The Estacada News
1ST A C A D A
OMEOON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
l i i CiDdeoced Firn for Onr
Bosy Readers.
A Resume e f the Lesa Impartant but
N ot Loas Interesting Eventa
o f the Past Week.
The kaiser ie confined to hie bed with
a cold.
France protect« against a freab insult
from Castro.
Germany fears that war w ill
the Moroccan conference.
follow
King Edward has called for the elec­
tion of a new parliament.
Binger Hermann is in Washington
and sik. His trial w ill occur in Feb­
ruary.
President Roosevelt has submitted a
lengthy report on the Panama canal to
congress.
The annual report of the Panama
Railway company shows an earning of
6 per cent.
A British merchant has been arrested
by Russian authorities and imprisoned
and beaten.
An expedition w ill be sent to Siberia
by the Russian government to subdue
the revolutionists.
8E O O ND IN TR AD E .
B RITAIN READY T O S T R IK E .
Immense Volume o f Businsss With
Germany During 1906.
Would Have Smashed Rojectvensky if
T o g o Had Lost.
Washington, Jan. » . — Trade between
the United States and Germany, whose
commercial relations are now the sub­
ject of negotiations between the two
countries, aggregated in the fiscal year
1906 over $800,000,000.
A report
issued today by the bureau of Statis­
tics of the department of Commerce
and Labor, says:
“ The imports from Germany were
$118,000,000 in value and exceeded
imports from that country in any ear­
lier year.
Tbe exports to Germany
were $194,000,000 in value and ex­
ceeded our exports to that country in
any earlier year except 1004, in which
year the total was over $214,000,000,
this decrease in 1905 compared with
1904 having occurred in raw cotton and
being due altogether to a fall in prices,
since the quantity in 1906 was greater
that in 1904.
Imports from Germany
.ncraased $37,000,000 in the period
from 1806 to 1908 and exports to that
country Increased $10,000,000 in the
same time.
"Germ any stands second in tbe
order of magnitude of our trade with
foreign countries, both as to imports
and exports.
“ Manfactures are the bulk of the
$118,000,000 worth of merchandise im­
ported from Germany.
" I n manufactures, especially copper,
mineral, leather, scientific instruments
and certain manufactures of iron and
steel, our exports to Germany show a
steady growth.
The value of copper
in bars and plates exported from the
United States to Germany amounted to
over $14,000,000.
8t. Petersburg, Jan. 5.— The remark­
able allegation that the British fleet
waa held in readiness to destroy the
Russian fleet, if tbe battle of tbe Bea of
Japan bad gone in the Russians’ favor,
is made by Admiral Rojestvensky in a
letter published in the Novoe Vremya
today with the permission of the min­
ister of marine.
Referring to tbe absolute secrecy of
Admiral Togo in regard to the disposi­
tion of bis forces, Rojestvensky de­
clares that "th is was unknown even to
the admiral of the British fleet allied
with the Japanese, who concentrated
his forces at W ei Hai Wei, in expecta­
tion of receiving an order to annihilate
the Russian fleet, if this, tbe final ob­
ject of Great Britain, waa beyond tbe
power of the Japanese.”
From Admiral Rojestvensky’s ac­
count of hiB tactics in the battle ol the
Sea of Japan, the reader is almost
convinced that the Ruaaian commandei
outmaneuvered Admiral Togo at every
point, and was himself tha real victor.
He delares he knew Admiral Togo’ s
exact whereabouts two days before tbe
battle, made his disposition according­
ly and entered the fight with his eyes
open.
Mr. Spring-Rice, the British charge
d’ affairs, without waiting for instruc­
tions from his government, demanded
an explanation from Foreign Minister
Lamsdorff this afternoon of the state­
ments contained in the admiral’s letter
to the Novoe Vremya.
C O N T A IN S M AN Y
D IFFIC U LTIE S .
St. Petersberg Reds Décidé to
Fora New Organlzitton.
Oregon State Primary Law Hard for
Candidates to Follow.
Irrigationists Say Conditions In Idaho
Are Better Than in Oregon.
Balem— Another very serious prob­
lem has arisen in connection with the
direct primary law. The law requires
that candidates for state offioes shall
file petitions from not less than seven
counties, and that at least 10 per cent
of the precincts shall be represented in
each of the seven counties.
Two per
cent of the votes cast at the last state
election for supreme judge by each par­
ty must be represented on the petition.
