TELL WHO MAV LAND.
LANE COUNTY LEADER
New
w . c. c o in r u , r «k u «h «.
C O T T A G E GROVE ... OREGON.
WEEK’S DOINGS
U ñ era ! R e v i* , oí (. p o r t a i t Happsulags
o i the Past Week le Urial and
The Trana-Miseiseippi congress ia in
session in beat tie.
Turaey haa called for 52,000 men (or
service in Macedonia.
Pope Pius haa given $20,000 to be
distributed among the poor of Rome.
The two Kansas Cities are again
suffering from the effects of high water.
The 37tb national encampment of
the G. A . K. ia in session at ban Fran
cisco.
By the collapse of the upper deck of
a Finish steamer 40 people were
drowned.
The Russian fleet has sailed for Turk
ey to enforce the demand that slaying
of consul be avenged.
China has agreed with the United
States to open two ports, thus main
taining the open door policy.
Roosevelt wants Root to help him
defeat his New York enemies and will
endorse him for president in 1008.
A wealthy Davenport, Ia., woman
was kidnaped and held for $50,000
ransom, but gave her captors the slip
and escaped.
Vesuvius continues active and is
sending smoke and flame to a height of
4.000 feet. Lava is flowing toward Ot-
tajamo and Pompeii.
A falling meteor deetroyed a bridge
at Mendon, Mich.
Cardinal Gibbons has left Rome on
his way to the United States.
Fire in the Cincinnati stock yards
destroyed $80,000 worth of property.
English sportsmen are confident
Shamrock I I I will lift the cup this
year.
Chinese
Regulations
Public.
Are
Made
Washington, Aug. 19.— A new set of
Chinese regulations, prepared by Com
missioner General of Immigration Sar
gent and approved by Secretary Cortel-
yon, of the department of commerce
and labor, jurisdiction of the matte- of
the exc'nsion of Chinese having been
transferied from the treasury to the lat
ter department, were made public to
day and are now ready for distribution.
These rules d sígnate what Chinese per
sons are permitted to land at ports of
the United States under the provisions
of the laws and treaties, together with
the po ts at which Chinese, other than
Chinese diplomatic and consular offi
cers, may land and name the officers
whe have been vested with the power
and authority heretoloie conferred on
collectors of customs, giriug their sta
tions and jurisdiction.
Conditions are named to which every
Chinese person seeking admission into
the United States under the provisions
of the act of 1902, for the pur[K>se of
taking part in any fair or exhibition
authorized by congress, shall conform
as a condition precedent to such admis
sion regulations governing the arrest
and deportation of Chinese unlawfully
within the United States are included.
A ll told there are 61 rules embraced in
U j« new regulations. Accompanying
the regulations are laws and treaties re
lating to the exclusion of Chinese.
Provision is made for a Bertillion
record of all Chines i laborers arriving
and departing at ports of entry, copies
of such registry to be transmitted to
thw commissioner general of immigra
tion.
Conditions are prescribed to which
all Chinese persons claiming the right
of transit through the United States to
foreign territory must conform as a con
dition preceding such privilege. Nu
merous changes have been necessary in
the revision of these rules to make
them conform to the transfer of jurisdic
tion over tne subject from the treasury
department to the department of com
merce and labor. Forms of blanks are
prescribed and rules made to govern the
officers charged with the enforcement
of the ex< lusion law.
LAW S AT FAULT.
Secertary Hitchcock baa ordered an
investigation of land frauds in Indian Congress May Be Asked to Repeal Pres
territory.
ent Land Laws.
