Hcppner Gazette
Issued Thursday of Each Week
HEPPNER. OREGON
GETTING FLEET READY.
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Foreign inves otrs are buying cheap
stocks.
Another dot to murder the czar has
been thwarted.
Money is moving West under Secre
tary Coitelyou's threat.
Native laws and customs make death
inemvenient for stiangers in Egypt.
An Oklahoma hank cashier is miss
ing, also $50,000 of the institution's
cash.
An extra session of the legislature is
certain in California to relieve San
Francisco.
New York back statement shows a
depleted reserve bu', inif porta of gold
will replenish it.
Secretary Taft's carriage was hauled
through the streets of Manila by en
thusiastic Filipinos.
Records show that nearly two-thirds
of the bubonic plague eases at San
Francisco have proven fatal.
The wood trust at Tacoma has ap
parently busted, as there has been i
big drop in prices and first class cord
wood now sells at $2.75 per cord.
Secretarv Taft has left Manila for
Vladivostok.
New York bankers say they are send
ing money West as fast as possible
Formers of clearing house certificates
at El Paso, Tex., have been caught.
The Santa Fe railroad is to be tried
on another indictment at Los Angeles.
A threat to dynamite Great Northern
trains in Montana has led to placing of
guards on many.
San Francisco has appealed to the
government for money with which to
fight the plague.
Keswick, a small California town
near Redding, has been almost com
pletely destroyed by fire.
pThe national convention of the W.
C. T. U. is enthusiastic over the pro
hibition gains in the South.
Advices from Unalaska say a peak
300 feet above the sea has disappeared.
The peak was raised by a submarine
earthquake several years ago and its
disappearance is attributed to the same
cause.
Taft has decided to complete his tour
of the world as originally planned.
Gold imports from foreign countries
will continue in payment for crops.
A number of small banks at various
places in the Southwest have failed.
One of the Vanderbilts has offered
the Y. M. C. A. of Newport, R. I.,
$100,000.
Three large factories at Bridgeport,
Conn., have closed on account of money
stringency.
Four European countries have raised
the discount rate to stop gold exports
to Amenica.
Roosevelt ha; promised to investigate
the paper trust and recommend a re
peal of paper tariff.
Estrada Palma, former president of
Cuba, fays American rule ie better than
independence with anarchy.
The United States Dietrict court at
Los Angeles has imposed a fine of
$330,000 on the Santa Fe railroad for
granting rebates.
Senator Ileybnrn, of Idaho, has pro
tested to President Roosevelt against
gold deposits in New York by the gov
ernment until Western banks have
been paid what is, due them.
An Arizona bank has suspended tem
porarily. New York banks will now give relief
to other cities.
Portland banks have engaged $1,
600,000 in foreign gold.
Chicago telegraph operators have
voted to suspend the strike.
Shins Will Be Prepared to Sail On
Scheduled Time.
Washington, Nov. 12. Every detail
of t.ie preparations for the sailing of
the battleship fleet to the Pneitic ocean
is now well in hand, and by December
Hi. the date on which the vessels will
pass out of Hampton Roads, in review
before resident Roosevelt, members of
the cabinet and high otlicials of the
navv. arrangements for the comfort of
v
the men en route will have been at
tended to. At all of the navy yards
the work of making necessary repairs is
being pushed and these will be com
Dieted bv December 1. Provisions are
being stored aboard
their coal bunkers are
their capacity. Four
carried by each vessel
for anv emergency.
The cost of provisioning the fleet is
estimated at about $375,000, contem
plating the feeding of a force of 15,000
men for 100 days. Only this week con
tracts were awarded for head cheese.
tausagee and veal.
Advantage will be taken of the two
ocean cruises to make several tests with
the provisions aboard their preserva
tion, packing and handling
Incidentally to the visit of the fleet
to the Pacific coast the Navy depart
ment is making arrangements to obtain
a place for small arms faring there, so
as to give the men an opportunity for
practice in that capacity
EXCAVATION OF HERCULANEUM
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
STUDENTS PACK APPLES.
the vessels, and
being filled to
anchors will be
so as to be ready
Money Will Be Appropriated to Carry
On the Work.
Rome, Nov. 12. The proposal to
continue the work of excavation as
ilerculaneun has become so popular at
a result of the efforts made by Charles
Waldstein, professor of fine arts in
Kings College, Cambridge, England,
that the Italian government is about to
take the matter actively in hand.
