ALMOST BANKRUPT
Philippine Goverrment Only]Kept
Up by Sale of Bonds.
FILIPINOS REFUSE TO PAY TAXES
Purpose o f Taft’ s Visit to
Islands is
to Place Government on Safe
Financial Basis.
Washington, July 8.— Secretary Taft
is hastening to Manila to prevent an
utter collapse of the civil government
there as administered by Governor
W right. The mystery of his mission
and the urgency with which it its un
dertaken are gradually being revealed.
Early action of a remedial character is
necessary to prevent the government
from becoming bankrupt through short
age of revenue receipts.
Governor Wright has not made pro
gress in dealing with the Filipinos.
He has asked them to obey the laws
and let it go at that.
He has not
sought to harmonize differences and se
cure their co-operation.
As a result,
the Filipinos are now refusing to pay
taxes
They knew nothing about land
and revenue taxes until American rule
was made effective. Taft succeeded in
inducing the natives to pay these taxes.
Under Wright they reiused payment.
It is impossible to sell the land for de
linquent taxes.
The decrease in Philippine revenue
has t>een so great that nothing but bond
sales has prevented a collapse of the
government. The money derived from
selling bonds and certificates of indebt
edness has furnished sufficient funds to
maintain affairs up to this time, but
the sums borrowed must eventually be
repaid, and the situation has grown
serious.
Mr. Taft has gone to determine what
can be done to develop revenues and to
place the government on a safe financial
basis. Mr. Taft also desires to confer
with Governor Wright on the friar land
•question. The entire matter was ad
justed after tedious deliberations, and
an arrangement reached satisfactory to
the president and Mr. Taft. The titles
were defective, and it was agreed to have
new transfers made. Governor Wright
was asked for his approval and refused
to give it. It is considered imperative
that this troublesome question should
be settled.
T O M AKE IS T H M U S H E A LTH Y
Shon's
Tells How Commission Will
Care fo r Employes.
W ITN E S S E S FORGET.
tell him to hold It, head up, between
his eye and the hole in the card.
This is what he will see. The pin
that he Is holding will seem to vaulsh,
and iustead of It there will he au imuge
of a pin upside down in the air be
hind the little hole in the card. No
matter who tries it, the result will be
the same.
Important Testimony in Land Fraud
Cases Hard T o Get.
Portland, July 9.— Three witnesses
now hare been heard in the trial of
Representative Williamson, Dr. Van
Gesner and Marion R. Biggs, whoee
cases are being heard before Judge De
Haven.
They have given damaging
testimony, but it lias been literally
dragged from them, and yesterday
morning when Usury Beard was testi
fying, Judge De Haven turned to Dis
trict Attorney Heney and said: “ Mr.
Heney, you may lead the witness, for
it seems as if this is the only way you
can get anything out of him .”
This statement came from the court
after his honor had listened to the ex
amination of Campbell Duncan, Green
Beard and his son Henry. Hardly had
the direct examination of Duncan got
ten under way than inferences that
witness fo. the government had been
tampered with were being brought out.
Duncan had a splendid ability to forget.
His memory in connection with the
talks and deals that be had with the
defendants was conveniently a blank.
So was that of Green Beard, who was
another of the men who had taken up
a timber claim, which, it ia alleged,
was taken for Dr. Gesenr and Repre
sentative Williamson. His son Henry
was also suffering from a bad memory,
but after a severe shaking np both by
Mr. Heney and Judge Bennett, he
blandly admitted, when he was closely
pressed by Judge Bennett, that he had
committed perjury in swearing to his
timber entry affidavit.
Shortly after the morning session
convened, ex-Senator Thurston rose to
make inquiry concerning the motion for
a new trial for Senator Mitchell. Coun
sel explained that he was a long way
from home and that nothing save the
pending motion was keeping him in
Portland. Judge De Haven then an
nounced that he would take up the
Mitchell case at 10 o’ lcock Monday.
A lw a y s In a H u r r y .
A T h i r t y M i n u t e Su it B o u t .
