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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1906)
IS GUILTY OF CIIIMEl Jury Says Vandcrbllt Road Gave Sugar Men Rebates. LAWYER BLAMES PUBLIC OPINION Company nnl lit Traffic Mnnnper May fcnch Uo Fined in Sum of &IV0.000 for Cffonse. New York, t-.. 1 H. A verdict (.1 K'lilty (if 1 ,i 1 1 1 Hi) legates mi sugar win iiii'iitii wr.s returned liy h jury in th l'nitii! Mutes court here today ny.iiiiMt (tin New Voik Central Railroad company and I' rcderick I,. Pomcroy, thti rif ii pit ii y 'n g"iiral trallic manager . Heiitencti wan ill (erred until Friday to permit tin attorneys for the defense to file motions wil.li tlm court. In il iHriiNriiiK tin jnrj's verdict, Ann tin (i. I'ni, coiiiifvl f r tlm defendant), pliici'd tint rcppohihility for tlm convic tion of Ihn clients upon public opinion. "You can't 1 frml rebate ciihi'h in tln pii'hwnt Htato of public opinion." hhiiI Iiii. According to tlm proviflnns of the Elkins Hi t, miller which tlm conviction were s cured, tlm maximum penalty in line nf !!(), 01.0. An hoth tlm Cen'ral and tlm j r n in 1 defendant, Frederick I.. Pomeroy, tti convicted hy the deci sion of t lm jury on all of lint count l nrKKl in tha indictment, the total fine for each can he $1 ill), 000. Letter from I,oell M. Palmer, luauaper of tlm trnfHc business of the ngar re lining coin puny, to Mr. Pome roy, icknowlpilxiiiK the receipt of drafts amounting to thousands of dollars, wero admitted. t ilt charged that these drafts represented the payment of rebate of 6 cents per hundredweight on shipments o( sugar to W, II. Edgai A Hon. CHINA ARMING FOR FIGHT. Increasing Army and Revenue Under Two Great Statesmen. Washington, Oct. IK. Conditions in China, which were generally euppoHed to have improved wince tlm cesmttion of tlm hoycolt on American goods and its 'iuiHrijiieiit ngitntion, are really much worse, Hnd tlm anti-foreign feeling in greater than it ever wan. Infnrmrttion if an absolutely trnntworthy character has raecheil VVaHhiiiKton to thin effect. The Chinese army, under the guid ing hand of Yuan Hhin Kai, considered by thone who know China to he the greatest man in the country, ia he in? increane.il at a tremendous rate, and the government in patting a (treat deal of money into itn main fighting force. Yuan In viceroy of the province of Chi li, in which Pekin in situated, lie han very great inllueiice and his main poli cy seems to he to increase the army. Thin fact, coupled w ith the show of for eign hatred, which ia becoming more and mure apparent, makes the situation eerioun. Tank nhao YI in rapidly becoming one of the moot powerful men in China. Not only han he an enormous salary as viceroy, bin he is also vice president of the foreign office and director general of tha railway between Hankow and I'ekin, and ocenpien the snme position in regard to the railroad from I'ekin to Niu Chwang. PLOTTING AGAINST ALLY. Charge la Made by Russian Writer Against Japan. Nt. Petersburg. Oct. 18. The Rt. Petersburg TeUgraph Agency has re ceived a dispatch from Tokio Haying that the anti British movement in In lia in receiving muclt encouragement from Japan, where every tffort is being made to footer a feeling of kinship be tween the two dark races and to preach the lessons of the Ruhso Japanese war. The Hindoo students now in Tokio, tlm correspondent of the agency contin ues, have just published an address, in which they appeal to India to heed the call ol "Asia for the Asiatics," and to rise and cast off the Hritish yuko. For United Tariff Revision. Logaiiflpnrt, Ind., Oct. 18. Senator lieveridge spoke here tonight, before a largo audience, making bis first politi cal speech in the Indiana campaign. The senator devoted the most, of the ad dress to a discussion of the tariff. He made a pW for a limited tariff revis ion. He said there should be changes in some tariff schedules because the conditions under which they were made have changed and it would he better not to imperil the whole pro- eetive system by putting off admitted ly needed changes. Drowned Like Rats. Bizerta, Oct. 18. Preparations for an attempt to raise the submarine boat Lutin, sunk near this port yesterday, were begun at dawn. Although the bottom is Bandy three miles off the coat, where the Lutin is supposed to have sunk, the chances of raising the T.utint n the surface in time to Have the liven of the crew are regarded as slim. The officers engaged in the salvage work with the certainty that the crew of the Lutin had perished. Militia Ordered Out. Columbia, 8 C, Oct. 18. Governor Ileyward has ordered out the militia to prevent a threatened disturbance at the hanging Friday at Conway of Com mander Johnson, a white man of means, acceued of having murdered Tier. Harmon D. Grainger. MRS. DAVIS DEAD. Widow of Proslilont of Confederacy Passes Away. New Yolk, Oct. 17. Mrs. Jeffernrn Davis, widow of the president of the Confederacy, v ho sn been 111 for a weea at the Hotel Majestic in thin city, died at 1 0 :Jfi last night. Heath wan due to pneumonia Induced by a severe cold which Mm. Davis con tracted upon her return from the Ad irondacks, whurn she had Spent the hummer months. Although grave fears weie felt from the first, Mrs. Davis' wonder'. l vitality, which brought her safely through a similar attack a year ago, gave hopu of ultimate reroveiy tint 1 1 Monday night, when a decided change for thu woin wan rvdient and the attending physician announced that the mid wan near. It wan then believ ed that Mrs. Davis conhl not survive the night, but she rallied slightly dur ing the euily hours of yesterday. Khortly after 7 o'clock yesterday morning she had a similar spell and Rev. Nathan A. H.