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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,
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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
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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.