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EVENTS OF THE DAY
o
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ont Happenings of the Past Week,
T presented In Condensed Form, Most
' Likely to Prove Interesting.
Tlio Trans-Mlsslsslppl congress la in
ncsslon In Seattle.
Tiirxcy linn wiled for 62,000 men for
eo'vlco in Macedonia.
Popo Plus haa nlven $20,000 to lo
distributed among tlio poor of Homo.
Tlio two Kansas Cities are again
suffering from the effects of high water.
The 37th national encampment of
tlio U. A. R. la In session nt San Fran
cisco.
By the collapse of tho nppcr deck of
a Finish steamer 40 people were
drewned.
The ltuealan fleet has sailed for Turk
ey to enforce the demand that slaying
of consul bo avenged.
China has agreed with the United
States to open two ports, thus main
taining the open door policy.
ltooeerelt wants Root to help him
defeat his New York enemies and will
endorse him for president in 1008.
A wealthy Davenport, la., woman
was kidnaped and held for (50,000
ransom, but gave her captors the (Up
and escaped.
Vesuvius continues active and is
rending smoke and flame to a height of
4,000 feet. Lava is flowing toward Ot-
tajamo and Pompeii.
A filling meteor destroyed a bridge
at Mendon, Mich.
Cardinal Gibbons has left Rome on
his way to the United States.
Fire in the Cincinnati stork yards
destroyed $60,000 worth of property.
English sportsmen are confident
Shamrock III will lift the cap this
year.
Secertary Hitchcock haa ordered an
Investigation of land frauds in Indian
territory.
Joseph Pulitzer has given $2,000,000
for the establishment of a school of
Journalism at Columbia university,
Kew York.
The Bulgarian premier believes the
Macedonian rebellion will be confined
" to Monastir.
Tbo salmon pack for this year will
be about 300,000 cases. This is nearly
23,000 cases short of last year.
The general staff of the army gave
Secretary Root a dinner In honor of vhis
success In seeming the new army law.
Wheeling, W. Va., union and non
union men clashed and over 1,000 shots
-were fired. Only two men were
wounded.
The powers are not likely to Interfere
with Russia in her move against Turk
ey as tbey feel that the sultan needs
punishment.
Lord Salisbury, ex-premier of Eng
land, is critically ill. ,
The British parliament baa ad'
journed until November 2.
Eastern capitalists are anxious to se
cure yellow pine lands of Southeastern
Oregon.
The first mee'dng of the Alaskan
boundary commission will be held Sep
tember 3.
Jeffries haB retained bis title of
champion of the world by again defeat'
Ing Ccrbett.
Captain R. H. Laweon, a dis
tinguished naval officer In the Civil
war, is dead.
Admiral Glass has returned to Brem
erton naval station with bis squadron
after a cruise in tbe North Pacific
ocean.
Tbe battleship Massachusetts struck
an unchartered rock and will have to
go to dry dock. Her Injuries are not
serious.
The Turkish gendarme who killed a
Russian consul baB been executed.
Turkey will pay tbe consul's widow
$80,000.
Charles M. Schwab Is at the bead of
a meat tailoring trust fust formed
which will establish houses throughout
the United Btates.
Lake Erie fishermen are preparing to
fight the Canadian revenue cutters In
the future when an attempt 1b made to
capture the fishing vessels.
Rain Is causing the Kansas ' river to
rise; again.
'I Russia bas decided on a policy of
peace in tbe far East.
.'.The Servian cabinet haa resigned,
and King Peter threatens to abdicate.
Tbe chances are very Blim that Co
lombia will ratify tbe Panama canal
treaty.
.' Macedonians, disappointed in receiv
ing American sympathy in the war
with Turkey, charge that press is
bribed.
i. M. Parry, president of tbe Nation
aV 'manufacturers' association, puts
I a nor unions and mobs in the same
category.
A Rock Island train went through a
bridge nsar Topeka, Kan., killing one
man and seriously injuring a number
of. others.
It Ib believed that the firing on an
American fishing vessel by Canadians
will not become an international com
plication. Vice Admiral Cervera, who surrend
erod to tlio American fleet off Santiago
de Cuba, has resigned as chief of staff
In. tlio navy.
Because of a disrespectful letter
which Colonel Meade recently ad
dresaedto the navy department, tbe
president will retire him In bis present
grade.
A disastrous hurricane swept the is
land of Martinique.
TELL WHO MAY LAND.
New Chinese Regulation Art Made
Public.
Washington, Aug. 10. A now set of
Ohineso regulations, prepared by Com
missioner General of Immigration Sar
gent and approved by Socrotary Cortol
you, ot the department ol roiumorco
and labor, jurisdiction of tho mattor of
tho exclusion of Chlncso having boon
transform! from tho treasury to tlio lat
ter department, were made public to
day and aro now ready for distribution.