Washington, Attg. 19.— The 58th
Joseph Pulitzer has given $2,000,000
for the establishment of a school of congress, wncu it regularly assembles
journalism at Columbia university, in December, will be called upon to re
New York.
move from tbe statute books three laws
The Bulgarian premier believes the under which the government is being
Macedonian rebellion will be confined systematically robbed each year of hun
to Monaatir.
dreds of thousands, if not millions, of
The salmon pack for this year will dollars’ wo'th of public lands. The
be about 300,000 cases. This is nearly robbers are not in all cases violating
the letter of the law. and as long as
23.000 cases short of last year.
these three laws remain in force they
The general staff of the army gave
cannot be reached, but they are violat
Secretary Root a dinner in honor of his
ing the spirit of tbe law, and escape
«access in securing the new army law.
only on technicalities. The fight be
Wheeling, W. Va., union and non gun in the last days of the 57th con
union men clashed and over 1,000 shots gress, to bring about the repeal of the
were fired.
Only two man were timber and stone act, tbe desert land
wounded.
act, and the commutation clause ot the
The powers are not likely to interfere homestead act, is to be renewed with
with Russia in tier move against Turk vigor, and the friends, as well as (be
ey as they feel that the sultan Deeds enemies of reform, are even now pre
paring to enter the fray, each side de
punishment.
termined to win.
laird Salisbury, rx-premier of Eng
.Secretary Hitchcock, after more
land, is critically ill.
than four years in tbe cabinet, during
The British parliament haa ad which time he lias familiarized himself
with the operations of tiie several land
journed until November 2.
laws, has become convinced that the
Eastern capitalists are anxious to se statutes should be changed. He can
cure yellow pine lands of Southeastern not see why the government should re
Oregon.
linquish for $4 an acre timber lands
that are worth $ 00 an acre; he can
The first meeting of the Alaskan not see why dummy entries should be
boundary rommisaien w ill be held Sep permitted, even though they be made
tember 3.
just inside the limitations of the law;
Jeffries has retained his title of he does not see w ry one man should be
champion of the world by again defeat permitted to make an entry in the in
terest of another; nor does he recognise
ing Corbett.
the justice of allowing cattle barons
Captain R. H. Lawson, a dis and large stock interests to gain con
tinguished naval officer in the C ivil trol, if not ownership, of vast tracts of
war, is dead.
public grazing lands, contrary to the
public policy.
Secretary Hitchcock
Admiral Glass has returned to Brem
has come to realize that while the gov-
erton naval station witli his squadron ernent is annually losing vast areas of
after a cruise in the North Pacific valuable lauds under the operations of
ocean.
the laws just specified, the governent
The battleship Msssachusetts struck is, to a great extent, powerless to arrest
an unchartered rock and will have to many forms of speculative entriea so long
go to dry dock. Her injuries are not as ¡there laws remain on the statute
books.
serious.
The Turkish gendarme who killed a
Italy Expect« War.
Russian consul has !>een executed.
Rome, Aug. 19.— The memorandum
Turkey will pay the consul's widow
of the Bulgarian government to the
$80,000.
powers regarding the situation in Ms-
Charles M. Schwab is at the head of i-ednnia haa prodneed a great effect
a great tailoring trust just formed here. The general impresaion is that
which w ill establish houses throughout the Bulgarian government is no longer
able to hold hack popular feeling,
the United states.
which, unless it is represse«) in time,
lak e Erie fishermen are preparing to will lead to a war with Turkey. The
tight the Canadian revenue cutters in fate of Bulgaria in that event, it is
the future when an attempt ia made to thought, would probably he the suns
aa that of lir e «*« in tbe last war with
capture the fishing vessels.
Turkey. The Italian government is ex
Rain is causing the Kansas river to changing views with Vienna and Iaimlon
rise again.
Rnssia has decided on a policy of
peace in the far East.
The Servian cabinet baa resigned,
and King Peter threatens to abdicate.
The chances are very alim that Co
lon) ia will ratify the l ’aaama canal
treaty.
Macedonians, disappointed in receiv
ing American sympathy in the war
with Turkey, charge that press is
bribed.
Nearing the Nevada Line.
Carson. Nev , Aug. 19. — News has
heen received that a party of convict*
who escaped from the prison a* Fn’enm.
Cal., vieite«! Glen Alpine, near Tallec.