The boat that Is here shown was
designed especially for a boy who had
neither patience, tools, nor skill. He
wanted a boat, and one that would
go fast. A hoard with a sail stuck
upon it was not to his liking, and so
this entirely original affair was pro
duced. Nothing In the l«>at was of
value, except as kindling wood, but
the making and sailing of similar
boats afforded many an hour's enter
tainment. Each day when the wind
was blowing off shore one or more o f
these lioats were set adrift In I>ong
Island sound. Off they would go like
catamarans, sometimes at an angle
with the wind, but always out of
sight, never to return. Once In a
while one would be adjusted just
right, and then It was hard to keep
up with It by rowing. It would go so
fast. The seas would go over them,
but as they had no deck on they
would go. It was found after a while
that too short a boat would not steer
very well. A long boat, on the other
hand, would keep pointing about
right, so that they were made from
T A F T ’ S A C T IO N C R ITIC IS E D .
President and Cabinet Say He Was
Harsh With Wallace.
Chicago, July 10. — A special tele
gram to the Evening Post from its
Washignton correspondent says:
“ It is learned on high authority that
President Roosevelt is not entirely
pleased with the way in which Secre
tary Taft treated Engineer John F.
Wallace, and this is one of the reasons
why the construction of the isthmian
canal is to be entrusted to Secretary
Root.
“ In plain language, several members
of the cabinet have expressed to Presi
dent Rooeevelt their disapproval of the
treatment accorded to Wallace by Taft.
They say Taft did wrong in flying into
a rage and telling Wallace he did not
wish to receive any report from the
latter on the canal problem.
The
view of these cabinet members is that,
if Mr. Walalce, whose reputation as an
engineer is beyond question, found
natural obstacles to the construction of
the canal that bafHe engineering gener
ally, Mr. Taft might have found it out,
and that he should have accorded W al
lace the private audience that he sought
and not have required the presence of
M r. Cromwell, nn outsider.”
CRAFT Itt COURTSHIP.
TLAN
s n o w I n o CONSTRUCTION*
two to eight feet long. The best way
to build the boat was to find a bonrd
about four feet long and six or eight
Inches wide. This was sawed diago
nally across the center, and the angle
mnde on each piece was made the
bow. These two pieces were held side
by side eight inches apart, and two
narrow strips were nailed across bow
and stern, an extra piece having a
hole In It was nulled on the bow
strip, and a stick about a foot long
was stuck In It for a mast The best
kinds of masts were made of dowels
—sticks one-qunrter Inch thick to he
found at lumber yards and hardware
stores.
On the mast was fastened a cross-
arm Just as wide as the boat A
piece o f sheeting made an excellent
sail, and after It was fastened on the
arm with a thread and needle the two
lower corners were fastened securely
to the sides o f the boat. The sail was
put as far forward as possible In the
bow o f the boat, for It helped steer,
and no rudder became necessary.
Without any doubt the boy who lives
near the water and finds some odd
pieces o f lumber, some nails, and a
piece of cloth w ill find In this boat-
making enough to amuse him off and
on half the summer.
I know a little maiden who is always in
u hurry;
She races through her breakfast to be
in time for school,
| She scribbles at her desk in a hasty sort
of flurry.
And comes home in a breathless whirl
that fills the vestibule.
! She hurries through her studying, she
hurries through her sewing.
Like an engine at high pressure, as If
leisure were a crime;
She’s always in a scramble, no matter
where she's going,
And yet— would you believe it ?-—she
never is in time.
“ Ah, darling,” breathed the impaasloued wooer, "why do you not say
It seems a contradiction, until you know ‘Yes?’ Can you not say It?”
the reason,
"D ear me, I could say It,” responded the honest damsel, “ but If I do,
But I'm sure you'll think It simple, as then you will immediately stop making all these pretty speeches.” — Omaha
I do, when I state
Bee.
That she never has been known to begin
a thing In season.
as has been spent upon similar build
And she's always in a hurry, because
PRIDE OF M IN N ESO TA.
she starts too late.
ings elsewhere; but. In Mr. Brown’s
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opinion, the artistic effect o f the struc
W o r ld * « F in e s t B u ild in g s .
ture Is unsurpassed.
