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ON THE BARI Hat is Finished T u rn A t to Deep R iver. C on g ress Not Likely ,0 Make Appro- priation at Next Session. on I xt Portland, Sept. 17._T n at the $2 - 500,000 needed for completion of the Colum bia bar jetty cannot be secured next year from congress is the opinion of Congressman Ransdell, of Louisiana, Of COLONEL ROESSLER iotekv M G overnm ent Is Fully P rep ared to T ake Such Steps. and Jones, of Washington, members of the rivers and harbors committee, who have just inspected the jetty, escorted REGULAR ARMY WOULD BE USED M A R IN E S ARE LAN D E D . Will P ro tect Am erican Interests Island o f Cuba. on 1 Havana, Sept. 14. — One hundred ! armed sailors from the United States protected cruiser Denver, landed last evening and camped in front of the president’ s palace, in anticipation of possible uprising within or attacks upon Havana. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 14. — A by members of the chambers of com- BACK IN THE OLD RUT. private cablegram received here from Cienfue- ,„t Engi"«er M akes A d d ress goe, Cuba, statee that marines from the Intervention Would Not Be a Holiday hers of the Oregon delegation in con ra Meeting o f P ortlan d United States gunboat Marietta were Affair— T ro op s Are Being Re- gress, Governor Chamberlain, Lieuten- landed at that place yesterday to pro Op4n River Enthusiasts. turned From Philippines. tect American interests. ant Colonel Roessler, who is United merce of Portland and Astoria, mem- States engineer of , gopt. 15.— Conditions are others. this district, and ¡¿lbs national appropriations That it is inadvisable to resume work .¡uprovemeut of the Colum bia on the jetty until this sum shall be iioolJ be concentrated and di- available, either as an appropriation or ijpoa the work at the mouth of under continuing contract, if very w^and that the other projects, wasteful construction is to be avoided, -for their purpose the opening was the opinion ol the two committee ¿„great waterway, should wait members, who accorded with the view ted slowly until the biggest and of Colonel Roessler announced before a rital undertaking of them all is meeting of the Chamber oi Commerce of -j, This is the opinion of Portland Friday night. Colonel Rc Colonel Roessler, of the dStates engineers, voiced by him Leeting of the river and harbor lent enthusiasts, held last '«the Chamber of Com merce, handled or more of the most [#nt and earnest citizens of Port- Inhered at the chamber to be en- ini as to the most effective meth- Lporsoe in securing the ultim ate mment of the Colum bia rive r as nld be improved. Congressman Jll, chairman of the rivers and «congress and member of the ^committee on rivers and harbors, ¿ n a n Jones, of Washington, rs, addressed the m eeting, but irks of the prominent engineer W the greatest interest because of iting the “ mouth of the Co- ^ia river first; then the other pro- » sing as they did from a man pos- I ol the expert knowledge as is m ! Roessler, and one sc thorough- miliar with every phase and detail evarious works of im provem ent, ^address last night carried great ^tandmade a deep and lasting «lion upon the representative as st me impress upon von the one ;bt which has been uppermost in mind in making these remarks, Wly, that it is good from an engi- 'i standpoint, from a commercial dpoint and from all points of view lirb the great work at the mouth ic river before asking large sums ¡works farther up the r iv e r ,” eaid d that in tny judgment it would ary to the best interests of all improvements, taken as a connect- shole, to advocate the policy of di- np any sum that congress may t to appropriate foi the Columbia : valley in such a way as to prevent irly fulfillment of the commercial rations which are centered in a channel at the mouth of the WOMEN LO S E T H E IR V O T E S . ler advised further that money should not be diverted from the bar project, by insistence on sums of money for other improvements on the river, lar ger than are necessary for maintenance of present work and slow construction. This plan is opposed by Represents tive Jones, who rather considers the Celilo project more important than the bar project, at least to the upper Co lumbia river region, which wants lower transportation rales to and from tide water. He takes the view that the Ce lilo barrier, which now prevents navi gation up and down the river, should be opened as soon as possible, and that the bar improvement is not as urgent as is alleged, because ships of 23 and more feet draft can already pass in and out. This opinion is shared by Mr. Rans dell, and he urges that the two projects be striven for together, saying that otherwise, there will be a divided effort, which w ill react against the in terests of the entire river. Mr. Jones and Mr.Ransdell said that it is extemely unlikely that the jetty can obtain $2 500,000, or that even the whole Columbia river can secure such a sum. Both were even fearful that there w ill be no river and harbor bill at all next year. I t w ill be impossible, they Baid, to put through an emergemy appropria tion, as was done at the last session of congress for $400,000, because that sum was allowed simply in order that the government might not lose several hum dred thousand dollars’ worth of con struction works at the jetty, for want of money to finish the 6tone deposits under the tramway then in place. I t was not the most cheerful outlook for the river interests that were repre sented in the party. Its members be gan busying their heads with devices for obtaining the required $2,500,000 right away, because, in their minds, completion of the jetty is extremely uigent. Tiburon is F ire -S w ep t. > '“Pfon, Cal., 8 “pt. 15.