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1 IS UNDER CONTROL Yellow Fever Situation Said to Be in Hand. QUARANTINE CONCERNS PEOPLE All Surrounding States Have Estab lished Strict Regulations Against the Fever Infected City. , New Orleans, July 29. The health authorities who are handling the yel low fever situation here have now so thoroughly perfected their organization that they feel confident every case of fever, though not thoroughly develop ed, will be promptly reported, and will go upon the official records. So thorough has been the inspection of the ity that it is believed that every exist ing case has been found, and is now in cluded in the 206 cases which have been announced. Many of these are on the road to recovery, and it is expected that with the perfect scientific treat ment that has been arranged for there will be a reduced mortality rate which in the early stages of the disease has been admittedly high. The most annoying feature of the sit uation now is the disposition of practi ally every town in adjoining states to tighten the qnarantine against the city. That is due to the feeling beyond the city that 200 cases means a serious sit uation, and the fact that the escape of Italians from the infected French market center has resulted in the ap pearance of cases of fever at various points. ANOTHER CHARGE OF GRAFT Scientist Recommends Material in Which He Has Personal Interest. Washington, July 29. In a hearing today at the department of agriculture. t which Secretary Wilson, Assistant Secretary Hayes, Prof. B. L. Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant industry, George T. Moore, of that bureau, and two representatives, of an agricultural publication, were present, the last two named made charges that the wife of one of the scientists in the bureau of plant industry owned a block of stock in ;an eastern concern manufacturing a cul ture for soil inoculation, while the sci entist was preparing and revising bul letins regarding enrichment of farms and portraying the culture as contain ing virulent forms of bactera for mak ing poor land. It was alleged that the publications -revised by the official tended to direct the farmers to a commercial conern 'Supplying the material because of the -exhaustion of the supply by the depart ment. s At today's hearing the scientist in evolved in the allegations admitted thit Ms wife owned stock, that stock was to -come to him in the event that he sev ered his connection with the depart ment and became the bacteriologist of the concern, but that in the latter part of April he decided to stay. DENIES DOING WRONG. -3esner Takes Stand for Defense at Land Fraud Trial. Portland, July 29. Defense in the ase of the United States vs. Congress man Williamson, Gesner and Biggs, -charged with subornation of perury, Testerdav made a comnlete denial nt "the charges of the prosecution by put ting uesner on ine stand. Me denied -ver having made a contract with the -ntrymen to buy land, although he ad mitted lending them money, and said le had stated to certain entrymen that the claims would be worth, upon final iproof being completed, $500 to him. Dr. Gesner is old and feeble. He -leans heavily on his cane, which i bin 'constant companion. Twenty years of ine practice ot medicine in the Prine "ville country has broken hia Kooltv. -Xong rides to widely scattered patients j. ii 1 . i ... -t an nours oi tne day and night over Tpoor roads have ruined his physique. Shonts Inspects Canal. Panama, July 29. President Shonts nd a party of canal officers went today to inspect the route from Panama to Oulebra. Among the subjects . which Mr. Shonts has discussed with Govern--or Magoon was the construction of -quarters and places for the recreation of employes to which much importance is attached. Definite plan will soon be adopted along this line The great -demand for cars for the transportation of material for the canal has caused a erious congestion at both terminals of the railroad. Many Quarantined at Havana. Havana, Aug. 1. Seventy-eight ar rivals today from Mexican and South ern state ports again increased the num ler of passengers detained at the Tris cornia station. Of 19 passengers on the Excelsior from New Orleans, 14 "were detained as well as were all the 28 passengers on the Martinique, from IMiami, Fla . The Yucatan, bound from "Vera Cruz to New York, brought one feverish passenger, who was isloated and taken to the fever hospital. Yellow Fever Case at Tampa. Tampa, Fla., July 29. Dr. Joseph Torter, state health officer, has issued an official statement to the effect that "Victor Vitello, an Italian who arrived liere last Saturday from New Orleans, is suffering from a mild attack of yol i, low fever. Czar and Kaiser