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OOTTAGI GROVE . . OREGON.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Id a Condensed Form for
Busy Readers.
A Return of the Lett Important
Not Lett Interesting Events
of the Pt Week.
Taft fas a p'an by which pac tr.iy
eome without intervention.
Tbe government if bryicg many
Lorees fvr use ty the army.
Toe Standard Oil company's only
rival in Caca ia ha; lo;t its flint It
firs.
The ldies of 11 Japane-e fishermen
gs laughtered ty Raseiacs have bt-en
foocd.
Tbe Fnited Statee will send a cruiser
BjOidron to Fn to support oci minister
in bit demand.
Twelve persons bare been arreted
for an attempt upon tbe life of Preimer
Stolypin, cf Russia.
Tbe United States bat all prepare
tions made for reading a strong army
t Cuba if necersary.
Senator Beveridge in a speL de.
dared tnat n tne American nag it
again raised in Cuba it will never came
down.
egro assaalte on wtme women a
Atlanta, ueo'gia, cause 1 a race war in
which many of trie blacks were killed
or injured.
The German press is bit'.er in its
r'eninciat.on of tbe ccticn of ( r at
Britain in ordering a German liner oat
of Portsmouth.
An outbreak is reported to bavt cc
curred in Vera Cruz. Tabasco and Chi
apas provinces, Mexico. Ten thousand
men are eaid to have joined the move
ment.
Premier
Etolypin is declared to be
insane.
Anarchy in Morocco may force inter
ention.
Russian terrorists have sentenced tbe
czar to death
Secretary Root was received with
high honor at Panama
The steamer Mongolia has been
floated and taken to Midway.
There are now 12 warships of the
different classes in Cuban waters.
The death list from the recent HoDg
kong typhoon will probably reach Un
thousand.
Medical authorities in India have
discovered that the spread of the plague
has been largely due to rats.
A collision between two freight
trains on the Great Northern at Cat
Pank, Mont., resulted in the death of
five men.
An edict has been issued in China
giving tbe people ten yeais to quit
opium using. At the end of that per
iod its use and sale is to be prohibited.
A dynamite explosion at Jellies,
Tenn., killed 12 persons and injared
scores of others. Ttie property damage
will amount to $500,000. A carload of
dynamite was exploded in some manner
unknown.
A new treaty with San iJoimngo is
proposed.
A new law in Russia grants mor9 re
ligious freedom.
General Fanston will join Taft and
Bacon at Havana.
The stench from corpses at Hongkong
is causing sickness.
The sugar markets of the world are
unsettled by the Cuban revolt.
American arsenals are preparing am
munition for use in Caha in case an
army is sent to the island.
Bait has been commenced to oust the
Waters-Pierce Oil company from Texas
Violtion of the anti-trust law is the
ground for action.
Bailors of the navy have sued for
damages because they are excluded
Irorn amusement places. ihey are
backed by the government.
Taft and Bacon have warned all par
ties in tLe Cuban controversy that fail
ure to agree will bring an army from
.be United States to the island.
Esther Mitchell and Mrs. Creffield
cannot distinguish between right and
wrong, according to the insanity com
misdon, and are dangerous persons to
be at large.
.The Pacific bteamsnip company a
stealer City of Beattle has gone on the
rocks at Trail island, near Vancouver,
B. C. Tbe passengers were all landed
safely and it is thought the vessel can
be saved.
Voliva has been elected overseer of
Zion City by the residents of the Dow
ieite town.
The cruiser Minneapolis has Bailed
for Cuba.
The Cuban government baa agents in
Kansas buying horses.
More railroad bridges are being
burned by Cuban rebels.
Many riots are occurring in Moscow,
Russia. Buildings are being burned
by the revolutionists.
a narA aharner has swindled ricn
Plttsurgers out of $1,000,000.
of tbe plunder haa been secured
Borne
STANDARD EMPLOYES STRIKE.
Cor.fl.ct at Whiting. Ind , May Spread
Throughout Middle Welt.
