Bohemia Nugget
Boh it Nsr rb. Co.
1 COTTAGK GROVE . . OREGON.
NEWS OHHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Senator Heylmrn is slightly im
proved. Women of KnglanJ are working for
suffrage.
Madrid is making great preparations
for the royal wedding.
Vesuvius is pouring a torrent of mud
on the nearby villages.
It is now believed fiat Mrs. Jeffer
son Davis may recover.
A prompt agreement on the rate bill
is likely by the two houses of congress.
It is understood that an Anglo
Russian agreement is about to be per
fected. It is regarded as practically certain
that the second Hague peace conference
will meet in May, 1907.
The district judge has seixed tax re
cords and ballot boxes at Denver and
discovered wholesale fraud.
United States warships have been
ordered to watch for filibustering ves
sels going to Santo Domingo.
A severe earthquake in Luzon, P. I.,
carsed a lake to form where a good
siied mountain had stood. The na
tives in the vicinity are in a state of
terror.
New York will expend $160,000,000
in adding to the city's water system.
The San Francisco fire destroyed
proof of the citizenship of 100,000 vot
ers. VTu Ting Fang, ex-Chinese minister
to the United States, proposes radical
reforms in China.
John Mitchell, president of the Unit
ed Mineworkers, will soonjresign.to
take np the practice of law.
Barracks have been built in Golden
Gate park, San Francisco, which will
accommodate 5,000 persons.
The Interstate Commerce commission
haB secured more admissions of graft
ing by Pennsylvania railroad officials.
Insurance companies have already
paid about $200,000 San Francisco
losses and it is expected all undisputed
claims will be paid by June 1.
A great forest fire in Michigan has
burned over an area of 200 square
miles and latest accounts report the
flames still burning. Fourteen towns
have been wiped out entirely and
thousands of people are homeless. As
far as known no lives have been loet,
although sveeral entire families have
not been accounted for and may have
perished. The money Ksa will be
enormous.
The president has declared himeelf
in favor of ship subsidy.
Evidence of rebating has been found
against the Pennsylvania railroad.
Cumberland Presbyterians will go to
law to prevent if poesible church union.
Natives at Guantanamo, Cuba, at
tacked United States sailors, killing
one and wounding 22.
Governor Blanchard, of Louisiana,
has sent a special message to the legis
lature asking for an insurance reform
law.
A court of inquiry has found General
Stoessel wrong in surrendering Port
Arthur and he may be disgraced and
sent to prison.
Commissioner Garfield has produced
much documentary evidence against the
Standard Oil at the Interstate Com
merce hearings.
A New York man just returned from
Panama says that country is practically
a monarchy with the president at the
head. He scys the government is con
stituted on the plan of the big insar
- ance companies the president's rela
tives all hold jobs in the government
service and control all the good places.
The Russian parliament is preparing
demands to the czar for liberty.
The Great Northern and Burlington
are to run through trains from Portland
to Chicago,
Taft has again declared that he will
continue to buy canal supplies in the
cheapest market until restricted by con
gress. Rains and floods are causing enor
mous damage in Texas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. A number of per
sons have been drowned.
The house committee on insular
affairs has made a favorable report on
the bill extending United States citi
zenship to the inhabitants of Porto
Rico.
Municipal ownership in Denver haB
been beaten by blunders and treachery .
Well known scientists who have been
studying Vesuvius are preparing to pre
dict earthquakes and eruptions and say
insurance risks may be reduced to a
minimum.
Will J. Dave, who was manager of
the Iroquois theater, Chicago, at the
time of the great fire in that building,
has been arraigned on a charge of man
slaughter, i rowing out of the tire.
MANY SETTLERS MISSING.
Michigan Forest Fire Lays Waste to
Hundred Square Miles.
Milwaukee, May -I. A dispatch to
th Sentinel from Fset,nala, Mich., by
a staf! correspondent says: Four known
dead, a score or more persons mining,
hundreds of families bona less, several
millions of dollars in property burned,
four towns wiped out entirely and a
dozen more partially, five counties de
vastated and 100 square miles of terri
tory fire-swept. This is the dreadful
picture that the Northern Michigan
peninsula presents today, after the
worst forest fire since the Festigo dis
aster in 1871.
