The Estacada News
The gulf between Norway and Swe
den is widening and they are on the
verge of war.
Issu ed Each Th u rsday
Foreign engineers on the consulting
board believe a sea level canal at Pana
ma w ill prove best.
E S T A C A D A ....................OREGON
NEW S« IF TÜ E WEEK
I d a Condei ísed For m for Oar
Bo sy Reade rs.
The government has completed its
side in the third trial of the W illiam -
son-Gesner-Biggs case.
The old Grant farm of 440 acres near
St. Louie, long the home of General U.
S. Grant, has been sold for $113,000
and w ill be convertedl into an amuse
ment park.
By an explosion in a fuse factory at
A Resume o f the Less 1 mportant but Avon, Conn., seven persons were killed
Not Less Interestin g Events
and seven more fatally burned.
o f tl le Past W eek.
Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska
have been visited by a . tornado. Five
people are known to have been killed
W itte has arrived in Europe.
and many hurt.
The property loss
Roosevelt w ill visit New Orleans in w ill be heavy.
October.
Spain has ordered a
quarantine
Anthracite miners are preparing to
against German vessels putting into
make new demands on operators.
her ports.
Physicians attending Baron Komura
The state auditor of Indiana has been
have decided that he haB a mild form
removed by the governor and accused
of typhoid fever.
of embezzlement.
Fire at Nome, September 18, de
Admiral Rojestvensky has entirely
stroyed 60 buildings and caused a mon
recovered from the wounds he received
etary loss of $200,000.
in the battle of tbe sea of Japan
President Roosevelt has yielded to
Baron Komura, the Japanese peace
the czar the honor of issuing the call
envoy, is recovering from his illness
for a second peace conference.
and expects to start home October 2.
Norway and Sweden have agreed to
The president has approved the con
sign an arbitration compact and the de
tails of separation w ill be left to a com tract for the hotel and subsistence con
cession on the Panama canal zone, let
mittee.
by Chairman Shonts.
Russia has purchased a number of
Oyama and Linievitch have arranged
steamers from Great Britain to be used
as troop ships to carry prisoners home an armistice.
from Japan.
Represeatative McCleary, of Minne
A ll rivers in Kansas and Missouri are sota, favors an import tariff on coffee to
on a rampage and large areas are under offset the government deficit.
water. A t St. Lou ii the water rose 10
The Baldwin airship Gelatine has
feet in 24 hours.
made the most successful flight of any
Capitalists from New Mexico have airship in tbe world. During the last
purchased a Bite in the suburbs of Port flight the aeronaut started from the ex
land and w ill erect an immense wool position grounds, beat the street cars
scouring plant.
into the city, maneuvered over the bus
The big tent of Ringling Bros.’ circus iness portion and returned to the start
collapsed during a performance at ing place.
M aryville, Missouri.
Two men were
A crank who desired to Bee the presi
fatally injured, five seriously hurt and
more than two score others bruised and dent and talk with him about the price
of coal has been placed in an asylum.
trampled on.
Chinese are returning to their homes
in Manchuria.
The czar has ordered more troops to
Baku to guard the oil fields.
Nan Patterson has married her
mer husband, Leo G. Martin.
for
NEEDS M A N Y M O T O R C AR S.
Union Pacific Must Build 300, and
Will Enlarge Shops.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 19.— The Union
Norway and Sweden are said to have Pacific needs 300 gasoline motor cars of
compromised on terms of separation.
the type just finished, according to the
The mikado has cabled Komura that statement of W . R. McKeen, superin
he wishes the peace fienvoy to speedily tendent of the motive power and ma
chinery. A t the rate of 50 a year, he
recover.
says, the road cannot be supplied with
An official report says the recent the cars as rapidly as it w ill require
riots in Japan were not in any manner them.
anti-foreign.
The present facilities for making
Heavy rains have caused much dam them are being tested to the lim it, but
age in parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa they are far from adequate. Additions
to the shops are to be built at once, at
and Missouri.
