa pore An a base, which was announced sotuo tlmo ago whan Admiral Fisher outlined the reorganization plan. Tho newspapers now point out the tremendous strategic vaiuo of Singapore as guarding the gateway of tho Pacific and when open to Japan's war vessels as giving Great Britain and Japan tho upper hand over tho other huropean countries whero tho Far East is con cerned. Some of this morning's papers aro inclined to dwell upon this phase of tho acquirement of tho Singapore docks, ab though just at tho time it wcro a demonstration of power by Great JSritain. JJut the government's inten tion to purchase the docks at Singapore has been an open secret (or many months, and according to good authori ty, tho British government is simply facing tho result of tho now etrotegic situation in tho Far East. EXPERT ON THE GROUND. Northern Pacific Sends Man to Select Sites for Portland Bridge. North Yakima, Wash., Sept. 20, While tho fact that tho Northern Pa cific is to construct a lino down tho north bank of tho Columbia river from Kunnawick to Portland has already been publicly announced, Mr. Levoy supplies eomo of tho missing details which havo been moat eagerly awaited. Mr. Lovoy loft St. Taul Thursdoy night. Accompanying him was Kalph Majcskl, a hrldgo engineer and export, who continued to Portland laet night. Mr.'Majeskl comes from Chicago, and has, tho reputation of being ono of the best bridge exports in tho country. It will be his province to look over tho route by which the now lino will enter Portland, by way of Vancouvor, Waih., and decido upon tho best sites for bridging tho Columbia at tho latter city and tho Willamette at Portland. Oalabrta Is Wind Swept. Rome, Sept. 20 Another tornado today caused enormouH damago in Ca labria. A gradual clearance of tho buildlnua ruined bv tho recent earth quake Bltowa that the number of per sons who porishou was groator tnan given in tho first estimate Largo numbers of luull dally. Tho work of constructing wood en caninn unuor government supervision la nrotrruHHlnir rnntillv. Twn hiiiulred havo already boon completed and 4,000 Ml I . i m ii l moro win w nocossary to alienor mo homolesfl people. Islands Are Seized. St. Pete ml i ii nr. Rnnt. Pft.Nmvfl liHH 1)0011 received hero that tho American stoAmer Montara, having on board liar on Bruggen, manager of tho KamchatKa Trading society, was seised by tho Jap anese near Nlkolskoe, Behrlng sea, and that the Japanese occupied tho Kom tnander Islands and hoisted tho Japan ese (lag. Neither the date of tho oeis ure of the vessel nor the occupation of the island 1b given In tho Information received. San Gabriel Swept by Flames. C.a .niAitl fl .. I o 1 nl A l.att wn.muiii,, nm,, oujn, au( -vv uiuo.i flA it,-. I 1 I 1 1 4 miv uunieu two uays nan uoyaoniv- the vegetation and doing 1)100,000 dam age. The huaIh industry d( the valley, tm caislng, itM beea rulaed. OBJECTS TO TREATY China Wants Prompt Evacuation of Manchuria. RAILROAD GUARDS ARE MENACE Says Province Should Be Cleared of Troops In Nine Months and No Guards Remain. Washington, Sept. 20. Tho Post tils morning says: "Tho Chincso government, a week or moro ago, mado a formal protest to tho Russian and Japanese governments con cerning two of tho conditions sot forth in tho treaty of pcaco signed at Ports mouth. China objects to two things first, tho length of time allowed for tho evacuation of Manchuria, and, sec ond, tho provisions made for an armed guard for tho railroad lines owned by Rusisa and Japan in Manchuria. "China boliovos that nino months io entirely sufllclont time within which Japan and Russia shall evacuate Man churia, instead of 12 months, aa pro vided for In tho peace treaty. "Tho proviaion mado for guarding tho railroad, tho Chinese contend, con templates an armed force of probably 10,000 men In Chinese territory. The Chinese government regards tho main tenance of guards in Manchuria aa a menace and it does not propose to Agree to such a plan." MEXICAN TRADE GROWING. Largest Increase Last Year Was In American Imports. Mexico City, Sept. 20. Stalistics of Mexico's foreign trade for tho fiscal year ended Juno SO, show a healthy commercial condition. The imports were valued at $85,801,081 gold, of which $48,303,107 camo from the United Slates, an increase of nearly $0,000,000 over tho preceding fiscal year. Great Britain sent goods to the value of $10,481,343, an increase of about $400,000. Germany contributed $0,810,638, which is a slight increase. France sent $8,482,085, which is a gain of $1,000,000. Tho gold exported amounted to $13, 000,140, a gain of nearly $3,000,000 over tho preceding fiscal year. Tho total amount of silver exported (silver value) was $05,523,045, which is a de crease of $13,588,044. The total silver value of all exports was $208,520,451, or about $104,800,000 gold value. This allows a very satisfactory condition, al though a slight decrease from the pre ceding year. Trade with tho United States is grow ing steadily and will increase from year to year in the judgment of mercantile and banking houses. The country was never moro prosperous and tho outlook for tho coming year is a bright one. SLAVS ARE AROUSED. Austrian Invasion of Albania a Chal lenge to Russia. Rt. Petersburg, finot. 