Chicago, Sept. 24 Warfare t e
tween tbe Standard Oil company and
the labor unions cf the country was
begun lat night, when 'be Whiting,
Ind., employes of the company quit
work to force their demand for an in
create in ifM. Tbe strike, which al
Cor
but
ready threatens to tie up the basinets
cf the big rororation in the MidJie
Wrtt, is likely to assume gigantic pro
portions before it is ended. It was pre
dicted last night it might involre all
the employes of the company in tbe
country.
Already the Chicago labor unions are
preparing to ii the opportunity pre
heated by the Whiting strike to make
more trouble for the company. Tuey
were wholly unprefared, bauethe
employes there ere not members of a
union, hut after a hasty conference last
ni-ht it was said that they would sup-
poit the men who went out and that no
one Ircm Ltif') woukl take t.'ieir
places. Three hundred firemen em
pioyej ty tf.e Man-.!art Uil company
left tl.e;r placet yesterdav. .More than
V 000 employes w ho are working with
the firemen are scbedu'ed to leave their
place today. These induce engineers,
tkilied mechanics, laborers and others,
the officials of whom said last nigbt
that they would refuse members of the
organization work when new members
might b put to work in place of the
strikers.
Tbe firemen were called out because
the representatives of the Standard Oil
company rt fused to advance wages from
22 cents an hour to 25 cents an hour,
and agree to grant all the workmen the
eight hoar day. They also refused to
recognixe the union.
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN BEGUN.
Parties Hold Muzzled Conventions
Reaction in Trepoff's Favor
St. Pstersburg, Sept. 24. Active
work in tee autumn electoral campaign
was inaugurated by trie Octoberists,
utiO lousT ownw ice iwazin congress
with delegates from 12 of the Volga
provinces and tbe vast central district
of Russia in attendance. Alexander
Guchkoff, tbe Octoberist leader, was
present, laboring tooth and nail.
Owing to failure of the Octoberists to
obtain official sanction, the congress
was held behind closed doors and mem
hers of the press were excluded.
In pursuance of the decision of the
government to permit the national con
grees of the Constitutional Democratic
party anywhere except in St. Peters
barg, the administration has permitted
the reopening of Constitutional Demo
cratic clubs in Moscow and elsewhere,
but persists in its determination to
suppress political agitation in tbe dpi
tal. The most remarkable development
of the week has been the change in sen
timent concerning the late General
Trepoff. Tbe universal chorus of mal
ediction and condemnation has given
place since his death to a non-partisan
ppiw-i-nuu liio m. c-
I . . ..j V... V,n ty.a an V.-
iect of fair and even laudatory criti
cisms in nearly all circles. M. Mem
chinski, a prominent writer and pub
lieher, who was recently suppressed,
but who is now a contributor to Here
lom, gives the following verdict on the
basis of lifelong acquaintance with the
dead man:
"Gtneral Trepoff was an excellent
man and a good official, though be
sometimes violated his own convictions
because of a fale notion oi soldierly
obedience. He would have male a
plendid eoldier, but tacked a thorough
dication and, above all, the prepara
tion necf f-Hary for the political activity
thruet upon bim. He possessed, how
ever, one great asset, lacking in all con
temporary Rnesian statesmen charac
ter."
Day of Rett for Railroad Men.
Paris, Kept. 24. Although the rail
roads are specifically exempt from the
operation of the Sunday rest law, the
chairman of the six leading railroad
companies have notified Minister of
Public Works Barthou that they have
rranged to grant, within 18 months,
52 holidays a year to their entire staffs,
numbering in all 280,000 men. It is
impossible to make this day of rest
fall on Sunday, but it will come for
different men in rotation. This will
pi ice the railroad men on an equality
with other workmen in holidays.
Counterfeit Bills at Moscow.
Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 24. Ten dol
lar counterfeit bills are numerous in
Moscow. They are all new and bright,
which has led the police to the conclu
sion that the city is infested with a
gang of gieen goods men. The bills
are well engraved and printed, requir
ing almost expert knowledge to detect
them. Suspicion points to two men,
giving their names as W. A. Kerning
ton and Frank Clark, but they have
succeeded in eluding the police.
