CORVALLIS GAZETTE Gazette PuMUhtng Co. CORVALLIS .ORBGON NEWS OF THE WEEK Id a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Oar A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. A new French cabinet has been formed by Rouvier. All printing works in St. Petersburg are closed and no newspapers are being issued. Experts examining the Denver bal lots I declare one-third of them are fraudulent. T. J. O'Brien, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has accpeted an offer to become minister to Denmark. The senate will confirm the nomina tion of T. C. Powell, of Portland, to be marshal at Nome, Alaska. The Oregon delegation is confident of a small appropriation with which to begin work on the Celilo canal. A Russian admiral who was in Port Arthur when it surrendered denounces General Stdessel as incapable and the surrender as a disgrace. Four publishers of large St. Peters burg papers declare their intention to issue their papers so soon as men can be secured, in defiance of the censor s orders. The California legislatur has appro priated $70,000 for the Lewis and Clark fair. Already $20,000 has been given and with this last sum that state is sure of a fine showing at Portland this year. It is now regarded as certain that there will be no strike of the employes of the Pennsylvania railroad. The City Savings Fund & Trust com pany's bank, of Lancaster, Pa., has closed down with deposits of about $1, 000,000. Four Americans and one Mexican were ambushed and killed by Yaqu: Indians 35 miles east of La Colorado, state of Sanora, Mexico. Mexican cav alry has been ordered to the scene to capture the Indians. It is claimed that the government officials investigating the Oregon land frauds have unearthed a deal in which Mitchell. Hermann and Mays were im plicated ; by which the government would have been robbed of 300,000 acres in Southwestern Oregon through . i ii -x iri e j.i ju.iaa.ie vreKon. j.iie pruuus ui tut; deal would have been $500,000. The principal cause of the outbreak of Russian workiagmen is ' the rui: monetary burdens borne by the people The main items are: National debt. $3,500,000,000; annual interest on debt, $80,000,000; expended on Siberi an and Manchurian roads, $1,500,000, 000 ; taxes paid by peasants in 1900 60,000,000; loss by industrial depres sion in three years, $300,000,000 ; war loss to date, $400,000,000. There are 100.000.000 Russian neasants and the average daily earnings of each is 8 to cents. Williams, ol Mississippi, may resign as Democratic leader in the house. The Baltic fleet is not expected to reach the seat of war for three months Senator Mitchell, it is said, will come home and demand a speedy trial The "United States may use force against Venezuela in the asphalt dis pute. The Japanese talk of pumping out Port Arthur harbor to reach the Bunken ships. Father Gopon, the priest who is lead ing the St. Petersburg strikers, has been arrested. A Pueblo' grand jury says a great ma jority of ballots in the November elec tion were illegal. ' Despite the efforts of the p"olice and military many incendiary fires are re ported throughout Russia. A strike of all workmen in St. Peters burg is threatened. It is rumored that M. Smirnoff, man ager of the iron works where the great St. Petersburg strike began, has been murdered. Kaiser William is angry with the coal mine owners of Germany and popular sympathy is with the miners. President Loubet is trying to patch up the trouble between members of the French cabinet. The big guns nsd by the Japanese at Port Arthur have been sent north and are now . turned against Kuropatkin's army. A charge of grape shot fired by con spirators at the czar narrowly missed - him. It was aimed to kill off the en tire imperial family. . - . Britain and Russia are giving their . side of the Dogger bank affair to the North sea commission. Secretary Hay has secured pledges from the powers which assure the safe ty of China from being partitioned when peace is finally restored in the - Far East. . " -- ' being made in connection with the Col orado election; frauds. One man even voted in his doe's name after usine his own as often as possible. DOINGS IN CONGRESS. Tuesday, January 17 f- In the senate today Heyburn con cluded his speech on the joint state hood bill and Stone gave notice of a speech tomorrow x on his resolution for an investigation of charges ot corrup tion in the campaigns of 1896 and 1904. Lodge presented the conference report on the Philippines bond and railroad bill, and explained the house amendments. Senator Mitchell appeared on the floor of the senate and defended him self in regard t" the indictment in con nection with the Oregon land frauds. He called his accusers liars and per jurers and will oemana an investiga tion. Many of his colleagues crowded around him to welcome him. Another