Bignor Kava, minister ot public in
struction, upon whom the work actual
ly depends, has prepared a bill to be
presented to parliament which provides
for an appropriation of $100,000 for
ths purpose of removing the houses
forming the modern town of Resina,
which is located over Herculaneum and
an appropriation ot $J,UUU tor tne
actual excavation work. This latter
sum does not inc'ude the salaries of
officials. In the meanwhile a special
commission under the presidency of
Professor de Petra, of the University of
Naples, has undertaken preliminary
studies for the commencement of the
work.
P ofessor Waldstein is about to bring
out a large volume showing what has
been done up to the present and setting
forth what he considers necessary to in
sure the complet on of the work. He
will maintain that if carried out ac
cording to modern methods the excava
tion of Herculaneum will call lor an
expenditure of $200,000.
AGUINALDO IS HOPEFUL.
Corvallis Experiment Station Will Ship
Carload of Newtons.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis A carload of first-lass Newtowns,
from an orchard operated under a lease
by the horticultural department at the
college, is being prepared for shipment,
the grading and packing being done by
students in the agricultural course.
The work is a drill in that important
department of horticulture, and they
get regular credits for it in their col
lege work. Two days were spent re
cently by John Castner, a packing ex
pert from Hood River, in giving the
students special instruction.
The Newtowns being packet! for ship
ment are from the five-acre Meeker
orchard, but a few bundled yards from
the college. The land was leased last
year for purposes of experiment. A
portion of it was given the highest
scientific cultivation, and the remaind
er allowed to go in much theeanie fash
ion that is usual on Willamette valley
farms. The difference in the appear
ance of the two portions is so marked
as to leave no doubt of the efficacy of
care. Scarcely a single box ot market
able apples will be secured from the
neglected portion, while from the culti
vated part at least 600 boxes of the fin
est fruit will be secured.
The test seems to establish that New-
towns are a desirable variety for plant
ing in the Willamette valley. Professor
Lewis declares the color of the fruit
from this orchard is as fine as can be
produced. The apples will grade 3,
4 and 4 tier.
WESTON STUDENTS WORK.
President French Hopes to Make
Normal Self Supporting.
Weston The Weston normal will
become a self supporting institution if
the ambitions of President Robert C.
French are realized. It may offer
young men and women an opportunity
to eecure an education on their own re
sources. With this plan in view, Pres
ident French has just purchased 65
acres of excellent timber land 10 miles
from Weston, where boys may work at
wood cutting during vacation, the pro
duct to be sold for the benefit of the
school.
It is the hope of President French
to develop the industrial side of life,
and he believes the opportunity to
work should be offered every young
man and woman attending school.
Even now many young men and women
are working their way through school.
Krag-Jorgensens for O A C.
Corvallis The Oregon Agricultural
college cadets have just received from
the government about 400 of the latest
improved Krag-Jorge risen rifles. These
guns will in patt take the place of the
old guns now in use, which will be re
turned to some arsenal. There has
just been formed a third cadet battal
ion. The new companies are I, K and
L, and three more captains and othtr
necessary officers will be selected from
the students.
REPORT BIG STEEL OUTPUT.
O. A. C. Registrar Bus .
Corvallis The registration at Oregon
Agricultural college has already reached
887, not counting the specials in muBic , ties are closed
and dairying. This is an unprecedented I down was the Oregon Lumber
Lumber Mills Shut Down.
Pendletcn Many lumber mills in
Eastern Oregon are closing down on ac
count of the money stringency. The
Meacham Lumber company shut down
and 40 men are out of work. Several
small mills in Union and Baker coun-
The largest mill shut
mill at
enrollment lor tnis time ot tne year
and demonstrates plainly, in the opin
ion of those informed, that the regis ra
tion will easily reach 1,000 or 1.100 be
fore the close of the school year. Ev-
ertyhing is mcving along smoothly at
the college and President Kerr is giving
complete satisfaction as head of this
great institution.
South Baker. This employed 200 men.
Many Blue Mountain mills are closed,
he Umatilla county mills are still running.
Change in Instructors.
University of Oregon, Eugene Mr.
Wiley J. Huddle, who has been in
structor in the University of Oregon
during the past three years, has just
been appointed a member of the public
utilities board of the state of Wiscon
sin. His othee will be that of state gas
inspector, with a salary of $1,8U0 and
traveling expenses. The vacancy in the
department of chemistry at the univer
sity has been filled by the election of
Dr. W. L. Shinn, of Wisconsin.
Apples for President.
