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Heppner Gazette Thursday of tack Wck NEXT POPE NOT A SAINT. HEPPNER. OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap peninge Presented In a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political, His torical and Commercial. A new Elijah has tppeared in Maine China will ask all powers to make Japan give up Manchuria. Moody says he has evidence to con vict the Standard Oil company. An explosion on a government steam er on the Ohio river killed three men. Military supplies foi me by the American army in Cuba are admitted free of duty. Magoon has assumed the government of Cuba and Taft and Bacon have re turned home. All mail for United States troops in Cuba is sent to Havana and from there aent to its destination. A Los Angeles sthreet car ran away on a eteep grade because the brakes would not work. Two men were killed and a score seriously injured. The railway mail olerks running out of Houston, Tex., on the Soutbern Pa cific, have gone on a strike as a result of trouble with the railroad company. Detectives from London are investi gating the alleged importation of Eng lish girls to work in South Carolina cotton mills 'contrary to the contract labor laws. Mount Pelee is again in active erup tion. Need of a Palitician at the Vatican is Widely Recognized. Rome, Oct. 16. In spite of the fact that the pope is enjoying peifect health, the matter of possible results of the next conclave, whenever it doi s occur, is being discussed among the cardinals, and this with no desire to anticipate the election or to be disre spectful to the pontiff. The feeling among the cardinals has chaDged great ly since August, 1903, and today there exists a tendency quite opposite to that which triumphed three years ago. In view of the Vatican's experiences with France, the cry this time will be not for a merely religious pope, but a po litical pope: not ior a saint, but for a statesman. Even the strongest opponents of three years ago of Cardinal Rampolla now favor his election. Rampolla failed in 1903 chiefly because he was vetoed by Cardinal Puzyna, in the name of Austria, speaking for the en tire Triple Alliance. Although Pope Pius has suppressed the right of veto ibroagted by certain powers, the reason which induced the Triple Alliance to oppose Cardinal Rampolla still exist, and the church today is less able to affoid displeasing the Central Empire. Consequently there are rumors of an experiment with a foreign pope, in spite of the disfavor of the Italians. For the last four cen turiea all the popes have been Italians NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON SHEEP ON FOREST RESERVES be will one FOOTPADS HARD AT WORK. Wrangles of anions cause a threat of a general building lockout in Chicago. A Toronto university student was the first to be killed by football this season. Witte says that, while he has no ill feeling against the czar, he will never again serve him. An Atlanta grand jury has indicted 20 white men for complicity in the le cent outrages against negroes. In his farewell address Taft told the Cubans that the Uniced States will not leave till fair elections are assured. Secretary Taft has informed a delega tion of Isle of fines citizens tnat it is useless to think of separation from Cuba. The Chilean congress, city and prop erty owners of Valparaiso, ill com bine to rebuild the city destroyed by earthquake. John Barrett, now minister to Co lombia, is slated for a better position, either ambassador to Brazil or vice gov ernor of the Philippines. lne deparment of Justice is gaining fresh evidence that hundreds of men, both white and blaek, are held in vir. tual slavery in Southern Flordia hy the lumbermen. Cuban Liberals hail Taft and Bacon as saviours. Police Round Up All the Suspicious Characters They See. San Francisco. Oct. 16. Despite the energetic measures taken by the police in rounding up all ex-convicts and sus picious characters yesterday and today, the activity ef the footpads and high waymen continued Several reports of robberies and attempted hold-ups were made to the police. Carl Wilson, a laborer, was -field up and robbed of $6 by two men, while walking on Rush street, near Kearney, about 10 o'clock tonight. As the foot pads stopped him Wilson fired a shot at them in the darkness. In their haste in searching him. the robbers overlooked the pistol which he had Attracted by the shot, a nightwatch mau came running up and also began shooting at the fleeing men. Edward Lang, a street-car conductor, reported to the police today that he was held up by two masked men at the north end of the Ferry building shortly before 12 o'clock last night. While one ol tnem field a pietoi against Lang's head the other footpad went through nis pockets, and, according to