-agle, rector of Ht. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal church, was hurriedly summoned to give religi ous comfort to the patient in her last momentn of consciousness. The clergy man remained some time and an hour later it was announce. 1 that Mis. Davis hail lapsed into a state of coma. The period of unconsciousness lasted to the ml. Mrn. Davis has for some years made her home in thin city, where she had a wide cir-le of friends. Throughout her illness solicitous inipiiries regarding her condition were continually made at her apaitmcntn. STAYS UNDER SEA. Another French Submarine Boat It Lost Off Bisarta. Biserta, Tunin, Oct. 17. The French submarine Lutin left thin port this morning for plunging experiment. Hignals received at 10 o'clock tonight reported her disappearance. Two tor pedo boats and three tugs went out in search of the submarine. It now appears almost certain, ac cording to the news received at a late hour tonight, that the crew of the J.n tin has suffered a fate similar to that w hich overtook the crew of the subma rine Frfadet here hist year. The crew o! the I.utin numbered 14 men. Admiral Hfllne, commander of the Tnnis naval division, who went out on board a tag, returned at a late hour to night ami said that, owing to the heavy seas and the obscurity, it was impossi ble to continue lalvage operations nntil day. The tugs and torpedo boats, how ever, will remain through the night near the place where the I.utin made her final pluugu. One ol these boats reports that ita drag encounter" reslstane as though a vessel were lying at the bottom. The government salvage steamers belonging to this port, w ill return in the morning and participate in the work. The t'ritiah consul general here pro posed to the French resident general to telegiaph to the British admiralty at Malta for salvage and assistance. This offer wan accepted. The Lutin was a single sreew steel marine boat built at K(c)iefort in H()1. She wan 135 feet long and had a dis placement of 185 tons. SEAL RAID DELIBERATE. Japanese Crew Compelled Captain to Consent to Slaughter. Victoria, B. C, Oct. 17. Clear evi dence is forthcoming by advices receiv ed today by the steamer Empress of Ja pan that the raid on St. Paul island by Japanese sealers was premeditated, and the statement that the Japanese landed for water and were treacherously fired upon bv the Americans, as reported by the Japanese government by directors of the raiding schooner, is shown to be untrue. Hunters of the raiding schoon er, Toye No. 2, which appeared off St. Paul island two days before the raid, went to ttie captain with the ultimatum that unless be permitted them to go ashore and club seals on the rookery, they would refine to work and compel him to return. The master agreed. Further discussion took place as to the division of prospective spoils, and knives were drawn. At midnight a boat waa lowered with the oarlocks inn filed and sent in, the vessel being but a mile from the rookery in the fog, Four other boats followed. Make the Oregon New Ship. Watihington, Oct. 17. The Naval Construction hoard today approved es timates lor repairs to the battleship Oregon, which call for an expenditure of nearly $1,000,000. When the secre tary of the navy approves this report work w ill hi gin at Puget sound navy yard and will probably require two years to complete. One hundred thou sand dollars is to he expended for new guns, $250 000 for repairs to machin ery, about $ 100,000 for general repairs to the hull and superstructure, and $146,000 for new equipment. Robbers Get Little. Leadville, Colo., Oct. 17. Two arm ed men boarded tha engine of Denver At Hi Grande passenger train No. 5 at Malta tonight and at the muzzle of re volvers compelled the engineer and fire man to uncouple the express and lag gage cars. They then forced the engin eer to pull the car several miles up the road. When the train stepped, the bandits went to the express car and at tempted to blow open the safe. They only succeeded in securing about $60. Secede From New Union. Perth, Australia, Oct. 17. The leg isatlive assembly today, by a vote of 19 to 8, adopted a motion that the etate of Western Australia secede from the rest of the commonwealth. ONE MORE CHANCE Annexation Sure to Follow Next Failure of Cuba. SELF GOVERNMENT IMPOSSIBLE Sugar and Tobacco Men Will Object to Free Competition, But It Must Come. Washington, Oct. 10. Kepublican senators and congressmen who have been in Washington recently and offi cials closely identified with the admin istration ngree with the president that Cuba shall have another opportunity to try self government, but the opinion is