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The Estacada News bM f é Each Thursday E S T A C A D A ....................OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK I d a Condensed Form lor Our Bnsy Readers. A Resume o f the Less Important but Not Lass Interesting Events o f the Past Week. Japan has sent a warship to Chinese waters to protect her subjects. Rogers will answer qiieetions at the Missouri oil hearing without further objection. The French army is in readiness for war should such an event come from the Moroccan dispute. The Steel trust is about to absorb all the independent companies. The deal w ill involve about $17,000,. A woman has been captured who was carrying a bomb in her hair. When taken she was about to murder the gov ernor of Moscow, Russia. Detective McParland is endeavoring to make President Moyer, of the Feder ation, confess. The detective looks on the president as a tool of the other offi cials. The president of the National Dress makers’ association advises women to wear pockets, saying bagB and purseB carried in the hand are a temptation to thieves. The War department says it will Bend no more troops to the Philippines fcr the present. Those now on the way and already there will give General Wood a command of nearly 15,000 men. F. Samuels, secretary of the Oceanic Steamship company, says natives on Tahiti and neighboring islands are not suffering for food as a result of the re cent tidal wave. He says the cocoanut groves are on the highest points. Ex Governor Hogg, of Texas, is dead. The transport Ingalls is wrecked on the coast of l.uion. Senators are trying to reach an agree ment on the rate bill. Governor Pattison, of Ohio, is suffer ing from a nervous breakdown. A ll the northern roads are blocked by snow through the prairie states. Secretary Taft refuses to give up on the Philippine tariff question and says the fight has just begun. Postmaster General Cortelyou is in vestigating the alleged holding up by Russia of money orders for Jews. DOOM ED T O DIE. LASH ED BY S T O R M . Orchard Knew T oo Many Secrets o f Inner Circle. Many are Dead, Homeless or Starv ing on Pacific Islandi. Boise. Idaho, March 6.— Asssassinat- ing those whose hands were against the Western Federation of Miners, and those who refused to join the associa tion. are not the only crimes for which the members of the Inner Circle will be called upon to answer. Not only were non-union miners murdered outright, bombs placed for state officials, but the poor tools who committed the revolting crimes for the Inner Circle were them selves victims of this committee of death. Harry Orchard was among the tools of the Inner Circle marked for de struction. Had he managed to have escaped arrest after having assassinated ex-Gnvernor Hteunenberg, he would not have lived long to enjoy the $3.800 he was to have received for doing the job. The confession of Bteve Adams, it is said, shows that the members of the Inner Ciicle were suspicious of Or chard and that he had been shadowed (or a long time before he went to Cald well for the purpose of placing the bomb which killed ex-Governor Steu- neuberg. Sentence had been passed upon him, and it is said that whether he succeeded, as he did, or failed, he would have been added to the list of tools that have been put out of the way. Crimes within crimes was the system which the Inner Circle carried out. When dupes of the Inner Circle had performed so many deeds for the Inner Circle that they knew too much they were quietly gotten out of the way, and it is believed that the confessions of Orchard and Adams will prove this. The news that Adams had added his confession to that of Orchard has been conveyed to Moyer, Haywood, Petti- bone and St. John. They were told by their attorneys, hut it is impossible to learn how the prisoners took the news. It was learned, however, that all four of the prisoners, since they heard of Adams’ confession, have displayed considerable concern, and for the first time since their arrest have lost much of their assurance. Of all the men under arrest, it is hinted that Pettibone is the worst. He, so the story goes, was the chief con spirator, the man who planned the assassinations and paid out the money. Certain testimony given before the grand jury went to show that Haywood, who received $5 a day as secretary, had for some time prior to his arrest been spending money around Denver at the rate of $25 a day. This money is be lieved to have been a part of the assassination fund. Papeete, Tahiti, Feb. 18, via Ban Francisco, March 6. — The most de structive cyclone ever experienced in the Society