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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1908)
Heppncr Gazette bwicd Ihmndry ot f acfe Wk HEPPNER OREGON PREY TO GAMBLERS. RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS Genera! Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political, His torical and Commercial. A Virginia girl lias married a Brit ish naval officer. International balloon races are be ing' held near Berlin, Germany. Britain continues to hold out against Austria and defends Turkey. Senator Bcveridge is quite ill and lias been forced to cancel several speaking dates. The Trans-Missisippi Congress has turned down the parcels post, after a spirited debate. Much of the wheat grown in the province of Ontario, Canada, is being moved to tidewater by American carriers. A man and woman bound together were found drowned near New York. Investigation showed that they had entered into a suicide pact. A lone robber held up a stage near Missoula. Mont. From $5 to $25 each was obtained from the 12 passengers. Hunger was given as an excuse by the bandit. The United States circuit court of appeals at Chicago has modified th; injunctions against picketing, allow ing unions to thus fight employers so long as it is done peaceably. The battleship fleet has left Manila for Japan. The army retiring board declares Colonel Stewart is disabled. A British fleet has been sMit to Turkey to keep the country quiet. A conference of the powers on the Balkan muddle depends upon Great Britain. 1 he naval tug botoyomo went aground on Puget Sound during heavy fog. E. A. S. Blake has been found guilty of attempting to bribe a pros pective juror in the Kuef case. A Russian general was wounded by tns own troops during the army ma neuvers. Balls became mixed with the blank shells. The waterways convention has passed a resolution asking congress to open a ship canal from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, as the railroads cannot keep pace with the volume of business. A Massachusetts school teacher locked a boy in a closet for punish ment and forgot him. The boy re mained in his dungeon two days and a night while the teacher attended a wedding 20 miles away. The teacher is prostrated and the boy under physician's care. Austria has sent a warship to Bel grade and threatens to annex Servia More dependencies of Turkey threaten to revolt and declare their independence. Seattle banks will back Alaska-Yu kon-Pacific exposition bonds to the amount ot $200,000. Thousands of Land Seekers Are Left Penniltsj in South Dakota. Dallas, i. U., Oct. 13. It is csti mated that 1,000 land-scekers who have come to Dallas and Gregory have lost their money at gaming ta Dies ana are oroKe. many more who have lost all their ready cash have been forced to telegraph for money. Nearly 00,000 persons have regis tered at these two points already and nearly as many more are expected be fore the period of registration closes Hundreds return as quick as they have registered, but thousands have re mained for the drawing. Gamblers have operated their games without restraint and arc said to have made remarkable winnings. They run pell mell 24 hours a day, with the games as strong at daybreak as when the sun sets. To be broke in this country means something to a man, because he is without friends, generally, and at a time when it is not easy to make new ones. Every outgoing train car ries many men who have lost their money and risk their lives riding on brake beams. No land opening has ever brought more people, and they all come with money. Those who have the gam bling spirit stick to the roulette and faro tables, with the result that sev eral hundred are living on charity until they can get out of the country. LONDON CENTER OF INTEREST. A phenomenally rich discovery of goia has been made in the Sturgeon j-aKe district, Canada. James J. Hill says railroads are be ing hampered by many laws. He ad vocates deep waterways. Delegates to the National Rural Lettercarriers' association favor adop tion of a parcels post law. An American and two Spaniards were murdered by Filipinos in one of the provinces near Manila. France continues to insist that an international conference is the only solution for the Balkan trouble. Hearst did not appear at