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P O R S T G R O V E .______ OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Senders.
A Resume o f the L est Important bu'
Not L e s t Interesting; Events
o f the Past Week.
Germany denies she w ill Interfere in
Poland.
Thomas Lawson
for libel.
has
been arrested
Balfour threatens to resign if follow
ers don't unite.
Russian workmen
new general strike.
have
ordered a
Garfield is at the head of an inquiry
into rebates on oil.
New York has had
storm of the winter.
its first snow
Secretary Root is working on the new
treaty with Germany.
Burke, a mining town in West V ir
ginia, has been entirely destroyed by
fire.
Advices from Singapore, China, says
the anti-American boycott is strong
there.
London proposes to establish its own
electric lighting system at a cost of
»40,000,000.
The State department knows nothing
of the proposed Anglo-Japanese canal
at Nicaragua.
Washington’s congressional delega
tion w ill work for an appropiiation for
the mouth of the Columbia.
American residents on the Isle of
Pines will send a delegation to congress
to prevent ratification of a treaty con
veying the the island to Cuba.
Riots are occurring in Vladivostok.
The American Mining congress is in
session at El Paso, Texas.
W itte has determined to crush the
rebellion in Poland with iron heel.
Prosecutor Heney is arranging for
land fraud trials at the national capi
tal.
An American cruiser has been sent
to Cronstadt, Russia, to protect Ameri
can citizens.
Suit under the Likins law has been
begun against the Pabst brewery and
several railroads.
Christians are fleeing from the in
terior of China and America has sent a
squadron to Canton.
Speaker Cannon denies that he is a
candidate for president and predicts
legislation on railroad rates.
The national committee for the relief
of Russian sufferers reports having re
ceived »182,685 raised in the United
States.
Tho Reclamation service has asked
Secretary Hitchcock to reconsider hie
decision relative to the Umatilla irriga
tion project.
Tammany w ill rely on a decision of
Judge Parker, made several years ago,
to prevent a recount in the New York
mayoralty fight.
An earthquake has been felt in Utah
ad Idaho.
Russian Socialists, led by Gorki, are
agitating for a republic.
A Texas mob lynched three negroes
who had murdered a farmer.
More frauds are being discovered in
the recent New York election.
Oregon and *Wazhlngton Suffer From
“ T o o Many C ooks."
Witte's Health Is Breaking.
Great Britain has perfected the basis
of an agreement with Russia in which
London, Nov. 15.— The 8t. Peters
Germany is slighted.
burg correspondent of the Daily Tele
A former minister of Boston has been graph sends an interesting picture oF
indicted for swindling. His operations Count W itte attending a cabinet coun
cil for many hours on Monday until
are said to involve »1,000,000.
long after midiiigbt.
Then, being
People in all parts of the United affiicted with a severe headache and
States are raising funds for the Jews of unable to sleep, the premier devoted
Russia.
Portland expects to send the whole night to arrears of official
about »13,000.
work. “ My private opinion,” eats the
France and Venezuela have reached correspondent, “ is that, unless these
an agreement. It is said that in this conditions change, Count W itte's mar
velous staying powers will lie subjected
ease Venezuela was in the right.
to a very dangeros strain.”
Reed Smoot has fallen into disgrace
In Halt t.ake City by dragging the Re
Suez Route is Favored.
lief society into politics. This has been
Washington, Nov. 15.— The Navy
the only Utah institution on which the
department has been informed that the
Mormon and Gentile have united.
charges for the passage through the
Senator Barton has been indicted Suez canal of the floating dry dock built
again.
(or the Philippines will be about »20,-
Norway is naming her ministers to 000 or to give favorable consideration
to the Suez route, and, in fart, all
foreign countries.
preparations contemplate that route.
▲11 foreigners are leaving Odessa, Work is being hurried on the colliers
fearing the disorders.
Caesar and Brutus and the supply ship
A strike may tie np the Chicago Glazier, which are being fitted with
towing machinery.
light and water works.
>.
Every tenth man among the Cron
stadt mutineers is to be executed.
An Ohio doctor is accused of nine
murders, inclding his whole family.
A New York grand jury has issued 12
Indictments in connection with the
•taction.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
Washington, Nov. 15.— “ The Mal
heur irrigation project in Eastern Ore
gon is reeking with graft,” said a high
P O R TA G E ROAD W IL L PAY.
official of the Interior department to
day, “ and until this graft has been Low Water in River Has Interfered
With Its Traffic.
eliminated the government w ill not
adopt and build the project which the
Salem— “ That the Portage railway
Reclamation service has prepared. The w ill be self sustaining when regular
traffic has been established, there is no
government does not propose to be held
doubt,”
said Superintendent L. S.
up.
