NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Oar
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resumo of th« Loa* important but
Not Les* Interesting Evonta
of th« Past Week.
Th« Rhode I r land legislature has ad
journed without breaking the senatorial
deadlock.
The attorreny general of Kansas has
a scheme whcih he believe« will effect
ively «top all liquor traffic in hia state.
liatern Montana is experiencing a
blizzard. On the Flathead Indian res
ervation there is over six inches of
ano*.
Harrirtnan has plans for a new ter
minal in Chicago and proposes to resrch
it by a tunnel 22 miles long under the
lake.
The government has been asked to
take ata hand in the labor trouble of
the Rio Grande railroad and prevent a
strike.
FOR NEGRO EDUCATION.
BUILDING8 UNFINISHED.
Aged Quaker Woman Provides for
Schools in South.
Jamestown Exposition to Open 80
Par Cant Completed.
Philadelphia, April 24 —A gift of
»1,000,000 for the establishment of a
fund for rudimentary achoola for South
ern negresw »«« announced here to
night. The donor is Misa Anna T.
Juanee, a Quaker of thia city.
Booker T. Washington, head of the
Tuskegee Institute and Hollis Burke
Friseell, pveaidvnt of the Hampton Nor
mal Industrial instituís, are named aa
trustees of the fund, but neither of the
institution« they represent will share in
the gift. The income of the million
dollars is to be used for (he sole pur
pose of assisting in the “Southern
United State« community, country and
rural schools (or the great class of ne
groes to whom the small rural and
community schools are alone available.”
Mr. Washington and Mr. Friseell are
empowered to appoint a buaud of trua-
tee* in connection with the fund. The
Pennaylvania company for insurances
on lives and granting annuities of thia
city will act as fiscal agent for the trus
tees.
Mias Jeanee, the donor, is shout 80
years of age and comee from an old and
wealthy family that has N en promin
ent for more than a century in the So
ciety of Friends.
She lias long been
interested in the welfare ot the negro
and has been a contributor to the in
stitutes for education.
Norfolk. W. Va., A|irll 21.—IWapite
the energvlic effotta of officials and
workmen, the Jauieatown Tvrvvnte>iiiiial
exposition will tie opened thia seek Uli-
teady.
Many of the struct urea tliat
are to Iva vs domestic and foreign ootu-
mnndal exhibits and shelter
the
achivvement* in the Indualrial art* si*
incomplete. Yet the sum of what baa
been done, as eoni|i«red with th« till-
finished work, forms a satisfav-tory r«-
ault.
In the beauty of the water show with
its amauing gathering of foreign fleets,
repraeniing Hie most formidable ty|iea
of naval fighting machlnv« of nearly
every power in the world, and in an
opening ptoqram with President Roose
velt in tl.s leading role, with diplo
matic, military and naval reprva«'iita-
tivaa of grtwl and «mail foreign nationa
participating, the public will liave its
recompense.
The gtounda and building« at the ex-
poaiUou are about 80 par cent finished
Several thousand of the most important
building* are built xolidlv ol brick,
cement and iron, and llieae are intend
ed to tamaiil on the grounda as a nu-
claua of a great park. Reganiless of
the |iermanenee of the work, however,
the exterior of most of the building«
will be ready when the exposition la
formally opened on Friday next.
The Jamestown TUreentennial, when
completed, will lie almost all that ia
implied in the expreasion, "a world's
fair,' but it will not atop there. No
other exposition lia> attempted to show
the world the life of the colonist«, tbs
hardship* of the pioneer* who opened
the country after civilization had been
attained on the «ealxiarvl, and the
achievement these people work*.! from
the raw material. Tw< nty-fiv* stati-e
will trace their hlatoty from th dr ear
liest days to the present, and Hie ex
hibits will le sheltered by building«.
The state buildings have lo-en grouped
along the historic shore of Hampton
Roads, and command an exc«llent view
of the navies of the wot Id.
It is this gieat naval display that
will prove the crowning glory of the
exposition.
Nothing like it has ever
before lieen attempted. Tlieie are few
harboia in the world that accomodate
so large an amieniblage uf warehi;»
The fleets will number, in ildition Io
eevenil ot tile lies! types of each of the
foreign naval powers, the Atlantic fleet
of the United States navy, under com
mand of Rear Admiral Evans, which i*
conceded to be the flneat organization
of fighting machine* at|.«l.
The mvtl of government sponsorship
will te set upon the exposition by the
coming of the president of the United
States, amlusxadors and minister« of
foreign governments, the governor« and
representative« of state« and territories
and delegations reprtaenting inipoitant
civic bodies.
SUSPICIONS AROUSED.