It has been the supposition until re­
cently that so long as tbe required
number of counties and precincts were
represented by the signatures of one or
more voters that the bulk of the signa­
tures on a petition to make up the 2
per cent might come from one county,
so long as the required number of names
was filed with the secretary of state.
It is now discovered that there must be
2 per cent of the vote cast by the party
represented in each county and precinct
represented, as well as throughout tbe
state.
The attorney general w ill probably
be asked to render an opinion in regard
to the number of signatures required
from the counties and precincts.
To
secure 2 per cent of the voters in seven
counties, and 10 per cent of the pre­
cincts in each of tbe seven counties,
and in addition have 2 per cent of the
party vote in the entire state, w ill add
to tbe difficulties of securing a petition.
Salem— Prominent irrigators of Ore­
gon are considering the advisability of
asking the next legislaure to amend the
irrigation laws in several particulars.
A National Congress o f Workmen Is
At tbe present time all the contracts
Planned— Red Sunday Will Be
with the state for the reclamation of
desert lands under tbe Carey act are
Day o f Mourning.
baaed upon the theory that tbe owners
of the canals and ditches are entitled to
collect a perpetual annual rental from
St. Petersburg, Jan. 4.— The gen­
the landholders. In Idaho tbe land­
eral meeting of the Workmen’ s council
holders w ill eventually own and control
and of representatives of the proletariat
the canals, ditches, headgates, etc.
organizations, which was held across
In the contract with the state of
the Finnish border, lasted for 36 hours,
Idaho for the construction of the Twin
adjourning only an hour ago.
The
Falls canal it is provided that a com­
practical result of the meeting was a
pany shall be formed among the land­
confession that the government had
owners on the basis of one share of
proved too strong in its fight against
stock for one share of water right, and
the strikers and the proletariat organ­
that within seven years the control of
izations, and that it would be neces­
the canals, ditqhes, dams and headgates
sary to organize on a new basis the
shall pass to the corporation formed
armed revolution, to which the dele­
among the water users.
Previous to
gates to the meeting were committed.
the formation of this company and be­
A new Council of Workmen, con­
fore the expiration of the seven years’
sisting of 150 members, was elected.
lim it, the construction company ie en­
Similar councils w ill be
organised
titled to collect annually not exceeding
everywhere, following which a general
80 cents an acre. The same theory of
congress w ill be elected, and an elab­
ownership prevails in all government
orate plan W)f battle against the gov­
work.
ernment formulated.
A ll the contracts for the reclamation
Just prior to the adjournment of the
of arid lands under the Carey act in
meeting a resolution was passed to
M AY H O LD BALANCE.
this state allow the construction com­
turn the anniversary of January 22
panies the right to collect $1 an acre
(Red Sunday) into a day of mourning.
perpetually, the company agreeing to United States May Act as Arbiter in
For this purpose an appeal w ill be
keep the cafials and ditches in repair.
Moroccan Conference.
made to the Socialist workmen’s organ­
Washington, Jan. 8. — The agitation izations, both in Europe and the Unit­
Fruit Inspector In Linn.
in Europe over the coming Moroccan ed States, to manifest their sympathy
Albany— The Linn county court has
with the Russian revolutionaries by
conference and the result it may bring
appointed E. C. Armstrong, residing
bolding demonstrations on Monday.
has
spread
to
this
country
and
officials
at Marion station, Marion county, to
act as fruit inspector for Linn county, here are now deeply interested in tbe NEW M ALH E U R P R O J E C T 18 UP.
temporarily, on the recommendation of matter because of the reccently devel­
Horticultural Commissioner
C. A.
oped fact that the American delegation Valley May Be Irrigated, Excluding
Park, of Salem.
Mr. Park wished to
Wagon Road Land.
secure here a man who would be ready has become the most prominent factor
FORM NEW O R G A N IZ A T IO N .
W ILL T R Y T O G E T F A C T S .
The State Normal school of New York
has been destroyed by fire.
The loss
Missouri's Attorney General Says He Independent Telephone Companies o f
w ill reach $200,000.
Oregon Unite.
Does Not Expect Much.
