Heppner gazette., April 11, 1907, Image 3

ASKS IMMUNITY
FOR PLUNDER
WILL BE NO STRIKE.
Railroads and Trainmen Have Reached
an Agreement.
Chicago. Anril
between the Western roads and the
llnrrtm it , "iciijuuih i mo uruer ol Conductors
iiamman Anxious to Disgorge, Now nI tlie i!rotherhood of Trainmen were
That He Is Caught.
! finally
Large Holdings of Coal Land in Wy
oming, Colorado and Utah Offer
ed to Government in Hope of Es
caping Prosecution Land Worth
Millions.
Washington, April 4. It was learned
fonignc that the Harriman corporations,
whose ramifications extend to coal land
and other vast interests in the Far
west, are ottering to restore to the gov-
vwi:m pioperues they hae hereto
fore claimed as theirs by good and am-
pie ut le. i hey prefer to do th is rather
man do prosecuted.
Coal land worth in the aggregate mil
iums oi uonars is to be restored to the
puoiic domain, as a result of the recent
cuviuee oi the interstate Commerce
ommission. lho commission several
months ago investigated the land frauds
in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. It
was louncJ that this whole section was.
honeycombed with corruption and its
reports indicated that the general land
omce nau been either hopelessly incom
potent or worse in permitting the rail
road companies and their allied corpo
rations, the Union Pacific Coal com
pany, the I tah Fuel company and the
Colorado Fuel A Iron company to se
cure, by various and devious methods,
control of great areas of the richest coal
land in the West.
The Union Pacific Coal Company is a
subsidiary corporation of the Union
Pacific Railroad company. All the
Bun oi me coal company, except
qualifying shares for directors, is owned
by the railroad company. The coal
company secured control 'of a large
amount of scrip and used it to secure
entry of land, which was rich in the
finest bituminous coal of the Wvoming
tield.
As it is the coal company is anxious
io return the valuable land to the gov
ernment and end the matter. But the
matter will not be allowed to end
there. While there is no possible de
fense to the title under which this scrip
land has been claimed, this, though
very valuable, constitutes only a small
part of the coal land now held by the
Union Pacific railroad, the Union Pa
cific Coal eomrany. the Union Fuel
company and other concerns.
adjusted vesterdav. Tho
a llll tiilnn) it ! 1 .
huuiiou ineir uemanu tor a nine'
llOMl vrr.rL- .!.. At... I .
...... ""'uajf iiu uiu roaos made an
advance over their previous proposition
in the pay of baggagemen, flagmen and
brakemen of $7.50 per month.
me original ; demands of the men
were for an increase of 12 per cent and
for a working day of nine hours. The
managers offered an increase in pay of
10 per cent and declined to grant the
nine-hour day. The afreempnr. wna
reached mainly through the efforts of
Chairman Knann. of thp Tntorutnta
Commerce commission, uml nimH.
Jeui, United .States labor commission
ci. j ne agreement, which rnfi nin
....!. j . . ' .. o
eut-ci uaung irom April 1, follows:
"lD vy oi conductors in the passen
trap onnirii.A k l. i -
miviw uo ue increased siu ner
, i . it . . . - - j
nioiiiu. uiat ot bacL'aiemen 7.nn nr.rl
mac ot llagmen and brakemen 6. Su
per month as applied to the sehednleu
in ettect November 1, 1906.
the railroads are not to make nnv rn
duction in crews or increase in mileage
or me purpose or offsetting the in
creased wages given the passenger
trainmen.
Overtime in the passenger sorvW tn
oe allowed on the basis of 15 mi 1p
per hour, to be computed for each nn it,
f .i . .... ----- t
u run separately. Time is to be
Kin at the schedule time of leaving.
coitus on a oasis of more than ten
hours per day for a helper or construc
tion train service are to make no in-
crease in the rates paid for such ser
vice. The increases granted in the
agreement are to apply also to rats
for special services as snecifipd in Hia
individual schedule.
Lpon roads having a better basis for
a day e work or for payment of over
time or other allowances in all hrnnehps
oi train service, the acceptance of this
nrt-eijienr is not to act as a reduction .
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men was also granted by the railroads
an increase of 1U per cent.
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON, D.
C.
BROWN STOPS HOSTILITIES.
Bom"
American Dipiomant Prevents
bardment of Amapala.