Thpso rules designate wliat Ulilneso per
sons are permitted to land at porta of
tho United States under tbe provisions
of th laws and treaties, together with
the ports at which Chinese, other than
Chinese diplomatic and consular otll
cers, may land and name tho otltcora
whe have been vested with tho power
and authority hcretoloio conferred on
collectors of customs, giving thoir sta
tions and jurisdiction.
Conditions are named to which every
Chinese person seeking admission Into
tho United States under the provisions
of tho act of 1002, for the purpose of
taking part in any fair or exhiultion
authorized by congress, shall confoim
as a condition precedent to such admis
sion regulations governing the arrest
and deportation of Chinoje unlawfully
within tho United Statos are Included.
All told there' are 01 rules embraced In
the new regulations. Arcompanylng
the regulations are laws and treaties re
lating to the exclusion of Chinese.
Provision is made for a Bertillion
record of all Chinese laborers arriving
and departing at ports of entry, copies
of such registry to bo transmitted to
tht commissioner general of ltnmigru
tion.
Conditions are prescribe! to which
alt Chinese persons claiming the right
of transit through the United States to
foreign territory must conform as u con'
ditlon preceding such privilege. Ku
merous changes have been necessary in
the revision of these rules to make
them conform to the transfer of Jurisdic
tion over tne subject from the treasury
department to the department ol com
merce and labor. Forms of blanks ate
prescribed and rules made to govern the
officers charged with the enforcement
of the exclusion law.
LAWS AT FAULT.
Congress May De Asked to Repeal Pres.
cnt Land Laws.
Washington. Aug. 10. The 6Sth
congress, woen it regularly assembles
in December, will be called upon to re
move from the statute books three laws
under which the government is being
systematically robbed each year of hun
dreds of thousands, if not millions, of
dollars' worth of public lands. The
robbers are not in all cases violating
the letter of the law, and as long as
these three laws remain in force they
cannot be reached, but they are violat
ing the spirit ot tbe law, and escape
only on technicalities. Tbe flu lit be
gun in the last days of tbe 67th con
gress, to bring about the repeal of the
timber and stone act, the desert land
act, and the commutation clause ot the)
homestead act, la to be renewed with
vigor, and the friends, as well as the
enemies of reform, are even now pre
paring to enter the fray, each side de
termined to win.
Secretary Hitchcock, after more
than four years in the cabinet, during
which time he has familiarized himself
with the operations of the several land
laws, has become convinced that the
statutes should be changed. He can
not see why the government should re
linquish for $4 an acre timber lands
that are worth $.00 an acre; be can
not see why dummy entries should be
permitted, even though they be made
Just inside tbe limitations of the law;
be does not see wby one man should be
permitted to make an entry in the in
terest of another; nor does he recognize
the Justice of allowing cattle barons
and large stock Interests to gam con
trol, if not ownership, of vast tracts of
public grazing lands, contrary to the
public policy. Secretary Hitchcock
has come to realize that while the gov
ernent is annually losing vast areas of
valuable lands under the operations ol
the laws lust specified, the governent
Is, to a great extent, powerless to arrest
mnnv form" of speculative entries so long
asjltheto lawo remain 'on the Btatute
books.
Italy Expects War.
Rome, Anz. 10. The memorandum
of the Bulgarian government to the
powers regarding the situation in Ma
cedonia bas produced a great effect
here. Tbe general impression Is that
the Bulgarian government Is no longer
able to hold balk popular feeling,
which, unless it is repress! in time
will lead to a war with Turkey. The
fate of Bulgaria in that event, it Is
thought, would probably be tbe same
as that of Greece in the last war with
Turkey. The Italian government is ex
changing views with Vienna and London
Core Is Very Anxious.
London, Aug.10. The Pekln rorres-
pondent of the Times, telegraphing
from Seoul August 13, describes the
situation there, the outcome of the
Iluso-Japanese rivalry, as very serious.
and extensloon of Russian activity in
Corea as most ominous. Lores, ho
says, is Inevitably destined to be the
field where the great problem of Rus
sian or Japanese supremacy in the far
east will be solved. At present Corea
Ib exceedingly iinxlons, fearing its fu
ture a an Independent empire la great
ly menaced.
Nearlng the Nevada Line.
Carson, Nev , Aug. 10. News has
been received that a parly of convicts
who escaped from the prison atFn'som.
Cat., visited Glen Alpine, near Tallac.
They stopped at the rosort nt noon,
demanded dinner, and carried away
poveral days' provisions. Beyond tak
Ing food they did not annoy or threat
en anv one. nnd openly admitted their
Identity. The fon-lcts aro now near
Ing the Nevada line, and If they cross
an effort will be made to capture them.
Street Cars Collide.