and Tuamotu islands oc curred on February 7 and 8. The dam age in Tahiti is estimated at $1,000,- 000, and presumably a similar amount of propeity was destroy«! on the Tua- motu islands. The city of Papeete was inundated and about 75 buildings de stroyed, including the American con sulate and the French government building. The shipping in the bai- bor of Papeete escaped injury, owing to the direction of the wind, but fears are entertained for vessels which were cruising near the Tuamotu islands. I t is feared that there may have been heavy loss of life in the lagoons of the Tuamotu islands, though the death of the guardian of the quarantine station in Papeete is the only fatality yet re- porterd. The schooner P.ipeete w s b submerged for an hour near Anaa, Tuam oti. Her captain, Philip Michaelli estimated that the waves were 65 feet high. It was impossible to Bee 20 feet away at 3 o’clock in the daytime, and the sailors had to be lashed to the vessel. The senate committee on interoceanir canals has suspended its hearings until V IS IT T O TH E KAISER. a type of canal to be built has been de cided on. President Roosevelt Could Go to Kiel on American Warship. A t least 30 associates of John R. Walsh, the Chicago hank wrecker, will Berlin, March 6.— Professor Albrecht be arrested and tried fur complicity in Wirth, of Munich, today contributes a the affair. signed article to Der Tag on the possi Great const»rnation prevails in Boise bility of President R rosevelt and Em because of the looting of the powder houses in the hills back of the city. peror W illiam exchanging visits. Pro Something like 600 pounds of dyna fessor Wirth has connections with the mite anil many caps were taken. foreign office, and his suggestions there J. L. Steffens says the railroads make fore have a certain interest. their own laws as the big corporations ‘ ’ Congressman Nicholas Loigworth not only control the vnrious state legis and Mrs. Lungworth are expected in latures, but when an appeal is made to congress, the states find their represent Berlin in M ay," he says. "T h is is not the first time that the president’ s atives part of the national system. daughter has represented the United French and German papers are dis States diplomatically. Her journey to cussing war. u East Asia had official character, which K ing Kdwtrd has started on a visit was expressed by her accompanying a member of the cabinet. to European rulers. “ President Roosevelt nimself is not The battleship Oregon has le 't Ma permitted to leave American territory, nila for Puget sound. but as an American warship is Ameri The burning of a wheat elevator at can territory, ami as President Roose Buffalo, N. Y., caused a lose of $176,- velt has already provrd in practice, 000 why cannot the president give another Germany has fortified its legation at example by visiting Kiel? Emperor Pekin against possible attack by Chi William could then choose a return visit in the same form, going on a war nese. ship to waters near Washington. The*e Meridian, Miss., has been swept by visits would adil much to the mutual a tornado, which killed over 100 people friendship of the two countries.” and laid waste half the town. Fire broke out and much of the ruins Hundreds Afloat on Ice. burned. The loss will reach $1,500,- Helsingfors, Finland, March 6.— It 000 . Is feared that 801) fishermen with their Former Chief Engineer Wallace says families, who ares float on the ice in the British railroad across the isthmus the Gulf of Finland are doomed to per of Tehuantepec will anticipate in a ish. A fortnight ago about 1,000 per large measure the benefits of construc sons wh<> Imd with them their botare, tion of the Panama canal and give im were fishing off the east land, when mediate relief. the ice parted and was driven by a Later the The senate committee has voted to storm into the Baltic sea. lay the Philippine tariff bill on the ice split, the wind changed to east, and table. This effectually kills the meas yesterday a block on which there were 200 persons came ashore at Frederick- ure. ahan. The fate o! the others is un Hermann entered a demurrer in the known. . •ts * charging him with destroying pub- .IB records of the general land office Argument will be heard on the de murrer March 16. It is lielieved these tactics will be continued, to prevent the congressman from facing a jury, as long as possible. Japan intends to secure control of all railroads in that country. Postmasters are not to be removed in future for political reasons. A great enow storm in the Rocky mountains is again delaying traffic. The antl-foreign agitation in China is being fanned by Boxers, who start riots. » Secretary Taft recommends an appro priation of $400,000 for the Jetty at the month of the Colombia and au thorisation of contracts for completing the work. The latest account of the Massacre at Nanchang says the trouble was caused by French priests. Germany has made new demands regarding Morocco which the Fiench promptly rejected. Trade With United States. Mexico City, March 6.