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COBVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OEEGON, FRIDAY", NOVEMBER 8, 1901.
VOL. XXX VIII, NO. 46.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week Presented
in a Condensed form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Republican landslide in Ohio.
Oregon hop crop being shipped east.
Argument was continued in Schley
case.
Jury secured in the Considine case
at. Seattle.
France has occupied three ports in
Mitylene Island. .
Law students of state university on
verge of a strike. .
Seth Low and the fusion ticket
elected m New York. ;
Governor XJeer is in receipt of a
letter threatening his life
A boxer leader was appointed to
the Chinese foreign office.
Homrr Bird, the Alaskan murderer,
has beeu granted another lease of life.
count to decide whether Wells or
Scbmitz is elected mayor of San Fran
cisco. ,
""' A plot to massacre an American
garrison in TarTuc has been discov-
by the commission at Manila. The
wife of Lukban will be deported from
Samara.
Lord Pauncefote is ready to begin
work on the canal tieaty. '
"A cargo of wheat and flour left
Portland for South Africa.
Coal or gas believed to be burning
underground near Stevenson, Wash.
! Brigands have been employed to try
and catch the abductors of Miss Stone.
Seven regiments of British cavalry
in India have been sent to the seat of
war in South Africa.
Trial has begun at Seattle of John
Considine, charged, with murder ef
r 'Four hundred igarmakers are go
ing from Havana'to Tampa, Fla., to
take the places of strikers.
Admiral Gaillard, the French com
mander, has arrived at Smyrna and
seized the Turkish customs.
"Germany believes that mismanage
ment of affairs in South Africa is the
cause of the war being prolonged.' .
.London ana other ports 01 .cngiana
have hppn envelnneri with ro thick a
fog the last few days that all naviga
tion is at a standstill:
A large force of Venezuelans were
crossing a bridge when a Colombian
force attacked them and in the fight
nearly-all the Venezuelan soldiers
were drowned or shot.- -
France has sent an ultimatum to
Turkey. ...
Carnegie is not a believer in the
Nicaragua canal,
Oregon hops took the first prize at
the Pan-American.
No fresh plague cases have been re
ported at Liverpool.
" The Subig bay naval station will
cost nearly $20,000,000.'
A ll nA!nAr!Mi sn 4-1-ia Vn L-r-n Viaa
ail uniignviuu tuv .a. uavai
stopped on account of the ice.
An attempt was made to assassinate
the dowager empress of China.
President Roosevelt has issued his
first Thanksgiving proclamation. , -
Efforts are being made to prevent
Samar rebels from receiving supplies.
The acting governor of Hawaii
asks that Oriental laborers be admit
ted. - . ;;."
The report is current in Washing
ton that Chinese Minister : Wu - has
been recalled.
Commissioner Hermann' reports
nearly 35,000,000 acres of unreserved
land in Oregon. . ;
Botha personally led the attack on
' the British a few days ago which
ended so disastriously for the latter.
A captive balloon containing nine
persons broke lose at ban- irancisco
and floated away. ' The occupants
landed safely after a: ride of 50 miles.
The cross examination of Admiral
Schley has1 been concluded.
Canada opposes the abrogation of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. - 1 -
The postal estimates for the coming
fiscal -year Call for $lo,UOU,0UU.
A French squadron sailed for Tur
key to press France's demands.
Six deaths from plague " have oc
curred at Liverpool since September 2.
New. York "city is flooded with light
weight half dollars, which have been
sweated -
A force of British soldiers surprised
the Boers, capturing 22 men and two
commanders. ,
' Two men have been arrested at
Roseburz for- the Southern Pacific
train hold-up
English mail ton Australia is deliv
ered in '31 davs when sent by way of
thd United States,, the quicker; route.
Tn 1894 the Untied States senate
passed a bill excluding anarchists, but
it failed to pass the nouse ana aia not
become a law. . . . : . . -: f
Ttv. - o. N - Hartshorn. llu u..
founder and for almost 50 years presi
dent of Mount Union college, died at
Alliance, A, after a long illness from
Brights disease. He was o years 01a.
wmmmrnmmmmmm
COLONEL R.
Devotes Himself to Developing Agricultural Resources of Washington, -Oregon
and Idaho.