Reno with the Independence speakers, having been threatened with dynamite. A pessimistic feeing prevails in Great Brtain with regard to an early settlement of the near Eastern ques tion. Registration in New York has fallen off greatly from the figures of 1904. A German millionaire has married a St. Louis heiress, after proposing by cablegram. Mrs. Jean Dunsmuir, -who died re cently at Victoria, B. C, left an es tate of $2,000,000. Two Two school teachers were first to register at O'Neill, Neb., for land in Rosebud reservation. St. Petersburg Watching Outcome of Conference in England. St. Petersburg, Oct. 13. The cen ter of interest in the Near East crisis has been transferred to London, and the Ru ssian foreign office is marking time in its negotiations with other powers concerning the convocation of a congress until the outcome of the conferences between M. Iswolcky, Sir Edward Grey and King Edward are known. Emperor Nicholas has decided to leave the letter of Emperor Francis Joseph unanswered until M. Iswolskv returns to St. Petersburg. Count Berchthold, the Austrian ambassador, was closeted with M. Tcharykoff, the acting foreign minister, the entire af ternoon. At the close of the inter view he reiterated the statement that Austria would refuse to participate in a congress unless the Bosnia question was excluded trom this oroarram. The question of the recognition of JJuiganan independence has for the time being dropped out of sight, but Russia has assured Bulgaria that she wm support her pretentions before the congress. The foreign office has received from a score of cities in Turkey tele grams protesting against the Austro-Hungarian-Bulgarian action, which have been adopted at mass meetings held under the auspices of the Younc Turks. The telegrams are identical in text, showing a certain origin. NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON DESCHUTES' BID TOO HIGH. State Land Board Balks at $60 an Acre Lien. Salem The state land board, nt. its last meeting, heard and took under ad visement the application of the Des chutes Irrigation & Power company for a eontraet for the reclamation of 74- 000 acres of land south and east of the tract that company is nlrendy reclaim ing in the vicinity of Bend. Crook County. This new tract is what is what is known as tho Benham Falls project. I lie state has a contract with the United States for tho reclamation of this tract, and now the ouestion i , whom the state shall let the contract of constructing a reclamation system The Deschutes company wants a Turn of $00 an aero for reclaiming the land, but there are indications that the board thinks this is too much. It is reported that the Twin Falls Land & Wat..r ompany, which operated extensively in Idaho and eastern Washington, is 'fig uring on undertaking the Benham Falls project at a price less than that n:i 111,1,1 by the Deschutes company. The board will send State Engineer Lewis to inspect the land and renort.. The company estimates that 31 per cent ui mu nniiu wiici is non-irrigable. I lie state land board adopted a now and important rule relating to resi. lenee on reclaimed land in the Des chutes projects. Heretofore the rules have requested purchasers of reclaimed land to reside three months on the land and put one-eighth of it under cultiva tion within three years from the date of application. The rule adopted per mits the settler to "prove up" by showing a 30-day residence, the culti- ation ot io per cent of his land and the erection of a four-room house. GIVES ELECTORS' NAMES. TRAVELING LIBRARIES. Oregon Now Has 90, With 5,000 Volumes, Scattered Over State I h rt I M'OiViin 1 1 1 1 k Amtimia.ii.tii which has its headquarters in the state NorweBla" government, which has SPITZbERGFN IN DISPUTE. Conference to Be Called to Settle Ownership of Land. Berlin, Oct. 12. An international conference will be summoned in the near future to regulate the future of Spitsbergen, and it is expected that delegates will attend from Great Brit ain, the United States, France, Russia Germany, Sweden and Norway. The house at Salem, has charge of 90 travel mg libraries, 5,000 volumes, which con stitute Oregon's state lending library, Each library contains from 50 to 00 hooks, which are selected to suit dif ference ages and tastes. These libraries are sent to any community in Oregon, taken the initiative in proposing the conference, desires to safeguard the rights of the Norwegian tishermen who work along the coasts of Spitz- bcrgen by an international agreement. 