The Estacada News Issued Cadi Thursday E S T A C A D A ....................OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK I d a Condensed Form (or Our Busy Readers. A Return* o f the L e tt Important but Not L e tt Interesting E.entt o f the Paat Week. A split lias occurred in the Russian cabinet. Chinese viceroys are anti-foreign movement. encouraging The British cabinet has announced a step toward Irish home rule. Germany still refuses to make con cessions to France in Morocco. The Hungarian parliament was dis solved by force and w ill meet in defi ance of the emperor. The jury that acquitted Pat Crowe of kidnaping has recsived several anonym ous letters warning them to leave Omaha. Ex-Speaker Henderson has suffered another paralytic stroke, which has de prived him of hie sight. I t is believed the end is near. Of the total fund of $3,000,000 raised throughout the world for suffering Rus sians about $2,000,000 has been thus far distributed. FRAUD IN INDIAN TE R R IT O R Y. M ISS R O O SE V E LT A W IFE. Roosevelt Forbids the Quashing o f Indictments in Case. White House Wedding Takes Place aa Scheduled. Washington, Feb. 20. — President Roosevelt had taken a personal interest in the charges of fraud and corruption which are said to have occurred in connection with the affaire of the Five Civilised Tribee in the Indian terri tory. But for hie intereference indict ments against several persons alleged to have been engaged in illegal prac tices would have been quashed. Now, however, under his orders, the Interior department is pushing its in vestigations with increased vigor, and it is reliably stated that in the near future a number of new indictments will he reported against not only sev eral men already indicted, but they w ill also include a number of persons whose names have not heretofoie been brought into the case, including a high government official in Washington. When it became known to the presi dent that the district attorney .for In dian Territory had been instructed to quash some indictments already found, he immediately sent orders counter manding this proposed action. He was led to do this by Information received by him that, after March 4, when the tribal relations of the Five Civilixed Tribes ceased, certain facts would be put into hiB possession which would strengthen the hands of the govern ment in its efforts to bring to trial a number of persons guilty of gross fraud perpetrated against the Indians. It is known that Secretary Hitchcock has submitted to the president and Attorney General Moody a special re port dealing with the whole situation, which gives such details as to make it imperative for the government to act. Washington, Feh. 18. — Alice Lee Roosevelt, daughter of the president of the United States, was married in the white bouse at 12:13 o’clock yesterday to Hon. Nicholas Locgworth, repre sentative in congress from the First Ohio district. The wedding was the largest and most important ever celebrated in America, a most distinguished assem bly of guests being present. The ceremony was performed by Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Batterlee, bishop of Washington, according to the ritee of the Protestant Episcopal church, of which the bride is a member. The bride was unattended excepting by her young aister, Ethel Roosevelt, who held the bridal bouquet of orchidB during the ceremony. Mr. Longwortb had aa his beet man Mr. Thomas Nel son Perkins, of Boston, a life-long friend and college maté. The ushers were also hie personal frienda. The bridal gown was one of the moat beautiful ever worn by an American bride, and waa entirely of American manufacture. The material waa of ex quisite brocade satin, made princess style, with long court train of silver and white brocade. Rare point lace waa used aa trimming and eoft effeete were obtained by the use of chiffon and tulle. A long tulle veil completely en veloped the alight figure of the youth ful bride. The veil waa fastened with a wreath of orange blossoms an i the brocade slippers had tulle hows caught with orange blossom clusters. She wore as her only jewels the groom’ s gift, a diamond necklace. The ceremony and all events con nected with it transpired exactly as planned, the only incident which hap- peued out of the ordinary being the temporary indisposition of Mrs. Wayne McVeigh, one of the distinguished guests, who fainted just before the wed ding party appeared. No ceremony of a similar kind was ever witnessed by so distinguished an assembly. Personal representatives of powers of the world and the most emi nent representatives of America’s gov ernment, high officials in every walk of life, literary artistic and social