ALMOST BANKRUPT
Philippine Government OnlyJKept
Up by Sale of Bonds.
FILIPINOS REFUSE TO PAY TAXES
Purpose of Taft's Visit to Islands is
to Place Government on Safe
Financial Basis.
Washington, July 8. Secretary Taft
is hastening to Manila to prevent an
utter collapse of the civil government
there as administered by Governor
Wright. The mystery of his mission
-and the urgency with which it its un
dertaken are gradually being revealed
Early action of a remedial character is
necessary to prevent the government
from becoming bankrupt through short
age of revenue receipts, t
Governor Wright has not made pro?
gress in dealing with the Filipinos
He has asked them to obey the laws
and let it go at that. He has not
sought to harmonize differences and se
cure their co-operation.' Asa result,
the Filipinos are now refusing to pay
taxes. They knew nothing about land
. nd revenue taxes until American rule
was made effective. Taft succeeded in
inducing the natives to pay these taxes
Under Wright they refused payment.
It is impossible to sell the land for de
linquent taxes.
The decrease in Philippine revenue
has been so great that nothing but bond
ales has prevented a collapse of the
government. The money derived from
selling bonds and certificates of indebt
edness baa furnished sufficient funds to
maintain affairs up to this time, but
the sums borrowed must eventually be
repaid, and the situation has grown
serious.
Mr. Taft has gone to determine what
can be done to develop revenues and to
place the government on a safe financial
basis. Mr. Taft also desires to confer
with Governor Wright on the friar land
question. The entire matter was ad
justed after tedious deliberations, and
an arrangement reached satisfactory to
the president and Mr. Taft. "The titles
were defective, and it was agreed to have
new transfers made. Governor Wright
was asxed tor his approval and refused
to give it. It is considered imperative
that this troublesome question should
fce settled.
TO MAKE ISTHMUS HEALTHY
Shon's Tells How Commission Will
''.. Care for Employes.
Washington, July 8. - Life on the
isinmna 01 ranama is to be made
healthful, comfortable and enjoyable
before the real work of digging the
canal is begun, according to an an
, nouncement of policy made today by
Chairman Shonts, of the Panama Canal
commission. Mr. Shonts said:
"Our first duty is to create sound
underlying conditions. This ia now
"vastly more important than the moving
of dirt. The men must have suitable
bouses in healthy surroundings ; they
must have wholseome and nourishing
food at reasonable cost; they must have
suitable transportation facilities to get
to and from their work, and they must
have opportunity for recreation.
"It will be the policy of the commis
sion to provdie these essentials as
quickly as possible, and to only in
crease the working force, aside from
the mechanics necessary to provide
these necessities as fast as the facilties
indicated can be furnished.
l'So much has been said by the press
of an exaggerated character about
health conditions there that it may be
neise to recapitulate the facts regarding
yellow fever. There have been be
tween 9,000 and 10,000 employes on the
iBbuuius Biiiue me ujsease nrst appeared
in May. During that month there were
20 canal employes stricken and two
'deaths. In June 30 canal employes
were 'Btrictken and there were four
deaths, two of those dying being Amer
icans appointed in the United States
and two persons appointed locally on
the isthmus."
Russia Will Make Protest.
Bt. Petersburg, July 8 General Lin
levitch's telegraphic report to the em
yeror charging the Japanese with using
dumdum bullets will probably be made
the subject of a communication to the
powen protesting against the violation
of the Geneva convention. Among the
Liberals a story is being industriously
circulated and believed that Japan will
demand that the treaty of peace, if con
cluded, shall 'be submitted for the rati
fication of the Russian people, in order
to insure its observance in case of a
change of government.
Root Has Accepted.
New York, July 8. It can be defi
. mitely stated that President Roosevelt
has offered the position .of secretary of
state to Elihu Root, and that Mr Root
has accepted. President Roosevelt ar-
. of Taraan f i . .4 O n m nn
boarded a Pennsylvania Railroad tug
and .was taken to Long Island City.
He left there for Oyster bay at 9 :47
Paul Morton and Elihu Boot, who ac
companied the president from Cleve
land, left the train at Jersey City.
Refunding Hawaiian Debt.
