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NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form for Oar
Easy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important bu
Not Leaa Interesting Events
of the Past Week. .
The canvass of the New York eleo
tion ehowa gains for Hearst.
California politicians are now be
coming involved in the insurance scan
dal.
The strike in Poland is believed to
have been broken and the country is
settling down.
Indications are thatl a new register
of the Lewiston land office will not be
named for some time.
Secretary Root is preparing to initi
ate negotiations for the settlement of
all pending disputes with Canada.
Many women are going to Panama
to work as servants in the various
camps along the route of the canal.
A prairie fire near Aberdeen, S. D.,
caused a loss of livestock, grain and
farm buildings estimated at $500,000.
A fire which started in a Knoxville,
Tenn., paint store destroyed $200,000
worth of property Lefore extinguished.
Knropean nations are not pulling to
gether in their demonstration against
Turkey and the sultan doesn't seem
badly scared.
The contributions for the relief of
the Russian Jews totals $740,000 from
all parts of the world Of this $370,000
came from the United States.
All of Mayor Dunne's plans for im
mediate municipal ownership of the
Chicago street railways have been
shattered by the council reaching an
agreement with the companies placing
the time ten years hence.
Speaker Cnnon has declared against
tariff revision.
The new king of Norway will receive
a salary of $200,000 annually.
Governor Folk, of Missouri, says the
reform movement now on will last.
The president has removed Register
West, of the Lewiston, Idaho, land
office.
More than 300,000 has been raised
in the United Sttes for the relief of the
Russiaan Jews.
Austria fears her Polish subjects will
revolt of Russian Poland is successlul
in securing autonomy.
The Riverside Bridge works, at Mar
tin's Ferrv. Ohio, has burned. The
loss will reach $100,000
Many Russian capitalists are selling
their government and other securities
and leaving the country.
Democratic and Republican mem
bers of the bouse will each hold cau
cus December 2 to nominate house offi
cers. President Mellen. of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad, has
declared himself in favor ol railroad
rate legislation.
The board of canvassers working on
the returns of the New York election
have found many places where the
tally sheets and returns do not agree.
Germany denies she will interfere in
Poland.
Thomas Lawson has been arrested
for libel.
Balfour threatens to resign if follow
ers don't unite.
Russian workmen have ordered a
new general strike.
Garfield is at the head of an inquiry
into rebates on oil.
Burke, a mining town in West Vir
ginia, has been entirely destroyed by
fire.
Advices from Singapore, China, says
the anti-American boycott is strong
there.
London proposes to establish its own
electric lighting system at a cost of
$40,000,000.
The State department knows nothing
of the proposed Anglo-Japanese canal
at Nicaragua.
New York has bad its first snow
storm of the winter.
Secretary Root is working on the new
treaty with Germany.
Washington's congressional delega
tion will work for an appropriation for
the mouth of the Columbia.
American residents oi the Isle of
Pines will send a delegation to congress
to p" vent ratification of a treaty con
veying the the island to Cuba.
Riots are occurring in Vladivostok.
The American Mining congress is in
session at 1 Paso, Texas.
Witte has determined to crush the
rebellion in Poland with iron heel.
Prosecutor Heney is arranging for
land fraud trials at the national capi
tal. An American cruiser has been sent
to Cronstadt, Russia, to protect Ameri
can citizens.
The national committee for the relief
of Russian sufferers reports having re
ceived $132,685 raised in the United
States.
STRUGGLE IS ON.
Senate Committee Meets to Consider
Rate Measure.
Washington, Nov. 20. In tle loom
of the senate committee on interstate
commerce this morning the itrngglo
with the problem of legislation affect
ing the railroads will begin. The ques
tion has occupied public attention to
the partial exclusion of other matters
of importance for a year, but the com
mittee meeting will mark the real be
ginning of the contest, which congress
will end before the close of the coming
session. The committee, of which
Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia,
is chairman, has been directed ex
plicitly by the senate to make a report
on the matter of railroad legislation
"by bill or otherwise" not later than
December 14. Nearly evt ry member of
the committee is in Washington and
the few absentees are expected to reach
the city today.
Mr. Elkins has intimated that no
bill can be prepared within the time
set by the senate for making the report.