Plan to Combine Naval Forces. Chicago, July 28. The Berlin corre spondent of the Chicago Daily News says: "Germany and Russia may join hands to make a strong naval front against England. It is said that the meeting of the czar and kaiser has been mainly occupied with the question of the reconstruction of the Russian navy. The czar is anxious to co-operate with Germany by establishing a strong de fensive combine - against the English naval forces. Russia's new Baltic squadron is intended to supplement strategically the German Baltic fleet. "Captain Hintze, who accompanied the kaiser, is supposed to be the com ing man. It was he who had the dan gerous squabble with Admiral Dewey in, 1898. Admiral Diederichs was a mere figurehead." A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Daily News says: "As an immediate result of the meet ing of the kaiser and-the czar, two army corps will be withdrawn from Poland. Their arrival at the front in September will give General Linievitch a superi prity over the Japanese of 150,000 men. His numerical superiority today is estimated at 70,000. This news makes the war party exultant." The Novoe Vremya says: " 'Not a kopeck must be given to Ja pan, not an inch of territory, not a mile of railroad. There must be no Japanese protectorate over Corea.' "The general staff is sure Linievitch will begin an attack shortly. He has 600,000 men and 2,000 guns. The bu reaucracy has changed its tone. Re pression is announced, and there is lit tle prospect of reform." STAND ON DIGNITY. Pekin Government Would Turn Down Exclusion Treaty. Washintgon, July 28. Some doubt is expressed in official nirclea whathar it will be possible to obtain China's consent to another treaty with the United States providing for even the exclusion of Chinese laborers from this country. The State department is aware of ill. feelings throughout China on the whole subject, and now that, tha immigration treaty with China has oeen allowed to lapse without the nego tiation of a new agreement, reports have reached here that China in i ed hereafter to refuse to sign any sim ilar convention. China's pobition aotmeara to he that. the exclusion of the Chinese citizens from a friendly country is in itself a disgrace, and while she cannot ignore the laws of a foreign power providing for such exclusion, she can refuse to sanction it or become a party to it by concluding a treaty involving such re strictions. A year ago, it is said, it would have been easy to conduct nego tiations with China for the exclusion of Chinese laborers nnlv. Ttfnw kn. ever, it is understood the Chinese offi cials are disposed to regard the signing of such a treaty beneath the di onit.v nf ... - tneir government. . WAS IN PRINEVILLE. Prosecution Proves Williamson Was There in June, 1902. ' Portland, July 28. Testimony yes- leraay m tne trial oi Williamson, Ges ner and Biggs for alleged subornation of perjury, established bevnnd that Williamson was in Prineville from June 14 to 24 in 1902. Thin disputed by the defense at the former trial, but yesterday morning Judge Bur nett said Williamson had investigated nis wnereanouts in June, 1902, had found that he was in Prineville then and is quite willing to admit it. How ever, the prosecution put on witnesses to show that the defendant was there on the above dates. Examination, of witnesses by the prosecution - in the morning was a gathering up of the de tails of the case preparatory to submit ting ii. xno government finished with its witnesses in the afternoon. On the wnole, the case of the prosecution shows stronger than at the former trial and every effort is being made to avert the possibility of a hung jury by the presentation oi every bit of evidence in the hands of the government. ? Cowes With Revolver. Panama, July 28. A mutiny took place among the police force here to day, but it was quelled almost at the beginning by Santiago de la Guardia, secretary of war. who faced the eers with a drawn revolver and, backed by the officers of the force, brought it to submission. The. principal leaders were chastised severely and tha nthar mutineers were placed in irons. Poli tics had nothing to do with the mutiny. The chief of police, Leonidas Pretelt, is in Augu Dulce, inspecting the police force there. - - - New Focus Is Discovered. ShreveDort. La.rJnlv 2 A from New Orleann tn t.ha Timu A report to the Marine Hospital service tonignt irom .Bay St. .Louis, Miss., states that ten suspicious cases of yel low fever have developed at Blank ikv in that section. A Federal mrmnn will be sent the.e early in the morn ing. It is said a lugger load of Italians escaped from here and went to the bay, where they developed fever. . Sigsbee Will Carry Peace Envoys Washington. July 28 