Newfoundland Angry at Parent.
Bt. Johns, N. F., Sept. 24. The re
ported determination of the Imperial
government to override the colonial au
thorities and concede to the American
commission a more liberal construction
of the herring fishery laws asked on be
half of American fishermen, has evoked
much criticism here. Canada, it is
said, may be a factor in the dispute, as
she has for years enforced against
Americans the laws that Newfoundland
now seeks to make effective.
Monster Meteor Seen.
Stockton, Bept. 21. At 6 o'clock last
evening a great meteor fell in the north
western heavens, and many persons de
clare that an explosion occurred which
was felt in this city. A monster tail
of smoke followed the falling body.
which seemed to go in a z'gzag course, j
OREGON STATE
STATE FAIR A SUCCESS.
Attendance at Salem About Equal to
Two Years Ago.
Salem Notwithstanding three ball
days of cold, rainy weather, together
with the fact that this it the height cf
the hop haivest. tbe Oreyoti state fair
of lt06 has bn one of the moet sc
ceesfal in the history of the state. The
attendance was about equal to that of
two yeart ago and was much larger on
Portland day. Pale of concessions and
adertisir,g space has been good and
leveipts from this source hae ten
large.
The additions to the pavilion not on
ly ma le more spare for exhibits, but
K more room for saks if c n(es-
ion. Tf;ee cirMii!tanes made the
fair a sucvess financially and it is state-!
tt at tl ere are funds on baud to mi
e ry claim.
nearly people were campe in
tbe grove in front of the fair grounds
and the come-and-stay-all-wek idea has
become so popular that a number of
regular visitors at the fair have decided
to erect small cottages on the grounds
next year. Since tegular streets and
.locks have leen laid out, this can be
done satisfactorily.
Visitors to the sU fair gave only
passing attention to the sample roa 1
the toveniment is building adjacent to
the state fair grounds. The end of the
roa J aad a few rods ,of its length are
plainlj visible fron. the street car track,
as alto are tbe crushed rock bankers.
but aside from the view thus obtained
th visitors paid little attention to the
road. The road won quite general ap
proval, especially od the rainy days,
when the crushed rock road was entire
ly free from mud and slush.
A few farmers and road supervisors
took time to inspect the manner in
which the road was built and made in
quiries as to the construction, but the
greater number were more interested in
livestock and horse races.
Tunneling on O. R. &. N.
La Grande An enlarged force of
men is now engaged in tunneling the
mountains between Kamela and llil-
gnrd in order that the O. K. "c X. main
line will not cross so taDf trestles,
wbicb at present are high and numer
ous. N ben the tunneling is completed
the stream that now crosses and re-
crosses the right of way will have a
continuous course on one side of the
track. Tbe trestles will b filled in as
the new course is fixed, and much re
pair and loss of time, which neceesarily
follows from so many treaties, will be
eliminated. The scheme is a gigantic
one and will require many months to
complete.
Labor Famine at Hood River.
Hood River The scarcity of laborers
at Hooi Kiver is said by sawmill men
, lnnUffrnHr, V,er tn hav
I ri n
become
a serious matter. One of tbe big? mills
which have been trying for a Jong time
to get white men for employment in its
plant, has baa to fill back on Japs
As they are said to be entirely unfa
miliar with the work thev are a most
serious handicap in getting out lumber
Ranchers are in need of men for pick
ing apples, and other work at this sea
son of the year, and are making every
effort to obtain them, but without suc
cess.
Books for School Libraries.
Salem So tB'.isfactory have the re
suits o! the traveling Horary pvHtem
proven, from an educational stand
point, that the State Jihrary commis
sion has elected to place a new order
for 42,000 books for echool libraries, in
addition to what is already on hand,
at a total cost to the state of $11,-
802.35. Amoi.g the most popular of
the books ordered are the life of Robin
son Crasoe, Baldwin's Life of Lincoln,
Stories of Great Americans for Little
Americans 60 famous stories, and
Black Beauty.
Italians Crack on Trees.