If this is true, it means that an exten
sion of time must be asked and there
will lie nothing for the senate to do
but grant it. Senator Dolliver, ol
Iowa, on the other hand, believes that
there is no reason why a bill cannot
be presented to the senate within t
week after the convening of congress
Members of the committee are divid-
ed on the question of the extent to
which legislation to be recommended
should go in the matter of giving an
thority to the Interstate Commerce
commission to fix rates. This is the
mere statement of a fact already well
known, but there are indications that
Mr. Elkins may be able to obtain a
majority report by yielding much from
his views and by gaining as touch Irom
the members of the committee who
have been antagonistic or partly antag
onistic to the chairman.
REBUILD THE OREGON.
Famous Battleship to Remain in Dry
dock Two Yeara.
Washington, Nov. 20. The Navy de
partment expects that the battleship
Oregon will remain at the ruget fcound
navy yard the better part of two years
undergoing a complete overhauling
Many parts of the ship are to be prac
tically rebuilt". The turrets are to be
equipped with electric controlilng ap
paratus and features which have be
come obsolete are to be replaced by
the latest pattern known in naval con
struction. Work will be begun early
in January, as soon as the Oregon ar
rives from the Philippines.
Secretary Bonaparte is now consider-
ing the navaj estimates. What he will
recommend for the Puget Sound navy
yard is unknown, but there is a belief
that be may endorse the recommenda
tion of the bureau of yards and docks
that $1,250,000 be appropriated to
tuild a new drydock. It seems lm
probable that congress, in its economi
cal mood, will authorize a new dock
this session, but congressional action
will depend largely upon the amount of
pressure the Washington delegation
can bring to bear.
CONGRESS MUST ORDER BONDS
None for Panama Canal Can Be Issued
Without Its Action.
Washington, Nov. 20. It can be au
thoritatively stated that no Panama
bonds will be issued until congrees
shall have authorized their use as a
bans for national bank circulation at
one-half of 1 per cent , the same as the
consols of 1930. Two per cent bonds,
it is said, would not be worth par if
bank circulation based thereon were
taxed at 1 per cent, as the law now
provides. And even if the bonds were
issued and sold, the money would not
be available until congress should ap
propriate it.
Treasury officials are somewhat sur
prised at the published statement that
the secretary of the treasury is con
templating the issuance of bonds under
present conditions. Mr. bhaw has
twice called the attention of congress to
this needed legislation. This will un
doubtedly be repeated in his forthcom
ing annual report, and Sneaker Cannon
has given him assurance that he will
do everything in bis power to expedite
its passage.
Army Needs Officers.
Washington, Nov. 20. "The army
is unofficered," says Lieutenant Gen
eral Adna R. Chaffee, chief of staff, in
his annual report to the secretary of
war. He says this condition exists for
the army in peace, and in "time of
war" it wonld be in a badly crippled
condition. There are 517 officers ab
sent on detailed duty. These officers
are detailed in the general staff, re
cruiting service, at the various acad
emies and schools and on different
kinds of duty required by orders and
regulations.
Filipinos Melt Pesos.
Washington, Nov. 20. The rise of
silver bullion, which has been going on
steadily for a year, has now reached a
level that affects the currencies of the
world, based on the ratio of 32 to 1,
like the new peso in the Philippines
and the new Mexican currency. The
Philippine commissioners, in consider
ation of tli? prospect that the currency
will be turned into pots and melted
into bullion, have issued an order
against the exportation of the coin.
Local Government for Poland.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 20. It is re
ported that another manifesto promis
ing a general zemstvo and local munici
pal government to Poland, may be is
sued shorlty.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
PORTAGE ROAD WILL PAY.
Low Water In River Has Interfered
With Its Traffic.
Salem "f hat the Portage railway
will be self sustaining when regular
traffic has been established, there is no
doubt," said Superintendent L. 8.
Cook, of the Celilo Portage railway,
when in Salem to attend a meeting of
the Fortage commission. "For various
reasons we have not been getting the
business we should have had at the
start, but present difficulties will be re
moved and avoided in the future.
"Low water has made it impossible
for the boats on the upper river to take
on wheat at some places to bring it
down to Celilo. For example, at
Quentin there was 12,000 sacks of
wheat piled up on the shore, but the
water was so low the boats could not
get near enough to load. Some 150,000
sacks of grain along the L pper Colum
bia have been shipped out by rail, when
under normal conditions of water, it
would have come down by boat and the
portage road.