Rear Ai.i Sigsee, commanding the third division if the North Atlantic flaat nrill to Washington tomorrow by direction of the Navy department to receive full instructions as to the program for con veying the peace envnva nf Rnmn. -j Japan to Oyster Bay. SERIOUS CHARGES Land Fraud Defendants Accused of Changing Applications. j DONE BY COMMISSIONER BIGGS Mysterious Note Signed by Witness Also .Has Place in Proceed ings of the Trial. Portland. Jnlv 27 Pmunntinn ;n the trial of. Williamson, Gesner and Biggs on a charge of subornation of perjury in the Federal court scored yes terday and added im mi-tan. to its case. The striking features of 1L. ' ' - ..... me leBtimony were tne admissions of Jeff D. Evans, the first witness llad in the morning, that the numbers of L tt ... .. uia ciaim in me original application he filed before United States Biggs had been changed at The Dalles iana omce upon tne receipt w a letter by the officials from Biggs, in which the latter said the change would save trouble, and was at the request of Evans. Evans testified that ha hod never requested the change nor did he Know oi ine cnange until he was shown the application at the former trial, witn tne original number scratch ed out and others written in. A further feature of his testimony was ine identification of a promissory note, made in favor nf Rpanpr and siim. ed by the witness, for $426.10, the money advanced by Gesner to make uuai prooi. jwans testified mat, al though' the signature was unquestiona bly his own. he had rwmr tnhia know ledge, sighed any note for the money advanced by Dr. Gesner, and had been told by iggs, who handled the whole anair, mat, wnne a note would be re quired from some entrymen, it was not to be asked of Evans. RIGHT SIDE UP. Bennington in Condition to Tow to Mare Island Yard. San Diego, Cal., July 27. The gun boat Bennington is again afloat on an even keel, and will be towed to the Mare Island navy yard to be thorough ly examined and repaired. Kha be taken up by the Iris, escorted by ine poweriui naval tug fortune, but it is now doubtful if Bhe will get away be fore the arrival of the Chicago. Admiral Goodrich is expected to ar rive on his flagship tonight or early to morrow, when an investigation of the disaster will be bemn. ATnh inftroaf centers on the question of what was the steam pressure on boiler B at the time of the explosion, it being understood that the safety valve had been set to blow off at 140 pounds. Examination nf theinaidanf tha ahiw shows that the "hull has been damaged out uttie, if any. The water which poured in and caused the listing came through the blow hole, which had been broken by the force of the explosion. JUDGE COTTON DECLINES. Decides to Refuse Bench After Con ference With Harriman. Portland, July 27. William W. Cot ton, with a commission alrendv in hia possession, has concluded to decline the appointment as United States judge for the district of Orevnn . Pri vices to this effect have been received and the fact has been absolutely con firmed. Mr. Cotton left New York for Oregon last night, after a conference with the Eastern officials of the Harri man lines, and today the fact of his in tention to decline the indinial nnaitinn offered him by the president became Known. While no information has been re ceived giving a reason for this action on the part of the Federal judge-appointee, it is generally believed that inducements have been offered ' him that by the Harriman system that make it worth while for him to decline the bench and remain where he is with additional powers and financial consid eration. Thirty-Six Have Died. New Orleans, July 27. Two addi tional deaths from vellnw faver ware officially reported to the city board of health today, making 36 in all since July 13. No reports of new cases were received. The report of cases to date made at the city board indicate a slow spread oi tne lever, mere are now 14 foci, one Of them at Bnnkeve. in North Louisiana, of an Italian escaped from the French market . section. His case has proven fatal. There are also three foci above canal street and one in Algiers. Start for New York. Paris. July 27. M. Witte. Professor de Martens and a nnmher nf nfficiala making up the Russian peace plenipo tentiaries left the St. Nazare railroad station at 9:30 this morning for Cher bourg, where they will sail, for New York on the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse this evening. Many officials and dinlnmata gathered at the depot, including Am- Dassadors JNelidofi and Cassini and M. Routkowski, Russian financial agent. Only Impartial Inquiry. Washington. July 27. Secretarv nf the Navy Bonaparte, when asked todav for a statement of the disaster to the Bennington, promised the public that