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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1907)
tiff ON RECORD d good Records Have Been Broken In California, lfi OF CATTLE WILL BE HEAVY ...j .,i Thouinnds of Acres 0f Frm i-nnu ..,u..u.- Wort Ovor. .-i.. Mnrph 20. With nrnc- .WoM iOilown-rlvor Mauds tin ffirt. w-nil IliMjd In thohlH- d tl rich urleiiltiiml dlHlrlet, jMprtitlnK CVIWI liiwnu w. ....... ...... jSTSw n mnlter of record. On 1WV' ' hI.Ik of tho river. JJIbJ Bolter anil Hhormiui IhIiukIh nrc Sir .H-H not inundated, m and on r vo glilo, Merrill hUukIH uh tl t letk mlilcli !m withstood U Slhe 1'cnrnon district, whero Iho it font wet hmmIo hy tho river hiri to wive their lands linn boon rUODfor n week, I "l submerged, Lj whtlo at Kandiill island tho front JnsBllllHtaiMlliiBnt last roiort tilrusrglc liari neon given in.it,. fffttn nil POllltrl COIIICM tllO M "tlio worst 1h over," a vivid ,lrtaremnl)Ot!nivii of tho iiwfttl do Ltion which ImH ruined crops and Kttsnd worth iiillliniiH of dollars tern mitily out of coiiiinli'Hion. witwimor l'ruto Iiiih been font on jkcodJ mission of roliof and hIio Ih wiuwlil In rnttirii with n Htotk rct-cued from tho Unoa district. Tho Pearson district loteof Iho chief dairying pnrto of tho Ctj.snd although tho resident lire ..iin ilwrwriito light to protect fcrlonicunnd cattle until holp r tm, it is probable that many hurt ifliifill Ih) lout. fie water wns reported to ho four kt dwn. nnd riHing rapidly. Tho bin widening and It Ih feared that tartmay be detraction of hiiiimn llfo bLtt the Hood HlibrtldcH. Ht'NEY NOT INVITED. fctHii His Opinion of Curtain Port land Officials. f.i Fr.itirlHi.. Mntvlt f'll .Tim ill. tstinol FrnnciH J. Henoy wiim called thi to it dispatch fiom Portland, ikhiwted that u fund wiih lclng awdthoro to liriatiro an investigation K) civic c inlitioiiH mid that Mr. femml W J. lluriiM wore to ho rc- icepiotocutor said tliat IiIh timo for lifftn-nt would lie taken up with tho SBfrsnriHC') investigation. Ho added 4at he Iiad rmiwd no ollloial offer ra Portland, and therefore could not .il. . . . . . . .... cjjpr nrmni rr ,i,w.iiii,t i.i tiiiu limn Mi a J I. I "lam not vprv familiar with civic in i iiil i Mi. i iihym mv wirm r rot tn iti ,.n.,.i .j ii...... When nakiit ulml vy t illicit wnihin rortlaml, hoKiiic!: ou know llal7 nuiken vIhIIh .1. I'eywM ucncrnl auont of tho Pa- SUUuTc'li'i Imii A 'lVleuranh com- Vt, inil unu rv....n.. i...it..i,v.i - i ...... . 1 ... iwiii;ii;ii lrt,,.. .1.- i. . ----- - .i.liijv..' n i ili i mwii i CO AFTER POLICE NEXT. i . . nnnouncemont Daihos Hope of Immunity, 3 Fmiiplurn Mi, mti n I. ..i mil .in rviMi -TSwi corruption of ho nollcu cliu inmpfit i..iM i. ii . : . urrrarf.a n,.i. i t .... fcv . ... -'m'r wiiiwiMiiii r,vllt POI CO tllflHitru wiivn rk lw. fi lllx.i 1.'. --" ni h iliiii iTirpimi ii Jl I Hfjlfltt .... .1 . , '?'" ,1,llt '"y. " rccclvwl "6 "111 Htri'lllinim nntvrvulll fill Think Hn I. -r-! r.. . Ulln i i tl ,0"' i;o,m March 20. Ittl. 1 - I llilin ill II I'll, vt lin T1 liero to.lllv i, ci.-i Si'' tfp,.n.i: """"iiauon wiih (iiven B , (lmr "KainHt him. Ctood tlmt he Ih HUHpectod of present criiHiulo wiih bcjnm Ion, Dis- of ro- talh. loa,l"r of tho band whiel n m,r train on tho Den. w.. i 10 r,lilroad threo yearu L 1 "nit,,1,,t0. I'low up tho ex J !' K "way with a liirtio ty" 1,Otl0r- I'K'ldcuffcd C. am l,,k(il1 tlllH afternoon Rfll..l r.i . . i. "'Mac ii ..in... . I Vtal.. .. "'fiii. iu Linn, tiH.h.'. March 20 Yiimnln 'ejnm0i ""V4. ""I"1" tOlciTll ... ..I..II... II .1 .1 'KOvori 110111 ftt "OnlMO, ."Il ioi .. p).. " winvv.n 5,. ""11111111111.,.. ir. .. in ii i ft,,. iiiiiiiii ii.....i..Hn. nnt A . 'vn ji f.vv,v,.ii i - - tv. . . I'vik iliiim. ii ii m hi iiirnu i HIP ftf i j " " nvvvw II.. U 1 rtlU I iAm 4 l...wl i 'iffim ai ii " - Hfcfci W "10 nail fmnn tini ulrtrt1 vlll ' MIIVIIA.U DLilUUI '"'rlcan rj..i fiitrun -"uooi8on uuard. tll."'ortoz1 M.ir,,!, 9n nn. IT..!-. 