1 he Norwegian fishermen and huntsmen were for a long time undis- ibsolutely free, except transportation pnted masters of Spitsbergen and charges. We will have more libraries eujoyeu unlimited irecuom m toiiovv this winter and should be glad to com- inK tllc'r occupations. Recently, how intinicate with anyone who is interested c er lw0 niining companies, one to know more about them. financed by British and Norwegian The So stations which are now re- capital and the other financed by ceiving traveling libraries are located in the counties of the state as follows: Baker county, ono station; Clackamas, eight; Clatsop, two; Columbia, three; ( rook, one; Douglas, two; Gilliam, two American and Norwegian capital, have begun operations in Advent Bay and both companies have annexed enormous areas of land, and have prohibited Norwegian fishermen and (iriint- fiviv .hii'imiin t'nnr. in..T huntsmen trom tresnassinc on these River, one; Josephine, four; Klamath, territories. It is expected that Nor way win lay ciaiui io me possession of Spitsbergen by virtue of the prior JAPANESE GREETING WARM. Yokohama Turns Out to Do Honor to San Francisco Business Men. Yokohama, Oct. 13. Yokohama is a blaze of color with American and Japanese flags flying from every building. in honor of the delegation of Pacific Coast business men who arrived at 7 o'clock on the Japanese t.'.-. T- T . P f T- iincr iciiyo .uaru trom san rran- cisco. the visitors were greeted at the dock by a crowd which numbered hundreds of representative business men of Japan, assembled from the cities of Tokio. Osaka and Kyoto. Ihe officially prepared program of entertainment for the Americans com menced as soon as they stepped ashore, and every day of their stav in Japan will be completely filled with receptions and sightseeing trips ar ranged by their Japanese hosts. On Thursday the Americans will be the guests of Count Komura, minister of foreign affairs, at a luncheon in ho nor ot the visitors. The Tenyo Maru had an excellent trip across the Pacific. Secretary Benson Issues Form of Bal lot for November Election Salem Secretary of State Benson has issued the form of ballot contain ing the names of all candidates for presidential electors at the November election. The candidates of the five political parties are as follows: RepublicanR. R. Butler, of Mult nomah county; J. D. Lee, of Multno mah county; A. C. Marsters, of Doug las county; Frank J. Miller, of Linn county. Democratic O. P. Coshow, of Doug las county; August Iluckestein, of Marion county; E. S. J. McAllister, of Multnomah county; Samuel White, of Baker county. Prohibition W. P. Elmore, of Linn county; Hiram Gould, of Washington county; A. J. Hunsaker, of Yamhill county; F. McKercher, of Multnomah county. Socialist Peter S. Beck, of Uma tilla county; W. T. Grider, of Union county; James E. Quick, of Coos county; F. C. Varner, of Benton county. Independence John W. Bennett, of Clackamas county; William R. Lake. of Multnomah county; Michael J. Mal ley, of Multnomah county; Thomas A. Sweeney, of Multnomah county. one; i.ane, live; Jjineoln, one; Linn, seven; Malheur four; Marion, seven; Morrow, two; Polk, three; Sherman, three; Tillamook, three; Umatilla, three; I mon, three; asco, one Washington, four; Wheeler, one; Yam lull, three The books of tho eleven traveling li braries which were returned to the of fice between August 12 and August 20 had a total circulation of 1,842 ine ronowing books were among those, that were the most popular: Church, Stories from Homer; Dumas, (. ount ot JMonte Cristo; Kingsley, West ward Ho; Kipling, Kim; Kipling, Light That Failed; Pyle, Some Adventures of I. ohm Hood; Scliafer, History of the rights of Norwegian fishermen and huntsmen, but in this case it is ex pected that Sweden will raise a coun ter claim on the ground that Swedish scientific expeditions have been mainly instrumental in opening Spits bergen to the outside world. PUT POACHERS TO DEATH. Russians Make Short Work of Jap anese Seal Butchers. San Francisco, Oct. 12. The United States gunboat