— During the first fonr months of the present fiscal year, Mexican trade with the United States showed an increase in imports of over $1,000,000. Exports to the United States were $^6,801,250, a gain of more than $13,00,000 over the corre sponding period of the previous fiscal year. Exports to Germany were more than $6.000,000, and to Great Britain nearly $1.OQp.OOO. Import* from Ger many fell off more than $1,000,000, while Great Britain and France both sold less here than previously. Village Falls Into Lake. R ime, March 8.— The village of Te- vernola, built on the perpendicular cliffs shove Lake Isco, in the province of Breed, was almost entirely destroyed this morning hy the rocks suddenly giving way. apparently because the lske had eaten into the base of the cliff. The disaster was preceded hy a lond roaring noise which enabled the 1,04)0 inhabitant* to escape. One fisherman was k ill«!. About 200 feet of mck and the houses on it were swallowed up. ' Tactoban Is Burned. The eenate Is almost sore to pass ths Manila, March 8. — Tactoban, the rate bill, hnt will defeat statehood. capital of the island of Leyte, ha* been Tactoben was the Philippine tariff and Dominican tariff deetroved bv Are. fifth city of the Islands and was situ It is said the beef packers attem pt«! â t«! in an important hemp district. to get Garfield to conceal the facts he A number of warehouses were de discovered ahont the combine of the stroyed. Government assistance will various companies forming the trust. be rushed. W O O L SA LE S D ATES S E T . Entire Product Will Be Disposed o f Settlers Have to Travel 40 Miles to in Open Competition. Transact Land Business. Pendleton — The wool sales dates for Eastern Oregon have been dtcided upon as follows: Pendleton, May 22, 23, June 6; Heppner, May 25, June 8, 22; Con don, May 29, June 27; Shauiko, M ly 31, June 1, 19, 20, July 10; Wallowa, June 12, 29; Baker City, June 14, July 12 . On these datee practically all of the wool of Eastern Oregon will be sold, as all of the dealers have decided not to make any advance sales to the buyers. This means that all wool of Oregon must this year be bought in open com petition at the different sales days. The Umatilla County Woolgrowers’ association has decided to test the va lidity of the migratory stock law of Oregon at the earliest possible opportu nity. Judge Ellis declared the law unconstitutional some time ago. The case w ill be tried again and the law, if defective, will be remedied. This is a law which places a tax on all sheep brought into the state for g r a z i n g pur poses from the outside. Affidavits w ill also be forward«! to the Interior department showing that Oregon sheepmen were unjustly treated in the redivieion of the Wenaha re serve. An tffort will lie made to enlist the aid of the Portland and Pendleton commercial clube in Umatilla county’ s fight. _________ Big Year fo r Grand Ronde. La Grande — La Grande and the Grand Ronde valley are looking for ward to the most prosperous season in the hietory of Union county. Bo many and so definite are the indications that there is little doubt, even in the mind of the most confirmed pessimist, that 190H will be the banner year for this section of Oregon. Heading the list of good things in store for La Grande are the Oregon Railroad & Navigation com pany’s pri j rcted improvements. Agents have secured options on large tracts of land along the right of way for increas ed yard room in this city. Never Voted tor President. M cMinnville— Major George L. Scott, who recently retired from the United States army after 35 years’ continuous service, returned to the place of his birth in this county last week, for the first time since enlistment. Although nearly 00 years of age, Major Scott has never cast a vote for any president of the United States. He left Lafayette, Yam hill county, for West Point, when 21 years old, and before he had voted. During his long enlistment Major Sc >tt has been in active service in every state in the union except Oregon and Maine. He is retired on full pay. State Land Forfeited. Salem — After cancelling the De Laittre school land certificates, cover ing t5,000 seres of land, the 8tate I,and