,a cost of $700,000, which w ill increase
The presidential campaign now on in
the facilities. Representatives of other
Cuba is proving decidedly strenuous. roads and of suburban lines who have
A number of prominent men on both sought to place orders for cars with the
aides are in jail.
Union Pacific have been told they can
Lieutenant Mitchell, son of Senator not be supplied.
Mitchell, discovered a plot of 21 Feder
al prisoners at Fort Hamilton, New
Scandal at Bremerton.
York harbor, to escape.
Washington, 8ept. 19.— The Navy
A plan is on foot to have the govern department has received a report on
ment move the navy yard from Brem the investigation made at the Puget
erton to Lake Washington. The latter Sound navy yard into charges against
place is more convenient to railroads. Master Shipwright George W . L Tra-
hey, alleged to have sold his influence
A formal call has been issued fcr a
in getting appointments for workmen
convention to meet in Chicago October in that yard.
I t is not known what
28. The object is to impress upon con the report contains, but it is believed
gress the extent of the demand of the
nothing startling w ill bo brought to
people for railroad rate legislation.
light, nothing to form the basis of a
Slight earthquake shocks continue in great sensation.
Italy.
New M exico Irrigation Project.
Whloeeale assassinations are the or
Washington, Sept. 19. — The secre
der at Baku, Russia.
tary of the interior has ordered the
The yellow fever situation at New withdrawal from entry of 300,000 acres
Orleans is improving.
of land in the Roswell, N. M ., land
Five cases of yellow fever have been district, on account of the Carlsbad ir
rigation project.
discovered at Cincinnati, Ohio.
ONLY FOUR REMAIN
Many Changes To Be Made in
President’s Cabinet.
SPECULATION ON NEW MEMBERS
Roosevelt Will Consider Man's Ability
Before He Considers His
Place o f Residence.
Washington, Sept. 19.— It is proba
ble that only four members of the pres
ent cabinet w ill remain to the end of
President Roosevelt’ s term:
Elihu
Root, secretary of state; W illiam H.
Taft, secretary of war; G. B. Cortelyou,
postmaster general, and C. J. Bona
parte, secretary of the navy.
Considerable uncertainty surrounds
the future of the other five members
of the cabinet, or rather, four mem
bers, for it is known that Secretary
Shaw w ill resign next February.
Some speculation is indulged in as to
whether or not the president, in re
forming hiB cabinet, w ill have a regard
for geographical lines, or w ill pick the
men best suited for tbe places, regard
less of where they come from. In the
present cabinet New York and Iowa
have two members, and Ohio, Massa
chusetts, Maryland, Missouri and Cali
fornia one each. The South is not rep
resented, but all o t"er sections are.
New York w ill continue to have at
least two members (R oot and Cortel
you) ; Iowa w ill lose one in Shaw an 1
another if Wilson resigns, but Ohio
and Maryland w ill retain their repre
sentation.
I f Hitchcock retires, some
Western man is almost certain to suc
ceed him, but it would be utterly im
possible to pick the man.
And so it
goes. Tbe probabilities a’ e that the
new cabinet w ill be composed of men
from all parts o f the country, but Pres
ident Roosevelt w ill consider a man’ s
ability before he considers his place of
residence.
B U RNING T H E FO R T S .
Incendiaries Make Repeated Efforts to
Destroy New York Defenses.
New York, Sept. 19.— Four mysteri
ous fires in three of the four forts pro
tecting New York harbor within the
last two months have caused the m ili
tary authorities of the department of
the East much concern.
Two of the fires have been at Fort
Hamilton, one on the night of July 17
and the other last Friday night.
On
the night in July of the fire at Fort
Hamilton there was a disastrous fire at
Fort Wadsworth. The latest fire was
at Fort Slocum, on the David island,
in the Sound, Sunday night.