almost universal that annexation is only a matter of time. Little in being said puhlit'ly about the probability of annexing Cuba to the United States, hut the subject in receiving a great deal of attention in Washington and public men are seriously discussing the best method of bringing the island under the protecting arm of the United States. President Koosevelt is absolutely sin cere in his declaration against the present annexation of Cuba and he has liopeR that the Cuban people, on thicr second attempt, will be able to form and maintain a satisfactory govern ment. He does not want the island made a part of the United States if, by any possibility, the Cubans can con duct their own affairs and protect the liven and property of all their citizens. He does not believe that the United States at this time would be justified in taking over the island, merely be cause vast amounts of American capital have been invested. But if the words of other administration officials can be held to be authoritative, it is to be in ferred that the president will interpose no further objection to annexation in cafe the second Cuban government is a failure. While annexation is generally ex pected, no one looks forward to it with enthusiasm. Rather, the Cuban prob lem is regarded in the light of one of the unpleasant outgrowths of the Span ish war, an perpleing in some icspects an the Philippine question. Southern men would like to see Cuba made American territory, but they want the tariff wall kept up against Cuban sugar and tobacco, and some bar erected against the immigration of native Cu bans into the Unite States. The South has more than ita share of dusky citi zens. It is probable that the men in con gress who are fighting a reduction of the duty on Philippine sugar and to bacco would join the South in demand ing the retention of the tariff on sugar aod tobacco from Cuba in case of an nexation. If Philippine sugar is a menace to the beet sugar industry of the West, it will re argued that the sugar from Cuba, closer and much more abundant, would be a still greater menace. STORM SPOILS BANANAS. Hurricane Sweeps Through Central America, Wasting $1,000,000. New Orleans, Oct. 10. Damages of fully $1,000,000, including the partial demolition of one town, was done by the hurricane on the coast of Central America which was reported by a brief wireless message received here last night, Wireless and cable advices to day to the United States Fruit company say that probably no loss of life oc curred. The hurricane appeared to be central near Bluefields, on the east roast of Nicaragua. It swept in from the sea, its first fury striking Little and Great Corn islands, which were swept bare of vegetation and their topography even altered by the waves. On the mainland the storm's damage was con fined mostly to a path about SO miles wide, in which banana and rubber crops were destroyed and plantations blown down. Great damage is report ed from Rama, a town on the coast about 40 miles from Bluefields. Mrs. Jefferson Davis Dying. New York, Oct. 16. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the president of the Confederate states, is dying of pneu monia at the Hotel Majestic here. It is believed she cannot survive more than a few hours. Mrs. Davis han been ill for several davs, but it had been believed she would recover up to last night, w hen a su lden change for the worse was noticed. Mrs. Davis went to the Majestic a rhnrt time ago on her return from the Adirondacks, where she spent most of the summer for her health. Trial of New York Central. New York, Oct. 10. The trial of the Nw York Central Railroad companv for the alleged giving of rebates of ' so ne $20,000 to the American Sugar Rjflning company on sugar shipments to the West is the first trial for the infraction of the Elkins law ever un dertaken in this city. With this action is inaugurated a sitting of the Federal Criminal court that may be expected to last with its successive terms for at least a year and probably much longer. Army In Cuba Given Name. Washington, Oct. 16. Brigadier General Barry, acting chief of staff, to day issuol a general order by direction of the president stating that the mili tary forces now assembled in Cuba or to be assembled there are constituted an army to be known aa the Army of Cuban Pacification. URGE ONE BUILDING. Oregon Men Want United Northwest at Jamestown Exposition. Portland, Oct. Hi. A movement for a joint Northwest building at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial exposition was launched at a recent meeting of the Oregon Jamestown Imposition commit tee at the Portland Commercial club. President Jefferson Myers and Secre tary John II. Steverisonn, of the corn mission, were directed to write an offi cial letter to the governors of Washing ton, Malio and Montana, notifying thern of the attitude of the Oregon commission, and asking them to take action in their official capacities to bring about participation in the plan on the part of their respetive stamen. T'i) plan in conceived by the Oregon commission in for j int action on the part of the four Northwestern staten in the erection of one magnificent exhibits and headquarters structure, in which each state shall have a department of its own, the expanse to be borne equal ly by the several states. It was point ed out at the commission' session that such co-operative action would have the effect of impressing the East with the unity of Northwest interests and of exerting both a political and commer cial irinignifi'.