They stoppe«f at the resort at noon,
demand«*! dinner, and carried away
«everal days’ provisions.
Beyond tak
ing food they did not annoy or threat
en anv one. and open«y admitte«! their
¡•(entity. The ■ on lots are now near
ing the Nevada line, and if they croea
an effort will be made to capture them.
D. M. Parry, president of the Nation
Street Cera Collide.
al mannfactnrers’ association,
puts
Carthage, Mo., Ang. 19.— A head-on
la»or unions and mobs in tho same collision took place this afternoon on
category.
tha Carthage-Joplin ele trie railway
A Rock Island train went through a three m ile« from this place. Motcrman
bridge nxar Topeka. Kan., killing ons Joseph Baker s a t killed. Motorman
man and seriously injuring a numher Ed lle lg e fatally hnrt and 25 other
per toes seriously injured.
of others.
DOOM TO CANAL
Columbian Senators Reject P aiu -
ma Treaty,
for n a v y y a r d .
Puget Sound W ill Ask fur an A p p rop ria
tion ol $422,300.
NEW ARMY LAW
Waahingtcn, Aug. 18.—Tim navy Great
department has received the annual
icxunmoudaticns and estimates of the 1
officials of tne Puget sound navy yard
ROOTS
Changes in Management
Under New Law .
AMBITION
IS
REALIZED
THE VOTE WAS A UNANIMOUS ONE asking for an appropriation, at tbe
next se aion of co.igiess, of $422,800 Military Is .lore
President Can Now Turn to Nicaragua lor the erection of new buildings and
Route, But W ill Probably Make An
the purchase of new tools and ma
other Effort for Right of Way.
chinery.
In addition it is strongly recom
mended that congres i authorize the
early construction of a second drydock,
“ of such dimensions as will accommo
date the largest warship likely ever to
be stationed on tbe Pacific coats.”
Upon these recommendations Secre
tary Moody w ill later base bis final es
timates that are sent to congreaa, and
while he will no doubt make some
alterations, ai.d possibly some reduc
tions, it is believed tnat in the main
he will approve tbe recommendations
ol tbe Puget sound officers.
In pointing out tbe necessity (or a
drydock larger titan that now in use.
Naval Constructor H. D. Wright says
the past develompent of the yards and
the increased business that is sure to
follow the completion of extensions
now in progress is su h as to render
one dock inadequate.
Within two
years tbe amount of repair work to be
done at Bremerton w ill have increased
to such proportions that another dock
will be necessary to accommodate the
ships. No estimate of the cort of such
a dock is submitted, although if tbe
department approves the suggestion
an estimate will probably be made be
fore congress convenes.
Directly
Under
Civil
Control Than Heretofore, and Chief of
Stall Can be Removed.
CRAZY MAN M100TS.
Fires Into Kansas Crow*
_
Ing Four People.
' **
Winfield, Kan., Aug.
o'clocc tonight, while o » - H
was playing its weekly ~ T '
Main street to a crowd ol 5,oo<)
*
G illiert Twigg, a crazy mat,
of age. npencil fire on thecrosd ^
double barreled shotgun iondetT111 *
heavy bullets. A s a re«u|,. , *
now dead, three are dying and ^ *
than 20 injured, perhaps
1
fatally.
" 1
Gilbert Twigg, tbe man wh,*,
shooting, was killed by ( >ttic«>r Npu.,
The band had just finished p l,.^
waltz when Twigg stepped out Ir,.»
alley a half block distant and,
"
ately taking aim at the baud t’aud to
two shots. Oliver, the bandm«’ tJ
at the first shot, but tbe crosd, m **
alizing what had happened, rush«j !*
ward the killer, believing thert
t>een an accidental shooting 0f
kind. As the ciowd closed iD
crazy man discharged two taon, ’
at them, causing a scattering ¡ “ „ btij
,
direction.
