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HEPPNER OREGON
CLEAN UP TOWN.
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief an
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political. His
orical and Commercial.
British goods are being boycotted in
India.
The Union Facificjhas greatly reduced
working forces.
All Germany is celebrating the kais
er'a bltrthday.
Cheyenne secured the next meeting
of the Dry Fanning congress.
The Chinese tong war in San Fran
cisco has claimed another victim.
The torpedo flotilla has arrived at
Bnenoe Ayres. Its stay will be ehort
at the Argentine capital.
Several warships now at Magdalena
bay will soon return to the MareBIsland
navy yard fox extensive repairs.
Rockefeller has ordered 300 Italian
workmen discharged and their places
filled by Americans who are out of
work.
ice Nevada special ponce bill may
yet be killed in the house on account of
friction between members and Goldfield
mineowners.
The Dominion government will loan
$4,000,000 to the farmers of Alberta
and Saskatchewan province, whose
crops were failures last year.
A severe snow e term is general
throughout the East.
The leader of the Portugese rebels
has escaped from bpreon.
Several of the Russian imperial fam
lly are sick with the grip.
Ecuador has stopped a threatened
revolution by arresting the plotters.
Harry Orchard has written to
friend saying he is glad he confessed.
waiter well man says wall street , is
humble and admits defeat by Rooee
elt.
The senatorial deadlock continues in
Kentucky. Beckham has 49 votes out
of 102.
Fire at Portland, Me., destroyed all
city records and property valued at $1,
000,000.
A plan is being perfected at Chicago
to raise 1100,000 for the relief of un
employed.
The Thaw trial has been delayed be
cause of a storm which prevented the
arrival of witnesses.
Anthracite coal interests are consid
ering the maintenance of present prices
throughout the year instead of making
a reduction for the five months begin
ing with April.
inree men were killed in a serious
fire at Boston.
Cheyenne wants the next meeting of
the Dry Farming congress.
Edward MacDowell, one of America's
foremost composers, is dead.'
The United Mineworkers of America
has emndoreed woman suffrage.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
out the pay oi all high salaried offi
cials. The Seattle exposition appropriation
will have a hard time getting through
the house.
Suffrage debates in the German
reichstag caneed violent scenes and
threat of duel .
The battleship Mississippi has been
accepted by the government. It was
built at Philadelphia.
The National Livestock convention
declared for the leasing system of pub-
he lands and for a tariff revision.
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, who is to
marry Count Szechenyi, has already re
reived preEents to the val-ie of $1,000,
001.
United States secret service men have
discovered that several Americans are
taking an important part in the latest
Haytien revolution.
The movement to intervene in Congo
affairs has been revived in England.
A Chinese company has been organ
ized to work the iron mines at Awtow,
China.
San Francisco Making Preparation
for Battleship Fleet.
San Francisco, Jan. 28. San Fran
risoo will make extraordinary prepara
tijna during the next three months to
"tidy up" before the arrival of the
fleet.
Work on the downtown streets will
be pressed in order that the gateway of
the city may take on the appearance of
freshness rather than dilapidation
While the supervisors are busily en
caged on this problem, the special com
mil tee, of which James D. Phelan is
chairman, intrusted with arrangements
for the entertainment of the visitors
has already organized and mapped out
its dans in a general way. The first
donation to the fund of $100,000 which
is to be raised was made by a local Chi
nese merchant, who accf mpanied his
check for $100 with a note expressing
apprecition of the protection afforded
by the Stars and Stripes.
A unique feature of the celebration
will be a floral parade, the first Saa
Francisco has undertaken. The parade
will be under the auspices of the Native
Sons and Native Daughters. It will
resemble in general scheme the pa
geants made famous by Los Angeles and
Fvadena. San Francisco has lost the
rural atmosphere which the cities in
the southern part of the state which
have retained, and a floral parade will
entail an amount of preparation that
has seldom been attempted here before
Special attention is being paid the
entertainment of the enlisted men. A
clubhouse is to be erected where the
bluejackets can make their headquarteis
while on shore. A large pavilion will
be provided for drills, concerts and ex
hibitions.
NEW SYSTEM OF SURVEYS.
Bill to Give Commissioner Authority
to Employ Men.