Lang, robbed him of $50. An attempted hold-up was reported from Golden Gate park. The approach of some pedestrians frightened away the highwaymen. Chief of Grazing Department An nounces Limit for Next Year. Pendleton As announced by A. Porter, chief of the grazing department of the Forest Reserve bureau, in tb eastern division of the Blue mountai reserve, a general cut of 25 per cent to be made, reducing the number of sheep from 238.000 to 180.000. In other reserves the number of sheep al lowed is as follows: Western division Blue mountain 230,000; Wenaha, 100,000; Wallowa 150,000. Cbesnimus, 50,000. In the eastern division of the Blue mountain reserve 1,200 sheep will considered a band and the lambs not be considered. Permits for band will be allowed in the eastern di vision without reduction. Permits for less than one band may be increased provided such does not exceed 20 per cent nor go over 1,200. Growers having from 1,200 to 2,000 sheep in the reserve this year will be cut 20 per cent, provided such a cut will not reduce the number belo 1,200. those having from 2,000 to 4,000 in the reserve this year will be cut SO per cent, with a corresponding provision as the above. Growers having 4,000 or more sheep in the eastern division this year will be cut 40 per cent, provided such a cut will not make the average cut for the entire division greater than 25 per cent In the western division of the Blue mountain reserve the reduction will be made in a similar manner, though the average cut will be 20 per cent In the Wenaha reserve 1,100 sheep will be considered as a band, and those now having less than tbat number in the reserve will be allowed an increase On or about November 1 a meeting of the stockmen who use the eastern di vision of the Blue mountain reserve will be held at Sumpter, under the di rection of Superintendent D. B. Shel ler, and at that time the range within tne reserve will be segregated among the stockmen according to the rules of the Forest Reserve bureau. BIG GUNS NEEDED. A son of Vice President Fairbanks has eloped with a PittsDurg girl. The Isle of Pines is not affected by American intervention in Cuba. Russia is expelling all Japanese from that part of Manchuria controlled by the czar s troops. A lone highwayman held up a stage in the Tonopab, Nevada, district, aad secured nearly $5,000. The Newfoundland cabinet is still worrying over the fishing privileges lost to the United States. Booker T. Washington in an address to negroes strongly advised them to re main calm during the present trouble in the South. China wants American engineers to take charge of her railway construc tion and will pay $25,000 a year on a five years' contract. In the suit atrainst the Standard Oil conrpany in Ohio it has developed that one of the large English oil com panies is owned by Rockefeller in tereets. are occurring Immediately upon the retnrn of Taft from Cuba a vice governor of the Phil ippines will be appointed. This is the post originally intended for Magoon now governor of Cuba. Another negro has been killed k Arkansas. Ohio has succeeded in breaking up the bridge trust. Many bold robberies daily in San Francisco. The political campaign In New York is becoming a very warm one. Newfoundland will make a hard fight for fisheries awarded to America. Black Hundreds o! Russia are spread ing terror, especially in Odessa. The big British battleship Dread' naught has developed a speed of 22K knots. The "econd tube of the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel under tne Hudson nver at New York has been completed. An east bound Union Pacific paseen trr train was wrecked near Evaneton, Wyoming. No one was seriously hurt. The Mexican government Las arrang ed to have the United States mint at San Francisco coin 2,500,00? Mexican half dollars. General Wood Also Wants Cavalry Sent to Philippines. Wahington, Oct. 16.--An argument against the reduction in the number of troops in the Philippines is made by Major General Leonard Wood, com mandins that division, in his annual reDort. The total garriiion, on June 30 last, numbered 20,043 men. "We are far from home,", says Gen eral Wood, "and in case of foreign dis turbances, even with all our troops concentrated at Manila, the force avail able would be ecarecly sufficient to de fend it fiom a serious attack. More tsi . over, a strong garrison snouia De main tained here until conditionns pertain ing to the civil government are well es tablished and the animosities and dis appointments incident to the building up of a local government under new and DerhaDS strained conditions have passed away." General Wood suggests adding some artillery to the present garrison and sending to the Philippines one squad ron of each of the cavarly regiments in the United States. Pnblic order has greatly improved