lights, captains of industry and many plain, stalwart American citizens were pres ent as guests. The brilliant uniforms of the foreign ambassadors and minis ters mingled with the gorgeous gowns of the women and the dainty colors of the floral decorations made the scene am memorable one. N ellie Grant Bartoris »aa the one guest in whom greatest interest center ed, she having been a white house bride herself 32 years ago. A buffet wedding breakfast was serv ed to the 1,100 guests and the bride’ s health drunk in wine a century old, made by the groom’ s great grandfather, whose name he hears. I.a*e in the afternoon the bride and groom entered an automobile and were driven to the country home of Mr. and Mrs. John R McLean, "Friendships,” a few miles out of Washington. Over 1,000 wedding gifts were show ered on the fortunate young bride. W hile their value has been greaty ex aggerated, the fact remains that a small fortune was expended in them. T if fany, the New York jeweler, is said to have filled more than $100,000 of or ders for the occasion, and the Wash ington jewelers had to Bend rush orders to New York a week before the wedding to replensih their stocks. No bride of royalty has ever received presents from so many crowned heads or notable personages. The king of Bpain, kiDg of Italy, emperor of Ger many, emperor of Austria, president of France, empress of China, mikado of Japan, republic of Cuba and Pope-Pius X all remembered the young daughter of the president, sending her rare wed ding gifts through their representatives at the capital, and with them their best wishes for the happy life that will surely be here. A private cars awaits orders to carry the couple 8outh after their honeymoon at “ Friendship.” The wedding trip will not be a lengthy one, the groom's duties in congress necessitating an early return, hut later in the year a trip abroad is planned. G ERM ANY FEELS IN SU LTED . The Interstate Commerce commission has begun an investigation of oil rates by railroads carrying oil from Kansas Chinese Minister at Washington Said and Indian Territory. to Have Talked T oo Freely. The case of Missouri against I l l i nois, wherein the right of Chicago to divert its sewage into the Mississippi river through the Chicago canal and the Illinois river is questioned, has been decided in favor of Illinois by the Bupreme court of the United Btatea. Fallieres has been inaugurated presi dent of France. John D. Rockefeller has purchased the Wisconsin Central railroad. Several quite severe earthquakes have occurred in the West Indies. One of the Rockefellers has just bought a gold brick in the shape of a mine. The Chinese minister to the United States denies that foriegners w ill be at tacked by his people. Fire among Duluth’s elevators stroyed much property, including 000,000 bushels of wheat. de 1,- Castro is said to have all prepara tions completed for war with France or any other power that cares to show the Venexuelan president his shortcomings Two leaders of the miners’ union have been arrested in Denver. It is believed they were connected with the murder of ex-Governor Stennenberg of Idaho. Pacific coast members of congress will introduce a bill to prevent the mis branding of salmon. I t is not thought Heyburn’s pure food bill w ill cover this point sufficiently. Bandits held up a party of American and Mexican miners near Thomas, Mexico. While they failed to get any money, the outlaws escaped aftter k ill ing three of the miners’ party. Berlin, Feb. 20. — A sensation has resulted in diplomatic circles here from the cabling of what purports to be an interview at Washington with the Chi nese minister to the United States, Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, in which the latter is quoted as saying: “ Since the dawn of your civilisation the Germans have been disturbers of the peace and repose of other people and nations within what is now the Christian domain. They Beetn always discontented with what they have. Their energy appears to demand the whole world in which to bustle." The Chinese minister is then said to have intmiated tiiat the present discon tent in China iB due to German meas ures and German plots, and is alleged to have further intimated that tlje Ger man government or its agents is giving support to the revolutionary movement which has for its object the overthrow of the present reigning dynasty Jn China. This is absolutely and emphatically denied here, but none of the members of the Foreign office wonld discuss the matter until the authenticity of the al leged interview could be substantiated. It is understood that a long cable dis patch was received from Baron von Sternberg, German ambassador to the