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Bohemia Nugget COTTAGI GROVE . . OREGON. NEWS OHHE WEEK la a Condensed Fgmi for Our Easy Readers. A Returns of tha Lett Important but Not Lett Interetting Eventt of the Past Week. M. Fobiedonostsoff, ex-prtHttrai-or jieneral of the holy synod of Russia, id dead. The Thaw defense is now busy show ing that at the present time Thaw is perfectly sane. Frederick Priavoll, commissioner of the American Newspaper Publishers association, is dead. Wisconsin people are almost of the belief thai Senator LaFollette has lost his grip in state politics. Heney still maintains tl at he has only made a beginning in me 5an Francisco graft exposures. A fire in the plant of the Faird Ma chinery company, Fittsurg, destroyed $200,000 worth of property. The vote of Western trainmen is al most unanimous to go on strike if not given the advance in wages asked for. Ileney lias found that largo sums of money supposed to have been spent in street improvement has not been fully accounted for. rort Dodge, Iowa, has passed an or dinance taxing bachelors. The mayor, clergy and justice of the peace have been busy since performing marriage ceremonies. Russian terrorists continue to pick off their enemies. President Roosevelt is anxious to prosecute Harriman. Root has wained the Central Ameri can states to stop war. Trains are running from Portland to San Francisco via Ogden. Major Goethala has been formally appointed on the canal commission. Senator Burton has been released from jail and promises to publish his side of the story. The East and South is suffering from extreme heat, the thermometer regis tering 90 in many places. In a battle between Nicaraguan and Hondurian troops 1,000 Salvadoreans were killed while assisting Honduras. Boats between San Francisco and Portland are sailing with every berth filled and many unable to get passage. The whole of Moldavia has been rav aged by reltel peasants. Several hun dred people have been killed or injureu and 10,000 are homeless, having been burned out. Jews aie the worst suffer ers. Hudson Maxim, inventor of high explosives, has invented a new fuse for shells which promises to revolutionize armor for warships. Mr. Maxim also declares that Japan could be in possee Bion of the entire Pacific slope before we were ready for war and that we are practically as defenseless as China. The Transvaal will aboliEh Chinese labor. Roumanian peasants are renewing tbt rioting. &on alienists have declared Thaw permanently insane. S. A. D. Puter ia proving a strong witness against Hermann. Nicatragua claims a decisive victory ever Honduras and Salvador. American marines and sailors have been landed to guard Honduras ports. There seems to be good prospects fcr land law reform by the next congrees. The San FianeUec grand jury ia learning more about the bribery by the Pacicfi States Telephone company. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, says Harriman deserves to go to jail, and Governor Deneen is believed to contem plate prosecution. Under the name of United Churches, the Congregational, United Brethren and Methodist Protestant churches in 14 states will foim one large organiz ation. Some of the Southern etates have refused to join. The government continue to pile up evidence against nermann. A atrilrA of longshoremen at Ham burg, Germany, has tied up all ship ping. Roosevelt will propose check on over capitalization of railroads and will soon declare his policy. Roumanian peasants have begun a crusade against Jews and are driving them into Austria. The Colorado legislature has passed a railway commission law. Reciprocal demurrage is also provided for. Proinir fitolvrdn. of Russia, will propose many concessions of liberty to the douma, including free speech and press, but that body was warned not to go to extremes or u n w u.DrU.,, Trainmen on all roads west of Chi cago have voted to strike if not given the increase in wages asked. Most of the roads will, it is believed, refuse