in Miindanao. The rice output there is said to exceed any previous year and the people have gone to work. As there is an large Mohammedan element th(-re. and unexpected disturbances ruay occur as the result of action of re ligious fanatics returning from Mecca, the report says the garrison should be concentrated. Hood River Land in Demand. Hood River Sales of ranch and city property aggregating $60,000 in one day are reported by Hood River real estate men, who said that the demand here for apple land was never better than at present. The statement was made that O. L. Vanderbilt had been offered $100,000 for his apple orchard known as Buelah Land, which he re fused because he has a $15,000 crop of apples on it, which the intending pur chaser wanted included in the sale Vanderbilt eon firms the sale. The ranch of F. Chandler, 60 acres, was sold to the real estate firm, of Albee, Benham & Co., of Portland, for $15, 000. The ranch is situated n,ear the city, and it is expected that it will be cut up into lots. To Operate Dredge Chinook. Portland To operate the bar dredge Chinook at the mouth of the Columbia on an annual appropriation furnished by the state is a matter that came up for consideration at the regular month ly meeting of the board of trade. In his monthly statement Secretary Laber devotes considerable space to the fact that the Chinook has been lying idle at the government moorings for two years and during that time it has been use less so far as the purposes for which she was constructed are concerned. He is of the opinion that funds with which to continue the work on the bar can be secured. WOULD REVISE LAWS. Superintendents and Principals Sug gest Important Changes. Salem If the legislature of 1907 shall grant any considerable portion of the recommendations of the county school superintendents of Oregon, the public schools of the state will have more funds, longer terms and better paid teachers. In annual session here the superintendents and principals agreed upon many desiied changes in the school laws, some ot them of much importance and interest not only to teachers and officers, but to taxpayea and school patrons generally. That the minimum length of term a district shall maintain school shall be increased from three to five months, and tbat the county school levy shall be raised from $6 per capita to $8 par capita, were the most important changes suggested. This is raising the mini mum term 66 per cent, and increasing the minimum county levy 33 per cei.t. One recommendation of general inteiest to teachers is that an application be granted but one second cr third grade ceitificate in this state. At present only one such certificate may be obtain ed in a county, but by going from one lounty to another a teacher may get S3 third grade certificates. The proposed change in the law will compel teachers to advance from year to year in their educational qualifications. In order to raise the standard for county papers, it is advised that alge bra and physical geography be added to the list of subjects upon which an ap plicant must be examined for a first grade county certificate, and that ment al arithmetic be dropped as a separate subject. Composition, bookkeeping and general history were suggesed as proper subjects to be included in the examination for first grade county cer tificues, but only the two mentioned were approved. HUNDREDS ARE BURNED. The State Population. Salem Reports from all but five counties in the state, and. these sup plied with estimates based upon school statistics by Labor Commissioner Hoff , gives the total population for Oregon, according to the 1905 census, as 433 -574, as against 413,536, under the 1900 Federal census, or an increase of 20,038 in five years. These figures are based on censuB returns from the counties sending in reports to the office of secre tary of state. Hunters Cut Wire Fences. McMinnville A number of farmers complain that hunters cut their wire fences in order to get their dogs through. One man found that his fence bad been cut in three places. There is talk of forming a club to keep poachers off. Increase in Receipts. Albany The receipts of the Albany postoffice for the past quarter were $2,646.91. This is an increase of 136 58 over the receipts of the same quarter a year ago. PORTLAND MARKETS. 