General Superintendent W. K. Wells,
of the Kcanab A Lake Superior rail
road, along whose right of way the
greatest loss occurred, returned tonight
from a trip of inspection over the tire
stricken area, and says that the tlames
have gone down and for the time being
the danger is over, unless a new gale
arises to again fan the embers into
tlames.
The following summary briefly tells
the story :
Feter Lafond, a cook, smothered in a
lumber camp near Katoe, body found
tonight.
Tiiree uuknown children dead at
(.Juinnesec, Mich., separated from their
parents while the village was burning
and perished.
Scores of homesteaders and woods
men are missing and many have prob
ably perished in the flames.
Territory devastated, five counties,
Marquette, Menominee, Delta, Alger
and Dickinson. The territory fire-swept
is 100 miles square.
Towns totally burned:
Talbot, Mich., 100 population, only
a few houses left standing.
Oainnesec. Mich.. 1,000 population,
only one house remains.
Saunders, 150 population, all wiped
out.
Niagara, Wis., 500 population, all
wiped out.
Towns partially destroyed:
Northland, Cornell, Antine, Spring
Valley, Kingsley, Woodlawn, Foster
City, Sala and Metropolitan.
KILL CANAL BY DELAY.
Purpose of Sea Level Party on Pana
ma Enterprise.
Chicago, May 20. Expressing the
sentiments of senators and congress
men on the recent act'on of the senate
committee in voting for a sea level
canal, Edward G. Clark, correspondent
at Washington for the Chicago Even
ing Post, says:
"Suspicion that a systematic effort is
being made in the senate to delay in
definitely the digging of the Panama
canal ha9 become a conviction. There
is anzer among the friends of rapid
work on the isthmus and a well-defined
and freely expressed belief that inter
ests are at work to jeopardize the who'e
project. It is declared freely in Wash
ington that, while it was supposed that
the hosts of representatives of certain
corporate interests who had been at the
capital during the laHt few months were
here for the purpose of watching rail
road rate legislation, in reality mod of
them were here w'th the intention of
using what influence was at their com
mand to defeat the attempt to ob'.ain a
favorable report for a lock canal.
"Senator Piatt, of New York, voted
for a sea level canal. It is stated that
Mr. Piatt did not attend one committee
meeting at which the matter was dis
cussed. Everybody knows why John
T. Morgan, of Alabama, voted in favor
of a sea level plan. He is bluntly hon
est. He does not want a canal, and he
has the grace to say so.
"The movement that began in the
senate committee to get a sea level ca
nal has behind it. however, a tremen
dous fnrcn and it is the intention of
Ppow6rful senators to endeavor not only
to get the sanction of the senaie itseii,
but to bring every possible pressure to
bear on the house to induce it to recede
from ihe position it took in favor of a
lock type. If the powerful ones suc
ceed, the day of canal digging is far in
th distance. The ueoole may be
obliged to speak on this matter in no
uncertain way.
Biggest Steamer Afloat.
New York. Mav 20. The Hamburg
line steamer Ka'serin Auguste Vic
toria, the largest passenger steamer
afloat, with a gross tonnage of nearly
26.000. completed her initial trip
across the Atlantic tonight from Ham
burg, Dover and Boulogne. bhe
brought 490 saloon and 1,708 steerage
passengers. The Kuiserin Victoria
made an average speed of 17 knots dur
ing the voyage. The Kuiserin Auguste
Victoria is 700 feet in length over all,
with a beam of 77 feet and depth from
boat deck to keel of 57 feet.
Gout Gains on Pope.
Rome, May 20. When Dr. Lapponi
visited the Pope this morning he found
his putient improved, although the
pontiff passed a somewhat restless
night at the result of his attack of
gout. Owing to a slight rise in tem
perature, Dr. I.apponi ordered the pope
to remain in bed for several days. Al
though the condition of the Pope is not
grave, some apprehension is felt ut the
frequency of the gout attacks through
exposure to fatigue.
Die of Heat in New York.