to grant the advance and trouble is looked for. Rockefeller says railroads are oyer-capitalized. ABOLISH RfcO TAPE. Secretary Garfield to Start Reform In Interior Department. Washingtun. March 2.V Secretary Garfield is txrganuing the Interior de partment with a view to facilitating public business and eliminating led tax. He is transforming an olwoloto governmental machine into a modem husino methods, injecting up-to-date motlutds and d.xing away with fully one-third of the labor required mulct the old regime. Beginning today, Mr. Gartield will abolish the public lands and Indian Territory divisions oi the Interior de partment, divisious which heretofore handled all business turning to the sec Mary from the general land office and Indian office. Their functions wore superfluous and had no good eft cot. On the contrary, these divisions made un necessary work and delay, and were largely rospotuol le ft friction and trouble W-tween Secretary HUcheockon the one liand and the land and Indian .-.iVi.-.i tm the other hand. J. A. Parker, former chief of the lands division, who has a thorough k now leduo of department methods, is to be made Mr. Garfield's private set retarv, but will not participate in th 10 formation of departmental policy. Clerks of his and other divisions w ill be absorbed by the land and Indian offices. These reforms were recom mended by the Keep commission, uhirli Mr. Garfield was a member. of Th niMsident heart ilv approves I ot the change, and looks for great im provement in the department in eouse onence. especially as the changes bring the new secretary in close touch w ith the chiefs of all bureaus of his depart ment, and obliterate! the Kithersoine intermediary. GREAT DEFEAT FOR BONILLA. After Ten Hourt' Fight, Army Flees, Abandoning Camp. Managua. Nicaragua. March 25. Advices received from the front today, av that the arniv of President lionilia of "Honduras has been ittacked and de feated near Nariata by the Hondurian revolutionists and Nicaraguan army after 10 hours' hard fighting. Bonilla's troops, it is said, left be hind them camp equipment, artillery, rietls and ammunition. Among the prisoners captured are severa. leading officers of the Hondurian forces. Many were killed and wounded on both sides. The Hondurian revolutionists cap tured 300 prisoners, three pieces of ar tillery, also a supply of ammunition therefor and 300 rirlts. One estimate of the casualties places the killed at 200 and the wounded at 160. Two hundred government soldiers joined the revolutioristd during the fight. The disaster for President Bomlla is now complete and it is believed that Tegucigalpa undoubtedly will be tap- tured. The towns of Canygu, La Fsjie- ranza. Snn Padro and Sula have an nounced themselves in favor of the rev olution. STORM RAGES ON. No Let-Up of Rain Apparent in North ern California. Reddino- Cal.. March 25. The heav iest storm of the season xiged here all last night and until early this morning. For a few hours it abated and then broke again. A terrific wind is now blowing and the rain is falling in Bheets. RtnottH state that snow is falling all tli much the Siskivous and Sacramento canyons, the precipitation being heav ier than at any time curing me pw ... . t . . l : season. All the snowpiows in uws section have been put into commission and have made but little headway. A third enowBime occurred ai van tarn, and the wrecker from Dunsmuir hastened to the scene. Tunnel No. 9 is said to be caving in and Dunsmuir has an unverified report mat in tne Siskiyous many cave-ins have occurred. Pond it inns could not be worso along the upper route than they now are and the indications are that anotner Btorm will break tonight. Will Be Lorg Drawn Out. Washington, March 25. The trial of Rintror Hermann on the letterbook in dictment will not be concluded before April 10, and may extend longer. The pr secution lias a numner oi important witnesses to place on the stand and may not complete its case this week. The defense will