Oregon City Tbe rain and scarcity
of help have conspired to do extensive
damage to tbe Clackima county prune
crop, which promised a good yield with
large returns to tbe grower. Many
Italians are cracking on the trees as a
result of tbe severe rain of the last few
days, while hundreds of bushels of this
fruit on the ground beneath the trees
are becoming unmarketable and will be
a total loss to the grower because of the
inability to get necessary help.
Very Heavy Sale of Sheep.
Baker City Owing to the unofficial
announcement by government officials
eome days ago that next year the rang
ing of sheep on forest reserves would
be restricted at least 50 per cent, sheep
owners have, during the past three
weeks, Bold large portions of their
flocks. Tbe pries have been good and
it is estimated by one sheep buyer that
75,000 head have been sold out of Wal
lowa and 65,000 out of Bakr.
Larger School Attendance.
La Grande The public schools open
ed with an attendance of 750 and a
corps oi Iv teacners, witn one teacner
yet to be supplied in the high school.
The first day's attendance was in ad
vance of last year's. A business de
partment has been added to the course
and the high school has tbe twelfth
grade.
Hops Damaged by Rain.
Eugene The recent rain, by mold
and breaking strings and poles, damag
ed Lane county hops to the extent of 16
to 20 per cent. Pickers are in great
demand as growers wish to hurry the
harvest,
ITEMS OF INTEREST
GRABBED BY SPECULATORS.
Klamath County Development Will Be
Delayed, Sayt Blanchard.
fan rranriwo C J. Iilanrhard. a
member cf the reclamation ter ice from
Washington, is authority foi ttie state
ment that the development of the
Klamath country will ! hindered le
tause o the fact that land S dilators
have sened upon hundreds f acre in
thi new irrigation proeject of the gov
ernment. "I look for a great development in
tbe Klamath country," l,e said, "but
this development will (e delayid le
caue of the number of Un.! s;et ulator
who have secured tine tracts there.
Tl er are holding this land at from .r.
to HO an acre. This prne will pre
vent many settlers ffni coming to tire-
gon, ani win reiani it, progress I t.'ie
Klamath country. The government
will charge the settlers an acre for
water, and this amount, added to the
speculators' price for the land, will
act to the detriment of the p irchaer.
Tbe news that the Southern Pacific will
build through Klamath will greatly add
to the value of tbe land there."
Planchard was delighted with the
work of tbe irrigatiou congress at Boise,
which he attended.
"We appointed a publicity commit
tee there." be said, "which will great
ly aid the Pacific coast. This commit
tee will place before the common peo
ple of the L'nited States a truthful re
port of the irrigation country and will
help them get land."
Change Poor Farm System.
Albany Paupers don't mane good
farmers, and as a result Linn county
will soon change its system of manag
ing its poor farm. No !!eiiir: ill be
made to operate the farm as an indus
try hereafter, but the land will be
rented, and the man in charge will be
paid a stated price per month for the
Ixjard and care of the pr. Hereto
fore the county has maintain 1 the
farm, paying a superintendent, and the
system has not proved profitable.
Begint Work on Second Unit.
Klamath Falls Work on the second
unit of the irrigation svstern has coin
menced under direct supervision of the
government officials. This unit in
eludes 19 miles of the Hast ftranch
canal and 27 miles of laterals. Bids
for the construction of this unit were
advertised for some months ago, but
non was received, and the construction
work is now undertaken by the govern
ment, on force account.
Hop Picking Returned in Clackamat.
Oregon City Hoppicking has leen
resumed in earnest in all yards in this
locality. No damage has resulted to
the hop crop here on account of the
rain, except in a few yards where some
of the vines were laid on the ground on
account of tbe heavy foliage. The yield
continues about one-fourth below the
average, but the quality is good. Pick
ing w ill be finished in most of the yards
in this county by the last of the week.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, Uc;
bluestem.
c:
valley, 6Cf38c; red. tiOr.
Oats No. 1 white, $23(324; gray,
$22 per ton.
Barley Feed, $2031; brewing,
$21.60(322; rolled, $22 per ton.