hoard, at its last meeting, made an order cancelling ahont 40 certificates of sale of lieu lands, aggregating 12,000 acres, and held by persons unknown to the hoard. Theso latter cancellations were mado because the holder of the certificates was more than three years delinquent in his payments, and the money already paid, amounting to about $6,400, has been forfeited to the state. Oil Famine on Nehalem. Neliaiem— The good people of Neha lem are going to bed with the chickens now, for the simple reason that there is nothing else for them to do. Gaso line, kerosene and other illuminating oils are not to be had, and Buch make shifts as can he found are discouraging to any literary (ffnrt in the long winter evenings, supposed generally to be de voted to mental'improvement or social relaxation. The reason for it all is that no boat has come into Nehalem hay for four months, and it is on water transportation that Nehalem depends. Wallowa— A land commissioner is badly needed fo r Wallowa, and appli cants for that position are wondering what causes the delay by Judge Wol- verton. At present, homesteaders or peisons locating on timber land have to go either to Enterspriee, or Promise, a distance of 20 miles, and return. There has been a land commissioner here for several years, bnt owing to the removal to Enterprise of Judge O. M. Cook ms, the office was vacant. I .on line, ten miles distant, had a commis sioner, but he was killed early in the winter by a runaway team. Now there is no commissioner nearer than Prom ise, where there is one, or Enterprise, where there are two. Wallowa is cen trally located and nearer vacant lands than any of the towns supplied except Promise. There are at present many hundreds of acres of timber and agricultural lands near Wallowa to be taken up, hut with the extra expense of from $5 to $8 add ed to the filing and locating fee it makes JAR V IS D ECLINES OFFICE. even a homestead an expensive luxury. Before three months, however, very lit tle vacant valuable government land Alaska Governorship Lies Between Hoggatt, Perkins and Clum. will will be left for settlement or pur chase. The advent of a railroad into Washington, March 5.— D. H. Jarvis, this section ¡ b bringing many new ex-captain in the Revenue Cutter serv settlers. ice and now engaged in business in Be Coos Has Plenty o f Water. attie and Alaska, today informed the Coquille— Coosc lunty has been large president that, owing to a business ly under water for the past ten days. agreement he would he unable to ac The water is the highest known this winter. Logs have been coming out in cept the governorship of Alaska, re The president large numbers. There were about 40,- cently tendered him. 000 logs in the north folk of the Co expressed considerable regret that Cap quille and 15 000 have been gotten out, tain Jarvis found it impossible to take with about 8,000 still in the smaller the office, for he assured him that he tributaries. With the clearaticeof ’ hie had every confidence that he would give large number of logs it will make it a Alaska a splendid administration and busy season in the lumber ramps of insure to every man a “ square deal.” this county. With the huilding of the Since Governor Brady resigned, logging road np Cunningham creek lugs prominent persons from all parts ol w ill be plentiful. Alaska have been clamoring for the ap pointment of Captain Jarvis and, were he not tied up in business, he would be Colony for Lane County. Eugene — There are prospects of a delighted to accept the office; hut under Polish-German colony of perhaps 1,000 the circumstances, the president said families locating in Lane county this he would abide by his decision. The race probably now lies between summer or fall. John J. von Gosto- neski, George Snell, Tony Manarwck W. B. Hoggett, of Juneau; W. T. Per and Joe Beieggas, a committee from a kins, of Seattle and Nome, and John H. colonization society at Toledo, O., are Clum, recently appointed postmaster of looking over Lane county to find a suit Fairbanks. able site for the colony. They have been in all parts of the Pacific North M AN Y F S H E R M E N L O S T . west, and say they like Oregon best. Von Gostoneski says the people to be brought here for the colony ail have Storm O ff Norwegian Coast Sacri fices Hundreds o f Lives. means. Christiania, Norway, March 5. — Fight Fruit Pest. 8everal steamers which were dispatched M cMinnville — As a result of the re to the Jaest and Ingerna islands from cent organization of the Horticultural society in Yam hill county many meet Trondhjem to the assistance of the fish ings have been held in several parts of ing fleet which met with disaster in a the county. The fruitgrowers are man violent storm, have re’ urned, and ves ifesting an unnsual interest this year sels which have arrived at Trondhjem in advancing the fruit industry and report that large numbers of the fleet war has bpen waged against the San have heen seeu floating, keel upward. J obb scale and other fruit pests to such Much general wreckage has also been an extent that spraying in both city sighted. The crews of the boats com and counly is being carried on with prising the fishing fleet number from exceptional vigor. 