Cook, of the Celilo Portage railway,
This statement was made by an offi when in Salem to attend a meeting of
cial very close to Secretary Hitchcock, the Portage commission. “ For various
and he, apparently, knows whereof he reasons we have not been getting the
business we should have had at the
speaks, for he but recently returned
start, but present difficulties w ill be re
from Malheur county, where he mads moved and avoided in the future.
“ Low water has made it impossible
careful investigation into the entire ir
rigation situation, and found such con for the boats on the upper river to take
on wheat at some places to bring it
ditions as warranted him in recom
down to Celilo.
For example, at
mending against the immediate con Quentin there was 12,000 sacks of
struction of that project.
It is his wheat piled up on the shore, but the
candid opinion that the time is remote water was so low the boats could not
when the government w ill undertake get near enough to load. Some 150,000
sacks of grain along the Upper Colum
tiie construction of the Malheur project; bia have been shipped out by rail, when
indeed, he has doubts whether that under normal conditions of water, it
project w ill ever be built by govern would have come down by boat and the
portage road.
ment aid.
“ I cannot give exact figures at pres
There is no just reason why the
ent concerning the expenditure and in
Umatilla project should be delayed one come, because we have not made settle
day. It has been demonstrated that ments with transportation companies
there is money available; the technical when the charges are collected by one
In
objection is trivial and ought to be line and the amount apportioned.
round numbers I should say that it
waived. The Maxwell company mere costs us »800 a month to operate the
ly asks to retain 300 acres, with water road and our income is about »600 a
right, but Mr. Hitchcock rules that, month. If we were getting all the
under the law, this company can have traffic that is available ami naturally
tributary to the portage road, we would
but 160 acres, with water right, over
have an income of »1,200 a month and
looking the fact that the three members an expense of perhaps »1,000.
We
of the Maxwell company, should they have handled 10,000 to 15,000 sackB of
make entry individually, could each wheat this month, whereas we would
hold 160 acres, or 480 acres in all, with have handled much more if the boats
could have reached it.”
water rights attached.
The eame thing is true of the Sunny-
W A N T W ATER FOR C A N A L.
side project in the Yakima valley, in
Washington.
The Sunnyside canal
owners are w illing to sell out for »1,- Deschutes Irrigation & Pow er C om
500,000, but they ask to retain more
pany Files on Water Rights.
than 160 acres of the land they now
Salem — The Deschutes Irrigation A
own, with water right attached, and Power company has made two water
the secretary is unwilling to grant them filings to secure new sources of water
this privilege. Ho he holds up that supply for its extensive irrigation sys
project, which in the opinion of the re tem near Bend. The present source of
clamation engineers is very attractive supply is about two miles above the
and can be acquired to advantage at town of Bend, hut it is understood that
this time.
the land upon which the headgate is
Representative Jones, through his located is owned or controlled by A. M.
secretary, today made inquiry as to Drake. The Deschutes con pany liaB
why Mr. Hitchcock refused to approve now made a filing for 1,000 cubic feet
the Tietan and Okanogan projects, and of water per second about three miles
found, as previously stated, that both further up the stream. The filing is
were sidetracked “ because there is no ior the purpose of securing water for
money.”
\eariy a year ago Mr. Hitch tho Central Oregon canal. The other
cock allotted »2,800,000 for the con filing is for 1,500 cubic inches per
struction of the Palouse project, but second at a point about 10 miles above
the reclamation engineers recommended Bend, at Beham falls.
The filing is
indefinite postponement of this under for the purpose of securing water for
taking, and it has been temporarily the Benham falls canal, which w ill ex
abandoned because of excessive cost. tend eastward and northward a distance
It has been decided to withdraw this of 30 to 40 miles, bringing the water
allotment,
which contains enough to Prineville and irrigating large areas
money to build the Tietan and Okanog of land north of the canal.
an projects, and purchase the Sunny
The Portland Irrigation company,
side canal as well, yet the department represented by Edwin Mays, of Port
still cries “ no money.” There is much land, has filed on 15,000 inches of
quibbling among officials over the exact water in Chewaucan creek, Lake coun
status of irrigation projects in Oregon ty, the point of diversion being in sec
and Washington, but the situation is tion 34, township 33 south, range 18
as represented: There is money enough east.
in both states for immediate work, but
Mr. Hitchcock refuses to authorize its
Fruit Drier Closes Down.
expenditure.