— F ire which °ut shout 4 o’ cock this afternoon w , Wui • 'iestroyed the hnsinees district of own. Only the utmost efforts of il» c°nd In fa n try and the "in s ,n* ’ ® overnor Msrkharo, sent «n Francisco, saved the reeidence i°n. Two hundred people were bouielseee and the loee is eeti- ¿ r “ »100,000, w ith little lnsur- M,y *V Build Fouth Sh am rock . Sept. 15. — John Ward, Id d '^ o to r of Denny Broe., of the laet tw o Shamrocks, has n ( 0T Yew Y o rk . I t ia understood have submitted proposals to iS k 18** kiptoo for the construction r“ *®yoc* IV , they to be given • ' » designing and building. Bept. would not be “ holiday” matter, but that an army would be necessary and, in case of intervention every available man of the regular army w ill be used and w ill be sent to Cuba as fast as por- eible. Although no regular transports are available on the Atlantic coast, it ie known where the transports can be obtained as soon as needed. Some weeks ago the Sixth and Twenty-first regiments of infantry were ordered home from the Philippines, it being stated that their term of service in the islands was completed. The transports which sailed last winter for the Philippines will bring available troops to the Atlantic coast and also the transports, which wonld he very necessary if the Platt amendment is involved. TH R EE ARE G U IL T Y . Federal Grand Jury Returns Verdict in Land Fraud Case. Portland, Sept. 13.— 8tate Senator Franklin Pierce Mays, ex Representa tive Willard N. Jones and George Sor enson stand in the shadow of the peni tentiary now. A t 9:45 a. m. today the sealed ver dict returned by the jury at 1:45 this morning was read in the Federal court, finding all three defendants gnilty of conspiracy to defraud the government out of lands in connection with the cre ation of the Blue mountain forest re serve. A breathless Bilence reigned in the courtroom when the clerk read the words that branded the defendants on the catalogue of land fraud convicts. Counsel for the defendants gave notice of intention to move for a new trial and were allowed time to do so. The verdict, while probably not unex pected, was a severe blow to the accus ed men, but there was no scene. Although the hour was early the T R E P O F F IS DEAD. courtroom was crowded with people in Tyrant of Russian People Succumbs terested in the outcome of the long trial. __________________ to Heart Disease. 8t. Petersburg, SeDt. 17.— General lie Suffrage, Says Austrian Min Dm itri Feodorovitch Trepoff, command uter, is Failure on Continent. ant of the Imperial palace, died at 6 Vienna, Sept. 15. — Onder the new o’clock Saturday evening in his villa at oral reform b ill the p riv ile g e here- Peterhof of angina pectoris. General Trepoff, whose name ie in s accorded women who are landed delibly linked with reactionary repres rietors of voting at parliam entary sion in Russia, was a remarkable man. ions is abolished. A t a m eeting of H e was a natural despot, a Iryant by * (lectorsI reform com m ittee today inclination, education and conviction. 1 of the deputies urged the reteii- He was one of those men who have con sof the prvivilege and its extension stantly appeared in Russian history, •omen earning 1200 yearly or inde just at the time when conditions were cently carrying on business or ad- most promising for putting an end to despotism, to turn the Russian rulers ing estate. Biron von Blenerth, the m inister of from liberalism to reaction. It was he who became the guiding Interoir, pointed out that a ll at- 'Pts to extend female suffrage on the spirit of the reaction after Nicholas II l!ment had failed, especially where had issued his manifesto in the fall of versal suffrage had been introduced, 1905, promising the people a share in Jbedoubted the a d visab ility of the the government. Holding the position fP Victor Adler, the Socialist lead- of master of the palace, in league with • though an advocate of fem ale suf- the court intriguers who were deter- ft also considered the present un- mined to restore the old regime, be P'tious for an extension of the right. constantly had the emperor s ear. Postal Extension to Cuba. i j '* York, Sept. 15.— T h e Commer- 4 Cablegram company, o f Cuba, yesterday filed incorporation pa- 1 ** Albany, announces that its plan - toi lay two cables from Havana to »nd thence from K ey West ofidt, and to provide special wires f 6 Florida to New Y o rk city, so as fP ’ e rapid and reliable service. It 1 wpected that the eystem w ill be ® ^or business December 17, 1906. > J ' tw Hne w ill be operated in con- ,n with the Postal Telegraph A ®*rcial Cable company. Washington, Sept. 14.