"I cannot give exact figures at pres
ent concerning the expenditure and in
come, because we have not made settle
ments with transportation companies
when the charges are collected by one
line and the amount apportioned. In
round numbers I should say that it
costs us $S00 a month to operate the
road and our income is about $(100 a
month. If we were getting aM the
traffic that is available and naturally
tributary to the portage road, we would
have an income of $1,200 a month and
an expense of perhaps $1,000. We
have handled 10,000 to 15.000 sacks of
wheat thiis month, whereas we would
have handled much more If the boats
could havo reached it."
WANT WATER FOR CANAL.
Deschutes Irrigation & Power Com
pany Files on Water Rights.
Salem The Deschutes Irrigation A
Power company has made two water
filings to secure new sources of Mater
supply for its extensive irrigation sys
tem near Bend. The present source of
supply is about two miles above the
town of Bend, but it is understood that
the land upon which the headgate is
located is owned or controlled by A. M.
Drake. The Deschutes con pany has
now made a filing for 1,000 cubic feet
of water per second about three miles
further up the stream. The filing is
tor the purpose of securing water for
the Central Oregon canal. The other
filing is for 1,500 cubic inches per
second at a' point about 10 miles above
Bend, at Beham falls. The tiling is
for the purpose of securing water for
the Benham falls canal, which will ex
tend eastward and northward a distance
of 30 to 40 miles, bringing the water
to Prineville and irrigating large areas
of land north of the canal.
The Portland Irrigation company,
represented by Edwin Mays, of Port
land, has filed on 15,000 inches of
water in Chewaucan creek. Lake coun
ty, the point of diversion being in sec
tion 34, township 33 south, runge 18
eaBt.
Fruit Drier Closes Down.
Freewater J. P. McMinn, proprie
tor of the large fruit drier north of
Freewater, has closed for the season,
after a very short run, owing to the
scacrity of prunes and the active de
mand and high price paid for the green
fruit, 75,000 pounds being the output
this year as compared with 200,000
pounds last year. Heretofore he has
shipped his prunes east, disposing of
the same in the large cities at prices
from 3 to 2 cent' a pound. He has
sold half of this year's output at 6
cents a pound to Pendleton and Walla
Walla merchants.
Sandlake May Talk.
Cloverdale The Cloverdale Tele
phone company this week completed
ten miles of new telephone line to
Sandlake. The company has also late
ly completed its line to Dolph. This
gives Tillamook City telephone connec
tion with every voting precinct in the
south part of the county. There is
hardly a farm house from Tillamook to
Slab creek that has not telephone con
nection, and it is hoped next year will
see the system extended to the valley
by way of Willamina. The system now
embraces over 60 miles of wire.
O. R. & U. Block System.
La Grande The construction gang
at work erecting the block system on
the mountain division of the O. R. &
N., has almost completed its labors for
the winter. The system is installed
well along the line between Meacham
and Bingham Springs, and when the
crew reaches the latter place work will
be suspended this season, although it
is likely that it will be extended on as
far as Umatilla, at least by another
year.
Winter Irrigation a Success.
Milton W. T. Shaw, the well known
Hudson bay rancher, was in the city
recently and reports that irrigation on
the line of the Hudson Bay ditch is
increasing. This ditch uses the sur
plus water of the Walla Walla river.
and as a result it can only irrigate when
the ordinary irrigation season ends.
Car Shortage Felt.
Freewater Owing to the scarcity of
cars on this division the Peacock and
Eagle mills are working at a great dis
advantage on account of storage capaci
ty being blocked with millstuns ready
to ship. Manager J. II. Hall advises
he has 20 cars of flour and feed ready
to move and can get but one car a day.
NEED NOT VACCINATE.
Children Cannot Be Forced to Take
Precautionary Measures.
Salem In answer to an Inquiry from
State Health O Ulcer Robert C. Penney,
of Portland, Attorney General Craw
ford has rendered a decision holding
that the State Board of Health has no
authority to require that children shall
be vaccinated before gaining admission
to the public schools.
The attorney genet al quotes from the
la- dealing the board of health, show
ing that the hoard has general super
vision of the health of the state and
power to establish quarantines. The
vaccination rule would hot lo in the
nature of a quarantine; hence the
board cannot find its authority in that
provision.
