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Newspaper Page TextHeppner Gazette cd Tnrdy of Cach Week HEPPNER OREGON 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. Representative Huff, of Pennsyl vania, is seriously ill. Rockefeller has given another $500, 000 to the Rockefeller institute. Chinese of San Francisco are or ganizing a boycott against the Jap anese. Trustees of Stanford university have set aside $500,000 for the purchase of books. The employment of union men as inspectors makes railroad managers indignant. An earthquake lasting 20 seconds wa.s felt at Marysville, Cal. No dam age was done. A runaway Brooklyn boy has just returned home after 20 years' absence. He is a millionaire. Ice in Bering Straits has broken up and steamer traffic to the north will be more regular now. The largest balloon ever constructed has just been finished at Danville, 111. When inflated it is 150 feet high. A German has just been arrested who, it is believed, was attempting to reach the kaiser to assassinate him. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, bitter ly denounces congress for not passing the bills demanded by the laboring men. A false alarm of a dynamite plot caused a panic in one of Chicago's schools. Arizona democrats have indorsed Bryan and approved Foraker's stand on statehood. West Virginia's democratic dele-gates-at-large have been instructed to vote for Bryan. The Arkansas river is over it banks at several places in Arkansas and flood ing bottom lands. A severe wind storm has swept over Clay county, Kansas, but very little damage was done. Tornadoes that swept Oklahoma northwest of Guthrie brought great damage to crops and farm property. A gale of wind at Chicago preceded an electrical storm which did consid erable damage in all parts of the city. Dallas, Tex., is without lights or drinkable water. Residences in the de vastated district have been robbed by looters. Butte members of the G. A. R. have been aroused because one of the churches has been tendered to Emma Goldman for her lectures. Dynamiters wrecked the big pipe line that conveys water from Bonita Mountains, New Mexico, to Carrizozo, N. M. Repairs are being made. This pipe line cost $1,000,000. Rear-Admiral CrownTnshield, retired, is dead. France and Germany have agreed on - t .t.. r u a jhuu iw uic jjaciiicdLiuu ui iuuiuuu. Hearst is gaining in the recount of ! New York mayoralty ballots of the 1905 election. A typhoon at Hankow, China, cost more ore than 1,000 lives and wrecked 500sion set illt 0ny one contract, that junks. A Columbus, Ohio, boy invented a it. machine with which he has made sev eral successful flights. San Francisco supervisors are check ing up the city treasurer's accounts. He is alleged to be short $37,500. Johnson's managers predict his nom ination for democratic presidential can didate on the second or third ballot. A tornado which swept Alfalfa coun ty, Okla., killed 14 people and injured many others, besides doing much dam age to property. The Belgian consular agent at Rabat, Morocco, has been maltreated by na tives and his home government is likely to take energetic action. J. C. Stubbs says our Oriental trade is threatened if the ruling of the inter state commerce commission regarding freight rates on western roads holds. Mrs. Carrie Nation has been arrested at Pittsburg. Chester, Pa., is having trouble with street car men. Two cruisers and five torpedo boats have left San Francisco for Portland. A company of militia is to be organ ized at Honolulu, the first for the isl ands. Senator Bailey, of Texas, will go to the democratic national convention as a delegate. Two Utah mining companies are fighting over a silver mine said to be worth $1,450,000. Senator Foraker is favoring Roose velt for another term, as he dislikes him less than Taft. A man has just been arrested in Michigan for a murder committed in Colorado 15 years ago. i An ex-member of the United States secret service is in trouble at Flagstaff, Arizona, for trying to extort money. The troops of the pretender to the Morocco throne have looted all the gov ernment buildings and houses of the sultan. While preparations were in progress for the