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NEWS OF THE WEEK Kuropatkin, in a message to the czar, admits that he is surrounded and his entire army in grave danger of being I annihilated. ONE MUST LEAVE The policy adopted by the president and his cabinet as to federal appoint ments is to keep all good men in their places and make as few changes as pos sible. The government has a clear case against Hermann for destroying letters of the general land office just before he relinquished the position as commis sioner. War against the Standard Oil is be A R e s u m e o f the L e e s Im p o rte n t but ing continued in Kansas. L o o m is Its C h ie f P r o m o t e r — A c tio n In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Socretary Hay and His Assistant Don’t Agree. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS DOMINICAN TREATY THE CAUSE Not L e tt In t e re s tin g Eve n ts o n R atificatio n W ill D e c id e The special commission appointed by the president to consider the subject of o f the P e s t W e e k . W h ic h M u s t G o . nationalization w ill be ready to report to the next congress and it is expected some startling exposures w ill be made Japan accuses Russia of violating as to the extent of fraudulent papers Washington, March 14.— Unless Chinese neutrality. some conciliatory bird of peace shall issued. Menominee, Michigan, lias been Armed peasants in Russia are burn perch itself in the State department shaken by an earthquake. ing and looting their landlords’ estates. soon, either Secretary Hay or his first The deadlock in the Missouri legis assistant, Francis B. Loomis, w ill re The Porto Rican legislature has ad At present Cockrell sign within a month. That there has journed after passing 40 bills out of 198 lature continues. lieen a ruction in the department has leads with 76 votes. introduced. been known for some time, but that it. The balloting for United States sena Mexican rural police have run down tor, by the Delaware legislature, con had reached a serious point is just man ifest. the band of Yaquis which robbed the tinues without result. The whole trouble is said to be due Mazatlan stage of $15,000. Charges of graft are being made principally to the fact that Secretary Some of the war party of Russia fa against the St. Louis exposition com Hay is not in thorough accord with vors the raising of a new army to fight pany in having the buildings removed. President Roosevelt in his policy to Japan, to be personally commanded by A vain effort is being made throug- ward Santo Domingo, as emphasized by the czar. out Russia to suppress news of the de the much criticised treaty now under The Russians are fortifying Tie pass feat in the Far East. A t Warsaw the consideration in the senate, while Sec while the Japanese are preparing an Poles were almost jubilant over the re retary Loomis is the power behind it in the State department. It is well other turning movement similar to that verse. known that Secretary Hay has a large of Mukden. The margquis of Anglesey is dying of following in the senate and much of From latest reports of losses it is be consumption. Six years ago he had an the opposition to the treaty, as sent to income of $500,060 a year, and is now lieved that Kuropatkin cannot have the senate, is due not only to the ob more than 100,000 effective fighting a bankrupt, with liabilities of nearly jections of the senators to the treaty as $3,000,000. men with him at T ie pass. it stood, but because of their desire to • Russia is secretly gathering an army uphold the hands of Mr. Hay. A caucus of the Republican mem By those closest to the parties con Britain’ s ac bers of the Missouri legislature has re on the Indian frontier. sulted in an agreement to vote for A. tion in Thibet and Persia is resented cerned about three weeks is the time P. Spencer, of St. Louis, for United and it would seem as though a conflict given within which one or the other w ill resign. Much w ill depend upon was inevitable. States senator. the action of the senate on the pending The Colordo supreme court has ruled The Japanese have succeeded in cut treaty and still more on the success of that the legislature must seat either ting off the retreat of Kuropatkin to the the president and his friends in heal Adams or Peabody, and cannot adopt north. He now w ill be compelled to ing the breach between Hay and. Loo the report declaring that neither was cut his way through the Japanese army mis. Among the leaders of congress elected. Twenty-two members have in order to reach Harbin, or try to hold here the Joes of Secretary Hay to the signed a pledge not to seat Peabody, Mukden, which means a siege. cabinet is regarded as impossible. which means a final victory for Adams. Mr. Adee is acting secretary of Btate Grand Duke Vladim ir has been today. Secretary Hay being in attend Many arms are being smuggle.] into marked as the next victim of the Rus ance at a meeting of the Carnegie insti Rusaia for use by strikers. sian terrorists. tute and Mr. Loomis having left for a Mrs. Chadwick has been found guilty trip to California. . of swindling the Oberlin, Ohio, bank. H U G E B O O T Y A T S IN G K IN G . A theory has been advanced that Mrs. Stanford’ s death was accidental. J a p a n e s e C a p t u r e O u tfit o f an A r m y a n d A n n ih ila te a D iv isio n . An extradition treaty has been signed between the United States and Uru- Tokio, March 14.— The following re gaay. port was received today from the head The seantorial deadlock in the Mis quarters of the Japanese armies in the souri and Delaware legislatures con field: " I t is estimated that the spoils which tinues unbroken. f dl into our hands in the direction of Twenty lives were lost as the result S ngkingfYenden), since theoccupation of an explosion which occurred in a by us of Tsinkentchen on February 24 Cardiff, Wales, coal mine. has been as follows: "R ifles, 22,000; machine guns, 6; St. Petersburg advices say that as soon as the Baltic squadron receives re small ammunition, 320,000 rounds; inforcements it w ill again Btart for the shells, 11,500; entrenching tools, 6,- 000; wire, 1,200 bundles; materials Far Fast. for a light railway of 33 miles; wagons The sale of very young girs as wives for the latter, 450; garments, 10 cart is common in Chicago. The largest loads; coal mining machinery for eight per cent of them are Italians, but many pita; timber, 4,000 pieces. are Americans. "Besides