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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1906)
m. sflPB .pfensed form for Bur msy Readers. OSOFTWOCONTINEJrrS of the Lew Important but jTlm Inter""" W L;;h0 P..t Week. lI(b,l!evcd the czar will JlBBolve-!Sno'newrpor- caused a In St. Pewru' t,.i been signed among lean republics. -Jsy!:l,fal,l m . .a nan n li I " .nd to exclude Ameri- P' in.o.inrk Fxchanae de- Terort77eccntly,nadeo Slaking Wartry. u n RocKofollor will be arrested JSwW. mIW tbl. . hi whole city 01 Byznui. u., i 5. troved by flro. The con ftffKeri 35,000 persons r! h0 are aUo without food. Hun reports have beer, received of Sin "Yokohama, Japan. More jXniand houses were dtatroyed l looe life lknown t have been the the wen Hundreds of Carloads Dumped Dally From San Francisco. San Francisco, July 17. Certain vis- tors to San Francisco have given loud voice to their disappointment at seeing the city debris strewn three months after the disaster. "It is an Impossi ble task that San Francisco has under taken," they write home, and their la mentations come back by wire to this city. It is true that almost three months tave elapsed, and it is also true that acres and acres of debris lie in .jthe teart of the city. Moreover, His high y possible that much of the debris will remain for several months. What these visitors have neglected to observe is that the debris is being cart ed away at the rate of 210 carloads a day. The dirt is carried in wagons to the bunkers on First street, and from there trains convey it to the Frotero swamps, where it is doing reclamation work. Throughout the old business section of the city dangerous walls still stand, but the board of works has taken steps to havci them torn down. This board has also called upon property ownors to clear away tho sidewalks on which their buildings front. When this Is done many of the streets still blocked will be opened. Such important streets ns Btockton and Fine aro not passable thoir ontire length. Tho city is not waiting idly for the disappearance of the debris, but reconstruction and cleaning are going on simultaneously. IbecsplUlol Alaska has been moved , Sitka toJoncau. Liud "in try to ,nduco parlltt' Sot to grant home rule. nto Domingo will borrow $20,000, ltd pay all outstanding claims. . .nrl Amtria will help the ir if another u volution breaks out. j forMt flre In Calavoras county wtnidMtructlonto California's big -i. ha., ni 'nlnlanil accuses the not iujr iitiih troops of wantonly killing many tires. Dnmont has a new airship ,lfh ha believes an Improvement over ijthlnrjet built. Ibeoiyor of Socorro, Tox., flays re jrti of the recent earthquake were illy overdrawn. The English parliament will appro- At 11,060,000 lor the reuei oi me ployed tbit winter. ;iie National Pure Food convention tknti the (land taken by President reit on me pure ioou raw. General Btoeseel. commander of Port i t a t or. anrinz mo jtuBBO-japaneoe Vi bu been sentenced to death uy a uhtirr Mmm h Ion lor surrendering the Japaneee. iltMontl ( ftnr tho Inn trtast. jEtidtDce is being secured against m tobacco trust. A French dirigible balloon recently kiiined in the air eight hours. Tl gOTernment Is preparing to gauge Nor Oregon and Washington streams. Ktntu packing homos have been Itenfltedaya to clean up or close up. The Virginia 2-cent-a-ralle railroad V liw hts been declared un conetitu SomI, A (r.mn ats. ..... I.. 1 tl 11. Wll DICUllIRr 11I1III Ufll llllll LliH wbattleehlp Ithodo Island, flprlnalnif rumour plates badly. TUfxecotora o! thn nntatn nf Uia a. ir . i ... JUirihft It klnlii udMtnnln ftlin am na u property left ttt $25,000,000. Canada hat issr Riir.i tn i... ii ...in I w ... nillbU IIU DR Jf O .V 11.11 inpOMlble for him to make- the n desired visit. i Cleveland. WDM tttthnnl ln.llnlnn. u..n.l..,1 r wen. rroeecutlonB of the company p'vwiesumeu tn other cities. ill r. iiuiiiiprn H.aifu . . i r L t 11. --vim .atiuiu aim urMRL inriii a'0M8 liavn rnnAlUofn,l ,! 1,... v auuwii n n i nil rvnrrnnrn . r wmuan". I ha r aa o an In. iU tQ9 Adama KxnrntiJi nnmnnnv nn Bn.lli... 1 -w...rt,.. Strike ol Portland street, car mnn 1 1 mm nam SjtQ has fltartod A mnvomant fxi Hia riifil 1M tl.tn.. 1 . --.j. u mo uoiumbla bar. "jor urevfui him tioon 0..tnnAi f mo erncje trench regiment, Wred Belt, wlm i.,..,.n-.i n. uuipui 01 Airica, la dead Peace conforonpn i,u 11 raniihiin. Mil. 1 . . uiav UH IJHIU UI1 oiaiea varahlp. Nts have hnimn n a u Nil 11 " inuuiuvw It la ""'uk nil immnH. i Zv" lOr mnrinnn 41 A..it. n "n liiun iil i.iim iiiiiii 1 iii mC.l 11 newge for the entire rtfl. rm.: euuHurUBI IS I in. tnnt..U .in: n . ibIU. V,UVU w "ie uoiumuia is SliVJ0 btter lor rail facilities OUCARINQ AWAY DEBRIS. MINING FRAUDS IN BRAZIL. Country is Full of Schemes to Obtain Money of Gullible. Washington, July 17. Consul Gen eral George E. Anderson, in a report to the bureau of manufacturers from Rio Janeiro, charges that while some bona fide Brazilian diamond mines may re sult profitably, that country is full of schemes which are oithor out-and-out rauds or aro baBod on claims and facta sc. 