Freewater — J. P. Mc.Minn, proprie
tor of the large fruit drier north of
Freewater, has closed for the season,
Bargain In Irrigation Works.
Washington, Nov. 15.— A nonpartis •fter a very short run, owing to the
an delegation from New Mexico called scacrity of prunes and the active de
on the president to discuss with him mand and high price paid for the green
the proposed sale to the government of fruit, 76,000 pounds being the output
an irrigation project which has been this year as compared with 200,000
Heretofore he has
built to irrigate the Pecos valley. The pounds last year.
dam and its contingent system were shipped his prunes east, disposing of
constructed by private individuals at a the same in the large cities at prices
cost of »750,000. Ijist spring a flood from 3 to 3t* cents a pound. He has
carried away a part of the dam and left sold half of this year’ s output at 6
the reservoir practically dry.
The cents a pound to Pendleton and Walla
farms, orchards and gardens, which Walla merchants.
Brewers oppose prohiition in Okla
homa, saying l>eer is not intoxicating. were irrigated by the system, are
threatened with total destruction unless
Yellow fever has broken out in Cuba.
the dam is rebuilt.
The delegation
The first victim at Havana to die was
proposes to sell the entire plant to the
an American.
government for »160,000.
The presi
A court martial has been ordered on dent promised to give full consideration
Midshipman Meriwether, who killed a to the proposition.
companion in a fight.
The merit system w ill be adopted for
the American diplomatic service.
SELL
IR R IG A T IO N M UDDLE.
Mutiny at Vladivostok.
8t. Peters'jnrg, Nov. 15.— The latest
advices from Vladivostok, received at
in early hour this morning, state that
the mutiny there is now under semi
control, although the danger is by no
means over. The Chinese quarter has
been entirely destroyed by Are, and the
lots of life is reported to be very large,
bat. owing to the strict censorship, it
is impossible to secure details.
Sandlake May Talk.
Cloverdale — The Cloverdale Tele
phone company this week completed
ten miles of new telephono line to
Sandlake. The company has also late
ly compieteti its line to Dolph.
This
gives Tillamook City telephone connec
tion with every voting preeinct in the
south part of the county.
There is
hardly a farm house from Tillamook to
Blab creek that has not telephone ¡con
nection, and it is hoped next year w ill
see the system extended to the valley
by way of Wiliam ina. The system now
embraces over 60 miles of wire.
NEED N O T V A C C IN A T E .
Children Cannot Be Forced to Take
Precautionary Measures.
Salem— In answer to an inquiry from
State Health Officer Robert C. Yenney,
of Portland, Attorney General Craw
ford has rendered a decision holding
that the State Board of Health has no
authority to require that children shall
be vaccinated before gaining admission
to the public schools.
The attorney general quotes from the
law cieating the board of health, show
ing that the board has general super
vision of the health of the state and
power to establish quarantines.
The
vaccination rule would not be in the
nature of a qua-antine; hence the
board cannot find its authority in that
provision.
Neither does Mr. Crawford think the
clause giving the board general super
vision w ill authorize them to establish
a new qualification for admission to the
public schools unless there is apparent
danger of an epidemic of smallpox.
AIDS TH E C A T A L O G U E
HOUSES.
Baker City Merchants Protest Against
Numbering o f Rural Boxes.
ad ulterated
seed
.
Agricultural Department Blacklists a
Long List o f Dealers.
Washington, Nov. 14.— While the air
is full of talk about graft, Secretary
Wilson, of the department of Agricul
ture, is going ahead quietly puncturing
one form of graft that is imposed upon
the farmers of the country— that oper
ated by the fraudulent seed men. Un
der a special act of congress Mr. W il
son’s department makes an examina
tion and analysis of seed sent in by
iarmers who are suspicious that dealers
are selling them adulterated goods. As
a result of investigations
recently
made, the Agricultural department has
issued a warning to farmers against
buying red clover or alfalfa seed from
a number of dealers who have been
found disposing of adulterated seed.
The dealers named on the 1 iat are:
W. W . Hawson A Co., Boston; Ross
Bros., Worcester, Mass.; W. H . Small
A Co., Evansville, Ind.; The W . E.