1? Klllll.n. Hf.. .7 . . ! .'Ifllnn . "iuiuv linn villi I ift nun in in i u ii.ini.HA .. i . nfFA a.1 tl. " viiiunvim llllii ul- I ..' M ini n. u...r....... 5... IJll.ll. - . ..... .u- ..uh . i iiuiKiiiniii iMiiinniir, W.ii rr Dm n-lt " mi.. vi a la..,,. . uuiuhi ao. 18 existed here today. I NEW SURE FOR WHITE PLAQUE. A it - .it I .t . meuicm ocionuiis aro Sntisfled Their fcxporlmonta aro Succoss. 11. 1 mm .. jiohvoii, .iinrn w nopo for Htiffor- orn mini mo Kmit wliilo pliiKuo H huh oim uy tno MiecfrH oi oxnnr lnintif wuu vaceino Inoculation oiiIohIn, not only of Iuiih, hut on other ornaiiH oi ine hody, liy the fnculty of hum L'ollpjfo iNIcdiml hcIkkiI und jmiHi olORical dopartmont of tho iMiiHHachu. houh Koueral lioiipltnl. Tho treatment Iiiih alrondv 1 ed In tho ciiho of Mrn. CurtlH fJiilld. ir wlfoof Governor Guild, with moHten- cotiri5'iiK romiltiH. At TuftH Medical whool tho work ImH been In clinrjio of Dr. Timothy Uiiry, profi-Huor of pathology mid bacteriology in uiu iiiiiriKiicniiHeuH wenoral lioHpital, ana Dr. juiiioh lloinor Wright. Dr. Wright ciiIIh tho treatment "tho Op Honlc mothod," from tho fact that the opHonliw In the human Inxly aro Htimu- uiUMi u fjroater aellvlty. In tho ciiho of d.Hwmo when daniror ouh Pactoria attack tho bod v. tho on. Honlna not to work to dcatroy tho hue. torln. If thoy Hiiceeod, tho jMitlont ro ccvorH, but If thoy lull, thu (IIhciiho pre KI0HHC8 and tho deadly nbuorption of uio vnai ornutiH la'Klim. Dr. Iuiry HiiyH ol tho provenlntlvo with which he Ih extirrlinentinu: "What wo are trying to do, and what otliorn in every part of tho medical and rciumlllu wcrld aro at work trylnif to do, Ih to elaborate a Hpeclflo which will o HtroiiKthon powerH of tho humiin blool that tholr rcHlHtanco to tho in roach, of ll?eaHo will not only be In creiuied but prolonged; which will make thorn immune upiilimt tho InrotulH of tho bacteria and keep them up to tho point which they inunt pohhchh in order to jHirforin tlio work for which they wcro Intended by nature." FEAR REVOLT IN CHINA. Spirt of Rebellion Growing Rife In Famine Districts. Wellington, March 20. From Shanghai advices received at tlio Slate department It appearn that tho ruling dynnrily in China Ih Hcrioimly alarmed over the effect of tho spread of famine through tho country and the opportuni ty It offora to Hcditionaiy Bodotiei? to enliHt converta to their cmi80 directed agalimt the government. The governinent'H inability to ro llovo guttering, It Ih raid, haH been magnified and tho hardnhlpHcf tho pco plo attrlbutiHl to lack of sympathy by tho government for tho i oor claSHes. Tho information indicatcn that a pro IMiganda ban been organl.wl to further the circulation of HtorloH of tho charact er outlined, and It i caid that State department olllcialH fear that a npread of hyhtorla may oiigendera general up rising. If Hiich Hhould bo tho rcmitt, there Ih danger that tho government might not he ablu to control tho situa tion. American and other foreign in- terentrt then will 1m) jeopardizfd. So great In tho concern that diplomatic and coiiHiilar olllcialH In China have been Instructed to keep WiiHhlnuton ad- vlfcd of eveiy turn In the Hituatlon. CHARGED TOLL. Commlsiloncr Gallocher Took Foes From Follow Grafters. San Franciwjo, March 20. A feature of tho boodllng operationH of tho uupor- lsorn not hitherto exprjtiod and which HtirpnBrtoH in gonuino cucBcanecH imy- thlng yet rovealeti, came out uxiay when It wiih learned that bupervitior Gallagher, who acted uh distributer of tho Hwau. charged hla follow suporviHOM a commii'Hlon of 5 per cent on all hood- o ho collected for thorn. Gallagher adiuitH it in his confo?8ion. Ho caid lie did It becauue of thooxpoiiHO ho wiih nut to in the way of car faro and tho rlBkH Involved. Gallaghor hot ly defended hlnmolf when questionoU In tho grand jury room alwut tho practice, llo wild ho thought ho wiih honestly en titled to tho brokerB' commiHHion. In i it. . 