A landslide at Haverstraw, New
Portland— In order to fortify them­
New York, Jan. 9. — Attorney Gen­
York, carried eight houses with it.
eral Hadley, of Missouri, said tonight selves and protect their interests, rep­
Sixteen persons were killed.
that he would probably ask for a hear­ resentatives of the independent tele­
Fighting still continues in Santo Do­
ing in the Supreme court in this city phone lines in Oregon met here last
mingo. In a recent engagement 150
on Wednesday or Thursday to deter­ week and formed a permanent orgniza-
men out of 800 engagde on both sides
mine whether H . H . Rogers and other tion. it will be known as the Oregon
were killed.
directors of the Standard Oil company Independent Telephone association, ai d
The Chicago council is investigating must answer questions at the hearing is formed after similar orgnizations in
a graft from which contractors are raid before Commissioner Sanborn regarding other states of the Union and affiliated
to have obtained $5,000,000 of the the control of oil companies operating with tbe national association of inde­
pendent telephone lines.
city’s money during the past decade.
in Missouri.
The objects of the association are to
“ I confess,” he says, "th at I did
A civil war is in progress in Ecuador.
encourage development; foster and
not have much hope when I came here
The trial of Annapolis haxers is in that the Standard Oil directors would stimulate the grow th; protect the mu­
tual interests; promote and systema­
progress.
tell about the Standard Oil control of
tize uniformity of accounting, opera­
The Russian douma has been called the Waters-Pierce Oil company and two
tion, maintenance and construction 'of
other companies operating in Missouri,
to meet March 8.
independent (non-Beil) telephone inter
but since they have appeared in answer
Five men were killed near Chicago
estB, and to defend the same from un­
to subpoenas, I shall make the best
by the explosion of a ton of dynamite.
effort I can to have them tell tbe fair encoracLments of competition by
co-operation and by such other avail­
The governor of Ohio was inaugurat­ facts.
able means as may, from time to time,
ed in a glass cage owing to delicate
" I don’ t care, of course, to have any seem advisable.
health.
body committed for contempt. I shall
Favor Woolen Mills.
Idaho officers are confident they are SBk the court to have the witnesses di­
questions
Albany — The business men of the
on the right track in the Stennenberg rected to answer certain
which they have declined to answer. city met and discussed tbe proposition
murder case.
I f the court orders them to answer and of securing the new woolen m ill for
David H. Mffoat says he w ill extend they still refuse, I shall have to leave
this city. Judge Stewart, of the stock
the Denver, Northwestern A Pacific to the court the question of contempt.
committee, withdrew from tbe active
railroad to Portland.
" A refusal to answer in such a case work of soliciting subscriptions, and
More evidence in the Smoot case is would be next best for my purpose to Frank J. M iller was selected to fill the
to be taken by the senate committee an answer in the affirmative, since it vacancy and the committee w ill push
on privileges and elections.
The purpose of the com­
would be equivalent to an admission.” the work.
mittee is to secure subscriptions to the
Much American money was lent
stock aggregating $15,000 toward the
abroad during 1906.
Nearly $200,-
K E N T U C K Y IS RAM M ED.
capital of $100,000, when the m ill will
000,000 went to Japan alone.
be built and fitted up. The business
Alfred F. Norton, who has been Battleship Runs Aground in Fog in men at the meeting were enthusiastic
conducting a grocery store at Indianap­
in support of the project, and the spirit
New York Harbor.
olis "a s Christ would,” has gone bank­
manifested was in favor of co-operation
New
York,
Jgn.
9.
—
W
h
ile
the
bat­
rupt.
among the business interests of the city
tleship squadron under command of
H . H . Rogers, of the Standard Oil Rear Admiral Evans was proceeding to for the upbuilding of Albany and its
company, has defied the Missouri law sea today, the battleships Kearsarge industries.
by refusing to answer questions con­ and Kentucky ran aground in the har­
Plans an Electric Line.
cerning the oil business.
bor off the West Bank light house.
Forest Grove—A t the meeting of the
As a result of a collision on the The Alabama and Illinois were follow­ Forest Grove city council last week,
Philadelnia A Erie railroad between a ing next in line, and before they could State Senator E. W. Haines, in behalf
fast passenger and a freight, three alter their course, the Alabama collid­ of the Forest Groce transportation com­
trainmen were killed and 20 passengers ed with the Kentucky, striking her a pany, a new organization, applied for a
glancing blow. The Illinois just got 25-year franchise for an electric railway
more or less seriously injured.
clear of the tangle and proceeded down
The revolution in'Russia has spoiled the bay, anchoring outside the bar with in Forest Grove, to run'from tbe South­
ern Pacific depot to the business section
the Christmas festivities.
tbe flagship Maine.
of the city, about two miles.
Accord­
THe starboard side of the Kentucky ing to the terms of the ordinance, the
W itte is accused of nullifying the
above the water line was quite badly new line must be begun in 90 days,
concessions to the Liberals.
damaged.