20. Not onlv Russia but all the Slavs of Eurpoo are aroused aa tho result o( AuBtro-llunga-rlan troops crossing tho frontier into Turkey and occupying Novibarar. Four Russian army corps havo been ordered south and subsidized steamship lines plying on tho Danube are prepar ing transports. Prince Golytzin, privy councillor, said today: "Russia considers the Austrian inva sion of Albania and occupation of Novi- bazar a challeugo that is answerable with force, because it is a Hagrant hi-pnch of tho treatv of Berlin. It threatens tho independence of Servia and Montenegro, which Russia haa guaranteed. "Tim invasion, however, is a master move, killing two birds with ono atone. It la calculated to reliovo the Hungari an crlBia, flattering Magyar vanity by nnnnrliitf Turkish territory, whilo at tho samo time tho Slav population of tho annexed region would put tno Mag yars in a minority in Hungary. But intrlgue8 by tho Hapsburga alwaya end to their own detriment." Packers Fix the Rates. Clhcago, Sept. 20. "Tho packers fix the rates," declared A. B. Stickney, ,naMnnt. nf the Chicago. Great West ern railroad, testifying for tho defense boforo tho Interstate Commerce com mission today regarding Irleght rates lm Missouri river to Chicago. In answer to a question as to how tho charges word made, President Sticknoy replied: "In lixing inoraioon ureouu wn .inn't havo very much to say. Tho packer generally makes tho rato. 1 - 1 ...... vtnlcnn Ho comes to you ami niwuyo feel that ho la your friend." All Protost Against Peaco. M.-i.i- o. on Tim emperor is riving personal attention to tho memo, rials unwonted to tho throno against tho terms of peaco arranged with Rus sia. Theso memorials now numbor nearly 100. Tho persons who aro try lug to interview privy council ora advo cate tho refusal to ratify the treaty of peace, und tho public is almost unani nous In demanding tho resignation of tho cabinet. Even tho moderates do not conceal their grioi. Growing Worse at HamburK. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 20.- The yel low fever infection at Hamburg la Reading rapidly, nine new cn, , our susnlclouB oaboh and one doath bolng reSed today. Roil, reports one boat case ami ono death. PROGRESSIVE IDAHO. No Time Being Lost on the Boise Payette Irrigation Work. Washington, Sept. 25. Tho ReclAm ation sorvlco has made the following announcement: "Tho engineers In charge of tho Bolflo-Payotto project, Idaho, have mado such progrewi with preliminary work that tho board of consulting en gineers will n eet at Boise October 18 to consider plana and decido on futuro arrangmoenta. Th"o splendid work of tho Wator Users' association in harm onizing tho many conflicting claims of private interest in lands, canals and water rights is beginning to boar fruit, and It Ib bolieved that practically noth ing stands In the way of early construc tion. "About 100,000 acres aro already Ir rigated in this section, but plana for tho full development of tho natural re sources of tho valleya which will come under this project aro of such magni tude as to be beyond tho reach of com munity effort. "Tho present estimated cost of the entire system la nearly $11,000,000, and comploted worka will supply water to approximately 372,000 acrea of land. On account of tho restricted condition of available reclamation funds, how ever, a portion of the project haB been selected which, though only an integer of tho wholo, will yet complete tho pro ject itself. "Tho Payette and Boise valleya con stitute ono of tho moat attractive sec tions of tho West. Progress in agri culutro in this vciinity in tht past few years, and the consequent growth of adjacent towns, furnish an excellent example of the reault of irrigation and give promiae of substantial and won derful development in the future." RELIEF WORK IN RUSSIA. Government Seeking to Provide Food for Famine Districts. St. Petersburg, Sept. 25. Special committees from the Department of Agriculture and Minietery of the Inter ior left here today to take charge of the relief work in the famine disrticts of Russia. The cost of this work is estimated by the government at $20, 000,000. No acute distress haa yet been reported, and the government hopes, by prompt distribution of food, seed, grain and fodder and tho employ ment of the famine stricken populace on public works to tide over the people until tho new harvest. The rates for the transportation of grain and fodder into the government's