New York, May 20 Two deaths and
some prostrations from heat were re
ported here today. The cdlicial ther
mometer stood at 85 degrees during the
afternoon, tut on the streets the mer
cury rose to 95.
j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j
OFFICIAL BALLOT.
Ticket To Be Voted On In June Made
Up by Secretary of State.
Saloni Secretary of Stale Dunbar
has issued his certificate- of the Kepuh-
Mean and Democratic primary nomina
tions the nominations of the Socialists
and Prohibitionists and the arrange
ment of the names on the official ballot.
The state senatorial and congression
al ticket is as follows:
Governor I. II. Amos, Multnomah
county, Prohibition ; C. W. Hariee,
Wasco, Socialist; George h. Chamber
lain, Multnomah, lVmocratic; James
Withycombe, Kenton, Republican.
Secretary of Slate Frank W. Ken
son, Douglas, Republican; R. C.
Brown, lViuglaa, Socialist; T. S. Mi?
Daniel, Multnomah, Prohibition; P.
II. Sroat. Marion, Democratic.
State Treasurer Leslie Butler, Was
co, Prohibition; G. R. Cook, Multno
mah, Socialist; J. D. Mavloek, Ijuie,
Democratic; George A. Steel, Clacka
mas, Republican.
Supreme Judge C. J. Bright, Sher
man, Prohibition; RoUrt Eak.n, Un
ion, Republican; T. G. Hailey. Uma
tilla, lVmocratic; Marcus W. Bobbins,
Josephine, Socialist.
Attorney-General C. C. Brix, Crook,
Socialist; A. M. Crawford, Douglas,
Republican; Robert A. Miller, Multno
mah, Democratic; F. B. Rutherford,
Multnomah, Prohibition.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. II. Ackerman, Multnomah, Republican-,
J. E. Hoemer, Multnomah,
Socialist; Henry Sheak, Benton, Prohi
bition. State Printer J. C. Cooper, Yam
hill. Socialist; Willis S. Duniwav,
Multnomah, Republican; Alvin S.
Hawk, Multnomah, Prohibition; J.
Scott Taylor, Klamath, Democratic.
Commissioner of Labor Statistics and
Inspector of Factories and Workshops
O. P. Hoff. Multnomah, Republican;
W. S. Richards, Linn, Socialist.
United States Senator (to fill vacan
cy) Hiram Gould. Yamhill, Prohibi
tion; Fred W. Mulkey, Multnomah,
Republican; J. D. Stevens, Multno
mah, Socialist.
United States Senator (term begin
ning March 4, 1907) Jonathan Bourne
Jr., Multnomah, Republican; John M.
Gearin, Multnomah, Democratic; B.
Lee Paget, Multnomah, Prohibition;
A. G. Simola, Multnomah, Socialist.
Congressman, First District Charles
V. Galloway, Yamhill, Democratic;
Edward F. Green, Benton, Prohibition;
Willis C. Hawley, Marion, Republican;
W. W. Myers, Clackamas, Socialist.
Congressman, Second District W.
R. Ellis, Umatilla, Republican; James
Harvey Graham, Baker, Demorcati;
A. M. Paul, Union, Socialist; H. W.
Stone, Multnomah, Prohibition.
Spring Produces Clams.
Albany Water from a spring flowing
from a solid sandstone hill, three utiles
northeast of Lebanon, produces fresh
water clams. Though there are no
clams in the spring, and, so far as
known, none that its water could come
in contact with in any way, yet the
water, w hen poured into a trough, pro
duces clams, which grow to ordinary
size. Water flows from solid rock
through an iror. pipe, about 45 yards,
into a watering trough. In this trough
the clams develop. The trough has
been frequently cleaned, but fresh wa
ter clams always developed in it again.
Indians Want to Work.
Klamath Falls It is probable that a
part of the labor, in constructing the
Klamath project of the United States
reclamation service will be performed
by the Indians of the Klamath reser
vation, who are said to be faithful
workmen. It is understood the ques
tion has been taken up with the Indian
bureau through the proper channels
and that from 100 to 250 descendants
ot the braves who fought on the battle
fields of the lava beds in the famous
Modoc, war will work in digging the
ditches.