Washington, April 5. Mr. Corca,
the Nicaraguan minister, called at the
State department today and inquired
what authority Phillip Brown, secre
tary of the American legation to Guate
mala and Jlonduras, had for his inter
ference with the bombardment of Ama
pala, Honduras, bv the Nicaraguan
forces.
Mr. Corea'e advices from his home
government show that Mr. Drown went
to Amapala, persuaded the Jsicaraguans
to cease firing foi 24 hours and then
went to La Union, Salvador, whence he
issued a protest, saying that Salvador
would regard renewal of the bombard- "tfht to do so has been questioned and
PLAN TO EXACT TRIBUTE.
Forestry Servxe Would Tax Pipe
lines of Right of Way.
Washington, April 2. The Forestry
service has submitted fn tha ....
nuui 117 y
general the question of the legality of
i ne practice of so charging commercial
companies for the right of conducting
water through the reserves for the de
velopment of power and other purposes
as to cause them to contribute to the
expense of maintaining the reserves.
The service has heretofore exacted pay
ment for pipelines taking water from
the streams in the reserves, but th
ment as a declaration of war against
Salvador. State department officials
refuse to disclose what Mr. Biown's in-
Btructions have been.
President Boniila is still surrounded
at Amapala. so far as the State dnaw-
ment knows, but the bombardment of
the town by Nicaraguan gunboats has
ceased.
ADVICE ON RAILROAD LAWS.
NEW SPELLERS GAINING.
JAPANESE SMUGGLED
IN.
Hundreds Cross Border From Can
ada and mexico.
Wellington, March 4. Information
has reached the immigration bureau of
the Department of Commerce and La
bor that hundreds of Japanese have ar
rived in .Mexico destined for the United
States. Inspector Bratin, who was sent
to Mexico to investigate, telpi-rimhed
today that be had interviewed s. vvial
hundred Japanese, principally laborers,
who are now in Mexico. .Many of them
are in straightened circumstances. Tbev
have no intention of remaining in Mex
ico, but do desire to come to the United
Mates, j hey ixpect to obtain employ
ment on the railroads of the West and
Southwest. Some of themhnvp.il.
ready applied for admission to the
l inted Mates and have been denied.
Champions of Simplicity Rejoice Over
Number ot Converts.
New York, April 5. Chairman
Brander Matthews, of the Simplified
Spelling board, at its first annual meet
ing iouay su omitted a rennrt eteHn,,
th.it !.... i. "ft
ifc iuu.uuu persons were us
ing the form of spelling urged by the
organization. Most of the criticism
against the board's activity, Professor
jiaitnews declared, had come from
men of letters, but this had been mere
than offset by (he support of men of
science Professor Matthews says Presi
dent Roosevelt's warm attitude toward
simplified spelling had also been a
povyerful factor in advancing the work.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
Andrew Carnegie for rhn nid im i,0,i
rendc-ed the board and expressing the
conviction that through the help thus
u,mn'" l"'re would be insuied for
uruiitKss generations a great diminn
tion in the labor of teaching and learn-
" a proportionate increase in
ne unrigs .taught and learned; a vat
oan-iiff in me facility of spreading
m.u uiereiore a vast increase in
eacn individuals stock of
ideas."
Sticknsy, Speyer and Whitridee. Of
fer President Suggestions.
Washington, April 5. The president
has received communications from
B. Stickney, of the Chicago Great West
ern; James Speyer, of the bankintr
firm of Speyer Co,, of New York, and
rreuenck vvhitrulge, a New York law-
er, all of them bearing on the railroad
situation. Mr. Sticknev made a. num.
ber of suggestions which he thought.
minli 1... r.t ... 1 l ..l. .. . i
ui io me president in
any legislation he might desire to rec
ommend to congress. I
The president today replied to Mr.
fetickney s letter and requested that he
elaborate to some extent the points he
had already brought out. Mr. Whit
ridge has been invited to come here to
conter with the president and is expect
ed here within the next few days.
it is now the purpose tn swn ti.o of
torney general's view of the point. The
rorestry administration takes the posi
tion that the companies should pay
something for the service they receive
wjiougii me conservation of the tvuWu
of the streams on which they rely, and
they find their only opportunity in the
charge of the right of way.
Practically all the water used by
them is conveyed through pipelines for
the production of electricity and the de
mand is constantly increasing.
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REGARDED AS PERSONAL.
WANTS TO REGAIN STRENGTH
for
Russia Says Time Is Not Ripe
Limiting Armament.
