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CO N V ICT T O O FAT. The Estacada Progress l»«ucd Each Thursday ESTACADA .................. OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS G eneral Review o f Im portant Hap penings P resen ted in a B rief and C om prehensive M anner fo r Busy R eaders—National, Political, His torical and Com m ercial. P a rts of Mexico are suffering from severe drouth. The senate has defeated local option in California by a vote of 12 to 25. Bryan hopes never again to run for president, but may run for senator. The Louisiana Suprem e court has de cided th a t the a n ti-b ettin g law is valid. M issouri W arden Has No A ccom m o dations tor P risoner. Jefferson C ity, Mo., March 16.— M att W. Hall, warden of the peniten tiary, adm its th a t he has a hard prob lem to discover some means of handling Louis Decker, of St. Louis, a form er m em ber of the house of delegates, who was prosecuted and convicted of bood- ling and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. D ecker came here last Thursday and surrendered. T hat evening he was de livered to the warden of the peniten tiary. Then the trouble sta rte d for the warden. It was discovered th a t there was not a su it of clothes in the prison large enough to tit the prisoner, and th a t the cell doors were too small to adm it him. Decker tip s the scales a t 320 pounds, and is by fa r the heaviest pris oner ever received a t the penitentiary. Prison Physician C hastain was called in for counsel. He said he believed a place could be fixed up in the hospital building where Decker could be kept. The warden a t once accepted the prop osition and D ecker was taken there and has been confined there since. T abulated figures show th at Chicago has 710 inspectors of different kinds on the payroll. The Standard Oil company has been PLOT TO FORCE INTERVENTION fined $20,000 in New York for accept ing rebates and a new tria l refused. R eturned T raveler Says Federation of Los Angeles again has a mayor, the S ta te s is O bject. council having elected W illiam D. City of Mexico, March 16.- Accord Stephens to hold until the special elec ing to J . H. Graham , an American tion March 26. traveler who has recently returned here H arrim an says g re a t railroad im a fte r v isitin g the C entral American cap provements will be made if congress itals, the trouble fom ented by P resi legalizes pooling and plans a g re at dent Zelaya, of N icaragua, is the result transcontinental m erger. of a definite program to enforce the The Krupps, of Germany, will at intervention of the United States. Both Honduras and Salvador have once begin the m anufacture of gun powder in Mexico. The governm ent already appealed to W ashington to in tervene, and Zelaya is co-operating will lend much assistance. w ith tnem , according to th is authority. Chicago’s new ch arter proposes to Zelaya and the o ther C entral Am er give the people a recall system. ican executives cannot re tire, as th a t If Servia is buying gunpowder and Ger m ight mean a fo rfeiture of life. intervention will bring about the fede many is uneasy over the situation. ration of the five republics, allowing Three Chicago boys ran away to the present rulers to step down and join Roosevelt on his trip to A frica. enjoy peacefully the fortunes they alt Persia is again the scene of internal have amassed, the purpose of Zelaya strife and Russia is sending troops. and his allies will have been accom The governm ent only a w ait“ word plished, according to Mr. Graham. from Mexico to intervene in Central SERVIA PREPARES FOR WAR. Am erica. General W. T. Palm er, founder of Colorado Springs and a g re a t railroad builder, is dead. Dr. S ta rr, of Chicago university, de clares th a t Roosevelt will not survive his trip to A frica. The speaker of the Texas lower house has been compelled to resign on account of charges of g ra ft. The California legislature has passed a bill requiring railroads to have three brakem en on fre ig h t train s of over 50 cars. Indians in N orthern Canada have suffered g reatly from cold this w inter and many have frozen to death. T heir supplies are also nearly exhausted. A M ilwaukee grand ju ry has found a plum bers’ tru st. Seism ographs a t M anila recorded a heavy earthquake. Law yers in the Calhoun tria l are atill b a ttlin g over jurors. Civic chaos has followed the resig nation of Mayor H arper a t Los An geles. A nthracite m iners and operators have disagreed and the conference ad journed. S ecretaries B allinger and Wilson will personally inspect irrigation and fo rest work. The B ritish naval plan for the com ing year contains plans for four mon ste r battleships. E xpects to Have 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 Men Ready for Field by April. Vienna, March 16.