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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1906)
i Bohemia Nugget r Oil IACI GROVE . . OREGON. NEWS OFTHE WEEK la a Ccntacd Form for Our Busy Readers. A Rlum of the Let Important but Not Lets lntrt(ting Event of the Pat Weak. A Dew Elijah bat appeared in Main China will aik all power to make J;ai give up Manchuria. Mood aya he haa evidence to con vict the Standard Oil company. An explosion on a government tani r on the Ohio river killed three men. Military supplies for nee by the American army in Cub are admitted free of doty. Magoon haa assumed the government of Cuba and Taft and Bacon hare re tarded home. All mail for United State troop in Cuba ia ent to Havana and fro a there ten to ita dti iaat on. A Lo Angele athreet car ran away on a tteep grade because the brakes would not work. Two men were killed and a score seriously injured. The railway mail clerks running oat of Houston, Tex , on the Southern Fa cific, have gone on a strike as a reealt of trouble with the railroad company. Detectives from London are investi gating the allege importation of Eng lish girls to work in South Carolina cotton mills contrary to the contract labor laws. Mount Pelee is again in active ernp tion. Wrangles of anions cause a threat of a general building lockout in Chicago. A Toronto university student was the first to be killed by football this season. Wife says that, while he has no ill feeling against the czar, he will never again eerve him. An Atlanta grand jury has indicted 20 white men for complicity in the re cent outrages against negroes. In his farewell address Taft told the Cabana that toe United States will not leave till fair elections are aesared. Secretary Taft has informed a delega tion of Isle of Pines citizens that it is useless to think of separation from Cuba. The Chilean congress, city and prop erty owneia of alparaiso, will com bice to rebuild the city destroyed by earthquake. John Barrett, now minister to Co lombia, is slated for a better position, either ambassador to Brazil or vice gov ernor of the Philippines. xne deparment ol Justice is gaining fresh evidence that hundreds of men, both white and black, are held in vir. taal alavery in Southern Flordia by the lumbermen. Cuban Liberals hail Taft and Bacon as saviours. A son of Vice President Fairbanks has eloped with a Pittsourg girl. The Isle of Pines is not affected by HUNDREDS ARE BURNED. Vessel With Two Thousand Chines On Board Catches Tire. Ifonikoof, Oct. 15. lbe British steamer Hankow, from Canton, was borofd at 3:10 o'clock yesterday morn ing, wbil lying alongside her wharf. Hunderdsot Chine pareengers were burned to death and a vtlaabl cargo was destroyed. All the European pas tenter and crew were saved. The steamer Hankow, with 2.000 Chinee rawerter. men. women and children, and aeven Europeans, and a cargo including 3,700 bales of matting, 660 bales of raw silk and 400 bale of waste silk, arrived from Canton at 3 o'clock and was shortly afterward moored at the wharf. Her chief officer, reported to Captain Branch that the ship was afire. The captain then directed the chief engineer to tarn on the water through the fire hoee. Tbia was impossible lor the rea son that within five minate alter the alarm was given the Hankow was ablaze fore and aft. Captain Branch then awakened the European passengers, who rushed down the gangway, the ladies in their night- clcthe. Tb crew was compelled to ieave the ship, which by this time was a veritable lurnac. Responding to signals, the British cruiser f lora ami lbe naval aociyaru distpached contingents of engines and assistants. The floating brigades of firemen made heroic efforts to extin guish the flames, which leaped to a hei.:ht of over 60 feet. The Chinese steerage passengers were thrown into a frightful panic. Horri fying sbiieks and crie to save their lives were heard, bat escape was im possible, owing to the ir, flammable na ture of the cargo. Handreda were burned to death and many others jumped into the harbor and were drowned. NOBLES FLY COUNTHY. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST Rfug SHEEP ON FOREST RESERVES. ARIZONA UNITED. American intervention in Cuba. Russia is expelling all Japanese from that part of Manchuria controlled by the czar's troops. A lone highwayman held up a stag in the Touopah, Nevada, district, and secured nearly $5,000. The Newfoundland cabinet U still worrying over, the fishing privileges lost to the United BtateB. Booker T. Washington in an address to negroes strongly advised them to re main calm during the present trouble in the South. China wants American engineers to take charge of her railway construc tion and will pay $25,000 a year on a five years contract. In the suit against the Standard Oil corrpany in Ohio it has developed that one of the large Englitb oil com panies is owned by Rockefeller in terests. Immediately upon the return of Taft from Cuba a vice governor of the Phil ippinea wwl be appointed. This is the post originally intended for Magoon, now governor of Cuba. Another negro haa been killed in Arkansas. Ohio has succeeded in breaking op the bridge trust. Many bold robberies are occurring daily in Sn Francisco. The political campaign in New York is becoming a very warm one. Newfoundland will make a hard fight for fisheries awarded to America. Black Handreda of Kussfa are spread ing terror, especially in Odessa. The big British battleship Dread naught has developed a speed of 22)4 knots. The second tube of the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel under the Hudson liver at New York has been completed. An east hound Union Pacific passen ger train was wrecked near Evanston, . Wyoming. No one was seriously hurt. The Mexican government 1 as arrang ed to have the United States mint at San FranciBco cola 2,500,003 Mexican half dollars. Determined to Preserve Her Identity and Will Refuse Jo:nt Statehood. Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 15. The terri tory of Arizona, rich in American citi zenship, as well as natural resources, is making a determined fight to retain its identity. The people as a whole are bitterly opposed to the plan of joint statehood with New Mexico. They ad vance various reasons for their opposi tion, some of them potent and others ol little apparent weight. Whatever the reaeon, they are overwhelmingly again?t joint state hoot, and will kill the prop osition at the polls next month. The leader of the "jointists in Northern Arizona acknowledges that he does not count upon more than 15 per cent of the vote in favor of jointure. The chief objection to union with New Mexico appears to be based upon the disparity in size and quality of population. The Mexican element in New Mexico numbers at least fcO per rent of the total popalation. In Ari zona the Mexican vote is about 15 per cent of the total. Much of the Mexi can popalation in Arizona is floating, consisting of laborers on raliroads and irrigation enterprises, etc., while the Mexicans living in New Mexico are, as a rale, native ol tne territory. Chief of Grazing Department An nounc Limit for Ntt Year. Pendleton As announced by A. F Porter, chief of the grating department of the Foreet Reeerv bureau, in the eaa'ern division of the Blue mountain reserve, a general cat of 25 per cent is to be mai, redarirg the number of sheep from 23H.0O0 to 1B0.0O0. In other reeerve the number of sheep al lowed is as follows: Western division Blue mountain 230.009: Wenaha, 100.000; Wallowa 150,000. Cheenimos, 60,000. In the eastern division of the Blue mountain reserve 1,200 sheep will tw considered a band and the lamb will not be considered. Permit lor one band will be allowed in tht eastern di vision without redaction. Permit for less than one band may be increased provided such doe not exceed 20 per cent nor go over 1,200. Grower having from 1,200 to 2,000 sheep in the reserve this year will I cut 20 per cent, provided such a cut will nut reduce the number letow 1,200. those having from 2,000 to 4,000 in the reeerve this year will he cot 30 per cent, with a corresponding provision as the above. Growers having 4,000 or more sheep in the eastern division this year will be cut 40 per cent, provided sach a cut will not make the average cut for the entire division greater than 25 per cent. In the western division of the Blue mountain reeerve the reduction will be made in a similar manner, though the average cot will be 20 per cent In the Wenaha reserve 1,100 sheep will be considered as a ban I, and those now having less than t at number in the reeerve will be allowed an increase. On or about November 1 a meeting of the stockmen who use the eastern di vision of the Blue mountain reeene will be held at Horopter, under the di recti on of Superintendent I). B. Shel ter, and at that time the rang-? within tne reeerve will be eegregatej among the stockmen according to the rule of the Forest Reserve bureau. WOULD REVISE LAWS. FURNITURE MEN PROTEST. Say Railroads Discriminate in Freight Rates to Pacific Coast. Washington, Oct. 15. A complaint has been made to the Interstate Com merce commission by the North Caro lina Caseworker)' association, whose membership consists of firms engaged in the manufacture and sale of furni ture, against many lines of railroads in the West, because of alleged unjust and discriminatory charges for the trans portation of furniture, especially trom High I'oim, N. C, and Danville, Va., to Pacific coast terminal points. . The complainant declare that the