Yorktown, which has Pacific Northwest; Stevenson, Master arrived here after a cruise m Alaskan of Ballantrae; Tiloston. Children 's waters, confirms the news nf the sum- Hour; Wallace. Ben llur. -,.,,. .., c i t . , , ,. ,., . ,, in. ii j iAi"i"ii 'i m-vciui Japanese Besides the traveling libraries the , , , . , .... . SCO nn,11 ipm hv thp Puccinn mil mn. commission has a collection of books . r J r ""- '"-m on .Municipal Government " and a col- lR5 1111 u,c rvomaiidorsKy islands, lection on "Roads" which it is glad to After a speedy trial on charges of oan to any person or any organization piracy, the men were convicted and PEOPLE DE MAND WAR Servians Want King Peter to Tight Servia or Abdicate. Emperor Francis Joseph Could Place One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Men Across Line in Twenty-Four Hours Already Has Large Army Camping on Border. in the state. The one on "Municipal Government" considers municipal im provement public health, sewage disposal, gas and electric light plants and city roads and pavements in a practical way. The li put to death. 1 wo lan.mese schooners with tlmir sanitation, water supply, creu-s, found sealing within the three- mile limit by the revenue cutter Bear, were taken to Valdez. Following the custom ot previous seasons, it is the men will be allowed to states. brary on "Roads" gives the value of thought gnou ro.ms ami practical directions lor sq frce construction and maintaining them; Lieutenant-Commander Pollock, of also road laws of Oregon and some other the Yorktown, which has been doing police duty around the Pnbilof islands, .. ..... . i. . . .i. i . , sr.ues t 11:1 r imp rnnkfrips r ipm ar io ueveiop uane. covered with dead and dying pups. Eugene. The Lane County Asset Their mothers had been killed at sea ommmnv w it'll n rQr,ito 0tv ne io. anu the young left to perish. 000, has been incorporated at Eugene. Lt'eVe d TL lZZ" The incorporators are F. E. Dunn, Al- none was within the three-mile' limit ton Hampton and Joseph Fellman, all While off Cape St. Elias the York- Jackrabbits in Lane. Salem From various sources re ports have been received that jaekrab- bits of the kind common in eastern Oregon are numerous this fall in the Willamette valley. As the eastern Ore gon rabbits have never been numerous enough in the valley to cause any fear of injury to crops it has been assumed that they would not thrive here, hut the unusually large number that have been seen lately gives rise to the belief that they may prove to be a pest. prominent merchants of this city. The town was in a terrific cri'ln nnfl ,..,c uujeci, ui inu new company is io as semble assets and offer them to cap italists to induce them to come to Lane county to develop its resources. Rail road enterprises, especially, will be encouraged. Sand is Discovered. Klamath Falls The railroad grad ers have uncovered a large bed of very fine grade sand three miles south of this city. Good 'sand is very scarce in this country, and up to this time has only been found in Wood river, 40 miles north of Klamath Falls, neces sitating a long and expensive barge haul. The sand just discovered is on the ranches of II. E. Will in rd and A. C. Lewis, ami within easy hauling distance. Activity at Merlin. Merlin The first carload of machin ery for the new smelter which is being put in by tho Alameda Consolidated Mining company at Galice has arrived, as has also the five teams sent from Portland to haul the machinery to the mine. The work of transportation down Rogue river will begin at once, in order to handle the machinery that is to toJlow. Three Delegates From Albany. Albany. The Albany Commercial club will have three delegates at the Trans-Mississippi congress in San Fran cisco next week. President Langdon has appointed Y. G. Freeman, Thomas Cummings and Peter Paulus to repre-j sent tho club, and all will attend. compelled to heave to for 36 hours The gunboat was washed from stem to stern, and one of her lifeboats was carried away. This was the same gale in which the bark Star of Bengal was wrecked on Coronation island, with the loss of 111 men. TRY WIRELESS TELEPHONY. PORTLAND MARKETS. In an attempt to enter a house at Flobodge, Russia, robbers killed 12 peo ple. Tho murderers were arrested. The jury box for the latest Ruef