—According to in form ation from the best of Bourees, S ervia’s m ilitary preparations are being pushed w ith haste and energy which strongly belies the protestations of the late memorandum as to the desire of the country to rem ain a t peace. Beginning in February, the entire first line of reserve was placed on a war footing and it has been drilled for three weeks. A t the end of January 30,000 recru its were called up, as com pared w ith the usual num ber of 17,000. In the last few months the second re serve has been called out for two w eeks’ exercise. B eginning in A pril, Servia counts on being able to place 250,000 men in the field. A u-tria-H ungary is fully prepared for action and is inclined to force an im m ediate solution o f the present crisis. People Burn Effigies. El Paso, Texas, March 16.— B itterly indignant over the passage by the leg islature of New Mexico of a bill chang ing the county se a t of S ie rra county from Hillsboro to C utter, the citizens of Hillsbort^ N. M., burned the figures of R epresentative Julien Chavz and R. H. H unter in effigy. Chavz introduced the bill, and H unter was instrum ental in securing its passage through the legislature. Over the image of Chavz a placard was posted reading, “ Hon. Julien Chavz, buffoon of Sierra A M ontana holdup man robbed six county.” Ja p s and then made them a ssist him to escape on a hand car. Aeroplane is C hristened. The American m inister to N icaragua New York, March 16. W hat is said has been recalled and joint interven to have been the first christening of an tion by Mexico and the United S tates aeroplane in the history of the world, is threatened. took place today a t M orris park under A landslide a t Ja v a has alm ost com the auspices of the A eronautic society. pletely buried three villages and cost V irtually all of the ceremonies which hundreds of lives. ihTe dead are e sti attend the launching of a ship were perform ed, including the breaking of a m ated a t over 1,000. bottle of cham pagne on one of the steel C astro has engaged berths on a ves bars of the machine. The sponsor sel sailing for Venezuela March 26. named the new c ra ft “ New York No. A Cuban woman has ju st given birth I to quadruplets, two boys and two girls. Ship Sinks, 2 0 Drow ned. The M innesota house has turned R otterdam . March 16.—The Norwe down two bills favoring woman su f gian steam er Mascot, for Sunderland, frage. collided today w ith the German ship The house com m ittee is receiving M argretha, from Iquique, for Ham many protests againgt proposed tariff burg, about 20 m iles w est of Maas changes. lightship. The M argretha sank alm ost A Chicago pastor and $5,000 have imm ediately. Tw enty of the 26 mem disappeared and the police are looking bers of the crew w ere drowned. The Mascot returned here w ith a big hole for him. in her bow. The M argretha was com Mayor H arper, of Los Angeles, has manded by C aptain W oethre. resigned under the th re a t of exposure of gross im m orality. Coal S trike is P redicted. An a tte m p t was made to wreck a Philadelphia, March 16.—"T h e an th B urlington passenger train near Peoria, racite m iners will s trik e .” Secretary III., by throw ing a sw itch. H artlein, of D istrict No. 9, of the The Nevada legislature is consider U nited Mine W orkers of America, ing an anti-gam bling bill which even made th is statem en t last night in dis prohibits the playing of w hist or other cussing the union’s agreem ent w ith the mine owners. He based the prediction gam es for prizes. upon the apparent inability of the op A nhracite m iners’ demands have posing sides to g et together. been refused by the operators and both aides are preparing for a strike. M orse Fortune All Gone. Japanese figures show th a t 94 more New York, March 16. Mrs. Charles Japanese returned home during Febru W. Morse, w ife of the form er bank ary than came to the U nited S tates. and ice company prom oter, tonight confirmed the report th a t her husband’s E ast A frica is m aking g re at p repar fortune had been entirely dissipated ations for Roosevelt’s hunt. and th a t she had to sell her furniture The president of the German Fire In and jew els to m eet the obligations in surance company has been indicted a t curred by him in his recent tria l. Toledo, Ohio, for perjury and em bez Plan T im ber Pickling Plant. zlem ent. Anaconda, Mont., March 16.