United States, Sunday, bearing on the subject. I f it should prove that the statement of Sir Liang Cheng can be subatantiated, there is a possibility that China w ill be asked to disavow his remarks. The Iowa honse has parsed a bill prohibiting the discharge of revolvers, firecrackers and other explosives on July 4. There is a movement for congress to demand reform in the Congo state. The Philadelphia A Reading Coal company experts by April 1 to have enough coal on hand to last until next September. There are rumors of mediation in the Moroccan dispute. Great Britain mav eetalish a national system of old age pensions. The Austrian government will crush Hungarian liberty and a rebellion is sure to follow. The Btrandard Oil company is soon to be prosecuted under the trust law. Salem — The anti-pass law initiated by the People’s Power league is minus an enacting clause, and is therefore void. The constitution expressly provides that all laws initiated by the people shall contain the enacting clause, "B e it enacted by the people of the state of Oregon.” The copy of the bill filed with the secretary of state has no such clause. The discovery was made when Secre tary Dunbar sent the bill to the state printer, preparatory to having 100,000 copies printed for distribution among the voters of the state. Attorney General Crawford says the secretary of state cannot permit any one to correct this defect, because each of the 8,000 or more petitioners signed the bill in its present form. He rules that the secretary has no authority to change it or to allow any one else to amend it, but that he must submit it as it came to him from the petitioners. The supreme court has held in the case of the state vs. Wright, 14th Ore gon, page 376, that the deliberate omis sion of an enacting clause is a fatal de fect. The discovery of this error brought to light the fact that there is no enact ing clause or formal declaration of any kind on any of the bills for amend ments to the state constitution, for which petitions are on file. This ap plies to the woman’s suffrage amend ment, as well as to the amendments submitted by the People’ s Power league. It has not been determined whether this omission makes the amendments void or not. The officials are looking up authori ties. No authority has been found to allow the secretary of state to refuse to submit a measure to a vote of the peo ple, even though it may contain defects which make it void on its face, provid ed the bill or amendment comes to him with the proper number of signatures. Salem— The numerous filings that have been made on the waters of rivers and mountain streams for power pur poses in this state daring the past year, have awakened interest in the ques tion of the electrical possibilities of- Oregon. Many of the power projects have good financial backing. The majority of the recent filings, indeed, are said to eman ate from the same source. The doctrine of beneficial use which it is desired to apply to tne waters in ail streams of Oregon is responsible for much of the activity displayed of late. As the law stands, any one can file on water for power purposes, and by doing a small amount of work each year can prevent any one else from appropriat ing or using the water. This rule ap plies to irrigation and a movement is on foot to change the law so that no man can appropriate more water for ir rigation purposes than he can put to good use. State regulation of the flow and distribution of all waters is fast be coming a principle of law in all the arid land states. To regulate abuses and prevent their repetition, the leading waterusers are preparing to urge numer ous changes in the law, so that the ownership of the waters in ail streams and lakes shall vest in the state, for the use and benefit of the people. If this iB done, it w ill be necessary to make careful surveys and measure the flow of all streams that the water may be equitably distributed. Ask for Pool in Wool. McMinnville — The Yam hill Live stock association has e.ected the follow ing officers: President, William Dil- erst; vice president, John Redmand; secretary, M. B. Hendrick; treasurer, W. 8. Link; directors, W illiam Gun ning, John Eborall, R. O. Jones, Amos Nelson and D. A . Walker. A t the last meeting oi the association a resolution was passed recommending that the trustees set April 7 as the date for sell ing the mohair pool. It was also rec ommended that a wool pool be formed by the Yam hill growers. Work on Bald Mountain. Sumpter— Allen & Reilly, owners of the Sunnybrook group, in the Bald Mountain district, are preparing to de velop their property as Boon as snow disappears. V er^ rich ore was taken from tbo claim in