'slight aa to make tbem little lees than frauds. The report says the United States and Great Britain, especially Now York. Chicago and London, are the chiof financial baso of operations for a number of promoters, who have never done any mining, and that there are a number of so-called mining companies now soliciting stock subscriptions in the .United States whose officers are not evon certain where tho land they claim as property lies. The report states that experienced men in Brazilian mining fields say that not a single minintt company operating in tho gold and diamond fields of Brazil has paid a dividend. The consul gen eral adds that it is a lamentable fact that a large proportion of the Brazilian mining enterprises are frauds and that there are now men of tho United States with enterprises which represent noth ing moro than the monoy they can get from the American public. CONVICT STANDARD TEST OF CANNED MEATS. Government Will Prove Guilt of Heads ol Monopoly. RAILROAD MEN AS WITNESSES Testimony To Bn Used for Indict ment of Standard Oil Officers 'Who Extort Rebates. Cleveland, July 17. The Plain-Dealer this morning says: Basing his opinion upon tho testi mony already submitted to the Federal grand jury in this district, Attorney General Moody believes that the gov ernment has at last secured the evi dence which will bring the Standard Oil company to its knees. The return of District Attorney Sullivan this morn ing from an all day conference with the attorney general at New York yesterday will make a complete change of the government's policy in connection with the fight to stamp out trade discrimin ations in favor of giant corporations. Tho change of plans includes a com plete reversal regarding O.J. Grammar, vice president of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway. Gram mar will not be indicted in this or any other Federal district. Instead, ho will bo asked to assist tho government in forging a chain of evidence about the necks of eome of the biggest Stand ard Oil officials in the country. It is known that the government offi cials are eager to obtain one moro link in the evidence already secured against the Standard Oil company. A moBt determined effort will be mado to com plete the chain through Grammar and Clark. What the government officials particularly want is the names of the Standard Oil officials through whom, it is alleged, rebating arrangements were mn'ie with the Lake Shore and other re 1 -oads. With these names in their possession tho government attorneys will be ready to strike. MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS. Congress Will Know What Is the Ef fect of Age. Washington, July 17. The bureau of chemistry, Agricultural department, is to carry on a series of teste this sum mer to ascertain definitely whether canned meats deteriorate. One of the bitter contentions ovor the meat in nnncttnn Rtnendment to the aericultural appropriation bill hinged on tho senate requirement that pacKers biiouiu piace tho date of manufacture on each can of meat. Tho nackora. however, insisted thot this was unwarranted, becauso they nlnimml that meat, once nut up in air tlirht cans, would Inst forever. They declared that canned meat was aB good in ten years as It was In ten days, anu they brought to bear testimony of an official of tho department to corroborate their statements. Some members of congress had thoir doubts about tuts, howevur, so it has been decided to make a ilinrotiDh invodticfltloii and find out whether tho packora were correct or not. Officers Preach Revolution. Hi. Pntnrstmrc. Julv 17. At a meet ing held today at Gutcnina, au miiea from St. Petersburg, attended by throo nf tlin ftnnnt reoimonts. an afllcer ad dressed the men on the subject of tho soldiers' union, which Is bolng organiz ed, lie pointed out that the league iiomnoratin And was Dews orsaniz ed for the purposo of guarding the con at tut nn and eatab llflMDK consuiuviuu al institutions and to prepare tue army tn thn neonle when they were, ready and armed for resistance. The speech was received wuu appiaueq uiilnrt nf Peterhof. t i tiu 17 A ill (mutch to a JJUIIUUAI, UW. . X f. at Pnfnrnlinrff snvfl that Gonoral Koslov, ol the headquart- r In llm nnrk at n.i a. .....1n Ilia nnnntlfUlt used i Hiurnui oKbuiuHj. - a revolver. Tho throo shotB fired