Rye $1.35 per cut,
Cora Whole, $-7; crack'-d, $2S per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10(3
1 per ton; Kastern Oregon timothy
$12(314; clover, $77.5(J; cheat, $7r
60; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10
vetch hay, $77.50.
Fruits Apples, common, 2550c
per- hox; fancy, 7oc(4l.oO; grapes
0c$l 60 per crate; Concords, 27 'J
30c per basket; peaches, 80c(3$l
pears, 60crg$ 1.25; plums, fancy, 25 ("4
75c per box; blackberries, 6Cc per
pound; crab apples, $131.25 per box
Melons Cantaloupes, 60c$l 25 per
crate; watermelons, per pound;
casabas, $2 50 per dozen.
agetables Beans. (3 7c; cabbage,
l?42c per pound; cauliflower, 75c$l
per d' zen; celery, 90c per dozen; corn,
2Q per dozen; cucumbers, 15c per
dozen; eggplant, 10c per pound; let
tuce, head. 20c pet dozen; onions. 10
12Jc per dozen ; peas, 45c; bell pep
pers, 1Z1dc; radishes, 10316c per
dozen; spinach, 2 (3 3c per pound; to-
na oes, 30(3 60c per box; parsley, 25c;
sprouts, 8c per pound; squash, $1(3
Z? per crate; turnips, "Uc(3$l per
sack; carrots, $131.25 per sack; beets,
$1.25(31.60 per sack: horseradish, 10c
per pound.
Onions New, y(c per pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 8000c;
sweet potatoes, 2c per pound
Butter Fancy cretmery. 26 30c per
pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2727)c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 14c per
pound; mixed chickens, 1313r;
pring, 1415c; old roosters, 0a 10c;
dressed chickens, 14315c; turkeys,
live, 16'g21c; turkeys, dressed, choice,
2122Jc; gese, live, 810c; ducks,
14315c.
Hops 1906 contracts, 17 20c per
pound; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
15(3190 pr pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 20 (32 2c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 28 Q 30c pei
pound.
Veal Dressed, 68c per pound.
Beef Dreesed bulls, 3c per pound;
cows, 45c; country steers, 6$6c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78c per
nonnl; ordinary, 66c; lambs, fancy,
88c.
Pork Dressed, 78c per pound.
BIDS FOR CHINLSE.
Four Firmt Offer to SurHy Them for
Work tn Isthmus.
Washington, Sept. 21 . Proposals
were submit'ed to the tathinlaii I'mial
comniisiooii yesterday lor the furnish
ing of Chinese lalior to be einployid In
the construction of the Panama ( anal.
The requirements of the specifications
were, In brief, that the contractors
should agree to supply the commission
with at leai-t 2,600 Chinese, the com
mission having the pri ilege of calling
upon the successful contractor for adi
tional la'tor not exceeding 15,000. It
was further specified that the lalwirers
shoul 1 be on the isthmus retdy for
work within three and a hall months
of the oi-enmg of proposals arid that
the contractor should deposit with
their propoiMU a bond of $'(), niu) as
guarantee to fully carry out the terms
id 1 1 coiit ract .
While the (orTifninioii l :is been in
comitititi ic t ion with m)hh;1 I iii'liV'l
uli and corporal ions m ho I a I s nitud
a o"ihle dcs.ro to submit propoals,
only four proposals were finally ffered
to I tie commission. In the presence of
the contractors and others interest! .I
the propositions were opemd by W.
t.n Pepperman, assistant chief of the
otlice of administration of the minims
sion .
At the conclusion of the reading of
the propiwals, Mr. Pepperman an
nonmed that no award would ! made
of the contract until the proposals had
been eiaminid by the commission and
its general counsel. In accordance with
ttie specifications, t tie proposal were
tiiadu for the furnishing of d.fTereiit
classes of !alor at a price fixed by the
hour in American gold.
A summary of ttie four proposals sub
mitttd follows
The American-China Contracting
company : (.ouirnon laborers, 11) tent
per hour; foremen and int rpi trs, 20
cents an hour; physicians, 40 cents per
hour; cooks and barbers, 15 cents pel
h ur.