there would be no whitewash and that, so far as the service itself was concern ed, he would make a scapegoat out of no one. SENTENCE PRONOUNCED. Six. Months In Jail and Fine of One Thousand Dollars for Mitchell r.2LtZ"n' " 'he court Is that the de ICMant be imprisoned for the term of six EEh!" '! county tail of Multnomah coun- olho.cdXrJ'",,ni,, ,he Portland, July 26. Judge John Jef ferson De Haven pronounced judgment upon United States Senator John Hip pie Mitchell in the Federal Circuit court yesterday morning, and when the last words of the stern jurist had died away in the depressing silence, the gray bearded man, who has sat for almost a quarter of a century in the most august legislative body in the world and read the plaudits of statesmanship at the hands of a trusting constituency, heard himself sentenced to six months' im prisonment In the Multnomah county jail and decreed to pay a fine of $1,000. And when it was all over and the hnah had yielded to the shuffling of many rat, joud n. jmtcnell, United States senator and septuagenarian, arnne &ni walked slowly from the courtroom bowed and shaking beneath the weight of every one of his 70 years. Ex-Senator John M. Thurston made a plea for his aged client, and sought to stay ine judgment of the court by the argument that the court haa nn jurisdiction to pronounce a penalty mat win detain a member of the United. States senate irom being in attendance upon its sessions. But this was to no avail, and a moment later Senator Mitchell was degraded to the level of all convicted criminals before the law. Notice of an appeal was given and execution stayed, but should the high est tribunal in the land affirm the ac tion of the lower court and the hand of executive clemency be not extended in mercy, tne senior united States senator from Oregon will pass a portion of the last days of his life in the dinev shad. ows of the Multnomah county jail, and De rorever barred from holding public omce. DENY CONTRACT. Witnesses Called by Prosecution Fa vor Defense. Portland, July 26. Impressive was the object lesson given to Williamson, Gesner and Biggs, charged with subor nation of perjury, in the Federal court yesterday morning when they sat by and neard sentence pronounced upon Senator Mitchell. Two witnesses who did not appear in the former trial were examined in the morning, and they toia oi tne entry upon lands at the sug gestion of Gesner, who loaned them money to make proof. However, the testimony of both was rather favorable to the defense, as both stated there was no contract with Gesner to transfer the lands to him upon proof being complet ed, and they said they felt at liberty to sell to anyone else if they received bet ters offers from them. A feature of the morning's seesion was the decision by the court that to prove its case the prosecution must show perjury in. filing on the lands involved, and not when nnal proof was made. Both witnesses were unwilling to tell all they knew. Both had known the defendanst for years,' and showed dis position to help them out of their di lemma as much as possible. However. there were valuable points in the testi mony for the prosecution. COLLECT TREE SEEDS. Forest Service Plans Planting Seed lings on Semi-Arid Reserves. Washington, July 26. The forest nervice is planning to collect tree seeds on a very large scale next, autumn. The work of reforestation in the West ern reserves is calling for the produc tion of many millions of seedlings an nually, and the service has already es tablished six forest nurseries for this purpose in different parts of the semi arid West. Nursery work or planting is now in progress in the Santa Barbara San Gabriel, Modoc and Warner moun tain reserves in California, the Pike's Peak and Gunnison reserves in Colora do, the Dismal river reserve in Nebras ka, the Gila river reserve in New Mex ico, and the Salt Lake reserve in Utah. Anti-Cigarette Order Issusd. New York, July 26. An order has been issued by Commissioner Watchorn prohibitng the sale of cigarettes on Ellis island. , The order wan iaanail at the request of the authorities of the several Western states which have re cently passed laws prohibiting the smoking of ciearettes within their bor ders. These states informed the mm. missioner that immigrants direct from Ellis island were brineinz West ciga rettes in large quantities with which to suppiy tneir mends and relatives who were unable to buy them. Reward for Negro. Washington. July 26. Baron Bns- sche, the charge of the German embas sy, has deliveerd to the State depart ment a silver watch and chain, with the request that thev be handed tn George C. Ellis, a negro laborer at the waamngton barracks, as a recognition by the German emperor of the -action of