require all of two weeks before it troes to the iurv. Harry Rob ertson, Senutor Mitchell's private sec retary, who was once private secretary to Hermann when he was in congress, will be the most important witness called this week. Damagea the Prune Crop. San Jose, March 25. Colonel Philo Hersey, president of the Santa Claa Frruit Exchange company, Is authority for the statement today that this pres ent etorm on top of the preceding one has destroyed half the prune crop of the valley by washing the pollen from the blossoms. The Guadalupe has broken out of its banks south of town and the wild, deep etream is flowing through the suburbs, stopping street cars and threatening if Bideuces. Reachet Tegucialpa. Washington, March, 25. Mr. Corea, the Nicaraguan minister, received a dispatch today from Mr. Ganez, the Nicaraguan minister of fori Ign affairs, confirming the press reports of a great victory fir the Nicaraguan army near Maraiti. In additicn, he savs the Nicaraguan army probably will take Tegucigalpa tomorrow. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FINE CROP OUTLOOK. Eattern Oregon Farmert Rejoicing Over Recent Rain. The I 'a He The rain and snow which fell here last week aggregated one inch moisture. Showers still continue and the wiow on high elevations, which varied from four to six inches in depth, is gradually disapiiearing. This will further retard plow ing and Moodint. which, owiim to the miry condition of the soil had but fairly begun throughout the country. When this lo.t st.irui fell, farmers from the Tygh ridge wheat UIt reported that the conditions ftr epilog gram have not boon as favorable in many years as tow, because of the heavy freezing which looeonod Lh ground to a depth of 18 inches, and the thorough stvtking from the deep snow and heavy rain. Owing to the king drout li and the lateness of fall rains, there is less acre age in winter wheal than usual, but under tiie present favtirnble conditions (or spring seeding, there will 1h about the usual annual acreage in grain. The fruitgrower regard the late iow storm as nun U'liolioial, since it chocks the budding until dan ger of killing frosts is ast. No loss of sheep is feared, since lambing on the sheep range of the county has not yet begun. Electric Line at Milton. Milton Tht. Wall Walla Yallov Traction comjmny tnw has its tracks lard down to tne head oi .vain street in this city, and it will le only a few days when there will U hourly service between this city and Walla Wslla. Wash. This will be a great benefit to Milton and vicinity, and will material- lv niil t)i.' nr,:i.lv nuiid triowth of Mil ton. This city is now in a very pros perous condition; all the principal streets are Wing brought to proper grade, and many changes for the better have recently taken place. there will soon be a f 15, 0(H) hotel erected. Rate on Logt Will Stand. Salem The state railroad commis sion made public the result of the Inur ing at iHillos, in the case of the jteoplo of Falls Citv against the Salem, Falls City A Western Railroad comjwny, protesting against the raising of rates by the road on logs and lumUr. After an impartial hearing and investigation of the matter, and there being no fur ther remonstrance against the rate be ing increased after it was thoroughly understood and had met the approval of the commissioners, it was decided to allow the railroad company to make the increase. Abandon River Surveys. Salem Because the state legislature diil not co-oiierate with the state legis lature in appropriating more money for t lie work of the t-tate geological survey in connection with the reclamation of arid lands throughout the state, Dis trict Hydrographer J. C. Stevens, of the United States geological survey, an nounces that part of the wcrk will have to be abandoned and a ruimlter of the stations cut out for lack of funds to carry on the work. Ditch io Serve 70,000 Acres. Med ford The Sterling Mining com pany has completed a survey for a 21- mue ditch from the summit