Washington, July 8. President
Uoosevelt has approved the issue of
$600,000 of bonds by the Territory of
Hawaii to refund -the gold bonds of the
Republic of Hiawaii, issued under act
of .the legislature of June 13, 1896.
WILLIAMSON FACES JURY.
Dr. Van Gesner and Marion R. Biggs
Also Defendants in the Case.
Portland, July 7. With the convic
tion of Senator Mitchell sliding into
history, those curious ones who were'in
attendance at this trial will this morn'
ing again have the chance to witness
another Oregon congressman before
the bar of justice Represenjative J. N.
Williamson. With this member of the
lower house of congress will also be
tried Dr. Van Gesner and Marion R.
Biggs. Williamson and Van Gesner
were interested in the sheep business.
and the specific charge against them is
subornation of perjury, it being alleged
that they induced various persons to
make fraudulent timber entries. It is
charged that the alleged fraudulent
oaths were taken before Marion R.
Biggs, who was United States commis
sioner at Prineville.
The indictment which was returned
against Williamson, Van Gesner and
Biggs was returned February 11, 1905,
and it alleges thatjjthe three mennamed
in the' indictment conspired to suborn
certain persons to commit perjury
whose names are set forth in the indict
ment, to take up claims under the tim
ber and stone act, swearing when they
took up these claims that they were not
taken up for speculative purposes.
While this case will not attract the
attention that the trial of Senator
Mitchell did, it nevertheless will be
watched with great interest. Repre
sentative Williamson, until he was
elected to succeed Malcolm A. Moody,
was a state senator in the Oregon legis
lature. The fact that he was indicted
along with Senator Mitchell will give
the case some national interest.
DUNNE'S OWNERSHIP PLAN.
Chicago's Mayor Proposes Corpora
tion Shall Own Car Lines.
Chicago, July 7. Mayor Edward F.
Dunne told the citv council tonia-ht hin
plans for municipal ownership of trac
tion properties. It was not municipal
ownership absolutely, hnt. an tha man
or explained, the nearest thing possible
unaer existing conditions, and he asked
the aldermen to consider it carefully.
Absolute municipal ownership and op
eration, the mayor said, he does not
consider practical just now. 1
The plan which the mavor nffnrad
provides for the incorporation of a com
pany, managed by five men who com
mand the confidence of the people of
Chicago. '.' To this company is to be
granted a 20-year franchise, covering
the streets in which rights of the old
companies already have expired or soon
will expire. It is to be stocked to the
amount necessary to establish a street
car system in these streets, ronchlv n-
timated at 240 miles. No bonds are to
be sold. '.-'.
The stock is to be deDositad with a
trust company, which the five directors
are to select, so as to prevent a pur
chase of it and consequent control by
outside interests. The stock ia tn Ha
sold at popular subscription. .
At any time the city may elect, it
can take over the property on an ap
praised valuation.
ARMY READY TO REVOLT.
Demand Political Rights From Czar
for All His Soldiers.
London. Julv 7. The Mrwmw nnnw.
spondent of the Standard says:
"I have received, startling informa
tion, the very nature of which renders
lis connrmation from official sources
impossible, but which, if ftorraot mov
De designed to promote the revolution
ary movement in iiassia to a remarka
ble, extent.
"It is that an ultimatum aril! Vhnrt.
ly be presented to the czar demanding
political rights in behalf of the nrmv
The date of the presentation will nrnh.
ably coincide with the completion of
me moDiiization now in progress.
"Two hundred thousand nf tha
youngest and therefore the most dissat-
lsnea memDers will then have received
their arms and will be under tha mm.
mand of men drawn largely from "civil
me. i am told that the initiative has
been taken in the garrison at St. Peters
burg." Gorky Works for Freedom.
St. Petersburg. Julv 7. Mairim
Gorky, the novelist, who ia living at
Kokola, a small village on the coast of
Finland, has refused a flattering offer
to go on a lecture tour in the United
States, preferring to remain for tha
purpose of aiding in the work of eman
cipating Kussia. He is one of there
cognized leaders of the Constitutional
ists, and is visited daily by persons
from all parts of Russia. He has a
large income, but gives the major por
tion of it to the cause which he has at
heart.