The crews, all Americans, of seven Fr«nch Officials Believe Incendiary at
Work in Toulon.
of the trains ol the Sonora railroad are
in prison in Mexico charged with smug
Toulon, April 24.—For the sixth
gling arms and ammunition into that time within a few months this port has
country.
been stricken by disaster from fire, but
Four men burned to death, 250 this time the resultant damage is prin
Shortly after mid
horses killed and 12 firemen injured, cipally material.
two of them seriously, and a property night a sentinel at the arsenal noticed
hsss of »200,000 is the result of a New a glare of flame* in a t tore house used
for rope yarns.
He at once gave the
York fire.
alarm and soldiers, members cf the
Governor Ma goon has signed a de crews of warships in port and employes
cree granting amnesty to the members of the arsenal were turned out to fight
of the armed forces of Cuba who have the flames, which spread with incredi
been found guilty of committing offens ble rapidity.
es during the recent revolution.
The buildings in the vicinity of the
A parliament house is to be built by storehouse contained 200,000 pounds of
material to clean machinery, 60.000
Ru-wia.
pounds of oakum, 5,000 sponge«, enor
The senatorial deadlock in Wisconsin
mous quantities of ballast, baskets,
continues unbroken.
hampers, sail cloth, turpentine, linseed
it is said Thaw lawyers will ask for oil and other infiammables.
The wall of a storehouse' fell in,
a change of venue for the next trial.
Russian industry is being paralysed burying 60 men. 10 of whom were Be
by the continued strike of the sailors. verly injured. The cause of the fire
has not yet been ascertained. The
The senatorial deadlock in Rhode finding of two piece» of fuse of a kind
I-land is practically where it «as 13 not used in the French navy has arous
Weeks ago.
ed the suspicion that it was not alto
A resolution asking Roosevelt to ac gether accidental. A rigorous investi
cept another term has been defeated by gation is being conducted. The author
ities are becoming more and more con
the Pennsylvania legislature.
vinced that the outbreak of fire was
More than a score of foreigners ac due to malevolence.
cused of being members of the “Black
Hand’’ and responsible for a large
Stops Sala of Block Tickets.
nimber of crimes are on trial at
Minneapolis, April 24.—The Inter
Wilkeebarre, Pa.
state Commerce commission has stopped
Secretary Taft is home from a the issuance of cheap tickets to Chicago
month's trip to Panama and Cuba. by the "Block system’’ on the Minne
He praises the work done ty Governor apolis A St. Louis railroad.
All of
M igoon in Cuba and says the canal is the cheap tickets will be withdrawn.
progressing satisfactorily.
The ruling cf the commission will have
A committee appointed by the Min- a far reaching effect on the passenger
President Day today
n *>ta legislature places the value of rate situation.
r 11 roads in that state at *215,000,000. said be did not know how many of the
The report says much water has been tickets had been issued, but it is re-
poited that some *50,000 werth of the
injected into various rtocks.
block tickets, which would give a *6
King Leopold may offer to cell Congo tare to Chicago, have been sold.
to France.
Cold weather in Texas has greatly
damaged early fruit.
The order of Native Sons of Califor
nia have ousted Ruef.
War has been
America and an
duraa.
renewed in Central
army sent into Hon
Fire partly destroyed the largest
shipyard at Genoa, Italy. The loss is
placed at *500,000.
Several prominent Ohio lumber deal
ers have been indicted for violating the
anti-trust laws of that state.
A Chicago boy 17 years old has dis
appeared with *7,000 which he was to
take to a bank for his employers.
The Minnesota senate has tabled a
resolution passed by the he use which
hendorses Roosevelt in his stand
against Harriman.
Fire swept over 100 acres of Manila,
the loss amounting to *200,000. The
greatest part of the destroyed eection
was composed of native house«.
A discharged employe of the New
Yoik, New Haven 4 Hartford railway
ha« been arrested for altemptng to
wieck a passenger tiain on that road.
A St. Louis couple will be married
soon at the ages of 101 and 100.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York
have been visited by a snow storm.
Early fruit in Tennessee is reported
to be severely damaged by cold weather.
A sligbt'earthquake shock at Charlee-
v>n, 8. C., threw the people into a
panic.
There is no chance for the election of
a senator from Rhode Island the preeent
session of the legislature.
Chinese famine sufferers are dying
by hundreds and there is difficulty In
securing the dead suitable burial.
There is a deadlock in the Wisconsin
senatorial contest.
President Roosevelt lias about made
up hie mind that the best way out of
the national campaign trouble is for the
government to pay the legitimate ex
penses of all candidates.
Sen Francisco street railway employ
es are receiving back pay. The arbitra
tion board granted the men an increase
from the time the trouble began last
fall and now *415,000 is being distrib
uted.
The Austrian premier declare« every
cclony of the various nations should be
made an independent government.
Dr. Kennard, an American agent in
Russia, says the suffedring there from
famine is appalling.