Carthage, Mo., Aug. 10. A head-on
collision took place this afternoon on
the Carthsire-Joplln electric railway
three miles from this plaro. afotcrman
Joseph Raker was. killed, Mntorman
Ed He ige fatally hurt and 25 other
persona Borlously injured.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
ItlU PROFITS IN PARrtlNU,
Willamette Valley Ranchers Will t)o
Well ThU Year.
Willamette valley fnrmera nro re
joicing over tho prospect for good
profits In almost every thing they
have to sell tills year. Not only nro
prices Rood, hut yields are large and
as a consequence there will lie more
monev In the valley this year man
there has been for more than n do-
railn before.
Wheat nt Salem la quoted nt 70
cents, with the mills paying a 2-cent
premium. In ordinary years nil above
SO cents would bo clear profit, but be
cause of the high wages paid to farm
help this season It will take from 52
to 55 cents to pay the cost of produc
tion. The average yield, so far as
can tie learned, will tie about 20 hush
els to the acre or more. Thla means
a clear profit of from $3 to $3 50 an
nrre on wheat, after allowing for nil
labor and expenses. Oats have turn
ed out better In proportion than
nhnl and the larKO yield, with
nrlce of about 25 cents per bushel.
will leave a cood iiroflt on that crop,
The season has been very favorable
for hav. and v elds have oeen good
The nrlres minted at present are from
$7 to $S a ton In the local market for
loose haVr. Farmers say that about
half of this price is profit. Yields run
from two to three tons per acre, mak
ing this crop a better paying one than
wheat.
Hnn nromlso n price ramtlng from
15 cents upward, and It Is generally
figured that all above S cents Is profit,
thourh growers who hire all their
work done and glie their yards a good
spraying say that the cost or produc
tion Is 10 cents a pound. At any
rate, there seems to be an excellent
nrnfll this Tear.
The pruno crop Is large, and though
the domestic market tins nor opencu
ha heen maklnr sales at Its ow
price, a 2i-cent basis, which prlco
leaves the grower a "better than fair
mflrrln.
All through the year dairy products
have brought an extraordinary price,
and even country outter nas rounn
ready market at paying figures.
Woolgrowers sold their fleeces this
year nt n high price, and sheep hove
been In demand an tnrougn me year.
CATTLEMEN REFUSE TO SELL.
Despite Scarcity of Feed They
Hold for
Better Figures.
Never In the history of the country
around Dale has the cattle market
been as unsettled as It Is at the pres
ent time. Prices offered by export-
hovers are extremely low. and the
cattle- raisers are refusing to sell.
Crowding on top of this, there la a
scarcity of hay as compared with last
year, and prices are running moun
tain high. Hay is selling In the field
at $10 per too. whleh Is $4 higher
than It was last fall. Cattle-raisers
who have not a sufficient supply are
trying to contract for all they can se
cure, but the farmer will not sell.
Again there are more cattle on the
range this year tnan last., wunom bui
flMpnt feed for them. Notwithstand
ing the discouraging state of affairs
whleh confront the cattleman, he Is
willing to wait for further develop
ments. The export cattle-buyers who have
been In the country have had to go to
other parts because they could not se
cure the cattle here. The buyers
give Portland quotations here at $2 70
per hundred for cows and $3.35 for
Keers. The averaKO la $3.75. and
even better prices than that were re
ceived last year. If both the buyer
and the seller continue to hold out. It
ts believed that there will be a num
ber of forced sales on the part of the
stockmen, and that they will sell at
a loss to themselves.
Ns drill to Fight Over.
There Is no range war In the Upper
Deschufes valley. On the contrary,
there Is the peace of desolation. The
range was overstocked and eaten out
and no grass worth making war over
remains. Where neat cattle and
horses onco throve by tho thousands
there Is now none too much feed for
a few hundreds. Twenty years ago
there was no finer grazing region In
tho United States. Men who now ride
nil day In n cloud of dust tell of the
time when the grass was up to their
knees ns they bestrode their horses,
and cattle fairly wallowed In the feed
that covered the 30 miles of present
desert between Bend and Prlnevllle.
T Avoid Heavy tirade.
The work of the Southern Pacific
Company's surveying crew near Ore
gon City Is assuming definite form,
and an Idea can be formed of the pur
poses of the railroad people. It has
been known for several months that
the company contemplated the run
nine of Its West Bide trains Intc
Portland by the EaBt side, In order to
avoid the heavy grade on Fourth
street out of Portland. This purpose
Is not only now In evidence, but fur
ther work of construction Is In view.
A permanent line has been surveyed
from Beaverton, on tho West side,
via Oswego.
Cowlitz Navigation Obstructed.