68c; Ambassador Resigned. Mexico City, Mex., Oct. 16. Joaquin d'Cassasiui, Mexican ambassador to the United Staets, has formally tender ed his resignation to President Diaz, and the announcement of the fact will he made public in the next issue of the Diary Official. Senor Cassasius gives as a reason for his resignation the fact that for some time past his health has been seriously impaired. According to the rumors in circulation, the most likely candidate to succeed Cassasiua is Enrique Creel, governor of the state of Cljibuat.ua. One Board for Normal Schools. Salem At their session the mem bers of the Department of Superintend ence of the State Teachers' association decided without a dissenting vote to favor the placing of all all state normal schools under the control of a single board. There were one or two superin tendents who said that they had not fully determined the matter in their own minds and therefore would not vote upon the question, but all thoe who did vote went on record in the affirmative. The officers elected are: President, L. R. Alderman, of Yam hill; vice president, E. E. Bragg, of Union; secretary, L. F. Neff, of Wascor. Economy in British Navy. London, Oct. 16. The Standard this morning rays the government purpoees, before the end of the year, to remove 20 efficient ships from active duty, in order to econom:z for an active fleet. S;x battleships of the Majestic claFS wiil he removed. All of thete will be pla-ed in the home reeerve. Tr e entire Koyal Sovereign daps, eight fine ves sel", will he placed in reserve without crews, and four armored crcieers mill be paid off. Rain Damages Cotton. Iffnton. Tex., Oct. 16. A heavy rain has 'alien over the ground in part cf Texa the past hours, doing con- iderable damage to the cotton crcp. There will be a heavy loss in rice. Rebuilding Pendleton Levee. Pendleton The work of rebuilding the levee alorg the western part of the city has been started with a small force of men and teams. Owing to the late ness of the season the work will be rushed as fast as possible. This citv is now in the midst of a labor famine In addition to the usual demands for help, the street paving company, the levee builders and the government road experts are all being greatly handi capped. Linn School Fund Apportioned. Albany County School Snpe-intend- ent Jackson has made the semi-annual apportionment of the Linn conntv school funds, Albany receiving $2,308.30 of the amount. Other tit ips received as follows: Lebanon, $811.60; Browns ville, $790.50; Scio, $260.20; Harris burg, $466.60; Halsey, $302X0. These amounts do not include the amounts received by each district through its own tax. Where Alfalfa Grows Luxuriantly. weston Marion O Harra has just nnisbed cutting bis third crop of alfal fa at his ranch a short distance above Weston. His best yield was front two acres cf sub-irrigated bottom, which made 16)$ tons. Mr. O' Harra has Dot up altogether 125 bins of hay. and is one of the most encceeiful producers In this section of the country. Wheat Club, 65c; bluestem, valley, 6768c; red, 61c. Oats No. 1 white, $2323.50: gray, $22022 50 per ton. Barley Feed, $20.50 per ton; brew ing, $21.50; rolled, $23. Rve $1.251.85 per cwt. Corn Whole, $26g27: cracked, $28 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1. $10(8 11 per ton: Eastern Oregon timothy, $1416; clover, $6.507; cheat, $7 7.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $11.50; vetch hay, $77.60. Fruits Apples, common to choice, 25 9 75c per box; choice to fancy, 75cQ $1.25; grapes, 50c9$l 50 per box; Concords, Oregon, 27Jc half basket; peaches, 80c$ ; pears, 75csJ$1.25; crabapples, $11. 25 per box; prunes zoqbouc per box; cranberries, tf per barrel; quince, 11(31.25 per box. Vegetables Bans, b74c; cab bage, l(?lc per pound; cauliflow er, $11.25 per dzen; celery, 50(3 90c per dozen; corn, 12)$c per dneen; cu cumbers, 15c per dozen; egg plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head, 20c per dcz- en; onions, JU(aiz4' per dosen; peas, 4(35c; bell peppers 6c; pumpkins, 1 Jc per pound; spinach, 4s$5c per pound; tomatoes, S050c per box; parsley, 10 15c; sprouts, 7c per pound ; squash, ic per round; turnips, Wc(gl per ick; carrots, $101.25 per sack; beet $1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, .10c per pound. Onions Oregon, $1(91.15 per bun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, deliver ed, 80?85c; In carlots f. o. h. country dttssuc; sweet potatoes, zQiyc per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 25 30c per ponnd. iigga uiegon rancn, sio.ize per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 12tf 12c per pound; nrxed chickens, 12( 12c; spring, 1212$c; old roosters. 