Not less than
20,000,000 ate dependent on aid until
another harvest
Epidemics of disease
add to the suffering.
Jerome is investigating a charge of
tampering with a Thaw juror.
The vice president of the New York
railroad favors government
Central
control.
SAYS ESTIMATE IS TOO HIGH
FARMING PAYS AT WOODBURN
U'Ren Compile* Coat of Submitting Actual Craps Disposed of Show Ex-
Legislation to People.
tv« Good Profit*.
Oregon City—William 8. U'Ren, the
Wcsxlburn—]( th« true farming con
father of th* initiative and referendum, dition* of thia section were more wid*-
take* issue with the statements that J ly . known
......... in th* East there would l>e
have teen published regarding the coat thousands
------Il more coming to Oregon re-
of voting under that law. Mt.
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V Ren _
gardle** of whether
there
has «artfully compiled the coat of initi-, railroad rat*« or full fare. ____
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is on-
atlng and referring legislative measure« j ly a few instances of how farming in
tc th« people under the act of 1907, this vicinity jmj «, reference being made
which repealed the act of 11K»3. He tc recent sale* of 1906 cro|w:
admit* that the postage expense In |
P. J. Anderson, ten acre« of pots-
IWCte, MHQ
winding printed matter all over the . .to*«,
sold lor
for *1,043.
state to 100,000 voters will be »3,000,
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Martin
Berga u, six acres of potatoes,
Intt he says that th* cost of punting sold for *750.
would be *S.636 for 120 pages ot meas
Bonnes Bro*., one and three-fourths
ures. figv-ing on 100,000 copise, which acres of potatoes, sold for *317.
is one third more than have ever l<een
llemshorn Bros., lour acres ot on
printed, lie says the binding «ill cost ions, sold for *800.
»3,600 and the paper *1,563
Innumerable instance* can be given
The experience of Mr. U'Ren stands cf big profits being made by producers
him in good stead in figuring on thi* in potatoes onions, hop«, clover seed
matter. He base* the cost of address and other outputs, and the future took*
ing and tilling 100.000 envelope* at *4 (so exceedingly bright that our farmer*
per thousand, totaling *400. The en- are preparing to increase their acreage
velcpe* can be supplied and printed for , The markets are all that could be de
*5 per thousand, or *500, and he be sired.
lieve* that the cost of securing the
names and po*tortkv add lease* of 100,- LANE FRUIT CROP TO BE HEAVY
(»' voteis will not exceed *l.50V.
The publication of proclamation* is
All Fruits fexespt Apple* Give Prom
not tequired by the new law of 1907, |
ise of Abunqant Yield.
and the item of *5,000 for that pur
Eugene—The fine »arm weather of
pose must be eliminated from the'
cost. Mr. U’Ren believ*« that hia *•- th* past two weeks ha* advanced th*
buds and blossoms so materially tliat
timate is conservative.
some prophesy of the 1907 fruit crop
can l>e made.
Must Put Up Tim« Tablas.
Every crop but apple.« promise* to 1»
One of tbe rules of the state railroad
commission is that bulletins giving the heavy. Apples will not be a* plentiful
hours of the arrival and departure of this year as last, although Hie care
all trains, be |Oted in every station. tliat apple raiser* are giving their
Practically all stations have for years orchards insure« a better quality than
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been
supplied
with there bulletin Loan is in year* past.
but t"evause of the careleesneee or indif-1 The (teach crop, which was the lighl-
ference of agents, time cards have not ’’st fruit crop in this aectkm last vest,
been posted for the infurnoition of the
no accident befalls, will be unusually
public. Newly painted bulletin boards heavy. Cherries, peare. prunes and
are being tent t< station agent* for the plums look uniformly well. The yield
O. R. 4 N. and the Southern Pacific, on smaller fruits will he good,
accompanied by a lettet from the office I
The grain, hay and grase crop is in
of General Manager J. P. O’Brien, in good condition for thia Unie ot the
which tbe attention of agent* is called veau.
to the posting of bulletins.
Klamath Want* Gateway.
Elgin Is Going Ahead.
Elgin—Elgin is one among the many
Oregon towns that are growing with
rapid strides. Several thousand dollars
are to be expended the present season
for public improvements, chief among
which will be the erection of a new
and modern school building which will
cost when completed *20.000.
The
structure will be constructed of native
stone and brick and will have ten
rooms. The building will be heated
by steam and will have every modern
convenience.
School Clerk Weiss is
now receiving bids for tbe structure,
and it will be completed this season.
Adopt Interstate Regulations.
Klamath Falla—Crater lake will re
ceive mora attention from tourists dur
ing the coming summer than at any
time heretofore. The lake has become
quite widely known as one of the great
est wonders of tbe world, and is likely
to be the means of bringing thousand*
of people to the Klamath country. A
movement is now on foot to establish a
diirot route from this city to Crater
lake. A boat will ply between Kia
math Falls and Fort Klamath.