Barrett Company, Providence, R. I . ;
Barteldes A Co., Denver, Colo; Cross
man Bros., Rochester, N. Y . ; W. E -
Dailwig, Milwaukee; J. A . Everett,
Indianapolis; James Gregory A Son,
Marblehead, MasB.; W. Grossman, Pe
tersburg, V a.; Hamilton Bros., Cedar
Rapids, la .; Huntington A Paige, In
dianapolis; Jacob F. Kirchner, Pitts
field, Mass.; McMillan Seed Companv,
Atlanta, G a.; B. E. Martin, Salem,
111.; L. L . May A Son, St. Paul,
Minn; National Seed Company, Louis
ville, K y .; The Frank 8. Platt Co.,
New Haven; Rush Park Seed Com
pany, Independence, la .; Steckler Seed
Company, New Orleans, and Young A
Halstead, Troy, N. Y .
The names of these dealers are pub
licly posted by the department, in
reality they are blacklisted. This note
is a warning to farmers who are in the
market for red clover or alfalfa seed.
Baker City— The merchants of Baker
City are circulating a petition asking
the postmaster general to withdraw his
order to the effect that all rural mail
boxes must be numbered in consecutive
order. In thit work they have asked
the aid of all the merchants from Boise
to Spokane, and petitions have been
sent to these towns for circulation.
The merchants allege that the num
bering of the mail boxes on the rural
free delivery routes would give the cat
alogue houses in the large cities like
Xew York, Chicago and St. Louis a
great advantage, as these big concerns
would be enabled to send out their cat
alogues and other literature to every
ITS W O R K A FIASCO.
patron along every rural free delivery
route without knowing the names of
the parties, as the literature could be Committee on Public Printing Does
addressed to Box 24, or any number,
Not Fix Blame fo r Waste.
and reach its destination.
Washington, Nov. 14. — Judging by
results so far obtained by the “ joint
Start Free Library.
Baker City — Baker City now has a committee on printing,” the public
free public library, the council having printing graft is not going to ba checked
ratified the appointment of the library by congress this winter, as President
commission as named by Mayor C. A. Roosevelt had hoped.
After giving
Johns. A special library tax w ill be
hearings to officials of the government
voted on the the next June election,
and in the meantime Andrew Carnegie printing office, officials in charge of
w ill be asked to renew the offer of senate and house documents and some
»1,000 made about a year ago for the of the men in charge of publications in
establishment of a library in this city.
the various departments, the committee
The present library was instituted by
arrives
at the conclusion that there has
a private library association and con
It is not able to analyze
ducted for the benefit of the public at been waste.
a small membership fee.
the waste; it is not able to point out
the manner in which the waste can be
O. R. & N. Block System.
checked; it is not able to fix the re
La Grande — The construction gang sponsibility.
In short, the committee
at work erecting the block system on has brought to light nothing new. And
the mountain division of the O. R. A now it has taken an indefinite recess.
N., has almost completed its labors for
But this class of investigation is typ
the winter. The system is installed ical.
It is about as effective as the
well along the line between Meacham average congresaional inquiry.
It ia
and Bingham Springs, and when the parallel to the inquiry held in the last
crew reaches the latter place work will congress for the purpose of clearing
he suspended this season, although it senators and representatives of charges
is likely that it will be extended on as made against them in the famous Bris
far as Umatilla, at least by anotber tow postal report.
year.
NO BILL, SAYS B U R I ON.
Nucleus o f Permanent Exhibit.
Ontario— The Malheur county exhib
it returned from the fair at Portland is Congressional Appropriations Must Be
being installed in the office of Don
Kept at Lowest Figure.
Carlos Boyd. It is to be made the nu
Washington, Nov. 14. — The Post
cleus of a permanent exhibit of the
tomorrow will say:
products of the county.
No general river and harbor bill will
P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS .
be passed by congress at the approach
ing session. This forecast was made by
Wheat— Club, 73c per bushel; blue-
Representative Burton, of Ohio, chair
s em, 75c; valley, 74@75c; red, 69c.
