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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1905)
1 ( WORK FOR RIVER Roosevelt and Tall Won to Sup port of Columbia. CONTINUE WORK ON THE JETTY f ulton and Carey Successfully Plead at tho While House and War Department. Wiiwh iiitnti, Nov. !t(), President Itoosevelt nnil 8icretary Tuft are in hearty sympathy willi tint movement etartod in Portland to secure an h p pro priation at tin coming (tension of con greM (or continuing tint imrovemctit of the mouth nl tho Columbia river, and no x r mm : 1 tlii'iiiMi'l ves yesterday to rienator Fulton ami Judge Charles II. Curry. Judge Carey, In present ing this hi 11 1 1 r to tho rM 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hclcil hi repre sentative of Portland's commercial in terests nnil, together with Senator I' ni ton, made a full statement of the ne- i"hm i I y for an Ilium-clinic appropriation (or continuing work on tin ji'tly Whi'ii they llrxt explained the object of thi'ir lull, thn president declared tint matter dearly hi'yoml his province, and cited iiiinifronM instances where other states have nuked him to interest hiuiHcIf in lu'half of their river and harbor work, Itnt, an thn situation at thn month of tint river wan unfolded to him, and an tin became convinced that it would be good business policy for -contircnn to make an appropriation thin winter for keeping work nmlcr way, Iik legau to realize that hi' would hit acting wholly within hia province in advising that money he provided for thin work . When he fully underMood the eitua tion, the preniilelit ueked many lines thins ahont it. lie informed Judtf Carey that, If the Portland commercial bodies would present to him a full statement showing the emergency that exists and point out the reasons why it is i-Hpniitinl that an appropriation should he made thin winter, he would nuhinil that statement to Chairman Purton, of the river and harhor com luittee, and cooperate as far aa was in liia power to secure the appropriation which I'ortland interests are seeking. The preaident also promiaed to coiianlt the army engineers and ohtain from them a atate ment of the iiwessity for an immediate approriation. (ireatly encouraged hy the assurances given hv the preaident, the senator and Judge Carey then railed on Secretary Tuft, who waa a achoolhoy friend of Judge Carey. When Judge Carey pre. nented the resolutions of the hoard of trade, pointing out the need for an im mediate appropriation, the secretary promised to auhniit them to the chief of engineer, and to rail for a report aa to the neceHHity for making an appro lriation tliia winter (or continuing work on the jetty. STORM WHIPS GRfcAT LAKES. Several Vatiels Wrecked, Dock De molished, Island Submerged. iMroit, .Mich., Nov. !I0. l.ake Hu erior from Iuluth to the Soo, the up per peiiinHula of Michigan, the upper 4-iuln of Lakes Huron and Michigan and the northern counties of lower Michi gan, have been swept hy a territle wind and Know etorm, and a number of ship ping accidents have been reported. The blizzard raged with a velocity of from 40 to tlO m ilea an hour and all the harhorri from Port Huron and from Hault Ste Marie north on Lake Super ior are filled with vessels which have run in for shelter. Tonight it was reported from rault Ste Marie that the wind had fallen to 12 miles an hour and although the bar ometer ia (ailing the weather situation in regarded as greatly improved. Tre mendous seas are running on Lake Su perior off Marquette harbor, and more than a dozen vessels are riding out the gale inside the breakwater there. Storm Cuts Chicago Loose. Chicago, Nov. ltlowMig at the rate of 45 miles an hour a gale swept over Chicago and the mirrounding terri tory ItiHt night. It was an onipmied by a downpour of r.iin. SigiiB were blown down, street car tiallie delayed and boats wore unable to leave the harhor. A police patrol box was torn from its fastenings and curried by the wind across the sidewalk, crashing into a plate glass window. Telephone com munication with stations on the South Hide were interrupted, and many minor uccidents reported. Open Revolt In Manchuria. St. Petersburg, Nov. HO. According to dispatches received here, tt state of utmost open rebellion exists among the troops in Manchuria. A revolutionary movement bus spread among the Tmke etan troops. The Munchurian troops tleclare that it is impossible to exist on the rations served them. They also condemn the medical resources and state that thousands of them are unfit for service, but are detained in the province. Change in Inauguration Day. Washington, Nov. ao. The National committee on inauguration baa unani mously decided to recommend a change of date of presidential inaugurations from March 4 to the last Thursday in April. WfcALTH IN HANDS. Government Oivns Out Report About Coast's Magnetic Iron Ore. Washington, Nov. 211. From Fort SleveiiH, at the month of the Columbia river, southward IH miles to Tillamook I lead, is one of t he richest black sand benches on the Pacific coast, according to the figures contained In the second preliminary report of )r. I'avid T. Pay, of the United States geological survey, on the results of experiments