Still Stand by Strike.
Chicago. Julv 7. The ioint cnnnnil
of the Teamsters' union tonight refused
to tafce action looking toward calling
off the strike, and nnmntrl n num.
mittee to procure funds to -support the
striking teamsters in their struggle.
The committee appointed is to be
known as' the "flying squadron," and
it will call on every union teamster in
the city to donate a stipulated amount
each week toward the support of the
strikers.
i To Collect Data on Canal.
New York, July 7. Two Panama
canal commissioners, Peter G. Haines
and Colonel M. B Harrod, sailed for
Panama today on the Saguranca, to col
lect data concerning the surveys of the
canal route and to prepare plans of this
route for use by the advisory board of
engineers, which will meet in Wash
ington September 1.
VERDICT IS GUILTY
John H. Mitchell Convicted of
' Crime Against Nation.
STEPS TAKEN FOR NEW TRIAL
If Necessary Case Will Be Taken to
. the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Portland, July 4. At 11 o'clock last
night, with the din of exploding fire
cracxers almost drowning the wnrdn nf
Captain Sladen, Senator John H.
Miicneii, wno lor 2E years has eat in
the senate . of the United fitataq. 1 int
oned to the reading of the verdict that
pronounced mm guilty.
Although hard hit, as a man must
be under such awful conditions. Reno-
tor Mitchell retained bis composure.
xears wenea into his eyes and his
voice shook, and. aa he nlnwlv mm
from his seat, after the jury had been
polled ana court was adjourned, he
tottered and for the brief spell of per
haps a minute the shocking force of
the verdict seemed suddenly to unload
upon his shoulders every one of those
u years through which He has ringed.
and he became old, very old. With an
effort which showed that he was still
hghting, still not without hope, for ex
Senator Thurston, as flnnn an the inrv
was polled had moved for a new trial,
ne straightened up his bent figure in
a way that seemed to say, "there is
yet another chance." '
Senator Mitchell will not rest under
the verdict of the jury as returned last
night, but will take the matter to tha
Supreme court of the United States,
if necessary. Senator Thurston, one of
the counsel for the defense, when asked
as to the future course of the defense.
said:
"On Mondav next the court will hear
a motion for a new trial on the nart of
the defense, and if that is denied, the
matter win pe taken to the Circuit
court oi appeals m Kan Francisco, and
from there, if necessarv. to tha Rn.
preme court of the United States- Of
course, other than that statement, I can
have nothing to say as to what I think
. . A I i ... .....
oi me outcome oi the trial." '
John Newton Williamson. Dr. Van
Gesner and Marion R. Biggs will be
brought face to face with the United
States court on Friday morning at 10
o'clock to answer to the indictment
charging them with subornation nf
perjury, in having induced 100 persons
to swear iaiseiy m regard to entries
made upon timber and stone land in
the vicinitv of Prineville.
Judge De Haven set Fridav mnmino.
as me time ior beginning the trial
when court was called yesterday morn
ing. He also stated that he would fix
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Wednesdav morning an the timn for
taking up all land fraud cases in which
demurrers had been filed against the
indictments. He would then set apart
a time lor hearing the arguments in
those cases where such hearing was
necessary.
DESTROY REBEL SHIP,
Russian Government Sends Torpedo
Boat on Trail of Potemkin.
Bucharest, Roumania, July 5. -Ad
vices to the government from, Kustenji
state that the Russian torpedo boat
Smeltiloy had appeared off that port
and by signal had requested informa
tion concerning the rebel Russian bat
tleship Potemkin. It is said that the
torpedo boat is manned by a select
crew and has been commissioned to at
tack . and sink the rebel ship upon
sight. When the port authorities sig
naled back that the Potemkin had left,
the port, the torpedo boat retired in
the direction of Odessa, for which place
the Potemkin is beleived to have set
out. ' -
At all Roumanian -ports where Rus
sian warships are now lying there is
reported great agitation among the
sailors. The Russian vessel Bulgarie,
owing to an outbreak among her crew,
has been indefinitely delayed at the
port of Ismalia.
Rebels Proclaim General Strike.