The latest good work started by Colonel R-. C. Judson, of Portland,
is the holding of exchange fairs at central business points at frequent inter
vals. Farmers and stockmen attend these fairs and display their farm
products, also cattle, horses and sheep, in the streets for a day or two. . Sales
are then made to local merchants. They in turn are patronized freely.
Business moves briskly. Ideas are exchanged.- The women folks enjoy
shopping and a brief rest. Land sales are also made. Settlers are attracted
by the newspaper publicity. , Colonel Judson 's efforts are always original, at
tractive and substantial. He believes, in amity rather 'than animosity, a
principle that makes friends and business for his railroad, the O. R. & N.
The practical experiments conducted by Mr. Judson on the O. R. & N.
Walla Walla farm, his broad views in encouraging diversified farming, arid
work of organizing farmer's institute meetings, have made him a familiar
figure to all the progressive industrial workers of the United States. The
United States agricultural department has been attracted by his work and
used his methods as object lessons in encouraging the same kind of work in
other states. .-. , : : " ,
PRESIDENT'S. PROCLAMATION.
Sets Apart Thursday, November 28, as a Day
of National Thanksgiving. ' v' "
Washington, Nov. ' 2. President
Roosevelt today issued his proclama
tion fixing Thursday. November 28,
as a day of national thanksgiving. It
reads : -:" -' "
"A Proclamation. The season is
nigh . when, according to the time
hallowed custom of our people, the
president appoints a day as the espe
cial occasion for praise and thanks
giving to God. . -
This Thanksgiving finds the peo
ple still bowed with sorrow for the
death of a great and - good president.
We mourn for President McKmley
because.we loved and honored him,
and the manner of his death should
awaken in the breasts of our people
a keen anxiety and a resolute purpose
not to be driven by any calamity
from the path of strong, orderly, pop
ular liberty, which, as a nation, we
have thus far safely trod. -
Yet, in spite of this great disaster,
it is nevertheless true that no people
on earth have such abundant cause
for thanksgiving as we have. The
past year, in particular, has been one
of peace and plenty. We have pros
pered in things material, and have
been able to work for our own uplift
ing in things intellectual and spirit-:
ual. ! Let us remember that, as much
has teen given us, much will be ex
pected from us; and that true hom
age comes from the heart as well as
from the lips and shows itself in
deeds. We can best prove our thank
fulness to. the Almightyv by the way
in which, on this earth, and. at this
time, each of us does his duty to his
fellow men.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodore
Roosevelt, - president 'of the United
States, do hereby designate as a day
of general -thanksgiving, Thursday,
the 28th of this present November,
and do recommend that throughout
the land the people cease from their
wonted occuaptions and at . their sev
eral homes and places of worship
thank the giver of all good for the
countless blessings of our national life:
' In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Stabbed at a Dance. ' .
The Dalles, Nov. 7. During . a
country dance about 20 miles south
east of The Dalles, Saturday night,
Nick Marks, a well-known young far
mer, was terribly stabbed by Reuben
Ford, another young farmer of that
district. " Young -Marks and Ford
got into a fight over an alleged insult
offered to Marks' wife, and. during
the encounter Ford pulled out a knife
and began slashing Marks. One
blow is . reported to have struck near
Marks' heart, and his recovery at last
accounts was considered doubtful.
Passed 'Worthless Checks.
- Astoria, Nov. 7. A" man. by the
name of E. R Harroun, who repre
sented himself to-be an advertising
solicitor,' . arrived . in - Astoria a few
days ago, and ;has. been engaged in
different occupations until yesterday,
when he disappeared for parts un
known.' Before leaving he had sev
eral checks cashed for small amounts.
The checks were drawn on the First
National ' -bank, of this city,, and
signed by himself. ; . - .V; .-; : ':'
C. JUDSON.
of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the City of Washington,
this 2d day of November, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand nine hund
red and one, and of the independence
of the United States the one hundred
and twenty-sixth.
(Seal.) - -
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
PACIFIC REGALIA COMPANY.
Business of This Home Industry 'Requires a
: Larger Factory and More Capital.
Portlarfd, Nov. 6, The Pacific Re-
galia Company, of Portland, has been
re-incorporated by Paul Pferdner, J.