Oats— No. 1 white feed, »26; gray, man of the river and harbor committee,
»26 per ton.
before he left Washington for Hot
Barley— Feed, »21 50@22 per ton; Springe, Va., for a short vacation.
brewing, »22(322.50; rolled, »22.50@
There are two cogent reasons for not
23.50.
enacting such legislation next winter,
Rye— »1.50(311.60 per cental.
according to Representative Burton—
Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy, »15® first, because a large bill passed last
16 per ton; valley timothy, »11(312; session carried appropriations for all
clover, »8 @ 9 ; grain, »8(39.
projects deserving of immediate atten
Fruits— Apples, » 1@1.50 per box; tion from congress; second, the neces
huckleberries, 7c per pound; pears, sity of holding down appropriations to
»1 25@1.50 per box; grapes, » 1@1.25 the lowset figure to prevent, if possible,
per box; Concord; 15c per basket; another deficit in the treasury.
quinces, »1 per lvox.
Vegetables— Beans, wax, 10@12e per
Sale o f Lots Postponed.
pound; cabbage, l O l ^ c per pound;
Washington, Nov. 14.— The sale of
cauliflower. »1.75(32 per dozen; cel
ery, 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 50(360c lots in the new townsites of Heyburn
per dozen; pumpkins,
?4 ® lc
per and Rupert, on the rich Minidoka re
pound; tomatoes, »1 per crate; sprouts, clamation project in Idaho, has been
7c per pound; squash, 34 ® lc per postponed from November 14 to 21 to
pound; turnips, 90c® »1 per sack: car some date early in April. This action
rots, 65®75e per sack; beets, 8oc(3»l has been taken by the secretary of the
Interior upon the recommendation of
per sack.
Onions — Oregon yellow Danvers, the governor of Idaho and prominent
citizens of that state.
Bad weather is
»1.25 per sack.
Potatoes — Fancy graded Burbanks, (eared and lack of suitable accommoda
75®85c per sack; ordinary, 55®60c; tions for the puichasers. It is advisa
Merced sweets, sacks, » ! 90; crates, ble to postpone the event until later,
when prices w ill be higher.
»2.15.
W ork on Coquille Bar.
Bandon— Work on the north jetty at
Coquille bar is now fairly under way,
and.will be completed probably within
a year. This is part of the improve
ments along the Coquille river, for
which the government recently appro
priateli »55,000. The jetty w ill be ex
tended 555 feet seaward.
Contractors
Wakefield A Jacobean, of Portland, have
the task in hand, and extensive work
Butter — Fancy creamery, 25®27 lac
had to be done before the actual work
of building the extension was started. per pound.
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 32 la ®35c per
Winter Irrigation a Success.
dozen.
Poultry— Average old hens, 11® 12c
Milton— W. T. Shaw, the well known
Hudson bay rancher, was in the city per pound; young roosters, 9® 10c;
recently and reports that irrigation on springs, 11 ® 12c; dressed chickens,
the line of the Hudson Bay ditch is 12®14c; turkeys, live, 17®18c; geese,
increasing.
This ditch uses the sur live, 8®10c; ducks, 14®15c.
Hope— Oregon, 1905, choice, 9 ® llc ;
plus water of the W alla W alla river,
and as a result it can only irrigate when olds, 7 i, ® 10c.
W ool— Eastern Oregon average l>est,
the ordinary irrigation season ends.
19®21c; lower grailes down to 15c, ac
Car Shortage Felt.
circling to shrinkage; valley, 25®27c
Freewater— Owing to the scarcity of per pound; mohair, choice, 30c.
cars on this division the Peacock and
Beef — Dreesed bulls,
1 ®2c per
Fagle mills are working at a great dis pounl; cows, 3®4c; country steers.
advantage on account of storage capaci 4® 4 S c.
ty being blocked with millstuff* ready
Veal— Dreeseil, 3® 7S c per pound.
to «hip. Manager J. H. Hall advisee
Mutton— Dree ed, fancy, 7 ® 7 S c per
he has 20 cars of flour and feed ready pound;ordinary, 4®5c: lambs, 7 S ® 8 c.
t « move and can get bat one car a day.
Pork— Dreesed, 6® 7S c per pound.
Strikers Call to Arms.
8t. Petersburg, Nov. 14.— The strike
leaders, after a conference which lasted
until 1 o’clock this morning, drafted an
appeal calling on all citizens to arm in
defense of thei • homes and familiet.
The delegates to the union of unions
decided to again stop all traffic be
tween Warsaw and 8t. Petersburg, and
orders to that effect were issued.
All
workmen have been commanded to
work not more than eight hoars a day
heginging this morning.
Buy Mountain o f Iron.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 14.— News has
come from Mexico tnat the United
States Steel company has purchased the
famous Solid Iron mountain, the rich
est of its kind in the world, at Du
rango.