Sawmill on Wendling Line.
Eugene The Southern Pacific com
pany has selected a site for one of its
proposed sawmills along the Wendling
branch railroad. It will be located on
the company's land about one mile
north of Marcola station. A large force
of men is clearing the right of way for
a spur from the Wendling line to the
sawmill site, nearly one mile. Agents
of the company have been in Eugene
the last two days looking for about 30
men to assist in the work.
Flooded With Paper Money.
Oregon City Oregon City is being
flooded with paper currency in conse
quence of a suspension of the mint at
San Francisco by reason of the earth
quake and subsequent conflagration.
Local banks have received their gold
and silver largely from the Han Fran
cisco mint, and have always been plen
tifully supplied heretofore.
Entire Sawmill Made in Albany.
Albany The Albany Iron Works
has just completed a complete sawmill
outfit and shipped it to Med ford, where
it will be erected and placed in opera
tion immediately. All the machinery
from the largest to the smallest piece
was made in the local foundry.
Rich Strike In the Goldbug.
Sumpter The Blue Mountain Amer
ican cays: "Another wonderfully rich
strike has been made at the Goldbug
mine, in the Red Boy district, on north
drift, vein No. 5. The pay streak is
eight to ten inches thick. One assay
gives $300 to $1,000 a ton."
INITIATIVE MEASURES.
Questions on Which Oregon Voters
Will Pass at June Election.
Salem There are 11 measurm upon
which the people will be called to vole
in June, five of which are proposal
amendments to the state constitution.
The remaining six are legislative meas
ures proposed by Initiative. Their ti
tle and order on the ballot, which are
to be voted "yes" or "no," follow:
Shall act appropriating money main
taining Insane asylum, penitentiary,
deaf mute, blind school, university,
agricultural college and not mat schools
be approved?
For equal suffrage constitutional
amendment.
For amendment to the local option
law giving auti-l'orhihitloiiisls equal
privilege.
For law to alHilish tolls on the Mount
Hood and Harlow road and providing
(or it ownership by the state.
For constitutional amendment pro
viding method of amending constituPon
and applying the referendum to all
laws affecting constitutional conven
tions and amendments.
Fo' constitutional amendment giving
cities and towns exclusive power to en
act and amend their charters.
For constitutional amendment to al
low the state printing, binding and
printer's compensation to l regulate!
by law at any time.
For constitutional amendment tor the
initiative and referendum on local,
special and municipal laws and parts
of laws.
For bill for a law prohibiting free
passes and discrimination by railroad
companies and other public service cor
porations. For an set requiring sleeping car
companies, refrigerator car companies
and oil companies to pay an annual li
cense upon gross earnings.
For an act requiring exprei-s com
panies, telegraph companies and tele
phone companies to pay an annual
license upon gross earningt.
Mammoth Canal at Klamath Falls.
Brnd Mason, Doris iV Co. have the
contract for constiuction of a big canal
at Klamath Falls. The amount in
volved' is about $400,000. and some
thing like 700.000 yards of dirt will he
excavated. The contract includes much
concrete work and a tunnel 3.H00 feet
long, which will pass under the town
of Klamath Falls. Seventy-five teams
and a fx) ut 300 men have been engaged.
The contract calls for a trench nlie
mUes long, 44 feet wide on the boltiuii
and 75 feet at the top and 13 feet deep.
The in take is at Upper Klamath lake.
Branch of Boys' and Girls' Aid.
Mi Minnville An advisory board of
the Roys' and Girls' Aid S a-iety has
been organized in McM inuville. This
board will pass on applications from
Yamhili county for children to be ta
ken into family homes. It will also
keep in touch with the children thus
placed out. and report on their condi
tion. This board rimy take up the
matter of truancy, neglect anil other
forms of delinquency, in which case
strong co-operation will be lurnishe'l.
Hop Farm Is Incorporated.