1 1 HoniecasoB, lie Hani, nw uojicukuw tOHtxd, but ho Informed them tliat H He was not to gel tho cominiBHiou they would not get tho boodle. Although I)uIh UIiihh, oi tno raciuo Statert Telephono company, and Abrain Detwillor, of tlio Homo Toiepnonccom . H ...I I... i.t...k pany, tno two imiicuu innginnco, iw. not been apprehended by tho polico, no fwir Ih felt by tho prosecution aa it ii? bolioved that both men will Burronder. To Increase Direct Tax. I .vnnu. Mnreh 20. Minhitor of Fi nance Calliu made a great Bpoech hero today dollnlng tho govornment'H eco nomio policy iih directed toward tho gradual diminution of indirect taxation and tho Bubntltution of a direct tax pro portlonnto to tho moatiH of tho tax payer. The Income tax, ho said, was tho first great stop In thii? direction, llo was willing to modify tho moaHure, ho Bald, for ho did not prelond it could not bo Improved, hut no iiibibioo inim tho prinoiplo romaiu intact uh at pres ent enforced. Relief Committee Reports. Now York, Match 20. Tho Now York city committee oi uio reiioi mu- forora hy tho California eartmpiano (iic- oeUir has pint made uh nnai repuri, u Mayor MoOlellan. Tho total amount Bccurod by thocoinmittoo wan 1001,1)71), tho account havinu been cloaod on Jan uary 7 by tho transfer to tho National Hod Cross Booloty of thobnlnncoon hand of $22,724. All monoyH colloot cd woro transmitted without reduction, tho moinborfl mooting tho oxponeo. NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL ABOLISH RED TAPE. COAL HOAD8 BROUGHT TO TIME Indiana and Illinois Linos Adopt Gov ornmont "Suggestions." Washington, March 21). Prompt ac- ny Uio JntorKlalo Commorco com ion mlcHion Iiiih nvsrtorl wl at mleht have developed Into a HerioiiH oIiihIi between Uio coal rdiippcrH and tho railroads of Indiana and Illinois. On March in tho Indiana Hailroad commiHHion. tho Unit ed MinoworkorH and rcprcHontativo cool "peiaiors oi Indiana ami iiunois com plained to tho commission that tho carrierH had given notice of an advance of 2 cents a ton on coal from Indiana and Illinois polntH to Chicago. Such an advance, thoy pointed out, would Heilously affect both mlnerH and opera tors, i no miet!on of filing a formal complaint agnltiHt tho railroadH waa coriHldcred by tho delegation. An inti mation also wae made that proceedings would be IriHtltuted agahiHt the carriers for violation of tho anti-trust law. Since that time tho commission has been in communication with nil tho prcHidontH intorcstcd, and in tho words of Chairman Knapp, "certain HUggps tlotiH" woto mado to tho railroads. It wiih announced by the cemmission to- lay that replies to tho communication had been received from tho Interested lines and that tho determination to make the proposed advanco In tho coal rales hud been recor.s dored and aband oned. Can Sell Relinquishment. Washington, March 27. Announc ing the opinion of Iho court in favor of Malilv, in the caso of hdnurd II. Love vh. Annie l-laliiv, involving a contest over land In Missoula county. Mon tana, Justice Prcwer, of the Supreme court of tho United StatcH, today laid lown fame general principles regarding tho relinquishment of homestead ap plications and tho sale of land taken up under the homestead law before tho PHiinnco of tho patent. On that point tho court held that relinquishments can bo sold. Turns Moro Money Loose. Washington, March 28. Under in structions recently iusucd, collectors of customs throughout tho country wero directed to deposit their customs re ceipts in tho regular depositories. This, however, did not embrace tho so-called Biibtreasury eitles. These instructions have been today enlarged by tho secre tary so that tho public deposits with national bank depositories in New York city will at once be increased about $15,000,000 from customs receipts tin ier the provisions of tho act of .March I, 1007. Board of Immigration. Washington, March 28. Tho prcsi- dent has appointed tho following he civillin members of the Immigration ommission: Charles P. Neil), com missioner of labor; Prof. J. W. Jenke, of Cornell university, and William It. Wheeler, n business man of Oakland, Cal. Tho seuato and house members have been announced. They aro Sen ators