-ance. It also seemed ap parent that with the combined capital of the four states a building of su ' h imposing size and beauty could be erected that it could not fail to attract wide attention, while a building by any one of the states, singly, could not have this effect, and, besides, joint ac tion could reduce the expense ot put ting up individual buildings. President Myers wan authorized to go to the scene of the exposition and ne gotiate for a site for an Oregon build ing, in the event it is desired to erect one, and also keep in mind the possi bility of a joint state building. He will defer bis departure for the East until be has had time to hear from the governors of the Northwest states on the plan suggested. In the event the other states do not show a disposition to adopt the plan proposed, this will not be allowed to interfere in any de gree with Oregon's p'an to make an ex hibit, should the legislature warrant it. Upon his return from the East Pres ident Myers will make a report to the commission, and Governor Chamber lain on the result uf his investigations, and this report, setting forth in detail the cost of making an exhibit and the facilities for erecting a building and installing an exhibit, when delivered, will be used as the basis for appearing before the legislature to ask such an appropriation as shall be necessary to make a creditable showing. FARMERS MUST DRAIN. Department of Agriculture Issues Bul letin of Instruction. Washington, Oct. 16. For the guid ance of the great number of people from humid regions who settle on the lm mense areas of Western lands opened to settlement, the Department of Agricul ture has issued a report on "Practical Information for Beginners in Irriga tion." There are several million acres ooen for settlement in the United States, and irrigation works built by private enterprise and works being constructed by the national government will pro vide a water supply for more than 1, 000,000 acres of arid lands. The re port discusses and soils aod water sup plies generally and describes how to locate and build farm ditcher, prepare land to receive water, irrigate staple crops and how much water to apply. "Experience throughout the arid re gion, tne report eays, " is demon strating that the greatest danger to irri gated lands is lack of drainage. Water applied to crops raises the ground wa ter, which brings with it the salts dis solved from the soil; capillarity brings this water to the surface, where it evaporates, and the salts accumulate until all vegetation is destroyed. The only insurance against this is proper drainage, but anything like economy in the use of water and thorough cultiva tion, which will check the rise of ground water or lessen evaporation, will decrease the danger." Battling With a River. Imperial Junction, Cal., Oct. 16. Seldom has a more desperate battle with nature been waged than that for the turning of the Colorado river. Rockwood gate went out last Thursday, and a great disappointment was occa sioned, but the outlook is much bright er. Yesterday the trestle below the cate was prepared, 100 cars of rock being dumped as an experiment. This morning the rock was found in the same position, indicating that the soil was firm enough to support it. Another trestle is being built. Big Travel to California. San Francisco, O t. 16. Ihe past month has seen a steady flow of popu lation into California from the Eastern states. The figures of the railroads and the California Promotion commit tee state that 14,000 eettlr have come here in that time. Many of these have gone to the country, but a fair propor tion have remained in San Francisco. It is believed that this is simply the vanguard of an army of immigiants who are coming to locate in California. Silver Advances to 70.13. Washington, Oct. 16. The director of the mint yesterday purchased 150, 000 ounces of silver at 70.13 cents per fine ounce, delivered at the mint in Denver. For the convenience of bid ders it bas been decided to open bids for the sale of silver on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week, instead of on Wednesdays only, as heretofore. DANCE BY THE WAKIKUTTT " Aft i; . fir yu-, '&S ' I 4 " - " A,' - ' The Wakikuju are known as theKIkuyu and Aklkuyu, and they Inhabit the Klkuyu hllln, one of the most beautiful, fertile and economically Important part of the British East Africa Protectorate not far from Nairobi. Sir Charles Eliot says that they are Intelligent and fairly industrious, and live a w;ml-gfcttled agricultural life; that is to say, they burn a clearing In the forest, build a village and cultivate for a few years. As soon as the soil shows any sign of exhaustion they move on, burn another clearing, and repeat the same process. Sir Charles says that the Klkuyu are almost a comparative recent hybrid