Washington County News
Issued Each Week
FOREST GROVE.
OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
I b a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resum e o f the L e s s Im portant but
Not L e s s Interesting Events
o f the Past W eek.
Paper trust officials deny all charges
of a combine.
Bryan has carried the Alabama dem­
ocratic primaries.
Heyburn of Idaho threatens to talk
the dry homestead bill to death in the
senate.
Commander Robert E. Peary suys he
ean reach the north pole for an outlay
of $50,000.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has lost
another fortune in the decline of min
ing stocks.
Roosevelt and Taft oppose Burrows
for chairman of the national republican
convention.
Anna Gould and Prince Helie are find
ing many obstacles to marriage, but
may wed in England.
B IG F L E E T B R E A K S U P .
F A C E S F IN A N C IA L P A N IC .
Atlantic B attleships S ta rt North, O th ­
e rs G o South.
M exico T a k e s Ste p s to Im prove S it ­
uation by A djusting Duties.
San Francisco, May 19.— The Atlantic
fleet of battleships, after 12 days of
naval pageantry and merrymaking in
San Francisco, sailed yesterday morn
ing at 10 o ’clock for Puget Sound, ur
riving off Seattle on May 21. One half
of the ships will dock at Bremerton
navy yard while at the north, and the
others will return here for repairs and
painting beneath the water line.
Play days in Puget Sound will be
over half the month, and then the of
ucers and men will resume the usual
routine of man o ’ war life. Orders ca!
for the reassembling of the fleet in San
Francisco harbor not later than July 3
On July 7 the fleet will sail for Hono
lulu, and after a week’s stay there wil
go direct to Auckland.
The Pacific fleet of armored cruisers
under command of Rear Admiral Day
ton, sailed south Sunday morning at 8
o ’clock, and Rear Admiral Sperry, in
command of the Atlantic fleet, hoisted
for tho first time his commanding flag
of blue. Being junior in lineal rank
to Admiral Dayton, Admiral Sperry
was compelled by naval regulations tr
fly a subordinate flag of red so long
as the Pacific fleet remained at this
station.
The long line of armored cruisers
which sailed for Santa Barbara, was
headed by the flagship West Virginia
and included the Colorado. Maryland
Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Washington
and California. The protected cruiser
Charleston, flagship of Rear Admiral
Swinburne, also sailed with the fleet
but her destination is Monterey.
Mexico, Muv 18__ Limnutour, the sec
retary of the treasury, being inter
viewed
concerning current
rumors
about the iutention of the government
to take some positive aud active meas­
ures to improve the financial situation,
limited himself to saying that the only
measures proposed by the government
for any such purpose will be presented
to congress for its action, aud consist
iu abolishing the duties on the expor­
tation of hemp, for the encouragement
of its producers iu Yucatan. The sec­
retary added: “ In reality, our economic
situation does not inspire either anxiety
or fears of any class. There has never
been a period during the economic
stringency abroad and which has affect­
ed the whole world, that there has been
in Mexico a moment of the fear of a
panic or anything like it. Moreover,
the attention of the government of
Mexico to the financial condition is not
a thing of today or yesterday. It be­
gins always at the first sign of an epoch
of stringency in any of the money cen­
ters of the world; and this constant
vigilance has never ceased. The gov­
ernment, watching affairs in the money
world, does not believe any extraordi
nary measures are necessary in the
present situation. The normal con­
dition ia everywhere re-established, aud
our banks, following my instructions,
have maintained a system of circum­
spection and caution, limiting their op­
erations to affairs that offer ample se­
curities. The solidity of our banks is be­
yond doubt, and they are in a condition
to meet whatever contingency. The fact
that business conditions in Mexico are
improving daily is very satisfactory to
tho government, and our financial con­
nections, though there has never been
here grave fear of trouble. We are
like an individual, who suffers an at­
tack of indigestion, which does not en­
danger his life of health, but for the
moment annoys and takes away his ap­
petite, obligirg him to let his stomach
rest a little. This rest is, in both
cases, the only remedy necessary, effi­
cacious aud beneficial.”
IM P R O V E IN C O R E A .
The Arkansas legislature, called in
extra session by the governor, has ad­
journed without doing anything.
Conditio ns A re G ro w in g Better Under
A union of the Methodist Episcopal,
P rin ce Ito’s Rule.