wero all effective. Tho murdoror was a wen drosBBd man. no nas neon hmcdhju, i -a ...i i.i .in.i Tim no (a rnirara- inn nov lueiuiuuu. - -" ed rb mystorlous, ns Genoral Koslov . i-.i ..,1.1, nnv nnlltir-nl WRB IlOl conneuvuu win. .. . agnation. Thousands Without Homes. NUhnl, Novgorod, July 17. A fire which broke out here today raged for -i- i,n. hofnrA It was checked. When It was finally extinguished 276 houses bad been destroyed ana nwre vu fanilles had bewa reauerea uoojw. Railroad Men Cannot Agree As To Meaning of RateLaw. Chicago, July 17. Executive officials and gpnoral counsel of every railroad west of Chicago had a conference today with a view to determining tbe mean in? of all of the provisions of tho now rate law. J. O. 8tubbs, traffic director of tbe Harrlman lines, presided and outlined tbe purposes of tbe gathering It developed, however, tbat tbere were almost aa many views regarding the Interpretation of tbe statute aa there wero lawyers and traffic men present. It waB decided, therefore, to appoint two committees, one of traffic men and one of legal men. Tbe tramc men are to meet and arrange their plans for carrying the law Into effect, and whenever they encounter a provis ion tbat they are unable to solve tbey are to call on the leeal committee for opinions. In the meantime (the com mittee .of lawyers ia to hold meetings and determine what it considers tbe statute requires. GRAIN BAGS RISING. The operation of a modern railroad, I with Its numerous trains running at high speeds, Is made possible by tbe UB' of what appears to be a very com plex scries of signals. Ono glance at tho network, of tracks at the entrance to a great railroad terminal maxes the uninitiated. Every track Is corelatcd to another, winding and curling now from this side, now to that, like a mass of wrlthlntf, glistening serpents. Yet over this apparently heterogeneous col lection of rails trains are constantly running, seemingly by some occult gift picking out their way and avoiding one another. Tbo block signal system Is a plan demised to prevent -two trains, going In tbe samo direction from running to gether. A block consists of a section of track usually about two miles long. When tho signal is set against a train, It must not enter tbo block until tbe proper signal Is given. In this way tho exact location of every train Is kept at the various ofllees of the train dispatchers. Tbe semaphore, which Is the usual typo of signal used on roads In the East, Is a very old design. Tbo first telegraph system was semapborlc, and It bas been found to have advantages over most other types, although tbe disk system Is used on some roads, and some western roads are operated on what Is known as tbe staff system, a block system more extensively used In England than In this country. All of these systems have the same underly ing Idea that of advancing a train block by block or of being able to bait It before It enters a block already oc cupied. The difference Is to be found In tbe type of signal and tbo method of operating It About 40,000 miles of railroad In this country ore operated by some one of the three systems mentioned. The pemaphore type Is used generally In tbe Shortage Is Accentuated by Recent Fire in San Francisco, flan Francisco. Julv 17. It i8 esti maiml that fi 000.000 crain bacs were destroyed by the recent fire and in con sequence tho market ia paralyzed, new orders cannot be filled and brokora on 'nhnnoA are in a auandarv as to tbe future. Tho price for baga haa jumped nearly 50 per cent and ut mat tno com modity is not to bo had. Formerly aaMra B.ilrl fnr to cents and to day the price of 10& cents prevails. The prospective Buppiy reacuea in round figures to 40.750.000 encka, and against this muBt bo chalked the needa of California, computed at 23,500,000 racks, and lor the nortn zv,uuu,uuu aarlrn. Inftvinc B. deficit of 0.750.000. with no possiblo output to cover the shortage. Czar May Keep Goremykln. Rr.. PAtnrahurc. Julv 17. There are nn dnvnlnnments in tho cabinet sitna tion. The murder of General Koslov rtpl t have made an exceeding u. ha A Imnrrsslnn on the emperor and tbe Novoo Vremya denies that tho cab inet has reBigned. Tbo hesitation at Pntnrlmf rum raised hoDes in the minds of Bomo of Premier Goremykin's col leagues that he can hold on, oven in the face of the adverae vote In the up per houBe of parliament on Saturday. Russia will be represented at tno inter parliamentary union in i.onaon, Earthquake In New Mexico. AUinniifirmiB. N. M.. Julv 17. This eection pi New Mexico experienced a slight earthquake today. uujects moved norcentlbly. and a dull, Bicken ing Bensatlon was experienced. No sorlmiR damaco haa been reported. Tho pooplo in