on concentrating there sands. The Clatsop beach sands were the flrit with which experiments were made, and the results obtained from them have just been given out hy the government. Magnetic iron ore is shwon to he present in immense quantities, in one place attaining the remarkable average of flCl.Tioil pounds in one ton of sand, but much gold and platinum were also found. In 'act it is said hy Dr. Day that the values in the precious metals alone would in themselves probably pay for the cost of working the sand. It was through the energy of the Astoria chamber of commerce in sack ing and loading into cars at its own ex pense samples to be experimented with, that this sand first received attention. A government geologist was sent to ex amine the beach from which the sam ples were taken. He found the sands 1,1500 feet west of Hammond station, near Fort Stev ens, to he the richest. At this point the sand is very black, Incoming light er in color toward the south, ranging from dense black to light grny, at the month of the Necaniciim river. From this point to Tillamook head, the sand is very green, due to the presence of olivine and other (tortious of decom pose! I basalt. One mile from Tilla mook head large basaltic boulders take the place of most of the sand, which is very thin from here on. GREAT STOHM IN EUROPE. British and German Coast Resorts Damaged and Lives Lost. Imdoii, Nov. (ireat damage was done to the coast towns of (ireat Britain by last night's storm. Many small vessels were driven ashore, but t bus far only a few lives are reported lost. During the night huge waves swept the sea fronts of many favorite resorts. Sea walls and promenades were washed out, aad houses and hotels along the sea fronts were Hooded. Some houses collapsed. The small coasting steamer Peridot, of (ilasgow, was totally wrecked on the Island of Magee. The crew was lost. Seven (todies have lieen washed up. The provinces report great damage by the gale. The telegraph wires are down, and tl e telephone line to Paris is interrupted. The Ked Star line steamer Kronland and the American Hamburg line steam er Patricia, Ixmnd for New York, em harked their passengers at Dover this morning, after which they continued their voyage uninterrupted hy the storm. CUBANS ARM FOR HOI FIGHT. Machetes, Rifles and Cannon Sur round American Meeting. Havana, Nov. 2H. Letters received from the Isle of Pines picture an in teresting scene at Neuva tiuerona Sat urday. American flags were hoisted on the American hotel, w here the meet ing of the Americans was held, where upon Cuban Hags were hoisted on every Cuban bouse. The mayor, apprehending that the Americans would seize the town ball, gathered more than a hundred men, who were armed with machetes, some of them with 11 rearms, and stationed themselves inside the building, while many other armed Cubans were in the immediate vicinity. Some of the writ ers say that the women also were armed with knives. In anticiptaion of what the Americans might do, a couple of small cannon were placed in front of the town ball. Absolutely nothing oc curred, however, to justify the appre hension. Lieb Is Discharged. Washington, Nov. 2(1. President Roosevelt today removed fioni oflice William S. Lieb, United States assist ant treasurer at Philade plhia, (or "con stant and persistent violation of the civil service law while in olliee." In a formal statement issued at the White house today by the president, Mr. Lieb's removal is announced. The president gave Mr. Lieb a hearing last Friday, at the request of Senators Pen rose and Knox. Mr. Lieb submitted a long statement in answer to the charges made against him. Carey Working for Jetty. Washington, Nov. 21). Judge Carey intends as Boon as possible to call on President ltoosevelt to interest him in the need of an appropriation for con tinuing improvement at the mouth of the Columbia river and to secure from him, if possible, assurance that he will aid in procuring the necessary appro priation at the coming session. He will also call on Secretary Taft and such senators and congressmen of in fluence as can be reached. Starve Out Mutineers. Sevastopol, Nov. 29. llaron Gako nielHkl, who ia now in charge of the situation, will reduce the mutineers who are enclosed on Admiralty point by starvation. The water supply lead lug to the point has already been cut. SIDETRACK TARIFF (rite Replatlon the Only Prob lem More Coming Session. CONCENTRATION OF ATTENTION President Will Not Give Senate Any Excuse to Avoid Action by De bating In the Air. Washington, Nov. 2H. For various reasons President Roosevelt will not urge congress at the approaching ses sion to take up the question of tariff revision. He helievin the railroad rate question is the most vital issue which confronts the people of the United States today, and he is therefore un willing to bring to the front any other problem whose discussion would tend to postpone, if not defeat, legislation on that subject. He proceeds on the theory that the worst evil should he first cured. After four years' experi ence in the white house, ami with a comprehensive knowledge of the meth ods resorted to hy congress to defeat legislation which is distasteful, the president