— 8o far as can 13.— President be ascertained no official word has been Roosevelt is keenly alive to the revolu received regarding the repotted landing tionary movement in Cuba and the re of marines a*, Cienfnegos, Cuba. The M arietta’ s commander had special in sponsibility of the United States in structions case the conditions grow worse and in Havana, Sept. 14.— A dispatch from tervention becomes necessary. I t ie known that the president w ill not in Cienfuegos says that the United States tervene until it appeals absolutely ne gunboat Marietta has debarked a de cessary, yet steps have been taken tachment there. Cienfuegus is besieged which wonld make such intervention by insurgents and some of the fortifica effective. The ships that have been tions have been damaged. sent to Cuba are there for the purpose only of protectiag American interests Washington, Sept. 14.— I t was o ff • and furnishing asyinm for Americans ciaiiy announced here that the sailors who m ty be in danger from the war who were landed at Havana from the ring factions. It is recognized that intervention American cruiser Denver have been or Washington, Dawson City is Excited. Winnipeg, Sept. 1 7 - Advices from Dawson City say there is more excite ment over the dredging h e «»a t pre^n than there has been since the earl.eeet davs The whole population is mad over dredging, and »tampedes have oc- curred every day ■nd1D1* h* '° . r. “ * * wpeks Phenominal success hss been attained by the Be.r creek dredge and at the month of the Yukon river The arrival of the Guggenhimee, of New York, as well as other capita hits whose names ire household words Las in- fused new life into Dawson City. E X P O S E S A G R A F TE R . ------------ » Russian Paper Says General Rennen- kam pff Robbed Army. 8t. Petersburg, Sept. 13.— The Perle, an organ of the moderate Liberal party, has been suspended on account of its publication of an article by M . Demi- cheneky, a well known writer, attack- the bureaucratic a,stem, in tbe course of which General Rennenkampff was flatly charged with thievery and defied to bring an action for libel. The article alleged that General Rennen kampff had filled his pockets from the m ilitary fund and with tribute levied upon his subordinates dnnng the Rueso-Jaapneee war, and he was a«ked to explain why the invectigation start ed bv General Dobermuechnitzy, which was interrupted by the battle of M uk den, was never resumed. Tunnel Under Hudson. New York, Sept. 13— Drawn by workmen, the first car was run through the Pennsylvania railroad’ s tube under the Hudson today. The trip was made in celebration of the accomplishment of one of the greatest feats in the history of modern engineering. From start to finish the work of building the first tubas has been a series of engineering triumphs. The tunnel is 6,000 feet in length, and when tbe ends of tbe tubes met Monday it was found they were only one-sixteenth ol an inch out of the way. _______ ____ W estern Union Will Extend Lines. New Y ork, Sept. 13— The directors of tbe Western Union Telegraph com Use Gasoline on Feeders. pany. at a meeting today, authorized Omaha, Sept. 1 7 .- W . R. M r K -n President Clowry to call a meeting of superintendent of motlTV ^ , W J ° V h _ * stockholders on October 10 to vote on a proposition to issue $25,000,000 in gold bonds. The directors also voted that $10,900.000 in gold bonds be is- ears have at last proved eued immediately for enheciiption by Mr Keen took a party over tbs dne from stockholders. Tbe money realized from Columbus, Neb., to Omaha t o d y in tbe bonds is fo be used for new con No. g an average speed of struction and buying new property. “ L°to sfi miles an boor being main a i The branch line, of tb , system River Washes Away Tow ns. wiU be equipped^with^heee “ r1. E l Paso, Tex., Sept. 13— Correspond ence of the Herald reports th a tie e en t Plotters' Nest in Petarhof. and Colina», „ a»„* 17.— The p olit« rains between Toxpan^ g t. Petersburg ’ ^ p„ M -x., caused vast earth slides on the have arrested 1 , The Manasnillo extension of the Mexican Tbe town* of Mexi- terbof, including *e , rrw ted was a Central railroad celtilan and Tnrpan, on the Santiago river, have been practically washed away and acota» of person* are home less and suffering- tion to thin and. ve» s sBsrsaf— w a S r r of 300 pounds net each. The firm bad to buy the seed abroad, h s obstacles were placed In tbe way o f Its purchase W om an o f H a rv a rd U n iv e rs ity H as T h is D istin ction . In Ceylon by the hlgu price demanded T o be si-credited ns the discoverer of as soon as It became known what It was more stars than any other living as wanted for. The price In Ceylon has tronomer must be gratifying. Especial been as high as 60 cents per pound, ly should this be the case when the against 10 cents asked lu Eugland.