L. Mitchell, John S. Pinhey T. B.
McDevitt ;and : May Pferdner, with
$50,000 capital stock.. The company
manufactures badges, buttons, regalia
and lodge supplies of all kinds. The
factory now operates dU machines of
various kinds and will be still further
enlarged to accomodate- its growing
business:
ORDER OF WASHINGTON.
Charges Against Supreme Officers Not Sus
tained and Everything is O. K. .
. Seattle, Nov.- 7. Supreme Presi
dent W. W. Terry. Supreme Secre
tary J. L. Mitchell and T. B. Mc-
Devitt, of the Order of Washington,
have answered charges made by John
R. Parker,, president of the "local
union, : regarding the - organization.
The supreme officers were indorsed in
every possible manner by the members
of the union,. and whatever dissention
there might - have been, disappeared
when President Parker threw down
his badge.-; and ' withdrew from the
meeting'. - A unanimous vote of con
fidence in the head officers was ex
pressed by the Seattle - union, 'and
peace reigns, with the exception that
Parker is to be tried under impeach
ment proceedings. - '
. The Order of Washington has un
ions in Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana,' and- has a membership
of over 12,000. The. supreme officers
are leading citizens of 'Portland. It
is incorporated - under the laws of
Oregon, and was - the first society
authorized to do insurance business
in Washington under the new law. .
. ' Turkey Calls on England.
Paris, Nov 6. "The porte asked
Great Britain," says ' the - Constanti
nople correspondent of the Echo de
Paris, "to fulfi.U the terms of the
convention of 1878, whereby, in .ex
change for the island of Cyprus,
Great Britain guaranteed the integ
rity 01 the sultan s Asiatic possess
ions.: .The porte holds that under
this convention Great Britain should
protect- Asiatic Turkey .against attack
by France, and suggests that Great
Britain should send a squadron to the
Levant for that purpose."
Venezuelan Force Surprised.
Maricaibo, Venezuela, Nov. 6 Ad'
vices' received here from Rubica say
that a night attack of the Colombians
has caused -a general . reorganization
of the Venezuelan plan of defense,
The Venezuelans were caught cross'
tag a river near AUbica. ..... Ihe rope
bridge broke and numbers of the
Venezuelans were drowned. General
Uribe-Uribe's force, which was on the
extreme left, has reinforced the cen
ter. Tne general is entrenching.
BOXER LEADER HONORED.
Na Tung Supported by Japan -United States
: v Indifferent to Manchuria. '
Pekin, Nov. 7. Na Tung, former
ly a Boxer leader, has been appointed
to the -Chinese foreign office by an
edict received ' today. - .He recently
returned from' Japan -where he went
as special envoy to apologize and ex
press condolences for the murder of
Suguiyama Akira, chancellor of the
Japanese legation at Pekin, shortly
before the legation? : were beseiged.
This appointment is considered a test
of the attitude of the Chinese minis
ter towards the restoration of the
Boxers to imperial favor.'
Japanese influences supported. Na
Tung, a fact which contributed fur
ther evidence of Japans' recent policy
of co-operation with China. Not
long ago Japan sounded . the powers
regarding the propriety of another
protest against the Manchurian con
vention between Russia- and China,
and was disappointed by a lack of in
terest in the question on the part of
the United States and Great Britain.
SELLS FOR MILLIONS.
Colorado Mine Purchased by Eastern Capi
talists for $6,875,000.
Colorado Springs, Colo.. Nov. 6.
The control of the Elkton Consolidated
Gold Mining Company on the proper
ty of which a remarkably rich strike
was made recently, has passed into
the bands of Eastern capitalists for
a consideration based on a valuation
of $6,875,000 for the entire capitaliza
tion. The names of the buyers are
withheld . for - the - present by E. M.
Delavergne, their local agent, himself
a prominent stockholder.
' The deal is perhaps the- largest in
volving Colorado mining property
since Stratton's Independence was
sold in April, 1899, for 810,000,000.
In, local mining circles it: is thought
that the purchasers are New York
capitalists,.
GEER'S LIFE THREATENED.
Governor of Oregon Receives a Letter Signed
r-f- -'-"Six Parties."