She w ill come up to the and completed in eight months.
It is
No more Jamaicans w ill be allowled
navy yard tomorrow for repairs. The to carry the United States mail, express
to go to Panama to work on the canal.
accident occurred shortly after 1 P. M. and passengers. Senator Haines furn­
The house and sentae are sure to The Alabama stood by to render assist­ ishes electric light to Forest Grove
clash over the appropriation of money. ance to tbe Kentucky and Kearsarge from his plant about 12 miles distant,
and wireless messages were sent to the and, it is understood, w ill furnish pow­
Fire in the heart of Kansas City de­ Brooklyn navy yard for tugs.
er for the new road from his plant.
stroyed three blocks.
The loss will
reach $500,000. No lives were lost.
.Road Through the Stats.
Buys Ranch In Gilliam.
Eureka, Cal., Jan. » . — F. L . Evans,
The drydock Dewey, on its way to
Condon— A. S. Hollen has purchased
the Philippines, has reached Bermuda, a civil engineer, claiming to be backed he 880-acre ranch on Trail fork, G il­
where a stop was made for coal and by one of the transcontinental railroad liam county, belonging to J. W. Booth.
magnates, has proposed to build a rail­ The transaction, which involves about
provisions.
road from Eureka east to Caspar, $16,000, is one of the most important
Jerome is preparing to indict big fish Wyo., there to connect with four lines. real estate transfers for sometime here,
in insurance companies in February. Tbe proposed route is from Eureka, and gives Mr. Hollen a most valuable
The small men are ex). >cted to turn the terminus, to Delta T rin ity river, farm and stock ranch. In thedeal Mr.
state's evidence.
striking Pitt river, following that Booth takes residence property in Con­
Two commissioners of the Chinese stream through the Sierra Nevada don valued at about $6,000, consisting
Mr. Hollen
emperor are on their way to this coun­ mountains, touching Alturas, thence of several fine dwellings.
try to attend American schools and to Lakeview and Vale, in Oregon, is proprietor of the Condon Flouring
thence
through
Southern
Idaho
and
to
m ill. He w ill take possession of the
study our ways.
Caspar, Wyo.
ranch about March 1.
The Navy department has presented
medals of honor to the 11 members of
Place for Consumptives.
Land Contest Case Filed.
the Bennington’ s crew who survived,
Boston, Jan. 9.— Mayor John F. Fits-
Albany— Hugo H. Karstens, whose
for bravery in rescuing more unfortu­
gerald, who presided at the meeting father, Peter Karstens. lives three
nate shipmatec.
which clos d the tuberculosis conven­ miles from this city, in Benton county,
The secretary of the Interior has tion at Horticultural hall tonight, said has been served with a contest notice
withdran more than 1,000,000 acres of in his speech' that by tomorrow night on his homestead claim in the Silets
public land in Arisona and New Mexico the act calling for a board of trustees reservation. The contest is made by J.
from all forms of disposal except under for the establishment of a hospital for E. Hall, Jr., on grounds of nonresi­
the mineral laws for inclusion within consumptives to cost $160,000 will dence, and will he heard in the United
have passed the board of aldermen, and States land office, Portland, January
forest reserves.
w ill soon after receive his signature. 28. There are numerous homesteaders
The Santo Domingo revolnti on Is
The tuberculosis convention, which has in the Siletz reservation who are re­
practically at an end.
been in session here for two weeks, has ported to be in the same position re­
The house has received another rate been a great sncceee, the hall being
garding residence on claims as Kars­
h ill.
crowded at nearly all the lectures.
tens.
A reign of terror now exists at Riga,
Russia.
Floods Destroy C ro ps.
Newport as Winter Resort.
Maaatlan, Mex., Jan. 9.— According
An immense graft by St. Louis po­
Albany — Many Albany people are
to
Ignacie
Fennte,
government
director
lice has been exposed.
spending a portion of the winter at
in the town of Apomet, the people of
President Morales’ army has been that town and the surrounding country Newport on Yaquina bay, where the
weather aa a general thing has been de­
beaten and his general killed.
are facing starvation. Crops have been lightful. Only a tew days daring the
From Kansas north all trains are almost entirely destroyed by the recent holiday season was the sea rough.
inundations, and the roads have been Home of the leading people of the val­
greatly delayed by snow storms.
rendered impassable.
Thousands of ley cities— Salem, Eugene, Albany, In­
Both sides in the strike of printers cattle perished in Northern Sinaloa as
dependence and Corvallis— have spent
for an eight-honr day claim gains.
the result of the flood.