POINTS OF MESSAGE
Measures President Will Recom
mend to Congress.
RATE QUESTION FIRST ON LIST
Will
Be the
Longest and Most Re
markable o f President Roose
velt's State Papers.
v<
Washington, Nov. 14.— The proofs of
the message that President Roosevelt
w ill send to congress on the first Mon
day in December are now in his hands
for final revision. It is said by those
members of his cabinet who have heatd
portions of it read that it w ill be the
longest and most remarkable document
that has been written by President
Roosevelt.
Among other topics that
have been treated in a striking manner
are the following:
Correction of the rebate evil and the
regulation of railroad rates.
Telling what has been done toward *!* r
building tLe Panama canal and advo
cating legislation that will expedite the
work.
Urging the reorganization of the dip
lomatic and consular service.
Advocating moderation in Chinese
exclusion laws.
•
Suggesting methods for cementing up
the cracks in the immigration laws.
Recommending administrative re
forms in governmental departments and
4^
the adoption of business methods in
operating the government.
r
Urging the ratifi nation of the Santo
Domingo treaty.
Recommending better tariff relations
with the Philippines and Porto Rico.
Explaining the government’s right to
inquire into corporations engaged in
interstate commerce.
Pointing to the benefits of a greater
navy.
m
Preservation of Niagara Falls from 1
the encroachments of cm m erce.
Statehood for territories.
Federal supervision of insurance
companies greatly desired.
Other topics touched upon are:
Treaty of Portsmouth, trade in the
Orient, treasury deficiencies, publie
lands, forest reservations, rights of la
bor, Venezuela and economy in govern
ments expenditures.
J3
A G A IN ST T H t RAILRO AD S.
i
Washington State Commission Up
holds All Complaints.
Colfax, Wash., Nov. 14. — “ Found
guilty as charged on each count of the
indictment.”
This is the verdict of
the State Railroad commission rendered
yesterday evening in the 8tate Railroad
commission vs. the O. R. A N. Co.,
the Great Northern Railroad company
— (
and the Northern Pacific Railroad com ^f. . y
pany.
Shipments from Puget sound for
points on the O. R. A N. in Eastern
Washington must not be routed via
Portland unless requested by the ship
per. Coal rates from Roslyn to points
on the O. R. A N. in Eastern Washing
ton must be lowered to that existing
before the cancellation of the joint
rates January 1, 1902, and joint rates
must be re-established between all the
railroads of Washington. In fact, the
railroads have lost every point, and the
commission has arbitrarily announced
its intent to fix the rates to favor Puget
sound at the expense of Portland.
The O. R. A N. Co., by its attorney,
James Wilson, announced just before
adjournment of the commission, after
all the testimony had been taken, that
it would grant a rate of »2.55 on Ros
lyn coal from Wallula to Colfax, mak- Y
ing the total rate on both roads of
»4.45, thus placing Roslyn coal on an
equal basis with Wyoming coal.
Commissioner McMillan asked if the
O. R A N . and Northern Pacific would
make the same rate on Roslyn coal to
Colfax that the Northern Pacific makes
to Garfield an i Pullman. Mr. Wilson p
stated he has no authority to make such
a rate.
Concessions to Peasants.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 14.— The gov
ernment has decided to make an appeal
to the peasants.
W ith the workmen
of the cities completely estranged and
Liberals refusing to aid the authorities,
there Is nothing left but to turn to the
peasants, and the emperor has approved
a ukase informing them that measures
for the amelioration of their condition
w ill receive immediate consideration.
The discontent of the peasants and the
danger of the spread of the agrariaxA.
movement largely contributed to the J
government's decision.
Troops in Finland Mutiny.
Helsingfors, Nov. 14.— A revolt broke
out jesterday in the garrison of Svea-
borg. Hundreds of the men assert that
they have been retained with the colors
from two to three years beyond the
legal period of their service, and also
complain of their conditions of life.
The mutineers refused to obey orders,
expelled the civilians from the pre
cincts of the fortress and in several of
the barracks threw beds, chairs and
kitchen apparatus out of the windo iwoL
Reviving a Dead Scheme.
Mexico City, Nov. 14.— The Mexicen
Herald p-ints a story claiming it has
information that the governmente of
Great Britain and Japan bave practical
ly decided to construct a ship canal of
their own across Nicaragua, practically
on the lines of the plan rejected by the
American government, Great Britain
to furnish the capital and Japan the
labor.
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