railroads charge them f 1.70 per hun dred pound for carrying furniture from the North Carolina territory to Pacific coast points, and insist npon a minimum carload weight 01 zu.uuu pounds, whereas they claim to be able to put into a car only 12,000 pounds of furniture. They insist, therefore, that the rates are unreasonable and at-k the commission to issue an order re quiring the railroads to limit 36-foot carload lots of furniture to 12,000 pounds. Hard to Reconcile Them. Cienfuegos, Oct. 15. Consul Gener al Steinhart' endeavors to settle local difficulties and reconcile the hostile factions have not yet borne much fruit. The Liberals continue to demand the removal of all the police and would be glad to have the mayor of the city oust ei. The amnestying of all persons connected with the murder of Congress man Villuends last year is serving to quiet the had feelings that have pre vailed. The volunteers, instead of turning in all their gnns, have conceal ed some and buried others. Hood River Land in Demand. Hood River Pales of ranch and city property aggregating lou.uuu in one day are reported by Hood River real estate men, who said that the demand here for apple land was never better than at present. The statement was made that O. L. Vanderbilt had been offered 100,0U0 for his apple orchard known as Buelah Land, which he re fused because he haa a $15,000 crop of apples on it, which the intending pur chaser wanted included in the sale. Vanderbilt confirms the sa'e. The ranch of F. Chandler, 60 acres, was told to the real estate firm of Albee, Benbain & Co., of Portland, for $15, 000. The ranch is situated near the city, and it is expected that it will be cut up into lots. To Operate Dredge Chinook. Portland To operate :he bar dredge Chinook at the mouth of the Columbia on an annual appropriation furnished by the state is a matter that came op for consideration at the regular month ly meeting of the board of trade. In his monthly statement Secretary La her devote considerable space to the tact that the Chinook bis been lying idle at the government moorings for two years, and during that time it has tx-en use lees so far as the purposes for which she was constructed are concerned. He is of the opinion that funds with which to continue the work on the bar can be secured. One Board for Normal School Salem At their ression the mem ber of the Department of Superintend ence of the State Teachers association decided without a dipsenting vote to favor the placing of all all state normal schools nnder the control of a single board. There were one or two superin tendenta who said that they had not fully determined the matter in their own minds and therefore would not vote upon the question, but all thoe who did vote went on record in the affirmative. The officers elected are: President, L. R. Alderman, nf Yam hill; vice president, K. K. Bragg, of Union; secretary, K. F. Neff, of Wasco. Superintendent and Principal Sug gctt Important Chang. Salem If the legislature of 1907 hal! grant any considerable portion of the recommendations of the county reboot superintendent ol Oregon, the public schools of the state will have more funds, longer term and better paid teacher. In annual session here the superintendent and principal agreed upon many desired change in the school laws, some ol them ol ninrh importance and interest not only to teachers and offic ers, but to taipayes and school patrons generally. That the minimum length ol term a district shall maintain school shall te increased from three to fiv months, ar.d that the county school levy shall be raised from $6 per capita to $S per capita, weie the most important change snggeewd. This is raising the mini mum term fiti per cent, and increasing the minimum coonty levy 33 per crt.t One recommendation of general interest to teachers is that an application be granted but one second 1 r third grade ceitificate in this state. At prevent only one such cer ti finite may be obtain ed in a connty. hot by going from one ?oantr to another a teacher may get 33 third grade certitua'e-. The proposed change in the law will compel teachers to advance from year to year in their educational qualifications. In order to raise the standard for cninty papers, it is advised that alge bra and physical geography be added to the list of enhject upon which an ap plicant must le examined for a first grade county certificate, and that merit I arithmetic be dropped as a separate subject. Composition, o kkreping and general history were snggered as proper subjects to be included in the examination for first grade county cer titic'tes, but only the two mentioned were approved. Stamped of Ruaaian Rich to In Free England. Ioodon, Oct. 11. For om time past statements have been made wllh more or less authority to the effect that oro members of I he Caar' fam lly were making ecret arrangement to leave Bosnia, should certain eventual!