—E. F. King Edward disproved the report of Sherm an, chief of the tim ber preserva his illness by w alking ten miles. tion division of the forstry bureau, has Blizzard in New Mexico, tornadoes closed contracts in th is city for the in in A rkansas and Gulf s ta te have caused stallation of a tim ber pickling plant southeast of this city. By the pickling many deaths. The most strin g en t local option law process the governm ent hopes to be in any sta te has been passed by the able to preserve the life of the tim bers. . ” U tah legislature. R ailroads in Missouri may compro m ise and make 2 ^ cents a mile the standard for passenger rates. A t the municipal elections in Minne sota 27 towns voted dry again st 24 Which decided to continue saloons. W reck H urts Seventeen. San Antoi.io, T ex., March 16. —Sev enteen passengers were injured, some seriously, and two perhaps fatally, in the collision last night of a Southern Pacific pasesnger train and a switch engine a t Sanderson, Tex. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON THE SPECIAL SE SS IO N . STATE MAY LO SE. Salem, March 15,—Tuesday a fte r Attorney General Says L egislature Re noon will end the business of the O re pealed G ro ss E arnings Tax Law. gon legislature a fte r u special session Salem W hether by inadvertence or of about 30 hours. The house tonight adopted a resolu w ith actual intention it is not known, tion for adjournm ent a t noon Tuesday. but the legislature by the enactm ent of Speaker M cArthur said it m ight be ne the tax commission act has repealed the gross earnings tax, imposed by an cessary to turn the clock back. Each house continued the organiza act of the people a t the general elec tion of the regular session this m orn tion held in 1906. This is the opinion ing by adopting resolutions declaring of the attorney general, who, a fte r a President Bowerman and Speaker Mc careful exam ination of the act, declares th a t O regon’s system of taxation has A rthur the presiding officers. Three bills have passed both houses, been so badly muddled th a t those whose one by R epresentative Bones, appro duty it is to enforce the law hardly priatin g $7,500 for expenses of the know w here they stand. The gross earnings tax has been one special session, one curing a defective emergency clause in the act creatin g a of the most highly valued of the s ta te ’s board to elim inate duplications in cur sources of income. The law was en ricula of the A gricultural college and acted by the people under in itiativ e a t the S ta te university, and one appropri the instigation of the sta te grange. It a tin g funds for improvem ents in sta te is being contested in the courts by the Pacific S ta te s Telephone & Telegraph instituitions. The house voted to subm it the nor company on the ground th a t the in itia mal issue to a vote of the people. A tive and referendum , by which the tax bill has also been introduced appropri was imposed, is unconstitutional in ating $ 10,000 for each of the s'hools th a t it endeavors to set aside a repre- The to carry them until a fte r the election 1 ten ta tiv e form of governm ent. case w as decided in favor of the sta te of 1910 In the senate there is a disposition a few w eeks ago in the Oregon Su to ignore the normal question entirely preme court and has now been carried and it is doubtful if any action is taken to the U nited States Suprem e court. Tne su it means a difference of from further than subm it the whole thing to $60,000 to $70,000 to the sta te of Ore a popular vote. Both houses have refused to take up gon in the m atter of taxes for the any of the bills vetoed by Cham berlain. years of 1907 and 1908 and if the opin ion of the attorney general is correct it means th a t Oregon has lost this sum O utside Towns at Hose Festival. in taxes for the past year and a much Portland An innovation in the plans larger sum for the next few years, un of the Portland Rose festival for the less the extraordinary session of the third annual celebration for 1909, legislature can correct the error. which will take place the second week of June will be the m ammoth “ S p irit Big Deals Near Brownsville. of the Golden W est” parade, to be Brownsville -T hree of the largest given one evening during the week. farm s in th is section recently changed This procession will be for the exclu hands. The McCart place of about 620 sive exploitation of the resources and acres was sold to a Colorado man, the industries of the towns of Oregon out consideration being $29,000. This is side of Portland. I t will contain a said to be one of the best farm s in g re at many more ffoats than the parade Linn county. The Ebberly farm of 400 of last year, and will be considerably acres w ent for $17,000, and the C. Cal more representative in th a t closer re loway farm of 1,300 acres brought strictions have been placed upon the $17,700. The Calloway farm is lo character of the floats to be entered. cated northw est of Brownsville, in the L ast year 18 Oregon comm unities p a r foothills, and is an ideal stock ranch. ticipated in thia pageant, and while The recent sales of land are ascribed the festival is more than three months to the a c tiv ity of the Brownsville Com away, it is