Washington, Jan. 28. In his annnal
report Land Comissioner Ballinger rec
ommended the abolition of the present
system of making public land surveys
under the contract eye tern and nrged
congress to authorize the employment
by the government of competent sur
veyors, whose sole duty shall be the
surveying and resurveying of public
lands. Representative Mitchell, of
Wyoming, chairman of the house com
mittee on public lands, has introduced
a bill in the house giving the commis
sioner authority to employ such sur
veyors for the purpose stated, but al
lowing him also to use his discretion as
to the advisability of making a part of
the surveys under the old contract system.
There are some surveyors on govern
ment work who have produced satisfac
tory results, but the chief criticism of
the old contract system ia that it
wastes a great deal of time, and re
quires two or three years from the
time of application to get a given tract
surveyed and the survey accepted. The
Mondell bill will form the basis of
whatever legislation congress may at
tempt on the subject this winter.
WAR ON RATS.
Kaef may attempt to disqualify
Judge Dunne and District Attorney
Langdow.
Hughes has admitted that he would
be willing to accept the presidential
nomination.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
will resign his trust presidency and
may re-enter politics.
Morris K. Jessup, the well known
banker and philanthropist of New
York, is reported seriously ill.
Boyertown, Pa., officials are after the
owners of the gasoline tanks which ex
ploded and set fire to the theater. One
arrest has been made.
now to kill hogs at the stock yards
in an artistically humane manner has
been investigated by the Illinois
branch of the Consumers' league.
New York insurance companies have
discovered that much of the money
borrowed from them on policies was
either eold to get the currency premi
ums or was lent at high rates.
San Francisco Determined to Exter
minate Disease Spreaders.
San Fraacisco, Jan. 28. Reports by
the plague experts show that the dis
ease has been almost entirely eliminat
ed from the city, but the battle against
the rats is to be pressed with new
vigor. J. here nave Deen no new cases
for more than two weeks. Only two
cases are now under treatment. De
pite these encouraging features, the
force of men in the employ of the
health board is to be increased and the
distribution of poison to be continued
on a larger scale.
All tbis is to be done as a precau
tionary measure. The theory held by
Dr. Rupert Blue, the Federal expert in
charge of the situation, is that the con
tagion is carried from the rat to the hn
man being by the flea. In the winter
months the fleas vanish, to reappear
ith the spring and summer. An ex-
mination of the rodents last Septem
ber showed that one-half of one per
cent were infected. The examination
at the present time shows that one-half
per cent are infected.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
GATHER HOP DATA.
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Pacific Coast Hopgrowera Association
Wants Oregon Acreage.
Salem The board of directors for
Oregon of the Pacific Coast Hopgrow
ers' union met here last week and form
ulated a plan for ascertaining the names
of all the hopgrowers in the state, the
acreage of hops owned by each, the
names of growers who have signed the
constitution and bylaws of the union
and the acreage of each.
It is expected that this information
will be at hand and complete soon and
then for the first time it will be known
definitely how many acres of hops are
grown in Oregon. This information is
necessary in order to ascertain the pro
portion of acreage represented in the
union and also the names of growers
who are needed as members bat who
have not joined.
The work of gathering the statistics
was designated to the secretary, Joseph
HAS SEEDLESS PEAR.
Has
Borne Fruit for 20 Years Un
known to Scientists.
Pendleton, Not suspecting that
seedless pear was anything out of the
ordinary, R. L. Oliver, a prominent
fruittaiser two m'les west of this city
has been growing pears of that nature
for two decades. Much publicity has
been given during the past three
months to a seedless pear diecoveied by
A. I. Mf.scn. The tree bearing the
seedless pear on the Oliver farm near
this city was growing on the place
when he bought it, 20 years ago. The
pears on the Oliver tree differ in de
scription from those of the Mason
farm, being very large and retembling
the Flemish Beauty more than any
other varitey. They are entirely seed
less and have only the slightest tracing
oi core, being in effect coreless as well
as seedless. The flesh is fine grained
and solid, the flavor is good and the pear
Baumgartner, and arrangements were has many claims for popularity aside
made to raise a tuna or si,uuu to pay
the immediate expenses of the organi
zation work in Oregon. While no par
ticular effort will be made to learn the
acreage of hops that will be plowed up
this season, it is probable that a pretty
fair idea of the extent of the plowing
up will be gained.
Sets Out Walnut Trees.
Rickreall J. B. Stump, one of the
leading farmers residing in this county,
has planted 175 acres of his large farm
near Monmouin to iingnsn walnuts,
and will make his walnut grove a com
mercial proposition. The trees are.
planted with a space of 60 feet between
rows one way and of 40 feet the other
from being a seedless and coreless vari
ety. The tree bears late, the fruit
ripening in October.