stricken by famine havo been reduced, but tho deficiency in rolling stock Ib the chief obstacle to the work of relief An observer of the aitataion who re mained here this week from a tour of Southern Russia, told the Associated Press that bags of grain were piled up in the mountains at many stations. Some of these wero left from the 1904 harvest, waiting for cars to move them. Tho termination of tho war has already released some cars from the Siberian road. BUILD NEHALEM ROAD. Lytle's Announcement at Meeting o Portland Chamber of Commerce. Portland, Sept. 25. E, E. Lylte an nounces that he will build the Port' land, Nehalem & Tillamook railroad, which ia now tied up at its first 2P miles of road through the tangle with the Atlas Construction company. Since the-retirement of Mr. Lytle from the Columbia Southern and the subsequent statement that it was hia intention to engage in further railroad construction work in the state, there haa been much speculation, as to where his activities would first make themselves felt. The announcement of Mr. Ly tie's connection with the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook was not made aa a public utterance, but in tho course of a meet ing of the transportation committee of tho Chamber of Commerce, called to consider the feasibility of providing for further river transportation by tho Open River association. Several leading business men were present at the meet ing, among them being Mr. Lytle, who, while discussing the question beforo tho mooting, aaid that it would bo in convenient for him to become active in the planB under discussion, owing to his other interests, the chief of which was tho Portland & Nohalem road. Piatt's Legs Fail Him. Denver, Sept. 25. Despite every effort to keep tho nowa from the public, and in tho face of a positive denial from his wifo, a person in Senator Thomas C. Piatt's household tonight practical ly admitted that tho big New York boss was Buffering from locomotor ataxia and that oven tho statesman himself had little hopo of living up to tho end of his form in tho senate. The Piatt party left (or tho East at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon, and Senator Piatt was very unsteady on his legs and acted as if ho expected to fall at ovory Btep. Go After Railroads Next. Chicago, Sept, 25. Tho prosecution of the railroads for violations of tho Elkln8 law relating to giving and re ceiving of rebatea will follow tho plead ing guilty of tho four representatives of tho Sulzberger & Swarzchlld company to a chargo of conspiring to receive illegal rebatea from tho railroads. Au thority for this statement ia District Attornoy Morrison, and ho waa em phatic in hia declaration that the gov ernment would go after tho railroads. Jail Penalty for Striking. Warsaw. Russian Poland. Sept. 25. The military governor haa issued a proclamation warning worklngmen that thoy will be imprisoneu ior mree months if thoy carry out their threat to strike, aa a protost against acta of tho government. gT .EVOLUTIONARY WlDOvV I V Urn Near tho head of Black River Val ley, in Windsor County, Vermont, ten miles from the nearest railway station at Ludlow, Ilea the hamlet of Plym outh Union. What the population lives on Is a question difficult to answer, Fortunately, it costs very little to live there. A mnjorlty of tho population ard in ono way or another supported by Civil War pensions. A tidal wave of patriotism must have swept through this section of Vermont in tho early sixties. Tho most interesting Inhabitant of Plymouth Union is "Aunt Esther" Damon, the last on tho roll of Federal pensioners as widow of a soldier of tho Revolution. "Aunt Esther" waa born In Plymouth township, not far from her present home, on the first day of August, 1814. Sho was one of a family of eight or nine, born to a her itage of poverty. Her father Is remem bered as a "stirring" man, who began life with nothing, married premature ly, and worked hard to provide for his family. In cutting timber to build them a house he was killed by the fall of a tree. His widow was left with out resources and found It impossible to hold her family together. One by ono they were "bound out" to service, and were never reunited. At a tender age Esther was thus put to work and remembers this period chiefly aa ono of neglect and Ill-treatment. By one kind of work or another, mostly domestic service, she made shift to 'live, and finally drifted to Tyson, which then hffd a charcoal blast furnace and was something of a center of activity. She la said to have taught a district school for one or two terms. Her own education had been very limited, and teaching could not havo offered her a successful career. By thus doing whatever came in her way, she managed to support herself until sho was 21 years old, when she married. Her choice of a husband was