1,200 to 1.400 men. Altogether 70 fishing boats with Money for Schools. their crews have thus far reached differ Salem — The secretary of the State ent points of Flatanger aud Ruoivik is Land board paid into the state treasury li n is and large numbers are also arriv- cash received on account of the various it g at Gjaeslipgern island, so it is school and college ‘ unds during Febru h iped that the loss w ill not turn out to Three ary, as follows: Common school fund be bo bail as at first feared. certificates, $28,347.35; common school steamers are searching for the missing fund lands, $1,538; common school fishermen. T i e district magistrate, in fund interest, $4,677.22; agricultural reply to a telegraphic inquiry from the college fund, $300; agricultural col department of Justice, says that imme lege fund interest, $181.60; total, diate public assistance is necessary for the relief of the sufferers. $34,081.17. Sheepmen to Meet. Will Drop Ouster Case. Pendleton— The executive committee Topeka, Kan., March 5.— Kansas of the Umatilla Woolgrowers’ assoc a- will drop its ouster priceedings against tion w ill meet with the sheepmen who the Standard Oil company, which have were rejected from the Wenaha reserve been pending in the Supreme crurt for to discuss the question of securing per a year. An announcement to this effict mission to take sheep across the Uma was made by Attorney General Cole tilla Indian reservation. The Oregon man tonight. The suit will be dis sheepmen feel Ihat they have a griev missed with the knowledge and consent Property for Veterans. ance because the Washington men se of the officers of the Kansas Oil Pro Eugene— The will of David A. Gibbs, cured the majority of the graxing per ducers’ association, the body which an old soldier of the C ivil war, who mits. conducted the anti-S’ andard crusade died in Eugene recently, has heen ad during the session of the legislature a mitted to probate. The probable varae P O R TL A N D M A R K E TS . year ago, according to the statement of of his prnpprty is $1,000, and three-- Attorney General Coleman. fifthe of the proceeds of the sale are Wheat— Club, 67c; hluestem, 68c; bequeathed to the local poet of the red, 65c; valley, 70®71c. Conference on Alaska Roads. Grand Armv of the Republic, the re Oats— No. 1 white feed, $28; gray, Washington, March 5. — Two con- mainder being divided between the $27 50; per ton. ferences were held at the white house Circle of Ladies of G. A. R. and the Barley— Feed, $23®24 per ton; brew todav regarding railroad constrnction Woman’ s R elief corps, equally. Gibbs ing. $24(424 50; r o ll«!, $24(425. in Alaska, in which the president is had no near relatives. Buckwheat— $2 26 per cental. manifesting great interest. In confer Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy, $13® ence with the president at different Coming from Tennessee. 14 per ton; valley timothy, $8®9; Arlington — Thirty immigrants front clover. $7 50®8; cheat, $6®7; grain times were Representative Hamilton, of Michigan, chairman of the house Tennessee have arr.ved in Arlington hay, $7®8. committee on territories, and Senator and w ill fonnd a colony in Gilliam Fruits— Apples, $1®2.50 per box; Burnham, of New Hampshire, a mem county, if suitable farming land can he eranberrieft, $I2.50®14 60 per barrel. ber of the senate committee on territor secured. Their leader says fully 20 Vegetablee— Asparagus, 18® 14c per more families w ill arrive within the pound ; cabbage, 1 t$c per pound ; ean- ies. Mr. Hamilton is not favorable to next three months. They are in search lifiower, $2®2.25 per crate; celety, the proposition that the government of at least 100.000 acres. A ll say they $4.75®5; rhuhard, $2 75 per box; lend fiuancial assistance. are pleased with tnis county and its sprouts, 6®7c per pound; pars’ey, 25c; Fire is Beyond Control. climate. A number have gone out in turnips, 90®$l per sack; orrots, 65® Caney, Kan , March 5.