Where the tree came from is not
known. The farm with the orhard on
it was purchased from a nurseryman,
who set the orchard out
SCHOOL FOR CONVICTS.
Prison Reformers Will Ask Permit to
Try Scheme.
Salem The superintendent of the
state prison, the governor of Oregon,
Chaplain St. Pierre and Portland
friends of prison reform have agreed
on a plan for the construction of an
wav. In the space between tne rows or "OUJU " auwi luuu
walnut trees Royal Anne cherries are i ln8 tnat 18 De added to the pemten-
planted and as these latter will bear uaiT y consent oi tne next legislature.
quickly the land set to walnuts will!" " to accommodate about 800 per
soon be made profitable while. awaiting
Troops Repel Tribesmen.
Tangier, Jan. 28. Advices received
here state that the Zenatia and Ouled
Ali tribes attacked the French troops
January 23, but were repulsed with
severe loss. The French littoral and
mediouna columns had just effected a
junction when the tribesmen, in battle
array, covering a front of about four
miles, swept down in crescent forma
tion. The Spahis bore the brunt of
the attack, making several gallant
charges, which, however, interfered to
some extent with the work of the artillery.
Lisbon Officials Afraid.
Lisbon, Jan. 28. Although the gov
ernment apparently is master of the
situation, much nervousness is mani
fested in official circles following the
plot to overthrow the monarchy and
establish Portugal as a republic. Pre'
mier Franco, upon the advice of the po
lice, sleeps each night in a different
house, surrounded by cavalry. The
police have discovered a number of
places where revolver and bombs have
been stored by the conspirators.
Record Crop of Oranges.
San Francis-co, Jan. 28. The orange
crop of California is now in full season
and in quantity and quality promises
to break all records. The fruit ex
change of the etate estimate that the
total output of oranges alone will reach
the enormous snm of 30,000 carloads.
about 9,000,000 boxes and 1,350,000,-
000 oranges. The harvest will last
continuously until next Fourth of July.
the first crop from the walnut trees
Experiments made here in past years
with walnuts have been so satisfactory
that Mr. Stump's venture is not looked
upon as an experiment.
Suspected Sheep in Benton.
Monroe United States Inspector H.
Silverwood, of the bureau of animal in
dustry, is in tbis section looking after,
several bands of sheep thatjwere report
ed to be infected. The Federal govern
ment is working with state and county
officials to enforce the dipping laws and
clean up all bands of sheep which give
the slightest indication of being infect
ed. Mr. Silverwood imparts informa
tion regarding the construction of dip
ping vats, the method of dipping which
will secure the best results, as well as
the handling and care of livestock. It
is more than likely that quite a lot of
dip will be brought here before many
days.
Little Snow in Mountains.
Albany Lees snow is reported in the
mountains of this part of the state this
year than for a great many years.
This winter only the highest peaks and
ridges are covered, while the valleys,
even though far up in the mountains,
are free from snow. Reports from the
upper valley and headwaters of the
South Santiam river are to the effect
that there is no snow at all now on the
ridges and in canyons where the snow
is usually seven or eight feet deep in
January.
Meeting of Fruitgrowers.
Albany An educational meeting for
fruitgrowers will be held here Tuesday,
January 28, under the direction of the
Linn County Horticultural society. M.
O. Lownsdale, president of the Wil
lamette Valley Applegrowers' aHPOcia
tion, and L. T. Reynolds, secretary of
the same association, and ex-commia-
sioner of horticulture, will be speakers.
Mr. Lcwnsdale will give a practical
demonstration of how to pack apples
for the market.
sons and besides serving as a chapel
and amusement ball will be a school
room ana nave recitation rooms con
nected with it.
It is to be located as an addition to
the east wing of the prison, and will
be built of brick made by the convicts
The prisoners are to do all the con
struction work themselves, and thus re
duce the cost to the state to a mini
mum. Many of the prisoners can neither
read nor write, and the work that is
being undertaken has the indorsement
of the Prisoners' Aid society of this
state.
Wisconsin Men Want Timber.