— lucky discoverer Is a woman. Such Philadelphia Record. distinction belongs to Mrs. W llllnmlna N E W R U S S IA N L E A D E R . I’ aton Fleming o f tho Harvard observ atory. The results o f her Investiga tions have Interested the entire astro R e v o l u t i o n i s t » T n r n l n g t o U r e s o r f M a x l m e , S d w In T h i s C o u n t r y . nomical world. i One o f tho most prominent o f tho In addition to her achievements In Russian revolutionists la Gregory Max- this fine she Is distinctive In being the Ime, who Is now In tills country, w ith only woman occupying an official posi a price o f 15,000 tion at H arvard University. roubles on his head. Eight hitherto unobserved stars In Maxline was one o f the novae have been discovered by her. the leading citizens O f fifth-type »tars she lias found eighty- o f Riga, where he four. as compared with fifteen located owned a newspa by her compeers In science. Incidental per, now suppress ly she has fonnd 200 new variables. In ed by tbe govern recognition o f her work Mrs, Fleming m ent The revolu lias Jnst been elected a member o f tbe tionary movement Royal Astronomical Society o f I«on- struck that place In don. She Is the first American woman 1905 and the B altic and the third o f her sex to receive such obegoby MAXIME. republic was pro an honor. claimed, with Maxlme us Its first pres “ More star discoveries are accredited ident. In December It was suppressed to Mrs. Fleming than to any other per by the government and every effort waa son In the history of science," Is the made to apprehend Maxlme. He es remarkable assertion recently made caped, however, milking Ills way from concerning the work o f this woman. one revolutionary liody to another, un And the assertion appears to be true. til be reached Manchuria. He pushed For that reason she attracted the at on to the Pacific coast and from V ladi tention o f the savants of the Koyal A s vostok sailed for a Chinese port. tronomical Society of London. i'b:nce lie passed over to Japan, from Members o f that body as a rule are which country he came to the United cold blooded. They do not admit any States. The untimely end o f the little repub U N IF O R M IT Y IN B U S IN E S S . lic has anything hut danqieued the young Russian’s ardor. The exam ple Commission W o rk s to That End and he set he believes to have been o f In Railroads Help. calculable value to the whole empire, Washington, Sept. 14.— Discussing and he declares that the seed sown on tbe probable method of proceeding un the Baltic w ill spread all the way to der the new railroad rate law, In ter Siberia. I state Commerce Commissioner Cockrell Unlike Count Witte, Maxlme scoffs at said the first effort of the commission the Douma. “ A helpless and uselesa would be a uniform way of doing busi parliament,” he terms It, and when he ness. stated that "soon It w ill lie smarting “ We are,” he eaid, “ givin g most of under rebuffs" his words truly hud the our attention to aecoring the adoption ring o f prophecy. of a general system, believing that by Although an exile In America, M ax pursuing this course we w ill lighten lme works night and day for his people oar own labors and render it possible at home. T h e newspaper he owned at for the railroads to aid us in carrying Riga has been suppressed, and while the law into effect.” the autocracy reign* he dare not crone H e then outlined the plans of the the Russian boundaries, yet he fre commission to be to secure: quently expresses the belief that It w ill First— A uniform system of account not lie long before l.e can return to ing by the railroads. Ills home unmolested. Second— A unifoVm system of classi fication of freight throughout the U n it W itte cast aside, G*(>on dead and one to equality with themselves unless Gorky prnctlcally an Impossibility now, ed States. T hird— A uniform schedule of rates, the right to comradeship has been clear It Is to Gregory Maxlme that the Rus ly established. fares and charges. sians o f this country are fast turning Fourth — The performance by the Mrs. Flem ing has passed tbe fortieth as the logical lender o f their cause. roads of the entire transportation from milestone o f life's Journey, but. unlike H u m m in g I p the Fact. the place where freight is received to many persona wbo devote themselves to “ Sir, what Is this stuff?" Inquired the point of destination. scientific ends. Is affable and charming Mr Cockrell also said that the rail o f personality. the late Senator Vest of a Boniface. roads are manifesting a dispoaition to “ (¡offee," meekly replied the proprie In ber pronunciation o f words a aid the commission in the enforcement slight burr reminds the hearer that she tor, somewhat taken aback. of the law. "C offee 1" repeated Vest, In fine Is a Scot— In fact, she Is a native o f Dundee, In the land o f oatcakes. She scorn; “ my friend, I could Insert a Investigate Immigrant Abuses. was educated there and taught school coffee-bean In my mouth, dive Into the Missouri River, swim to the town o f New York, Sept. 14.— James B. Rey there fo r five years. nolds, who was one of the president’ s H er father, Robert Stevens, was a Alton. 