During the recent freshets a sand
bar formed nt the mouth of the Cow
litz river which greatly hindered the
oDeratlon of the plant belonging to
tho Columbia k Cowlitz Iliver Boom
romnnnv. A dredge will shortly take
the work of clearing tho channel In
hand, after which the company will
put In two new piers and rearrange
the sheer boom. When finished this
boom will be one of tho best on the
Columbia river and will he of great
assistance to the loggers
To Have Brand New School House,
nnnvnn Cltv Is to have a now and
up-to-dato school bulldlnir thnt will bo
a credit to tno town, um hcihiui uu
thorltles nro advertising for bids for
Its construction. Tho building will
bo two stories hleh and will hsvo four
class nnd recitation rooms. Its cost
will bo nbout $3000.
President Smith Inspecting Farms.
K. U Bmlth. of Hood Rive', presi
dent of tho Stnto Board of Horticul
ture. Is In Cons county on a tour or
Innnectlnn. While there Mr. Smith
will visit most of tho principal farms
In the county.
Planing Mill tlurned at Helnes.
Tho Haines Lumber Company's
nlanlng mill, at HMnes, was burned
Inst week. The loss Is $5000. The
Hiant was owned by James Mitcneii,
of Tlakcr City, who carried no Insur-j
ance.
MAY 1111 FOREST RESERVE.
Commissioner Richards Hives Reasons
for Withholding Large Tract.
Register Dresser, of the Oregon
City land office, tma received from
Commissioner W. A. Richards, of the
United States land ulllco, a letter re
lative to tho telegram or recent ditto
withdrawing certain public hinds In
that district from settlement. The
letter directs tho withdrawal, tem
porarily, of nil vacant unappropriated
lauds In townships 5 to 13 south, both
Inclusive, range 4 east, from settle
ment, entry, sale or other disposal,
under tho public hind laws, pending
the determination as to the advis
ability of Including said area within
the Cascade range forest reserve.
Regarding the rights of settlers
who have already located on Inuds In
eluded In tho specified area, Commis
sioner Richards says:
"Neither this temporary withdraw
al, nor tho permanent reserve of the
lands which may follow, will affect
any bona fide settlement or claim
properly Initiated upon the lands
prior to the date hereof, nrovlded
that the settler or claimants continue
to comply with tho law under which
their settlement or claims were Ini
tiated, and place their claims duly on
record within the prescribed stat-
utory period. The withdrawal oper
ates to defent nil settlement claims or
other claims lli'tlnted subsequent to
this date, regardless of the date upon
which you receive tho telegram."
DAILY ATTENDANCE SMALLER.
Though Oregon's School Population Hat
Ureatly Increased.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion j. ii. Ackorman has Just finished
compiling the nnnual school stalls.
tics as gathered from the reports re
cently filed In his office by the sever
al county superintendents. As the re
ports for last year covered a period
or 16 months, thero Is no basis for
comparisons except In a few partic
ulars. The school census for the year end
ing In June, 1903, shows that there
are In the stato 143.757 persons be
tween the ages of 4 and 20 years. At
the same time lat vear the school
population was 13S.46B, so that an In
crease of 52S1 Is shown.
The average dally attendance In nil
the public schools of the state during
the preceding year has been 64.219
while for the prooedliiK year It was
66.779. or a decrease of 2SC0. A de
crease In tho nverage dally attend
ance at tho same time thnt there Is
an Incresso In the school population
is prunauiy duo to the scarcity o
labor and tho high wages, which, to
gether, take many of the older boys
out of school during tho greater part
or me year.
Protest Against Withdrawals.
A spoclal meeting of the Rosebnrg
board of trade and citizens generally
has been called to protest against the
withdrawal of nny moro public lands
from entry In that portion of the
state. Other commercial bodies In
the wcsterhVpart of Oreeon will be
Invited to co-operoto In protesting to
tne omciais in Washington. D. C. nnd
to our senators and representatives
in congress against the further ox
tension of our already Immenso for
est reserves. Such recently proposed
extensions win work sorlous hard
ships on many bona tide settlers now
located on somo of those lands.
To Clear Coos Bay Channel,
Replying to an earnest request
suDmitied uy congressman Hermann
based upon a petition of the Coos
Bay chamber of commerce. Secretary
or war iioot wires tnat ne bas nppor
uonea xiu.uuo as an emercency aid
for removing the recent shoal forma
tlon In the Coos ba yentrnnce chan
neL which delays deep-draft vessels
As the shoal Is constantly enlarging,
commerce thero would have material
ly suffered had It been necessary to
await congressional action.
Waldo Hills Qraln Pool.
Tho Waldo Hills farmers who have
pooled their grain for three succes
sive seasons nnd thereby realized
price in excess or thnt which could
otherwise be secured, have met attain
this year, started a pool, nnd adver
tised for bids for their crop.