Salem The Molson Hop Farm com
pany, of Rickreal, Or., is the title of a
corporation whose articles have been
tiled in the secretary of state's office,
with Allert J. Ray, Clifion N. Me
Arthur and F)arl C. Rronaugh as incor
porators. The principal office is in
Portland and the capital stock is $rU,
000, in shares (d $100 each.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 72i:; blue-stem, 73c;
red, 70c; valley, 70c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $?!; gray,
$28.50 per ton.
Barley Feed, $23.5024 per ton;
brewing, $2424.60; rolled, $24.50(0
25.50.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $12(3
13 per ton; clover, $7,6008; cheat,
$0(37; grain hay, $78; alfalfa, $13.
Butter Fancy creamery, 17y($20c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 19c per dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 14ft$16c
per pound; mixed chickens, 13(U4c;
broilers. 20a22c; young roosters,
12J13o; old roosters, ll12c;
dressed chickens, lOOlfic; turkeys,
ive, 15($18c; turkeys, dresced, choice,
2023c; geese, live, 100311c; geese,
dressed, old 10c, youngl2c; ducks, old
17c, young 20c.
Hops Oregon, 1005, llai2c.
Wool Eastern Oregon average beet,
lB21c; valley, coarse, 2223c; fine,
24 (3 25c per pound; mohair, choice, 28
30c.
Fruits Apples. $2.60(93.50 per box;
cherries, $1.2501.60 per box; straw
berries. California, $1.251.60; Ore
gon, 10c per pound; gooseber
ries, 8c per pound.
Vegetables Asparagus, 75c(3$l .25
per box; beans. 10c; cabbage.
$1 .752 per 100; cauliflower, $2.25
per crate; celery, $5 per crate; head
lettuce, 25: per dozen; onions, 10f'4l6c
per dozen; peas, 6(ijfdcj radiuhes, Lie a
dozen; rhubarb, 3c pound; spinach,
00c per box; parsley, 25c; turnips, $1
3125 per Sfck; carrots, (15 & 75c per
sack; beets, 85f$l per sa.k.
Onions 4c per pound.
Potatoes Fancy graded BurhanVs,
6065o per hundred; ordinary, nomi
nal; new California, 22o per
pound.
Veal Dressed, 3(i4s per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per poind;
cows, 4J(35c; country steers, 5 '40c.
Mutton Dressed fancy, 7(8o per
pound; ordinary, 60c; lambs, with
pelt on, 8c.
Pork Dressed, 70c per pound.
DANGER OF OUAKES.
One ot Chief Reasons forConimllleo
Favorlop, Sea Level Canal.
Washington, May IH. That the
earthquake that destroyed Sau Francis
co helped determine the Vote of the
senate committee on Interoceanlc cuiala
In favor of a sea level type la apparent
from the (act thai ft feature of the ma
jority report is a discussion of ihu
effect earthquakes might have on locks
and dams. The majority report In
fvor of h sea level canal was submitted
today bv Senator Kittredge.
Tim reiiort savs that the canal struc
tures would he excised to injury by
earthquakes, particularly uionaasai
Gatun. If the lock walls should be
moved, leakage would result and the
gates would be useless. In case ol
fracture of locks, months or years
might be required lor repairs, ami
meanwhile traffic would le Interrupter.
It In ma Intalncd that the dam at
Gamboa proposed by the majority ol
the board of consulting engineers, is
not liable to injury by earthquakes, for
It will be built on a solid rock founda
tion, reinforced with strong walls ami
buttressed at each end with walls of
rock. Nor are the side slopes of the
t'ulehra cut likely to be disturbed,
hut an earth dam on an alluvial base
might be cracked, draining the lock
and ruining the canal. The committee
says:
"At San Francisco, where the water
pipes were broken, the disaster was
greatly augmented by this came, for
the water could not lie held In the
pipes and directed on the tlames. What
would happen to the aqueduct, con
duits, pipes and valves, burled in the
concrete walls, used for tilling and
emptying the ha-ks, cannot le well
conjectured."
It is stated that ships of all classes
could Ik passed through the tea level
rutin 1 in 8W hour less than ti e time
that would be consumed In Va""1"'
ships through locks alone. The cost of
annual maintenance Is estimated at
$1,840,000 for the sea level and $'.'.