C'i. T i 1 ...
1 ctersDurg, April 4 . According
"J 1 loiesxor ue .uarents, who was re
ceived in audience by Kmperor Nicho
las yesterday, Russia believes the time
is not ripe for the discussion of the
question of limitation of armaments, as
practical results cannot be obtained,
but if t he United States and Great Brit
ain are determined to bring the subject
before the conference Russia is not in
clined to insist on its exclusion.
In conseqnencre of the unsuccessful
Avar Russia's army and fleet are far
below her normal strength and she is
noi. wining to restrict her freedom of
action in regaining her naval strength.
Hermann Explains Why He Made Way
With Letterbooks.
Washington, April 5. During the
hour he was on the stand today Binder
Hermann narrated the circumstances
under which he ordered th ,ict,n
of his oo private letterbooks. i;.
..... .or so uoing, and also explained
the distinction he drew bet
to a' ''"'pondenee.
While tellintr the story of the 1
for the Hr.-t time displayed sml nt
w,"'u,,"i mm ins earnestness
suaigtntorwartlness
Stop Hitchcock Methods.
Washington, April 2. Seerpterr?
l.,.c, u . , ' , . J
uaiiieiu is siowiy put systematically
eliminating Hitchcock method from the
administration of the Interior depart
ment The most important reform now
in contemplation is the elimination of
the practice of besmirching the charact
ers oi honest men. Hereafter inspect
ing officials will be held strictly ac
countable for their reports and when
ever they attack the character or reenrd
of any man, they must make cood or
get out of the sen ice There has hpor,
altogether too much reck-losnoau in
late years, and it has not to ston. Gar.
field' is as anxious as Hitchcock tn ,n.
ish grafters and land thieves but he
will not tolerate recklessness.
Express Company as Merchants.
Washington, April 3 At the recent
session of congress the senate adopted a
resolution directing the Interstate Com
merce commission to inquire into state
ments that the American, Adams
United States, Pacific and W7ells Fargo
jicffo wmpariies, or either of them,
are engaged through any agents in the
business of buying, selling or handling
on consignment fruits, vegetables and
oysters entering into interstate com-
innic anu w report tne results of its
investigation to the senate. Today the
commission issued an order requiring
"WMjiicea companies named to file
with the commission statements show
ing in detail to what extent, if any,
they aie engaged in the business indi
cated.
Accepts a New Post.
TTl.: . ....
asuiijgron, April 4. Gecrge F.
Pollock, the ex-assistant commissioner
of the general land office, has accepted
a position in the forest service. It is no
secret among the members of the forest
service that Mr. Pincbot has wished for
some time to secure for his own bureau
the advantage of Mr. Pollock's intimate
lamiuaruy with public land questions.
A new position has now been created
which will put him in charge of all
matters relating to public lands in for
est reserves, clai
j r-''4t-iL-. rii i
MAKE LAST PROPOSITION. I
Mediators Still Hopeful of Preventing
B!g Railway Strike.
Chicago, April 3. In a final effort,
to avert the impending railroad strike.
Commissioners Knapp and Neill, the
agents of President Roosevelt, will
make a direct appeal to the full com
mittee of conductors and trainman
1 v w'lUlIVU AJ-
day. The meeting will be held in th
Sherman House, and the Federal medi
ators win lay before the 170 delegates
me miai propostion or the general man
agers, what that proposition is neith
er the commissioners nor the labor
chiefs would disclose tonight, but it is
understood to contain some minor con
cessions. The decision of Messrs. Knapp and
Neil) to visit the meetintr of the
delegates and appeal to them direct
was reported at a conference u-iti, tv,Q I
iaDor chieis, which asted until n
o ciock last mailt. It was taker, t in
uiudte mat the committee which has
ueen conducting the netrot atinna ,f..
ed to accept the terms cf the
mm mac it invited the Federal mediat
ors io attend the meeting and find out
in a direct manner what the delegates
thought of the offer.
At the meeting today the entire mat
ter will be put up to the delegates and
it is believed that it will end the con
ferences. The controversy will either
be settled or the threatened strike,
which hae been suspended for oWn!
days while the negotiations were pend
ing, will be declared. The prospects
for an amicable settlement seem mor I
remote.
Chiefs Morrissev and fiarretsnn ot.
xi a meeting oi tne lull committee
and it was said they learned the temper
"-en iiieu as io wnat concessions
they would mi ke in the interests of
peace.