Freewater The Freewater Commer
cial club will send a fine box of apples
to President Roosevelt. These apples
have been donated by D. C. Conrad,
whose Spokane Beauty vaiiety took
the prize at the Walla Wulla fair, and
caused much favorable comment. They
will be sent to Washington, D. C, in a
few days.
Production Probab'y Will Be Curtailed
This Month.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 11. Reports
from the building trades reveal some
remarkable conditions. Although for
a number of weeks new business has
been reduced to a small volume, statis
tics of production for the past month
show that seldom in the history of the
trade have such large tonnages been
turned out. For example, the Ameri
can Bridge company, the largest produc
er of structural materia), turned out
60,000 tons last month, but sold only
one-third of that amount.
A steel corporation made surprising
records at Pittsburg. The Carnegie
company broke records at its various
plants. lhe Illinois Steel company
not only broke all its previous records
but did sc in every Individual depart
ment in all three works, South Chicago,
Milwaukee and Joilet. .
Even more surprising than all these
was the blast furnace production for
October, which, according tc the statis
tics of the Iron Trade Review reached
a new high point in the history of the
trade, lhe production being 2,352,530
tons, compared with the largest output,
2,291,030 tons in May of this year. In
other words the production for October
was at the rate of about 28,000,000 tons
a year.
The statistics for November w'll
doubtless tell a vastly different story.
Many sheet and tin plate mills have
been closed and the sheet bar mills of
the steel corporation at Columbus and
Bellaire are idle. The corporation now
has 21 blast furnaces out of commission
and independent concerns are curtailing
their product. Hence it may be confi
dently expected that the output of both
pig iron and finished materials would
be much smaller this month than for
any previous month of the year.
BRAZIL CUTLET FOR JAPAN.
BIG LOSS AT
SUPERIOR FIRE
Damage Along Lake Trent Pieced at
$2,500,000.
Flames Originate from Unknown
Cause in Great Northern Storing
Plant, Containing 600,000 Bushe s,
of Grain, Which Is Entirely Con
sumed Well Insured,
Confident of Benefits From Taft's
Visit to Islands.
Manila, Nov. 12. A feature of the
visit of Secretary of War Taft to Manila
was the presence of Aguinaldo at sever
al of the functions, for the first time
since his capture. Discussing the visit
of Mr. Taft to Manila with a represen
tative of the Associated Press, he said
"It is my belief that the benefits to
follow the visit, to the peonle of the
Philippines, will be greater than they
can reckon at the present time. Iam
at present unable to form an opinion,
offhand, of the advantages, but I am
confident that it has done good. The
inauguration of the assembly has gone
a long way to cement the friendship of
the Philippines with the people of the
United States. It is the fulfillment of
a solemn promise, which many expect
ed would not be fulfilled. The secre
tary of war did not bring independence
for many people in his pocket, but he
brought the means of attaining it. He
told us how we can get it. The Fili
pinos are thankful for the information,
and pleased at what the secretary has
done, especially in the interests of ed
ucation and agriculture."
Open Umatilla Lands.
Pendleton By a special order of
United States Land Commissioner R.
A. Ballinger, 2,640 acres of land under
the Umatilla irrigation project will be
restored to entry. The opening of the i
land was made on the advice of the en-
cinpprs in ptmrcn rif thp nrrn'p'F Jan.
uary 28, 1908, is the date set for fil-!
ing", and no rights can be obtained by
going upon the land prior to that time.
The date for the restoration is Decem
ber 28, 1907. -
Northwest Rural Carriers.
Washington, Nov. 9. Rural carriers
appointed for Washington routes: I air
field, route 1, Christian Hanson car
rier, Ole M. Blorn, substitute; North
Yakima, route 5, Matt W. Rickman,
cairier, L. B. Stockman, substitute;
Spokane, route 11, Stuart G. Dowdy,
carrier, Emma G. Dowdy, substitute.
Klamath Opening in a Year.
Klamath Falls Hiram D. White,
allotting agent of the Indian service, is
now at the Klamath reservation en
gaged in the last allotment of lands.
The work will occupy perhaps a year.
i It is thought the opening of lauds for
settlement may take place soon after.
The striking telegraphers of Spokane
Lave decided to call off the strike.
The total foreign gold engagements
for New lork is now close to $36,000,
000.
The Denver mint is coining gold bul
lion intc money at the rate of nearly a
million dollars a day.
The first ship-ment of foregn gold
has reached New York. The consign
ment contained $7,100,000.