Neither does Mr. Crawford think the
clause giving the board general super
vision will authorise them to establish
a new qualification for admission to the
public schools unless there is apparent
danger of an epidemic of smallpox.
AIDS THE CATALOGUE HOUSES.
Baker City Merchants Protest Against
Numbering of Rural Boxes.
Baker City The merchants of Baker
City are circulating a petition asking
the postmaster general to withdraw his
order to the effect that all rural mail
boxes must be numbered in consecutive
order. In tliU work they have an Iced
the aid of all the merchants from Boise
to Spokane, and petitions have been
sent to these towns for circulation.
The merchants allege that the nu:u
Wring of the mail boxes on the ruial
free delivery routes would give the cat
alogue houses in the large cities like
New York, Chicago and St. Ixmis a
great, advantage, as these big concerns
would Ikj enabled to send out their cat
alogues and other literature to every
patron along every rural free delivery
route without knowing the names of
the parties, as the literature could he
addressed to Box 24, or any number,
and reach its destination.
Start Free Library.
Baker City Baker City now lias a
free public horary, the council paving
ratified tiie appointment of the library
commission as named by Mayor C. A.
Johns. A special library tax will lie
voted on the the next Jane election,
and in the meantime Andiew Carnegie
will be asked to renew the offer of
$1,000 made alout a year ago for the
establishment of a library in this city.
The present library was instituted by
a private library association and con
ducted for the benefit of the public at
a small membership fee.
Work on Coquille Bar.
Bandon Work on the north jetty at
Coquille bar is now fairly under way,
and will be completed probably within
a year. This is part of the improve
ments along the Coquille river, for
which the government recently appro
priated $55,000. The jetty will he ex
tended 555 feet seaward. Contractors
Wakefield & Jacobsen, of Portland, have
the task in hand, and extensive work
had to be done before the actual vork
of building the extension was started.
Nucleus of Permanent Exhibit.
Ontario The Malheur county exhib
it returned from the fair at Portland is
being installed in the office of Don
Carlos Boyd. It is to be made the nu
cleus of a permanent exhibit of the
products of the county.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 73c perbuBhel; blue-
stem, 75c; valley, 7475c; red, 69c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $2; gray,
$26 per ton.
Barley Feed, $21.50(3)22 per ton;
brewing, $2222.50; rolled, $22.50
23.60.
Rye $1.501.60 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $15
16 per ton; valley timothy, $1112;
clover, $89; grain, $89.
Fruits Apples, $11.50 per box;
huckleberries, 7c per pound; pears,
$1 251.50 per box; grapes, $160
1.75 per box; Concord, 15c per basket;
quinces, $1 per box.
vegetables Beans, wax, 1012c per
pound; cabbage, llhic per pound;
cauliflower, $1.762.25 per dozen; cel
ery, 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 6060c
per dozen; pumpkins, lc per
pound; tomatoes, $1 per crate; sprouts,
7'tc Per pound; squash, ?4lc per
pound; turnips, 90c(i$$l per sack; car
rots, 65 75c per sack; beets, 85c$l
per sack.
Onions Oregon yellow Danvers,
$1.25 per sack.
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks,
75 80c per sack; ordinary, 6560c;
Merced sweets, sacks, $1 90; crates,
$2.15.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2527 jc
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 8235o per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, ll12c
per pound; young roosters, 910c;
springs, 11 12c; dressed chickens,
1214c; turkeys, live, 17 (3 18c; geese,
live, 8 10c; ducks, 1415c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 9llc;
olds, 7K10c.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1921c; lower grades down to 15c, ac
cording to shrinkage; valley, 25($27c
per pound; mohair, choice, 30c.
Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per
pound; cows, 84c; country steers,
Veal Dressed, 37gC per pound,
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 77o per
pound ; ordinary, 45c : lambs, 1 8c.
Pork Dressed, 67gC per pound.
CASTRO REFUSES TO PAY MORE
Keeps Back Second Installment on
Plumley Award.
Paris, Nov. 17 The foreign ollice is
advised that President Castro yesterday
refused to pay the second Installment
of the riumley arbitration award. The
arbitration covered damages sustained
by French cltUens In Venezuela during
the revolutionary periods prior to ll0!l.