Klamath Falls A party of four from
Wisconsin have left here with local
guides and timber cruisers for the tim
ber near Bly. A great deal of interest
is taken in their movements, as it is
announced they are here in the interest
of a big land deal. They left for the
timber equipped with everything need
ed in a winter camp in the woods, in
cluding snow shoes. People owning
claims in that region expect to be able
to dispose of them.
New Bank Building in Burns.
Burns The Harney County National
bank took advantage of Sunday to move
into its new stone building, which is
now undergoing the finishing touches
on the interior. This is cne of the
handsomest and most substantial strnc
tures in the state, built of the stone
which is plentiful in the hill upon
which the city of Burns stands. The
room heretofore occupied bj this bank
will be now added to the mercantile
houee of N. Brown & Sons.
WILL BREAK MONOPOLY.
Bonaparte Starts Suit Against Harri
man Roadt.
Washington, Jan. 27. Attorney
General Bonaparte directed that a bill
in equity be filed to set aside the con
trol by the Union Paoiflc Railway com
pany and its subsidiary corporations of
the Southern Pacific and the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroads; also
to have declared illegal the ownership
by the Union Pacific or the Oregon
Short Line of stock in the Santa Fe, the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
all of said lines being competitors of
the Union Pacific.
The attorney general issued an offi
cial sttement to this effect, which, after
referring to the extended investigation
by the Interstate Commerce commission
Into the relations existing among the
Various lines of road engaged in trans
continental traffic, says:
from tne evidence so adduced anu
from independent investigation the de
partment has arrived at the conclusion
that the stockholding of the Union Pa
cific and its subsidiary companies in
the corporations mentioned above is in
direct violation of the Sherman act.
"The department regards the suit as
of first Importance, as it is sought by
means thereof to break up a substantial
monopoly of the transportation busi
ness of the country between the Mis
souri river on the east and the entire
Pacifio coast south of Portland on the
west."
Aside from the railway companies
above named, the other defendants in
the suit are the Farmers Loan & Trust
company, of New York, which is the
depository of all the stock of the San
Pedro road nnder a contract by which
it is required to give proxies to such
persons as may be named by Mr. Har
riman and Mr. Clark for a period of
years. There are also individual de
fendants who are alleged to have con
ceived and carried out the conspiracy
complained of, towit: E. H. Harrl-
man, Jacob H. Schiff, Otto H. Kahn,
James Stillman, Henry C. Frick, Hen
ry H. Rogers and William A. Clark.
While naming the individual defend
ants the statement makes no mention
of any intention to prosecute any of
these officials personallyjn any crimin
al proceedings.
FORCED OUT OF
RACE BY HALL
Brownell Tells Why He Gave Up Dis
trict Attorney Fight.
Veiled
In diet-
Senator Fulton Implicated and
Threats Were Made of
ment for Complicity Jn Oregon
Land Frauds Got Promise of Im
munity for Withdrawing.
MAYS DISMISSED.
Him
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 85c; Bluestem, 87c;
valley, 85c; red, 83c
Oats No. 1 white, $27.5028; gray,
! $27.5028.
j Barley Feed. $27.50 per ton; brew
ing, f3Z ; roiled, sz3u.
Corn Whole, $32.50; cracked,
$32.50.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $18
per toa; Eastern Oregon timonthy, $21
22; clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain
hay, $1516; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14.
Fruits Apples, $1132.50 per box;
in tne county. He will retire to a
small farm on the Umatilla river west
of Pendleton.
Cheap Salt for Oregon Sheepmen
Pendleton Oregon woolgrowers have
purchased 50,000 shares of stock in the
salt plant owned by the Idaho growers.
By this purchase of stock in the mine
or plant, the Oregon sheepmen will re
ceive 500 tons of salt annually at just
exactly what it costs to mine it aad lay
t down at its destination. At present
prices this means a saving of $3 per
ton, which is quite an item in the
course of a year. The plant is located
at Ogden.
Weyerhaeusers Buy Timber.
Oregon City The Northern Pacific
railroad has sold to the Weyerhaeuser
Land company 19,280 acres of land in
Clackamas county. The deed has just
been recorded here, but the price is not
stated. The land is mostly timbered
and runs along the west end of Clacka
mas county, from the Clackamas river
to the southern boundary.
Gets State Contract.
Salem On opening bids for lumber
the state board awarded the contract for
the supplying state institutions to the
Cnrtis Lumber company, whose bid
was $37 per carload below the next
bidder.
Veteran Thresher Quits.