"Is the nine-hour day the real stum
ming DJock m the wav of neace?"
asued ot ivir. Garretson.
I it , ....
i am not at liberty to discuss the
situation now," he replied, "but as a
matter ot tact there has not been a min
ute since the conference has begun that
iue nme-nour day was not the real
Slimming mock. The men are deter
mined on that issue."
In the event of the negotiations being
"ioB.cu on anu a strike resorted to,
which is a strong probability, the real
issue win pe the nine-hour day.
WILL INDICT
NEW CROWD
San Francisco Grand Jury Now After
United Railroads People.
Grafters Received $450,000 at One
Time for Granting Desired Fran
chise Ruef Cannot Secure Fur-
ther Delay and Trial Will
at Once.
Begin
DUNNE LOSES OUT.
Mayor
nations, etc.
j Postal Agreement With Canada.
Washington, April 3. At a confer
ence between Postmaster General Le
mienx, of Canada, and Postmaster Gen
eral Meyer, of the United States, in
this city today, an agreement v ro,.i,.
ed to amend the postal convention ex
isting between the two countries insr
nc ir ., ffr...- il,.. i
"".us ue i rails mission ot nevvs-
liam
Swift Loses Promotion.
Washington, April 4. Captain Wil-
C-Wlft, WllO Was in -immo nA s,t
the liattJeshin fVmnwtinnr
.w...i. jiru it
grounded near Culebra on January 13,
was found guiltv of inattention nn-i
neglect of duty by the courtmartial
winch tried him at Norfolk. The avv
department reviewed the sentence, and
today it was announced that Captain
Vu-iff ...111 ... 1
-"nt 111 oe stisnen. cd from , ,o,.
ICS.
jiropusa
Canada accepts thp tentntivo
of this country that second chiss matter
mailed in one country and addressed to
the other might be subject to a rate of
1 cent for seach four
thereof on each bulk package, prepaid
by stamps affixed.
Four Jurors Are Accepted.
San Francisco, April 4 Three of the
first talesmen who will sit in the jury
liox, subject to peremptory challenge,
ere passen ny the prosecution and the
tietense as a result of the second
proceedings in the trial of Abral
Kuef for extortion. . One having
' . me nisi, (wy, iour j e
talesmen have now bfcn ti
selected. When this number has been
increased to twelve they will be sub
ject to peremptory challenge, the de
fense having the right to excuse ten
jurors and the prosecution five.
and
as he taltod .I;-.
to the jury were con vicing.
rrom his Own tfstiinon,. if .
d.mt tl,f ir : ,v "u"
...... .....t, j.rinnuiii never drew a tine
distinction between the official and the
personal in his correspondence with
Oregon friends, In fact, the bulk of his
correspondence with personal acquaint-
.....v, awu,if was regarded by him as
personal, notwithstanding much of it
dealt more or less extensively with land
oiiK'e business.
tip
11 1 tl A . ... . ....
papers and periodicals known , c.V u"7 ,,,UUW1S !U,U wlJJ three num
M.. ., uers.
.iur-a mailer ueiween i in tn ,w...,.,...
n
i-ana Kestored to Entry.
asnington. Ann fi r,. r:
chot tc.lav recommended the restoration
to entry 0f 359,000 acres of land that
iu,a ueen temporarily withdrawn adja
,,t to ie cascade lorest reserve, but
"yen was not added to that reserve
l.urro .viarch 4 last. The land be
omes simject to settlement immediate
. .i L-ft-omes suoject to entry after
.'o uiivs. t rider the net. nf l.,ct
a i , , , , ' rroiuii
tios lann could not be wrmn.,oti,
served except by act of congress. "
Chicago Voters Turn Down
for New Man.
Chicago, April 3. The T?pnnblir.nn0
t..l,I 1... T 1 . ... , . ' .
" xreuencK A. iiusse for may
or, carried Chicago yesterday. Perhaps
no one was more surprised at the result
than the Republicans themselves. It
marked the climax of the most mystify-
Luc liiLujesL camnflipn over
1 . .. X C VTV
wagea in the city.
Chicago will now speedily settl it.u
streetcar problem, which has been
nandect back and forth for 11 years as a
political asset, the service growing more
wretched and antiquated every year.