The la s a portion of tbe winter at the seaside,
W itts has ordered wholesale arrests throughout Sinaloa w ill amount to and Newport is gaining a reputation as
several thonsands of dollars.
a winter reeort.
• f all opponents to the governvnt.
Twenty-one miners were killed in an
Damages to American Property.
explosion at the Coaldale, W. Va.,
8t. Petersburg, Jan. 9.— Mr. Meyer,
seal mines.
the American ambassador, has received
from the console at Moscow and Odessa
One of Boston's savings banks has
detailed reports of tbe injuries suffered
bean looted by tbe officers and the in­
by American property during the i
stitution closed.
cent riots. A statement of the damsgee
Harvard university authorities have claimed w ill be forwarded by Mr,
orderaal that there must be a change Meyer to the State department for in­
struction .
la ioitball rules.
AM E ND IR R IG ATIO N LAW 8.
BEGIN REVOLT ANEW
Few Hops Left in Josephine.
Grants Pass — Several sales of hope
have been made here recently at from
9 to 10 centa. About 500 bales have
changed hands, nod by February I bat
few hope w ill be held by tbe growers
in Josephine county. There are quite
a few baby hope still held and a few
old ones, though not to exceed 600
bales In ail.
to begin war on pests at once. The
court w ill at once select a man for per­
manent appointment who w ill be asked
to take a short course in training under
Professor A . B. Cordley, at tbe Oregon
Agricultural college.
Corvallis Short on Money.
Corvallis— The city of Corvallis finds
itself in a peculiar predicament owing
to the neglect of the council to levy
the tax for the present year. To com­
ply with the law this levy should have
been made previous to January 1. A l­
though a certificate of valuation of city
property was rendered the council by
County Clerk Moses during the last
month, as prescribed by law, no ac­
tion was taken by the council, and it is
very possible that there w ill be no
funds available from this source to run
the city during the present year.
Allen Wants Oregon Boys.
Corvallis— Lieutenant Quinlan, com­
mandant of the cadet regiment at the
college, has received instructions to
recommend six additional graduates
from the Oregon Agricultural college
for positions as Third lieutenants in
the Philippine constabulary.
Three
similar recommendations were recently
made, and from these one appointment
has already been made, that of Lieu­
tenant Floyd Williams, who has gone
to Manila,
of the gathering.
It has been believed here that the
various European governments which
are so deeply interested in the confer-
ence, notably France and Germany,
had agreed to a program which would
be adhered to rigidly.
The possibility
of a split between these two govern­
ments on some of the questions in­
volved may throw the United States
into a position where its delegates with
their votes w ill have the power to settle
the question. In that event, it is con
sidered, tbe position of the United
States may become embarrassing.
It is learned on good authority that
the United 8tates government w ill do
everything in its power to bring about
a peaceful settlement of the issues
which will be discussed at the confer
ence. From this it appears that Presi
dent Roosevelt has again determined to
use all his power in keeping the world
at peace. The difficulties of the situa­
tion are great and the American mis­
sion w ill undoubtedly have much work
to do.
Dolllver Will Fight Delay.
Washington, Jan. 8.— Senator Dolli-
ver, of Iowa, w ill resist to the utmost
any attempt of the committee on in­
terstate commerce of which he is a
member to defer action upon railroad
rate legislation until the house has
passed a bill. The present majority of
the committee is opposed to giving the
Interstate Commerce commission power
to change rates. Three of the Republi­
cans, however, stand with the Demo
cratic members for regulation as gen­
erally defined by the president.
New Railroad for Gilliam.
Salem — Articles of incorporation
have been filed with the secretary of
state for the Oregon Northern Railway
company.
The
incorporators are:
W illiam J. Mariner, R. W . Robinson
and C. E. Jones. The road rune from
Blalock, in Gilliam county, to Hard­
Great Printing Trust in East.
man, in Morrow county.
The capital
Cincinnati, Jan. 5. — The United
stock is $25,000, divided into 1,250
States Printing company, capital $3,-
shares of $20 each.
The principal
376,300, one of the largest concerns of
place of husiness is Heppner.
its kind in the country, w ill be leased
to the United States Printing company,
Contracts at Interest.
of New Jersey, if the stockholders on
Salem — The State Land board re­
February 1 ratify the action of the di­
ports interest bearing contracts out­
rectors announced today.
The com­
standing December 81, as follows:
pany has plants in Brooklyn, Mont­
School land contracts, $889,518.30;
clair, N. J., Norwood and Cincinnati.