obstacle has arisen in the way of the Klamath irrigation project. Chairman Mondell, of Wyoming, of the house committee on irrigatiaon is fight ing the bill. He says he is not in favor of expending a single cent of the reclamation fund in either California v Oregon until both states "pass a decent set of water laws." He would take more of .the reclamation fund for use in his own state regardless oi amount contributed. . Wednesday, January 18. The house today adopted the 12 arti cles of "impeachment against Judge Charles Swayrie. The speaker was au thorized to appoint members to present the case to the senate and conduct the impeachment proceedings before that body. Senator Stone occupied considerable time with his speech asking an investi gation of the campaigns of 1896 and 1904. Clay spoke in opposition to the statehood bill. He had no objection to the consolidation of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Thursday, January 19. The house of representatives today completed consideration of the army appropriation bill and will vote on. it tomorrow. A vigorous attack was made on the army transport service by Humphrey and offered an amend ment abolishing it. The house fixed Friday, February 17, as the date for holding appropriate exercises in Stat uary hall accepting the statue of Fran ces E. Willard. A bill was passed ex tending the extradition laws of the United States to the Philippines Consideration of the statehood bill was continued in the senate today and Stone spoke for two hours in opposition to it. The bill for the remuneration of American fur sealers who sufferd losses because of their suppresssion, was also debated at some length, but no action was taken, '.' Friday, Jan. 20. - The statehood bill and the fur seal indemnity bill again divided the atten tion of the senate today, and both went over without action. Fulton spoke in support of the indemnity bill, and Mc Creary and Bate in opposition to the statehood measure. immediately after the senate was called to order President Pro Tern Frye laid before it a telegram from the gov ernor of JNew Mexico, transmitting a memorial adopted by the legislature of that territory protesting against the union of New Mexico and Arizona in one state, and urging the admission of New Mexico as a state according to present boundaries. - The .house passed the army- appro priation bill. The Indian appropria tion bill was considered for the re mainder of the day, but was not con cluded when the house adjourned until tomorrow. -, Monday, January 23. The session of the house today was devoted entirely to the consideration of bills relating to the District of Colum bia. Severval efforts were made to take official notice of the rioting in St. Petersburg, but they were all turned down. Beveridge made another ineffectual effort in the senate to have a time fixed for voting on the statehood bill. The fortifications appropriations bill was passed. A joint resolution appropiat- mg $7,000 to pay the necessary ex penses ot the inaugual ceremonies was - Italy Suspicious of Austria. . Rome, Jan. 21. Uneasiness is felt here at the concentration on the Italian frontier of Austrian troops, the Patria going so far as to say that Austria is preparing for war against Italy. . On the other hand, the Tribuna publishes a statement to the effect that its corre spondent at Vienna has been assured by the Austrian foreign office . that the increase m the number of Austrian troops on the frontier of Italy was merely due to the return of soldiers to their posts after haying been ' on duty along J,he Russian frontier. To Include Swamp Land.' Washington, Jan. 21. Represent tive Bell, of California, today intro duced a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to include swamp and overflowed land in any irrigation pro ject that may be undertaken under the national irrigation law, wherever it may be deemed practicable and advisa ble to do so. Such land, when relaim ed, shall be disposed of in the same manner as other lands lying under the government irrigation projects. More Free Coal for Japan. TOKio, Jan. zi. The Japanese cap tured the .British steamer . Ukley in Tsushima straits Wednesday afternoon. The vessel left Cardiff on November 17, carrying 5,900 tons of coal for Vladivo stok. She was brought to Sasebo. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE LEGISLATURE. Salem, Jan. 17. The following were among the 19 bills introduced in the senate today: To protect Eastern oys ters planted in Oregon waters : to amend the law fixing the boundary of Grant count; to create the Malheur ir rigation district; to make death" penalty apply to trainrobbery ; to authorize the Lewis and Clark fair to condemn pri vate property. The purpose of the irrigation district Dill is to enable the people of the Mal heur country to overcome the obstacles in the way of government irrigation work. A bill raising the statutory age of consent from 16 to 18 years was laid on the table. In the house five bills that had been vetoed by the governor were read. One, for higher salary for Multnomah county school superintendent, was not sustained. The other four, authoriz ing additional expenditures by the state dairy and food commissioner, amending Astoria charter, to bond the warrant indebtedness ' of Multnomah count, and for executive mansion and other appropriations, were sustained. A joint resolution to adjourn , legis lature February 10 was referred Thirty-five new bills were read for the first time in the house today, among them being: To make gambling a felony ; " to authorize special tax for bridges in Portland ; to protect coal mines and miners ; to compensate In dian war veterans of 1855-6, and appro priating $45,000 therefor; to create railroad commission ; to create Eighth judicial district:; to create Tenth judi cial district ; to enable electors to vote without new registration when they move to another precinct; to amend local option law. Local option by precincts only is the purpose of the house bill.' - . If it be comes a law prohibition in counties as a whole and groups of precincts will be abolished. Salem, Jan. 18. The right of the people to exercise the referendum pow er is to be protected' by Governor Chamberlain and notice to this effect was today served upon the two houses of the legislature. In a special mes sage the governor told the members in plain language that they are attaching emergency clauses to many measures which are not designed to meet real - emergencies and that he will , feel bound to disapprove such bills if passed in that form. Seventeen bills were passed by the senate, all of minor importarce except ing to the localities directly interested, heine mostly chancres in citv charters. Among the new measures introduced were: To raise the salary of the assist ant warden of the penitetiary from $900 to $1,200 ; to amend general road laws; to make it unlawful to shoot from or upon any public road;, to de fine rights of riparian owners, fronting on the Columbia river; to provide for forming of dyking districts. The senate defeated the house joint resolution asking congress to call constitutional convention for the pur pose of adopting an amendment provid ing for election of United States sen ators by' direct vote of the people. Three bills passed the house today as follows: To extend trie Bancroft bonding act for sewer and street im provements to all incorporated towns to empower corporations to act as ad ministrators, executors, receivers guardians and trustees; to authorize county courts to appropriate lands for road purpses. - Twenty-seven new bills were read for the first time in the house. The first large appropriation bill ap peared in the house today carrying $133,147.42, of which $47,000 is to cover deficiencies, $50,000 the expenses of the present legislative, session and $35,881.31 for meeting unpaid scalp bounties. ' Salem, Jan. 19. Thirteen senate bills and two house bills were" pas by the house today, among them were To establish a Third Eastern Oregon District Agricultural society; to estab lish- county and city boards of health to require teachers in public schools to- give 30 days notice of intention to quit ; to fix the fees to be charged by county recorders. . A bill was introduced to take the appointment of fish warden from the board composed of the governor, secre tary of state and state teasurer and give it to the governor. A similar bill will be introduced in the house tomorrow Among the other new. measures were To amend the code" so as to change the Willamette's Display at Fair. Willamette University, Salem Dean Wi C. Hawley has been given charge of the : arrangements for, an exhibit of Willamette university at the Lewis and Clark fair and is arranging one along novel lines, the idea being graphically to illustrate' the pioneer history of the school. Willamette is the oldest edu cational institution west ''. of the Mis souri river. Professor -Hawlev visited St. Louis this summer and made a spe cial study of the educational exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase exposition in order to get ideas. . -; .... ; ; Improving Eugene Yards. - Eugene Extensive improvements have been commenced upon the South ern Pacific company's depot yards in Eugene. Carpenters are now construct ing new stockyards, twice as large as the old ones, and as soon as they are I completed a turn table will be put in and one of the main sidetracks will be lengthened 100 feet. The work is the beginning of the general rearrangement of the yards which has been in con templation for three or four years. name of the State Reform school ; -for state conventions of