With tbe crcwil Heeing, the a
stood in a demoniacal attitude bZj
at random in every direction.' g?
and women howled and elirieksdiR
ran, but no one seemed able toito(1o
frightful carnage until Officer q—
Nicholas confronted him and fired i
bullet into his head. But beforelii*l
was extinct, the demente«! man die, k
revolver and filed a shot into hie
body.
Washington, Aug.
15.— Beginning
today a complete und momentous change
will be made in the affairs of tbe war
department. Tbe commanding general
is no more, and powers that be was
supposed to have, sod all of the powers
that have been gathered into tbe adjut
ant general’ s office in tbe last five
years, have passed to the chief of staff.
Secretary Root lias acompliahed his
great desire, in eliminating a com
manding general, who is not in har
mony with the administration, and
substituting a chief of staff, who will
carry out tlie orders and instructions
of the president and the secretary ol
war, and when be does not, is subject
to removal.
As long as the lietenant general can
do the work of the chief of staff he will
probably be retained in that position,
bat io other esses a yonger officer, either
one of the major or brigadier generals,
will tie selected, if it seems desirable
to the secretary of war.
Tbe change is very important, as it
practically makes the secretary of war
IN EXTRA SESSION.
the commander of the lories under the
president, and brings the military Congress May Convene In Octekcr v
more directly nnder the civil control
stead of November.
than it theoretically has been hereto
Washington, D. C., Ang. 15.-In|M,
fore.
No commanding general, neither mation received in Washington eoe
Sherman, Sheridan, Schofield or Miles, earning the conference between fie
WATER FALLS IN SHEETS.
was in harmony with tbe civil authori senate subcommittee and the Preeideet
on financial legislation is rather niH,
Cloudburst Docs tlreat Damage In Kan ties. Each of these officers felt that but the understanding is that kim
his position as commanding general of
sas and Nebraska.
the army should have given him au sort of a measure is to he put thnggi
F’airbury, Neb., Aug. 18.— Details thority over the army, while as a mat at the coming seeeion uf cougrem.
One fa -t of distinct important*«
have been received here of a cloudburst ter of fact, he had none. A company
along tbe Nebraska-Fansas line for of infantry or a troop of cavalry developed at the conference. Whiltu
extraordinary seeeion of rongrean Ban
about eight miles. Two clouds appar could not be moved by order of the fall is assured, it has not been detac
commantling general, unless it received
ently met, and tor an hour tha water
the sanction of the secretary of war. mined definitely whether it will ¡»
fell in sheets. Estimates of the down No other order that a commanding gen railed to meet in October or Noveobs.
pour are all the way from a foot to eral issued could be executed without It has been supposed that the extra«,
dinarv session would convene on Me*
three feet.
The water swept down the secretary of war approved it.
Sherman left Washington and took day, November 9, but tbe indication
Dry Branch and Silver creeks, that are
up bis residence at St. Louis because now are that it w ill be «ailed tor u
usually dry at this season of the year, he was not allowed to exercise what lie earlier date, perhaps several «aeb
taking everything before it. More than thought «e re the privileges of his com earlier.
The primary purpose of the extra«,
1,000 trees were taken out by the mending rank. Sheridan and Secre
toots, and barns, corn crins. grain and tary Lincoln, for a long time fast dinary session w ill he to enact legisla
bay stacks, several droves of hogs antj friends, very nearly quarteled over the tion making operative the Cuban reci
many beati of cattle were swept sway same question of prerogatives of the procity treaty, but financial legislatioa
with tbe flood.
searetwy and the authority of the com aleo will be pressed upon the aUratioa
Not a bridge remains on Silvei creek mantling general. Schofield and En- of congress.