Within 90 days the traction companies
must accept the ordinances, rehabilitate
i ue lines entirely, provide sufficient
cars, abolish straps, repave the streets,
sprinkle and klep the streets in order,
build such extensions as the city shall'
order and turn over, as from February
i oi this year, do per cent of the net
profits. The city may invest this sum
against the time it will buy the lines
for $30,000,000 plus the amount spent
or it may be used to lower fares. '
San Francisco. Anril 2 a no
has been added to the chain of evidence
which connects the United Railroads
with the local bribery deals. It is the
most important link and comes from a
source w ithin the company. The grand
jury will soon return indictments in
connection with this mammoth brib
ery by which the sum of $450,000 was
divided among Mayor Schmitz, Abe
Ruef and the supervisors.
While no definite statement, noa r.
forthcoming as to the mpn slatl t,.
indictment, this much is certain the
prosecution will direct its fifO tn tliroa
branches cf the corporation. These
branches are the control, represented
by Patrick Calhoun, the fr.rpBidont. r.f
the company; the active management.
represented by Thornwell Mnllnilu nd
i i . . j
me law department, at the head of
which is Tirey L. Ford. The next
week will determine where the blame
is to oe placed. It may be
among all three branches.
The grand jury today set
Hatton, former political manager for
Senator Perkins and more recently on
the political staff of the Southern Paci
fic, for its special mark. It was brought
out that Hatton had been attorney for
the Home Telephone comnanv hpfnro it.
bought its way into San Francisco Tt.
transpires that Congressman Julius
Xahn was also attorney for thP
pany during the early stages of its fioht
to enter the San Francisco field.
When the trial of Ah P. nof rr a
charge of extortion is called today in
Judge Dunne's court, prosecution and
defense will alike answer "ready." The
last of the many postponements and
interferences which have caused the
preliminaries to drag out over several
months, are at an end.
distributed
up George
DISSOLVE UNION OF ROADS.
Final
Matter of
rrosecute Poison Seilers.
Washington, April 4. The depart
ment of Agriculture is making prepara
tions to begin prosecutions under the
pure food law and IV. Wilev hn given
instructions to his inspectors to secure
as soon as nossiht ti,D .,,,,1 ...i ,
the accusations will I.p 1,,,.) ti. J invitation Reaches Rosen.
offending establishments have gencnllvL ""p,'ntfon, April 5. Baron R
oeen Itx-ated. nnd nnti,;,,.. lIle Russian ambassador. f.ilid
eept to obtain specimens of the article- i retarv J.o,t at the State department
When these are procured charges will i , , y ami inform?l him he had receiv
be formulated ami supplied to the Unit-: T m i' IVttrsb,11: the invitation
pd .. . 1 itO thp I nO..l (.,., ..... , .
osen
upon
How Germany Understands It
I'criin, April 5. The
statement
day" V',". I5riH8h
dav s that Great Britain had mt in any way-
uliarn : altered her request th.-it tl, o,;; fc
De?vviler F scopes in Auto.
Battle Creek, Mich., April 4. A. K.
Detvviler, of Toledo, indicted for brib
ery at San Francisco, was located in a
private residence here this afternoon,
but escaped arrest by leaving the house
by a rear door and was whirled away
in an automobile five minutes before
the detectives called at the house to
effect his arrest. It is thought Detwil
pr's destination was Belle Isle. 12 miles 1
north of here, where he could reach
catch a Grand Trunk train for Canada.
'j
Rpjcts Bering Tunnel Scheme.
St, Petersburg, April 4. The cab
inet today rejected a proposal made on
behalf cf an American syndicate for the
const rut tion of a railroad tunnel under
Ik-ring straits, by which it was hoped
ultimately tocmiioct the Trans-Siberian
with the Canadian Pacific railroad.
l,nn .1... I!....!.... ' lOHJMIOIl OI
- , . "" oi armaments be includ-
in the program of the coming peace
ferenen nt TK if ll"lt
- .. Hague causes some
I surprise in Berlin, as the German fr
jeign office understands th
am does not insist on the question be
ing formally included in the program
but only reserves the privilege of rais
ing the question in the conference, thus '
"-""f oilier powers free
districts the offenders may reside.
Circulation on Increase.
Washington, April 3. The monthly
circulation statement shows that at the
close of business March 30, 1)07 the
total circulation of National bank notes
was $o97,212:Uii.1, and an increase for
mr rnonu, ot fS,041. The circula
tion based on United States bond
amounted to n47,i;33.0i.i, an im rease
for the year .f $35,411,512 and a de
crease for the month of $2,104, CO The
circulation sreured by lawful monev ...
gregated $4!,57il,000'.