Agricultural college, $28,993.82; Uni­
The total output is estimated to be
versity, $3,788.
nearly $2,600,000 annually. The new
holding company w ill take over all the
P O R T L A N D M AR K E TS .
plants of the company.
Wheat— Club, 72c; bluestem, 74@
75c; red, 89c; valley, 73c.
Oats— No. 1 white feed, $27; gray,
$28.50 per ton.
Barley— Feed, $23.00@23.50 per ton;
brewing, $24.00024 50; rolled, $23.50
@24.56.
Buckwheat— $2.50 per cental.
Hay — Eastern Oregon timothy,
$13 50@14.50 per ton; valley timothy,
$0(410; clover, $9010; cheat, $8.500
9.50; grain bay, $809.
Fruits— Apples— 75c@$1.50 per box,
persimmons, $1.25 per box; pears,
$ 1.2501.50 per box; cranberries, $13
@ 13.50 per barrel.
Vegetables — Beans, 20c per pound;
cabbage, l@ 2 c per pound; cauliflower,
$1.25 per dosen; ce’ery, $303.50 per
crate; pumpkins, % @ lc per pound;
sprouts, 7>yc per pound; squash, 1 >«
O ltg c per pound; turnips, 90c@$l per
sack; carrots, 65@ 75c per sack; beets,
85c@$l per sack.
Onions— Oregon, No. 1, $101.25 per
sack; No. 2, 75@90c.
Potatoes — Fancy graded Burbanks,
8 5 0 76c per sack; ordinary, 50080c;
Merced sweets, 2c per pound.
Batter— Fancy creamery, 27)$@30c
per pound.
Eggs — Oregon ranch, 29@ 30c per
dosen.
Poultry— Average old hens. I t S O
18S c per pound; springs, 1 2 S @ 1 4 S e ;
mixed chickens, 12(412S c ; broilers,
15016«; dressed chickens, 14015c;
turkeys, live, 14018«; turkeys dressed,
choice, 17O20c; geeee, live, » O t i c ;
ducks, 15018c.
Hope— Oregon, 1905, choice, 1 0 @ llc
per pound; prime, 8 S O B S ; medium,
7 0 8c; olds, 507c.
Wool— F.astern Oregon average beet,
18021c per pound; valley, 24026c;
mohair, choice, 30c.
Beef — Dressed bulls,
l@ 2c per
pound; cows, 304c; country steers,
404 Sc.
Veal— Dressed, 3 0 8 S c per pound.
Mutton— Dressed. fancy 6 0 6 S c per
pound; ordinary, 4 0 6 «; lambs, 70
7 S «.
Pork— Dressed, 6 @ 7 S c per pound.
Mutineers Rule in Siberia.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 5. — Grave ap­
prehension is felt regarding conditions
in Manchuria.
No direct word has
been received from General Linievitch,
the Russian commander in chief there,
since December 2 last, at which time
he reported the troops were defying
t ieir officers and burning and pillaging
at w ill. Officials at the war office de­
clare that they fear the mutineers are
in absolute control east of Lake Baikal.
Workmen in the naphtha works at Baku
went on strike yesterday, and it is
feared there w ill be trouble there.
China Is the Cause.
Washington, Jan. 8. — It was offi­
cially admitted at the War department
today that an order recently issued
sending the First and Second injantry
andsthe Eighth and Thirteenth batter­
ies of field artillery to the Philippines,
was due to the state of unrest now ex­
isting in China. Although neither the
War nor the State department has any
advices indicating there is probability
of an immediate anti-foreign outbreak
in China there is sufficient evidence
that tbe anti-American
feeling in
Shanghai and Canton is growing.
Philippine 1 arifF Up.
Washington, Jan. 4.— Both branches
of congress w ill convene at noon today
after a holdiay recess of two weeks.
The leaders of the honse have decided
that tbe Philippine tariff bill shall be
first considered. I t w ill be reported
without any rule to lim it debate, and
amendments may be offered ad libitum.
It had been the intention to start with
the statehood bill, but Mr. Hamilton,
chairman of the committee, is not
quite ready to report that measure.
California to Celebrate.
Washington, Jan. 8.— Representative
Kahn, of California, introduced a bill
today providing for aa appropriation of
$5,000,000 for on exposition in Baa
Francisco in 1913 to celebrate the
400th anniversary of tbe discovery of
the Pacific ocean by Balboa.