Ellis in saying the statue of Freder ick the Great from damage by the ex plosion of a package of dynamite placed on the fence surrounding it. ' ; ' . Secretar- Wilson III. Washineton. July 20. Senratanr Agriculture Wilson is confined tn hia room as the result ot an acute attack of indigestion. He was taken ill yester day, but continued at the department throughout the day. He rapidly and is expected to return to duty shortly. ' Conquest Great American Desert The principal features of the Nation al Irrigation or Reclamation act, as concisely stated by Congressman C. D. Van Duzer of Nevada, are as follows: First A reclamation fund In the treasury, consisting of all moneys re ceived from the disposal of public lands In sixteen arid and semi-arid States and territories (Including Cali fornia and Nevada). Second. Investigation and report as to Irrigation projects by the Interior Department through the geological sur vey. Third. After the approval of such projects by the Secretary of the In terior construction to commence under contracts made by him. No contract to be made unless the monev necea sary for the completion f the project Is available In the reclamation fund. Fourth. Compensation to the fund of the actual cost of each project by the sale of water risrhts. to be made in a series of Installments running over ten years. Fifth. The holding of the public lends for actual settlers under the homestead act; holdings to be limited to small areas, sufficient for the sup port of a family; no commutation. Sixth. Sale of water risrhts to pri vate land holders, but not for more than 160 acres, thus discourae-inor land monopoly and promoting the breaking up or large tracts. Seventh. The ultimate control of ir rigation works, except reservoirs, bv the settlers under a system of home rule. This plan will enable the West to reclaim Itself without calling upon the taxpayers of the country. It en tirely relieves the Irrigation agitation of the charge that it is intended to tax tne East for the Improvement of the West The aovernment slmnlv puts Its government lands In condition ror settlement by storing and making available the noodwaters which are essential for reclamation. In addition to the government work on the use of water in irrigation, which Is being carried on in all the arid or semi-arid States, the work in Califor nia, according to an official statement Includes a comprehensive study of the whole Irrigation situation,. looklng( to the remedying of the evils which are checking development along this line. The work is under the general super vision of Elwood Mead, the expert in charge of irrigation investigations. The work being done on the streams and irrigation systems selected for in vestigation Includes study. of the fol lowing: 1 Abstracts of the records of claims to water, character of those records, number of claims, total volume claim ed, places where recorded, and the ease or difficulty with which the validity of any claim can be determined. 2 Rights to water for purposes oth er than irrigation, namely, mining, power and domestic purposes. S Methods by which the amount and character of water rights are de termined, accessibility and complete ness of the record showing the nature of the established rights. 4 Character of litigation over water rights. Its causes and cost its Influ ence on irrigation development and .the principles established by decisions rendered. 6 Rights for storage and under ground waters, how acquired and how affected by rights to the surface flow of streams, and the Influence of the underground waters on the stream's discharge. 6 Nature of an appropriation of water. To determine who is the appro- priator, the ditch builder or the owner of the land on which the water is used; or la the land itself the appropriator. Also, to determine the true measure of its amount the size of the claim, the capacity of the ditch, or the area irri gated. 7 The volume of return or seepage water, and its availability for being again diverted, and influence on value of irrigator's rights. 