is fully aware thai he would materially decrease the chances of get ting rate legislation if he should make tariff revision an issue of equal import ance with the regulation of freight rates. He is aware that the senate would quickly seize upon this opportu nity and concentrate its attention on a tariff hill, not so much with any idea of modifying the Dingley tariff as to distract attention and sidetrack the rate bill before it reached a critical stae. There is other legislation which the president hopes to have passed liesideB the railroad rate hill, hut he is mure anxious about that measure than any other, and he will concentrate his efforts to secure such a law as w ill, in his judgment, effectively check discrim inations of all sorts. He wants a law which will apply the "square deal" rule to railroad business, and if his in fluence, hacked by public opinion, can bring it about, such a law w ill be writ ten on the statute hoiks before the first session of the F"ifty-ninth congress ad journs. CANAL ENGINEERS DEPART. Ridicule Reports They Have Changed Decision on Sea Level. Washington, Nov. 2H. The five for eign delegates to the Isiard of consult ing engineers of the Isthmain Canal commission left for New York today, and will sail for their homes. They w ill meet again in Brussels during the first days of January, (ieueral Davis will go to that city as representative of the American members of the board, and will take with him the documents, which are not yet drawn up, and which then will have to be signed by the for eign delegates. Speaking of published stories that they had reconsidered their first vote, one of the delegates made the following statement : "Whatever we have had to say will be found in the report which will shortly he in the hands of President Roosevelt. That we should change our vote on a subject to which for three months we had given the closest atten tion, and should change it merely be cause some parties are not contented with it, is a great absurdity." Leave Isle of Pines to Cuba. Washington, Nov. 28. The Cuban government will be permitted to settle to its own satisfaction the existing trouble on the Isle of Pines. The State department has so announced. Of course, if American citizens were to be unduly persecuted or maltreated be cause of any exercise by them of their right of freedom of speech or assembly, this government will take steps to se cure for them justice. But if those Americans on the islands place them selves outside the pale of the law by refusing to recognize the authority of the Cuban government, they will have to take the consequences. Pesthouse Was Burglarized. Butte, Mont., Nov. 28. A Great Falls dispatch to the Miner states that the people of Teton county are in a fu rore over what is believed to be a threatened epidemic of smallpox as the result of burglarizing of the pesthouse. Several smallpox patients were confined in the detention house and thy piace has never been fumigated to the extent that it is believed that all danger of contagion is past. The people have been publicly warned by the health ollicials to be on the alert for any ap pearance of the disease. A lies Have Acted. London, Nov. 28. The Daily Mail publishes the following dispatch from Mitylene, dated November 27: "Kight warships of the combined fleet arrived here at 8 o'clock this morning. Admi ral Bitter von Jedimi, accompanied hy the Austrian consul, proceeded to the government house at 10:30 o'clock and handed an ultimatum to the governor. At 1 o'clock this afternoon 600 sailors landed and seized the customs and tele graph ollice. Everything ia quiet." Governor cf Moscow Dismissed. London, Nov. 28. The correspond ent of the Standard at Moscow says that General Drunovo, governor of Moscow, haB been dismissed in disgrace owing to the revolutionary proceedings of the congress of peasants. GREATEST HARVEST IN HISTORY Present Year Was Record Breaker in United States. Washington, Nov.2H. " Wi alt h pro duction on the farms of the United States in 1 !l')r reached the highest amount ever attained in this or aiy other country I , 4 1 5,001), 000." In the first annual report of his third term Secretary of Agriculture Wilson presents an array of figures and a state ment representing products and profits of the farmers of this country, which he admits "dreams of wealth produc tion could hardly equal." Four crops make new high records as to value corn, hay, wheat and rice although In amount of production the corn is the only one that exceeds pre vious yields. In every crop the gen eral level of production was high and that of prices still higher. Beside the enormous yield of wealth the secretary estimates that the farms of the country have increased in value during the past, five years to a present aggregate of $'),- i:n, 000,000. "Every surisnt during the past five years," he says, "has registered an in crease of $.3,400,000 in the value of the farms of this country." Analyzing the principal crops for the year, the secretary says that corn reached its highest production at 2, 7O8,0OO,0l.'O bushels, a gain of 42,000, 000 over the next highest year, 1 H'.t'.l ; hay is second in order of value, al though cotton held second place