Smallpox In Slnslsw.
i niimncr or cases or smallpox are
reported from tho lower Siuslaw conn
try, nnd ono death occurred. The
county court has appointed a mi a ran
tine officer, who wlll endeavor to pre-
rent, a sprcaa or tne uisease.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7fl(78c
hi lie-
tern, 78081c; valley, 7080c.
Flour Valley, $3.80(33.88 per bar
rel; bard wheat straights, $3.60(33.85;
hard wheat, patents, 14,10(44.50
graham, t3.33.76; whole wheat,
i3.od(4.uu! rye wheat, il.oo
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
iL'l; roiled, fl'Ktfl'l.oli.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07j; gray,
$1.05 per cental.
Millttuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mM.
dlings, $27; shorts, 23; chop, $18
linseed dairy food, $18.
Hay Timothy, old, $20 per ton
new, $14lfi;fclover, nominal; grain,
112; cheat, nominal
Butter Fancy creamery, 2022Jc
per pound; dairy, nominal; store, 16
17c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 14c;
Young America, He; factory prices,
Italic lees
Poultry Chickens, mixed, lie
llKc per pound; spring, lfl17Ko;
hens, 1212c; broilers, $2(t3 per
dozen; turkeys, llvo, 1012e per
pound; dressed, 14lfici ducks, $46
per dozen; geeee, $50.50,
Eggs Oregon ranch, 1020c.
Potatoes Old Burbanks, 707c
per sack, growers' prices; now pota
toes, Oregon, SOrSfl per sack; Cali
fornia, lc per pound.
Wheat Backs In lots of 100, he..
Beef Gross steers, $3.764.25;
dressed, &U1xAc per pound,
Veal Ho per pound.
Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, C!
0c; lambs, gross, $3.60; dressod, 7c.
Hogs Gross, $5.60S.75; dressed,
7c.
Hops 1002 crop, JEQIOo per pound.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 495oj
IV o, i and grease, zratic.
wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern
Oregon, 12(3 15c; mohair, 3637Jc.
FOR NAVY YARD.
Puget Sound Will Ask tor an Appropria
tion ol $4.2,JO(l.
Wnehlnglcn, Aug. 1H. Tlio navy
department has received tho nnniinl
tccomtuotidatlcns and estimates of the
officials of tho Puget sound navy yard
asking for uu appropriation, nt tho
next Mission ol congress, ol $422,300
for tho eroctlon of now buildings and
tliu purchase of now tools mid ma
chinery. In addition It Is strongly recoin
mended that cougresi authorlra tho
early construction of a second drydock,
"ot such dimensions as will accommo
date tho largest warship likely over to
bo stationed on tho l'aclllu coats."
Upon these recommendations Secre
tary Moody will later Imso his tluul es
timates that aro sent to congress, and
while, ho will no doubt inako some
alterations, and possibly some reduc
tions, It Is believed that In tho main
ho will approve tho recommendations
ot tho Puget sound otllcers.
In pointing out tho necessity for a
drydock larger than that now In use,
Naval Constructor It. D. Wrliiht savs
the past devolouipont of tho yards and
tho Increased business that is sure to
follow the. completion ot intension
now In progiess is su -li ns to lender
ono dock Inadequate. Within two
years the amount ot repair work to Ihi
done at Bremerton will have increased
to such proportions that another dock
will bo necessary to accommodate the
ships, ho estimate of tho coit of such
a dock is suhmittod, although If tho
department approves tho suggestion
an estimate will probably bo inndo be
fore congress convenes.
WATER FALLS IN SIIUHTS.
Cloudburst Does Oreat Damage In Kan
and Nebraska.
Falrbiiry, Nob., Aug. 18. Details
have beeu received hero ol n cloudburst
along tho Nebraska-Kansas line for
about eight miles, Two clouds appar
ently met, and for an hour the water
fell In sheets. Estimates ot tho down
(tour aro all tho way from a foot to
throo feet. Tho water swept down
Dry Branch and Silver creeks, that are
usually dry at this season of tho your,
taking everything before it. Moro than
1,000 trees wore taken out by the
roots, and barns, corn irios. grain ami
hay stacks, several droves of hogs nnd
many bead of cattle wore snopt away
with tbo UihxI.
Not a bridge remains on Hilvei creek
and lint ono on Dry Branch, rhu rest
donees worn all built on high ground,
which accounts for tlio fact that no
lives wore lost, although thero were
several narrow escaes.
ONE CHANCE FOR CANAL.
Colombia Is Alarmed Over Probable
cess of Nicaragua.
Sue
Panama, Aug. 18. letters received
from Bogota say that up to August
the Panama canal commission had
held only one meeting on account of
the disgust of members with the action
ot Senator Perez y Koto, who Insht
on recalling the treaty at the first
meeting. Senator Obaldia, a warm
supporter of the treaty, has had rovers I
conferences with President Mairoquln
and United Stales Minister Beauprle,
and notwithstanding their efforts tbo
committee could not be induced to re
port in favor of ratifications. Amend
meats have leen offeml which seem to
meet the approval of 20 senators out ol
24.