funeral of a Kansas CitV man. the supposed corpse sat up and asked for a drink. WORK OF BOYS. Youthful Robbers Confess to Holding Up Great Northern. Great Falls, Mont., June 2. The hold-up of the northbound Great Northern train at the stockyards, about a mile and a half from this city, was the work of three boys, who now occupy cells in the city jail. A fourth youth, who admits having as sisted in planning the hold-up, but who took no active part, is also a prisoner. The uuarct have made a complete confession to the police. The names of the four boys are: Albert Hatch, aged l.: William Randall, aged 17; Harry Rheams, aged 15, and i George Cresswell, aged 16. According to the story told by Ran dall. Rheams and Cresswell, the hold up was planned and carried out under the generalship of Hatch, the young est of the' four., who is said to have turned the switch, ordered the engi neer to back up and to have gone through the passenger coaches with the conductor, forcing the latter at the point of a gun to collect from the passengers. According to the other boys, it was also Hatch who shot William Pempsey and narrowly missed shooting Conductor Jack Hayes. Rheams stated that Hatch, after they had left the scene of the hold up, proposed that they cross Sun river to the Montana Central line and ho!.! tin n.mpnwr train No. 23fi frnm Putte which was dm- in two or three hours. Because he demurred, Rheams J Railroad Commissioner. Second states. Hatch drew his revolver andjl Congressional District Clyde B. threatened to kill him. I Aitcluson. Republican. He was dissuaded from the second attempt at train robbery by the two youths who were with him . ..a tvu uc mu, . .... The stories told bv the bovs. with .1 . r T I . i 1 . I - iL . ine exception or naicn, agreeu in ine mam uewns. ncy siaic uidi mc hold-up was planned two nights be - tore, it Deing oecinea to tod tne train the first dark night. FEARS FOR SHIP. Steamer Vaderland Is Reported Sunk With All On Board. "Pfi ri C Tun O A crtar'i'il r1i'crnt(1i 1 to the ' Petit Journal from Rrus'sels cov-c it Jc mmnr T?,1 c, - steamer Vaderland has been wrecked in the North sea in a dense fog. There are 1600 passengers aboard. Lloyd s does not confirm this news, which, however, comes from what is usually considered a most reliable source. There were three collisions in the North spt todav and mssen- gers on the Dovxr-Os declare that they saw a vessel cast away on the Goodwin sands. New York Tune No official eon mation could be obtained tonight in fi rm nti Ati this city of the report of the wrecking of the steamer Vaderland in the North sea. The offices of the International Mercantile Marine, which controls the Red Star Line, and the offices of the Red Star Line company were closed. The Red Star steamer Vaderland was due to sail from Antwerp for New York Mav 30. According to -.1 '.u i i i t ver on Sundav from which nort she would be reported on her arrival. Up to a late hour Sundav night she had not been reported. BIG RAIL CONTRACT. Illinois Central to Spend $1,450,000 for New Steel. Birmingham, Ala., June 2. Tan gible evidence of generous propor tions that prosperity is returning is given in the fact that the Illinois Cen tral Railroad company, in connection with the opening yesterday of its new i i;nP hetween' Chiracro. Rirmintrham . . . ; -o-. - ......... ... an( Atlanta, has placed a contract tor -r'2.000 tons of steel rails, to cost $1,450 000. The contract goes to the Tennessee Iron & Coal company, and is the larg - est nrrir s:n(.p tue financial denres- I of the Pennsylvania, takes rank with The official announcement that the T1I. . , . , ., , . Illinois Central has decided to ignore what remains of the financial depres- sion is likely to set the pace for other arge systems which have been with- holdinfif similar orders until conditions! are fully normal. t in.? vuiui ui.1 4ii v.iaii. . ml .111.1.1 mills here to open additional plants and give immediate work to more than two thousand skilled men who have been idle for some time. In an indirect way it will start the wave of prosperity over the entire South, put- ting a large amount of money into immediate circulation and stimulating T t, c .trr.