not well considered. Noah Damon, whom she wedded after a brief courtship, was a widower 75 or 70 years old, with -adult children and a record of good service as a soldier of the Revolu tion in sundry Mnsachusetts com mands. He is traditionally remember ed as an easy-going, honest, improvi dent man, and not inclined to be In dustrious. It is said that Esther Sum ner was misled as to his ability and willingness to Bupport her, and thought be had some property, whereas he had none. Perhaps he waa an optimist by temperament Their marriage was cel ebrated on the Oth of September, 1833. Tho young wife soon discovered that, for her, tho marriage relation meant not only supporting herself by continued hard work for small wages, but supporting her husband as well. Ho was qulto willing to entertain her with stories of tho war, but these did not seem to compensate, for the added burden sho had unwittingly assumed. Sho Insisted that Damon's children should make some provision for him. This led to misunderstandings and family quarrels, and they finally took the old man to a farm in New Hamp shire, to which the young wife refused to go. No separation other than that de scribed was sought or desired. Damon never coased to crave his wife's com panionship; she, In turn, while unwill ing to be a dependent upon the Damon family, spared enough of her meager earnings to keep him clothed, and In other ways to provide for his comfort In some way Damon got money to make a trip to Boston to visit somo friends, and from this outing he pever returned. He died on the Journey, which was probably too much for bis failing strength, but whether in going to or coming from Boston is not clear. After the death of her husband, which in tho circumstances cannot have been a Tery keen bereavement MrB. Damon realized that sho had other duties than self-interest alone suggested. Her mother was then old and poor and friendless. Esther took her and cared for her to the end of ner life. To enable her to do this she leased a little farm near Roadlng, Vt, and worked it as well as sho could with the help of a hired man. . After her mother's death she did not feel equal to continuing this profitless and unsatisfactory enterprise, and re turned to Plymouh Union to take up her residence with an old resident of that place, a Mrs. Snow, who had a. house, but no income. In that housd she baa lived for the past sixteen years, and there she hopes and ex pects to remain for the rest of her life. During a period of many years she haa been in receipt of a Federal pen sion of 58 per month, and this meager provision had to suffice in a large de gree for the needs of both old women. The pension has lately been increased to $24 per month. With the exception of a slight deaf ness, Mrs. Damon retains her faculties remarkably. HOW THE WAR CHANGED THE MAP. BEFORE. AFTER, Russian territory Rhown in black. Japanese territory or sphere of Influence in whito or shaded. EVOLUTION OF THE MOTOR CAR. A Frenchman named Cugnot, an En glishman named Trovithlck, and an American named Oliver Evans had nil been experimenting with steam car riages in the eighteenth century; and In 1S29 Sir James Anderson, a British STEAU CAHKIAQE 09 1820. noblemau, had one built which was a conspicuous success. It carried fifteen passengers, and attained a speed of fif teen miles an hour. The steam car- Hugo was such a vast Improvement upon the dandy horse nnd the veloci pede that capitalists began to build tliem by tho score. They were inva riably shaped like atage coaches, each with a clumsy, purling smoking engine fastened on behind. Nothing so fast as the steam carriage bad ever beea Invented, and every Idle gentleaaAB 9t fashion welcomed It as a new means of recreation. It made a national sen sation, favorable and unfavorable. Aa it whirled along tho country roads, like a smoky monster from somo subterra nean world of fire, horses leaped over hedges nnd the terrified peasantry tied to nooks of safety. Compared with it, a modern motor car Is a thing of peaco and gentleness. A dozen or so of them wero run in London na omnibuses, but tho high fare a shilling a ride and tho omin ous aspect ot tho vehicle, scared away passengers. .Ladles disliked tho steam carriages because of tho grease and soot that soiled their dresses; and so, Uttlo by little, they fell Into disfavor. Tho railway, with its closed coaches, cheaper rates, and smooth rails, drovo them from tho roads into tho museums. Taxes Ilatso In France. Tho average tax for each French man has risen from $15.25 In 1870 to more than $25 a year at present Some pooplo, whon they own a dog that would peacefully sleep around tho yard and make no trouble, tie lk up, to Insure that it will howl. Thls is about all tho attention some mon attract: Whon their procession goes by, people Inquire; "Whose fu neral to-day T"