International Contract'ng company
Washington, 1". C l.alxirers ard
cooks, 13 cents iK-r hour; thx tors. 3
t-enia per hour ; assistant doctors, 3tt
cents per hour; interpreters, 2 times
13 cents per hour; foremen, 1 times
13 cents per hour.
Wah Me I-ee Hung .V Co., Baltimore
laborers, clerks and barters, 12 S
cents per hour ; foremen and interpre
ters, 15 cents per boui ; doc-tors, 2.'
cents per hour.
J'd Julian Reuben, Washington, I
C: For the first 2,500 Chinese labor
er, 1 1 cents per hour; foremen, 40
cents per hour ; doctors, 60 cents per
hour; interpreters 10 cents per hour;
cooks and barbers, 30 cents per hour
For additional laUners above 2,600 per
hour: First 1,000, 11 cents; neennd
1.000, 107. cent; third 1,000, 104
cents; fourth 1,000, 105. cents; fifth
1,000, 10 cents; sixth 1,000, 101,
cents; seventh 1,000, 10'4 cents
eighth 1,000, 10 cents; ninth 1 000,
i cents; tenth. 1,000, cents
eleventh 1,000, 9 cents; remainder
of 15,000 9 ivnt.
The last proposal is assumed at the
department to provide that, if the com
mission enters into a contract with Mr.
Renlen and wans tbe full quota of 15,
000 Chinese, he will furnish them at
the rate of 9 cents per hour for common
laborers.
TESTIMONY la SHELVED.
Interstate Commission Turns Down
Pacific Coast Lumbermen.
Chicago, Kept. 21. Various Kastern
and Western railroads, through their
egal representativ made strenuous
objections today before the interstate
Commerce commission to the presenta
tion of testimony by the Pacific Coast
Lumber Manufacturers ahociation in
its petition againet 25 Western rail
roads. The lumber manufacturers are
asking to compel the railroads to furn
ish adjustable racks on flat cars for tbe
transportation of lumber. They claim
that the roads furrish proper facilities
for the shihpping of other commodities,
and is not doing likewise for the lum
bermen, discriminating against them
After the attorneys on both sides of the
lumber case had made exhaustive argu
merits, tbe commissioners declared that
tbe CHHe would be indefinitely post
poned.
New Points Under Meat Law.
Washington, Sept. 21. The decision
of tbe acting attorney general has been
asked by the secretary of agriculture-
regarding certain provisions of the new
meat inspection law, particularly as to
whether or not foreign meat products,
or food products in w hich meat is large
ly a component pari, will be absolutely
prohibited from entering the United
States and whether England, Germany
and France will be forced to provide
system of governmental inspection and
labeling which will be acceptable to
this government.
Mexican Plotters Held for Trial.
Douglas, Ariz., Bent. 21. The pre
liminary hearing of Thomas Espinoea
aud Elfanso Martinez, who, with a
number of other Mexicans, were arrest
ed here recently on a charge of con
spiracy against a friendly power, and
violation of the neutrality laws, was
nncluded today before United States
C inimissioner Fames. The men were
held to tbe Federal grand jury, bond
being fixed at 500.
Opens Mora Oklahoma Land.
Oyster Pay, Sept. 21. The president
has issued a proclamation opening the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian
lands in klahoma. Tbe Interior de
partment will announce the date for
tbe reception of sealed bid 1 under which
the 50.6000 acres of land are to be dis
posed of to homesteaders.
tion.
MUST INTERVENE
Only Disposition oi the Contro
versy In Cuba.
TAFT DESPAIRS OF MEDIATION'
Moderates Willing to Accept Term,
of Mod atort, but Liberals Not
Inclined to Yield.