Lodge, Dillingham and Latimer, and Representatives Howell, Bennett and liur iiett. Cnttlo Grazing on Reserves. Washington, March 20. Tho Forest service today announces that 1,388,300 cattle and horses and 4,805,020 sheep will bo permitted to gmzo on Western forest resorves during 1007, of which 100,500 cattle and horees and 731,000 sheop will bo permitted in Oregon; 52,500 cattle and 110,000 sheep in Washington. Livestock which has icretcforo regularly used tho rango in tho recently created reserves and four additions in Oregon will be permitted to gnuo free during tho presont season. Don't Make Rural Carriers Trouble. Washington, March 20. A decision rendored today by Fourth Assislnnt Postmastor Genoral Degraw insists uion an ndhoranco to tho regulations roquir- ug that boxes on rural mail routes shall bo orectod by tho roadside, bo that carriers can oasily obtain access to thoin without deviating from thoir routes or dismouniug from thoir vehicles. Fail ure to comply, tho decision states, is likoly to result in tho discontinuance of tho dol ivory of mail. Roosevelt Talks Railroads. Washington. March 28. President lloosevolt dlBciiEsod various fcaturos of the railroad situation at a conferonco with a number of his advisors at tho Wliilo House today. They included Secrotarios Hoot Cottolyou and Gar field, and Interstate Commorco Com missioners Clark and Lane. Thoso piosent admitted that tho conferonco had to do with railroad mnttcrs. MOKE DELEGATES TO BE StNT. Plan for 1008 Campaign. Washington, March 20. Secretary of tho Treasury Cortolyou and Timothy Woorduff, of New York, chairman of tho Republican SUvto committee of Now York, wero In conferonce with tho preH- dent at tho White House for moro than two houre tonight. Mr. Woodruff said tho conferonco related to presidential campaign plans for 1008, hut that can didates woio not discussed. t Portland Man After Good Jod. Washington March 28. Hiohard Nixon, of Portland, son-in-law of Mrs. Dolnh, is a candidate for tho Bocrotary- ship of the immigration commission, which will go abroad tuts summer to study immigration probloms. Australian Malls Delayed. London, March 20. Tho Pofltofllco 8 a iColBco SZ Htoppod, no malls Washington, March 27.-lIrry II, S i ht mi f or rec dvod by that route Schwiut, of South Dakota, waa toda; until furthor S o Mails for Now , appolntejl chief of tho special field eer Zealand now go by tho Suez canal. vice, division of tho general land ofllce. Roosevelt to Strengthen Hague Mis lon Date Still Uudccldcd. WnHhlngton, March .'TO. President Hoosovolt has concluded to increase tho number of American delegates to tho Hoccnd Hague confeiencc, a proceeding which will not havo any effect, how ever, upon tho disposition of tho var ious projects that will be considered at tbut gathering, becauso each nation represented Ih entiltcd to but ono voto. Hut because of tho complexity and Im portance of tho programme, ft is folt by tho president that tho American del (gitlon should bo enlarged to permit of a sub-division Into committees If need bo. When tho announcement won made last Juno of tho intention to hold a second conferonco, it was also state 1 that Amorican would w represented by General Horace Porter, formerly ntn baKsador to P'ranco; Joseph II. Choat, formerly ambassador to England, and Judgo U. M. Hobo, of Littlo Hock, Ark,, formerly president of tho Ameri can Par association. Tho president and Socrcmry Hoot havo already selected tho additional delegaloj, hut it is not deemed proper to announce the names in advanco of formal notice that tho second conferenco actually is to be hold. lor, notwithstanding tho fact that now scarcely moro than 00 days is to inter vene between this date and the date suggested by tho government of The Netherlands as suitnblo for the begin ning of tho conferenco at Tho Hague, possibly through eomo oversight lite formal invitations to tho nations to par ticipate havo not been issued. INCREASED MEAT EXPORTS. Total Value of Products Sent OU Last Year $250,000,000. Washington, March 