the fall, and gave big returns from treatment. The dis covery was so late in the fall that the locators had to satisfy themselves with the necessary assessment operations. Bessler A Dunne, owners of an adjoin ing group known as the Gold Nugget, have prosecuted development of their property almost all winter. Land for Reservoir Site. Washington— The secretary of the in terior lias finally withdrawn land for the Cold Spring reservoir site in con nection with the Umatilla irrigation project in Eastern Oregon, the land ly ing in townships 4 and 5 north, ranges 29 and 30 east. Persons who have made entry of any land embraced in this reservoir site prior to the prelim inary withdrawal, August 16 last, and have not acquired vested rights, will lose their land through the cancellation Big Crops in Umatilla, of their entries. The government, Pendleton— Umatilla county farmers however, w ill pay for any improve are looking forward to an unusually ments they may have made. good yield of wheat this year. I t ie re ported irora the country near Helix Will Show How Alfalfa Grows. M cMinnville — H. E. Lonnsbury, that the indications in that country traveling freight agent of the Southern could scarcely be very much better. Pacific company, has purchased for the The grain is iu better shape now than The company five acres near McMinnville, for several years at this season. W O U LD C LE A R TH E S IT U A T IO N . fo be used as an experiment for growing ground has plenty of moisture, and a al'alla, with the hope of promoting frost would not do any great amount of Revolution In Wenezuela May Occur, dairying interests. Numerous other damage should the temperature take tracts of land throughout the valley another drop. Says M. Taigny. Paris, Feb. 20.— M. Taigny, the ex- Alexander, of Equitable fame, is ser French charge d’ affaires at Caracas, in an interview with' the Matin’ s corres iously ill. pondent at Liverpool, said that the A Moroccan gunboat has fired on a unanimity of the diplomats in Vene French steamer. zuela against his expulsion was a great I t is now said that John D. Rocke surprise to President Castro, who until the last moment bad relied on the feller is in Europe. moral support of a certain power. Pat Crowe has been acquitted of kid M. Taigny, according to the corres naping and w ill now be tried for car pondent, is convinced that a revolu robbery. tionary movement for the overthrow of John A . McCall slightly improved, President Castro is prep-ring. He had bnt his physicians say be cannot stand been approached by several of the revo many sinking spells. lutionary leaders during his sojourn in Venezuela, hut owing to hie position as Exports of American agricultural ma representative of France he was obliged chinery to Russia this spring will to hold aloof from politics. amount to fully $25,00,000. In M . Taigny’ s opinion, the corre The governor of West Virginia may spondent adds, a revolution would clear call a special session of the legislature up the present awkward situation in to consider the railroad rate problem. Venezuela. The senate committee on territories has agreed on a bill prohibiting gamb ling in all territories, including Alaska. Bill to Restrict Giving o f Free Rides Numerous Filings on Oregon Streams Recorded at Salem. by Railways Not Properly Drawn. Eight-Hour Day the Issue. New York, Feb. 20.— John Mitchell ami his associates on the anthracite miners’ subcommittee, today finished their work of preparing'proposals for an agreement in the hope that they w ill meet with the coal operators’ sub committee. It is practically certain that the miners will make a firm de mand for the eight-hour day for all men employed about the mines. One of the miners’ representatives paid to day that the eight-hour question was more important to the men than any other demand mentioned. China Wants the Cash. Mexico City, Feb. 2 0 .--The Mexiran Poatotfice department has endeavored to perfect arrangements with the Chi nese government whereby a packet post and postal money order business coaid be established for mutual benefit of both countries, and especially in aid of the Chinese subjects here who make continuous remittances to China, but the reply is that, as China does not be long to the postal union, nothing can lie dune, end It ie intimated that China prefer* direct shipments of cash to that country. Should serious tronle occur in China the government is almost sure to call for volunteers and the nationl guard of Oregon, Washington and California w ill likely have the first show. Pres ent plans of the government contem Fire Sweeps Rutland. plate placing 33,000 troops in the Philippines, ami as our standing army Rutland, Vt., Feb. 