Pendleton After a career of 38 years
as a threshing machine man, Joe Sny
der, of this city, is selling out his large ,
outfit of threshers and horses at nnblic
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auction and will retire Ircm the busi- nars. $1.25(31.75 per box. cranber-
nes permanently. He is known as one ries, $8(311 per barrel.
of the most energetic thresher men in Vegetables Turnips. 75c per sack;
Eastern Oregon and has perhaps made carrots. 65c per sack :v beets, liner
the longes runs each season cf any man ; sack; beans, 20c per pound; cabbage,
1c per pound; cauliflower, $22.25 per
dozen; celery, $3.253.50 per crate;
onions, 1520c per dozen; parsley, 20c
per dozen; peas. 10c per pound; pep
pers, 8(0)1 7c per pound; pumpkins, l
iHc per pound; radishes, 20c per doz
en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c
per pound; squash, llc per pound;
tomatoes, $2 per box.
Onions $1.85(3)2.15 per hundred.
Potatoes 50($75c per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.25
3.50 per cwt
Butter Fancy creamery, 30 35c per
pound
Poultiy Average old hens, 1212c
per pound; mixed chickens, lll?c;
spring chickens, 1213c; roosters, 8
10c; dressed chickens. 14c; turkeys,
live, 1415c; dressed, choice, 17(3)18c;
geese, live, 910c; ducks, 16l!c;
pigeons, 75c$l; squabs, $1.502.
Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 27c
per dozen.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 9a9c:
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
pounds, 5(3,3 He.
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6S
7c; packers, 67c.
Hops 1907, prime and choke, 6
7Jc per pound; olds, l(a2c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1320c per pound, according to shrink
age; vailey, 18(2)20c per pound, accord
ing to fineness; raotalr, ckoice, 29(3
30c per pound. I
Heney Says He Cannot Convict
of Conspiracy.
Portland, Jan. 27. Franklin Pierce
Mays, ex-state senator, was the princl
pal witness for the government Satur
aay in tne mil-mays conspiracy case
in the Federal court. A treacherous
and failing memory prevented the wit
ness from positively associating his va
ious conversations with Hall and the
dates of the letters that passed between
them. Probably the most damaging
evidence against Hall, adduced from
tne witness, was nis identification of a
letter written by himself to Steiwer in
which Mays told of his successful efforts
dissuading Hall from instituting
criminal proceedings against tne mem
bers of the Butte Creek company for
unlawful fencing.
Before Mays was called into the court
room, Heney announced that he wished
the indictment dismissed aganist Mays,
who was a co-defendant with Hall and
Edwin Mays. In making this request
of the court, Heney said that he did
not consider that the government was
in possession of sufficient evidence with
which to convict Mays of the alleged
conspiracy. Later in the examination
of Mays, Heney repeated the declara
tion he made before, that it was not
his intention to prosecute Maya on any
of the other remaining indictments
against him borause of his physical
condition. Judge Hunt consented to
the dismissal of the indictment and at
the same time exonerated the bond
Mays had furnished. Mays was then
sworn as a witness for the prosecution.
Charles B. Moore, ex-register of the
Oregon City land office, will undoubted
ly be a witness for the government be
fore the prcsecution closes its case
either today or tomorrow. Just what
Moores will testify can only be con
jectured.
Strays Go After Fleet.
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 27. The police of
this city have gathered up six sailors
from the American battleships, who
had either deserted or failed to return
on boanl before their vessels sailed from
here last week. They will be sent
after the fleet on a collier. A dispatch
from Valparaiso savs the Chilean
squadron which will welcome the
American battleships to Chilean waters
has arrived at Valdivia. The British
cruiser Sapho, which has been on the
west coaet, is now on her way down to
Punta Arenas.
Portland, Jan. 23. Sensational and
damaging testimony against John H.
Hall was given yesterday by Hamilton,
II. Hendricks, who testified that in.
May, 1900, he had suggested to Hall
that Hall use his knowledge of illegal
fencing by Steiwer and his associates as
a political club over W. W. Steiwer.
At the morning session Hendricks,
who was a co-defendant with Hall and
Mays, entered a plea of guilty to the
conspiracy indictment. Late i the
afternoon Hendricks was called to the
stand, and his testimony, following
that of a number of minor witnesses
who preceded him, had the effect of a.
thunder storm on a clear summer after
noon. While Hendricks recited the
stcry of his interview with Hall in
1900, the ex district attorney could not
repress a commingled expression of sur
prise and pain. With drawn features
and clenched jaws he scrutinized the-
witness as the story of the inception of
his alleged unofficial relations with the
unlawful fencing monopoly was related.