Strikes Out 3Go Courts
Chicago, Ap-il r,..H a result of l)
: ...uhomb icruismissai ,,f rosints in the
indictments against the Standard Oil
v.....,.,,., ... iiioiana, cliar'td with
cept.ng illegal rates on shiph.nfs
.mum- uiiiiiis today in the I
St.t..a Ii;..i: . , . . ' v
. .., ..,.,llH.L i.,mrl orderetl 350 of the
. . ..... ..iK-hen out. ThP government
attorneys expressed but littlp
at the dismissal, saying there are still
Isocounts on whiU. the indictment
Believes Negroes Gu Itless.
Washington, April 4. Captain T.
KVOn. Of Prtnmun.. Pi T . .....
. , ...,,,, i,t iwemv-nitn m
rantry, w-,is the only witness "examined
toojii' hi f ...
.. me x.i-onnsviiie investigati
,,. senate committee. Mi
; c .. 1 .. : a i
iew that negro sol.li.r-.!
io the shooting attracted much
("". as ne said at
I vin. ed of their guilt,
i .'i chaniffd hv ti,
ond Hague conference. The invitation
was in French and it was i, f..
! make a translation before it could be
handed to Mr. Root officially.
Consulship Given Manning.
Washington, April t . r.-aiu- . Man
ning, of Portland, was todav imnmntn.!
consul to Cartagena. Colombia. Mr
Manning recently took the consular ex
amination for which he was designated
v ...e president at the request of
...or ruuon in ,iohn Barrett. Since
examination he ha been strongly
dorsed by Senator Bourne for earfv'
point merit.
FRISCO IN DARKNESS.
Electric Light Plant Valued at Two
and a Half Millions Destroyed.
San Francisco, April 3. The destruc
tion of the electric li.d.t nn.i
house of the San Francisco G .t
Ligni company, at Twenty-second
avenue South and Georgia street hv tiro
nisi nigm plunged almost the entire
city into darkness, resulted in ih in.
juring of five firemen and
estimated at $2,500,000.
Extra police were nlacpd nn ,it,. nf
. - X UUlt Il
thia t.Yi ... 1. 11 -r " .
"ijjpuiaiv nan oi justice and city
prison at Eddv and Mnson ct,.,.,t;
vwingrotne darkness, tbo t,nii.i;.,.,
having no gas connections, no
ai iow eu to enter or leave thecitv r,ri.,,
on. I : . : 'ov'"
no pilsners were released on bail
Stage is Reached in
Harriman Lines.
Chicago, April 2.A dispatch to the
tribune fiom Washington says:
The final staee in the invpstifrati
the Harriman situation will begin on
Thursday next, when the Intersatte
Commerce commission will hear its own
counsel and that of involved railroads
in explanation of noints hrontrht nut in
the testimony taken.
Following arguments the nnmm!c.:m
will refer a!J testimony to the artm
general, with a view to the institution
of legal proceedings for a dissolution of
the combination existing among the
Union Pacific, Oregon "Short Line
Southern Pacific and allied lines which
have been found to be competing, and
will prepare a report for the informa
tion of the president wherein will h
set forth steps which the investigation
shows will improve the transportation,
facilities generally and legislation nec
essary to insure more satisfactory Fed
eral regulation.
Sen
ilis
n
per-
id n. t
att n-
tirst be wa cor -
I.... i. -
n. j , f."in, inn ms opni..ii
of jwa changed by the report of , A,vt!
nited f . Ulp "''ells picke.1 up in
Dayton Commanes Asiatic Fleet.
Washington. Anril :? !?.n. .i..,:...i
Tames A. Dayton, heretofore in com
mand of the Philippine squadron, today
assume.! command of the Asiatic fleet
as the relief of Rear Admiral Brown
son, who has been ordered to this city
to relieve Rear Admiral Converse, re'
Ored, as ciliof of the blIleau of lnix
i.iii.
Prize Cup for Real Airships.
Xew York, April 3. The Scientific
Amen. an will offer a cup to be com
peted for annually by American built
Hvmg machines. It will bp .-nnrt.t.i f..
the care of aero clubs under whose man
agement the competitions for
i"dy will be held. The
not less than $1,000 and will
pcted for for the first time
ber 14 at the .Tnmostmvn
iuacnines heavier than air will be
eligible and they must all he self pro
pelled without any gas hag attachment
whatever, even for lifting purposes.
its cus-
cup wi cost
be cor li
on Septem-
exposition
Hermann Has Inning.