910c; dressed chickens, 14tfgl5Uc; turkeys, live, 16021c; turkeys, dress ed, choice, 20322c; geese, 1 ve, ' 10c; dncks, 14015c. Hops Choice, 1905, ll12c; prime, 10011c; 1906, 1414017c Wool Valley, 22022 Wc; Eastern Oregon, 14 21c as to shrinkage; mo hair, choice, 28030c. Cattle Bet steers, $3 600.65: medium, $3 0 3.25; cow, $2.5002 65; second grade cows, $20 2.25; bulls, $1.5002; calvei, $4tt4.50 Sheep Best, $4(34.25; lambs, $4.50 Hogs Best, $6.50; light weights, $6 6.25. Vessel With Two Thousand Chinese On Board Catches Fire. Hongkong, Oct. 15. The British steamer -Hankow, from Canton, was burned at 3:10 o'clock yesterday morn ing, while lying alongside her wharf. Hunderds of Chinese passengers were burned to death and a valuable cargo was destroyed. All the European pas sengers and crew were saved. The steamer Hankow, with 2,000 Chinese passengeis, men, women and children, and seven Europeans, and a cargo including 3,700 bales of matting, 560 bales of raw silk and 400 bales of waste silk, arrived from Canton at 3 o'clock and was shortly afterward moored at the wharf. Her chief officer reported to Captain Branch that the ship was afire. The captain then directed the chief engineer to turn on the water through the fire hose. This was impossible (or the rea son tbat within five minutes after the alarm was given the Hankow was ablaze fore and aft. Captain Branch then awakened the European passengers, who rushed down the gangway, the ladies in their night clothes. The crew was compelled to leave the ship, which by this time was a veritable furnace. Responding to signals, the British cruiser Flora and the naval dockyard distpached contingents of engines and assistants. The floating brigades of firemen made heroic efforts to extin guish the . flames, which leaped to a heivht of over 60 feet. The Chinese steerage passengeis were thrown into a frightful panic. Horri fying shrieks and cries to save their lives were heard, but escape was im possible, owing to the inflammable na ture of the cargo. Hundreds were burned to death and many others jumped into the harbor and were drowned. GRIME HAS INCREASED San Francisco Overrun With Crimin als of Every Class. Carnival of Highway Robbery and Murder Has Stirred Citizens to a High Pitch and Vigilance Com mittee May Be Organized Mayor Don't Like the Idea. ARIZONA UNITED. Determined to Preserve Her Identity and Will Refuse Jo;nt Statehood Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 15. The terri tory of Arizona, rich in American citi zenship, as well as natural resources, is making a determined fight to retain its identity. The people as a whole are bitterly opposed to the plan of joint statehood with New Mexico. They ad vance various reasons for their opposi tion, some of them potent and others of little apparent weight. Whatever the reason, they are overwhelmingly againit joint statehood, and will kill the prop osition at the polls next month. The leader of the "jointists in Northern Arizona acknowledges that he does not count upon more than 15 per cent of the vote in favor of jointure. The chief objection to union with New Mexico appears to be based upon the disparity in size and quality of population. The Mexieen element in New Mexico numbers at least 60 per cent of the total population. In Ari zona the Mexican vote is about 15 per cent of the total. Much of the Mexi can population In Arizona is floating, consisting of laborers on raliroads and irrigation enterprises, etc., while the Mexicans living in New Mexico are, as rule, native of the territory. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 13. The general alarm caused by the numerous reports of hold-ups and robbery has seriously affected the attendance at all places of amusement. Hotel managers and others entrusted with the handling of large sums of money have made elab orate defensive preparations and there is a general arming on the part, of citi zens. Discussing the propriety of the or ganization of a committee of safety in this state today to deal with petty criminals who now infest the city, Ast- ing Mayor Gallagher said: "There shall be no lynching in this city, and I sincerely hope that at the meeting to be held in Union square today the leaders will have enough sense to do nothing that will injure the city. "They will call it a committee of safety," the mayor continued, "but other cities will call it a vigilance com mittee, and that will do irrevocable barm to San Francisco. It would be a cconfession that the people of this city are not capable of protesting them selves, and when I say the people I mean the authorities with whom the people have vested the power of gov ernment The plan is un-American. "The Burpation oi the powers of sup pressing crime by unauthorized persons is a crime in itself. I shall regard it as such and will not permit it. "Should those men desire to co-operate with the authorities in ridding the city of thugs and criminals, I shall be glad to have their assistance, but they must not act independent of the munic ipality. I will not allow millionaires to take those steps any sooner than I would allow laboring men. There most be no violence committed by citi zens. Lyncb law does more harm than good." OLD GIRARD SLAVE PEN. FURNITURE MEN PROTEST. Say Railroads Discriminate in Freight Rates to Pacific Coast, Washington, Oct. 15. A complaint has been made to the Interstate Com merce commission by the North Caro lina Caseworkers' assoeiation, whose membership consists of firms engaged in the manufacture and sale of furni ture, against many lines of railroads in the West, because of alleged unjust and discriminatory cbargee for the trans rortation of furniture, especially trom High Point, N. C, and Danville, Va to Pacific coast terminal points. The complainants declare tbat the railroads charge them $1.70 per hun dred pounds for carrying furniture from the North Carolina territory to Pacific coast points, and insist upon a minimum carload weight ot 20,000 Discovery Made by Subway Workmen at Depth of IOO Feet. Philadelphia, Oct. 13. 