The accused ex-Federal official soon re
gained the interested and semi-hopefni
expression that has characterized him
from the beginning of the trial, and
court adjourned for the day after the
sensational statements of Hendricks.
Clarence B. Zachary, who yesterday
entered a plea of guilty to the conspir
acy charge, was foreman of the Butte
Creek company. He was a prominent
figure in superintending the different
schemes that were hatched by his asso
ciates. Mr. Heney expects to complete the
government's case probably tomorrow
afternoon and not later than Saturday.
Hendricks will be on the stand duibg
the morning session, possibly a part of
the afternoon today, and will be fol
lowed by Clarence B. Zachary. Mr
Heney last night would not discuss the
probability that W. W. Steiwer would
be called as a witness for the govern
ment, neither would he admit that
Steiwer would follow the lead of his as
sociates, Hendricks and Zachary, of the-
Butte Creek company, and plead guilty.
STATE POLICE FOR NEVADA.
Spain Cementing Enplish Ties.
London, Jan. 27. Inquiries among
Spanish consular and commercial cir
cles in London make it clear that the
proposal of the Spanish minister of
commerce to hold an exposition of
Spanish arts and industries in London
in 1908 is warmly welcomed by the
Spanish colony in the metropolis as ad
ditional evidence of the desire of King
Alfonso to cement vet more closely the
Bill Provides Means for Dealing: Wi hv
Riot Conditions.
Carson, Nev.. Jan. 23. The speeiai
committee appointed to prepare a bill
to regulate riot conditions in Nevada,
has agreed upon and drawn up a meas
ure which will be introduced in the
legislature today. The bill creates a
state police which shall consist of a su
perintendent to be appointed, by the
governor, one inspector, fonr sergeants,
25 subordinate police officers and 250
reserves. The superintendent shall ap
point all memebrs and officers, subject
to the approval of the governor. The
police shall have power to perform all
duties required of peace officers exeept
to sene civil processes.
The superintendent of police shall be
over 30 years of age and subject to re
moval at any time by th governor
without previous notice and shall have
the rank of captain.
The bill provides that when, in the
judgment of the governor, a state of riot
exists and the public safety is endan
gered, it shall be the duty of the gov
ernor to issue a proclamtion declaring
martial law and until the eame shall
be revoked, the state police shall have
full and absolute power to take any
steps necessary to restore peace aad
order.
Another section empowers the super
intendent of police to organize a reserve
force not to exceed 250 men. The
rules and discipline of the United
States army shall, so far as practicable.
constitute the rules and discipline t
the state police.
China Still Resists Japan.
Pekin, Jan. 23. The intimation hat
Japan is ready to permit extension of
the Hsin Min Tun railroad to the north
with Japanese capital has aroused re
newed opposition on the part of the
Chinese government, which is determ
ined to test the pledges made by Japan
in the matter of the restoration of Man
churia. Hsu Shih Chang, viceroy of
Manchuria, is again urging the thrcne
to sanction a loan of 10,000,000 taels
for the purpose of increasing the efJra-
cy of the new Chinese administration-
of Manchuria.
entente that
countrn e.
already unites the two
Fleet Sails From Rio.
FRio de Janeiro, Jan. 23. To the
booming of guns and the cheers of
thousands on the accompanying pleas
ure craft, the American warships sailed
from Rio yesterday afternoon, bound for
Punta Arenas in Magellan straits. Ten
days will bring the fleetalmost midway
on its 14,000 mile cruise to San Fran
cisco, and the ships and the men car
ried with them the Godspeed and
good wishes of the whole Brazilian
people.
Encroaching on Norway.
Stockholm, Jan. 27. A mining en-
ginwr who ha jnt returned here from
an pxplorinir expedition In Northern
Norway, wf ere the Russian frontier I
approaches within 15 miles of the Woman Suffrage for Michigan.
North Atlantic at Lvngenfiorm, pays! Lansing, Mich., Jan. 23. The con-
that he saw large bodies of Russian stitutional convention committee on
soldiers installed in log barracks, en- elections unanimously reported out last
gaged in constructing a railway in Nor- night a proposal granting woman auf
wegian territory in a wilderness many ' frage, with a recommeudation that it
days journey from the highway. t be paesed.