tbe Armijo building thought that the building wob auout to cgiiaj'"" and ran into the Btreot. Towns south of Albuquerquo also Jolt tho shock and residenta of Socorro and San Marnialo aro in a state of alarm. Put Rolestvensky to Work. At. Pntnmhurff. Julv 17. It Ib under Btood that Admiral RojeatvenBkv. who was acquitted by court martial of the charge of cowardice in surrendering to !. nnnmv attar the battle of the sea of Japan, will be restored to the active list of the navy and assigned to a prom inent position on the technical commit Signal Systems that Ensure S. East. In installing this system the posts or arches sustaining the sema phores are placed at each division nnlnt or nt each block terminal, the distance apart depending on the length of tho block. Where tramc is inrre quent tbe blocks may bo several miles long, but at the entrance to a great train shed, such as Union Station, Bos ton, where tbe shortest blocks In tbe world may bo seen, the distance be tween blocks is only a few hundred fest. Travelers have noticed tbat at some points three semaphore arms are set on one post To the average rider two of these appear to be superfluous. On tho contrary, the three arms carry a very legible signal to tbe engine driver. The top semaphore represents tbe-ncar-rtt block ; tbe next the one ahead and the lost the block beyond thnL "Where tbe locomotive Is running at tbo rati of fifty miles an hour," says Day Allen Wllley, In Cossler's Magazine, In which he thoroughly explains th workings qf the "nerves of a railway," "the three signal post Is essential to tbe safety of a short block system, since considerable track room is needed to bring tbo train to a full stop, especial ly on a level or down grode." Tbe block signal may be controlled from a station at the end'of each track division. As tbe train enters tbe oper ator by pulling a lever throws bis sig nal to tbe denger position, tbo lever be ing connected with tbe semaphore by heavy wire passing over pulleys at the curves. It Is Visual to supplement tbe manual block system by tbe uu of tele graph or teienhoii. Where traffic Is heavy tbe automatic block system has found much favor. Where this Is used tbe train service Is literally controlled by the passage of tbe trains. For example, when one train 'enters a block It sets tbe signal behind It at danger, and tbe one In tbe rear of this at cautionary, lowering tbe semaphore armn to iho safety posl tloa as It leaves tbe block. One of the automatic clock systems most exten sively employed Is tbe WestlngbousA electro-pneumatic. In this system the essential feature Is an electric current flowing through the track rails. When the circuit I closed, which Is the case when the sec tion Is not occupied by wheels at any point, an electro magnet at the signal holds tbe signal In a "way clear" posi tion. The entrance of a train short- circuits the current, de-energlzlng the magnet and the signal by force of grav ity assumes tbe danger position, thxu warning the next train not to enter tb block. As the train passes out of th block tbe magnets are again energized and tbe clear wny Is signaled. The power for moving the semaphore arm to tbo downward or all-clear posi tion Is comprewd air, of about sev enty pounds pressure per square lncb, acting through a cylinder fixed In an Iron box at tbo foot of tbe signal post Pneumatic pressure Is conveyed from a compressor to tbe signals along tbe line for a distance of ten to twenty miles by means of underground pipes. An accidental failure of air pressure would simply release tho signal arm and Its cdunter-welgbt would by grav ity force it to the stop i-o-ltlon. Tho t-.nn Is held at all-clear by means of pressure, which overcomes Its natural tendency to lie at a horizontal or stop position. It is only within a few years that the three-position signal bas found fa vor. With this arrangement it serves both as home or distant positive signal and also as a distant oc cautionary. Placed horizontally, the semaphore In dicates stop; when banging at an an gle of 45 degrees from the horizontal It Indicates all clear for that section, but means alo (tbo same as u distant signal) "be prepared to stop at next signal." ENTERTAINED THE KING. Arabaaindor and 9Ira. Iletd Had That Dlntlnsraiahrd Honor. Mrs. Wbltelaw Held, wifo of our am- bassador to tho court of St James, Is without doubt one of tbe most charm ing as well as one of the most success ful hostesses In all London. Tbe social life at tbe embassy Is noted for Its splendor and perfection In every detail. Recently tbe ambassador and bis gra cious wife entertained tbe King and of course this was one of tbe greatest so cial events of tbe London season. There was a reception