St. Petersburg, July 5. The execu
tive committee of the Social Revolu
tionists has issued a stirring appeal
summoning the workmen and all
classes of society interested in the
overthrow, of the present regime to
show sympathy with all those who
fought for freedom at Lodz, Warsaw,
Odessa and other places, as well as
with the sailors who mutinied at
Odessa and Libau, by. inaugurating a
general political strike. The leaders
have supplemented thiB by proclaiming
a general strike for Thursday. -
Armistice is Next Thing., ! '
6t. Petersburg, July 5. With the
completion of the arrangements for the
Washington peace meeting, President
Roosevelt has resumed hia efforts to
bring about an armistice. No light
is thrown upon the actual status of the
negotiations and the character of the
communications passing between . the
Russian and Japanese governments and
Washington. The matter is exceeding
ly delicate, but the outlook for success
is not unpromising.
Prepares to Fight Hungary.
London, July 5. The correspondent
of the Daily Mail at Vienna asserts
that Archduke Francis Ferdinand has
initiated military preparation with a
view to the eventuality of Hungary at
tempting to recede from the dual monarchy.
DE HAVEN SETS DATES.
Mitchell Case Disposed of, He' Turns
Attention to Others.
. Portland, 'July 6. Judge De Haven
was a busy man yesterday and will be
equally busy today. The end of the
Mitchell trial has not brought surcease
from work, and the interval between
the first case and the one of J. N. Wil
liamson set for Friday morning will
fill the hours f the Federal court with
action and hurry.
Yesterday morning all of the land
fraud cases were taken up by the court
and fixed upon the calendar for consid
eration. Times were set for hearing
demurrers to the manv indfotmanta
now pending in" different cases, dates
wore aiea ior listening to arguments
upon pleas in abatement and dava oat
apart for arraignments and pleadings
ui uiuae aeienaants who are now wait
ing for the call of the court.
The Mitchell and Hermann naana
were put at the foot of the calendar, as
was the case against F. P. Mays, and
the many defendants made prominent
in the Puter-McKinlev land frand
ui luBt winter, xoaay the great major
1 i : . n. . ..
ity ox the defendants will either plead
or will bring their motions for error
before the court, after which the cases
win he set, as near as possible, upon
me docket ior trial.
TORNADO IN TEXAS.
Zigzags Across Country, Smashing
Everything in Its Path.
Fort Worth, Texas, July 6. A tor
nado which struck Texas in the upper
edge of Montague county, coming from
the northeast and swinging far into the
southeast, this afternoon ' caused the
loss, it is believed, of 40 lives, injured
a large number of people, and ,did un-
ioiq damage to growing crops and
cattle.
Fortunatelv the tornado minsnd tha
small towns in the section t.hrnnwh
which it swept, but it zigzagged in such
a way as to tafce in the homes of many
farmers and stock raisers in the sec
tion.
At Jacksboro the force of the wind
was terrific. The Bant in t phnroh anA
20 other buildings were blown off thair
foundations, and a number of buildings
totally aestroyed. Mrs. Travis Cal
houn was seriouslv iniured. - Travia
Calhoun, Mrs. Horton and Henrv W
ser and fimilv were also inim-ed.
At Montague no lives were lost in
the towh. but in the conntrv trreat. lnaa
of life is reported. The wires are down
in ail directions, and it is difficult to
get particulars. Ten persons are known
to be dead in the neiorhhnrhnnd nf
Montague. Most of those killed lived
on Salt creek, along which the tornado
swept with special force. At Nacona
the tornado passed a few miles to the
south, and later lists give the dead at
14 and the injured at 41.
TRAIN IN DITCH.
Great Northern Passenger Leaves
Track and Cars Burn. .
Great Falls. Mont.. Jnlv fi. A ana.
cial to the Tribune from Willison. N.
D., says No. 3 west bound passenger
train on the Great Northern was
wrecked at Spring Brook, about 12
miles west of there. A car in tha mid
dle of the train jumped the track just
before reaching a switch. At the switch
this car went on tha airla tmlr r.A .
complete wreck followed.
All the tram left the track excent
the engine. Explosions followed im
mediately and set the wreckage on fire.