Stages
will tw run from Fort Klamath to th*
lake, perhaps tri-weekly.
Expect* Big Gathering.
Hood River—Memliereof Hood River
valley’s grange societies are preparing
to make arrangements for entertaining
their fellow members from other partta
of the state, who will meet here in con
vention May 24. Letters received in
dicate that between (hM) and 800 mem
tiers will be present, as societies from
several distix-ts have already signified
their intention of sending large delega
tions. Multnomah connty is expected
to be represented by 150 to 200.
Salem—With the excepticn that the
period of posting notice« is fixed at ten
days instead of 30, the Railroad com
mission has adopted tbe rule« of the
Interstate Commerce commission bod
ily, regulating the serving of notice
upon the commission and posting of
same in waiting rcoma of railway sta
tions when it is proposed tc make a
change in the regular schedule of rates,
mileage, commutation, party, excrrsion
Expenses of German Army Grow.
and round-trip rates.
Notice of the
Medford Road Buys Option.
Berlin, April 24.—During the dis adoption of this rule has been forward
Medford—Right of way agents of the
cussion in the reichstag today of the ed to all railload companies in the
of Butte Falls A Western railway are
army appropriation,
General
von state.
purchasing options on land through
Einen, minister of war, referred to the
which the contemplated survey will
Train Servica Bad.
difficulties encountered by the army
administration recently because of the
Members of the state railroad com pass. The incorporators of the Butte
purpose of the government to rearm mission have addressed a letter to Wil Falls 4 Western liave large tirnbn hold
the field artillery, the foot artillery liam McMurray
general
I atraen ger ings in the vicinity of Butte Falls, and
and the infantry as quickly as possible. agent for the O. R. 4 N., informing contracts for the delivery of *1,800,000
The extraordinary expenses in the army him that the local train service be- worth of sawed timber to the California
appropriation for 1907 include *10,250,- tween Biggs and Pendleton is inade Box company, which must be partially
000 for the rebuilding of fortresses, quate.
In the absence of a necessary filled within the current year.
against *5,250,000 in 1906.
When local service lietween these
Will Fight Closed Season Law.
this is done, expenses will be lees.
commission argue* that
Astoria—Fred Olxon and John Mua-
transcontinental train* have
Attack Guatemala Next.
obliged to look after this traffic with tik were arraigned in the Justice court
v.w^..
w> , charging ...v..l
on » complaints
them with
Mobile, Ala., April 24.—Passengers the result that these trains are fre-, vw
arriving here today from Honduras say quently several hours late reaching ' operating xetnets during the closed sea
son in Youngs and I-ewia and Clark
President Zelaya will delare war again Portland.
riven, respectively.
Muatik pleaded
in Guatemala in about two months.
guilty and was fined *50. Olson will
They say the natives of Port Barrios
Jackson County Stock Burned.
believe this fervently enough to begin
Jacksonville—The barn of L. Neider- fight the charges against him on the
work on sandbag fortifications fronting meyer, one mile north of Jacksonville, ground that the state fishing law does
the town. The general opinion is that was consumed by fire a few days ago. i not apply to Youngs river.
Zelaya will now turn his attention to The origin of tlie fire is a mystery, a« I
PORTLANO MARKETS.
Guatemala. All traces of the recent it wax in the early hours of the morning
trouble have been smoothed over and that Mr. Neidermeyer discovereil it. I
the Nicaraguan« are in control.
Wheat—Club, 75c; bluestem, 77c;
At the time ot the fire there were five |
head of valuable farm horses in tbe valley, 72c; red. 74c.
Say Strikebreakers Are Imported.
barn, al) of which were burned.
Twoj
Oats—No. 1 white, *29.50; gray. *28
Vancouver, B. C., April 24.—Prose thoroughbred heed of fine sows were *1- «29.
cutions were ccmmenced this morning so cremated. One hundred tons ot hay j
Rye—*1.45(81.50 per cwt.
in the Supreme court under tbe alien and all tbe farming machinery were!
Barley—Feed, »22.50 pqr ton; brew
labor act against Smith 4 Sherburne, also destroyed. The total loss is esti-. ing, »23; rolled, »23.50(824.50.
Aiderman 4 Baynes 4 Horie, contract mated at *3,000, with no insurance.