oi jacicsnn- vilU mountain to the little Applegate river. The work, which will c ct about $50,000, will connect the Squaw uine water system with thecornpany's Rogue River vallev irrigating system. It will furnish sufficient water for 70,000 acres of orchard land. The work is to le let by contract and is to be completed by March 1, 1908. La Grande Settlert Rejoice. T Grande Two thousand entrymen in this district, who have been waiting for a month to two years for patents from the government, will lie affected i.v the nrfMident's recent instructions to the general land office to expedite the issuance of patents. The local land office is six months behind In the work here, a great majority of papers being held up in Washington. Large Sumt in Short Time. Marahfield Prominent business men of North Bend subscribed $70,000 in two hours at a Bn;ial meeting ior trie purpose of establishing a building and loan association in that city. The cap- 4.4 fill. ital stock of the association win oe i on fKKi. It baa been established lor the purpose of aiding in the upbuild ing of North I5ena aria ixkib nay. Big Orchard! In Jackton. Medford According to the report of Hnrtu-oltiirnl Commissioner Carson, of the Third district, 350,000 fruit tree have been aieI to the orci.aru weaun nrlnif the nast year. . . 1-1 fkrtO nr. A Hie acreage reponi eiceeuo i,wv, .... 1 At - I - 1 . .n Imu ot tins amount, me larger wnin iw been devoted to Cornice pears and Spit- zen bergs. Tax Money Received. Oregon Citv Sheriff Beatle has col lected up to date about $190,000 in taxes. The time for the granting of rebates for prompt payment is over, and all the big taxpayers of the county have paid in. Local Inturance at Eugene. Eugene The Merchants' Protective association has decided definitely to form a local mutual fire insurance or ganization, and a special meeting will le called within a few dayB for that purpose. OREGON'S tXPENSES FOR 1900. Total For Various Sumt Foott Up to $1,300,440 07. Salem Soontiry of Sitae V. W. Itctison Iiiim completed the statement of the annual eleiisoM of the several count io of the state for llUMl, footing a grand UUl of $1 ,.UMi.-4 41.!7. Among the Item of expenditure art' $:I7,077.07 and $20, 000 for now court houao for Clatsop and Columbia counties, ie- sportively. The cxpoiin'M aie chargwd to the different account as follows. Count v court $ 1 ..'!V2. Circuit court lKOUlUO Justice court :I2.7U2.05 s'lorlnV oilve t:t2,7:t2.:i! Clerks' office 1 27, 427.0-1 luvordcrs' office 21,012.77 Treasurers' office 25.S70.4H I'oioiicrs' otlioo 1I.5S7.07 S'luxd superintendent . . . ;S, lill .4! Stock insptvtor 7.IH7.4I Assessors' Oilice 7(.r10.t!l Assessment and col. taxes 20.4.M ..Ml Tax relate '.2f.5 !'l I'urrent oxikmisi'." 71,147.4s Court house expenses. . . . 71,220 IU Jail expenses 1 "'SO. 70 Care of poor 1I5,S17.07 Indigent soldiers S.'.i'.i.VM Insane :i,s;l.V01 Kcfornt K-hind commit mt 410.5S r.ridge ll.l.:itt.7ii Ferries .,iti15:i:.:n Flection expenses '.0,S,r..4 4 S-alp lxinnt v 1 .40(5.70 Hoard of hea'ltli :i.t44.(U Fruit inspvtrs 2,.l'(..iH Surveyor 2, i :!'.'. Printing and advertising . 4 ,.).' . I :t New court houat e 57,077. 07 Fairs l,!t:is.ss High sohiNils . O.iilti.52 I.lhrarv fund 201. so Miscellaneous 1 7.2:15.01 Total $l,:!tN5(4'..'.(7 Office Short of Clerkt I'.osel'urg The lonil land office says that there are from 500 to (500 linn I proofs awaiting action. Mclay has U-on lue to lack of clerical ancistance, rather than to the president's former order, though action on Home proofs was de layed to some extent by that order. Many of these cases have Ixm-ii rM-udin sime 1004, but mont of them have no cumulated since the reopening of this office, January H, 100(5, after a susjon sion of one your. Fix Value of Polk Timber. Dallas The county court, it is un derstood, will very soon opvoint a tim- Iht cruiser to arrive at a more euitnbln assessment of the vast Usl'ies of valua ble timber lying in Western Polk. Sehool district in the wewtern part of th county will !e extondeel to include this timlx-r also, therel y lniiking it lia ble to the special hoIkxiI tax. Approx imately $100,000 in taxes was riveived I efore the expiration of the .'1 jkt cent iliscourit limit. New Bank Examiner Chosen. Salem James Steele, of Portland, has been apointed state bunk cum mer. He is a brother of State treas urer Steele and was one of the founders of the First National bank at Portland in 1H(5S. and later was connected with the Merchant's National bank of that city. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 72c; bluesteui, 74c; $20030; gray, valley, 70c; red, 71c. Oats No. 1 white, $2829. Parley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew ing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.50. Kye $1.451.50 per cwt. Com Whole,$24 .60; cracked, $22.50 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $15(J 16 ner ton; Kastern Oregon timothy. 11767,18: clover, $11; cheat, $0; grain hay, $0(310; alfalfa, $14. Putter Fancy creamery, .vzymc per pound. Kutter Fat First grade cream 33 J.c per pound second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Poultry Average old bens, 15c per pound; mixed chickens, 14c; spring, fryers and broilers, ZUMZac; out roosters, 10012c; dressed chickens, 10 (9i7c- turkey, live. 13(3 15c: tur keys, dressed, choice, 18?420c; geese, live, 8c; ducks, l(01c. Kggs Oregon ranch, lOJc per dozen . Apples Common, 75c$1.25 per box; choice $1 5002.00. VAtffitahloa Turnins $101.25 per sack; carrots, $101.25 pei ack; beet, $1.2501.60 per sack; homeradisii, c5 8c per pound; cauliflower, $2.60 per crate; celery, $3.50(34 per crate; let tuce, head, 36045c per dozen; onions, 1012c per dozen; sprouts, 0c per pound; radishes, 30c per dozen; as paragds, 10c per pound; rhulmrb, $2 2.25 per box. Onions Oregon, 7590c per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Iiurlwnks, fancy, $1. 351.50; No. 1 choice, $1.1001.25; common, 75c$l. Vil Dressed. 5l;0fkJ per pound. 5eef Dressed bulls, 303)0 per pound; cows, 60c; country steers, Mutton Dres-ed, fancy, 100100 per pound; ordinary, 80fe. p,.rU iiriHMod. (10 iM?r pound Hops 012o per pcund, according to quality. A7,wr.i Vnutcrn Oreuon average best 1318 per pound, according to Bhrink- age; valley, 20023c, according io nne jness; mohair, choice, ;(3yc. FARMS UNDER WATER. Sacramento River Nevctr Known to Be So High Before. SurraiiH'iito, Cal., March 22. Fioni all down-river olnl come alarming new that the Sacramento river Is high or (hail ever known, and thai the sit uation all along the levees is appalling. There is aliondy nufToring and very ablc-Uhliotl man is assist ing in the light against the water that is uuring Into the bleaches and inundating thousands of acres of the liueM tunning land in the state. Spivli'l di-piiti-lii-s to the 1'nion from Freopoit, Couilliind, Walnut (irove and I'm n LI in state that the river ba rciu-hed the highoHt flane ever recorded, and it Is pntlictcd Unit the teriihle .n'oiie witnessed during the tremen- dous llooils of !M4 will bo snrm-so.. Stainling on the levee neai Couilliind one may see for l0 miles to the Mouth easl across an unl'loLon sea of water which t It lids clear to Stockton. Thousand of oatt'e ine being shelter- e.! on top ol the levee, a- there ia in other place for them, ami if the water dors let fall soon an indcsci ibiiblo con dition of dl-astcr is coiisi.lered inevit- able. Thin morning the bin-kudo on the Southern Pacific Iiiich was made com plete, when the line to the FuM was maili hclplr bv a wiishoiit oi -00 Let of ttitck at Applegate, but dining the iiltcrnooii t he sit mil ion changed lot the lirttrr when, with t lie rejNii t that t lie plegato wnhout had hi en repaired, came another Mating thai II wait ox- Nvtcd the track would soon ls oh n through to Stockton. A trcMlit was pliici in the gap at the Applegate without this afternoon ami more trains were dispatched Flint. One of these, u Purtlainl t rain, w i 1 1 Is' sent to I'tah and via the On gun Short Line. The Placeivillo lino is in full commission nuin, but no trains are op luted on the Muryv i I Io luanch fur ther tliun Wheiitlaml. On the Portland line no trains are running U yond lo-dling, the tnn ks be ing out at kef w irk, Ciimplx 1 1 and Keii- nett. and it is not expertid that travel an be re-mined beyo id bedding for at ea.