Salem, Nov. 7 A letter was- re-;
ceived at the governor's office threat
ening Governor ; Geer -'; with the fate
of Presiedut McKinley unless, within
six days,, he should release one Edwin
V. Tweiman, who is now", in Walla
Walla penitentiary, serving a term
of, 20 years. :-TKe:"2ei)teti ia signed
"Six Parties," and is written from
Dunsmuii," Cal., and 7 dated Nov. 2,
1901. - The writing is that of a man
and fairly good English is used. A
great deal of ignorance' is displayed
in thinkingGovernor Geer has juris
diction over - a penitentiary in the
state of Washington.
DUMONT WINS THE PRIZE.
Awarded 100,000 Francs Offered by Deutsch
- -. for Dirigible Balloon.. -
-Paris, Nov. 6. The committee of
the Aero Club, by a vote of 12 to 9,
today proclaimed M. Santos-Dumont,
the Brazilian aernaut, the?-winner of
the prize of 100,000 francs offered by
M. Deutsch for a dirigible balloon.
The vote was-, preceeded by a warm
discussion. Count Dion, who presided,
while eulogizing the courage of M.
Santos-Dumont, contended that he
had not won the prize owing to the
time limit." Prince Roland Bonaparte,
on behalf of the special committee
who watched the contests, declared
that M. Santos-Dumont had materially
and morally won the prize.
; 1 Adrift On Lake Michigan. -r
Kewaunee, Wis., Nov. 6 Adrift on
Lake Michigan in an open boat with
no provision and with the temper
ature at the : freezing " point, are
Charles Peterson.keeper of the govern
ment lighthouse, and his son Ralph.
Last night about dusk, the two were
blown away from the shore by a west
erly gale, and though search . was
made all night and all day today,
there has been no , trace found of the
missing light-keeper. There is every
reason to believe that the two have
perished." ' :
. Business Part of Town Bumed
Mayville, N. D., Nov. 6. Eire has
practically destroyed the business por
tion of Clifford, 12 mires southwest of
this place.' Loss, $50,000; insurance,
$21,000. The fire probably was start
ed by burglars in their attempt to
blow up a safe in a butcher shop.
-. .. Rear-End Collision.
itosana, Wash., JNov. 0. A rear
end "collision of. freight . trains oc
curred in front of the depot here to
day. The engines were badly smash
ed, two freight cars and caboose were
wrecked, the depot was wrecked and
the building fired, and one tramp was
slightly hurt. The local freight tram
was standing on the main track. The
engine was detached and was doing
some switching. An extra freight
train, - with cars loaded with wheat,
and pulled by two engines, came
down the track. -
Remains of Admiral VillamiL
New York, Nov. 5. The Spanish
steamship , Montserrat, on her way
home from Havana, came- intv port
today With her flags at half-mast. - In
a mortuary apartment : aboard "the
liner is the body of Admiral Villamil,
who-lost his life during the encounter
with the American ships at Santiago,
The - body is on the way to Spain;
Before the Montserrat leaves, the
Spanish consul and Spanish residents
of this city hold memorial services.
NEWS OF THE STATE
TEMS OF INTEREST FrtOM; ALL
- PARTS OF ..OREGON
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Inv
porfance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
- Latest Market Report
The normal school building " at
Weston is nearing completion.
Klamath Falls has six cases of
smallpox. The public schools are
closed. :
Grants Pass is considering the pro
hibition of bicycle riding on the side
walks within the city limits.
George A. Forbes. has been engaged
as physical director of the Monmouth
normal school. Prior to his coming
to Oregon he was at the Berea college,
in Kentucky.
A contract has been let by the
school teachers and clerks who have
filed on land in the south - end of
Umatilla county, to build 18 cottages
and 10 miles of fence on their prop
erty. '-
. Cattle' feeding has begun at Butter
creek. About 4,200 are being feed,
more than ever before in the history
of that section. The condition of
the cattle is much better than usual
at this season.
The congestion of- railroad ties in
the mill company's yards at . Nicolai
has caused the mill to only - run half
time, and consequently many men
have been thrown out of employment
and have moved away. -
The cougar, lynx, wildcat, panther
and an occasional bear are still to be
found in Malheur valley. Coyotes,
jackrabbits and cottontails are numer
ous. Ducks,.- geese sage hens and
prairie chickens are plentiful. There
are a few bob white quail. Back in
the hills there are still a few deer and
an occasional antelope. A few beaver
are also found in the valley. .