20. Tho tota exportation of meat and dairy products and food animals fiom the United States last year aggregated over $250,- 000,000 in value, according to a state ment issued bv the bureau of statistics of tho department of Commerce and Labor. This ropresenta an increase of $70,- 000,000, or 45 per cent, during tho de- cado from 18110 to 1000. Moro than 00 per cent of last year's exports went to the United Kingdom. Of tho $250, 000,000 worth of meatf, dairy pro ducts and food animals pssing out of tho United States last year, $40,000,- 000 was in livo nnimals. $58,000,000 In lard, $30,000,000 in bacon, $25,000,- 000 in fresh beef, $21,000,000 in hams, $18,000,000 in oleomargarine, $14,000.- 000 In pork other than bacon and hams, $4,000,000 in butter and $2,500,000 in cheeso. Soldiers Had Shotguns, Too. Washington. March 28. Tho cross examination of Thomas Taylor, former ly ot company b, Twenty-fifth infantry, was resumed today when tho senate cemmitteo on military affairs again took up its investigation of tho "shoot ing up" of Hrownsville. Tex. When asked coneorning tho iBauo of oxtin am munition to soldiers when they desired to go hunting. Tavlor said ho had nnv- or BPcured any, becauso ho always took ono of three shotguns belonging to his company. This is tlio first admission since tho investigation was begun that tho company had shotguns in its pos session. Joseph L. Wilson, company 13, gave testimony concerning events of tho night of August 13, when tho shooting occurred, similar to that given by Taylor. Arrange for Summer Camps. Washington, March 28. Brigadier Geneml Murray, chief of artillery, has requested tlio adjutant goneral to in struct tho commanding officers of tho artillory districts to put himself in di rect communication with the stato au thorities with a view to ascertaining tho details of thoir plana and in order to render thorn flitch assistance as may bo practicable in connection with nr tangomonts for transporting, employ ing, subsietonco, instructing and return ing to thoir homes in safety such troops as may participate therein. Penrose Is Exonerated. Washington, March 27. Tho senate committee on military affairs today re ceived from tho acting Bccrotaiy of war a copy of a tolegrnm from Hrigadior General McCaskoy, commanding tho department of Toxas, concerning tho Ponroso court martial. Tho following is Uio toxt: "Major Penroso waa ex onerated by tho court martial, but tho court found that tho shooting In Hrownevlllo was dono by tho men of tho Twonty-Ilfth infantry." Northwest Postal Affairs. Washington, March 28. Charles E. Hartley has boon appointed regular, John Naff substitute, rural carrier, routo r, Republic, Wash. Kathorlno G. Wood has boon appointed postmast orat Foreston, Snohomish county, Wash., vico William Nash, resignod. Advance Eight-Hour Cases. Washington, March 27. In tho Su promo court of the United States Solic itor Gonoral Hoyt mado a motion today for Uio advancement on the docket of Bovoral cases against dredging compan ies on the ohargo of violating tho olght hour law. Battleship Plans Ready. Washington, March 20. Plans and pt"oiflcations for tho two battleships authorinod by tho last session of con gross will bo ready for compotitivo bid ding April 1. Secretary Garfield to Start Reform In Interior Department. Washington, March 25. Secretary Garfield Is organizing tho Interior do partmenfc with a viow to facilitating public business and eliminating red tape. Ho is transforming an obsolete governmental machino into a modern business methods, injecting up-to-dato methods and doing away with fully ono-third of tho labor required under the old regime. Beginning today, Mr. Garfield will abolish tho public lands and Indian Territory divisions of tho Interior do partment, divisions which heretofore handled all business coming to tho sec retary from tho goneral land office and Indian ollico. Tholr functions wero superfluous and had no good effect. On tho contrary, thceo divisions mado un necessary work and delay, and wero largely