Both tbo house ot representatives
and the senate aro deeply impressed
with the persistent rumors which roach
lit rota of the possibility of a move.
rr.ent for the socusaion of the isthmus
if this treaty is not ratified. The fear
that such an eventuality might follow
failure to ratify tho treaty uppe.irs to
oonstituto the only chanco or favoia
bio action on ilio treaty.
China Discredits It.
I'erin, Aug. 18. The report thnt
Russia and China will ask tlio Amnrl
can government to arbitrate all qnes
tlons arising over tho Russian orcnpnii
cy of Manchuria is discredited here
It is oollevod thnt both of theso powers
have already arrived at a mutual under
standing on the subject, although upon
what terms none of the foreign lega
tions have as yet been able to ascertain.
America Is generally considered one of
the last governments which could pos
slhly be asked ts arbitrate In this
case.
King In Name Only.
Berlin, Aug. 18 Tho Rhine-West
phalla Gazette prints a letter from a
person in Belgrade explaining why
King Peter Ib completely In the power
of the leaders of the recent conspiracy.
Tho writer afllrins that tho now king
was cognizant of tho conspiracy long
Iwfore tho regicide was perpetrated,
and gavo the conspirators a written
pledge not to punish them if lie him
self were elected king. The conspira
tors Btill have tho letter, and aro us
ing it lo Intimidate tho king Into com
plete subserviency to their wishes.
Fleet to Scene.
St. Petersburg, Aug, 18. A squad
ron of the Russian Black sea lluet has
been ordered to sail for Turkish wators,
Notification of this move has boon tele
graphed from Sohustopol to the Russian
ambassador at Constantinople. The
dispatch ot the squadron Is intended to
emphasize Russia's Intention nl exact
ing cnmploto compliance with her de
mands as to ratlsfnctlnn for the murder
by a Turkish gendarme ,o her consul
at Monastir.
Trains Collide In Fog.
Philadelphia, Aug. 18. Two freight
trains; on tho Pennsylvania railroad
crashed together early today between
St. David's and Radnor, killing two
brakemen and Injuring tho engineer of
tho second train, A tramp who had
hla collar bono broken In tho accident
says several ot his companions wore
riding on the frolght, and It Isprchable
that tney aro mined uenoatii tno wreck
ago. Tlio accident was duo to the
Idenie leg.
TREATY DEFEATED
COLOMBIAN SI'.NATIl TURNS DOWN
CANAL IIV UNANIMOUS VOTI!.
People's Hopes of llrltcr Times nre Shat
tered for lime llelng--President Can
Now lorn In Nicaragua Route, Hut
Will Pri'lmtily Make Another Effort
to Acquire Psnsma Right of Way.
Washington, Aug. Ill Olllclal In
formation Ails revolved today that the
Colombian somite had unanimously re
jected tho lliiy-llerraii canal treaty,
riils menus moro delay In providing
the waterway the I'sclfln const so earn
estly di sires. It Is a blow, mid a
hard one, too, to tho Colombians who
have invested in real etlato on the sup
position that the treaty would bo rail
fled. Tho non-success ol tho treaty
would seoin to vindicate tho advocate
of tho Nicaragua scheme. Tho Panama
canal proposition has servo I Its purpose
in postponing fin three or four yours
any actual work on a cniial. Tho nego
tiations tnat have been xiiiilliig so long
lietneen tho I'nltod Nlutos and Colum
bia must now Ini trnnsloried to Nica
ragua and Costa Itlt-a.
Before tbo United States took up
Panama, and while it had never com
mitted Itsilt to tho Panama route, It
might have boon able to have tundo sat
isfactory arrangements with Nicniaguii
and Custn Rica. Now that tho United
States is shut out ol Columbia, tho do,
mauds ol Nicaragua and Costs Itlcn
will, no doubt, li hugely Increased, as
that Is the only mute, left under tho
present nrraiik'oment
Thero Is talk aliotit tlio province ol
Panama Breeding from Colombia, and
establishing Itself as a separate state,
In which event it could negotlutnn
treaty with tho United Statos for
canal. That may Ihi lutruducwl ns an
other element ol delay ill canal col
strtictlon. which will Ihi on a par with
the subterfuges that have been used for
many years to prevent anything being
done. Under the law tho pro, Idem
can nt onco liegln negotiations will
Nirariucua and Costa Rica, but some
time ago ho gave an intimation that
the United Stales, by negotiations
with tho I 'a town a canal company and
Co ombla, had nniulritl certain rlgbls
in tho canal property. This did no
good, so far as iuilliating that an at
tempt might Mi made to enforce the
rights regardless of the adoption of tho
tieuty by tho Colombian government
still, there was an Intlmatloh that the
Colombian conirress was not nll oer
(ul in settling the causal question.