Trie Oregon commission to the Alas
ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition has select
ed a site for the state building.
An American made watch has been
granted a certificate of sccuracy by the
Geneva, Switzerland, obsei vatory. "
Congressman Bourke Cockian, of
New York, was arrested for illegal vot
ing, but later turned loose, as a migtake
had leen made.
A great earthquake in Guatamala did
much damage to property.
The Bank of England has again rais
d the discount rate, but gold purchases
continue. i
Quake Ruins Town.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 12. The first
direct reports from the scene of the
great earthquake at Kartagh, Russian
Turkestan, about three weeks ago
reached this city from a corporal who
accompanied the relief expedition sent
to Jamarkan. Telegraphing under date
of November 9, the corporal says: "The
town of Karatagh was completely de
stroyed. The victims numbered about
400 in Karatagh and about 10,000 in
the adj ining district of Denausk. All
the villages in the vicinity were wreck
ed. Many more may be dead.
Texas Probes Mill Trust.
Austin, Tex., Nov. 12. An anti
trust suit has been filed by the attorney
general in the Twenty-sixth District
court against 120 Texas milling com
panies alleged to be in conspiracy in
restraint of trad.e The state allegfs
that trie defendant companies have vio
lated both the 1899 and 1903 acts and
asks lor penalties against each defend
ant in the sum of $75,000 for the al
leged violation of the art of 1899. and
$56,250 for violation of the act of 1903.
Begin Seeding at Athena.
Athena Seeding in this section has
begun in earnest since the rain began.
Up to that time a great many farmers
were afraid to begin seeding lest there
should not be enough moisture m the
ground to sustain the growth of the
wheat. But now they feel assured, and
there will be thousands of acres of land
seeded during the next few weeks. The
large fanners have from four to six I
drills running daily, and each drill
plants from 20 to 25 acres a day.
Farrrs Selling at Woodburn.
Woodturn A Salem syndicate ha?
purchased a 161-acre tract weft of
Woodburn for the purpose of dividing
it into fruit tracts and running a spur
into Woodburn from the Portland
Salem electric line- Sales of farms in
this section to homeseekers from the
Much Fruit at Milton.
Milton The fruit men of this vicin
ity estimate the fruit crop at 300 cars
in the district about here. In addition
to this there has been an immense
; quantity of fruit shipped by package
expresa.
Negotiations Pending for Immigration
of 5,000 Anruilly.
Washington, Nov. 11. Barred from
the United States, Japanese coolies are
turning to Brazil, where, according to
the Brazilian Review, they hope to
gain ready admission. This newspaper,
published in Rio de Janeiro, sayj:
"It is reported from Yokohama that
North America and Australia, being
practically closed to the Japanese im
migrants, Japan will now turn its at
tention to Brazil, as a point toward
which its surplus population shall be
directed, and that negotiations will be
opened with the Brazilian government
forthwith to arrange for the landing of
5,000 Japanese in that republic every
year. From Milan also comes an an
nouncement t) the tffect that the Jap
anese government has proposed to the
Italian ambassador at fokio that the
Navigazione Generale Itali na fchall
undertake the transport of these emi
grants and for that purpose shall estab
lish a new steamship eerv'ce from Yo
kohama to Genoa. From Genoa to
Brazil, as is well known, the Naviga
zione Generale already runs a direct
line. There is said to be no doubt that
the Italian company will establish the
new line, seeing a guarantee for the
transport of 6,000 third-class passen
gers from Yokohama to Genoa every
year."
Duluth, Minn., Nov. 9. Fire of an
unknown origin last night destroyed
the Great Northern elevator "A" in
Superior, together with 600,000 bush
els of grain, principally wheat, all of
which was fully covered by insurance.
The elevator was owned by the Great
Northern railroad but was leased to the
A. D. Thomson company of Duluth.
Tne sparks soon ignited the Giand
Republic mill on Tower Bay slip, the
Great Lakes Diedge & Dock company's
dock and the Duluth Superior Storage
company, which contained the finish
ing plant of the Webster Chair com
pany.
The fire started at the southwest cor
ner ot the elevator dock, and before lb
was noticed had communicated to the
elevator. An alarm was turned in and
four fire tugs responded, but ow ing to
the intense heat they were driven out
of the slip and devoted all their ener
gies to paving the adjoining pioperty.
The steamers W. A. Parent and W.
A. Rogers were in the elevator slip
loading wheat and the latter was to
take out 200,000 bushels of wheat.
