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
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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
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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.