330, (Hit) for the lock type. A sea level
canal free from all obstacle could pas"
100 warships in less than a day. Naval
commanders and commercial shipmas
ters oiiImiso locks.
The maloritv armies that an enemy
could destroy a ha k canal much easier
than a sea level canal with explosives
The cost of a sea level canal is estimat
ed at $2.'0, 000, COO. while the total cost
of the lock canal would he at least
$lli0,(Hil).()()0, and the cost of trans
forming the latter Into a sea level canal
wnnl.l Im il00 000.000. The conclu
sion of the majority is "that the sea
level canal can be realized iu 10 or 12
years at a Cost not exceeding $i(),000,
000 alxive that required by the con
structiou of the rim'tibx k canal pro
posed hy the minority."
AIDS TO PACIFIC NAVIGATION.
Omnibus Bill in House for Lightthips
and Signal Stations.
Washington, May 18. The Inline
committee on interstate anil foreign
commerce today authorized a favorable
report on an omnibus bill carrying Id1
tween 20 and 25 projecta an "aid lo
navigation" and authorizing an appro
( Million of soinel hing in excess of $1,
MHO, 1100. Among the provisions are:
I. ight station at Makapuu I'oiut, Is
land of Oahu, Territory ol Hawaii,
$1,(1,000.
Light station and range lights at
Honolulu harbor, $10,000.
Fog signal at entrance to harbor at
lliiinbol.lt, California, $15,000.
Lightkeepcr's dwelling at Cape Men
docino, Cal., $5,601).
Li'ht ai.d fog signal station near
Point Cabrillo, California, $5,000.
Light vessel for use off the mouth of
the Columbia river, Oregon, $130,000.
L'ghtkeeper's dwelling at Robinson
Point, Washington, $5,(100.
Fog signal at 1-11 i. Hook light sta
tion, State of Washington, $10,000.
New tender for inspection service in
the 13th lighthouse district, $110,000,
in addition to the unexpended balance
of $40,000 for the repair of the tender
Manzariillu to be applied on the new
tender.
Rebuilding of Stanford.
San Francisco, May 18. Stanford
University will be reconstructed at
once, and by next September every
building necessary to the work of the
college will be in perfect condition.
The work has already commenced, and
there is plenty of money on hand to as
sure the trustees that the repairs may
be accomplished as quickly as they de
sire. The structures will be rendered
earthquake proof. Three experts have
been appointed, and their report will
be the basis for whatever changes are
considered necessary.
Make Money by Disaster.
Oakland, Cal., May 18. Some very
curious schemes for making money
have been devised since tho earthquake
and fire. Two Stanford students, in
the early dayB of the trouble, secured
m tny views of the ruins in S.m Fran
cisco and surrounding country. These
th'-y had reproduced on lantern slides,
and now they are touring the small
towns of California presenting stereop
ticon lectures. From latest reports
they are receiving heavy patronage.
Withdraw Troops June I.
Washington, May 18 General Gree
ley has reported to the War Depart
ment from San Francisco under date of
lest night that the reported killing of a
large number of people by the army
during the S-iit FranciHco fire is incor
rect. General Greeley adds that he has
notified the citizens' committee and the
Red Cross that the troop1 will be drawn
from Saq Francisco not later than
June 1.
1MUIV ISUINS OF HILL
rower o! Interstate Commission
Over Railroads I nl.irycil.
PtNALTItS MADE MOST SLVIRi:
New Rale Hill as Passed by Senate,
Allows Intrastate Board
lo Fix Rales.
Washington,' May 10. The principal
purpose of the railroad rain bill pwaxed
yesterday Is to permit the Interstate
Commerce coininitslon to fix rales. Thr
provision confer ring this authority in
found III tho fourth section, which
amend section 15 of the Interstate
commerce law so as to sccompllrh thiw
result. Ti l section din i ts the com
mission to Investigate complaint of
ui j'ist and unreasonable charge in the
psr. of common c irrtrr In the trans
pi rtallmi of peiaons or property, or of
regelali ins or practice affecting such
charges. It als authorize an Inquiry
as to whether Ihe rale or practices are
"unjustly discriminatory or unduly
preferential or prejudicial, or otherwise.