— The gas well livery rigs to view the country south of 75c per sack; beets, 85c®$l per eack. here, known as Rock creek and Schutler Onions— No. 1, 65®70c per sack; of the New York Oil A Gas company is burning more furiously than ever, flat. No. 2, nominal. Potatoes— Fancy graded Bnrbanks, and its roar can be heard for miles. Farmers Are Not Enthusiastic. 6 0® 70c per hundred; ordinary, nom The well is four and one-half miles Salem — A good roads meeting was inal; sweet potatoes, 2 k 4 ® 2 ) {c per southeast of Caney, in the Cherokee nation, and has heen biasing since Feb held at Macleay lest week, bnt the ponnd. meeting did not prove to he very en Butter— Fancy creamery, 27>* ®30c ruary 23, when it was etrnck by light, ning. The flames reach more than 150 thusiastic for the permanent improve per pound. ment of the highways. The prevailing Eggs— Oregon ranch, 1 5 16c per fe<t in the air. and consumes, it is es timated, 150,000,000 cubic feet of gas opinion was that the farmers cannot dozen. stand the expense of bringing the mads Poultry— Average old ben«, 13414c per day. to an easy grade and giving them a per pound; mixed chickens. 12}$® 13c; Pressure Applied at Berlin. crashed lock surface. broilers, 20®22c; young roosters, 12® Vienna, March 6. — Diplomats here 1 2 ^ c; old roosters, 1 0 ® 1 0 ){c; dress«! Fine Coal Vein Struck. chickens, 14®15c; turkeys, live, 16® reg-r 1 the sitnation at Algeciras as Coqntlle— W hile workmen were d riv 17c; tnrkeys, dressed, choice, 18®20c; more favorahle. It was stat«l authori ing a tnnnel on the coal property of geese, live, 8 ® 9c; kvete, dress«!, 10® tatively today that Anstria-Hungary, Russia and the United States made Charles Gage, on the lower river, they 12c; docks, 16®l8c. struck a fine vein of high grade coal Hope— Oregon, 1905, choice, 10® strong representations to Berlin, in They are driving thrnngh it to another 10l, e per pound; prime, 8 l {® 9 ! t c ; consequence of which Prince von Bne- low, the imperial chancellor, appears vein, which is mnch larger and of bet medium, 7®8c; olds, 5®7c. ter quality. The find promises to be Wool — Eastern Oregon average best, to have adopted a more conciliatory very valuable. 16®21c per ponnd; valley, 24®26c; attitude, and is inclined to entertain France's proposals. mohair, choice, 3(lc. Last o f Polk’s Hops. Veel— Dressed, 3 H ® 8 c per ponnd. Indep* tdence— The last of this year’s Window Glass Price* Higher. Beef— Dressed bulls, 2*s®3c per Independence bop crop was sold hy H ill ponnd; cows, 3 1*®4 Sic; country steers, Cleveland. March 5.— The American Brothers to Charles Liveeley. The lot 4®5e. Window Glass company. it we* an- of 406 hale*, with the exception of 26 Mutton— Dressed, fane», I ly f f P c per nonnc«i here today, has decided npon hale*, went for 91» rent*. The remain ponnd; ordinary, 4 ® 6c; lambs, 81«® another raise of 5 per cent in ti e price ing 26 hales were of the fngual variety, 9t$c. of window glass. Sever*I smaller man and wera sold for 7 cants. Pork— Dressed, 6®9c per ponnd. I ufacturers bava taken similar action. FRANCE IS GAINING Russia Says She Should Control Police of Morocco. GERMANY NOW ALMOST ALONE Algeciras Conference Surprised by M ove o f Muscovite— American Delegates Reserve Opinion. Algeciras, Spain, Match 8.— This afternoon's sitting of the confsrence on Moroccan reforms was marked by an unexpected ami important move on the part of the Russian delegates, who laid before the convention an ¿exposition ol the police question. The document, which minutely goes over the existing situation iu Morocco and analyzes the position of the various powers, con cludes with an argument for the propo sition that France and Spain are the most fit to be entrusted with the task of controlling the police force which is about to be created. The British, Spanish and Portuguese delegatee expressed their concurrence in the Russian views. Italy, however, though inclined to favor the scheme, reserved final approval. Count you Tattenhach, the junior German delegate, Henry White, the chief of the American delegation, and tin. delegates of the several neutral powers did not express their views. Ditcuesion of definite polict proposals was postponed until Thursday, while the bank project w ill be argued on Wednesday. M. Revoil, the senior French dele gate, expressed France’ s willingness to accept the Russian suggestion, follow ing on with the proposal that the police force shall consist of 2,000 Moors, dis tributed at eight ports, each having four European non-commiSBioned offi cers, and the whole being under com mand of 16 French and Spanish officers selected with the sultan’s . assent, and who shall become Moorish officials. A L L ROADS GUARDED. Precautions