- Many improvements " are contem
plated on the Golden "Standard mine,
on Galls creek. . v
-It is estimated "that1 the Douglas
county -prune crop will approximate
5,000,000 pounds. .
Hoboes broke the seal On the ' door
of a freight car at Eugene " and took
herefrom a box containing - a large
n u mbor oi ri fle cartridges.. -J, v 1-
The coal bunkers at Rivertoh, Coos
county, are filled ;with . coal. The
mine is now in position to get out a
large amount of coal if the proper
arrangements' for Whippiing can. be
made. ;
A 30 foo$ steel tower, weighing be
tween 500 and 600 pounds, will arrive
at Athena this .week for. the new fire
bell. This bell was presented to the
department by C. A. Barrett, of
Athena. ' 7, '. .. '.-"- .
Bailed timothy hay continues -to be
hauled to Athena by the ranchers of
Weston mountain. The hay is stored
in warehouses and later will be ship-
ped to market. The- price paid is $9
per ton, or $3 less than-, was paid in
Athena last season. . . "-i.-".
The city of Ontario has let the con-'
tract for a 500 foot artesian well.
The material taken from. the well will
be assayed for gold. If oil indica
tions are good it will be sunk to a
much greater depth. The machinery
is on the ground and has started to
work. . '' -
' Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, nom inal.
5555c?; bluestem, 56c; Valley,
5555Kc. r
Flour Best grades, $2.65a3.50
per barrel; graham, $2.60.
Oats Nominal 90$1.00 pr cental.
Barley Feed. $15 15.50: brewiner.
$16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran. . $17al8: mid
dling, $2021; shorts, 1920; chop,
$10. - ;: v - ' . -
Hay Timothy. $110)13: clover.
$79.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
Iton.
Butter Fancy creamenr.25ra27 :
dairy, 1820c;- store,- H15c per
pound. . " v..- - ,v
Eggs Storage. 20c: fresh. 23024c:
eastern zu(gzi. ; -
Cheese Full cream, twins. 12UO
xao ; x oung America, 1314c.
' 1 1 i l - . 1 1 ac t-rt
xvumji iiiiunens, mixea, Qt.ovtm
3.00; hens, $4.00; dressed, 10llc
per pound, springs, $2.60(9- 3.00.
per dozen; ducks. $3 for old 83.00(3
4.00 for young.; geese, $67 per doz
en; turKeys, live. lOffllle: dressed.
810c per pound. . ;
Muttons-Lambs, 3 Je gross; dressed
o(gbo per pound? sheep, $3. 25 gross
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross,heavy,$66.25; light,
$4.755 ; dressed, 77 He per pound.
Veal Small, 88Kc;large,77Jc
per pound. ' . - i
Beef Gross top steers, $3.504.00;
cows ana heifers, $3.003.50; dressed
oeei, osgec per pojand..
Hops 810ic per pound. .
Wool Valley, 11 13 e per pound;
eastern yregon, 8i2c; mohair,
zikszic per pouna. -
. Potatoes 6585 per sack.
Kansas City is troubled with a gang
01 iemaie lootpaas.- -
nennr.nr . nannii'fl awat.a.r ...im
that since 1896 500 children have been
named after the senator.
Bankers and brokers unite in saying
that Roosevelt's attitude has inspired
oonnaence.
r It is said that King Oscar will send
one of his sons to represent Sweden
and Norway at the St. Louis exposi
tion.
ABUSED LATE PRESIDENT.
Naval Electrician Sentenced to One Year's Inv
. prisonmtnt. " -
Washington, Not. 6. "To be con
fined one year in such place as the
secretary of war may direct, to do ex
tra police duty during that time, to
lose all pay except 2 per month for
prison expenses, and the further sum
Of 920 to be- paid to him at the expir
ation of this confinement and to be
dishonorably discharged from the ser
vice of the United States," is the sen
tence imposed by court martial upon
John S. Htoll, a third class electrician
of the receiving ship Columbia, lying
at the New York navy yard, for foul
abuse of the late President McKinley.