now assured th a t more than mercial club. The club now has on th a t num ber will be found in the line hand about $1,100, to be spent for ad this year. Designs will be subm itted v e rtisin g in the E ast and Middle W est. free of charge to any comm unity th a t desires to show its resources to the Fossil U nearthed in C ro o k . world. Bend— A report has ju s t reached this place of the finding of the skull of O regon Scenery W orld's Finest. an anim al a t a depth of five and a half Portland— “ The most beautiful scen fe e t by Rev. I. D. Brown, w hile dig ery in the world is found in the vicini ging a well on his farm in the M adras ty of The Dalles, ” said M. J . A nder country. The fossil was imbedded in son, of the U nited S ta te s fo rest reserve a stra tu m of sand and was in fairly commission. “ There is a road leading good condition, although broken in 30 miles back through the m ountains several places. I t was about the size from The Dalles th a t unfolds the most of a g o a t’s head and had som ewhat the wonderful sights I have ever looked appearance of the skull of th a t anim al. upon,” continued the inspector. “ A t The fossil w ill be preserved and late r one point Cloud Cap inn is to be seen may be se n t the paleontologist a t the 1,500 feet below. Only e ig h t m iles of U niversity of Oregon. the road will need repairing to m ake it easily available for autom obiles. I C oos Fruit Union Active. have been impressed w ith the fact th a t Marshfield — The m em bers of the the developm ent of Oregon will m ake the sta te known as the center of the Coos Bay F ru itg ro w ers’ association are planning for an active cam paign w orld’s finest scenery.” during the coming sum m er. A solicit ing com m ittee will see all of the fru it C atches W ildcats in T rap. grow ers of the county and induce them Albany—Seven wildcat scalps were to join and the organization will ad left a t the county cle rk 's office here a vance in the county the work of proper few days ago by Frank S teingrandt, of spraying and pruning. There are Foster, who is the first claim ant for prospects of a large increase in the the new w ildcat bounty offered by Linn fruitgrow ing business in Coos county. county. S teingrandt caught all of the Much of the tim ber land which has wildcats in traps one a t a tim e. He been cleared has been found adaptable says the anim als were ra th e r plentiful for the industry. in the vicinity of Foster, but th a t he and his neighbors have set a num ber of Campbell Now Fruit Inspector. traps since the bounty was offered and Freew ater—S. J. Campbell has been th ey 'are rapidly decreasing. appointed fruit inspector for Umatilla county, in place of T. S. Ragsdale, re Complain to C om m ission. signed. Mr. Campbell is a retired Salem —George Taylor & Son, of Presbyterian minister, who has been a S tar, have made com plaint to the S ta te resident of this section many years. Railroad commission th a t the Oregon He has given much attention to horti & Southeastern Railway company has culture and has a splendid orchard. He made a demand th a t a spur owned by has signified his intention of thorough the lum ber company be turned over to ly enforcing the law with respect to the railroad company, th reatening to spraying and shipment of fruit and refuse shipm ents in case this is not other laws. done. The commission has advised the lum ber company th a t the railroad com PORTLAND M ARKETS. pany has no rig h t to refuse shipm ents W heat — Bluestem, nominal; club, from the spur. $1.08; red Russian, $1.01; valley, $1.05. Five C ents M ore for W ool. O ats—No. 1 white, $39 per ton. Pendleton,—By the tran sfer of 150,- B arley—Feed, $30 per ton. 000 pounds of wool a t prices a t laest 5 Hay Tim othy, W illamette valley, cents higher than those paid for the sam e clips last year, the wo.d buying $13(<i 15 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $16 season in th is p a rt of the sta te has 0)18; clover, $12ft)13; alfalfa, $14.50 been auspiciously opened. The sales (« 1 15; grain hay, $13 ft) 14; cheat, were made near A rlington, p a rt of the $13.50(0 14.50; vetch, $13.50(014.50. B utter—C ity creamery, extrs, 36c; purchases being by The Dalles scouring creamery, 32(0 35c; mill. An effort is bein g made to con fancy outside (Butter fat prices ceal the prices paid, but i t , i s said to store, 18(o 20c. have ranged from 1 7 '4 to 18 cents. average 1 ,'■* cents per pound under reg Those selling were Sm ythe & Smythe, ular b u tte r prices.) Eggs Oregon ranch, 22 (*(<) 25c. H orst & Wheelhouse, E. J . Clough Poultry Hens, 15.^(0 16c; broilers, and W illiam Sm ith. 20(o 25c; fryers, 18(0 20c; roosters, old, 11 (./12 c ; young, 14(ol5c; ducks, Women to E rect Fountain. 