Corn—Whole, »25; cracked, »26 per
ors, charging that they brought here
ton.
ten carpenters from Seattle to take the Commission Hou*« Change*
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Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1, »150
Hand*
places of local strikers. It is alleged
important real estate »« _ per ton; Eastern Oregon
timothy,
La Grande— •An
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the men were hired by Agent Williams deal was consummated this week when *1"®18; elover, *9; cheat, *9; grain
in Seattle and that their fares were L W. Damon and Dr. M. K. Hall pur- t‘«y. »«®10-
paid to Vancouver.
chased the fruit and commission busi-|
Apples—Common,
75c<$*1.25 per
ne«s formerly owned by the Parr-Sim-
choice, »1.5002.
Li Hung Chang's Son Appointed.
mons company.
The present owners I
Vegetables—Turnips, *101.25 per
Pekin, April 24.—Lord Li Ching will enlarge th* facilities for handling wk; carrots. *1 ocl .25 per sack; beets.
Fang, the adopted eon of the late Vice business and will probably add a cold *1.2501.50 per sack; horseradish, 7(8
roy Li Hung Chang, lias been appoint storage plant during the summer. Mr. 8c per pound; cauliflower, *101.50 per
ed Chinese minister to London. The Damon will lie the active manager. dozen; lettuce, head, 35«45c per dozen;
new minister is very wealthy. He was The price paid for the business wax onions, 10f» 12^c per dozen; radixheir,
formerly minister to Japan and was the »16,000.
I 20c per dozen; a-qeragtis, 11015c per
second plenipotentiary of China at the
pound; rhubarb, 304c per pound.
time of the peace negotiations after the
Onions—Oregon, *3«4 per hundred.
Fruitgrowers to Build Warehouse
war between China and Japan.
Potatoes—Oregon and Eastern, *1.85
fa Grande—The special meeting of
the Grand Rcnde Valley Fruitgrowers’ ©2 per sack; sweet potatoes, 8c per
Coldest April in El Paso.
union will aoon be called to discuss the pound.
El Paso, Tex., April 23.—The tem plan of building a warehouse in la
Butter—Fancv creamery, 22% 025c
perature here fell to 31 degrees last Grande for the accommo<lation of the per pound.
night and a heavy frost covered every association's bnainesa.
Butter Fat—First grade cream, 26c
The officials
thing and did damage to fruit. It is seem to favor the project, and in all per pound; second grade cream. 2c leas
the coldest April weather known in El probability the building will be com per pound.
Paso’s history. Twenty-two yeais ago pleted in time for the handling of thia
Poultry—Average old hens, 15*816c
tbe temperature got down to freezing. year’s crop.
per pound; mixed chickens, 156»<15^c;
spring fryers and broilers, 22fa028c;
Treasure Revealed bv Earthquake
Paying Off County Debt,
old roosters, 10012c; dressed chickens,
Lisbon, April 24.—A cave wax dis
Oregon City—The semi-annual state 16017c; turkeys, dre«se<l, choice, 18($
covered containing valuable treasure in ment of the financial condition of Clw-k- 020c; geese, live, He; ducks, 16018c.
cluding many old pieces of gold coins, zmiH county, just completed by County
Eggs—19c per dozen.
jewelry and antique arms, supposed to Clerk F. W. Greenman, shows that the
Dressed Meats—Veal, b%(a>fic per
have been a buccaneer's board.
Re net indebtedness of the county has been pound; beef, bulls, 30%c; cows, 5(8
cent earthquake« which exposed the d<cr<-ased by one-half during the past 6c; country steers, 607c; mutton,
cave, made the discovery possible.
year.
The indebtedness March 31, fancy, lOrttlOJ^c per pound; ordinary,
1906, was *42,572.12, and this year it 8<89c; spring lambs, with pells, 13c;
Plague Rages at Cartagena.
is only *20,571.80.
pork, 6(89c per pound.
Madrid, April 24.—According to an
Hops—7010c per pound, according
Oppose Referendum Move.
evening newspaper, the minister of
to quality.
marine has received a telegram from
Brownsville—Ash Swale grange is
Wool—Eastern Oregon average best,
the captain general at Cartagena say one of the granges of Linn county that 13018c per pound, according to shrink
ing the plague is raging at that port does not take kindly to the proposition age; valley, 21(322c, according to fine
and that 300 persons have l*en sent to to use the referrndiffh on tbe Btate uni ness; mohair, choice, 29030c per
hospital*.
versity appropriation.
pound.
BIG BENEFIT TO GRAIN CROPS
PRESIDENT TO KING
German Ambassador Carries Mes-
saye on Hayue Meellny.
DISARMAMENT UNES ARE DRAWN
Austria and Germany Refus* to Dis
cus* Limiting ot Armamsnt—
Ssrloua Rupture Feared.