A Big Kish Story.
F ifty years ago "T h e Great North
The predominating feature of the
When the last foot o f the cable to
west" was a howling wilderness, peo building Is the massive marble dome,
Alaska was laid many months ago
pled only by a few Indians and a the largest In the United States. Un
there was much satisfaction expressed
handful of trappers and Freneh-Cana- til Its completion the dome o f the
over the fact that communication with
dlnn traders; fifty years ago this vast
Alaska was up-to-date. But last fall region had not been surveyed, aud cer Rhode Island State House at Provi
dence held the distluctlon of being the
that same precious cable stopped work
tain sections of It had not eveu been greatest. The dome o f the Capitol at
ing entirely between Valdez and Se
explored, but to-day behold how differ Washington Is very much larger, but
attle. Nobody could account for the ent Is Its aspect!
that la made of cast Iron, painted
stoppage, and a crew lmd to be sent
There la not a corner o f It that has
out to fish up the cable aud gee whnt not been penetrated by civilized be- white. The domes of St. Peter’s of
Rome and St. Paul's o f London, like
was the matter. It was a whale; a
wise. are larger, but neither o f them
dead one, enught by the Jaws In the
Is constructed of marble.
*
cable and held down until he drowned.
The Interior finishings of the build
That Is probably the very biggest fish
ing ere magnificent. Marbles from al
story of the century, but It huppens
most every well known quarry In the
to he absolutely true.
world were Imported for use In the
grand halls and legislative rooms, and
MODERN BUCKBOARDS.
beautifully carved woods for the ex
ecutive offices.
R u b b e r T ir e s N o w on th e W h e e ls o f
To see such evidences o f art and cul
T h le O r ig in a 'ly P r i m i t i v e V e h ic le .
ture In a country that, but a short while
“ I f the man that made the original
ago, was considered a barbarous fron
buckboard could see one of the sorts
tier, is the most satisfying thing that
we turu out nowadays,” said a car
can happen to a man who has faith In
riage manufacturer, "he would certain
the great destiny of the United State*
ly turu around In the road to I o o k at it.
a* the leader o f nation*.— C. T. Green«*
“ The first buckboard, consisting of a
In Four-Track News.
seat placed on an elastic board whose
two ends rested on a pair of axles, was
a very simple and a very rough aud
ready vehicle, designed for use on
rough and rocky country and mountain
roads, and there are parts of the coun
try In which such buckboards are still
used, turned out by local makers; hut
the modern buckboard, while It still
preserves In a general way the buck-
board simplicity of appearance, Is a
very different proposition from that.
“ W e put now between the axles un
der the bucklward longitudinal steel
springs, which prevent the boards sag
ging unduly, and give It greater
strength nnd power of resistance nnd
elasticity. W e make such buckboards
with one,-with two, or with three seats,
seating two, four, or six persons; and
we make them either without tops or
with them. With a buggy top on a
single seated buckboard, nnd with suit
able tops on larger buckboards If they
are desired.
“ And one some buckboards, to he
used In districts where the character
of the roads Is such as to make their
use advantageous, we put rubber tired
wheels. No owner would want a rub
ber tired buckboard to be used In re
gions where the roads were sandy or
rocky; In such steel tired wheels would
he best, but rubber tires are very good
for a buckboard to he used In the city,
where a few buckboards are used, or
on buckboards to be used In parts
where the ronds are macndamlzed.
"The seats of those modern buck-
hoards are mnde wide and with high
hacks, for comfort, and they nre uphol
stered with the best o f mnterlnls;
which nre, for that matter, used In
these vehicles throughout, for they nre
mnde for service as well ns comfort,
and they are In fact most serviceable
as well ns most eomfortnble. But the
man driving one o f the old orlglnnl
buckboards, nnd who had never seen
one of these, would certainly turn to
look nt It If lie should chance to meet
one of these modern buckboard} on the
road."— Washington I’ ost.
N O N-BREAKABLE BAT.