20(o 22c; geese, 10c; turkeys, 18(u20c. E ugene- The L adies’ auxiliary of Veal E xtra, 10>yft)llc; ordinary, the Eugene Commercial club a t its reg 7(o 8c; heavy, 5c. ular m eeting decided to raise a fund of Pork Fancy, 9)»c per; large, 8(o. $1,000 for the purpose of erecting an 8j*c. electric fountain to be placed in the Potatoes—$1.25(ol.35 per hundred; approach to the new park depot. The sweets, 2 '..(<> 3c pound. following was appointed to select a de V egetables—Turnips, $1(01.25 sack; sign and raise the funds: Mesdames carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets, R. McMurphy, W. Kuykendall, Charles $1.5fl(o$1.75; horseradish, 10c pound; S. W illiam s, W. O. Allen, W. W. artichokes, 90c(o'$l dozen; asparagus, Calkins, F. R. W etherbee, L aura H a r 12(o20c pound; beans, 25c; cabbage, ris and W. A. Bell. 2 . < o 3 S c ; cauliflower, $1.25 dozen; celery, $4.50 crate; onions, 40(o50c H orse Show at Salem . dozen; parsley, 25ftf30c dozen; radish S al-m —Plans for the second annual es, 35c dozen; rhubarb, $3.25 box. Salem horse show are developing. The Hops 1909 contracts, 1 0 (ol0t4c; show is to be held Saturday, April 3. 1908 crop, 7(08 '4c; 1907 crop, 3(»4c; The board of trade at its last m eeting 1906 crop, 1 lg 0 i 2c. voted to set aside $500 for the use of Wool- E astern Oregon contracts, 16 the show com m ittee, which is twice (ol8c pound; valley, 15ftil6,4c; mo the sum voted for the same purpose a hair, choice. 21(<i 22c pound. y ear ago. Souvenirs and useful a r ti C attle Top steers, $5ftt5.25; fair cles will be given this year instead of to good, $4.75(d5; common to medium, cash, for prizes. $3.25(1)4.50; cows, top, $4.25; fair to good, $3.50((f4; common to medium, D eposit o f T urquoise Found. $2.50(n3.50; calves, top, 5(o$5.50; Albany—A rich deposit of turquoise heavy, 3.50ft) 4 ; bulla and stags, fat, has been uncovered by workmen in $;’(()J.50; common, $2ft(2.75. the Black Eagle mine in the Gold Creek Hogs—Best, $7.25; fair to good, d istric t in Marion county, near Gales. $6.75(o7: stockers, $5.50ftt6 .5 0 ; China Specim ens of the m ineral have been fats, $6.75. sent to W. S. Risley, of Albany, a tto r Sheep Top wethers, $5.75, fair to ney for the Black Eagle company. The good, $l.75ftt'5.25; ewes, >*c less on turquoise appears to be of a good all grades; lambs, top, $6.50@ 6.75; quality. fair to good, $6(<)6.50. SMALL HOPE IN T E N N E SSE E . 'APPROPRIATES Remaining S tan d ard C a se s D esperate - R ebate Law About D ead. STATE MONEY W ashington, March 12. The offi cials of the departm ent of ju stice to day again declined to discuss w hat fu rth e r action woud be taken by the governm ent w ith respect to the several o ther crim inal cases ag ain st the S tand ard Oil company for accepting rebates now pending in the courts for the N orthern D istrict of Illinois. I t is un derstood, however, th a t Messrs. Wil- kerson and Sims, the governm ent a t torneys, will come to W ashington w ithin the next few days for a confer ence w ith A ttorney General W icker- sham , when it is presum ed a course of action will be decided on. The decision of the court in the $29,- 240,600 fine case leaves still pending in the Chicago D istrict court three double cases, in which two separate grand ju rie s have found indictm ents. These three double cases are under stood to be sim ilar, if not identical, w ith the case decided yesterday. Consideration already has been given by governm ent counsel to the case of the United S ta te s again st the Standard Oil company, which shortly is to come to tria l a t Jackson, Tenn. The indictm ent in th a t case contains 1,500 counts, the specific charges being th a t the Standard shipped from W hit ing, Ind., to various points in the South ’ ,500 or more carloads of oil on which concessions in ra te s were made by the railroads. The decision of the C ircuit court at Chicago is not binding as a m a tte r of law on the Tennessee judge, who may try the case, as he is not in the same circuit, but it is considered likely th a t he may follow the Chicago court so far as the two cases have sim ila rity . The Tennessee case probably will be heard by Judge John E. McCall, of the w est ern d istric t of Tennessee. W IRELESS T EL L S OF WOE. llldh Treasurer Used Funds to Carry On Private Undertakings. T ook Two L arge Tax Paym ents to Help Out Nevada Mining Schem e — Bondsm en M ake G ood Amount —C o n fesses and G oes to Ja il— Victim of “ F riends." S alt Lake C ity, March 13.