In each case there have been suspi
cious circumstances concerning the or
igin of the fires. Magazines, barracks,
hospitals, forage and even big siege
guns have been destroyed and damaged
in these fires, and despite the most
thorough investigation
nothing is
known definitely as to how the fires
started.
Can't Grow Cotton in West Africa.
Washington, Sept. 19.— The depart
ment of Commerce and Labor has just
published a report stating that the re
sult of the attempt to grow cotton in
West Africa has been discouraging,
owing to the absence of transportation
fanilities.
The Cotton association
tried American seeds, but the planta
tion did not prove to be a success.
Under the most favorable conditions.
Sierra Leone could produce 140,000
bales, but for the next ten years not
more than 6,000 bales a year may be
expected.
L O O K IN G
TO JAPAN .
China P refers to Seek Knowledge
From Her Neighbor.
New York, Sept. 19. — What effect
the war in the Far East w ill have on
the propaganda of the Christian relig
ion in Japan was the subject of a lec
ture at the West Branch Young Men's
Christian Association by Dr. Ibuka,
president of an institution of learning
in Tokio, and himBelf a Christian.
That the recent outbreak in Tokio
and the attack upon the churches was
the result of merely a local feeling and
did not represent any widespread anti-
foreign feeling in the empire, was the
assertion of the lecturer.
“ When the war with Russia first
began, I and my fellow Christians in
Japan were uneasy for fear that the
struggle should result in a lasting ani
mosity toward the Christian religion in
the empire. A t first the cry was raised
that it was a struggle of Buddhism ver
sus Christianity, and the Russians did
many things to foster this sentiment,
but it was not long until thiB illusion
was dispelled and the people were
brought to see that religion and re
ligious beliefs had no part in the war.
“ Already China haB become aroused
to the fact that she hae much to learn,
and she is seeking this knowledge from
Japan rather than from European
countries. Hundreds of the yonng men
of Japan are taking positions as in
structors in the Chinsee institutions of
learning, and hundreds of the young
men of China are coming to the col
leges of Japan for instruction.
I t is
vitally necessary that the young men
should be taught the truths of the
Christian religion if it is to be spread
in China.”
REVISE LAND LAW S.
One Great Measure Roosevelt
Recommend in Message.
Will
Washington, Sept. 19.— President
Roosevelt, in his forthcoming message
to congress, w ill urge the remodeling
of the public land laws, and among
other things w ill specifically recom
mend the repeal of the timber and
stone act, the law which has been re
sponsible for more fraud and which has
caused the government greater actual
loss of money than any other public
land statute. The president w ill base
his recommendation upon the report of
the Public Lands commission, consist
ing of Commissioner Richards, of the
general land office, F. H . Newell, head
of the Reclamation service, and Gifford
Pinchot, chief forester.
This commission submitted to con
gress at its last session a second report
on its investigation, and, among other
things, said:
“ Instances of the beneficial operation
of the timber and stone act may be cit
ed, but when it is considered from the
point of view of the general interest of
the public, it becomes obvious that this
law should be repealed.”
Since the foregoing report was pub
lished, the commission has submitted
to the public printer a great appendix,
containing data and facts upon which
its conclusions were based.
This ap
pendix has not yet been made public.
Again at Out* on M orocco.
Paris, Sept. 19.— Franco-German ne
gotiations relating to the Moreccan con
ference have again taken an unfavora
ble turn, causing anxiety in official and
diplomatic circles, and renewing the
depession en the Bourse. This is due
to the continued insistence by both
sides on points which were considered
to be susceptible
of
compromise.
Therefore the rumor circulated naming
the plenipotentiaries and fixing the date
of the conference is purely speculative,
as serious difficulties still remain to be
overcome.
Conspiring Against Germans.
Victoria, B. C., Sept. 14.— Tien Tsin
newspapers publish news of a wide
spread conspiracy in Shantung to rise
against the Germans on September 16.
L ’ Impartial says each family is to
provide one fighting man, whose equip
ment w ill be paid for by subscription.