between the Masai and a Bantu stock, and there Is no reason why such hvhrlds should not continue to be formed in the future, to the great advantage of the country. It Is estimated that the natives of the Klkuyu country number some 300,0iO. Kikuyu is said to be derived from Kuyu, which means a fig, fig trees of various kinds being abundant in the country. lit W Marvelous, j Quaint and Curious. Helmet of Cronby. We here present our readers with a sketch of the helmet of Sir John Cros by, aa it originally appeared when sus pended over his tomb In St Helen's Church, Bishops gate. He was an eminent merchant of London ; but Is represented upon his tomb in a full suit of armor. He died in 1475. The extreme height of the crown of the helmet resembles that on the tomb cbosby's helmet. 0f the Earl of Warwick, in the Beauchamp Chapel at Warwick ; and was Intended to support the crest of the wearer, the holes for affixing It being still visible. Arch of Trajan. Triumphal arches were among the most peculiar forms of art which the Homnns borrowed from those around them, and used with that strange mix ture of splendor and bad taste which characterizes all their works. These were in the first Instance no doubt borrowed from the Etruscans, as was also the ceremony of the triumph with which they were ultimately asso ciated. At first they seem rather to hare been used ns festal entrances to the great public roads, whose construc tion was considered as one of the most ARCH Of TRAJAN. Important benefits a ruler could confer on his country. There was one erected nt ltimlnl In houor of nu important restoration of the Flaiulnian Way by Augustus; another at Susa In Pied mont, to commemorate a similar act of the same Emperor. Trajan built one on the pier at Ancona, when he re stored that harbor, and another nt Beneventum, when he repaired tlieNVla Appln, repi'c-sonted In the woodcut here given. It Is one of the best preserved as well as most graceful of Its class In Italy. The arch of the Sergll at I'olu In Istrla seems also to have been erect ed for a like purpose. That of Hadrian nt Athens, and another built by hlni at Antlnoe In Egypt, were monuments merely commemorative of the benefits which he hud conferred on those titles by the architectural works he had ejected within their walls. By far the most important application of these gateways, la Rome at least, was to IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 7 . commemorate a triumph which may have passed along the road over which the arch was erected beforehand, for the triumphal procession to pass through, of which It would remain a memorial. PIETY HAS COST HIM $500,000. Bat Wilcox Still Refaen to Ron III Railroad on Sunday. Denver Is the home of a man tha courage of whose, convictions has been, tested to the extent of $500,000. And he still holds steadfastly to his principles, in spite of the fact that his friends have warned him that the pursuance of his policy will in- 'tiJL jTC Jure him financial- scAsiiV iv. The man is Ed ward J. Wilcox, builder and sole E. J. WILCOX. owner of the Argentine Central Rail way, In Colorado, and he has display ed his courage by not permitting a train to run over his road on Sunday. Neither will he permit the insertion of a line of advertising concerning his railroad or other business Interests ia the Sunday Issue iiewspajer, although a great believer In advertising and spending a liberal allowance with the dallies of Denver every other day la the week. The Argentine Central Railway cost Mr. Wilcox more than $450,000, and he built It entirely with his owa money. Yet he believes that no maa should do business on Sunday, and he Insists that his road will pay expenses and be a winner In due time If ha strictly observes the Sabbath. Strict adherence to religious and business principles has marked the ca reer of Mr. Wilcox, who went to Colo rado penniless and Is now reckoned a multl-niillounlre, his fortune being es timated at about $5.(HX,000. He waa born in Creedmore, Out., Canada, and when 21 years of age went to Colo rado, with no advantages to place him at the top rung of the ladder of finan cial success beyond the possession of good health and a strong pair of arms, lie became a mining engineer and sav ing as much of his salary us possible. Invested It wisely. Different. "Young Dr. Walker always Im pressed mo as having nerves of Iron, judging by the cool way he per formed the most serious operations," remarked his friend, "but yesterday when I met him In consultation ht was the most excited mau I have seeu for a long while." "It must have been a most unusual and extraordinary case." "No, one of the doctor's own chil dren had a mild attack of measles." London Tit-Bits. Deliberate. "My!" exclaimed Mr. Klumsay, at the summer hotel hop, "thH floor's awful ly sllpiery. It's hurd to keep on your feet." "Oh!" replied bis fair partner, sar castically, "then you were really try ing to keep on my feet? I thought it waa accidental." Philadelphia Press, Every father argues that because the bnby Is bU Is no reason why be should enjoy caring for It when It cries. When a man doesn't feel like talking be calls a tome woman and listen, j