-t .. .11 iKIo fV, etool ' 11 . ! I : Cleveland Goes Home. Lakewood. N. I.. Tune 2. Ex-Presi dent Grover Cleveland, who has been ' confined to the Lakewood Hotel for two months with an attack of rheu matic gout and acute indigestion, has sufficiently recovered from his illness to leave here today for his home in r,: . ti, . ,,c m. :n John Havs Hammond's large touring .... t n..i.4 ,;j I 1 1 IIILCIUN, 1 IIC II AU U ... .. ... car. Mr. Cleveland, was accompanied bv Mrs. Cleveland and Dr. G. Rowe Rcckwood, who has been alternating with Dr. Joseph T. P.ryant, the family physician, in caring for the patient. Close to a Mile a Minute Los Angeles, June 2. The two days' auto meet held in this city was an unprecedented success, several thousand people being in attendance at today's races. The Coast record for 50 miles on a circular track, broken yesterday, was equaled today by Ralph Hamlin who drove a 42 horsepowcr, six-cylinder car 50 miles in 57 minutes and 43 seconds. Ham- 'i;n ' aa ,irin(T ' mntitfc i n rl m. I crnnd C n 3 m- I the last 50 miles of the 100-mi'e race and made the same time today Foot of Snow in Nevada Ely, Nev.. June 2 The heaviest snow storm since last winter was ex- nerienced here last night. Fully a foot of snow fell Trip storm was cren- eral between Ely and Cobre. No dam- age was reported. CHAMBERLAIN FOR SENATOR Carries Entire State by I.OOO or More Over Cake. Hawley and Ellis for Congress by a Large MarginUniversity Appro priation Bill Carries Many New Districts Go Dry Control of State Legislature Is Uncertain. 4HM-HH-'H"l-t"IH"H"!--HH- J United States SenatorGeorge X E. Chamberlain. Democrat. Representative First Congres sional District Willis C. Hawley, Republican. Representative Second Con gressional District W, R. Kllis, Republican. Justice of the Supreme Court Robert S. Bean, Republican. Oregon Dairy and Food Com missioner J. W. Bailey, Repub lican. Railroad Commissioner. First Congressional District Thomas ! K. Campbell. Republican. . H-M"I"l"I"I"I"l"I"I"l"t"l"I"I"l"l"I-HHM- Portland, June 2. Chamberlain's elec- nonnlp nf Drporm for United retl,rns available indicate that Lh: tlon bv tne People ot Uregon tor tinted,, , . , . Hi.n.- , , . .- V... ..-.-,.. i ATI 1 1 t . . i tllll J""" ""' "j num i,i, w is inaicatea Dy tne incomplete returns j from the various counties in the state. Chamberlain won Multnomah county , , ..... .... , , , by perhaps 1.200 to 1.500 and elsewhere throughout the state the two candidates seem to have run a close race. Cake's best county is Lane, which returned him a majority of between 400 and 500. This big majority for Cake is attributed to Governor Chamberlain's veto of the ' State utiiversitv annronriation in the last legislature. Chamberlain's success as "the peo ple's choice" at yesterday's polls will ' neecl election by the next legislature to give him the office. This will be po- sihle onlv in case a mnioritv nf the' i i , ,, , ha" P'edged by State- n,ent J0, 1 t0 "isregard the Repub- lican politics of its Republican members , , . , ., , , . , Jhe epslature w.il be overwhe hundy Republican, with probably less than ten . democrats. i P is doubtful if a majority of the members of the legislature will be pledged by Statement No. 1. At best tlle Statement No. 1 forces will have ,n,t a ,iare majority in the legislature, Of the Republicans elected to the house ot representatives 28 are pledged to .Statement 1. and of those elected In the ' senate sevei are so pledged. These increased by nine hold-over Statement 1 Republicans and Democrats make the total statement 1 votes counted as cer- tain, 44. ine majority ot tne legisia- mre ana joint assembly necessary to elect United States senator is 4f. Prohibition was a hard-fought issue in 28 counties and has won big trains Hawley. Republican for coneress from the First district, wins bv a big majority, nrobablv not less than 10 000. Tn the Second district Ellis is success- ful bv perhaps 15,000. Campbell and Aitcnison are re-eiected ranroau corn- missioners bv wide margins. Q i rr 1 - fix." Ii'io Koin linlrtM tfn-lir tvLn ...'ffrl'tt ';. nmt,,M t t,n ,,,,.,, ' i 1 1.. Ki . . defeated the majority agains it in . Marion "county being 1.000. No esti- (mate can be measured at this time on other initiative and referendum mcas- ures. ;Vr,te nnifcersitv nnnronriminn has been passed by a' majority of 5,000 to 10.000 in the state. Marion county I voted heavily against it, probably by 500 i votes. Washington county also anpears j . , . i . .. to have voted against the university bill. The estimated plMr!l,ities fnr ,enator, based on rt.turns so far reccjved. are: . , ,u,?m- uvildlll yj , p ?r rlenin ackamas r a, so?. L'L ' f,I"mb,a " pOS. p00 "' f,'1,' ' "MiKia.