- lie occur, and take reluge In r.ngiann. These statement have been regarded as part of the inevitable tiimoi to be expected to arise from the state of affairs in the Muscovite dominion. In vestigation by the Publishers' I ress correspondent, however, reveal circum stance which point to their truth. l arge quantilie of Jewel, picture and furniture have arrive! In tni couutry from the Imperial palace In Russia just lately, and hav been placed in safe storage. A leading banker told the Puoiishera'g Press cor respondent that consignments of prop erty of enormous valne had recently ar rived there from Russia. "We have relved pack'. ol Jewels, costly furniture and no rubor ol pic ture, the value of each of whirh runs well into five figures," he said. "The owners are very highly plac.nl." The question put point blank a to whether they belonged to the Roman- off, the reply was made that It was against the rule to give such informa tion. A confirmation of the assertion that at least two of the grand dukes and grand duchee intend to give the ter rorists a wide liertfi, and to find an asylum In Kngland, is found in the fact that inquiries for the best estates and houses in the market are Iteing made among Weet r.ntl estate aim noue agent by Russian gentlemen, who, while asking for particulars ol the most valuable estates, refuse to give the names of the people for hum they ate required. CAR BLOCKADE IN THE EAST Order for That The State Population. Salem Reports from all but five counties in the state, and these sup plied with estimates based upon school statist:ci by l.alor Commissioner Huff, gives the total population for Oregon, according to the H'OS census, as 433 574. as against 413.536. under the I "Oil Federal census, or an increase of 20,0:iS in five years. Tnese figures are based on census returns Irom the counties sending in report to the olhce of secre tary of state. Hunters Cut Wire Fences. McMinnville A number of farmers complain that hunter cut their wire fences in order to get their dogs through. One man found that his fence had been cut in three place. .There ia talk of forming a club to keep poachers off. Increase in Receipts. Albany The receipt of the Albany postomce lor the past quarter were $2 616.91. This is an increase of $138 58 over the receipts of the same quatter a fear ago. Thousand Are Given Cannot Be Filled. Chicago, Oct. 12. The ingestion of freight traffic has if created so fast within the last few days that railway otl'.cials fear they are soon to be l to lire with a bl kadi. Conditions en the Katerii roads which have not only to handle the business which they orig inate but have the crops of the West pouring in upon them for export, are naturally the worst, hnt theme on the Western lines alto are rapidly btcom- ing extremely eerious. With the approach of winter the movement ol roil has grown heavier, aggravating the c ingested r unlit ions which already exist, and traflic men say they do not know what they w ill do for cars when the year s enormous err p of corn is ready for market, as it will be now in a short time. A line belonging to one of the big Kaetern railway systems had orders for 4,235 cars wh'cri it could not fill. The Pennsylvania propose to give notiuA that for 30 hour it will Mreive no consignments from the Pittsburg dis trict, the object being to get the tracks partly clear ol crs which have accu mulated on it lines. BAY CITV IS ARMED Vigilance Committee May Re Or eanlzcd (or Protection. MAYOR DOES NOT LIKE PLAN Carnival of Robbry nd Murdr Ha Stirred Hontlt Citn to a High Pilch PORTLAND MARKETS. BUFFALO PLAGUED WITH SNOW. 68c; Rebuilding Pendleton Levee. Pendleton The work of rebuilding the levee along the western part of the city has fx-en started with a small force of men and teams. Owing to the late nes of the season the work will be rushed as fast as possible. This citv is now In the midst of a lahor famine In addition to the usual demands for help, the street paving company, the levee builders and the government road experts are all being greatly handicapped. Must Shelter No Strangers. St. 1'ntersburg, Oct. 15. -The minis ter of the Imperial eiirt has instied an order forbidding officials and employes of the co-irt to rent rooms or otherwise shelter any persons without the special permission of the minister. The order is dim to the arrest of Klepnikf ff and other Tfsrrorisls at Peter hof, September ") ami the discovery that many of the participants in the conspiracy were liv ing unsuspected in the iunneJiate vi cinity of the palace. More Yellow Fever Case. Washliigio-, Oct. 15. The Marine II ispital service has