trial is filled, but six of the 12 men may be removed by peremptory challenge. The Japano government has de cided to prohibit all gambling on race tracks and to strictly enforce the laws governing r. cing. The National Rural Lettercarriers' association is in session at Omaha, -et)., ana an ellort is being made to hold the next convention at Portland. While Booker T. Washin gton was addressing 5,000 colored people at Jackson, Miss., a gallery fell. Over 40 people were injured, some of them seri ously. Fire at Manila destroyed property valued at $200,000. Delegates are gathering for the Trans-Mississippi congress. Chicago Air Very Dirty. Chicago, Oct. 13. The health de partment, in a report just issued, states that the dust and soot in the atmosphere nf Chicago, as shown by icsis just iaKen, is three times as great as that in the atmosphere of London. Samples of the air taken at a height ot 40 feet above the street level at four points of the city were subjected to analysis. I he report says: "This excess may be partly at tributed to the long continued drouth The dirt had not been washed out of the air for some time previous to the collection of specimens." Bank Cashier is Accused. Denver, Oct. 1 3. Charged with a shortage of Wi.ooo ,-md with having received deposits when be knew hi-; 'b-ink was insolvent. Aaron G. Pratt. I cashier of the Hanimondsport State iBank, of Han-.mond'-p. .rt. N. Y. b-f; ; Denver for the e.-t in custody of n -,t it ... ,,-, . . rncrin li. . i;ii:mgton and Deputy K. C. Bennett. rf I f amim mdsport. lie was arrested nt L'.iKHiiont, Colo.. j;..tc nc was interested in irrigation enterpn-es. and !e waived extradi tion proceedings. Cancel Feed Contracts. Portland. Portland hay and feed men have boon requested ),v the Isth mian canal commission to bid for gov ernment contracts fur 1.500,000 pounds of hay, 1.000,000 pounds of oats and 100,000 pounds of rice straw for bed ding for delivery at Colon or La Boca between January 1 and February 1. 1000. Bids are also asked for S.OOn bridge ties of yellow pine or Douglas fir for use on the Panama canal work. Austria Still Reaching Out. London. Oct. 13. The Daily Mail's Belgrade correspondent says that the fall of tin- Servian ministry is immi nent and that a voalition cabinet will be formed He ,i!cr st.ites that the Austrian are preparing to seize two islands in tbe Drina river on the Servo-Bosnian frontier. Rumors of war, he says, have caused a run on the Belgrade banks. Railroad Values Increased. Roseburg. Tho work of compiling the valuation ot the Southern Pacific company's holding in tins eonntv for hns been completed bv County As sessor Stalev. One hundred and sixteen and fifteen-one hundredths miles of roadbed, together with the rolling stock, was auscsol at ,l4.2."iO a mile or an increase over the assessment for !!"" of 14.200 a mile. Wallowa to Have Courthouse. Enterprise Tho county court has accepted plans f or a courthouse, to cost $.''.0,000. Bids for foundation and l,ase. ment will le advertised for itnmediat? ly in order that the foundation nt least may le put in this fall. Wallowa conn' ty has been set apart from Fnion coun ty 20 years, and this will be the first courthouse erected in the county. Heavy Assessment in Clatsop. Astoria While it will be several davs before the exact amount of the l!OS assessment will bo known, suf ficient progress has been made in pom idling the variations to indicate that the total will le not less than S ."00 . Ofn. or about $3..-00,000 more than last year. Wheat Bluestem, 93e; club, 88c; fife, 8Sc; red Russian, SGc; 40-fold, 91c; valley, !0c. BarleyFeed, $26 per ton; rolled, $27.oO(; 2,8.50; brewing, $20.50. OatsNo. 1 white, $3131.50 per ton; gray, .$30(57 30.50. Bay Timothy. Willamette valley, $14 per ton; Willamette valley, or dinary, $11; eastern Oregon, $10.50; mixed, $13; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11; alfalfa meal, $20. Fruit Apples, new, G0c(r?$1.50 per nox; peaenes, (),)(" ftoc per box; pears 50c(f$1.25 per box; plums, 50c,(a$l per t'OX; grapes, odc(7; $ 1 .2o per crate; Con cords, 1 1 'jf?.' 20c, per basket; huckle norries, mc per pound; quinces, $1.25 per box; cranberries, $10 per barrel; prunes, He per pound. Potatoes 80ff.90c per hundred sweet potatoes, 2c per pound. ions cantaloupes, !fU((f, i.on per crate; watermelons, lc per pound; cas- abas, $1.75(72 per dozen. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack; carrots, 5c; parsnips, $1.25; beets, $1.25; artichokes, C5c per dozen; beans, 5fal0e per pound; cabbage, 2(fT'2,4c per pound; cauliflower.' 50c(fJ;$1.25 per dozen; eelerj-, 75(7TS5c per dozen; corn, 90co7$1.15 per sack; cucumbers, 5(W 20c per dozen: egg plant, $1.25 per crate; lettuce, 7"o(ii ;$1 per box; parsley, 15c, per dozen; peas, 0c per pound; pep pers, S'f; 10c per pound; pumpkins, (7f) l'-je per pound; radishes, 12',oc per dozen; spinach, 2c per pound; sprouts. 9c per pound; squash, l'..c per pound; tomatoes, 40ff7 0.je. Butter-City creamery, extras, 32'.(7i 34c; fancy outside creamery, 3'rt-32 je per pound; store. 18c. LgL's Oregon extras, 32'ifo,33c; eastern, 25 28c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 12c, per pound spring. 12c; ducks, old, 12(n 12'ic spring, 14; 15c; geese, old, S'oOc young, 9(aA()c; turkeys, old, 18c; young, 19c. Veal Extra, 9ff79V.c per pound; or dinary, 7077'ic; heavy, 5c. Pork Fancy, 7,i'",8c per pound; or dinary, fie; large, 5c. Hops Oregon, 1908. 7(o.7ic per pound: 1907, 2,itf?4c; 1900, 1 4 (7 1 e. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, lOrtJlO'Je per pound, according to shrinkage; valley, 15fff)15'Gc. Mohair Choice, ISffilSYje per pound. Apparatus to Connect Admiralty Of fice With Ships at Sea. London, Oct. 12. The De Forest system of wireless telephony is short ly to be put to the test by the ad miralty, who will, endeavor to com municate by wireless telephone with the channel fleet from the admiralty offices in St. James Park. The experiments, which may extend over some weeks, are expected to demonstrate the possibility of the of ficials in London keeping in touch with the warships at sea and also of the ships , communicating with the land station. Wireless telephony over long dis tances has already been shown to be possible by the invention of Mr. Poul sen, the famous Danish inventor. By means ot powcrlul arc lamps of a spe cial form continuous electrical waves can be sent from one place to another impressed with the effects of speech in such a way that these impressions can be reconverted into speech at the receiving station. I he electrical waves are bent out of shape so to speak, by the telephone connected with the transmitting ap paratus, and these modified waves are capable of carrying the impression to the receiving apparatus. London, Oct. 10. In spite of warn ings to King Peter from Great Brit- tin and France that the people of Servia be kept in check, the nonulaee of Belgrade held demonstrations yes terday and demanded the resignation of the cabinet and also the abdication of King Peter unless he declared war against Austria-Hungary, which has refused to accept Scrvia's nrotest igainst the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Iwo thousand Austro-Hungarian troops are garrisoned along the Drina river between Bosnia- and Servia, ready for eventualities, and it is said 1.50,000 men can be thrown into Servian territory in 24 hours. M. Iswolskv, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, arrived in London ast. night and will have a conference today with Sir Edward Grey, British secretary for foreign affairs, concern ing the calling together of the pow ers signatory to the treaty of Berlin in an endeavor to bring about order in the Balkans. Prince Ferdinand, czar of Bulsraria. entered Philippopolis yesterday and received an enthusiastic greeting at the hands of the troops and the populace. At Candia, the largest city in Crete, ic militia yesterday followed the example of their compatriots at Canca, the capital, and took the oath of loyalty to Greece. A British fleet of two battleships, two cruisers and two torpedoboat de stroyers is today well on its way from Malta to the Aegean sea. The forts on the Bosphorus yes terday fired blank shots across the bows of a steamer flying the new Bulgarian royal flag as it attempted to pass them. A remarkable feature of the situa tion is the self-control of the Turks, wno are acting practically under the direction of Sir F.dward Grey, the British secretary of foreign affairs, who is supposed to have written their note to Austria-Hungary, which