8 Size, number, location and capac ity of ditches and other distributing works established, and irrigation duty of water. The work also includes collection of data showing how water is divided among different ditches from the same stream; how it is distributed among users; the nature of water-right con tracts between canal owners and water users; what contracts have proven satisfactory; and what forms of con tracts have given rise to controversy, and the reason therefor. Facts show ing rates for sale or delivery of water and the methods by which these rates have been established will also be collected. JOHN HAY. bate Secretary of Btate Regarded aa Ureatest Diplomat of the Day. By the death of John Hay the life of the leading diplomat of the day has ended. Not only had he established himself in such exalted position, but he had formulated, developed and completed what has of late been known as American diplomacy, the direct method of pursuing negotiations regarding matters in controversy be tween nations. So successful had be come this method that he had em ployed It not only In controversies be tween this country and others, but in matter between other countries when questions arose which only, indirectly affected the Interests of the United State, in short, John Hay has made the United State a factor in the noil- tics of the world to be reckoned with, on every occasion in which, by Its in terests, the United States can be re garded as a participant John Hay was regarded as not only the leading diplomat of the day, but the greatest diplomat that ever occupied the office of secretary of state. John Hay was born in Salem, Ind, Oct 8, 1838. He was the son of Dr. Charles Hay. He was educated at Warsaw and Springfield, 111. He was graduated at Brown University in 1858. In 1861 he went from Springfield, III., to Washington to become Presi dent Lincoln's secretary and later he served In the civil war." He reached the rank of colonel and was at Lin coln's bedside when the President died. He then went to Europe and filled sub ordinate diplomatic positions at vari ous capitals. In 1806 he was appoint ed ambassador to England. In the seventies, when Mr. Hay wa acting editor of the New York Tribune, he wrote fanciful verse of the soli, which became more celebrated than his more, serious literary effort one of which Is a life of Lincoln, for which. JOHW HAT. he received $50,000. Mr. Hay house In Washington was one of the most beautiful residences In the city, and his library was filled with rare pic tures and rarer books. As a literary man John Hay would hay won fame sufficient for the most ambitious. His life of Lincoln is an able work and his poetry was of a high order. But as secretary of state, under McKinley and then under Roose velt Mr. Hay brought the diplomacy of the United States Into the -first rank. His ability was splendidly shown during the Boxer troubles In China. Hay alone kept China out of the Russo-Japanese war. Limiting the zone of conflict was one of his great est diplomatic victories. TROTTING OR GALLOPING? What Do Fish Do, and Seals, and In sects and Worms? Here is a problem for people with sharp eyes! As we all know, a horse when walking or trotting advances only one leg of each pair at a time, but when galloping lifts both fore feet together and then both hind feet Now the question is how other animal manage this matter. The birds, of course, flap both wings together, but which birds run and which hop? We human beings '"trot" when we walk, and "gallop" when we swim that Is, if we are using the plain breast stroke. The dog, however, "trots" for both. Now, do the amphibious animals the seals, otters and the rest swim like men or like other four-footed crea tures? Then there are the fish. One would rather expect that a they move their tall from side to side, they would flap alternately with the flns, which re their hands and feet Who can tail whether they do or not and whether ail nan at all times follow one rule By the way, how doe a frog use Its "nano"7 The great anatomist E. Ray Lankea. ter, has lately pointed out that while tho "thousand legs," such as our com mon gaily worm, advance two feet of a pair together, the centlpeds. which are much like them, do exactly the ojf poslte; and the swimming worms also alternate tne stroke of each pair of paddles. I doubt If many people can tell on which system thK caterpillar manages Its dozen or so legs, or wheth er the adult insect walks, trots or gallops ob its six. How does the spider use eight? Altogether this is a larsre field fo observation, a field, too where any one may discover new facts as yet un recorded, and thus add to the atom nt knowledge. St Nicholas. Shaking. Northerner And you have some earthquakes down in your country, do you not? Southerner Oh, yes, but they're very slight When they come we can't always tell whether It's a real earth quake or if it's another attack of chills and fever coming on. Yonkera Statesman. Laying the Blame. "I want to complain of the flour yon sent me the other day," said Mrs, Newllwed, severely. "What was the matter with It ma'am?" asked the grocer. "It was tough. My husband simply wouldn't eat the biscuits I made with It" Thai New Hat. Tha picture of innoceneel That's hoie ah looked, But there was a price on her head, All the people could sea it "8.75, Reduced from f5," it said. Philadelphia Press. Never judge a man' dishonesty bf hi political affiliations.