20. — Six of the is only a trifle over 00,000, including largest and moat valuable business artillery, volunteer* almost have to lie blocks in the financial district of Rut asked for. land were destroyed by a fire that for The government investigation of the several hoars threatened to wipe out Valencia disaster tends to show cow the city, and Imt for a fortunate shift shift in the wind which aided the fire ardice on the part of the “ rescuing" fighters and the arrival of engine com I n L panies from Whitehall, N. Y ., it is Every large colliery In the anthracite likely that the entire bnsineet section district is accumulating a large reserve would have been demolished. As it is, of coal in anticipation of a strike on the damage is pieced at $700,000. April 1. Russian Town Aflame. The United States government has Kief, Russia, Feb. 20.— An anti- refused concessions to Uermany to get Jewish riot bmke oat today at Vietka, tariff redactions. a town of A,000 inhabitants near The Virginia legislators is consider Gomel. A large pert of the town i* ing a 2-rent a mile bill, the house ha\> in flamee, and troopt have been sent la f already pass it. I there from Gomel. have lieen purchased by the Southern Indians Want Lands. Pacific tor the same purpose. The Pendleton— About 25 Indians, mem company will furnish the seed together with a supply of land plaster and inoc bers of the Columbia river tribe, have ulated soil from successful alaflfa fields made formal application to join the Uinatillas and share in the allotments in other parts of the state. of the reservation, claiming that they are of the same tribe and failed to come Wasco Willing to Help. The Dalles— That Wasco county will in with them when the allotments were join with the other counties of the state made several years ago, preferring to and the board of trade of Portland in stay with the Columbia river tribe. advertising Oregon was determined by lie county court after the recent meet ing of business men of this city and a delegation from Hood River at the Commercial club parlors, called to con fer with the county court and J. B. Labor, secretary of the Portland board of trade. A resolution asking the court to appropriate $1,000 for the purpose was adopted, and the court authorised the appropriation. Cost for Month S664. Portland— It cost $664.29 to conduct the Beys’ and Girls’ Aid society in January, and the bills were ordered paid at the February meeting of the hoard of trustees. Superintendent Gardner reported that 26 children were received and 33 disposed of during the month. The number of children in tiie society’ s care February 1 was 46. One family living in Tillamook county took three children, brothers and sister. The family is well to do. Will Start in 60 Days. Eugene— The deeds transfering the Eugene Woolen mille from Wilbur A Wright, of Union, Or., to the Salem company, headed by T. B Kay, which recently acquired the property, have lieen signed in Salem and Emil Koppe, who is to be tbs resident manager of the plant, has arrived. Manager Koppe has already begun to make improve ments at the mill, and expects to have it in operation in 60 days. A new brick and concrete pit ker house w ill be constructed immediately. T o Develop Coal Mines. Eugene— The Spencer Butte Coal A Petroleum company has been incorpor ated here, with $100,000 capital. The incorporators aze: J. W. Zimmerman, 0 . F. Mitchell, W. J. Williams and 8. E. Stevens, of Eugene, and|I. W. Love, of Portland. The company has a coal prospect ten miles southwest ol Eugene, which it will at once begin to develop on an extenstve scale. Later on oil prospects w ill be bored. Approp iationa for Chcmawa. Washington— The Indian appropria tion hill ahont to be reported will carry $116,200 for the Chemawa Indian school, including $4 000 for a new bakery and $10,000 for a viaduct to erase the railroad track*, which run through the school grounds. The lat ter improvement it intended to insure the safety of papil* in passing the rail road. Much Freight From Dallas. Dallas— Twenty cars of lumber were billed out of Dallas in a single day re cently, besides several cars of sparB and piling. The mills here and at Falls City have a combined output of from 10 to 20 cars daily. The freight service on alternate days w ill soon give way as the Southern Pacific has promised a daily freight train. P O R TL A N D M AR K E TS . Wheat— Club, 69070c; blueatem, 70 @71c; red, 66067c; valley, 72c. Oats— No. 1 white, feed, $28029 gray, $27.50028.50 per ton. Barley— Feed, $23.50024 per ton; brewing, $240 24.50; railed, $24025. Buckwheat— $2 25 per cental. Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy, $13 014 per ton; valley timothy, $809; clover, $7.5008; cheat, $ 6 07 ; grain hay, $708. Fruits— Apples, $102.50 per box; cranberries, $12.50014.50 per barrel. Vegetables— Cabbage, 1 *4 0 2 c per pound; cauliflower, $1.9002 per crate; celery, $4 per crgte; sprouts, 61407c per pound; squash, l H 0 1 H c per pound; tnrnips, 9Oc0$l a sack; car rots, 65 0 75c per sack; beets, 8 5 c0 $ l per sack. Onions— Oregon, No. 1. $1.1001.25 a sack; No. 2, 7Oc0$l a sack. Potatotes— Fancy graded Burbanks, 60065c per hundred; ordinary, nom inal; sweet potatoes, 2 '4 @ 2H c per ponnd. Butter — Fancy creamery, 2714030c per pound. Eggs— Oregon ranch, 16017c per dosen. Poultry— Average old hens, 13014c per pound; mixed chickens, 1214013c; broilers, 19020c; young roosters, 120 121%c; old roosters, 10011c; dressed chickens, 14015c; turkeys, live. 160 17c; turkeys. ilrtamd, choice 18020c; geese, live, 9c; geese, dressed, 12014c; ducks, 16018c. Hops— Oregon, 1905, choice, 100 1014c; prime, 8>409c; medium, 708c; olds, 607c. Wool— Eastern Oregon average bset, 16021c; valley, 24026c per ponnd; mohair, choice, 30c per ponnd. Beef— Dressed balls, 2021%* ponnd; cows, 3 1* 0 4 H * per ponnd; country steers. 405c. Matton— Dressed, fancy, 8 H 0 9 c per ponnd; ordinary, 4 0 5 c; lambs, 8 0#V- Veal— Dressed, 3 H A S H * per ponnd. Pork— Dressed, 608c per ponnd AMERICA 18 READY Many Troops and War Vessels Close to China. MOVEMENTS MADE WITH SECRECY M ore T roops in Philippines Than Any Time Since Pacification o f the Island*. Washington, Feb. 17. — It has been decreed by the administration that, come what may, American live* and American property in China shall be protected, even if it becomes necessary to resort to arms. Guided by the ex periences of the Boxer outbreak of 1900, this government is quietly mo bilizing a small army in the P h ilip pines, within easy reach of Chinese ports, and is maintaining a fair-sized fleet ol war vessels especially adapted to service in the rivers that reach im portant Chinese strongholds. It is a fact that there are more troops in the Philippines than at any time since the pacification of the P h il ippines. There are now ou the way to the islands two additional regiments of infantry and two batteries of artillery. As shown by the records of the War department, the military strength in the Philippines today includes four full regiments of infantry, in addition to two companies of engineers and three companies of the signal corps. These troops for the most part are in easy reach of Manila, and a comparatively large force could be landed on Chinese soil on very short notice and Btill leave an adequate garrison in the Philippines. To supplement the land force is , the Philippine fleet, which includes the hattlesbips Ohio, Wisconsin and Ore gon, the last-named under orders to re turn to this country. I t is found, however, that the Oregon may not be able to undergo repairs at Puget round *or four or five months, and it may be determined to retain her in the Orient, at least until the Chinese disturbances blows over or comes to a head. In ad dition, there .are the cruisers Balti more, Cincinnati, Concord and Ral eigh, the monitors Monadnock and Monterey, the gunboats Helena and Wilmington and a number of smaller gunboats, which were captured from Bpain and brought into the United States navy. S T A N D S BY E X C LU S IO N LAW . Fulton Declares Boycott Cannot Ac complish Its Repeal. H E YB U R N ’S D R ASTIC B ILLS. Would Stop Creating Reserves and O rder General Survey. Wauhington, D. C., Feb. 16.— Sena tor Heyburn is going after the presi dent’ s forest reserve policy again. To day he introduced a b ill far more dras tic than anything be baa heretofore at tempted. I t prohibits farther with drawals oi public land for forest reserve purposes in Idaho, and stipulates that where land has heretofore been with drawn, and has not been created into forest reserves, it shall immediately be restored to the public domain. It also provides that no reserve or withdrawal made lor forestry purposes in Idaho shall include sections 16 or 36, title to which was in the United States at the date of the admission of Idaho into the Union. It further stipulates that no forest reserves shall be created in Idaho to include land heretofore classified aa mineral. The effect of this bill, if enacted, would be absolutely to put a stop to forest reserve extension in Idaho, but, like Mr. Heyburn’ s other forestry bills, it w ill not pass. Mr. Heyburn also introduced a bill appropriating $100,000 for the survey of all unsurveyed public land in Idaho. Mr. Heyburn says Idaho’s development ie being retarded by reason of the fact that only one-third of the state has been surveyed. Furthermore, the lack of surveys makes it impossible for the state to perfect many of its selections made under various special grants. CH INESE A T T A C K M ISSIO N. Viceroys N ow jT ak e Lead in Enmity to White "Barbarians.” London, Feb. 16.