Washington, April 23.—A most Im
portant revelation in cunnwtiun with
Baron von Sternlarrg, Gel man andsias.i-
dor, and hia visit to Germany at this
time ha* been mads by a diplomat II
this city. The diplomat In question is
quoted *s raying that, although the
pur|s«>e of the Garman aiiil««**dor‘»
vacation—a very brief one, by the way
—is <«ten«ibly to take a rest in liia own
country, in reality it I* corn-erned a Ith
th* present instability of German in
ternatili!*! politic*. It Wil» even said
that Baron von bternls rg »«• the bearer
ol an lm|kittant message to Emperor
William from I'lcwident Roosevelt and
that this action was being hidden under
th* pretext of a varalion to hia estate«
In eotuicethaili with the German am-
baseador'a departure, it i* hinted that
two other aml«i*HU<lors nmv find it ire-
eesicary to postpone or rearrange their
plans for the late spring and summer.
These are Itanm de« Planches and M
Jiiascrand. Il turn* out tliat the ouse
of this diplomat Io turmoil I» the dissi-
niainrnt queetion at The Haaue, ••
proposed by England, and wlia'. may
liap|ien In case Germany and Austria
insist on not discussing the pro|H«al.
Thia question concern» the United
Stale«, Is»ause It is believed—and
th* president's remark« lately seem to
confirm thi* view of it—that. If the
power* per«i>t in maintaining their
decisive stand, it will caure a realign
ment of tlie nation*and u actions rup
ture will cxvur lictwrvn this country
and Germany
II 1« with theae pumi-
hilitles in view that the Italian and
French ambassadors will endeavor to
pface before their resjiective govern
ments special reporta containing sug
gestions .
Hitches ar* likely to occur in the
near future between England and Ger
many. and Frarx-e and Germany. If
Italy persist« in taking ride» with Aus
tria and Germany at Th* Hague con
ference, It is stated, it will i»u»« «
halt in th* sympathies lw>t«t*n herself
and England and France, and also this
count rv.
DEVOURED BY PEST
Ditsaae
I* In Nearly Every Chinese
Famine House.
BREAK HARRIMAN MONOPOLY.
Secretary Bonaparte May Reclaim Big
Union Pacific Land Grant.
Cheyenne, Wyo.. April 22.—Aa on*
of Hie ivaults of th* recent Investiga-
tlona by the luterai«« Commesse com-
uilaaioii into Western land frauds, At
torney General Boiia|Mrt« lias under
ixuisideratlon an attempt to hire« the
Union Pacific railrrad to return to the
government all the millions of acres
which remain unsold of the original
land grant. Ilf the greet grant of mote
than 20,000,000 wcr.«, the rued yet
holds an area equal Io the stat«« of
ConiKX'ticut, Rhode Island nod I Mia
ware, and «till lieve nearly 500,000
sen« Irti over. This imiiK'ii»« l«»iy ot
land in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
Wyoming and Utah, if returned to tl>»
government, would iiiiiiHxliately I»«
thrown ti|«<ii to sett lenient under the
homestead laws.
Immediately after the Interstate
C hiu inen'e conimlxalon's Investigation
ol the conditions which have made |»e«
• iblv III* monopoly In roal land winch
the Union I’aGfle has maintained for
2ft year*, Coninileiaoner Prouty called
upon the attorney* for the riimmiaaloli
to submit rwomineiiilat ions for reme,
dial legislation III to suggest other
nivMiis of dealing with the nronojhily.
Thos<> recommendaliona are trow tn the
liand* uf Hie attorney general.
"IMelroy the land monopoly of the
I'tnon I'xcitii ,’' is tlie I his I* of this re
port.
IMMENSE FRISCO GRAFT.
Police Captain Tails of Blackmail In
Tendsrloln District.
Ban FraiK’Isco. April 22.—Captain of
Police John Mooney was on the stand
In the grand juiy rousn for two hour*
Inlay, and when he left it was an
nounced that be loul not completed the
story of |«iliee corruption, but would
return tomorrow to finish tbe recital.
Air MixHiey'a tralinnmy was sensa
tional in the vitrem*. Th* biinh'ii of
it « m that <-orrnptioii of the blackest
kind exists III the d*|«niiii« nt, and that
It exists by th* rufferanov and viK-our-
agvmvnt ol Chief of Police Di nan,
Mayor Schmits, Ahe Ruef and a cer
tain element in th* lower courts. Mr,
Mixinvy *sid tliat all Ins efforts to purge
the loan of undesirables were bln'kid
by the men lu authority, wh<«e duty it
was to assist.
Mr. Mixiney charged that reeorta In
the new tenderloin were protected at
regular rates. With his aaeirtarnv the
grand jury has been put in poa«*»«ion
of evidrnce which shows a depth of de
gradation almost unbelievable. It lias
l>een shown that the mayor anil Hurt
have been |«rtnrrs in a< in* of the nxiet
nefarious enter|>rii<w launched In any
municipality.
BAD CONDITIONS ON ISTHMUS.