President Roosevelt does not p«oka
and bat one on Dry Branch. The resi dicolt fell out over the same proposi
dences were all built on high ground, tiou and Schofield tried to induce to know anything special aboot finan
which accounts for the fact that no Pr ctor to give him full sway over the cial matters, but realizes, in a ge
lives were lost, although there were army, and again when Lament was sec way, that the immense amounts ol out
several narrow escapes.
retary he ma<le the same attempt, and standing silver and greenbacks, bawl
both times the secretary rontinned to upon a limited supply of gold, is not i
hold all his privileges sa the manager safe and sufficient nietbo«l of financa
ONE CHANCE FOR CANAL.
of the military establishment under for a great government. He is amis«
to have any remedy applied that mat
Colombia Is Alar icd Over Probable Suc the direction of the president. Miles
disagreed with Lamont. with Alger prevent anything of a disastrous fir.«-
cess of Nicaragua.
and with Root on tbe samp —ounds cial nature occurring in the fntnra.
Panama, Aug. 18.— Letters received
and disagreed also with the presidents
from Bogota eay that up to August 1 who were their superior officers.
DESPERADO BREAKS JAIL.
the Panama canal commission had
Secretary Root saw tha necessity o
held only one meeting on account of eliminating from high theoretical com Throws Bolt of Cell Door, and Dip
FRAUD in c i t y o f f i c e .
the disgnst of members with the action mand an officer who had acce<* to all
Through W all W ith a Poker.
the papers and documents of the de
of Senator Perez y Soto, who insitted
Butte,
Mont., Aug. 15.—A Min«
partment by virtue of bis own rank
New York Has Lost $1,000,000 In Her
on recalling the treaty at the first and important place in tbe govern special from Fheridan, Wyo., on
W ater Department.
meeting. Senator Obaldia, a warm ment, and still was working at cross Boone Potier, the notorious despera
New York, Aug. 18.— Evidence of
do, «anted in North Carolina for tbs
supporter of the treaty, has had several purposes with the government.
murder of two deputy sheriffs, whovai
fraud by which the city has lost sums
conferences with President Marroquin
captured ten days ago by Marabill
aggregating almost »1,000,000, have
TURKEY RETAKES TOWN.
and United States Minister Beauprie,
Crintiell, made a sensational e**F*
been obtained by Water Commissioner
from the Sheridan county jail 1«
and notwithstanding their efforts the Heavy Fighting W ith the Rebels Is
Now night. The combination of tbs jail
Monroe. Three inspectors in tbe wat
committee could not be induced to re
Proceeding on the Outside.
door
bad not been turned, and Potter,
er department are under smpicion.
port in favor of ratifications.
Amend
Constantinople, Ang. 17.— The im securing a broom handle and a ebair
Oae probably wifi be called upon to ments have been offeie<l which seem to
perial troops have occupied Krushevo, rung, tied them together with a bud-
face charge* within a few days. The meet the approval of 20 senators out of
23 miles north of Monastir, which was kerchief, so that they for mod a right
facts disclosed are said to show gross 24.
recetnlj seised by the insurgents. A angle. W ith this instrument be w-
carele «uess. if nothing worse, on the
Both the house of representatives force of 4,000 troops beseiged the place needed in throwing back the bolt to
part of many trusted employes of the an«l tbe senate are deeply impresse«l
and bombarded it with artillery. The the door.
water department.
In some ca«es with the persistent minors which reach
fighting with the revolntioinsts is still
Once ontaide the cage, he secure) »
there i* the strongest circumstantial Brgota of the possibility of a move
proceeding outside the town.
poker and made an opening throogb
evidence of collusion Iretween consum ment for the secession of the isthmus
Consular advices from Monastir and the brick wall. Another prisoners»«
ers of water and employes of the de if this treaty is not ratified. The fear
Salónica indorse the belief that any after followed him ont, went to tbs po
partment, whereby the former appar that snch an eventuality might follow
♦„
. __ .
. i overt movement in those towns on the lice station and gave the alarm. ?bw-
ently have been allowed to use all the f.tir.«.
faiiure to ratify the treaty appears to
of the revolutionary committees iff Neilaon and Marshal Crinneli bit»
water they required in their business constitute tbe only chance or favoia- 1
will
lead
to a massacre of the Bulgar offered a reward of $150 for hi« recap
and, oa Uie payment of merely nomi ble action on the treaty.