-) 100 Gilliam Grant 50 Harney 100 Jackson Josephine Klamath Lake Lincoln : I,ane 450 IJnn Malheur " Marion .Art Y , Multnomah 1, 000 Polk Sherman Tillamook 50 Umatilla lTnion Wallowa Wasco Washington Wheeler . . 100 Yamhill 200 Totals ;.. 2.000 Chamberlain's plurality. 1.150. 3 150 Royalty Can't Pay Bills. Lisbon, May 28. The royal house- hold of Portugal is being besieged by ' J J credi,ors anf? the newspapers of Lisbon are tilled with libel suits, brought by royalty. The courts already have awarded a butcher $210 and costs, the amount of an unpaid meat bill against Dowager Queen Maria Pia and the Duke of Onorto. The situation arises out of the fact that the royal family Via nnt received a sin tr1- nf-nnv fmm the state since King Carlos and his son were assassinated four months ago. Cake's Big Lead in Lane. Cake Leads in Ashland. Eugene, June 1. Meager returns from Ashland, June 1. First 05 votes Eugene and Springfield precincts give counted give Cake 32, Chamberlain Cake 230 and Chamberlain 112 for 2S; prohibition 30, against prohibition United States senator. . Hawley, for 20. representative, has 180 to 50. Hawley 's ."' majority will increase in this propor-j Cramberlam Gets Biker, tion until all returns are in. The legis-' Baker City, June 1. Chamberlain lative ticket will likely be L. K. Bean, has carried Baker county by about 400 V. V. Calkins, A. H. Eaton. Eaton majority if the present ratio con leads the ticket. tinues. The vote on the university bill is 228 for and 17 against. The single tax i Slight Lead in Roseburg. amendment stands 109 for and 145 Roseburg, June 1. Chamberlain has against. The majority against the tax a slight lead in this city. Indications will probably increase in greater pro- are the town will go wet. portion as t lie count progresses. Close Race in Li Albany, June 1. Complete returns have not yet been received from a single precinct in Linn county. The vote at this hour indicates that Cake and Cham- berlain are running close. Cake Leads in Benton. Corvallis, June 1. Meager returns give Cake 290, Chamberlain 278. Re- Rivaling the senatorial election in turns indicate the election of Bonebrake interest was the vote on district at as representative by more than 100. torney. John Manning, incumbent of Nothing is obtainable on the university the office and candidate for re-elec-appropriation bill or single tax issue. .tion, has been defeated by Municpal Judge George J. Cameron, the Repub- Union Probably for Cake. ilican nomineee, by a majority of prob- La Grande, June 1. Prior to 11 except to show the tendencies' of the voters. Cake and Chamberlain are ..iti, r-,L.. i..n,i. tjjng by live and ten 'majorities in the Uncompleted precincts. Prohibition is going to carry here by something like j 100 unless signs fail. Wasco for Chamberlain. The Dalles, June 1. The meager returns available indicate that Cham- ' . . - over i(ake by a probable majority of 250 Othprwi; th fniihttr:ni tiL-if line - f " ... ...... carried throughout the county. Re- i , . . Pan representative in congress will receive a large majority. The Luiversi amendmnt s pr,.bably (carried, while the single tax measure is defeated. Chamberlain Has Gilliam. Condon. Tunp 1 Pnrti.il rrm-iH f,-om every precinct in Gilliam county point to a victory for Chamberlain. who is leading Lake to 1. 1 he vote on local option is close, with a light 2:1 precincts in Marion county show that 00u'rse, everybody in the East, except vote on the amendments. Purdett entire Republican ticket has received t(ie diplomats, associates the demon and Collier for prosecuting attorney a majority, with the possible exception Oration of American naval power with are running neck and neck Cake Gets Malheur. v.alc- Juno 1- Ine returns from ..Malheur county at 11 o clock are: Cake, 00; Chamberlain. 