—A short age of $70,628.34 in the funds of the sta te , discovered less than a week ago, has been repaid to the last penny and Jam es C hristiansen, ex -state treasurer, a d m ittin g the defalcation, is aw aiting a settlem ent w ith the crim inal law in the county jail. R estitution was made by his bondsmen» a fte r the delinquent offi cial had turned over to them all his m ining holdings and his w ife had m ort gaged her home to swell the am ount of the security. The bondsmen say they will lose but little . C hristiansen has retained ex-Con- gressm an W. H. K ing and brother as counsel. The attorneys say th a t they will demand a speedy hearing, but re fuse to outline th e ir fu tu re course. Although he has adm itted the ap propriation of the s ta te ’s money and there is evidence of a clumsy a ttem p t to hide the deficit by falsification of the books of his form er offee, C hris tiansen receives more sym pathy than condemnation. “ He is the victim of his frie n d s,” is the comm ent of those who know most of his personal affairs. It is related th a t supposed friends interested him in certain m ining en te r prises, principally in Nevada, and when funds ran low, appealed to him w ith every form of argum ent and a rt of per suasion to save th eir undertakings from ruin by raisin g the sum needed to put them on a paying basis. The investigation disclosed th a t C hristiansen on May 26, 1908, had taken $10,628.94, which was paid by Mrs. J u lia A. Kim ball as an inherit ance tax. On Ja n u a ry 4 of the pres ent year County T reasurer John Groes- beck paid C hristiansen $60,000, a por tion of the county taxes due the sta te . For both of these am ounts, C hristian sen gave receipts from the back of his receipt books. The discovery of a shortage came when the county tre a s urer paid the balance of the county taxes to C hristiansen’s successor. The form al exam ination of the books of the office began and the disclosures were made. Atlantic S tations Pick Up F ragm ents o f Appeal for Help From Sea. Boston, March 12. — A nother sea tragedy has been revealed to naval operators a t the governm ent w ireless statio n s a t C harleston navy yard and N ew port by fragm entary m essages re ceived through the ether. W hether the breaks in the m essage are caused by the distress on board the vessel sending them or not is not known. Not enough has been received a t e ith e r sta tion to locate or identify the c ra ft in trouble. “ In distress, notify life-saving sta tions—w est— south— e ast— is the way the m essage w as read a t Newport. A nother w ireless station picked up fragm ents of a m essage about the same tim e which w ere in effect th a t a vessel w as d riftin g in distress off the New Je rse y coast. The word “ T ra in e r” w as among o ther unconnected words received anefthis led to the supposition C R ISIS IN FRANCE. th a t the message m ight have referred to the schooner “ Ann B. T ra in e r,” which was reported early in the week Huge Deficit and Scandals Prom ise as d riftin g w ithout m asts off the V ir to U pset C abinet. g in ia coast. P aris, March 13.— France, like the U nited S tates, is confronted w ith a big BRITAIN GAINS TERRITORY . deficit in her revenues. The budget of 1909 necessitated the issue of $12,000,- Siam C edes 16,000 S q u are Miles Un 000 in treasury bonds, while the regu d e r Industrial T reaty. lar estim ates for 1910 show a deficit of London, March 12.— F ifteen thou $45,600,000. The situation com plicates the pro- sand square m iles of te rrito ry has been added to the B ritish em pire by the posal to revise the French tariff, and tre a ty signed yesterday a t Bangkok, it already has precipitated a quarrel Siam , under the term s of which Siam betw een M. C aillaux, m inister of cedes to G reat B rita in the sta te s of finance, and M. Picard, m inister of K alantan, T riugan and Kedah, which m arine, over the insistence of the la t h e rea fte r w ill be adm inistered w ith te r on large credits to restore the effi ciency of naval m aterial. the Malay Federated sta te s. Scandalous corruption in the m atter U nder the tre a ty B ritish capital to the e x ten t of $20,000,000, w ill be fu r of contracts revealed lately by M. nished for the construction of railroads Picard has sta rtle d the country, and south from Bangkok. These lines are the m in ister of m arine has practically to be controlled by a new departm ent refused to continue in office unless he q uite d istin c t from the present railroad is granted sufficient funds to put the adm inistration of Siam , which is ad navy in first class order. I t has been learned th a t a regular m inistered by Gemans. T here will be also a gradual abolition of B ritish ex monopoly existed among the navy con tractors, who charged e x o rb itan t prices tr a territo ria l rig h ts in Siam. and made enormous profits. M. Brousse, a m em ber of the cham ber of Blizzard in New M exico. Albuquerque, N. M., March 12.