Tho administration has for a long
time been moat favorable toward tbe
Panama canal as against Nicaragua
and thero is a lwsslblllty that the Pans
ins canal route will not lm given up
without another effort on the part ol
the United Statos government to so
euro the construction of tho canal at
that point on the Isthmus.
rRAUl) IN CITY OFFICE.
New York His Lost $1,000,000 In Her
Water Department.
Now York, Aug. 18. Evldonco of
fraud by which the city has lost sums
aggregating almost 11,000,000, have
been obtained by Water Commissioner
Monroe. Three Inspectors In the wat
er department aru under suiplclon
One probably will bo called upon lo
face charges within a few days. The
facts disclosed nro slid to show gross
caroln snoss, It nothing worse, on tho
part ol many trusted employes of the
water department. In sunn cnes
there I" the strongest circuinstiintlsl
evidence of collusion Uitwien ronsnm
era of water and employes ot the do.
parttnont, whereby tho former appnr
iintly havu heen allowed to uso nil tho
water thev required In their Imslnes
and, on tho payment ol merely niiuil
rial fees. Instead ol tho prlco fixed by
ordinance.
Clhcs Private Audience.
Rome, Aug. 111. The popn nt f
o'clock loduy received at nprlvateaudl
onco in his apartment Archbishop
Harty, who yesterday was consecrated
archbishop of Manila, with whom he
spoxo at length nlmut tlio situation in
the Philippines. Tho poim said the
efforts ot tho clergy toward the pacifl
cation ot tho archipelago and tho trl
umph of Catholicism would always re
relvo tho warmest supiiort at Rome.
Archbishop Harty then presented to
the pontiff his secretary. Mgr. howler,
and Father Donoliue, of Alabama.
Escaped Convicts Visit Campers.
Plncervllio, Cal,, Aug. 10. Attorney
i-red Irwin, of this city, who has lieen
camping nt Phillips Station, near the
summit, in company with John Y
Armstrong, register ot tbo United
States land ofllca at Saciamento, re
ports that three men, armed with
Winchester carbines, camo Into their
camp, anil, stating they had gone two
days without food, asked for spmothlng
to eat. Dm women of tho ciunp gave
them breakfast, alter which thev left
taking nomo provisions away with
them.
Demand Redress of Mores.
Manila, Aug. 10. Major lloliert I.,
Billiard lias, demanded redress from
Sultan Dusenn, tho tribal lender of tho
Lnnao Morns. Although professing a
warm friendship for Americans, tho
sultan recently Surrounded with a
sjrong force of warriors n small detnch
mont of United States troops paying
him u friendly vl'It and offered battlo,
his men Insulting tlioso bearing an
American Hag, Tbo only reply lo Ma
jor Dullard's demand has boon defiance
Jamaica Takes Hope.
Kingston, Jamaica. Aug. 10, A
slightly morn hopeful feeling now pre
vails among tho plunters regarding tho
disastrous situation brought about by
tho recent hurricane. Tho work ot
clearing tho banana plantations Is pro
gressing apaco nnd olforta aro being
made on air sides to rollovo tlio ills
tross, but thousands ot the poaBantry
are still liomolees. 1
CRAZY MAN .SHOOK,
Fires Into Kansas Crowd nt (1,000, Kill
ing Four People.
Wlnllold, Knn., Aug. in. At II
u'cloca tonight, while Cornell's bund
was playing Its weekly concert on
Main street to n crowd ul A.OOO people,
Gilbert lwlgg, n crnsy mini, 30 years
ol age, opened lite on the crowd wllh n
double himnlod sliolgun loaded Willi
heavy bullets. Asa losiilt, lour aro
now dead, three urn dying and no Iosh
thnti 20 Injiirnd, perhaps llvo or sis
(atnllf.
Gilbert Twlgg, tbo man who did tho
shooting, wan killed by tlllleer Nlihnlss.
I ho hand bad Just Mulshed pluvlug a
walls when Twlgg stopped out from an
alUy a half block distant and, deliber
ately taking ii t in althohand-tuud, Hied
two shots, Oliver, Urn biiiidiiian, fell
nl tho llrst shut, hut the crowd, lint ro
iillaliig what hud hiipiaqied, rushed In
ward tho killer, believing there Imd
been nil accidental shooting of some
kind. As tho crowd closed III, III"
crazy mull discharged two mole shots
nt thorn, causing a scattering In every
dlrcotlnii.
With the crcwd tleelng, the man
stood In a demoniacal attitude, llrlng
at random in every direction. Sleu
and women howled and shrieked nil I
ran, but no one seemed nblo to slop tbo
frlghtlul carnage until Gltlcor Goorgu
Nicholas confronted hlui nnd II red n
bullet Into his head. Hut More life
was oztlnct, the demented man diow ii
revolver mid Unit a shot Into his uwu
Udy.