115; Kris, nu; Jeffries. '.)(); Pean. ISO; liailey, 95; "J'-mery, yu; representative, ft. U. . i i . I Ine university full will probably carry hy 4. The single tax amend- nient is lost by probably 1000. Cake Carries Coos. Marshlield. June 1. Few returns' are in at this hour. Indications arc. however, that Cake will carry Coos county by a small majority, probably not over 200. Nearly 40no votes were cast in the county. Other Republi rant , ,n tlio tf.t ti,-L-,.t wi 500 to 600. Marshlield and North j Bend will be against prohibition, buting Cake 18 ahead. The same per- t lie result in the entire county will be w' C a leaf' of Tver very close. Both wet and dry fac- tions claim a victory. Chamberlain Takes Jackson. Jacksonville, June 1. Indications t! -..... . ..a.-, v. C - , , T . Ll Zs V!sr , ' , "nntrsity appropiu- 1 Lrlt.s "y '"'J,"uy one. Single tax lost. Gilliam Lines Up for "Drys. Arlington, June 1. .Much interest was manifested in the election here i . ... i . .... i luu''. ."in ' ie, me ne.ivie.M casi f; "" several years, were polled. Candi- (Iates aiul their interests have been a secondary consideration, the struggl being between the .saloon forces and the temperance people. It is general '.v admitted that Gilliam county will vote dry. Morrow Goes Prohibition. ih.iimh.-i, june i. ii ii coiicciicu hat fcakc 'haJs the count , a , Hcppner, June 1. It is conceded majority, and hi lis is very strong Phelps, for district attorney, has the county by a small majority. The county is conceded for prohibition by 100 or more. A big vote out in Hepp- 2,",o ner, far above registration. ! Cake 2 to I in Columbia. 250 St. Helens, June 1. No outside pre ! cincts have been heard from. Cake 4l is running two to one in Union pre 100 'cinct, and will probably carry the ... .county by better than the Republican estimate ot .nn. wets will carry 100 Union precinct and probably the .... whole county. j00 Polk Will Give Chamberlain 100. 300 Dallas, June 1. Six precincts com 50 plete in Polk county give Cake 104, 50 Chamberlain 178; Hawley 228, Whit 100 ney 113. It is expected that later re ... turns will take away Cake's lead and 250 give Chamberlain a margin of about 100 100. Late Count in Tillamook Tillamook, June'l. Late results to- .Whitney, 51; Cake, 201; Chamberlain. " 170: Parret, 170; Kuykcndall. 62; j Heals, 81; Planchard, 57; Christianson. '13; Laughlin. 02. University will ' lose, three to one. 250 1 Lincoln Favors Cake. " I Toledo. June 1. Cake has undoubt "'"'edly carried Lincoln county. Prohi , ' " bition is very close, but will probably win- 1 "e weatner was tair ana tne (vote heavy. Striking Carmen Return. Cleveland, Ohio, May 26. While their brothers on strike were voting . . today to remain out, 300 striking car- men app;ed for their old positions and . . j Tl , c. . . werc """"'" - " r idly approaching a normal state, and officials say the usual number of cars will he in operation shortly. The strik- ers. however, say the company is badly crionled and say they are confident of winning. They have further plans for the campaign. j Result in Multnomah. Portland, June 2. Governor Cham- berlain has carried Multnomah county for senator by a majority of probably 1000 over H. M. Cake, the Republican nominee. Incomplete returns at 3 ! o'clock this morning give Chamber lain 3152, and Lake 21)02, a lead of 250 votes, with the count one-fifth com- plete ably 3000. f Umatilla in Doubt. Pendleton. June 1. Partial election re- turns at midnisrht indicate that IJm.itill.i county has gone dry by less than. 200 majority. . i ne wets nave carried 1'en- "ur win not go out ot ncre with enough to overcome the strong vote against them throughout the county. Cake is only about 20 ahead of Cham berlain and it will take an official count to determine who has carired the county. Cake Ahead in Josenhine. t- n t .. -r. . . . . i ass, june i.- i ooay s elec- . t " t,on 'ias. bce." exceedingly interesting .inn the hpnvipcf 'rt-t m h 1..,..