8ubway workmen digging beneath Water street for the new tunnel station, m covered at the depth of 100 feet wbat is clear ly an old slave prison. The pen is composed of narrow cells in three tiers, with three-foot corridors between beavjr walls. The cells run six to the tier. Each is large enough to held six men packed in closely. Heavy iron bars covered the windows and in each cell were manacle supports. Directly above them is the bouse of Stephen Girard, an eccentric millionaire, who gave Gi rard college to Philadelphia, and whose estate is now valued at $100,000,000. In tearing down the old Girard home that the traction company bought, the prison was discovered. The old house is within half a square of the Delaware and secret access by water would be; easy. Girard believed in slavery. owned slave and many Louisiana sugar plantations. Armour's Case Before Wilson-. Philadelphia, Oct. 13. State Food and Dairy Commissioner Warren this week caused warrants to be issued for the arrest of several o' Armour A Com pany's agents in this city on the charge of exposing for sale hams and other meats containing boracic acid. Assist-. ant Food and Dairy Commission-r D. Schick and N. B. CritcLfield. eecretarv nnnnds. whereas they rlaim to be able ' agricunuie 01 this state, today went to put into a car only 12,000 rounds ,0 Washington to meet Secretary of Ag- of furnitnre. They insist, therefore, that the rates are unreasonable and apk the commission to issue an order re quiring the railroads to limit do-ioot carload lots ol furniture to 12,000 pounds. Hard to Reconcile Them. Cienfuegne, Oct. 15. Consul Gener al Steinhart's endeavors to settle local difficulties and reconcile the hostile factions have not yet home much fruit The Liberals continue to demand the removal of all the police and would be glad to have the mayor of the city oust ed. lne amnestying of all persons connected with the murder of Congress man Villuendas last year is serving to quiet the had feelings that have pre vailed. The volunteers, instead of turning in all their guns, have conceal ed some and buried others. riculture Wilson and Dr. H. W. Wiley. chief chemist of the department, and lay the facts in the case before them. Must Shelter No Strangers. St. Petersburg, O. t. 15. The minis ter of the Imperial court bas issued an inler forbidding officials and employes f the conrt to rent rooms or otherwise belter any persons without the special yermiseinn of the mins'e'er. The order due to the. arreet of KlFpnikf.ff and i.o. T.v rnr.. nt Peter hof, September 28. and the discovery that many of the 'tin i;mnr in tb conspiracy were liv iy nnsnepec'ed in the immediate vi' ;tr nf e va lr. Forest Reserves Safe From Fire. Washington, Oct. 13. Gifford Pin- chot, chief of the bureau of forestry. who 1 as just completed a tour of the government forest reserves, called npon the president today. Mr. Pinchot ex pressed gratification with the results of his inspection tour and and of the ex cellent condition in which he found the forest reervfs. There has been only one big fire on the reserves during the summer, he says, and the burned area did not exceed 2,000 acres. cold An- ,More Yellow Fever Cases. V.iiih-!o", Oct. 15. The Marine I pital eerview has been advised of he appearance of three new rases of el low fever at Havana and of one at Cienfuegos and one at Gaines. Cold Persists in East. Washington, Oct. 13. The wave is persieting in the East. ether cold wave in the Rocky Moun tain region, in Idaho and Montana. and moderating in the South and con siderably warmer in the central valleys ie the weather situation in a nutshell. as announced tonight by the Weather bureau. It is warming up in the West generally, reaching over 60 degrees in the vicinity of Chicago and the Missis sippi valley and over 70 degress west of there. Japanese Designs on Java. Rome, Oct. 13. The newspapers here today publish a private letter from Tokio that numerous Japanese emissaries have been sent to the island of Java, Dutch East Indies, with the mission to create incidents justifying a Jspanese naval demonstration. It ia reported that the Dutch authorities are much alarmed.