Seven cars were completely destroyed
by the fire, but the Dassencmra all aa.
caped through the windows and only a
iew were seriously injured, although a
large number were slightly hurt. The
injured were all brought tn Willia,
(and it is believed none are fatally hurt.
The train was running at a high rate
of speed, but no more than the regular
run calls for. " Where the car first left
the track there is ahsnlntalir
wrong with the track and no one can
account for the accident. All of the
other cars pasBed over the place, and
had it not been for the switch no seri
ous results would have followed. ,
All the mail was saved. .
Russian Paper Plays Ghoul.
St. Petersburg. Julv 6. Tha Wmrna
Vremya, which ' alone of tha W1in
papers here attacked
velt for forcing peace endeavors, has
Deen printing a series of articles to
proye that American intricnas and
American instigation were responsible
for the war. It now asserts that the
same causes brought about China's
request to be represented in the nego
tiations. It savs that Mr. HflvTo dsw
trine of the administrative entitv of
-it. : ui v . , . .
juiua wui De Durieo with its author,
but the fruits of his policy will remain.
Road Into Klamath Falls.
San Francisco. Julv 6 Tha nnw
nia Northeastern railway filed articles
of incorporation today, with a capital
of $5,400,000. The
A. H. Noftzger, G. X. Wendling, C. M.
ross, president ot the Farmers' and
Mercants' National bank
G. E. Bittenger, cashier of the Los An-
geies national Dank, and H. Nathan.
One terminus of the road will be at
Weed station, on the Southern Pacific
and the other at Klamath Falls. '
Convict Strike Quelled.
Salt Lake Citv. .Tnlv R Tttt
victs at the state penitentiary struck
today, refusing to work nntil ' imnrwa-
ment was made in the food and other
accommodations. Atter the strikers had
been placed in oolitarv
handcuffed to the ceiling for several
nours, the strike lost its popularity.
CRAFT IN
,v "Ah, .darling," breathed the impassioned wooer, "why do you not say
Tear Can you not say it?"
"Dear me, I could say It," responded tie honest damsel, "but if I do,
then you will Immediately stop making all these pretty speeches." Omaha
Bee.
PRIDE OF MINNESOTA.
Magnificent New Capitol One of the
world's Finest Buildings.
Fifty years asro "Tha ftraat Wnrh.
west" was a howling wilderness, peo
pled Only bV a few Mlna anil a
handful of trappers and French-Cana
dian traders; fifty years ago this vast
region had not been survived, and rar-
tain sections of It had not even been
explored, but to-day behold how differ
ent is its aspect!
There Is not a corner of It that ha
not been penetrated by civilized be-
If " J.-.
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PS
ii
CAPITOL OF MINNESOTA.
Ings; there is not an acre of it that has
not been charted. A dozen States have
been carved out of it, and the borders
of the brush and timber lands are
rapidly receding before the woodman
with his ax and the farmer with his
plow. In the near future there will
not be left a single acre of unproduct
ive land, for the gigantic projects of
Irrigation that the Federal Govern
ment Is undertaking will, within the
next decade, transform every arid area
Into a flourishing garden.
This great Northwest territory com
prises fully one-sixth of the entire area
of the United States and is now peo
pled with 6,000,000 Americans who are
engaged in various Industries, the an
nual output from which aggregates
in value, millions of dollars.
If there is one thing more than an
other that has fostered this marvelous
development, It Is the modern rail
road. : In the great Northwest there
are over 50,000 miles of railway track
and the capital that is represented by
the operating plants of all of the rail
way companies serving the people of
this territory amounts, in round num
bers, to over $2,500,000,000.