On the day of the late president's'
death, St oil, in the company of a
number of sailors, is charged with
having declared, with an obscene
oath, that the president should have
been shot long ago and have added
other foul and profane expressions of
same tenor. - He was arrested
promptly and tried by court martial,
with the result above announced, on
two charges first, conduct to the pre
judice of good order and discipline ;
second, scandalous conduct, tending
to the destruction of good morals.
Stoll made a vehement plea of inno
cence, declaring that his language re
ferred to the president '8 assassin, but
the evidence of the bystanders and the
language itself was regarded by the
court as completely establishing his
guilt. He will be confined in the
prison ship at Norfolk.
WARNING TO ENGLAND.
South African War May Necessitate
Higher
Rate of Taxation.
London, Nov. 6. What is regarded
as an important announcement pre
paring the people of Great Britain for
new taxes and fresh loans was made
tonight by the chancellor - of the ex
chequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, in
a speech at Bristol. After alluding
to the enormous increase in the ordi
nary expenditures of the government,
he reviewed the war taxes, and said
that the ever increasing demand of
the national .exchequer gave reasons
for careful thought, and even anxiety,
for the future. "The cost of the war
in South Africa is enormous," said
Sir Michael. : "It still drags. It
may be when next year comes, that I
may have to ask the people of this
country to bear even greater burdens,
and to make even greater sacrifices."
Sir Michael Hicks-Heach an
nounced - that, the government was
communicating with the authorities
in South Africa with a view to a
change in the situation of the con
centration camps and to an ameliora
tion of their conditions.. -
John Morley, M. P., speaking to
day at Forfar, Scotland, asserted that
the ordinary annual expenditures of
the British government had increasd
26,000,000 during the past 10 years,
or, including the suspension of the
sinking fund, 32,000,000. He di
rected attention to the fact that there
was a real danger ahead of the coun
try. rV: . - , '-',-
SUBIG BAY NAVAL STATION.
According to the Plans of the Naval Board It
Will Cost Over $10,000,000.
Washington, Nov. 5. The major
ity report of - the naval board, headed
by Rear Admiral Taylor, which has
prepared plans for. the proposed new
naval station at' Olonagpo, . P. I.,
shows that the -station will cost this
government ... $19,359,500, ; exclusive
of defensive works, signal station,
water supply, coal station,. magazines
hospital, encampment grounds and a
native village under the control of
the naval authorities, which it is
proposed to provide for the workmen
who will be employed regularly at the
Olongapo dockyard. The hoard re
commends that in addition to the
four prominent points selected for
the defensive works by Admiral
Remey's board Silanguin Island,
at the entrance of Port Silanguin ;
the point on. the west side of the
entrance to Subig bay; Grandee
Island, at the mid entrance, and Port
Ilian, on the east side of Subig bay
entrance another fort be located to
protect the landing ia Calaguaquin
bay on the west coast of Zambees
province, and- that the mountain
88es . leading to the naval res
ervation on the north and east be
fortified. The board's estimate for
equipping the station tor efficient
work of repair and outht of vessels,
pending general development is $12,-
903,500.
Welsh Miners' Threat
Cardiff, Wales, Nov. 4. At a masn
meeting of the Merthyr-Tydevel col
liers today, the action of their repre
sentatives in agreeing to stop work
last Friday and Saturday and threat
ening to stop on other days, in order
to keep up " the price of coal, and
therefore wages, - was confirmed and
resolutions in support of the future
action of the leaders was adopted.
The situation is critical, as the em
plovers are. strongly inclined to resort
. . 1 1 1 . .
Lower Cable Rates to the Philippines.
New York, Nov. 4. The Commer
cial Cable Company today sent out
the following notice: "We are ad
vised that the following reduced rates
to the ' Philippine' Islands go into
effect on the 15th inst. : Luzon
Island, $1.66 ,per word from New
York; all other islands, $l. d per
word from New York." : -
MASSACRE PLANNED
PLOT TO WIPE OUT AN AMERI
CAN GARRISON.
Revealed by a Filipino Woman, Who Assists
Detectives Federal Convention a Stormy
- One A Petition for Autonomy Decided
On Troops Burn One Hundred and
; Seventy-Five Houses.