Congregational and I'nited Brethren
Seoul, May 19.— Conditions through
churches is being considered at the gen­ out Corea are improving. The deter
eral conference o f tho Methodists.
inination of Prince Ito, the resident gen
A naval launch rammed the torpedo
boat Stiletto off Qoat Island, N. Y. No
lives wore lost. The Stiletto is the first
torpedo boat put into active service by
tbs navy, and is 25 years old.
Head ef the paper trust denies its
existence.
A ll indications point to an immense
Canadian wheat crop this year.
Nebraska railroad employes will aid
the railroads in fighting rate laws.
Bryan is being shadowed by an officer,
ae there have been threats of violence.
A street car strike is on at Cleveland,
Ohio. There has been much rioting and
some bloodshed.
Good conduct marked the stay of the
sailors and marines of the Atlantic
fleet at San Francisco.
Two men, who are accused of robbing
the New Mexico express office of $35,-
000, have been captured.
No appropriations will be made for
rivers and harbors this session, accord­
ing to leaders in congress.
Secretary T a ft ’s managers claim he
has the assurance of support from 592
delegates to the national convention.
Discord has sprung up in the inter
state commerce commission. Some of
the “ confidential clerks” may lose
their places as a result. Two members
have given employment to their sons,
who are charged working hardest when
drawing their pay.
Grover Cleveland is rapidly gaining
in health and strength.
oral from Japan, to suppress the din
orderly element, so that the peaceful
farming population may do their work
in the outlying districts, where armed
bands are harrying the farms and vil
lages. is shown bv the prompt arrival
of reinforcements of gendarmerie num
bering about 5,000, who will be scat
tered throughout Corea.
Prince Ito has issued strict instruc
tions to Japanese soldiers and civilians
that they must not treat the Coreans as
a conquered people, which they are not
but that all the rights of law abiding
citizens must he respected under pen
alty of severe punishment.
Four thousand Corean police, under
Japanese officers, will be enlisted and
trained. Four hundred new telephone
telegraph offices will be established in
the districts infested by revolutionists,
so that easy communication may be had
with the soldiers and police.
Tho crop prospect through Corea is
excellent.
Prince Ito today attended the cele
bratinn of the 25th anniversary of the
opening of Chemulpo to foreign trade
lie was accompanied to Chemulpo from
Seoul bv his suite, a number of foreign
consuls and the Corean minister of agri
culture. Chemulpo was en fete. At a
banquet. Prince Tto. in his address,
spoke of the peaceful anil friendly de­
velopment o f Corea in order that the
Coroans might, in the future, have inde
pendenre under a stable government,
and become a friendly and prosperous
ally of Japan.
G R E A T C O N G R E S S PLA N N ED .
Trouble is brewing between China and D elegates Fro m Entire W orld Going
Russia along tho Manchurian-Siberia
to London.
border.
London. May 19.— Delegates from a
A $50,000 memorial to Abraham Lin­ ’ housand dioceses scattered throughout
coln is to be erected at his birthplace lie world have been selected to attend
in Kentucky.
•
’ he Pan Anglican congress to be held
Latest estimates of the dead in the in London in .Tune. These delegates,
recent Louisiana tornado place the nrluding lnvmen and clergymen, will
n most cases be accompanied by their
number at 50.
bishops, and if the prophecy of the or
Commercial bodies all over the coun­ ganizors is fulfilled, the congress will
try aro protesting against the increase rank among the great gatherings of
in freight rates.
religious workers.
Most of the American bishops have
Both sides in the Dimond Hyde land
fraud ease being tried at Washington sent their acceptances, and, ns each
diocese in the Fnited States will also
claim a victory.
send one or more clergymen or laymen,
Russian troops will destroy the Per America will be well representated as
sian villages near the border, where the regards numbers ami ability; all the
recent trouble occurred.
colonies will have their spokesmen and
Hindua at Calcutta attempted to blow missionaries from every portion of the
up a number of whites by placing a globe will come to tell of their work
among native tribes.
bomb on the car tracks.
Tho programme embraces problems of
No liquor will be sold or brought into a diverse character, and in order to get
the republican national convention hall, 'hrnugh the list of papers the work has
according to a decision of the loaders. heen divided into six sections, which
la an enrounter with Arabs the ’.vill sit simultaneously during the week
>f June lfl to June 22.