during the two preceding years. The hay crop this year is valued at W), 000,000. Cotton comes third, with a valuation of $575,000,000; wheat, $525,000,000; oats, $282,000,000; potatoes, $138, 000,000; barley, $58,000,000; tobacco, $12,000,000; sugar, cane and sugar beets, $50,000,000; rice, $13,000,- 000; dairy products, $50,000,000, an increase of $54,000,000, over last year. PLENTY OF MONEY. Secretary of Interior Has Not Been Furnished Proper Figures. Washington, Nov. 28. When the secretary of the Interior and the Recla mation service reach an understanding as to the extent and condition of the national reclamation fund, it is expect id that a number of new irrigation pro jects, including projects in Eas'ern Oregon and F.astern Washington, will be approved and placed under contract. But until there is a complete under standing, the present chaotic condition must continue, and inactivity will be the rule, save on projects that are act ually under contract. The great misunderstanding that now prevails is as to the amount of money available for use, and the restrictions under which that money may be ex pended . The Reclamation service has its own set of figures, but those figure do not coincide with the figures which bave been furnished Secretary Hitch cock by the men in his own department upon whom he relies. The secretary, confronted with very different financial statements, from sources which ought to agree, has concluded that neither is right, yet he is unable to figure out for himself just how much money he has to spend, and how much he has spent in the 3)2 years the reclamation law has been in force. WRECK TAKES FIRE. Fourteen Persons Lose Lives in Mas sachusetts Disaster. Lincoln, Mass., Nov. 28. Fourteen persons were killed, 25 were seriously injured, and probably a score of others cut and bruised in the most disastrous railroad wreck recorded in this state for many years. The wreck occurred at 8:15 o'clock, at Baker's bridge sta tion, a mile and a half west of Lincoln, on the main line of the Fitchburg di vision of the Boston & Maine railroad. The regular express, which left Boston at 7:45 o'clock for Montreal, by way of the Rutland system, crashed into the rear end of an accommodation train liound for points on the Marlborough branch, and which started from Boston at 7:15. Of the dead, a dozen were passengers in the two rear cars of the Marlborough train. The other two were Engineer Barnard, of the Montreal express, and his fireman. No passengers on the express train were injured. Of those w ho lost their lives, a number were ap parently instantly killed in the collis ion, while others were either burned to death or died from suffocation. Oppose Rate Legislation. Chicago, Nov. 28. An organized movement on the part of railroad em ployes in every branch of the service has been put on foot to secure con certed action against the Roosevelt idea of rate legislation. Preliminary steps have already been taken by a commit tee of the brotherhoods of railroad men for a general mass meeting. Rate reg ulation, in the opinion of the em ployes, means a subsequent reduction in wages for them, and ttiey propose a strong organization to oppose traffic rates. No Flowers at Capitol Washington, Nov. 23. There will bo no flowers in either house on the opening day of congress. A resolution of the senate waa adopted during the last session of congress barring flowers from the senate chamber. Mr. Cannon has already given notice that he will not allow the dowers to be brought in as heretofore. Rivalry of admirers of different members of both houses reached a stage where the desks were buried in dowers. Famine In Part of Japan. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 28. Famine prevails because of the failure of the rice crop in Northeast Japan. The gov eminent has begun relief measures. The Mori- of In-llnnr Nan. Once on a limp, In far .fnpnn, There lived a busy littl man, Ho rm-rry and nn full of fun That people callp'l lilin In-door Run. Now In-loor Hun m') mirrors fins. Iiku thos In your hoiua and In rnlns, Arid in then looking glugnn bright IDs own face saw from morn till olght. It mail him feel so Try aad To hi face look cross and bail, That ha began to tak great rare To keep a swet smile always there. And aoon he found that thosa he knew, All aeemed to like, him better, too; For, like the mirror, every one Began to smile on Iu-t or Hun! Now try this Just on day and e How bright and smiling you can be;. You'll find both happlneM and fun In ilnylng you're an "in-door un!" Little Folk. A (nallf flkate. Roller skating Is older than most folk Imagine. Joseph Merlin, a Bel gian, born In 1735, a clever, Inventive fellow, went to Iymdon In 17'!0 and exhibited his novelties at a museum In Spring Gardens, and afterward In Prince's street, Hanover Square. Hav ing made a pair of skates to run on f. TL 6. tyhfor. Rrown breead. dni done, i 1 1 j 'yfelUhnil , Je Ij c&Xg Youth's Companion. wheels, he appeared with them at a masked ball riven by Mrs. Cornelys, In Carlisle House, Soho. He was duly Invited to display his skill. Having p-'t on the skates he took a violin and began whirling about to his own music. One thing he had not studied, however, and