It Is marvelous that such a transfor
mation of a wilderness Into a flourish
ing home of civilized beings could be
effected within the short span of one
human life; yet the progress made
during the last decade Is still more re
markable and the most reliable Indica
tion of the Increasing wealth of this
section of the United States Is the
erection of some of the finest public
buildings to be seen anywhere on the
American continent. --
The expenditure Involved In the
erection of State capltols alone counts
upward of $25,000,000. The State of
Montana, with a population of but
243,400, has Just completed a commo
dious, new . State House that cost In
the neighborhood of a quarter of a
million;- South Dakota Is contemplat
ing the expenditure of several thou
sand dollars in enlarging and embel
lishing Its present legislative hall, and
its twin State to the north has already
appropriated a million dollars for the
erection of a beautiful new capltol to
replace the ramshackle frame struc
ture that Is now .used as a '. State
House;. Wisconsin has recently ap
proved designs for a new capltol that
calls for the expenditure of $10,000,
000; Iowa has spent a vast, sum to re
build her present structure that was
partially destroyed by fire; and Min
nesota has just dedicated a' $5,000,000
marble palace to the use of the people.
In many respects, this latter struc
ture is the most remarkable In the
United States, and to the tourist trav
eler, who comes to St. Paul in the
future, it will be a source of pleasure
and Inspiration. ;
When Glenn Brown, : the, secretary
of the American Institute - of Archi
tects, of Washington, D. C, visited the
new capltol of Minnesota, he declared
It to- be the finest structure In Amer
ica to-day with the exception of, the
national capltol at Washington. Not
so much money has been spent on It
COURTSHIP.
as has been spent upon similar build
ings elsewhere; but, In Mr. Brown's
opinion, the artistic effect of the struc
ture Is unsurpassed. -- "
The predominating feature of the
building Is the massive marble dome,
the largest In the United States. Un
til its completion the dome of the
Rhode Island State House at Provi
dence held the distinction of being the
greatest The dome of the capltol at
Washington Is very much larger, but
that Is made of cast Iron, painted
white. The domes of St. Peter's of
Rome and St Paul's of London, like,
wise, are larger, but neither of them
is constructed of marble.
The Interior finishings of the build
ing re magnificent Marbles from al
most every well-known quarry In the
world were imported for use in the
grand halls and legislative rooms, and
beautifully carved woods for the ex
ecutive offices.
To see such evidences of art and cul
ture In a country that, but a short wrhlle
ago, was considered a barbarous fron
tier, is th most satisfying thing that
can happen to a man who has faith in
the great destiny of the United States
as the leader of nations. C. T. Greene,
,ln Four-Track News.
NON-BREAKABLE BAT.
Wound -with Wire op Soma - Other
Strengthening- Material.
The baseball fan, or, more correct
ly speaking, the baseball player, will
hall the advent of the non-breakabU
bat that has made Its appearance. Thl
most desirable and hitherto unknown
attribute of a baseball bat is attained
by cutting a spiral groove In the wood
and Inserting therein, flush with the
surface of the bat some strengthen
ing material,' such as steel wire oi
steel tape or sinew. The spiral is mads
continuous from a point Just above
the handle, so as not to interfere with
a good, comfortable grip, to a poinl
Just below where the ball ordinarily
STEEL WIRB ON THE - BAT.
strikes. Care has to be exewiaad n
course, in fastening the ends of the
strengthening material wound in the
groove to prevent the development of
weak spots, particularly at the handle
extremity. The groove, of course, is
not large nough to detract annraMa.
bly from the normal strength of the
wooa oi tne particular section used.
They Did. Not Have To.
A family who had strujtKled tha han
part of a lifetime In a poverty-stricken
portion of the city suddenly came Into
the possession of a small income, with
the prospect In a few years of some
thing more. Their long-crushed aspi
rations revived, and the women of the
family especially began to assume va
rious airs and artificialities.
They moved to a llttla nln
country, and tried mightily to imnraaa
their neighbors with their importance.
They talked constantly of what "peo
ple In our position" should and should
not do. - .
Some of their town aoannintnnnaa
came out to visit them during the sum
mer, and one of the younger members
of the family, a little girl of 7 or 8,
was showing them about the place.
"What nice chickens I" exclnlmad
one of the guests when they reachad
the poultry yard. "They lay steadily.
too, I suppose?"
"Yes." returned the youthful hns
teas. "who really knew nothins at all
about it, "that is, they could, of course,
but Jn our position they they don't
have to." " . , . ' . '
Remarkable Generosity.
"You sav O'Hannaean leaves 'the
Orphans' Home a large legacy ?" . "Be-
dad, it's purty large." "How much?"
"Twelve children an' a goat, begoTral"