Taken by Chinese Gov ernment Against Rebels. . London, March 6 — The Tribune cor respondent at Pekin describes the inter esting strategic disposition of troops hy Yuan Shi Kai, commander of the Chi nese forces. He has stationed four batteries of fl.ld artillery at Chinchow, province of Hunan, on the Yuen river, under pretense that bandits are ap proaching. This arrangement guards the north ern approach to the capital, cutting the caravan route from Manchuria to Pekin. He is also sending eight bat teries of rapid fire guns to Sbnntefu, under the pretext that a secret society there is exhibiting unrest, thus guard ing the southern approach to the capi tal and cutting the Hankow and Pekin road. Yuan Shi Kai retains 26 modified Krupp guns, the most modern pieces in China, at the hunt.ng park, three miles south of Pekin. A N T H R A C IT E S T R IK E SURE. Coal Presidents Will Reject Demands at Next Meeting. New York, March 6.— Rumors are in circulation here that the anthracite mine operators are convinced that a hard coal strike is inevitable. With the expectation that no anthneite will be rained a'ter April 1, they are now seexing every available place to store it, so as to have as large a supply as possible on hand. The demands of the I nited mineworkers have been gone over by President Baer, of the Read ing road, and will be considered by the presidents of the anthracite roads at a meeting in this city tomorrow after noon. It is rumored tonight that the pres idents are agreed that the demands of the miners cannot possibly be granted and it is believed at the meeting to morrow they w ill vote for a break. The refusal of the demands means, they concede, a strike. China Angry with America. Pekin, March 6.— The principal topic in the Chinese press relates to the re ports coming from America that the United S ates is making complete prep arations to rend a military expedition to China. The newspapers regard these reports as a manifesttion of an un friendly policy. The imports of Niu- chwang for 1905, exclusive of military supplies, was the largest recorded. The total was $53.000,000 gold, of which $22,000,000 came fiom America, $9,- 000,000 of this amount being in cot tons. AR M Y IS READY. All Details Arranged to Send 26,000 Men to China. Washington, March 2 — It is possible today to give for the first time the de tails of the preparations which the War department is making for an in vasion of China. Iu case of necessity, which to military minds seems immi nent, it is the intention of the got em inent to dispatch 20,000 regulars from the U n it«l States to join a Philippine force of 6,000 men for an expedition to the Chinese empire. The troops for the Oriental service have been selected, the posts from which they w ill be taken are named in the plans aud the proper allotment has been made among the various branches of ths service. Not only has this been done by the officers who have been working out the invasion tel eme, but they have perfect«! a plan for the distribution of the troops which w ill remain in the United States, so that they may be available in case of home disturbances. The scheme of invasion as at present contemplated is with the view princi pally of a combination of the Am eri can forces with those of other powers, but a subsidiary arrangement has been made to meet the possibility that the United Statee w ill be forced to act alone. I f the situation in China demands the dispatching of American soldiers for a march to Pekin, within three weeks of the time of the call to arms there w ill not be a regular infantryman left within the borders of the United States, for it is the intention of the department to send its full force into the field, save only the infantrymen doing duty in the Philippines. As stated in previous dispatches, the officers of the War College have esti mate! that 100,000 men w ill te neces sary to make au invading force etrong enough to conduct a successful cam paign against Pekin. I f hy an unfor tunate trend of events it should become necessary that America act alone, there would be no attempt at the outset to reach the Forbidden City. Tentative plans, in case America goes alone into the fight, contemplate a joint army and navy expedition to seize one of the greater coast tow s in China. Tliis might or might not have an effect on the Chinese government, but, because of recent events, it would seem that the Chinese governments is not all- powerful in the control of its affairs, and as a consequence such a seizure might be of little avail, save possibly for indemnity purposes. RAISE P A Y OF R U R AL CARRIERS. Cortelyou Recommends an Increase When Routes are Adjusted. Washington, March 2.