WERE CRIPPLED BY REPRESSION
Washington, Jan. 4.— The Reclame
tion service has not abandoned hope of
building part of the Malheur irrigation
project in Eastern Oregon. Upon its
recommendation the secretary of the
interior has withdrawn from entry
about 20,000 acres on the Upper M al­
heur river, as follows: Township 21
south, range 36 east, sections 27, 28
and 34; township 23 south, range 36
eaBt, sections 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22,
2 3 ,2 4 ,2 6, 28, 27, 35, 36; township
22 south, range 37 east, sections 3J
and 31; township 23 south, range 36
east, sections 1, 2, 11, -12, 13, 24;
township 23 south, range 37 east, sec­
tions 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19.
This withdrawal does not include the
lands embraced in the
wagonroad
grant, and it is possible a project may
be devised which w ill enable the gov­
ernment to irr.gate considerable vacant
public land without waiting for wagon-
road landowners to come to time. This
move is being made at the request of
the Oregon senators, who have twice
conferred with the Reclamation service
in the hope of having something done
On the Malheur project.
GERMANY
Gives
PR E P A R E 8
Rebels Say M oscow Revolt Showed
Weakness o f Government.
Chicago, Jan. 3.— The Daily News’
St. Petersburg correspondent says:
Revolutionary leaders disclaim the
initiative in the Moscow insurrection.
One of them, M. G illiaroff, who has
just returneid from that city, reports
to the 8t. Petersburg committee that
General Doubaaofl carried out the mas­
sacres upon plans agreed upon by
Count W itte and Minister Durnovo, of
the Interior department. Discovering
that the additions to their pay of 20
or 30 kopecks monthly had not satis­
fied the troops, and that mutinies
were continuing, the government de­
cided that m ilitary on interior duty
should receive twelve-fold wages, and
that the police should he given special
rewards. Simultaneously the govern­
ors and their subordinates were empow­
ered to declare martial law at any time
on their own responsibility. Thus the
whole empire was put in a state of
siege.
This encouraged the police and sol­
diers to provoke riots by attacking
peaceful meetings and bombarding the
buildings. Drunken dragoons butch­
ered everybody, then the people joined
the revolutionaries and built barri­
cades, and the massacre went on.
The chief of the revolutionaries, M.
Sokoloff, said:
The Moscow demonstration disclosed
the weakness of tbe government. Dur­
ing an entire week cavalry, artillery,
police, reactionary volunteers, generals,
admirals and statesmen failed to over­
come a badly armed force of 3,000
workmen, while the people remained
neutral. We shall begin again in some
place like Odessa or K ieff, where there
are fewer troops and more workmen,
and where the people sympathize with
us.
In the fighting at the Nevsky
works the other day the losses of the
soldiers were greater than ours. The
fact that the garrisons at Krasnoyarsk
has joined the revolution shows that
the czar’s forces are decreasing, while
ours are growing,
AGREE T O S T O P REBATES.
Big Three Insurance Companies Will
Make Cleveland Referee.
New York, Jan. 3. — An agreement
to abolish rebating on premiums has
been entered into by the New York
Life Insurance company, the Equitable
Life Assurance society and the Mutual
Life Insurance company. Announce­
ment was made today that Grover
Cleveland has been been appointed
referee to decide all questions in dis­
pute that may arise in such matters
and that his salary w ill be $12.000 per
annum, to be paid jointly by the three
companies.
Mr. Cleveland has ac­
cepted with the understanding that
the officers of the three companies are
to second bis efforts to stop rebating.
A similar appointment was held by the
late Thomas B. Reed.
Any agent who gives rebates w ill be
dismissed from the service and w ill not
be re-employed by any of the com­
panies.
It is the desire of tbe com­
panies to secure the co operation of all
other life insurance companies to this
agreement. I t was said today that, if
rebating can be entirely abolished, the
first year premiums can be reduced.
FOR W AR.
Rush O rders fo r Large Num­
ber o f Cars.
Berlin, Jan. 4.— The railway admin
istration placed orders last week for
20,000 freight cars, at a cost of $50,
000,000, with manufacturers of five
countries, stipulating delivery by the
middle of February. Besides utilizing
the car works of Germany, the con
tracts were distributed among makers
in Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and
Italy, which would not have been done
unless some reason for haste exists.
Inquiries made regarding the reasons
for urgency resulted in obtaining the
statement that tbe ordering of the care
was a precautionary measure, the gen­
eral staff desiring to be ready to move
troops if necessary by the first of
March. This is only a proper measure
of prudence, it was arfflmed, in view
of the extensive m ilitary arrangements
going on in France, which, among
other dispositions, include the move­
ment toward the German frontier of
six regiments of artillery, or 180 guns.