Manila. Nov. 7. A plot to massa
cre the America garrison at Moncada,
province of Tarlac, Island of Luzon,
has been revealed by the wife of one of
the conspirators. Several town offi
cials are implicated. The woman
who revealed the plot hid a detective
beneath the house in which the lead
ers of the conspiracy were meeting.
Arrests followed and many incrimi
nating papers were seized.
The plan was to set fire to a house
close to the barracks, after dark, and
when the soldiers came out to assist
in extinguishing the flames, 150 con
spirators, armed with bolos, were to
rush on the guard, capture their arms
and proceed to massacre the garrison.
Commissioner Wright today took
the oath of office as governor. He
will be acting - governor during the
absence of Governor Taft, who prob
ably will be unable to resume his
duties for some days to come. The
newspapers approve of the appoint
ment. The United States Philippine com
mission today passed the treason laws,
with slight alterations. Several Fili
pinos spoke against them.
The Federalists are holding a con
vention to arrange for a petition to
congress, asking that body to grant
autonomy to the Philippines, with a
governor appointed by the president
of the United States, with veto power
over the two houses, the senate to
consist of 30 members, 14 of them to
be named by the governor and 16 to
be elected. In case of the. death of
the governor, it is proposed that his
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uuura snail uevoive upon me presi
dent of the senate, temporarily. The
lower house, according to the pro-
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puseu plan, snail consist 01 a repre
sentative for each 100.000 inhabi
tants. Finally, the Federalists desire
that every Filipino be pardoned for
political offenses arising from the war.
The sessions of the Federalist conven
tion were noisy and turbulent. The
chairman had difficulty in controlling
the convention. -
Paterno has been expelled by the
Federal party, Buencamino saying
that his union "with Sabella Rios for
the formation of . another party de
barred him from connection with
the Federalists. "The petition,"
Beuencamino said, "to be sent to
congress must be as pure as crystal.
It would not be so if Paterno were
allowed to participate in it." .
Paterno was formerly president of
the so-called Filipino cabinet.
Buencamino is one of the directors of
the Federal party and was at one time
a member of the so-called Filipino
congress. - . - -
ArivuM fmm Tolnhan danifnl stf
the Island of Ley te, report that the
presidentes of the various towns in
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the island have waited on Brigadier .
General Smith and complained to
him that the people are unable to
procure food because of the blockade
that is maintained along the Strait
of San Juanico. General Smith re
plied that the strictest kind of a
blockade would be continued until
tne people 01 Xjeyte Drougnt in tneir
guns and gave the - authorities full
information concerning the insurg
ents who infest the country.' AH the
arguments of the officials of the towns
were unavailing.
General smith has ordered the de
portation of the wife of General Luk
ban,' leader of the Samar revolution
ists.
The wife of General Lukban was
the main cause of the refusal of the
Samar insurgents to - surrender.
Some of the principal men who have
been captured are willing that their
wives be held as hostages while they
go into the field for the purpose of
pc-rouauiiig biitir reiaiiiv.es- to surren
der. Four native police officers were
killed and their horses captured yes
terday at Baybay. Island of Leyte.
Lieutenant Julien E. Caujot, with
detachment of scouts, encountered
a - body of insurgents southeast of
Calbalgan, Samar Island, and in the
fight which followed 25 rebels were
killed. One hundred and seventy
five houses were burned and 5,000
pounds of rice and 2,000 pounds of
palay were captured.
Boers Got Away With Two Guns.
Pretoria, Nov. 6. It is now known
that the Boers got away with the two
puns cantnred from Cnlnne! Ttenarvn'a
column in the recent -engagement
near Brackenlaagte, Transvaal.
$300,000 Cram Elevator Fire.
Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 6. Fire
tonight destroyed two large adjoining
elevators, owned by the Botsford
Elevator company, entailing a loss
of $300,000. The loss on the buildings
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is estimateaat tiza.uuu; on tne zoo,
000 bushels of grain, $175,000. r
To Reform Russian Factory Laws.
New York, Nov. 6. According to
advices, from St. Petersburg to the
London Times and the New York
Times, the Russian minister of fi
nance, M. Witte, is engaged on a
scheme with a view to substantial re
forms in . the fact&ry regulations.
The scheme will shortly be submitted
to the council of-state. ; M. Witte is
convinced that the proposed reforms
will strengthen the handicapped in
dustrial position of Russia.
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