responsible for friction and trouble between Secretary Hitchcock on the ono hnnd and tho land and Indian offices on tho other hand. J. A. Parker, former chief of tho lands division, who has a thorough knowledgo of department methods, is to bo mado Mr. Garfield's private sec retary, but will not participate in tho formation of departmental policy. Clorks of his and other divisions will be absorbed by the land and Indian offices. These reforms wcro recom- mendpd bv tho Keep commission, of which Mr. Garfield was a member. Tho piesident heartily approves ol tho change, and looks for great im provement in tho department in conse quence, especially as tne cnanges oring the new secretary in close touch with tho chiefs of all bureaus of Ins depart ment, and obliterates the bothersome intermediary. NEWS OF THE WEEK GREAT DEFEAT FOR BONILLA. After Ten Hours' Fight, Army Flees, Abandoning Camp. Managua, Nicaragua, March 25. Advices received from the front today, gay that tho army of President Bon ilia of Honduras hoa been attacked and de feated near Narinta by the Hondurian revolutionists nnd Nicaraguan army after 10 hours' hard fighting. Bon ilia's troops, it is said, left be hind them camp equipment, artillery, rlefls and ammunition. Among tho prisoners captured are eoverni lending officers of the Hondurinn forces. Many were killed and wounded on both sides. Tho Hondurian rovolutionista cap tured 300 prisoners, three pieces of ar tillery, also a supply of ammunition therefor and 300 rifles. Ono estimate of the casualties places tho killed at 200 and tho wounded at 100. Two hundred government soldiers joined tho rovolutionista during the fight. Tho disaster for President Bonilla is now complete and It is believed that Tegucigalpa undoubtedly will be cap tured. The towns of Canygu, La Espe ranza, San Padro nnd Sula have an nounced themselves in favor of tho revolution. STORM RAGES ON. No Let-Up of Rain Apparent In North ern California. Redding, Cal., March 25. Tho heav iest storm of the season raged hero all last night and until early this morning. For a few hours it abated and then broke again. A terrific wind is now blowing and tho rain is falling In sheets. Reports state that snow is falling all through tho Siskiyous and Sacramento canyons, tho precipitation being heav ier than at any timo during the past season. All the snowplows in this section havo been put into commission and have mado but littlo headway. A third enowslido occurred at Can tara, and tho wrecker from Dunsmuir hastened to tho scene. Tunnel No. 9 is said to bo caving in and Dunsmuir has nn unverified report that in the Siskiyous many cave-ins have occurred. Conditions could not bo worso along tho upper routo than tboy now aro and tho indications are that another storm will break tonight. No Sheep Quarantine. Laramie, Wyo., March 25. Thp state board of sheep commissioners today rovoked tho order of April 2, 1006, that sheep enterlnglhe state from othor states or any territory shall bo quarantined for a period of 30 days af ter dipping, and ordorod that all eheep in the stato shall, before entering the shearing pons fot shearing, bo dipped and any found infected or that havo in nny manner been exposed to contagious disease, shall bo placed in quarantine until nil danger of spreading djseaso has passed. Damages the Prune Crop. San Joso, March 25. Colonel Philo Hersoy, president of tho Santa Claa Frruit Exchango company, is authority for tho statement today that this pres ent storm on top of tho preceding one hna destroyed half the pruno crop of tho valloy by washing tho pollen from tho blossoms. Tho Guadalupe has broken out of its banks south of town nnd the wild, deep etrcnm la flowing turougn tne sulmros, stopping Btreot cars nnd threatening itsidences. Reaches Tegucialpa. Washington, March, 25. Mr. Coren, tho Nicaniguan minister, received a diEpateh today from Mr. Ganez, tho Nlcaraguan minister of foreign affairs, confirming tho pross reports of a great victory for tho Nlcaraguan army near Maraitl. In