—This deputies, who investigated the navy city was sw ept by a terrific gale today, accouns in behalf of the finance com the wind a tta in in g a velocity o f 60 m ittee, reports th a t m illions have been m iles an hour. An unknown man was swallowed up w ithout any benefit to found frozen to death a few m iles south the navy. In one case boilers costing of town. The roof of the Shortle Tu $150,000 were purchased for ships th a t berculosis sanitarium w as blown away, were put out of commission before the and the new Federal building was bad boilers w ere furnished. ly damaged. Both buildings w ere un der construction and unoccupied. The P o w ers Uneasy on Servia. storm was accompanied by rapid fall Berlin, March 13.—The late st Ser in tem perature and it is feared th a t vian note, in which th a t country sets c a ttle and sheep grazing on the open forth th a t she does not desire to pro plains suffered severely. voke w ar w ith A ustria-H ungary, but m aintains th a t the question of annexa Death H arvest in G eorgia. tion of Bosnia and Herzegovina should A tlanta, Ga., March 12.—Ten per be regulated by the powers, was de sons were killed in the tornado th a t livered a t the foreign office here today. sw ept across Alabam a and G eorgia last S ervia’s renunciation of territo ria l night. The storm plowed two m iles compensation is regarded officially as of tim ber and farm s near Cumming, a peaceful sign. The fa c t remains, Ga., and destroyed much property. however, th a t Sei-via’s m ilitary pre C uthbert, Ga., reported the dam age a t parations are being continued, and are $500,000. N early h alf the main busi causing counter preparation on the ness block was dam aged Homeless p a rt of A ustria-H ungary. persons wandered through the town searching for household goods which T h ree-C en t F are Again. the wind had scattered. St. Louis March 13.—Traffic execu tives of the 18 railroads in Missouri, Life Saves by W ireless. a fte r conferring today as to the advis E ureka, Cal., March 12.—The oil ab ility of resto rin g the old three-cent steam er Asuncion, C aptain George E. a m ile ra te made legal by Judge Mc B ridgett, en route from San Francisco Pherson’s decision a g ain st the Missouri to Portland, hove to 100 m iles north of tw o-cent fare law, adjourned to m eet here th is afternoon and notified the in Chicago n e x t Monday. A t th a t F o rt HumDoldt w ireless station th a t a tim e a general increase in the passen sailor had fallen from the rig g in g to ger ra te s in Missouri, W isconsin, Min the deck. The message stated th a t his nesota, K ansas and Oklahoma will be injuries had resulted in severe internal discussed. I t is probable the railroads hem orrhages, and medical advice was will name a com m ittee to confer w ith asked for and was prom ptly given. A ttorney General Major, of Missouri. Again on Visiting T erm s. V ictoria, B. C., March 12.—News was brought by the steam er Suveric, which reached port today, th a t Jap an was preparing to receive the first Rus sian w arships to reach Japan since the w ar. They are the K orietz and Glyak, new vessels named a fte r tw o of the sam e name sunk during the w ar, and had come from Russia, to be followed shortly by the new cruiser Pavel III, D zibuti and another battleship. Death List Now 3 6 . B rinkley, A rk., March 12,.—T hirty- five persons w ere killed by the tornado here and more than 200 injured, ac cording to a statem en t issued tonight by Mayor Jackson. An appeal for out side aid for the homeless was made by the mayor. S h o rtag e in W heat. Stockton, Cal., March 13.—The scar city of m illing w heat has increased prices to a point w here buyers refuse to purchase any grain. H eretofore when w heat or barley reached a high point there has been sufficient to m eet all demands, but now there is not enough good m illing grain in the city to supply any mill for many days, and the holders will not sell unless they g et fa r more than the price based on quotations a t other cities. F oot o f Snow in Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 13.— A foot of snow, accompanied by a high wind, has fallen in W estern N ebraska and W yoming during the last 48 hours. Stock ia suffering severely in some portions of W yoming. DEAD EXCEED THIRTY. D isastrous Effect of T ornado Which Sw ept Brinkley. A rkansas. Brinkley, A rk., March 10.