-t ten ilavs. ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICE. Canadian Pacific to Enter Portland on O. H. & N. Track. Portland, March 22. Canadian Pa cific trains will bo running into Port land May 1. Contract were signed up here ye. terday by trallie official nf the Cana dian road with K. It. Miller, general freight agent for the Oregon lliulnsid ft. Navigation roinnmy, allowing the use of the tracks from SjxikaUr to Port laud. The Canadian Pacific now reach es Stmkane by the SMikane Interna tional railway front the ( . 1. 1.. M main line at the Canadian I m jhih In ry . Freight service lioin Portland to nil Miint in Canada, well a" to the At lantic scaUiard, will l started May 1 by the new trallie arrangement. Pas senger trairiH will he put on at a later date. Through jm-senger -rvir is promised from Portland to St. Paul. The use of the O. U A N. track by Camidiali Pacitic eipiipmeiit wn" ar rarige! for recent ly at a coiifcrcnrt In--tweon Presiileiit (i. M. I!ow-orth, iif the Canadian lino and Triillic Director J. C. Stulib, of the lliiiriman system. This iiieeting was held in Chicago a short time ago. Hittorlc Fort Swept Away. San Francisco, March 2-'. It is re ported here that all rcclatnaiou district in Sutter county have been flsded. Near Meridian the water I in the co ond stories of the houses. Many fam ilies are said to be in want. Kfftiti will be made to send them M-lief. Proltfibly all the sU-k in these districts has Im'CIi drowned. The rieoplo of Yulm county district, above Murysville, are reported safe. Near Tudor a break has occurred clone to an Indian mound which wa situated near the old iron fort brought from the Fast in sections, by General John A. Sutter In the days before gold wiih discovered. The fort is repotted to have been swept away. More Steel Men Strike at Hammond. Hammond, Intl., March 22. The strike situation at Fast Chicago was intensified today when 3, 500 nun em ployed by the Inland Steel company, walked out. The reason for the walk out was the demand of the lalxirers for an increase of 25c per day. Six hun dred men struck yesterday at the Inter state Steei company and 1,2(K) at the Republic Iron (t Steel company, and the walkout today brings the total number of strikers up to inoro than 5, 000 men. Some rioting occurred today and ono of the strikers was beaten. Austria Guardt Frontier. Vienna, March 22. The Austrian minister of the Interior has ordered a considerable increase in the number of gendarmes upon the Roumanian fron tier in order to prevent riotous peas ants from crossing the frontier and starting disturbances in Austria. The opinion is expreHsed at the foreign office that tin les the Roumanian gov ernment promptly suppresses the agra rian movement in Roumania It is liable to soon get beyond control. Giving Away Sage Money. New Yoik, Ma roh 22. Announce ment was madi) today that Mrs. Russell Siue bus donated $150,000 to the American Stamen's Friend society, to ho used by Unit body in the erection of a proposed sailors' home and Institute. Mrs. Sage has also given $75,000 to the Syrian Protestant college, of Pcirut, Syria. SCHMITZ WEAKENING Offered Terms to Ileney Which Are Promptly Rejected. COMPUTE SURRENDER EXPECTED Money at Dictator of tht City Will Impeach and Rvmova tht Mayor. San Francisco, March 2 .'I. This wn by far the most "ensut ionul day in Iho local gtaft situation. Mayor Si hunt, sent an oiiilary to Assistant District Attorney Honey ami Ivtorllvo Hunt and asketl for term. When no pro xral woic fort licoin ing t he ac nt of the mayor untile a definite . r- - i t ion . They ottered it eonfi-HSlou fioin tlio mayor for complete immunity