-..... C Wp Juei'mne county was polled, cake is runnmg ahead in all precincts heard ; . . " '''"' J " from -and will probably carry the county by about 300. It looks like the univer sity appropriation would carry, but counting is going along very slowly and returns are problematical. Result Doubtful in Marion. Salem. June 1. Partial returns from .i miuvi. ,31.110 miluui, uiiun which ine xoie win ne ciose. i ne legislative ticket, composed of three Statement No. 1 men and two Republican voters' choice candidates, has been elected. The vote so far as received shows: Cake, 82S; Chamberlain, 900. Cake Will Carry Klamath. I wn.tm ran, j mie i v neavy vote , cast throughout Klamath county Klamath Falls. June 1 A heavy vote today. Incomplete returns from five precincts indicate that Cake will carry the county and that prohibition will be a c,',.'iC eontest The University appro pnation carries 5 to 1. Cake Ahead in Harney, Burns. June 1. With 1o;i votes counted in this precinct. Cake has 50 and Chamberlain .'!2. Three outside pre- F' cLve. Cake 70 Chamberlain 70. 100. Local option is running close, Democrats concede Cake the county by 50 votes. Result Close in Grant. Canyon City, June 1. Meager returns from .-, precincts out of 20 give Cake 1 11 9- Chamberlain, 113. Ellis 108. Jeffrey 14 xhe scnatorJai vote wjn )e close , Ellis' majority will reach 300. C. W. Parrish. joint senator, and IT. T. Bel- knap, joint representative, have no op- position. Prohibition so far has car- ried. The university appropriation has carried, but sinirle tax has lost. Cake Carries Washington. Tlillshorn. June 1. Latest returns give Cake a lend of a few votes, and Port Arthur, Ont., Loses Three Lives he will carry the county from 1(10 to! and $500,000 Damage. 300. So far as counted, prohibition j Toronto 0nt., Mav t10.A special is beaten bv about loo votes, and the from Pt,rt Artlllir t0l1av aavs ttin'civift comity will probably go 300 wet. Haw- ,,owor ,am ,.irrf,nt -riw'r burst ves ey for congress, will carry the conn- tor,laVi eanH'ina n disastrous flood. Tho ty by 1.0(10 The entire Republican leg- ,,, 0-f thr,,(1 ,iv(,s am a mon(,v r. .- . .... 1 . . " . islativc ticket, one senator and three representatives will be elected. i in. university impropriation will be dc - feated, as will also single tax. Clackamas Votee for Chamberlain. Oregon Citv. June 1. Incomplete returns from 12 precincts give Cake 243, Chamberlain 304. Chamberlain has probably carried Clackamas bv 200. Hawley will have a plurality of a east 1200 Indications point to a victory for the anti-saloon element. land the county may go dry. The en- rent ,.TJ ff I ' ' " u' Cx" j ?,ark were S;ept. away.' A number of doubt Si assess.r, which are!familipg ,iving 'near the (lam are misg. Yamhill Is Cake's by 20. McMinnville. June 1. The count is progressing slowly. Partial returns give Cake 91 and Chamberlain 78. It ' v.nimaii.u linn rvi. a iiiainiiiy m this county will be 200. Hawley, for , representative in congress, will carry """"" r" Parc OI iowen i onnty murs the county by 400. The university j day night, killed one man and injured appropriation nas carrier!, but tne single tax amendment is defeated by a ; large vote. Clatsop Is for Chamberlain. Astoria. June 1 Returns un to 11 o'clock give Cake 215 and Chamber- lain 248. with indications of a c!oe contest in the county. Ellis, for con- pressman, will nrohahlv h.ive r.no nln-i1 rality. . i j - - - f Running Close at Ontario. Ontario. June 1. F.-irly count of votes show candidates for senator and rm,"rrn noemK "om the Island of congressman are running even. Pro- anios have reached Smyrna. They rep hibition is leading, two to one. j resent the situation there to bn most j critical. It is feared that the Turkish Deadly Gas for Burglars. reinforcements now on their way to the Stuttgart. May 20 A chemical firm iAsIan1 wi,l "'T R01 massacre, in the small town of Aalen has per- A P!' the powers d.patch fected and patented an invention that """'l to Ramos is being urged. The hrcitcns burglars with instant death r"neipabty nfSamos exists under the -ffr thev succeed in opening a safe narantee of France, Great Rntain and v:"1t door, either by skeleton key or Ku9!"a- ' - with the airj of compressed air. nitro-J