been advised ol lbe appearance of three new cases of yellow fever at Havara and of one at Cienfuegos and one at Guinea. Linn School Fund Apportioned. Albany County School Superintend ent JackBon has made the semi-annual apportionment of the Linn county school funds, Albany receiving $2,308 30 of the amount, Other cities received as follows: Lebanon, $811. fiO; Browns ville, $700.60; Scio, $L'U0.20; Harris burg, $4).H); Halsey, $302.00. These amounts do not include the amounts received by each district through it own tax. Where Alfalfa Grow Luxuriantly. Weston Marion O'Harra has just finished cutting hi third crop of alfal fa at his ranch a short distance above Weston. His best yield was from two acres of sub-irrigated bottom, vtbich made tons. Mr. O'Harra lis put up a) together 125 tons of hay, and is one of the most successful producer in thia section of the country. Wheat Club, 65c; blnestem, valley, 67rt$8c; red. 61c. Oats No. 1 white, $2323.60; gray, $2222 50 per ton. Barley Feed, $20.50 per ton; brew ing. $21.50; rolled. $23. Rye $1 2501.35 per cwt. Corn Whole, $26(327; cracked, $28 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1. $10ft 11 per ton; Kaetern Oregon timothy, $1416; clover, $50Ci7; cheat, $7C 7.50; grain hay. $7; alfalfa, $11.50; vetch 1 ay, $77.60. Fruits Apples, common to choice, 25 75c per box; choice to fancy, 76c( $1.25; grapes, 60c $1 50 per box Concords, Oregon, 27c half basket; peacher, 80c$l; pears, 76c$1.25; crabapplea, $1(31.25 per box; prunes, zotgouc per tiox; crannerries, fa per barrel; quinces, $ I ($1.25 per box. Vegetables I'.eans, 67e; cab bage, yic per pound ; cauliflow er, Iir4l.zr per dzon; celery, 60g90c perdoxen; corn, 12c per dozen; cu cumbers, 15c per dozn ; egg plant, 1 0c per pound; lettuce, head, 20c per doz en; onions, 10 12)gC per dozen ; imas, 4(35c; bell peppers, 6c; pumpkins, Dee per ponnd; spinach, 45c per pound; tomatoes, 30 50c per box; parsley, 10 15c; spronts, 7c per pound ; squash, iHc Ver pnud; turnips, 90c$l per sack; carrots, $101.25 per sack; heels, $1 .25 1 .50 per sack ; horseradish, 10c per pound. Onions Oregon, $11.16 per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, deliver ed, 8085c; in carlots f. o. b. country, 7580c; sweet potatoes, 22c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c per pound. Eggs Oiegon ranch, 3132u per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 12W 12lc per pound; m'xed chickens, V20t 2yac. spring, 1212Jc; old roosters 910c; dressed chickens, 1415!c; turkeys, live, 162lc; turkey, dress ed, choice, 2022c; geese, 1 ve, 0 10c; dncks, 1416c. Hops Choice, 1905, ll12c; prime, 10llc; 1006, MJ$a17o. Wool Valley, 2222c; Eastern Oregon, 1421c as to shrinkage; mo hair, choice, 2830c. Cattle Best steers, $3.n.i.f!5 : medium, $33.25; cows, $2 602 65; second grade cows, $2 2 25; bull, $1C02; calve, $44.50- Sheep Best, $44.25; lambs, $4.50 Hogs Beat, $6.60; lightweights, $6 06.25. Tear Down Wires, Wreck Orchards and Kill Two Men. Buffalo, Oct. 12. The storm of snow and sleet which swept over this part of thecmntry last night and today was the worst in many years. Telegraph, telephone and trolley lines were proftrnted in all dirt ctions. The damage to the rich fruit telle of Chau tauqua, Niagara and Orleans counties is iiiCthr -liable. Whole orchards cf per-ch trees and other small fruits were crushed to the gronrid by the wet, clinging snow, which fell steadily for many hours. Tonight the weather is clear and old, and the lines of communication are being slowly re-established. Buffalo bore the brunt of the storm. The damage in this city alone is not lar from a quarter of a million dollars, ami two deaths r centred, which were din ct ly due to the eflt cf of the storm. Al) night the telephone and el ctric light systems were paralyzed. The streets were littered with broken wires. San Francisco, Cel., Oct. I.J. The general alarm reused by the numerous reports ol hold-up and rohberv l as seriously affected the attendance at all place of amusement. Hotel inanagrra and others entrusted with the handling of larg sums of money have made elah. orate defensive preparations and there Is a general arming 011 the part ol nii sens. Discussing the propriety of the or ganisation of a committee of safety jtl this State today to deal with pi'dy criminals who now infert the city, Ai l ing Mayor (iallagher sid: "There shall be no lynching in this city, and I sincerely hope that at thn rneiting lo be held in t'nii.n sq'iam today the lenders will have etonU sense to do nothing that will injure tl city. "They will call it a committee of safety," the mayor continued, "but other cities will call it a vigilance com mittee, ami that will do irrevtxahU harm lo San Francisco. It would he a (confession that the people of this rily are not capable of protecting them selves, and when I say the people I mean the authorities with whom tlm people have vested the power ol gov ernment The plan I un-American. 