addition, ho says tho Nicamgunn army probably will take Tegucigalpa tomorrow. In a Condensed Form for Our fiosy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO COimNENTS A Resume of the Less Important, but Not Lees Interesting Event of tho Past Week. Tlio Roumanian revolt is quieting down. The preaidenb has called an election in the Philippines. All labor troubles around Butte have been adjusted for tho time being. St. Louis brewery workers threaten to strike nnd the city Is facing a beer famine. Tho disarmament question is likey to bo barred from The Hague peaco con-feience. Republican members of tho Tennes see legislature propose Roosevelt lor a third term. Tho Nebraska legiEature baa passed a direct primary a copied after the Ore gon statute. Spreckeis had guaantccd tho cost of a thorough housecleaning of giafters at San Francisco. The Western Union Telegraph com pany hoa raised its rates, in eome cases as much aa 20 per cent. The nensiip hnrpau ft!mntffl that lh nonulat ion of the United States has in- xx- creaaed 8,000,000 in the past six years. The Colton, Cal., death' list as the result of the train wreck is placed at 22 and at least six more of the injured will die. A green switch crew is blamed with the accident. Mediation in the Central American war has been postponed. The San Francisco investigation may spread to every city on the coast. Evidence is being secured which points to telephono bribery in Oakland. Mrs. Thaw is said to be breaking down under the strain of the trial of Thaw. of Kansas, pre of the Panama at at Congressman Scott, diets the ccmpletion canal in seven years. Eight men have been arrested Butte for trying to influence voters the primaries just held. Tho bill for the recount of the ballots cast for mayor of New York in Novem ber, 1905, has passed Uie jSewlork legislature. A cigarette started a fire in tho gen eral shops of the El Paso & Southwest- em railroad at Carrizezo, 2. M. The loss is placed at $190,000. Big shipments of flour are being hur ried from Minneapolis to San Francis co, whero a government transport will take it to the famine sufferers cf China. Ex-President Cleveland has just cele brated his 70Ui birthday.: Tho whole of Roumania is in revolt and the capital threatened. San Salvndor has asked Mexico to intervono in the Central Amorican war. Foraker has called fcr nrimrips in Ohio to decide preference for president. Immense land frauds aro to ha invm. tlgated by a Federal grand jury at cneyenne. A deadlock has bpen rpnrhpl hotwpun Western railroads and trainmen on tho question of wages. Premier ritolypin, of Russia, has agreed to abolish court martial, as at present exercised. Frnnff nnnnnnpog lin. ilnlapmlnoftAn to cet redress from Momo for thn murder of a French pubject. A commission in lunacy has been ap pointed iu tho Thaw case and the trial has adjourned until the commission re ports. Tho Nebraska legislature has passed a law to tax railroads on the samo basis a8 Uio holdings of private indi viduals. The California flood has mado duce ecarco in San Francisco. pro- Taft continues to be boomed for pres dent, but third term talk for Roosevelt grows. The government is making active proparationa to start tho laud fraud trials in Colorado. Joromo has found that Now York po lce have been compelled to contribute to political funds. Speaker Cannon and tho ccngrea lonal nartv havo been allowed to land at Panama after being held in quaran tine several duys. Honey denies that his prosecution of San Francisco grafters has any political significance or that it Is a blow aimed at organized labor. Roumanian peasants aro pillaging and burning ovorything boforo them. Largo numbers of pcoplo aro being klllod and wounded Tho outbreak has now got boyond control of tho troops. Evldonce is being gathered to show that tho wreck of the steamer Dakcta was duo to tho blunder of someone. Tho steamer will booh bo a total wreck. About 5 percent of the cargo was saved. M. robiedonoHtseff, ex-procurator goueial of tho holy synod of Russia, Ih dead.