— This state ment has been furnished the Associated Press lor transmission: “ In the matter of rural carriers’ pay, it can be authoritatively stated that theie is no disposition on the part of the Poetoffice department to cut rates. On the contrary, the department has strongly recommended the advisability of congressional consideration of the subject, looking to more adequate com pensation. “ In the recent readjustments to com plete county service, the number of routes reduced in mileage has exceeded the number increased. These condi tions have resulted in lowering the pay of the carriers somewhat. Until the service is completed throughout the country, the average of rarriers’ salaries based upon present legal allowance will naturally fluctuate from time to time as routes are increased or decreas«! in length. Under the so-called new rural policy of the department, out of a total of 34,938 routes installed up to Febru ary 1, but 27 had been discontinued. These discontinuances were mostly due to readjustments in order to complete service in counties.” Continues Present Rates. Washington, March 2 .— President Roosevelt today issued a proclamation imposing the rates ol duties provided by section 3 of the Dingley act upon imports from Germany in retnrn for Germany’ s concession of minimum tariff rates on United Srales products. The articles and rate of duty named in the president’ s proclamation are the same as those now in force, which would have been terminated yesterday, bnt for the recent action of the German government in giving this country the benefit of its minimum tariff. Copyright Treaty with Japan. Washington, Ma-ch 2. — The senate in executive session today ra tifi«) and made public a treaty between the Unit ed States and Japan, relating to copy rights, negit ated by Minister Griscnm and Minister of State Kntsura on No vember 10, 1905. It provides that the citizens of each country shall enjoy in the dominions of the other the posses sion of copyright for their works of literature and art, as well as photo graphs and against illegal reproduction on the same basis on which protection is granted to the other. Rest o f Village Swallowed. Rome, arch 6.— The partial destruc tion of the village of Tavernola, which etoed on high cliffs bordering Lake Iseo, in the province ’ of Brescia, by the falling of the cliffs into the lake, was made comple:e today, what had rem ain«! of the village being swallowed hy the lake. The inhabitants, of whom there are 1,000, who had taken refuge at a distance from the lake, are deeti- tnte and in terror lest further calamity befall them. The government has sent them supplies for their immediate needs. Shaw Opposes Souvenir Coins. Washington, March 2. — Secretary 8haw, of the Treasnry department, ap peared today before the house commit tee on industrial arts and exposition to disease the bill providing appropria tions for the Jamestown Tercentenn’ al Exposition. He expressed emphatic disapproval of the provision of the hill for the coinage of -1,000,009 $2 silver pieces upon which the exposition de sires to realize $600,000 profit on the cost of teniorage. Many Die o f Starvation. Washington, March 6.— The secretary of the American Red Cross has received information from Japan that the un precedented cold in Northe-n Japan has greatly increased the suffering in the f imine stricken provinces. M illet is being bought with some of the repel funds, as that is cheaper than rice. Many have etarv«! to death or died from the cold, and many more deaths are looked f >r in the next few months. Report on Female and Child Labor. Washington, Mar^b 1.—The honse of committee on labor decided today to make a favorable report on a hill ap propriating $300,000 for a compilation of full statistics by the department of Commerce and Labor on the condition of women and child workers through out the United States. This bill grew out of the movement inaugurated by Governor Cnrtis Guild, of Massachu setts, for the investigation of labor con ditions. Fire Sweeps Panhandle. Anstin, Tex., Mirch 6. — According to report* received today, prairie fires that have been sweeping the extreme western pert of the Panhandle for the past three days have entailed a lose to the present time of more than $1,000,- Aid Sent to Famine Sufferers. Washingotn, March The Nation al Red Croes today cabled to the Japan ese Red Cross $5 000, making a total of $27,000 contributed by the Ameri can people and transmitted to Japan through that organisation for reliaf of the famine sufferers. --------------r 000 .