was published today. BATTLE TO RAGE. Not Aggressive, Says Servia. Budapest, Oct. 12. Servia has re plied to the Austro-TIiing.irian de mand for an explanation of her pur pose in summoning the reserves to the colors by granting that this step has no aggressive character. Speak ing at Saturday's session of the Aus- tro-l Hungarian delegation, Foreign .Minister von Achrentha exnresset the belief that he would be able to carry through the annexation of Bos nia and Herzegovina peacefully. He said that already he was nctroti.itintr with some of the powers with the view of smoothing out difficulties. Austria's Patience Strained. Paris. Oct. 12. Official advices re ceived here represented the situation between .Vrvia and Austria-Hungary as extremely critical. Austria-II i i . . . --- ' uas served nonce tbat she will not tolerate1 further provocation and that she is prepared for eventualities should the Skupsehitina declare war or mike an aggressive move. The fifteenth Austro - Hungarian army corps occupied the frontier along the Danube, and river gunboats arc con centrating at Senilin. Trans-Mississippi Congress May Fight Roosevelt's Policy. San Francisco, Oct. 10. The ses sion of the Trans-Mississippi Com mercial Congress held yesterday was. devoted largely to addresses covering a wide variety of subjects, to the de liberations of the committee on reso lutions, which took action unon . number of important questions, and to entertainment of the delegates in the form of automobile tours of the city. Practically al! of the contests be fore the committee on resolutions af fect, directly or indirectly, the ex pressed policy of the national admin istration upon matters relating tr conservation of resources and in some instances it is expected that the con troversies will be carried to the floor of the congress this morning, when the delayed report of the committee is presented for consideration. One of the most important of these related to the disposal of water rights suitable for power develop ment, and a resolution introduced by Frank Short, of Fresno, dealing with the subject, was so amended before the committee as to defeat ,-i nm- posal to grant to the originators of power projects the rights and priv ileges that are now accorded irriga tionists. Kx-Govcrnor George C. Pardee, of California, a member of the national commission on conser vation of resources, opposed Mr., Short in the hearing, and it was agreed that the resolution should not indorse the granting of perpetual rights, whether located in or out of forest reserves, and should not con fer the right of disposal upon the state in which they were located. John Bull Stands Alone. London, Oct. 10. The Near East ern situation is in a position of sus pended animation, pending the con- terence between M. Iswolskv. the Russian minister of foreign affairs, and Sir Edward Gray, the Britisli foreign secretary. The Russian min ister arrived here from Paris yester day afternoon and will discuss with Sir Edward today the question of a conference of the powers. Great Britain is still of the, opinion that it would be better for Turkey if the matter were settled without a meet ing of the powers. Acquits Mob Leader. Snringfield, III., Oct. 12. The jury in the case nf Ernest Humphrey, one of the alleged mob leaders indicted for malicious destruction of nrnnertv on August 13 last, lias returned a ver dict of not guilty. This is the third case growing out of the recent race riot in which a verdict of not eniltv has been returned. Fire on Bulgarian Flag. Constantinople. Oct. If). One of the boats of a Bulgarian comnanv which runs a steamship line between Consinntinoplo and Varna narrowly escaped serious trouble yesterday a"-; a result of flying the new Bulgarian royal flag, which is unknown among the nations of the world. The steam er attempted to enter the Bosphorus and the observers in the forts, not knowing her nationality, fired two blank shots across her bows. There upon the steamer turned anddepartcd Sought Triple Alliance. Hongkong. Oct. 10 Tt U tm.,l here from reliable sources tlmt thn. real reason of Sir Robert Hart's re cent visit to England was to bring about an alliance between China the Lmtcd States and Great Britain tr conserve the interests of the three nations m the Far East.