county school su perintendents ; to compel attendance of children at school ; requiring all en trances to saloons to be in the front or most conspicuous place; to abolish all state normal schools except one; to provide for creation of bureau of mines ; to protect railroad companies from ticket scalping and requiring railroad companies to redeem unused tickets. Twelve bills passed the house today, four of .them municipal charters, Seventeen new bills were introduced, among them being: Amending law as to support of poor; to exempt certain mining corporations from Eddy license tax ; for holding agricultural institutes and appropriating money therefore. The bill raising the age of consent from 16 to 18 years was brought up in the senate today and made a special order for 11 o'clock tomorrow. Many senators and representatives favor the measure and it is believed it will pass both houses. Salem, Jan. 20. Two bills designed to be in the interests of laborers were defeated in the senate today by indefi nite postponement. One of these pro posed extending to all occupations the provisions of the employers liability act, applying only to railroads. The other was to raise from $5,000 to $10, 000 the maximum limit of damages that may be recovered for injuries caus ing the death of any persons. Eight bills were passed by the senate and seven new ones introduced. One of the new measures appropriates $25,000 for the operation of the portage road and another is for the employment of , con vict labor on public roads. The fiercest fights in the legislature will be waxed over the proposed , cre ation of three new counties in Eastern Oregon. The new counties proposed are Cascade, with Hood River as its county seat; Nesmith, with Antelope as its county seat, and Hot Lake, with Union as its county seat. "All three proposed counties had lobbies working all week and were opposed by counter lobbies from Wasco, Crook and Union. Five bills .were passed by the house. One provided for an appropriation of $15,000 for salmon hatcheries and an other fixed the time for the Lewis and Clark fair from June 1 to October 15, 1905. ' Nine Mils have been passed by both houses, 3i by the senate only and six by the house only. In the senate 143 bills have been introduced and in the house 227. , Both houses adjuorned until Monday Salem, Jan. - 23. Three charter amendment bills were passed by the senate today and a bill protecting wild fowl,. - Thirteen new measures were intro duced. One of them was to provide for the publication of special laws and an other to provide a state board of con trol. - It --seems unlikely that any of the normal schools will be discontinued. The appropriations asked for these in stitutions will aggregate $221,000 This would be an enormous increase over the appropriations of 1903, when the total appropriations were but $88,- 000. Five bills passed the house today one to regulate the- sale - of fertilizers, one to provide a penalty tor casting sawdust and other waste lumber into streams, one to require sheriffs to keep a, record of addresses of taxpayers on the stub of tax receipts, one to cure defects in deeds and judicial sales of executors and one to provide that title shall not descend to the heirs of "a de ceased trustee or executor.. AH-ffre bills were passed without opposition. Among the 18 new bills was one to amend code on child labor, one 1o create board of internal commerce com missioners and making appropriation of $25,000 for improvement of Willam ette river, and one to provide better method of collecting poll tax. . Briggs Find is Under" Mortgage. Grants Pass A mortgage for $140, 000 has been given on the famous Briggs claims, of Upper Sucker creek, the scene of the $40,000 strike last sum mer. The mortgage is given by David Briggs, f owner fo the claims. .. The mortgage is taken by E. F. Staples, of Ashland. . The two claims designated in the mortgage are the "Wounded Buck" and the "Pay Streak." The claims are located side by side", and range directly on the contact - of por phyry and granite on which the rich surface strike was made. Material for System. Union Clarence Crawford, repre sentative of the Grand Ronde Electri cal company, who was here a few days ago, said all the material, excepting poles and wires, had been ordered for the electric system that is to extend from Cove to Union, Hot Lake, La Grande and other valley points,, and that arrangements for construction were well under way. Contracts are to be let this week for poles and wires. 1 The main line poles are to be of cedar. -PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, - 83c; Mae- stem, 88c; valley, 87c. ,- -: . OatsNo. 