W ou n d
CA1UTOJ. o r
M IN N U IO T A .
lugs; there Is not an acre o f It that has
not been charted. A dozen States have
been carved out of It, and the borders
Washington, July 8. — Life on the
o f the brush and timber lands nre
Isthmus of Panama is to be made
rapidly receding before the woodman
healthful, comfortable and enjoyable
with his ax and the farmer with his
before 'h e real work of digging the
plow. In the near future there will
canal is begun, according to an an
not be left a single acre o f unproduct
nouncement of policy made today by
ive land, for the glgnntlc projects of
Chairman Shonts, of the Panama Canal
irrigation that the Federal Govern
commission. Mr. Shonts said:
ment Is undertaking will, within the
“ Our first duty is to create sound
next decade, transform every arid area
underlying conditions.
This is now JAPAN E SE LAN D O N S A K H A L E N .
Into a flourishing gnrden.
vastly more important than the moving
This great Northwest territory com
o f dirt. The men must have suitable
Important
Card
is
Played
to
Influence
prises fully one-sixth of the entire area
houses in healthy surroundings; they
Term s o f Peace.
o f the United States and Is now peo
must have wholseome and nourishing
food at reasonable cost; they must have
pled with 0,000,000 Amerlcars who are
St. Petersburg, July 10.— A landing
suitable transportation facilities to get of Japanese troops on the island of Sak
engaged In various Industries, the an
to and from their work, and they must halin was officially reported tonight,
nual output from which aggregates,
have opportunity for recreation.
in value, millions o f dollars.
and startles m ilitary circles in St. Pet
“ It w ill be the policy of the commis ersburg, though it has been realized
I f there is one thing more than an
sion to provdie these essential» as since the defeat of Admiral Rojestven-
other that has fostered this marvelous
quickly as possible, and to only in sky that the Japanese were able to take
development It Is the modern roll-
crease the working force, aside from possession of the island as soon as they
road. In the great Northwest th»re
the mechanics necessary to provide thought fit. The strength of the land
are over 00,000 miles of railway tiaek
these necessities as fast as the facilties ing force cannot be ascertained, but the
and the capital that la represented by
indicated can be furnished.
garrison of the island is too weak to
the operating plants o f all o f the rail
“ So much has been said by the press offer an effective resistance.
T w o L i t t l e T a lk e r s ,
way companies serving the people of
Johnny was a little hoy, nnd they
of an exaggerated character
about
Though the Japanese seem unwilling
this territory amounts. In round num
health conditions there that it may be to risk a grand battle with General were trying to teach lilm to talk.
bers, to over $2,500,000,000.
wise to recapitulate the facts regarding Linievitch, pending the peace meeting
I’olly was a little isxrrot, and they
It Is marvelous that such a transfor
yellow fever.
There have been be at Washington, the landing of troops were trying to teach him to talk,
mation o f a wlldemesa Into a flourish
tween 9,000 and 10.000 employes on the on Sshkalin is considered to express
Polly belonged to Uncle Tom, nnd
ing home o f civilized beings could l>e
isthmus since the disease first appeared Japan’s decision regarding the formal Uncle Tom was proud o f him.
effected within the short span of one
in May. During that month there were conclusion of a general armistue,
Rut Johnny belonged to mamma
human life; yet the progress made
20 canal employes stricken ami two namely, that in the interim before the and papa, and you may he sure they
during the last decade Is still more re-
deaths. In June 30 canal employes meeting it is necessary to occnpv the were very, very, very proud of him.
markable nnd the most reliable Indica
were strietken and there were four island whose possession is an important
“ Oh,” Uncle Tom used to say, “ you
tion of the Increasing wealth o f this
deaths, two of those dying being Amer caid in Japan’ s diplomatic contest at wait and see. My parrot will talk Ire-
section of the United States Is the
icans appointed in the United States Washington.
fore your baby will.”
erection of some o f the finest public
and two persons appointed locally on
But “ Oh,” mamma and papa would
buildings to be seen anywhere on the
the isthmus.”
Missouri River Rises.
then say, “ you wait and see. Johnny
American continent.
Omaha, Neb., July 10. — The rapid will talk before your parrot will.”
The expenditure Involved In the
F is h e r m e n W h o C a n 't K w lm .