I ian inhabit «nts by the Massnlmans.
ture. Potter was being held for requi
nal fees, instead of the price fixed by-
The dispatches received by the porte sition from North Carolina.
ordinance.
China Discredits It.
give particulars of a numher of encoun
Pekin, Aug. 18.— The report that ters with the insurgents. The latter
Voleano Cause« Panic.
Dives Private Audience.
Russia and China will ask the Ameri attacked the village of Gumenke,
Rome, Aug. 15.— Mount Yeauriui »
Rome, Aug. 19.— The pope at 5 can government to arbitrate all ques throwing Imtnbs in it, but official dis
again cansiog intense alarm in tbs nm
o’ clock today received at a private audi tions arising over the Russian occupan patches say thev were repti'sed.
rounding region, eruptions of the n '’
ence in bis apartment Archbishop cy of Manchuria is dim-redited here,
cano being very heavy today. From*
Hsrty, who yesterday was consecrated ft is oelieved that both of these powe-s
Lower House Favors the Treaty.
fresh opening at the here of the pri»rl‘
archbishop of Manila, with whom he have already arrived at a mutual under
Washington,
Aug.
17.— William pal craters two atreame of lava ,r®
spose at length about the situation in standing on the subject, although upon
Nelson Cromwell, consul for the Pana suing, which, within a few hour« to»*1
the Philippines. The pope said the what terms none of the foreign lega
ma canal companv, says that he has covered a wide trai t of gronad •'»
effort* ot the rlergy toward the pacifi tions have as yet been able to ascertain.
received mail advices from his agents stream is going sw iftly toward the rjc
cation of the archipelago and the tri America is generally considered one of
at Bogota that the lower house of the lage of Ottajano, the direction taken iff
umph of Catholicism would always re- the last governments which conld pos
Colombian congress was ' “ by an the famous eruption of 1872. P***
<eive the warmest support at Rome. sibly be asked to arbitrate in this
avowed end open m ajority" strongly in prevails, the population crowding th
Archbishcp Hartv then prevented to case.
favor of ratifying the Hav-Herran churches to pray or gather in op»
the pontiff his sec re.ary. Mgr. Fowler,
treaty exactly as it stands; that tbe
and Father Donohue, of Alabama.
■ pace* for safety.
Fleet to Scene.
upper house, which at first was almost
St. Petersburg, Ang. 18 — A squad overwhelmingly opposed to its ratifica
New nexico Town Flooded.
Demand Redress of Moros.
ron of tbe Russian Bla« k sea fleet has tion in its present form. now stood al
Silver City, N. M , Ang. 15 — H««*f
Manila, Ang. 19.— Major Robert L. been ordered to sail for Turkish waters. most one-third for ratification without
rain* during the past two day* on«’
Rnllard ban demanded redress from Notification of th'a move has heen tele amendment.
*ultan Deseen, the tribal leader of the graphed from Sebastopol to the Russian
fl«mds that have almost inuiHtaM
town. A wall of water seven feel bt”
Lanao Moros. Although professing a ambassador at Constantinople.
The
To Amend Canal Treaty.
rushed through the residence portion'
warm friendship for Americans, the dispatch of the squadron is intended to
Ang. 15.— A cable di
sultan recently surrounded with a emphasize Rnssia’ s intention of exact . New
. . York.
, ,
the town, flooding house" and Mnw
strong force of warriors a small detach, ing complete compliance with her de- ombia sava Th
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^
«nd ruining their content.
I- "*
a. says
The canal treaty rent-1 *treeta ,he debris is piled to * depkhj*
men» of UniteJ States troops paying rnarnla as to satisfaction for the mnrder
him a friendly vi it and offered battle, by s Turkish gendarme of her consul t h e ' " . * 1 Hereanert^a“r
" " e r a ! feet / ThVnew damis parti»"’
his men insulting those hearing an at Monastir.