1 white, $1.322.35, gray, $1.351.40 per cental. . .. Hay Timothy, $1416 per T ton; clover, $1112; grain, $1112; cheat, $1213. J Potatoes Oregon fancy, 8595c; common, 6075c. Apples Baldwins, $1 .25 ; . Spitzen- bergs, $1.752 per box. Eggs Oregon ranch, 27 28c. Butter Fancy creamery, 2E30e. PUT IN CHARGE. United States to Manage Finances of Santo Domingo Government. Santo Domingo, Republic of Santo Domingo, Jan. 25. A protocol between the Dominican government and the American minister, Mr. Dawson, and Commander A. C. Dillingham, U S., N., in behalf of the American govern ment, was signed yesterday. The prin cipal conditions are that the American government guarantees the complete integrity of the Dominican territory, agrees to undertake the adjustment of all obligations of the Dominican gov ernment, foreign and domestic, and the conditions of payments; to adjust unreasonable claims and to determine the validity and amount of pending claims. In the case of the appointment of one or more commissions to reach an adjustment the Dominican govern ment shall be represented ' in order to protect its responsibility. The American government will take charge of the existing customs houses and those hereafter to be created, and will name the employes necessary to their management, the duties they will exercise and their rights. These will be considered Dominicans and subject to the laws of the republic. The Do minican government will have at each custom house inspectors in behalf of its interests, and from and after the date the contract takes effect. The present employes are to be considered as acting under its provisions. Out of the revenues collected at the custom house of the republic, the American government . will deliver to the Dominicans 45 per cent of the total gross amount for the purpose of attend ing to the necessities of the budget. Out of the 55 per cent, the American government will pay the employes of the custom house, and the interest on the. amortization of the foreign and do mestic debts. The whole surplus may remain and each fiscal year will be de livered to the Dominican government and devoted to the payment of its debts OPPOSED BY MONDELL. He Will Prevent Passage of Klamath Irrigation Bill if Possible. Washington, Jan. 25. An effort will be made, when the opportunity presents itself, to secure passage through the house of a bill recently passed by the senate permitting the secretary of the interior to utilize Lower Klamath, Tule and Goose lakes and all tributary waters in connnection with the Klamath or other irrigation works undertaken under the national irrigation law. There will be opposition to this bill in the house, however, which may be able to prevent its passage. This was shown by an adverse report made on the bill by Chairman Mondell, of the irrigation committee. The entire committee, with the ex ception of Mondell, is in favor of, the passage of the bill and concur in a fav orable report made by Representative Williamson. In his report Williamson quotes from a letter of the director of the geological survey, urging the pas sage of the bill. Among other things the director says: The feasibility of the Klamath irri gation project, from an engineering standpoint, is beyond question, and it is also one of the cheapest projects that has been found by the reclamation service. "The bill is intended - to authorize the secretary of the interior to so utilize these lakes as may be necessary for the best development of the country under the reclamation act.' This would not be possible without specific authority from congress, on account of their navi gable capacity, which, while insignifi cant in value, is such as to bring them technically within the direct jurisdic tion of congress. The devlopment of this project for the irrigation of 300,000 acres of land, about one-half of which is . public land or at the disposition of the public, pre sents no physical difficulties of any im portance. It may be stated further that connected with this possible devel opment is an opportunity to extend the system to include some 90,000 acres of irrigable land in the Klamath Indian reservation at some future time, when these lands may be thrown open to set tlement. Tiflis in State of Siege. Victoria, B. C, Jan., 25. Captain Orlan Cullen, representative of the Im perial" Marine association of Tokio, re ceived a cablegram from Constantinople tonight to the effect that 1,500 Circas sians had revolted and killed the Rus sian guard, numbering 200. at Slavini, in the Caucasus, and that Russians and Turks in large numbers were crossing the frontier into tne Caucasus to spread revolution in Tiflis province. Tiflis City is practically in a state of siege he said, and communication is had only by dispatch bearers. ' Women Trampled in Rush. Chicago. Jan. 25. Several - women were injured here tonight in . a stam pede of thousands .of excited Russian subjects who clamored for admittance to the West Side auditorium to - hear the news from St. Petersburg