IN EXTRA SESSION.
Congress May Convene In October In
stead ol November.
Washington, D. ('., Aug 15. Infor
mation received In Washington con
cerning tbo conference butwren tho
mate subeommltteo and tlio l'leslilent
on llnsnrlnl legislation Is rather vague,
but tbo understanding Is that some
sort of a inensiiro Is to be put through
at the coming swalon of congress.
Ono fa -t ol distinct imirlaticn was
develoH'il at tho conleienee. While an
extraordinary session of congress next
fall Is assured. It hss not been deter
mined definitely whether it will bo
called to meet In Oi'loUir or Novenilwi.
It bus boon snpposod that the extiuor
dlnary session would convene on Mon
day, Nnveinlior 0, but tho Indications
now are that it will lm tailed for an
earlier date, Mirhups several weeks
earlier.
Tho primary purpura ol the extraor
dinary session will bo to enact legisla
tion making operative tho Ciibsli reci
procity treaty, but financial legislation
also will ho prcwod iixm tbo attention
of congress.
President Rixisovult does not profess
lo know an thing special alsiiit Unso
cial matters, but realizes. In a general
way, that tho Immense amounts of out
standing silver and grennharka, based
upon a limit"! supply of gold. Is not ,
safe and siilllcirnt method of flusncn
for a great government. Ho Is anxious
to bavo any remedy nppllod thai may
prevent anything of a disastrous finan
cial nature occurring In tbo future.
DESPERADO IIRIUKS JAIL.
Throw Holt of Cell Door, and
Digs
Through Wall With a Poker.
Butte, Mont.. Aug. 15. A Miner
special foin Sheridan, Wyn., says
Booun Potier, the notorious drsMra
do, wanted in North Carolina tor tbo
murder of two deputy sheriffs, who was
captured ten days ago by Marshall
Crlnnell, made a sensations! escape
from the Sheridan county jail last
night. The combination of the jail
door had not been turned, and Potter,
securing a broom handle and a chair
rung, tied them together with a hand
kerchief, so that they formed a right
angle With this Instrument ho suc
ceeded In throwing back tho bolt to
the door.
Onco outside Iho cago, bo ecrurnl a
poker and miiilu an opening through
tho brick wall. Another prisoner oon
after followed him out, went to tho 'po
lice stntion and gave tho alarm. Sher
iff Nellson nnd Marshal Crlnnell have
offered a reward of $ Ifil) for his loenp
lure. Potter was being held lor requi
sition from North Carolina.
Volonno Causes Panic.
Roma, Aug 15. Mount Vesuvius is
ngnin causing inteimo alarm in tbo sur
rounding region, eruptions of tho vol
cano being very heavy today. From a
fresh opening at tho Iihni of tho princi
pal craters two strenfns of lava are is
suing, which, within a few hours today
covered a wldu trait of ground. Ono
strvaiu Is going swiftly toward tho vil
Isgo of Ottajano, Iho direction taken by
tbe famous eruption of 1872. Panic
prevails, the population crowdlnr the
churches to pray or gather In open
spaces for rafoty.
Canada Loses Cup,
Toronto, Aug. 15. Tlio American
yacht Irnndeqiiolt today today won tho
Canada's cup on thn fifth and rone tid
ing nice with Stratheona. When tho
American lioat dashed acrosi thn lino
the excursion find did not take the
loss of tlio Canada's cup very gracious
ly. Not a whistle was hoSrd for some
minutes. Finally, however, tho ex-
curslon steamers saluted tho victorious
American bnrt and crow. The cnurso
was triangular ot 21 miles seven miles
to n leg. The wind at the start was
light from offshore.
New flcxlco Town Flooded.
Silver City, N. M.. Aug. 15 lloavv
rains during the past two days caused
floodB that havo almost Innridatod this
town. A wall of water coven feet high
rushed through thn residence portion of
thn town, flooding houses and HloreH
ami ruining their contents. In tlio
sheets tlio debris Is piled to u depth of
ssveriil foot. Tho now dam Ispartlilly
wruckud. Dozoiih of families uroliome
loss nnd destitute. It is (intimated that
tho loss will reach 1(100,000.
Misery Is Intense,
Kingston. Jamaica. Ann. 15 The
lostltutlon In tlio liurrlcan stricken
llstrliit Is appalling. Thousands ot
persons, liomoUwn. starving and ill
olsd, are hurrying to tlio towns to ob
tain shelter and supplies, but as all
the churches and public buildings havu
lieen demolished, tho mlnerv Is In-
tonso, A meeting held nt Port An-
tonlo today appoaled to the generosity
ot the Amerlcuu pooplu.