Judge Frank l'lumley, of Nor'hlleld,
Vermont, was president of the arbitra
tion committee, which met at North
field last year. The judgment was in
favor of France, which was awarded
about $1150,000, and President Castro
paid the first installment of the award
three months ago. The second pay
ment was due yesterday, but was not
paid.
Apparently the Venemielari Presi
dent's failure to pay the installment
was on the ground that diplomatic re
lations between France and Vcneiuela
are interrupted. The olllcials here de
cline to admit that this justified Presi
dent Castro in not paying the install
ment. The incident is considered to be
a further provocation.
CZAR HELPS PEASANTS.
Remits Millions Due on Lands and
Makes Purchase Easy.
London, Nov. 17. A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to Renter's Telegram
agency says that an imperial manifento
granting land concessions to the peas
ants was issued this morning, liy its
terms the land redemption tax pay
ments irom January 14, lt'Otl, will he
reduced by one-half, and from January
14, 1107, the payments will be totally
abolished.
At the same time the capital of the
Peasant bank is increased and the bank
is granted additional loan privileges
with the object of facilitating to the
utmost the purchase of lands by peas
ants.
It is estimated that theamiuntof
taxation thus lifted from the peasants
by the manifesto will aggregate $10,
000,000, while the extension of the
field of operations of the Peasants
hank will enable vast tracts of crown
and private lands grad unity to In-come
the property of the peasants.
PRETENDER LEADS PEASANTS.
Army of 50,000 Supports Usurper's
Claim to Czardom.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 17. A false
emperor has suddenly made his appear
ance near Penza, and already his fol
lowers number 60,1)00. This is the
startling report received this afternoon
in a dispatch from Sibrisk. Penza is
in the heart of the vast region extend
ing westward from the Volga, where
agrarian uprisings on a large scale have
occurred, and if the report turns nut to
lie true that the pretender to the throne
has placed himself at the head of the
peasantry, the government will Boon
face, besides its other troubles, a form
idable agrarian rebellion. It required
a year to suppress the famous rebellion
lexl by Pugaticheff, who impersonated
the dethroned and murdered Peter lit
in the time of Catherine II. That up
rising was started in the same region
on the banks of the Volga.
STORM CLOUD IN AFRICA.
Germany Protests Against an Anglo-f-rench
Agreement in Liberia.
'Washington, Nov. 17. The State de
partment has learned that Germany
has protested to Great Britain and
France against the conclusion of certain
negotiations now on foot between those
two governments and the government
of Liberia. Liberia wished to Isirrow
some money and is willing to hypothe
cate certain territory as security. Ger
many sees in tiiis proposition a threat
of undue expansion of British and
French influence in that quarter of
Africa. The State department has not
felt called upon so far to take any ac
tion in this matter, and in fact regards
the communication merely as informa
tion.
Anarchy at Vladivostok.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 17. The latest
reports from Vladivostok indicate that
the rioting has not yet been suppressed.
Both sailors and fortress artillerymen
particapated in the outbreak. The
commandant lost his head, the situa
tion got beyond control, and energetic
measures were not taken until a large
part of the city had been destroyed.
The population is still seeking refuge
on the vessels in the harbor. Accord
ing to one report from Vladivostok, 300
rioters, mostly sailors and artillerymen,
were killed or wounded.
Battleship Idaho Not Ready.
Washington, Nov. 17. The Navy
epartment has not been aiivised by the
Cramp Shipbuilding company that any
date has been set for launching the bat
tleship Idaho, although Senator I ley
burn lias been informed that it will take
place December 9. The Idaho is only
40 per cent completed. It is unusual
to launch ships in that early stage, and
it seems improbable that the launching
would be fixed for a date so near with
out notifying the Navy department.
Standard Oil's Big Dividend
New York, Nov. 17. The Standard
Oil company has declared a quarterly
dividend of $10 a share. The previous
dividend was $6 a share and the divi
dend at this time last year was $7 a
share. Today's declaration brings the
total dividends focr the year to $40 a
share. Last year it was $36.
APPROVE PROJECTS
Hitchcock Will Reverse Himself
on Irrigation.
TO THE BENEFIT OF NORTHWEST
Had Taken Bad Advice Walcott Re
moves Objections to Umatilla,
Okanogan and Sunnyslde.