and hut t-onl Iiitiaiit'c iuolliic until the etpira tiotl of his term on January I of next, year. I'hr offer was rejeeled with liioro x-ed than it was made and the negoti ation ea i ui to a 1 1 1 1 u-k end. The inay or's mistarie art rpet ted to leturn. It is not thought that t hey serlotutly U. Ileved that Iho prosecution would eon sent to the continuance of Sehmit. in otlico. Put it wit simply to -rente a point on whlt'h they could lei. I in future in-got iat ion. Sts-otid only in Impottnnco to tht overture from the mayor were the rev elation that 1.1 indii'tmelils had been voted against Abraham K. I'etwiler, a capitalist from Ohio, who visited the Pacitic coast lat April In the Inti-reft of the I omi Telephone company. Plan for the futuie guv eminent of the city were evolved today by Mr. Ileney Piitrht Attorney Ijingdoii and Rud'ilph Spreckel. With ruft reach ing into uliiit st every branch of the citv affairs, the funitioni of government have broken .low n completely. Iiintcud of an organized fot m of adiumist tat ton, Francis J. Ileney i practically dictator if the city and county of San Frnncinco. The js-oplr are i outer t to let him mid bin hsm s uite work out the problem. The plan is to keep the Ixiodlllig suprr- viHMtr In otlico fT a time. They will obey Mr. I leliey ' otdeis. ( If I h i I hero is no doubt. Should they refmc, indict tnriit, trial and coitvlitioii und im prisonment would follow. While the Us-rvHors remain In office summary imp achmi-iit proceeding will be htouidit utiaiiir-t the mayor, and lie will be removed by a judge of the Su perior court after a hearing, which will not occupy more than a few hours. Sehmitz will Im given a t hunce to lo-igu to avoid dismissal . After the ejei lion of St limit, from the office the board of ufi v isort w.ll Is- ordeled to elect n his successor some man to lie ehottcti by Mr. Ileney, probably District Attorney Ijingdott. After the new mayor asume oilice, Mr. Ileney will order the Id ldliug u pt rviKiis to resign and tiny will resign. FIGHT FOR I'HILIPPINkS Senator Stone Sayt Wa Mutt If Wa Fight Japan. Kansas City, March 2il. 1'iiitetl State Senator William A. Stone, in the course ol a Seceh here lnt night lit. the monthly dinner of the Knife and Fork club, said: "If we aie to hare serious trouble with any nation, it will Is with Jitan. Japan wants the Philippines. I am not sure whether it would not bo lest for all court mod il she should gt t them, but one thing i certain, and that is, she will never get them with our consent. Put we may have trouble ill keeping them. "Japan would sei.e the archipelago, and in a week. Wo could only enl over a big enough licet to wipe Japan fiom the sea. That would bo a huge ami costly task." Trown Off Exprett Car. Palestine, Tex., March 2:1. A train No. 4 of the International (ileal North ern, north hound, was leaving Flklntrt, 12 mile In-low here, last night, Fx press Messenger Winsloy Womaok of the Pacific P.xprcss company, was at tacked und thrown out of the car. Do wns not missed from the train until Palestine was reached and a little later n telephone ineHSiigo whs received from him at Flkhart, i-hi ting that he hint boon ahi-aolled by rohliers. The safo In the cur was 0cn when tho train lynched Palestine. Browntvllla It Furlout. Prowntville, Tex , March 2H. At a iriasH meeting of Prownsvillo citizens tonight resolutions were adopted ex pressing indignation Itccausti of what i termed an attempt being made both Iat fore lite court martial ut Fort Houston and before the senate committee at Washington "to clear the negro soldleist of the Twenty-fifth infantry of tho crltno committed against Prownsvillo tn August Hi last by fastening tho In famy on the town people themselves.' Great Fire In Navy-Yard. Pensalcola, Fla., March 23. Firo last night doftroyed building No. 1 at tho Pensacola navy yard, entailing a loss of $175,000. In addition to thla loss the machinery and equipment for the gunboats Gloucester und ami Jtdo de Luzon were destroyed.