glycerine and other burglars' para-1 Epidemic of Suicide in Russia. phernali.i. The moment an outsider I onens the door, or bores throtieh it. noisonom eases are released, destroy- ing the invader and leaving him dead on the floor. JAPAN PREPARES TO HOLD GROUND Makes Open Door a Farce and Forti fies Herself in Manchuria. Foreign Merchants Are Excluded and Clash With Powers Seems Sure -Port Arthur is Being Strengthened Into Impregnable Fortress Is a Second Gibraltar. Seattle, Wash., May 30 According to a special to the Times from Van couver, B. C, Japaa lias completely re versed the "open door" policy in Man churia. With the arrival of tho Ameri can battleship fleet in tho Pacific, and the possibility of trouble with the United States later on, Japanese staton iiien are preparing for any emergency. Port Arthur, the former Russian stronghold, is being made virtually im pregnable, while the fortifications at Dalny, a seaport and railway terminin on the mainland, occupied by the Jap anese, are being rushed to completion with feverish haste. A clash with the powers oyer a con tinuance of the discriminatory policy now being carried out in favor of the mikado's subjects is inevitable. If Japan is compelled to back down, her surrender will bring its advantages. The Japanese are more curiously amused than alarmed over the proposed visit of the American fleet to the Thpse arQ the conciusions reached by unem. f 1 n fat? aru uif luiiv-iuniwiii iwivih-i Q c Druce during a recent extensive ' n . tour thrnufrh C i ma. Janan and Corea. thr""Kh (;hJ?a , Druce is ex Mav filn'd a"TH."r"arv oi or of Oxford, Eng- . ' f (, t Hritain. Ho is nM ,nira. tor of the herbarium of the University of Oxford. "While the official classes are re served, the Japanese people are not the least perturbed over the dispatch of thrt A ,iir!ii!ln )i5lttlf3l)ma til t.hft Ori- t fr Dmcn cmitimiod. "Of' the Manchurian tVa.le question. The fanlous orien door policy a.lvocato.1 by all the white races is in roality a nullity." FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. Five Years in Penitentiary and Pay $576,000, Ross' Sentence. Salem, Or., May 30 J. Tliorburn Ross, president of the defunct Titlo Guarantee & Trust Company, has been sentenced to serve five years in thu state penitentiary and to pay a fine of $r7t),S,"i,'i, and to serve ono day in tho Multnomah county jail for each 'l of the fine not paid. Sentence was imposed bv Circuit Judge George II. Purnett, after tho mo tion of lions for arrest of judgment and for new trial had been overruled ApP!'V been taken to tho m,prcn. supreme court, and Koss has reen admitted to bail in the sum ot $ouoo. This is the penalty Ross must pay for the conversion of $3fiS,376 of state school funds deposited by State Treas- urer Steel in the Title Guarantee & Trust Company Bank an. I paid out of the bank by its oflicors prior to the tlme tjl,. L.lIlk ast filn. KoS!l , was mnnager of the bank, and as such ( aided Steel in securing legislation winch would enable the bank to get possession of the state school fund without paying interest thereon FLOOD WASHES OUT DAM. "lf,N oi niree lives am a money oss es- timatPll Rt $-n0000 is ro ;)rt(.,,. A ('nnn.tifin lnifin rrni.rhf f riin nnlllmf .i, iw a,ii fi, i' ...ml tracks and the engine was overturned. Engineer Savage, Fireman McHridn ami Prakeman Jntnann, who were on the en gine, were pinned under tho wreckage and drowned. Tho Canadian Pacific. Railway ('manv will be the heaviest i. i .i H The fr(lf(hot waa (lnP to , rajns ti, i. .u. . ,-..t. . rao ' v ,,r!,ln nn.l th iiin of fi. Tornado in Kansas. Topeka, Kan., May 30 A terrific wind utorm of almost the proportiona , . i of a torna,,. whl(,h "ver tho 22 persons, seven of them probably fa tallv. Tho stnrm trnvnin frnm tally. The storm traveled from t.h southwest and wan 150 yards wide. It iook everything m the path and seat- ? ,nnmn"r or n""SM- " "nL y"th Pri The PrP"r '"""Re will amount to tho- "l ,,n"7' fni tne damage to the '"r . Islanders Fear Massacre. Athens, May 30 Many men nnd Rt. Petersburg, Mav 30 There has eon n enidemie of miieidM in Petersburg that has lasted tnr months. The average number of deaths has been 85 a month.