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.
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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.
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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.
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