Havana, Sept. 22. Peace for Cuba,
unless accomplished through A 'in-rn an
Intel vent ion, seems to he further awn
now Ihan whin r-'ecreinry of War !!'
ami Assistant S n-tary of Sta'e I'm .,n
hrvilll III g t I It t Hill t) huMlintUrc the
opposing factions. 'I he arrival tod.iy of
three United Mate battle ships and
two cruisers in addition to those al
revly here has had little, ffe I on the
insurgents in '.he field, and, when the.
leaders of the resolution were apprised
of the squadron's preeei.cn they greeted
the information with Spanish eipres.
sion to the t-fh t that :
" They cannot come into the brtuh."
A meet ing ol the ei c itive committee
of the .Moderate, party was hastily sum
n oned this evening and it was vote. I
unanimously to accept whatever dispo
sition of the controversy Messrs. Taft.
and Bacon may decide upon, in tl e
hope that such a concession will induce
the Liberals to yield similarly. The
latter however, have as yet s gnilied
no w illingners to accept the dti isioii of
the American mi dmt..rs.
Messrs. Taft and Bacon have practi
cally abandoned their hope of lindim; h
middie ground and fear that a decision
111 favor ol either sole would result tn
no more than temporary t ruti.j 11 1 1 1 1 y
lor the island. It IS their belief that
American ccupation is the only was
to end the civil warfare, and it is nut
denied that intervention nm-t tie fol
lowed by American soveieiKnity . Mr.
Taft has cabled to ''resident Roosevelt
recording the gravity of the situation.
and Mr. Roosevelt is eipcH'lcd to dic
tate a ly further program.
MEAT LABELS TO TELL TRUTH.
Wilson's Hulet Forbid Callina-
Pork
Ueef and Libels on Lard.
Washington, Sept. 22. Further rul
ings in connection w ith the enforce
ment of the meat inspection law after
(ctoler 1 next were made public today
by the secretary of Agriculture aid
give an idea of what consumers are to
expect hereafter when purchasing meat
products, particularly canned gixds.
Anything savoring of a false or decep
tive name will not be toleratid and no
picture, design or device w hich give
any false indication of origin or equal
ity will be permitted on any label, an
for instance tbe picture of a pig appear
ing on a label placed on beef products.
or the picture of a chicken upon the
label of a veal or pork product.
(ieogrnphical names are allowed to be
ud onlv with the words "cut "
'type," "brand," or "style," as the
'H"e limy he, except np'm food pro
lined or manufactured in the place.
state, territory or country named. 1 or
instance, "Virginia ham" must be
marked "Virginia style ham;" "I'.ng-
h brawn must he "English H v If
brawn:" "Westphalia ham" nitiet ho
'Westphalia style ham." The word
'hum," without prefix ii'dicating the
species ol animal is cons'd.-rcd by the
department to he a pork ham, hut trim
mings removed from tbe hum and used
in the preparation of potted meats or
sausage, or w hen used alone, may be
known as "jottcd ham" or "ham sau
sage.
Frankfurter sausage no longer can be
nown as such, but must be aalled
"Frankfurter style sausage. "
The rules clearly define what consti
tute pure lard, but prescribe that a
substance composed ol laid, stearin or
other animal fat and vegetable oil may
be labeled "lard compound."
Wants Meat Inspection.
London, Kept. 22. The city corpora
tion, at a meeting held today, resolved
to exert paresBure on the president of
the local government board, J. Rums,
for the introduction of a bill for com
pulsory inspection at the time of
slaughter of all animals Intended for
the food of man, as well as the official
stamping by insperctos of all meat
found to bei without disease. This bill
is to provide further that all forelcn
killed meat brought in be reuuired to
comply with the same standard as
home-made meats.
Peasants In Grip of Famine.
St. Petersburg, Kept. 22. The offi
cial report just issued gives but little
ground for expectation that the famine
wblrh has already a grip on many iro-
viuces in Russia will be less this wint
er. Although the winter wheat harv
est was above the average, spring wLeat
proved a disappointment. The Zemst
vo coffers are tmpty through the fail
ure of the peai ants to pav taxes, and
all the work of relieving the famine
falls upon the central government.
Kuropatkln'a History of War.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 22. General
Kuropatkin has completed his book re
viewing the Russo-Japanese war. The
work is in several volumes and has
been submitted to the general staff. It
mv not be permitted general circula
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