■tan»!*
1
^
anrendmenta'
*
^enor
PeTrereD
1
D'“ " " ° It
f is estimate! lb»‘
American flag. The only reply to Ma-1
lees and destitute.
to and Joaquin Uribe, of the comtrit-
jor Bullard’ s demand has been defiance.
the loes will reach $100,000.
Train« Collide In Fog.
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tee. voted for the rejection of the en-
Philadelphia, Ang. 18.— Two freight tire treaty. The senate, by a vote of
M isery la lnten«e
Jamaica Takas Hope.
trains on the Pennsylvania railroad | 17 to 8, has decided to disease the
Kingston, Jamaica, Ang. 1 5 . — Tb*
Kingston, Jamaica. Ang.
19.— A crashed together early todav between
,
elightly more hopefnl feeling now pre 8t. David’ s and Radnor, killing two treaty in public sessions, in spite of destitntion in the horrican i f
the opposition.
district is appalling.
Thon«n
vails among the planters regarding the brakemen and injuring the engineer of
persona, homeless, starving
disastrous situation brought about by the second train. A tramp who had
Two More Shot by Madman Die.
clad, are harrying to the town« to
the recent hurricane
The work of his collar Irone broken in the accident
Wichita,
Kan.,
Ang.
17—
Two
of
clearing the henana plantations is pro *ays several of hia companions were . .. ,_____
tain shelter and anpplies. hot
^
the people wounded by the attack of the chnrches and pnhlic boLdiof»
gressing space and efforts are being riding on the freight, an.! it is pretable I GiTbe7t
Twi
gg, a demented millman. been demolished, the misery
made on all side* to relieve the dis that they are hnried beneath the wreck.
on a i -owd of 5,000 here died today, tense. A meeting held at Pov*
tress, hnt thousands of the peasantry a«re.
Tbe accident waa due to the
several others who were wounded are tonio today appealed to the get
are still homeless.
denre leg.
in p critical condition.
of the American people.
Washington, Aug. 19.— Official in
formation was received today that the
Colombian senate bad unanimously re
jected tbe Hay-Herran canal treaty.
Thie means more delay in providing
tbe waterway tbe Pacific coast eo earn
estly desires.
I t is a blow, and a
hard one, too, to the Colombians who
have invested in real estate on the sup
position that the treaty would be rati
fied. The non-success of the treaty
would seem to vindicate the advocates
of the Nicaragua scheme. The Panama
canal proposition has served its purpose
iu postponing for three or four years
any sctnal work on a canal. The nego
tiations tnat have been pending so long
between the United States and Colom
bia must now be transferied to Nica
ragua and Costa Rica.
ie fore tbe United States took up
Panama, and while it had never com
mitted itself to the Panama route, it
might have been able to have made sat
isfactory arrangements with Nicaragua
and Costa Rica. Now that the United
States is shat out of Colombia, the de
mands of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
will, no doubt, be largely increased, as
that is the only route left under the
present arrangement.
There is talk about tne province of
Panama seceding from Colombia, and
establishing itself as a separate state,
in which event it could negotiate a
treaty with tbe United States for a
canal. That may be introduce«] as an
other element of delay in canal con
struction, which will be on a par with
the subterfuges that have been used for
many years to prevent anything being
done.
Under the law the pre-ident
■an at once begin negotiations with
Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but some
time ago he gave an intimation that
the United States, by negoitations
with the Panama canal company and
Co ombia, had acquired certain rights
in the canal property. This did no
good, so far as indicating that an at
tempt might be made to enforce the
rights regardless of the adoption of the
treaty by the Colombian government;
■till, there was an intimation that the
Colombian congress was not all-power
ful in settling the eanaal question.
The administration has for a long
time been most favorable toward the
Panama canal as against Nicaragua,
and there is a possibility that the Pana
ma canal ronte w ill not be given ud
without another effort on the part of
the United States government to se
core the construction of the canal at
that point on the isthmus.