In violation of the ai t." and. In case
any ol tnesii communis are mini'- m
. i - f i . . j
exist, the commission I empower v
to determine and pfBmTlbewlialw.il
be the just and reasonable maximum
rate, and what regulation or prartlcn is
just, reasonable arid fair.
Further, authority is given the com-
mission to enforce it orders, and Ihry
are to go into effect w ithln 30 days and
continue in force 'or two years uriln
auielided, modified or set asid.t by the
commission or by a court of lotupetent
jur Isdiction.
A penalty of $r. OOO for r h offense,
ill dtsuliedielire id lb" order I Imposed,
and the penally is to accumulate at tli
rate of $.',000 a day in case of continu
ous violation. Order other than th
for moiioy payments am to lm rnfum-d
by the federal court through writ of
uiandauiii or injuiict ion, atel, in i
of appeal to the supreme court, t)ies
cases are to be given preference over
all others exceptlhoee of a criminal,
character.
The bill wa amended by the senalu
so a to give the Tinted States circuit
court Jurisdiction to entertain suit
brought to annul or change the order
of the commission and to proviso
against the granting of Interlocutory
decree without hearing and makirg
appeal from such orders direct to the,
supreme court.
There are no changes in the law rel
ative to the report to be required (
common carriers, aud a penalty of
$100 a day in Imposed for failure lo
comply with the report requirement.
Thu commission i given access to H e
account (d Die companies affected I'T
the act, but examiner are forbidden,
ii ider penalty of heavy fine and long
imprisonment, lo divuge the fact
ascertained. A tine of 1'i'H) lor t a It
fai lure to keeji proper account la pio-
ided.
TRANSIT TUBES FLATTENED.
S.ind and Water of East River Made
Costly Work Valuclut.
Nw York, Miy I'.i Mayor McClel
land announced today at a meeting i
the Hapid Tran-il coiniuisxiou ti n?,
i r nt-In 1 1 liy the weight n run I and
water, the tools of the llapid Tramo'
lubes under the Kat liver, coin.ecti
Ihe subway system in MaiiliKtUit.""
Iliooklyn, have .-eri llittimd so scri
ously at various points that they must
be rebuilt so tint train can pafa
through them.
C. M . Jacobs, chief engineer iu
charge of the IVnnsy Ivaina tunnel
under Ihe Kant and North rivers; (ins
tav l.indeuthal and ('. S. Smith, called
in as experts, decl im that the present
conditions iu the Fast river are sulli
cient to cause u delay of from '1 lo
h'ree years In the work. lieconst ruc
tion is expected to be ahnluttdy neces
sary for more than 1200 feet of the sec
tion from Joralemon and Kicks streets
out under the ltrioklyn waterfront.
World's International Commerce.
Washington, May II). The woild's
international commerce will aggregate
fully $25,000,000,000 in the year 110(1,
says a bulletin issued by the depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. Ity the
term "world's international com
merce," explains the bulletin, Is meant
the imports plus the exports of all
countries of the world from which sta
tistical trade reports are available
The figures given indicate that the
trade between nations in 1U0H will ha
six times as much as in 1860, and
twice as much as in 1870.
Big Steel Rail Demand.
Pittsburg, May 11). Since the order
books were opened two weeks ago, the
United States Steel Corporation, the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, the
Jones Ac Laughliu Steel Company, tho
Pennsylvania Steel Company, tie
Maryland Hleel Company and the Ten
nessu Coal ami Iron Company have
booked an aggregate of 1 ,000,000 tons
of steel rails for delivery in 11107.
This is an unprecedented amount of
business fur this time of the year.
New Delegate to Rio Conference.
Washington, May 11). Paul Samuel
Heinsch, of Madison, Wis., has been
Appointed one of the American dele
gates at the Pan-American Conference
in place of James S. Harlan, who has
been obliged to decline the late owing
lo an accident to his knee. Paul
Heinsch is professor of political science
at the University of Wisconsin.
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