The fire was under control by 1
o'clock and the damage is placed at
$2,600,000.
ARREST BANKERS.
LADD AID3 DEPOSITORS.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Club, 87c; bluestem, 89c;
valley, 87c; red, 85c.
Oats No. 1 white, $29.50; gray
$29.50.
Barley Feed, $28.50 per ton; brew
ing. $30; rolled, $3031.
Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$23; clover, ?io; cricar, sio; grain
hay, $1516; alfalfa, $14.
Fruits Apples, 75c$2.25 per box;
peaches, $1 per crate; watermelons, lc
per pound; pears, $11.25 per box;
grapes, locutfi.to per crate; quinces,
50cU per bo-; huckleberries, 78c
East are of daily occurrence. There is (per pound, cranberries, $1010.50 per
much activity in both city and farm ' harrpL
property and Woodburn s prospects
were never so bright as the are now.
Enlarging the Cannery.
Brownsville The Brownsville can
nery is building a large addition to its
plant. It will be about 100x160 feet
and will give capacity to handle the
fruit output of the whole neighborhood.
Apples are still coming in by the wagon
load. Another carload of the prepared
fruit was shipped last week, lhe rail
road company will nut in a switch.
The fruit now has to be hauled about
200 yards to the nearest eidetrack.
Lives Lost in Italy.
Rome, Nov. 12. The rain storms
and floods throughout Italy continue.
Railroad tracks are ling carried away
n several plaos, and reports are being
received of the destruction of houses
and the destroying of rattle. Several
human lives bave also been lost.
Normal Training in High Schools.
Salem Statistics compiled- bv the
department of education show that 88
high schools reporting in Oregon out
side of Portland last year graduated 2,
574 students, of which 74 are employed
as teachers. The state normal school
board has formulated a teachers' train
ing course for high schools, so that the
ill m
leacners wno gn irom those schools to
teach in the rural districts shall not be
without preparation.
State Will Sue.
Salem Governor Chamberlain, as
president of the state board ol educa
tion, has wired defaulting textbook
manufacturing concerns failing to enp
ply public schools as follows: "Yon
are in default as to some books contract
ed lor. If contract is not complied with
1 l onre
bond."
the state board will sue on
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Vegetables Turnip?, $1.25 per sack;
carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25
per sack; cabbage, 114C per pound;
cauliflower, 25c$l per dozen; celery,
50c$l per dozen; corn, 85c$l per
sack; cucumbers, $1 per sack; oniens,
1520c per dozen; parsley, 20c per
dozen; peppers, 817c per pound;
pumpkins, li He per pound; radishes
20c per dozen; spinach, 6c per pound
squash, 114C per pound; tomatoes
2550c per box.
Onions $22.25 per sack.
Potatoes 7585c per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, 2J4C
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3032c
per pound.
Veal 75 to 15R non's 7U,3Hc;
125 to 150 pounds. c; '0 tn 200
pounds, W";tJ'
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7(3
7$c; packers, fj7c.
rouitry Average 01a hens, lie poi
pound; mixed chickens, 11c; Fpriii(.
chickens, 11c; old roosters, 89c:
dressed chickens, 13(3)1 4e; tnrkevf.
live, old, 16c; young, 18c; geese, live.
910c; ducks, 14; pigeons, $11.50:
equabs, $23.
Eggs Freeh ranch, candle), 35c per
dozen.
Hops 1907, 7(39c per pound; olds
4c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
622c per pound, according to shrink
age: vaiiey, zuraizz, according ir
shrinkage; fineness; mohair, choice,
2930c per pound. ,
Pledges Full Payment to Savings Ac
counts at Portland.
Portland, Nov. 11. By a pledge from
W. M. Ladd last Saturday, savingn de
positors in the failed bank of the Title
Guarantee A Trust company are guaran
teed full payment of their claims,
amounting to $405,000, and the Mar
quam block is to be turned over to the
bank as an asset for payment of all
creditors alike. The Marriuam block.
owned by the Oregon company, has been
held as security for a debt to Ladd &
Tilton of $007,000, by assignment to
Ladd & Tilton of the stock of that com
pany as collateral. Ladd & Tilton,
therefore, are not to be preferred cred
itors. By the terms of the pledge, the re
ceiver is to administer the affairs of the
bank, and pay off depositors to the full
measure of the assets, and if, in two
years, savings depositors shall not have
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Conditions of Title Guarantee & Trust
Co. to Be Investigated.