Washington. April 2. Numerous
witnesses for the defense bpw r.io..i
on the stand today to impeach the tes
timony brought out by the
during the past seven'weeks of the Her-
"uuiu inau ineir statements, while
contradicting considerable testimony
ottered by government witnesses, had
no direct bearing on the principal points
at issue, though their denials had the
effect of weakening the prosecution.
Henry Meldrum, din-mar his pvnmin.
mu'"' iffuueu mat he called to see
Hermann at the request of H. P. Gat
ley, son-in-law and associate counsel of "
the defendant.
Bulgarians on Warpath.
Belgrade, April 2. It is reported
here that a band of Bulgarians at
tacked the old Servian towns of Rodni,,
and Toolocha, burning 31 houses, kill
ing seven men and maltreating a num
ber of women and children. T,-,,.,
ing bitterness is being displayed lr
j toward the Bulgarians, owing to the be
lief that, while the nowem b.-u ..n.,.i
(the attention of the governments of
I Servia and Greece to the atrocities per
il pet rated by Servian and Greek band
inev nave made no protest against
actions of Bulgarian bands.
C in stand
Two-Cent Fare for Michigan.
Ijmsing, Mich.. Anril r ti,
today 27 to .3 passed a bill requiring a
-H-ent per mile passenger fare on all
IjOWPt IVninc, I.. - : I i ..
earnings of which exceed $1 ,200a mile.
the streets of Brownsville.
Contract tor
General Humphrey Reaopointed.
h, r:4 The president );") lifesav ing tn' wilM
CbarlV, P Genenl -sey a jn, of Wilmington. 1V1
, - "'r"r.v as quartermaster; l"'r ni.i iving $1S).057.
-. iir a in on... i.
piration of his present term.
the
Life-Savinp- Tuo-
f Washington, April (5.The contraet
j tor construct ing eah Bav ( Wasl.in.r .'
i war led to
No Pacific
Montana Is Republican.
Helena, Mont., April 3. Monday's
municipal elections in Montana result
ru mi a epuoiican landslide, onlv
fines in ttie state el
mayors
party lines were closely drawn
heavy vote nolle.!. r.r."f l-..u..
and U-wiston elected straight Demo
cratic tickets, while Billings, pie
man Livingston. Ami.-ond i on.i .
... mii mine
chose Republican mayors.
the
Chinee to Earn Monument.
Ottawa, Ont., April 2. .lames Brvce,
British ambassador to the United
States, was the guest of honor at the
Canadian club K-in.m.it k
tWO I V llfrid I.anrier sii.l ll,.,t n. n
.ii.vr.un- was the first r i J,
while the onnosition r,.,.,::: ;"3,''"."1 I,.r"! ambassador at
l ..il ... 1 nn" asnmgron to visit Canada
rule,
and a
"If Mr
i.rvce, continued the premier, "is
ame to turn a new leaf in regard t.
,Canada's relations with the United
I .-iaie. i win propose for bun a
ment on Parliament hill."
monu-
New LighthouM Engineer.
"ashingti n. Anril r. m t ......
of Oregon, was todav .n.i'nilr
nnt n..: .. - " l" " i-'-i-
Iserviee. e l s-Ist house
coast firms submitted bids.
Vot
New Washington Postmaster.
Washintgon, April 6. Washington
jwtirastere appointed; Waterhni. Wal
ter A. Park. vie.II Tl,... i.
,y.v,, i nomas VMllis, vice tJuv War
"'g, resigntHl.
on Saloons in Newbraslca
Omaha April 3.-City elections
were held in all cities and towns of Ne
braska except Omaha, South Omaha
and Linen. Pubably th tee-quarter
of the t .vvns ignored party p,liti,.
voting o:!lv on the q.tion of licerw ng
saKns. In o.,iv few towns, were the
existing conditions changed.
Hospital on Mount Olivet.
Jerusalem. April 2. The foundation
stone of the new German hospital upon
the Mount of Olives was laid Sunday
... ...r j i.ki iat ui uie governor of Jeru
salem, the other hval onVials and
rnany sp.vtators, to the ace -mpanirnent
of cheers or Kmperor William and for
the sulteri of Turkey, who gave th
land and authorized the construction of
the hospital.