111., and I'll guarantee that one commissioners to investigate conditicns man whose Inclination leaned to scien could ball up much better coffee than in the peeking houses, in Chicago, is tific research and he was the first In this, sir, over the entire route I” — The at work on E llis island under personal that section to take an Interest In the Search-Light. instructions of the president, inquiring then new daguerreotype process o f pho Three A r p * of Man. into c mditions there. Jnst why Mr. tography. The daughter, however, was The first age o f man Is when be Reynolds is sent there is not konown at not content to remain amid the rigid thinks about all the wicked things he this tim e, bnt it is known that charges environments o f the old world. More Is going to do.. This Is called "In n o reflecting on the treatineot of im m i than twenty years ago »he came to cence." The second age Is when he grants have reached Washington, and America and soon obtained a position does all the wicked things he has complaint also has been made as to the at H arvard observatory a» computer. thought o f In childhood. This Is called manner in which some of the contract* For some time her work there was o f have been adm inistered. “ T h e I’ rlme o f L ife ." The third age la | the simplest character, hut. as the value when he repnts o f all the wicked things o f her service» was recognized, she was John D. Says N ot Guilty. he ha* done. T b l* Is called "Dotage.'* quickly advanced from one post to an Findlay, O , Sept. 14.— A plea of not — New York Prea*. other. In 1897 she was appointed cura gnilty has been entered in tbe Probate W het the V lllla e H aig. coart here by John D. Rockefeller on tor o f the astronomical records o f the “ Yeh,” said the first gallery god, de tbe charge of violating tbe anti-trust university and since then her work lias law through the Standard O il company. [ been directed to a study o f the heavens. scribing the melodrama, "the hen» done At present she has In charge more the villain np all right, but the villain M r. Rf ckefeller was not personally in court. The defendants in the cases than 150,000 glam platen, each covered wouldn't admit it." against the pipe lines also pleaded not with almost countless Images o f stars " C h e «!" exclaimed the other. guilty in the same way and each de and which make a complete record of “ Xo." the first continued. "D e last manded a separate trial by ju ry. Judge the heavens since 1886." Every night words he said was, 'I a.n undone.' Ranker adjourned court un’ il the first when the weather permits the Harvard Philadelphia M p t l Monday in October. observatory scans the heavens, both In What has become o f the old-fashion the northern and southern hemisphere*. ed man who said he could whip bla Rain o f Liquid Sulphur. l a l a n d C o tto n In O r i o n . enemy on a sheep skin? Buenos Ayrea Sept. 14 — The state A firm In Colombo offered to give sea telegraph department today receivad a I f a gniery store clerk lqtenda to rob telegram from Jarhate, province of San I Island cotton free to anyone who would you at all. he w ll rob you when he sella Joan, stating that tbe night of Rep tern- I plant It In Ceylon, and they report that you cantaloupe*. I be 11 there was a rain of sulphurous seed sufficient to plant 3,000 acre» has There are men who every time they liquid and that in conaeqnenee the in ¡been applied for. Three thousand acres I manna 3.UUU balsa of aea laland cotton encounter a sight d raft envy the blind. habitant» ware greatly alarmed. dered to return to their vessel immedi ately, save for a small guard which w ill be left at the American legation. This action followed the receipt of an official report by Acting Secretary of State Ba con from Mr. Sleeper, the American charge d ’ affiirs at Havana, regarding the landing. The report was not made public, but it was announced offiically shortly a f terward that the sailors were landed from the Denver solely for the protec tion of the lives and property of Ameri can citizens; that such action was in purenance of a discussion between Mr. Sleeper and the naval commander, with the belief that it was a wise precaution looking to the protection of the lives and property of Americans. There was no intention, it is stated, to do other wise than to safeguard American inhab itants, and the services of the sailors were to be utilized only in case of dis orders within the city which threat ened such inhabitants. That the land ing in any way contemplated the pro tection of either the Cuban government or tbe insurrectionary government, President Palma, or any other persons than American citizens, was disclaimed officially and it was pointed out that this fact could not be emphasized more strongly. Secretary Bonaparte conferred with officials of the Navy department today. He declined to say anything about the conference, but it ie known that Cuba formed the main topic. The cruisers Tacoma and Cleveland, now outfitting at Norfslk, he said, would be held in readiness to go to Cuba if needed. CHAMPION STAR FINDER.