—T hirty or more lives were lust, 60 people were injured and property w orth $1,000,000 was destroyed as a resu lt of the to r nado th a t wrecked this town. The tornado shrieked above the city only a few m inutes, but itB Work of destruction w as complete. The C ath olic church, standing directly in the path of the storm , alone escaped dam age. It haa been converted into a hospital. The principal stre ets are im passible and are piled high w ith wreckage. Every business house is in ruins and there is hardly a home th a t haa not been damaged. All the hotels were demolished, but the guests escaped. R elief squads have been a t work a t day caring for the dead and injured. The Rock Island and Southw estern (Cotton B elt) railroads have placed cars a t the disposal of the local relief com m ittee and many people are leav ing Brinkley, seeking tem porary re fuge a t other points nearby. Governor Donaghey arrived from L ittle Rock this afternoon in response to a call from the citizens’ com m ittee. Hundreds of people are homeless and are w andering about, seeking a tem porary abode. Three special train s arrived from neighboring towns today, bringing re lief workers, physicians and nurses. Mass m eetings have been called for tomorrow in L ittle Rock and other c ities to raise funds for the storm vic tim s. FIGHT 2-C E N T FARE. Railroads to S ta rt Suits at O nce in Many W estern S ta te s. Chicago, March 10.—A m eeting of the executive com m ittee of the W est ern Passenger association will be held tomorrow to form ulate a plan of action in view of the decision of the Federal court nullifying the 2-cent passenger and maximum freig h t ra te law in Mis souri. I t is understood th a t there is an alm ost unanimous opinion th a t the roads ought to return to a 3-cent fare as soon as the schedule can be pre pared. One large system is known to be in fator of accepting the suggestion of the court, and m ake the ra te 2Jft cents for the “ stro n g ” lines and 3 cents for the “ w eak” lines. The prevailing sentim ent is ag ain st this, however, as it is regarded as in conflict w ith th a t p a rt of the co u rt’s decision wh ch de clares th a t the railroads ought to earn 6 per cent for the stockholders. A m eeting of the executive officials of the W estern roads will be held soon w ith a view to concerted action again st all 2-cent passenger laws. I t is ex pected th a t suits w 11 begin soon in Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, M innesota, W isconsin and Indi ana and possibly Michigan. The Kan sas senate killed the 2-cent bill, but a 2-cent ra te made by the sta te commis sion is in effect. BAD HORSE ON C U ST O M E R S. G ro cer Who Sold Equine S ausages C om es to Grief, Too. Chicago, March 10.—J . J . Schm idt, a butcher a t Chicago H eights, was found guilty today in Judge K ersen’s court of selling diseased horse flesh which had been made up in sausage. The conviction followed an investiga tion started by butchers in Chicago H eights and H arvey, who w ere unable to understand why Schm idt could sell his product a t a lower price than they could afford. Schm idt’s sausages were said to have gained such a reputation for sw eetness of flavor th a t he was able to sell g re at q uantities. T his is believed to have caused the enm ity of his com petitors, w ith the result th a t they ex amined his product. The butcher was convicted under the sta te law prohibit ing the sale of diseased c attle. The p en alty es a year in jail, an I a fine o f $1,000. Schm idt’s attorneys entered a motion for a new trial. A ssistan t S ta te ’s A ttorney George G unther pros ecuted the case. Stick P ro b e Into Banks. Carson City, Nev., March 10.—The resolution calling for an investigation of the sta te banking commission was adopted by the assem bly today and Assemplymen Brandon Brooks and Charles Kane were appointed repre sen tativ es of the lower house. The resolutoin has already passed the sen ate and the investigation will be begun th is week. The bank com m issioners declared today th e ir desire for an open session of the investigating com m ittee and announced th e ir intention of aiding the work of the com m ittee. Utah is U rged to Action. S alt Lake C ity, March 10.—Govern or Spry sent a message to both houses of the legislature today containing his view s on the subject of prohibition. He recommends th a t a local option and s tric t regulation bill be passed a t th is session of the legislature, cautions ag ain st radicalism and desires th a t the w elfare of all be considered. The gov ernor also mildly rebuked both senators and representatives for not tak in g ac tion on this question w ithout so much delay. The message was placed on file in the senate. M iners O ff for Alaska. S eattle, March 10.—W ith the larg e st passenger list leaving here in months, bringing memories of the days of the Klondike, the steam er Ohio sailed tonight for Valdez and Seward. She took 350 passengers, of whom 200 are bound for the interior. The steam er Portland sails tomorrow nig h t for the same ports and will have about 200 passengers. The Hayades is loading for the H aw aiian islands. The R ainier arrived from San Francisco. Bryan M easure P assed. Lincoln, N eb., March 10.—The low er house of the legislature passed to day the bank deposit guaranty bill, fram ed by a jo in t com m ittee of the two houses. The m easure is one of the issues which W. J . Bryan declared to be param ount in the N ebraska cam- paign last fall.