these we took large quanti Two men found guilty of stealing ties of cereals, fodder, tents, beds, ballots in Denver at the November stoves, maps and telephones, as well as election have been sent to the peniten a great number of bullocks and horses. "T h e enemy left about 1,200 dead on tiary for five years. the field. We took 80 prisoners. In a final conference with Heney in “ It is estimated that the enemy's regard to the Oregon land frauds the casualties were about 20,000. president instructed him to gd to the "Prisoners say that the Seventy-first very bottom and spare no man who is division was almost annihilated." guilty. Rumor« of peace proposals by Rus sia are again current. But little is known in Russia of the turn of affairs in the Far East. It is reported that a national upris ing against the czar wiN start May 7. A bomb accidentally exploded by ararchists in 8t. Petersburg killed eight persons. Fire in a seven-story building at P h il adelphia destroyed property to the value of $100,000. S t o r m B r in g s J o y and S o r r o w . San Francisco, March 14. — Califor nia, from its northern boundary to San Diego, has lieen visited by a drenching rain storm, which in many quarters proved a blessing to agriculturists, but in others did damage not yet esti mated. Along the roast and in the extreme south the storm was accom panied by a gale which left in its trail levelled buildings, uproot«) trees and prostrated telegraph poels. A number of vessels are overdue. NOT YELLO W F E V E R . M A L A R IA . S e c r e t a r y T a ft S a y s T h a t it H e alth P r o b le m o f Is th m u s . D O IN G S iN CO N G RESS. T u e s d a y , M a r c h 7. Without determining any question of policy in regard to the Santo Domingo treaty, the senate decided today that the treaty should be reported as soon as possible from the committee on for eign relations and the entire question fought out in executive session. A number of senators are confident the treaty w ill be ratified within a reasona ble time. The president today sent a long list of nominations to the senate for its approval. W e d n e sd a y , M a r c h 8. The Santo Domingo treaty was prac tically perfected today by the senate committee on foreign relatons, so far as phraseologyy is concerned and with out regard to the principle involved in the procedure proposed by the treaty. A number of amendments have been presented and some of them already adopted. The president today sent a message to the senate giving his reasons for wanting the treaty ratified. A large batch of consular and diplo matic appointments were confirmed and an additional lot received. T h u rs d a y , M a r c h 9. The senate committee on foreign re lations today agreed to report favorably the Santo Domingo treaty as amended. The senate was in session but seven minutes today and adjournment was taken out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Bate, of Tennessee. A committee of 12 senators was appointed to make preparations for the deceased senator’s funeral in the chamber at 2 p. m. tomorrow. F rid a y, M a r c h 10. The Santo Domingo treay was today reported favorably to the senate. The only legislative business trans acted was in relation to the death of Senator Bate, of Tennessee. Gorman introduced a resolution providing for the payment of the funeral expenses of Senator Bate, which was imme diately adopted. A t 12:50 the senate took a recess until 1:50, when the funeral services of the late senator took place. A t the conclusion of the Bate funeral ceremony the senate' adjourned until Monday, when discussion of the Santo Domingo treaty will commence. M o n d a y , M a r c h 13. The senate w ill do its utmost to com plete the Santo Domingo treaty and ad journ this week. This was manifested when the treaty was taken up in execu tive session today. For more than an hour the senators discussed ways and means and finally agreed to meet at 11 a. m. daily in order to give time for a full discussion of the measure and still adjourn by Saturday. It is conceded that, if the vote were delayed beyond that time, a quorum of the senate could not be maintained. One amendment was presented today, providing that such expenses as may be incurred by the army and navy shall be paid from the revenues of Santo Domingo. N o decision was reached. Washington March 14. — Secretary Taft, after a brief talk with the presi dent today, said it was a mistaken re port that yellow fever was on the in crease in the American zone of the Isth mus of Panama. “ In fa ct," said the secretary, “ it is not yellow fever that w ill give us the most trouble on the isthmuus, but malaria, which is very prevalent. Eventually, while there are some cases of yellow fever in the American zone, we shall be able to stamp out that disease. It w ill be a R u s s ia P a y s N o rt h S e a C la im s . hard fight, however, to reduce trouble London, March 10.— Count Benken arising from malaria.” dorff, the Russian ambassador to Great Britain, today paid $325,000 to Foreign Secretary Lansdowne in settlement of N e w A n t i- T r u s t B ill in Illinois. 8pringfield, 111., March 14.— In the the North sea claims, and the incident lower house of the state legislature to was thus closed. night there was introduced an anti-trust PO RTLAN D M ARKETS. bill. The definition of a trust is en larged to include both life insurance Wheaf— W alla Walla, 85c; bluestem companies and underwriters. The bill 92c; valley, 87c per bushel. provides a system of graduated fines Oats— No. 1 white, $1.3601.40; gray, for corporations violating the act, a $1.4001.45 per cental. similar system for the officers of the Hay— Timothy, $14016 per ton; corporations and it is especially provid clover, $11012; grain, $11012; cheat, ed that any person or corporation in $ 11012 . jured by the operation of a trust shall Eggs— Oregon ranch, 18c per dozen. be entitled to sue and recover twofold Putter-Fancy creamery,27ty032)4c. all damages sustained. Po’ atoes — Oregon fancy, 90c@$l ; common, 70085c. M a n k a t o L o s e s L a r g e B u ild in g. Apples— 4-tier Baldwins, $1.250 Mankato, Minn., March 14. — The 1.50; Spitzenbergs, $1.7502. Glass block, one of the largest buildings Heps— Choice 1904 , 240 26c per in the city, was entirely destroyed by pound. fire tonight and a number of adjacent Wool— Valley, 19020c per pound; buildings were damaged. Loss, $150,- Eastern Oregon, 12017c per pound; 000 mohair, choice, 25026c per pound. .