Washington, Nv. 18. Secretary
Hitchcock is preparing to reverse him
self and approve the Umatilla irriga
tion project in F'astern Oregon, as well
as one or more projects in Washing
ton. This, at least, Is the inference,
to be drawn from an author Ized state
merit made at his ollice today t ) the
effect that action on the Umatilla pro
ject would be taken some time next
week which would bo satisfactory to
the people of Oregon, and that similar
action was to bo looked for on one or
more Washington project. It is not
known at this time what Washington
projects will he approved, further than
that the choice will lie among the Tie
ton, Okanogan and Sunnyslde schemes,,
all of which have been favorably re
commended by the Reclamation service.
This announcement from the secre
tary's ollice was made after a confer
ence between Mr. Hitchcock and Di
rector Walcott, of the Geological sur
vey, who is the intermediary between
the secretary and the Reclamation ser
vice. This afternoon Mr. Walcott re
turned to the secretary all papers bear
ing on the Umatilla, Okanogan and
Tieton projects ami, in addition to the
oiiginal recommendations, submitted
unanswerable arguments showing that
all these projects are not only. feasible
and desirable, but that there is no feat
ure about them to which objection can
be legitimately raised.
In point of hut, Mr. llitrhcock,
shortly after taking adverse action on
the I'matilla, Tieton and Okanogan
projects, saw that he had acted on bud
advice, and realised that his portion
would become untcnahl". He saw that
he hail made a blunder which would
have to be rectified, and he has cau
tiously been feeling his way back to
solid ground. He is not yet ready to
make the final leap, but is preparing
for it and, w hen he does, Oregon and
Washington will benefit. Incidentally
it might he mentioned that the men
who gave ti e secretary had counsel,
have heard from it, ami have lieen
warned to display more intelligence and
common sense in future
ONLY AMERICANS AS CONSULS.
Root Will Not Appoint Foreigners If
He Can Help It.
Washington, Nov. 1H. Not a single
foreigner has been anpolntcd to the
American consular service abroad sinco
Secretary Root assumed office. He
feels that it is his duty to "put norm
but Americans on guard." Aside from
the fact that a foreigner naturally
might be expected to take less interest
than an American in the development
of our trade abroad, it is felt that in
time of political strens, wherein rela
tions might become; strained, no such
test should be placed upon the loyalty
of a foreign consular agent to his na
tive country as would be imposed by
requiring him to do his full duty to
the country which merely employed
him.
So, although a number of vacancies
have occurred in these posts since Sec
retary Root assumed ollice, he has held
consistently to the policy above laid
down, and where it lias not been possi
ble to find Americans to fill the vacan
cies, the offices have been allowed to
remain vacant. Of course, the vacan
cies cannot continue indefinitely, but
the secretary hopes that, with the
pressure of the business world behind
it, congress will yield to his appeal for
more liberal compensation for theso
small posts, so as to enable him to semi
out American officials.
Ballot Reform In New York.
New York, Nov. 18. At a confer
ence yesterday between representatives
of organizations interested in ballot re
form, a resolution was adopted declar
ing that ballot reform in New York
should proceed on the lines of the Aus
tralian ballot as in use in Massachu
setts. As the representative of t lie
Corrupt Practices association, D. Cady
Herrick asked the support of the con
ferees for a bill which his organization
intends to present to the legislature-
and which he said would be drawn Bo
as to do away with election corruption.
Peasants Sack an Estate.
Kursk, R ussia, Nov. 18. Agrarian
disorders are increasing. The estate of
Prince Kassalkine Rostkoftsky, in the
Novoskol district, has been sacked by
peasants, who attacked and wounded
the prince and princess. Several build
ings were burned and cattle and horses
driven off. The police commissary has
sent an urge it appeal to the govern
ment for regular troops to aid the Cos
sacks, who are powerless to cope with
the disorders.
Plan International Parliament.
Paris. Nov. 18. Representatives of
the Parliaments of the nrlnelnnl na
tions will assemble here November 18
to consider the American appeal for a
permanent international nnrlUment
and a general arbitration treaty, as
presented at the Brussels parliamentary
congresb by Congressman Richard Bar
tholdt, of Missouri, who represented,
the United States at the congress.