Russia Will Make Protest.
rise of the Missouri river at this point And they waited.
Few fishermen can swim, says a erection o f State capltola alone counta
St. Petersburg, July 8— General Lin- has caused the breaking of dikes into
But all Polly said was "Craw, craw, writer In Leslie’s Monthly on Labra upward of $25,000.1)00. The State of
ievitch’s telegraphic report to the em two lakes north of the city, with the craw!”
And all Johnny said was dor. "You see, we lias enough o' the Montana, with a population o f but
peror charging the Japanese with using result that the river may cut a new “ Agoo, agoo, ngoo!”
water without gnln’ to bother w l' It 243.400, ha* Just completed a commo
dumdum bullets w ill probably be made channel, endangering the utility of the
One day Uncle Tom went to Pol when we are ashore,” a man said to dious, new State House that cost In
the subject of a communication to the double-span drawbridge of the Illinois ly’s cage.
me only the other day. Yet tills very the neighborhood of a quarter o f a
Many residents along the
powers protesting against the violation Central.
"P o lly,”
he said, "say ‘Pretty man had fallen overboard In the open million; South Dakota Is contemplat
o f the Geneva convention. Among the Nebraska side of tl e river have been Poll.' ”
sen no less than four times nnd had ing the expenditure o f several thou
Liberals a story is t>eing industriously compelled to fjfte from their homes.
And what do you think?
only been saved on one occasion by sand dollars In enlarging and embel-
circulated and believed that Japan will South of the city, on the Iowa side, the
Polly did! He said "Pretty Poll!”
catching the line thrown him In Ills ! Hailing Its present legislative hall, nnd
demand that the treaty of peace, if con bottoms are flooded for miles, doing
Uncle Tom ran to mamma and told teeth nnd holding on till he was hauled Its twin State to the north has nlready
cluded, shall be submitted for the rati thousands of dollars worth of damage
her what Polly said.
aboard. His hands were too numbed appropriated a million dollars for the
fication of the Russian people, in order to crops and other property.
“ Oh, ho!” said mamma, “ Johnny has to be of any use. 81111, this fact does erection of a beautiful new cnpltol to
to insure its observance in case of a
been talking all the morning.”
not deter them from facing the water. replace the rnmshnrkle frame struc
Russia Consults Powers.
change of government.
But Johnny did not say "Pretty
In an op»n hay in Labrador lives one ture that la now used as a State
Berlin, July 10.— A report is in cir
Johnny said "Mam-ma” over solitary settler. In the spring o f the House; Wisconsin has recently ap
Root Has Accepted.
culation here that the Roumanian gov Poll!”
and over.
year, when the lee was Just breaking proved designs for a new cnpltol that
New York, July 8.
It can be defi ernment has asked the powers to ad
Now
Johnny
has
grown
to
he
a
big
np, the man's two lads were out on calls for the expenditure o f $10,000,-
nitely stated that President Roosevelt vise what treatment shall be accorded
IDS); Iowa has spent a vnat sum to re
has offerer! the position of secretary of the crew of the Russian battleship boy; he ran say a great many things. the bay lee nfter seals, when all o f a build her present structure that was
state to Elihu Root, and that Mr Root Kniaz Potemkin, which mutinied and But Polly can say only “ Pretty Poll!” sudden It gave way and the lads fell partially destroyed tiy fire; nnd Min
through. The father, seeing It from
has accepted. President Roosevelt ar who surrendered to the Roumanian au- —8t. Nicholas.
the shore, did not hesitate, but, seizing nesota has Just dedicated a $5,000,000
rived at Jersey City at 9 a. m. lie lie>rities onlay. Russia demanded that
Y o u r K y e W ill F o o l You,
a fishing line, hnstlly fastened one end marble palnce to the use of the people.
boarded a Pennsylvania Railroad tug the crew he surrendered to her; Austria
In many respects this latter stmc-
The next time your "crowd”
Is round his hotly and, giving the other
and was taken to Long Island City. and Germany advised Roumania to
around yon Just say:
None o f you I end to his daughter to hold, he ran onl tore Is the most remarkable In the
He left there for Ovster bay at 9:47. give them to Russia, while England,
have an eye that Is any good. I guar to the hole through which they had United States, ami to the tourist trav
Paul Morton and Elihu Root, who ac France and Italy advised their release.
antee that not a single eye In the crowd fallen. He Jumped Into the water, ac eler. who come* to St. Paul In the
companied the president from Cleve
can see straight.” O f course the chal tually went down and fetched up the future. It will he a source o f pleasure
May Break Out When Lid is O ff.
land, left the train at Jersey City.
lenge will be taken up.
tsidles, too late, alas, to restore life to •nd Inspiration.