Portland, Nov. 9. Developments
yesterday in the affairs of the Title
Guarantee & Trust company were a fol
lows: District Attorney Manning says he
will cause the arrest of otlicers of the
bank today on complaint of C. F.
Ehman, who deposited $1,330 lhe day
before the hank closed. Ehman agrees
to swear to complaint charging the bank
ollicers with having accepted deposits,
when I hey knew the bank to be insolv
ent, contrary to law."
State Treasurer Steel's violation of
law in depositing $.'100,000 school funds
without security id considered by Dis
trict Attorney Manning, of Multnomah,
and District Alton ey McNary, of Mar
ion, as basis fur criminal piosecution.
Opinion that Steel should resign i
held in numerous quarters and is shar
ed by Governor Chamhei Iain, but Steel
says he will not resign. Resignation
would enable the state to sue bondsmen,
for indemnity.
Governor Chamberlain will continue
holidays indefinitely, and probably will
issue one proclamation for all of next
week.
SEND CASH WEST.
received all their money, Mr. Ladd wil
make good the deficiency. The word
ing 01 Mr. Ladd a otter makes no men
tion of interest on the deposits during
the two years.
Lives With Gold Leaf in Skull.
Baltimore, Nov. 11. Richard Swan
ger, who whs unconscrous for 11 days
from a depressed fracture of the skull,
causeu oy a tree railing upon him, is
recovering from a remarkable eurgical
operation as a result of which he will
carry a quantity of gold leaf in his
head. The surgeons at Maryland Uni
versity hospital found a part of the
brain covering and a part of the brain
itself adhered to the curameter. The
brain covering end the gray matter
were separated and the gold leaf was
placed between the parts.
Steals $1,000,000 Jewels.
Chicago, Nov. 11. A dispatch to be
Record Herald from Cleveland, O.,
-ays: Local detectives are searching
ior 91, into, OH) w rth of jewels raid to
ave been stolen from the wife of a
Pittsburg milli'Hiai'eonatrain Itetween
''ew Yoik ami PiMslu.rg November 1.
In her belt j-vel bag were diamonds,
rneraWD, parls and othr costly jew
!ry. N 1 qiPFtior8 will be asked and
ho'isan Is of dollnrs in reward will be
laid f- r thp return of the property.
O I r-
oecreiary oorieiyou swings tiiuo Uver
Eastern Barkers.
Wasington, Nov. 9. The West is to
receive all the assistance at the com
mand of the Treasury department to
meet the great demand for money to
move the crops. Secretary Cortelyou
discussed the situation with the presi
dent jesterday, and bus formulated a
plan, which will he curried into effect,
unless the Eastern banks rise to the
occasion and show less selfishness.
Mr. Cortelyou is of the ( pinion that the
larne importations of gold and the
bousecleaning which has been done in
New York have placed the banks there
in a materially improved condition.
The government no longer feels the ne
cessity of aiding the Eastern situation,
but is impressed wilh the importance
of meeting the situation which exists-,
in the West, where there is pressure
for cash for crop-moving purposes.
More Disasters in Italy.
Rome, Paly, Nov. 11. Storms ac-mpint-d
by torrential rains have
g.in rausel floods in several Darts of
Daly and a number of vessels have been
vpockpd in the Mediterranean and
Adriatic seas.
Chinese Have but One Friend.
Shanghai, Nov. 9. The Chinese offi
cials are incensed at the refusal of the
Shanghai municipal council, which is
predominantly British, to permit the
Chinese universities to use the public?
recrpation grounds for athletics, giving
as a reason that the grounds are for
whites alone, though Japanese and
East Indians have not ben excluded.
Native persons, comparing this hostil
ity with the sentiments expressed in
Secretary Taft's speeches, unanimously
declare that the Chinese can only de
pend on Americans for true friendship..
Union Pacific Drops Mining.
Chicago, Nov. 9. It is announced
here that the Union Pacific has ar
ranged to retire from the commercial
coal business on January next. As a
preliminary, orders have been issued
for the construction of a bianch line 2i
miles in length from Rock Springs to.
an exteneive coal field in the north
owned almost exclusively by independ
ent operators. Heretofore the policy
of the road has been not to run branch
lines to independent fields.
Only Seventy Survive.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 9. A dispatch
received today from Samark and bv the
oihi ial telegraph agencies says that a
special representative of a local news
paper who was pent to Karatagh in the
Hissar district of Bokhara, which waa
destroyed by a landslide following the
earthquake of October 21, reports that
3,400 persons perished and only 70 es
caped.