Millions May Starve.
Victoria, B. 0 ., Jan. 4.— The famine
in North Japan is causing thousands to
starve, according to advices received
today by the steamer Empress of Japan
A government report says Miyagi, Fu-
kushima and Iwate provinces, with a
population of 2,821,676, are confront­
ing the worst famine since the deadly
one of 60 years ago. Already thous­
ands in these three provinces are re­
duced to shrub roots and bark of trees
to sustain life, and 1,000,000 people
are in extreme condition Tbe misery
arising is indescribable.
Ready to Fight Boxers.
Chicago, Jan. 4.— A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says: The
attitude of the Chinese toward foreign­
ers has become sufficiently hostile to
warrant preparations on the part of tbe
various governments for tbe suppres­
sion of another demonstration such aa
that which occurred in 1000. The
Navy department had .intended to
order the battleship Oregon back to
the United States, but in view of the
threatening situation instructions havo
been cabled to leave the vessel in the
Orient.
Snow Blocks Northern Lines.
8t. Paul, Jan. 4. — A heavy snow
storm prevailed here today and tonight
continues with unabated force. Drifts
three feet in depth have blocked some
of tbe street car lines and on others
traffic ie maintained with great diffi­
culty.
The temperature, however, is
comparatively m ildv
Specials from
points in Minnesota and Wisconsin say
the storm is the most severe hi five
years. A t Red Wing, Minn., a snow­
fall of 18 inches is reported.
America Guards Against Plague.
Victoria, B. C., Jan. 4. — American
quarantine officers at Yokohama have
notified steamship companies there
that no persons who arrive in Yoko­
hama via Osaka or vicinity w ill be al­
lowed to proceed to America unless
they remain in Yokohama a week and
their health ie certified to.
S U B M IT PLA N FOR BIG C U T .
Stevens Willi Advise Canal Commis­
sion— Bring Labor From Spain.
Washington, Jan. 2.— The Isthmian
Canal commission held a short session
today. Chief Engineer Stevens, who
came to Washington to present his
views to the commission on the type
of canal that should be constructed,
was requested to submit any project
which he may have for the excavation,
removal and final disposition of ths
excavated material to be taken out of
Culebra cut in a canal with a summit
of 85 feet above low tide, and also to
inform the commission whether or not
he has worked out or has a project for
a sea level waterway.
The commission
authorized
the
chairman to appoint a committee to
review, appraise, condemn or dispose
of material left on the isthsnua by the
old French company, which must ne­
cessarily be removed.
The experiment proposed for securing
labor from the north of Spain was ap­
proved.
Decision on Irrigation Law.
• Washington, Jan. 3.— In an opinion
by Justice Brewer, the Supreme court
of the United States today affirmed the,
decision of the 8upreme court of A ri­
zona io the case of Howard vs. Perrin,
involving the right to use seepage water
for irrigation.
A statute giving the
right to appropriate for purposes of ir­
rigation water "from any convenient
river, creek or stream of running
water” gives no right to sink a well,
collect in it the water percolating
through the soil and draw it off in
pipes or aquias for irrigation purposes.
Great Storm in Colorado.
Denver, Jan. 3.— A snow storm, in
many places the first of the season, be­
gan in Southern and Western Colorado
this afternoon. 8everal inches of snow
have fallen.
Tbe storm is traveling
northward and tonight all indications
are that Denver w ill have a heavy fall.
In tbe northern part of the state and
points in the mountains the tempera­
tures have fallen to zero and below.
Reports from New Mexico and as far
south as the Texas line show that a
general storm has prevailed for more
than 24 hours.
Reprimand fo r Young.
Washington, Jan. 3.— Secretary Bon­
aparte has acted upon the proceedings
of the court martial in the case of
Commander Lucien Young, of the Ben­
nington, who was tried on chargee
connected with the fatal explosion on
that vessel at San Diego last summer.
Tbe court found Commander Young
guilty of a port of the specifications
alleging negligence o* dnty and sen­
tenced him to receive a letter ol repri­
mand.
Earthquakes ¡«^Austria.
Vienna, J n. 3. — A series of earth­
quake shocks were felt at about 6:30
this morning at A gram, G illi, Laibeh,
Marburg and Grata. Boildings cracked
and the inhabitants fled panic stricken
(rum their houses.