— The correspondent at Shanghai of the Standard telegraphs as follows: News has reached here of another at tack on a foreign mission at Nganking, province of Nganhwei, on the left hank of the Yangtse Kiang-river. No lose of life is reported. Yesterday an attempt was made here by a trusted Chinese rervant to murder the secretary of the French municipal council while he was asleep. The at tempt was frustrated and the assailant arrested. Many of the great provincial viceroys are displaying a marked anti-foreign attitude, which they would hardly dare so openly to assume unleia they thought that Pekin approved their con duct. In the foreign settlements of treaty ports efforts are being made quietly to recover privileges granted to foreigners. In some quarters Japan is believed to view the possibility of armed inter vention being necessary with equanim ity, since it would provide her with oc casion to obtain from China ^hat she failed to exact from Russia. In Shanghai two additional com panies of volunteers are being raised. It is reported that the Municipal coun cil favors strengthening the Bikh police force by 500 men. Unfortunately, it is at this juncture that it has been decid ed to reduce the British China squad ron. Washington, Feb. 17. — In response to a request for his views on the Chi nese boycott, Senator Fulton today made the following answer: The real purpose of the Chinese en gaged in the boycott of American goods is to secare the repeal of the exclusion law. No doubt the manner in which HE BLAM ES TH E G RAFTERS. the law has been enforced has in some instances given just cause for com Rojestvensky Says Bad Shipbuilding plaint, and tended to intensify and ac Caused His Defeat. celerate the growing resentment en gendered by the law, but the real ani St. Petersburg, Feb. 16. — “ Perhaps mus is opposition to the law as a whole I am guilty to some extent for our de and the purpose is to enforce its repeal. feat, and perhaps my subordinates did To that we cannot accede. I t is of great not do all they might have done, bnt interest and concern to us that cordial at all events we who have fonght the and friendly relations with China shall battles were not thieves,” said Admiral be maintained and our trade and com Rojestvensky, who addressed the Im merce with her increased, but, if such perial Technical society yesterday even conditions can only be purchased by ing upon the causes of the defeat of the sacrificing the rights and imperiling Russians at the battle of the Sea of the welfare of Americaan labor, the Japan. price is greater than we can afford to The admiral made no specifications pay. regarding rascality in the construction We must not repeal or substantially or equipment of the ships, but he com modify the present exclusion law. So mented at length upon the destrnctive to do would work great hardship on force of the heavj Japanese shells, and be unpardonable injustice to our which, when they only exploded in the own wage earners. We of the Pacific water near the Russian veeeels, cracked coast have learned in the school of ex their plates and opened great leaks, perience how serious a menace to the while those which hit the Russian peace, prosperity and morals of the ships squarely were as destructive as community is a large influx of Chinese mines. coolies and we w ill never consent to A young lieutenant during the dis legislation making such conditions cussion attempted to lay the blame on Beet Sugar Industry. submarine boats, but the admiral de Washington, Feb. 19. — A prelim i again possible. nied that submarine boats or mines nary statistical report of the beet sugar were used during the engagement. industry for the year ending December Wood May Command in China. 31, 1904, issued today by the CensiiB Ban Fiancisco, Feb. 17.— The United bureau, shows that industry has in States army transport Sherman sailed Must Pay Wages fo r Shut-Down. creased 225.6 per cent in the number today for Honolulu, Guam and the Warsaw, Russian Poland, F'eh. 16.