Italy Forbids Emigration and 8and*
Man to Investigate.
Rome, April 22. — fx>roy Park, agent
Fruit Slightly Injured In Nebraska but
Victoria, II. I'., April 23.—Mall ad for the Panaina Canal cninirnaeion, who
Snow Did Grsat Good.
vice« from bhangbai tell of many |ai- was sent here to invrwtigate means of
Omaha, Neb., April 23 —As a re
sult of unprecedented weather that pre
vailed during the greater part of the
month of March, and the freelzng
weather and heavy arrow fall of the |«*t
few days, early fruit», such as |*aciiee,
[Juma, apricots, cherries and blacklier-
riew in this section have baeu injured,
but the general opinion among those
who have the Imet means of information
is that the damage is not a* great a*
has l»en reported. Indeed, many are
of the opinion that, while ea«ly fruit*
have been injured and In some In
stance« completely killed and possibly
some of the later varietie* have lieen
hurt, the lenefits resulting to the grain
eroji* from the snowstorm more than
offrets the damage.
”Report* from points along the line
of our railroad are not unfavorable,”
said G. W Ixeimia, assistant general
manager of the Burlington, tixiay.
"The fruit in the southern part ot
Nebraska, which th« unusual warm
weather in March had brought to an
advanced state of development, la re
ported to have been pretty badly dam
aged, but little or no damage is report
ed from points north. The snow, how
ever, did a vast amount ol good to wint
er wheat, and lias pul tbe ground in
fine condition for other farm cropa.”
Sllmilar report« have been received
at the general offices fo the Northwest
ern road.
tiietic incident« oLnerved by committer«
engagisl in lamine relief work in Cen
tral China.
Rrfugres «nd dogs were
seen fighting for the flour spilled at
distributing depots. 8inall|«>x Is rav
aging tbe atrickrn areas
In nearly
every house there is xni«llfsix or fever
and nothing to eat but the bark of trees
and potato vine*.
James Ware, of the Red Crus*, writ
ing from Tsing Kiang Pu, ««y« he saw
Ixsliee of children laid out by the rcstd-
aide to lie devoured by the semi-wild
dog* of the plains, and dead men scat
tered along the riwdwav.
Many fainalle* are tear Ing do« n their
home« and «elling tbe timber* to pur
chare fisid.
Hundred« are employed repsiring
roads and Alling ««amps, being paid
from 5 to 10 cent* a day.
Britlah Dalsgate* to Th« Hague.
Ixndon, April 23 - -The British dele
gates to the jieac« conference at The
Hague are a« follow*
Hir Fxlward
Grey, ex-lord justice of appeal and a
rnemlier of the permanent court of ar
bitration at The Hague; Hit Fir nest
Hatow, ex-British minister at Tokio
and Pekin and memlier of fiermanent
court of arbitration at The Hague;
Lord Reay, president of the Royal Asi
atic society and I'niveraity college,
Ixindon, and a memlier of the privy
council, and Sir Henry Howard, the
British minister at The Hague.
To Defend Harriman Line.
Topeka, Kan., April 23.—It mi ru
mored here today that N. H. I* mm is,
general solicitor for the Union Pacific
railtoad in Kansas, was to he made gen
eral counsellor for all the Harriman
lines in cases before the interstate Com
merce commission.
Mr. Ijoomls today
admitted that such a plan was under
consideration. In case the position is
created, Mr. Iroomis will move to Chi
cago, where he will have a large corps
of assistants. The position is new in
railroad circles and is made nivensary
by the passage of the new rate law.
Bomb Get* Thirty.
Ixals, ItiiiMian Poland, April 23.—
Thirty armed Terrorists held up a car
riage this evening in which a portion
of the funds derived from the govern
ment rale of aplrltoua liquor was living
transported to the bank. The carriage
was escorted by soldiers. The Terror
ists threw a Domb, which destroyed
the vehicle, killed three of the accom
panying aoldiers outright and mortally
sounded five more, as well aa thecracli-
man and a government officer, who bad
tbe money in charge.
They secured
*2,000.
No Snow Rtorm In the South.
8t. Paul, Minn., April 23 —Accord
ing to officials of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern railroads, there
have been no snowstorms along these
lines in the West for several weeks,
particularly west of tbe Roc ky moun
tains. General Superintendent Horn,
of the Northern Pacific railway, when
asked if the snowstorms of recent date
had in any way inconvenienced them in
the West, said: "We have not had a
sign of snow along our line in tbe Far
West since February, with the possible
exception of Livingston, Mont.”
Runs Car Through Firs.
Chicago, April 23.—Fire damaged to
the extent of *250,(MX) a six story
building at 290-300 Walatah avenue to
day. Twenty girls employed by the
Healy Music conqsiny were obliged to
Irave the burning building by means of
fire esiapex, but none was injured.