followed by a muslcale. at which Mme. Emma Eames sang. To sing before tbe King is an honor to which few people attain and one which was greatly appreciated by tbe gifted singer. Dorchester House, where tbe musl cale and reception was held, is by all odds tbe handsomest of the American embassies in Europa, and Is tbe most sumptuous residence. In Park lane, or Millionaires' row, as It Is called. Buck- lugham Palace, tbe London borne of his Majesty himself, cannot compare MRS. WIIITELAW REID. with tho embassy In Beveral respects for beauty. It contains ono of the best collections of paintings In all Eugland, iusured for $25,000,000. The grand marble staircase, said to have cost moro than $150,000, and a superb library, containing many rare and curious first editions, aro among tho attractions of tho mansion. It Is the property of King Edward's rich equerry, Captain Holford. Ho Is a confirmed bachelor and Beldom occupies moro than two of tho many apartments his home num hers. After somo difficulty ho vas In duced to rent tho palace to tbo Amer ican ambassador for the sum of 827,000 a year, Just $0,600 moro than that diplo mat's official salary. It Is built In the ornnto Italian style, and contains 21 bedrooms and boudoirs, 12 sitting rooms and 0 Immense receptions rooms. Tbe reception rooms, by the way, are so arranged that tbey can be easily con verted Into one apartment, where fre quently more than 1,000 people are en tertained. At the rear of tbe borne PERPLEXING QUESTION. 'CSS, 17 9f vrrvn 1 . Anxious Father ""Well, son what are you going to do NOWP Now York Press. statues and fountains In sunken Italian gardens make a veritable fairyland. Here also is Btnbllng accommodation for eighteen horses. An Accomplished Male. The author of "Very Far West In deed" has many amusing stories to tell of his adventures on the Fraser River at tbe time of tbe gold excitement In British Columbia, now nearly forty years ago. Ho was making his way through tbe mountains In company with an Irishman when this occurred: Two or three miles from the ferry we looked about for a suitable spot on which to camp for the night ; and while thus engaged, Pat Kernun and I, with one of the laden mules, fell behind. Pat was twenty or thirty yards ahead of me, and I was urging on the lagging mule with gentle entreaties. Finding these unavailing, I adopted a more vio lent expedient, and threw a stone at him. Tbo 6tone It was a good-sized ono missed tho mule, but hit Pat In tho back. With many exclamations of rage, Pat descended from bis perch, and proceed ed to lick the mule. Hardly able to keep from Inughlng aloud, I Inquired : "What's tho matter, Pat?" "Mattber enough l nero's this ould black baste, not contlnted wld thrylng to upsit me Iv'ry mlnlt, has been and trun n rock and hit mo square In tho mlddlo of mo back." Cola BtoruKC Thoso are rabbits' eggs," said the facetious waitress, "I'll bet they are," replied the board er. "I've got too much respect for a hen to think she'd bo guilty of anything that tastes like this I" Detroit Free Press. Few men are as brave as their convictions. OPERATED BY THE TIDE. Machine Worked by the Warn Ia AmooK Recent Device. The type of bell buoy which Is now in such general use depends upon tbe action of tbe waves to throw the clap per back and forth, and In this man ner produce tbe warning Bound. This makes the self-acting bell available for service only where there la consider able agitation on the surface of tho water, says the Philadelphia North American. At other points It Is necessary to pro vide a mechanical buoy, In which tha bell Is rung through the medium of a simple engine driven by compressed air from a tank. Such a buoy requires more or less constant care and atten tion, which makes It too expensive foe use except where commerce Is of suffi cient importance to warrant the ex pense. For use in minor streams and water ways, a bell buoy operated by tbe tide has been made available by the recent Invention of Thomas Weber, of Egg Harbor, N, J. The device consists of a float, which is fitted with a paddle wheel. Tho latter is partially sub merged, and tbo upper part entirely housed In, so that only tho lower part of tbo wheel Is exposed to the, action of tho water. No matter how slow the .tide may be running, tho wheel Is turned, and the puddles; In passing over and around, comVln cputact wlth-the extended end of the bell clapper, which Is raised a Bhort distance and released, whereupon the bell Is given a sharp blow. This makes a very effective and economical means of marking a channel. When a silly man Is unable te at tract attention In any other taaaaer h4 Invests in a gaudy vest IT "wenon, The low li plftoed at f 4W,wn. tee of the avy.