— of pounds of sugar produced and 231.2 Philippines, with 100 cabin passengers, Considerable comment has beea caused in the value of the products increase a few troops and 4,000 tons of military by the judgment of the communal court since the censns of 1900. The total supplis. tmong the passengers were at Widzewo, near Loris, ordering the number of pounds of sugar, granulated Major Generals Brooke and Weston, Coates Thread factory to pay the wages and raw, produced in 1904 was 531,- the latter going to Manila under sealed of 800 employes daring the ten weeks 335,294, and the vaine of this product orders. In army circles it is surmised the factory was closed. The works was $23,924,602. In 1904 there were that General Brooke may succeed Gen shut down November 30 and a shortage 51 sugar beet factories, and 31 in II 00. eral Leonard Wood in rase the latter of coal was given as the reason for do should be ordered to China. Colonel ing so. The conrt in rendering judg China is Buying Munitions. William S. Patten also sailed on the ment said it was not lack of coal, bnt Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 19.— Professor Sherman. the high price of coal which induced John Freyer, head of the department of the closing, and found that this was Oriental language of the State univer not a good reason. Gunboats Sent to Canton. sity, this morning announced that in San Francisco, Feb. 17. — Officers of persuing a copy of a Chinese newspaper the Doric bring news of the dispatch of Hundreds Are Dead. he learned the startling news of the two British gunboats to Canton inat Guayaquil, Feb. 16. — Passengers preparations the empire is making for before their departure from the Orient. from the province of Esmeraldas, in the conflict believed to be impending. The gnnboats Moorhen and Sandpiper, the extreme northeastern part of Ecua He informed the university etndenta lying at Samsbni, steamed up to Can dor, who arrived here today, report that this paper aratea that the Chinese ton under secret orders. When the that earthquake shocks were felt there government lias ordered a million small Doric left Shanghai, it was reported January 31, and that several towns in arms and 100 cannon from manufactur there had been an uprising in Snnning the provinces of Esmeraldas and Man er* in Germany, in preparation for the district, near Canton, and the magis aba were seriously damaged. A t Es threatened war with foreign powers. trate and many people killed. Rebels meraldas city several honses collapsed, bed gathered in force and were march including the government house. Dur Famine Fund Cabled to Japan. ing on Sunning city. Inhabitants of ing eight days 26 shocks were felt at Washington. Feb. 19.— Up to noon the district were fleeing to Macao. Esmeraldas. The Colombian village today Charlea Hallam Keep, treasurer of Gnaceda also was inundated hy a of the American National Red Croes, Will Receive Famine Aid. tidal wave, and 200 people drovned. had received, in response to President San Francisco. Feb. 17.— Judge Mor Roosevelt’ s appeal, contributions row, president 01 the California branch Believe Fire Und?r Control. amounting to $11,421, to be expended of the American National Red Cross, Honolulu, Feb. 16. — Water is now for the relief of the famine stricken ha* made an announcement stating that being pnmped only at intervale into the provinces of Japan. Ten thousand in accordance with the appeal of Presi hold of the steamer Texan, whoee cargo dollar* collected by the Christian Her dent Roeevelt of February 13 for aid for took fire the other day while the veeeel ald. of New York, was cabled February the thousands of persons on the verge was lyiag at her dock. It is now be 15 by the State department to Japan, of starvation in Northern Japan hy lieved that the fire ie under eafe con to be used immediately. reason of the famine existing there, the trol, and the agenta of the vessel ray public is informed that the California that they expect that ell her lime w ill Stevens Ends Blockade. branch of the American National Red be slaked by tomorrow and that they Panama, Feb. 19.— Efforts to relieve Cram w ill receive contributions. w ill then be able to discharge cargo. congestion of the Panama railroad have They think that the hall of the veeeel apparently succeeded. Chief Engineer Progressive American Consul. la not damaged. Stevens informed the Asecciated Preee Prague, Feb. 17. — The American renter,lay that no through freight wee consulate established today a depart First Year Men Must Study. delaved on the isthmna during the ment for commercial information. Cambridge, Mam.. Feb. 16. — The lest 24 bonr*. Dockage facilities at Consul Ledonx explained th e ‘ task of Harvard athletic committee voted to LaBoca era being improved, end it the institution to many merchants, night to cuacar with Yale and Prince i* expected present wharfage rapacity who declared it would greatly increase ton in no agreement excluding flrat- ill be doubled within the next four the respect ire exporta and imports of year men end graduate student# of all months. the count nee internets 1. department* from university athletics.