Horace Manley, in charge of the ele
vator, made repeated trips with his rar
and rescued 15 girl«. Manley finally
wax overcome by «moke ami was car
ried out.
Snow Flurry at El Paso.
Pray for Rain In Cuba.
Havana, April 23.—Prayers for rain
were offeree! in churches throughout
the island Sunday. No rain has fallen
in six me nth*. The country la parched,
many cattle are dying and forest fires
ars devastating vast areas.
Many Governor* tn Attend.
New York, Aptll 22.—Fifteen gov
ernors have accepted Ilin Invitation to
name delegate* to attend the national
conference on combinations and trusts
In Chicago, May 28-31.
The accept
ance* of th« governor* of New York,
lows Miasouti, Michigan, Wiaconaln
and Utah were received teday.
Thia
conference will discus«
Governmental
powers over corporation* engaged in
Interstate commerce; the division of
power under the constitution between
the nation and the state, and similar
subjects.
May Tie Up Street Cara.
San Francisco, April 22.—Han Fran
cisco is threatened with a bitter street
car strike on May 1, when the present
agreement between the men and the
eom|*ny will expire.
The men now
receive up to 32 cent* an hour for a ten-
hour day. The men request a flat rate
of *3 a <lay for eight hour*. Both side*
admit they expect a strike and are pre-
(«rail for It.
It is known that ths
United Railways has liegun the recruit
ing of strike breakers with whom to
supplant its men when they go out.
a
Hitch in Negotiation*.
Washington,
April 22 — Philip
Brown, American secretary of the lega
tion nt Guatemala, who is at Amapala
to as-iist in the peace negotiations, to
day reported to the Htate department
by cable that difficulty lisa arisen over
the objection of the Salvadoreans to
the Nicaraguan proposition to with
draw the Salvadorean troo|i* from the
bouniiary. Salvador fears that refugees
from Salvador who are really revolu
tionists would soon cross the ls>rdcr
from Honduras and invade Salvador if
the troo;« were withdrawn.
Heavy 8now In Coloredo
Wholesale Sheap Theft.
El Paso, Tex., April 23.—Know fell
here thia morning at a lively rate for
more than an hour. Thia is the latest
snowfall ever known here, and the tem
perature, which was 36 degrees, did
damage tothesmall fruit and truc k gar
dens in the valley, variously estimateci
at from *50,000 to *100,000.
Frost is
Cdie ted by the local weather bureau
tonight. The Golden State limited
on the Rock Island road la six and one
half hours late on account of the snow.
obtaining men for work upon the letli-
mua, learn« that the Italian guveriimenl
I lay received grave rv|"irte legaiding tbe
hygienic, humanitarian and nroral con-
diti'-ns of the isthinua, that tbegovern
ment ha<l forbidden further Immigra
tion of Italian« to l*anama, and that a
government official had been sent to the
isthmus to investigate conditions. Mr.
Park did everything ;K«aible to place
the situation la-fore the government and
to convince the officials here that the
men at work U|wm the canal earned *2
a day, were well fed, well housed and
humanely t lea tn I, sliding that he lie-
lieved tliat 5,000 immigrants might
leave Italy for Panama immediately
and that thousands of other* would
soon follow.
Butte, Mont., April 23.—A Miner
specia from Billings states that John
Tilden and Cheater Martin, two of the
most prominent stockmen of Eastern
Montana, have been arrested on the
charge ot wholesale stork thefts. It is
alleged that the two men stole 425
wethers, driving the animals into the
recesses of the Bull mountain diatrftt,
far from their accustomed range.
Denver, Colo., Aprii 22.—Aivordlng
to thè locai weather bureau’* insasuie-
ment», IH indie» of snow, equivnlent to
1.44 luche* of rain, fell bare during thè
«torto wlilch carne froin thè north ys*.
terday niorning and paaaeil off to the
aoutheast taday. A lieavy preelpltstion
waa generai in Coloredo, aud thè ground
ih iiow in gissi i-ondition to hring to
nfnturity thè grnin crup», whlcli were
threatened witli failure in some dis
trici».
Rains Flood Mobil* City.
Mobile, April 23.—From midnight
last night until this morning, Mobile
was visited by a torrent of rain. Bo
greet waa-the downpour that streets in
many sections of the city were covered
with water two feet. Children were
unable to reach the schoolhouses and
the school* were closed.
The new
union station was surrounded by water.
Only Wssk’s Supply of Coal.
Winnipeg, Man. April 22.—More
Ilian 15,000 ooal miners are now In
volved in the strike in Alberta and
Britlah Columbia.
Wlhln a week, it
is said, the Canadian Pacific will not
lie able to orients Its |*Maenger trains
for iw- k of wail.
Until navigation
pens there is no relief In sight.