and. to listen to an address by Mme. Katherine Breshkowsky, the Socialist worker Before the doors of the auditorium were required a detail of policemen to keep the crowd -from' stampeding and pushing those who struggled. - ..Cuban City Shaken Up. Santiago, Cuba, Jan. 25. There have ' been three . distinct shocks of earthquake of increasing force within th last 24 hours, causing much excite ment. No serious damage was done, but there is feared that there will be more shocks. HIS POWER IS GONE Czar Has -Been Forced to Yield to Grand Dokes. - VLADIMIR AND SERGIUS RULE Rioting and Bloodshed Spread to Alt Parts of Empire Revolution Under Full Headway. Libau, Russia, Jan. 24. The imper ial yacht Standard is expected here to- convey the czar and his family to Co penhagen. .. . Reports from St. Petersburg say that. the actual government is no longer in the hands of the czar. This statement is made with deliberation and with a. full knowledge of the day's doings. The grand ducal coterie, always power ful, but until very recently held in check by the people's pathetic faith in the power, of the "Little White! Father," is in absolute command. Grand Duke Vladimir commands the troops, and every order, whether it be- one of leniency or stern repression, is issued by him. Grand Duke Sergius is stated to be in control of the internal situation. The utmost secrecy is maintained- as to the czar's present whereabouts. Some have him at Tsarskoe-Selo, others at Peterhoff , still others insist that he has been at the winter palace rieht along. All questions put to men in authority on that score are met with the very courteous reply that thev- know as little as the interrogator. MOSCOW IN TURMOIL. Workmen Force Closing: of All thev Large Factories. St. Petersburg, Jan. 24. The most startling feature in the situation to night is the news that several factories m Moscow have closed and that the- workmen in the old capital of Russia are repeating the tactics of their fellow workmen of the new capital, marching -from shop to shop and mill to mill, de manding that the establishment shut, down. The whole city is reported to. be in a state of great excitement over the news of the bloodshed which has precipitated immediately the strike- that had been scheduled for Wednes day. The tension, which was somewhat. relaxed during the morning, continued to increase during the day. Conditions appeared to be omnious, when, shortly after dark, the workmen-in two electric ; light plants walked out, refusing triple pay to remain, and plunging half the city into utter darkness, including the- Nevsky Prospect. The water supply was also cut off, and a veritable panic ensued. IT IS REVOLUTION. Sailors at Sevastopol Mutiny in Mass. and Destroy Buildings. Kieff, Jan. 24. Details of the burn ing of the admiralty yards at Sevasto pol have arrived here, showing that it . Was the result of a mutiny of 8,000' sailors, such as never before occurred. in Russia. All Saturday there had been consid erable talk all over the city that the sailors in the Sevastopol barracks had grown restive and" that numerous in stances of insubordination had oc curred. Shortly after the noon hour Monday the doors of the barracks were thrown open and several thousand sail ors forced, their way out into the street.. One squad of mutineers rushed to- the rooms of a captain, who is said to- have been particularly disliked. The officer was seized -and thrown to the floor. Thev beat in his skull, and his face was mangled beyond recognition, and then they wrecked his rooms and took every weapon they could find.. Meanwhile, those on the outside had set fire to the building, which, being old and mainly constructed of woodv was burned to the ground. From there the mutineers rushed wildly through the streets, setting up- the cry of: "The revolution has be gun." One of the Horrors of Revolt. St. Petersburg, Jan. 24. Among the authenticated horrors of yesterday is the case of an aged general, whose sledge was stopped by the infuriated people as he was driving in the direc tion of the troops. Are you going to- order them to fire on us?" yelled the pmwri . Thfl frpnnrfl.1 nrrlerfri met nranh man to drive on, when he was instantly struck on the head by a well dressed individual in a sable fur coat. - The general was then thrown out of the i .i 1 1 .i ii. uiuuauj utnMjii HWXLiy rampled to deatp. Ready to Take Charge. TT1rT Ton 94. Tho TtaiW TWI. graph's St. Petersburg correspondent meeting of the Kefoim party of Gorky, X. 1 Jl X O A J A. i.i k i MiinririiLn LmLiiiuav iiiuiii km tare provisional government of Russia . I A, . J I I , political ciphers ; but they hope, overturn the existing regime. ' - To Loot for Provisions. oi. xreterauiLrg, iau. a. repor 1 - J 11 A 1 1 I ' 1 intend to storm the market in Vassil Osrtoff and seize the provisions there