'The snrpatiori ol the powers of sup pressing crime by urmuthorixrd prrma is a crime in itself. I shall rrgrl it as such ami will not permit it. "Should those men desiie to ro-oper-a'e with the authorities in ridding tt city of thugs an I criminal, I shall lm glad to have their ainiance, but they must not act independent ( I the munic ipality. I will not allnw millionaires to take those step any sooner than I would allow tailoring men. Tlo-ro must l no violence committed by citi zens. Lynch Uw does more harm than gxid." OLD GIRARD SLAVE PEN. Indian Out On a Big Hunt. New Westminster, B. C, Oct. 12. The Stony Indiana of Alberta have again broken loose, and are now on a wild game drive along the west line of the K' cky mountains. The game au thorities have taken steps to have them pursued and driven out of the country. and a posse has been sent out. These Indians have always given the Britinh Columbia game authorities trouble, as every fall they come into the province through the various passes and hunt for several months at the west foothills of the Krckies. Wireless Herald the Charleston, San Francisco, Oct. 12 Heralding her approach a thousand miles away, by means of wireless telegraphy, the trot' led cruiser Charleston raino into oort this afternoon and went to an an cho-age near Saiisalito. It was not 11 n til late tonight that the quarantine offi cials completed their examination of the men on boarH. The Charleston comes here to be the fiagi-hip of the Pa cific squadron, and will fly the pennant of Rear Admiral Swinburne, Discovery Made by Subway Workmen at Depth of 100 Feet. Philadelphia, Oct. 13. Subway workmen digging beneath Water street for the new tunnel stntion, ur-ven-d at the depth of 100 feet what is clear ly an old slave prison. The pen is composed of narrow cdls in three tiers, with three-foot cirridors between heivy walls. Thn cells run six to the tier. Each is large enough to h id six men packed in closely. Heavy Iron ham covered the windows and in each cell were manacle supports. Directly alov them is the house of Stephen (iirard, an eccentric millionaire, who gave (ii rard college to Philadelphia, and whom estate is now valued at $100,001), (Mill. In tearing down the old (iirard home that the traction company bought, the prison was discovered. The old house, is w ithin half a tquare of the Delaware, and eecret access by water would be easy. (iirard believed in slavery, owned slaves and many iiu siaiia sugar plantations. Armour Case Before Wilton. Philadelphia, Oct. 13. State Food and Dairy Coinin'ssioiier Warren thin week caused warrants to he issued for the arrest of reveral o' Armour A Com pany' agent in this city 011 the clurge of exposing for sale hams and other meats containing horacic acid. Assist ant Food and Dairy Commission r D. Schick and N. H. Crlu-l field, eocretury of agricultnre of this state, today went lo Washington to meet Secretary of Ag riculture Wilson and Dr. II. W. Wilev. chief chemist of the department, and lay the facts in the case before them. Two More Transport Sail, Newport N ws, Va , Oct. 12. The 'ransport A'nj'ral Schley sailed from his port todny, bearing the Seventeenth tnd Eighteenth butteries of mountain iri lery. The City of Washington vlth the First battalion of the Eleventh infantry sailed tonight. Forest Reserve Safe From Fire. Washington. Oct. 13. (iifford Pin- chot, chief of the bureau of forestry. who 1 as just completed a tour of the government forest reserves, culled upon the president today. Mr. Pinchot ex praised gratification with the results of his inspection tour and and of the ex cellent condition in which he found the forest rervis. There litis been only one big fire on the reserves during thtv summer, he savs. and the burned an a did not exceed 2,000 acres. Cold Persist In East. Washington, Oct. 13. The cold wave Is persisting Jn the East. An other cold wave in the Rockv Moun tain region, in Idaho and Montana, and mrderating In the South and con siderably warmer in the central valleys i tne weather situation in a nutshell. as announced tonight by the Weather bureau. It is warming up in the Wett generally, reaching over 60 degrees in the vicinity of Chicago and the Miesis elpni valley and over 70 degnsa wtnt of there. Japanese Design on Java. Home, Oct. 13. The newspaper hero today publish a private letter from Tokio that numerous Japanese emiHRarles have been sent to the islund of Java, Dutch East Indies, with the. mission to create incidents Justifying a Japanese naval demonstration. It la reported that the Dutch authoritlea are much alarmed.