that was how to guide himself and to stop quickly, and the result was that before the performance had lasted very long he daslied into an Immense mirror valued at $2,500, smashed his fiddle to bits, and serious ly injured himself. That appears to have dampened the spirit or lnveutors, for we hear nothing of other wheel skates for nearly half a century. A Tro Incident. A French family has recently had Its fortunes restored In a way to sug gest story telling. They were wretch edly poor, selling one possession after another in order to live. One day the mother, in moving an old desk of her great-grandfather, came upon an old book, between the pages of which was a stamp of the Island of Maurice of 1S47. A traveler stopping to rest In the cottage one day saw this stamp, which a boy was sticking to a home-made en velope, playing "postoltlee with a lit tle friend. This traveler (a man of wealth and a collector of cmios) a:iw that it was very rare. In truth, there were but two others In existence, one belonging to the King of England and one to the Czar of Russia. He told the famllv of their treasure, and it v;u through his Interest and exertions that the stamp was subsequently sold for If'.riOO. An tklino'a Urea. When an Eskimo young lady goes to a ball she Is a gorgeous sight to gaze upon. You did uot know that they had dances In her country? Well, they do, and n traveler reports Just how a belle was dressed on such an occasion. Her dross was made of the Intes tines of a seal, split find sewed togeth er. This makes a transparent gar ment, and the girl trimmed It with elaborate embroidery of colored worsteds aud fringed It with strings of beads. Her trousers were white and made of Siberian reindeer skin, em broidered with strips of wolf skin. Her batr waa braided on each side with trips of wolf skin and strips of beads. Heavy necklaces and pendants of bead and teeth of animals hung around her neck and over her should ers. Snow-white gloves, made cf fawn i r r''l W skin, were on her hands. These fitted! perfectly ami were ornamented with) strips of skin from some animal per haps the send. To complete this elab orate) outfit this Eskimo belle cnrrleil In her hand not a bouquet but a long eagle feather. In fact she carried two,- one In each hand, which ah waved as she danced. No doubt thle yonng lady made a charming picture. At least the young gallants of her set thought she did. LACK OF MEN, NOT WORK. RTclatlon of th Ileal Problem of th 1'neraplored. Ieroy Hcott contributes to World'" Work the result of a firsthand In vestigation of the unemployed In the United States. He makes some star tling revelations and Incidentally scat ters the tissue of sentimentality that has hung about the "poor man looking for a Job." He declares that tho real problem Is not to find work for men, but men for work. Ninety per cent of the men out of work don't want work. Mr. Scott says: "In large cities the men who stand In bread lines, who patronize free soup kitchens and missions; who sleep In municipal lodging houses and j a fft&v little one. . . .1 &n d s tem&ch.- jicJT In police stations, are properly re garded as unfortunates who have) failed to find work. The Charity Or ganization Soslety and the Association for Improving the condition of the Poor, both of New York, recently had cards printed addressed to unemployed men, offering work and financial and medical aid. During March and April 28,000 of these cards were distributed to men In bread lines, missions and lodging houses. Three hundred and five responded a little more than 1 per cent. It would seem that self-respecting men, eager to work, would seize at such chance. At the two lodging houses of the Philadelphia Society for Organlzlnz Charity, the of ficers clip from the morning papers and post on a bulletin board the ad vertisements asking for male help, so that the men can read them when discharged at 6 a. m. As a rale no more than two or three men from a crowd of 100 or 150 glance at the ad vertisements. "Among unorganized workers men are frequently unemployed through a desire to choose their Job. I sat a large part of one day listening to the talk between clerk and applicants. Job after Job was refused because the applicants were not pleased with the work or the wages. A typical case was that of a young fellow who was of fered a good opening In an office at $12 a wook; he refused because he wonted to start at ?13. On the pre vious day this agency had found a Job for a man whose family was being sup ported by a charity society. The man went to his new work In the morning; In the afternoon he was back at the agency. 'They only wanted to pay ma $1.75," he complained. 'I won't work for less than $2 for anybody.'" How the Trouble Aroae. "I suppose he. clasped you In his arms when the ennoe upset?" "No; quite the opposite." "Quite the opposite?" "Yes; the canoe upset when he clasped me In his arms." Houston (Texas) Tost A Subtle Dlallncllon. Mother of Parveuue Financier (to visitor) All these are photographs of my eon. Here you see him as) a child, there as a man and there as a baron. Journal Amusant An average girl Is never satisfied until she acquires a son-lu-law for bet mother. tiwi ip : -.i i J I