Odessa, July 10.— It is officially an
When Glenn Brown, the aecretary
Then you need take only a sheet of them after that cold water.
nounced that quiet prevails in Odessa,
Refunding Hawaiian Debt.
of the American Institute o f Archi
thin pasteboard—a visiting card Is the
Washington, July 8. — President but it is feared in many quarters that | jest— and punch a tiny hole In It with
tects, of Washington, I). C., visited the
W o r k A m o n g C o n v ic t « .
Roosevelt has approved the issue of an outbreak w ill follow the lifting of a pin. G ive It fo any one In the gather
Mrs. Halllngton Booth la asking new cnpltol o f Minnesota, he declared
the
state
of
siege.
The
governor
gen-
,
$600,000 of bonds by the Territory of
ing and tell him to hold the card np 2.0(g) men to pledge themselves for f l It to be the finest structure In Amer
H aw aii to refund the gold bonds of the eral today issued a proclamation threat toward s strong light so that the little
a month each for one year to be de ica to-day with the exception of the
Republic of Hiawaii, issned under act ening those circulating false reports bole will be about eight Inches from
voted to the forwarding o f her rescue national cnpltol at Washington. Not
with punishment under military law
o l the legislature of June 13, 1898.
the eye. Then give him the pin and work among convicts and ex convicts. ■o much money ba« been «pent on It
w it h W ir e o r B o m «
S t r e n g th e n in g M a te r ia l.
O th ev
The baeeball fan, or, more correct
ly speaking, the baseball player, will
hall the advent of the non-brenkabl*
bat that has made Its appearance. Thla
most desirable and hitherto unknown
attribute o f a baseball bat Is attained
by cutting a spiral groove In the wood
and Inserting therein, flush with the
surface o f the bat, some strengthen
ing material, such as steel wire of
steel tape or sinew. The spiral Is mad*
continuous from a point Just above
the handle, so as not to Interfere with
u good, comfortable grip, to a point
Just below where the ball ordinarily
S T E E L W l HH ON T H E B A T .
strikes. Care has to be exercised, of
course, In fastening the ends o f the
strengthening material wound In the
groove to prevent the development of
weak spots, particularly at the handle
extremity. The groove, o f course, I*
not large enough to detract apprecia
bly from the normal strength o f the
wood o f the particular section used.
T h e y D id N o t H a v e T o.
A family who had struggled the best
part of a lifetime In n poverty-stricken
portion o f the city suddenly came Into
the possession o f n small Income, with
the prospect In a few years o f some
thing more. Their long crushed nspl-
rntlons revived, and the women o f the
family especially began to assume va
rious airs and artificialities.
They moved to a little place In the
country, and tried mightily to Impress
tlielr nelghltora with their Importance.
They talked constantly o f what “ peo
ple In our position" should nnd should
not do.
Some of their town acquaintance*
came out to visit them during the sum
mer, and one of the younger member*
o f the family, a little girl o f 7 or 8,
was showing them about the place.
"W hat nice chickens!" exclaimed
one o f the guests when they reached
the poultry yard. "They lay steadily,
too, I suppose?”
"Yes,” returned the youthful hos
tess, who really knew nothing nt all
about It, “ that la, they could, o f course,
hut In our position they—they don't
have to.”
lie mark a b le O e n 'T o » lt - f.
“ You aay O’ Hannngan leaves the
Orphans' Horn« a large legacy?” " Be
ds d, It's purty large.” "H ow much?”
“T w elve children an' a goat, begorraP