French troops lcist 13 killed and 55
wounded. The Arab losses are de
Aid for the Unemployed.
■cribed as heavy.
New York. May 19__ Alexander Law.
The old plant of the Omaha Packing
who was delegated to convey to Wash
company hns been destroyed by fire,
ington a resolution passed at the recent
together with 3.000.000 pounds of meat,
convention for the uremployed held
involving a loss of $500,000.
aere, reported to a gathering of unem
•loved today in Manhattan Lyceum. Ho
Another woman now figures in Sea
mi l that Congressman Fornes, of New
ator P la tt’s domestic affairs.
Vork, had promised to introduce in the
The governors’ conference plans to house of representatives the resolutions
form a permanent organization.
•f the convention calling for a large
•ublie works to furnish employment for
Tonopah, Nev., is rapidly recovering the idle. President Roosevelt, Mr. Law
from the effects of the recent fire.
reported, had been too busy with the
conference of governors to grant him a
The Oklshoma house has passed a bill hearing.
providing that the state shall fix wages.
F R U IT P R O S P E C T S G O O D .
Um pqua
C O U N T IE S T O E X H IB IT .
Valley Fru it Men in G ood Oregon C om m ission A s k s Active C o ­
operation o f All.
S p irits .
Portland.— County judges aud com
Ro»eburg— The report of President
B. X. Cobb, of the Douglas County missioners of all the counties of Ore
■ gou, us well as all the commercial or­
Fruit Growers’ association, shows the
ganizations of the state have been sent
fruit crop in the Cmpqua valley will
, a letter by the Oregon Alaska Yukon-
6 very good this year. The straw­
I pacific commission in which the cominis-
berry crop is good, aud the berries are j sinners ask for co-operation in making
mining in pretty fust uow. Thejpeach
O regon ’s exhibit at the Seattle show the
-rop is fair, and the last frost was a
greatest state exhibition at next year'»
letriment in only a very few sections. big exposition.
The pear crop is fair. Apples will be
The commissioners set forth that Ore-
good. The prune crop will also be
gou will have the most complete state
good, as only a few of the smallesections
building at the fair, and that the co-
j f the county were late enough to be
operatiou of the officials in securing
.•aught by the frost. Tho cherry crop
thorough and attractive exhibits of Or­
s good. All kinds of berries are ex-
egon 's resources will be imperative.
•client. The crop in general was not
The letter which has been sent by the
lamaged to any noticeable extent, and
commision through President Wehrung
he fruit growers are greatly pleased
is in part as follows:
o note that this section, while it was
“ The expense to your county in col­
-eported to have been damaged by the
lecting such an exhibit will not be
'ate frost, will be as good or even bet-
large. Get a live man to take hold of
er than last year, and will be first in
the work and push it, bearing in mind
he market with all kinds of berries and
that it is quality not quantity that is
■berries. Many large shipments of ber-
wanted. A fter you have gathered your
ios will be made to Portland the latter exhibit we will transport it to Seattle,
•art of the week. Several small ship-
install and maintain it without further
nents have already been made. The expense to your county; we will als>
ocal markets will be supplied with place an attendant in charge, and will
lome grown fruits of all kinds from keep in close touch with yoa during the
uow on.
fair, so that your county will get all
the benefit possible in the way of ad­
B row nsville A dds Vehicle Facto.y.
vertising, etc.
Brownsville.— Brownsville has a new
“ The commission is also having
manufacturing enterprise. W. J. Moore, printed a 96 page booklet on the re
a hardware dealer of the north side, has sources of Oregon, whieh will be dis
put in a wagon and vehicle plant. He tributed during the exposition. Two
will make a specialty of wagons and ’pages of this booklet will be devoted to
wheelbarrows. Several men and boys each county. We also intend to show
will be employed. The plant will be by moving pictues the farms, orchards,
running in a short time. It will be a livestock, timber, mountains, streams
credit to tho city. Brownsville has and everything of interest in each
many manufactories, but the citizens county.
are after more. It is doubtful if any
We must have your help and co-opera
other city in the state of like size can tion in the gathering of your exhibit.
boast of as many automobiles as are I f we were compelled to buy these ex-
liibti the state would have to double
owned here.
its present appropriation, but with your
assistance we hope to carry outpour
T e a c h e r to V isit Europe.
Salem__ Miss Ida M. Case, instructor present plans without asking for any
in grammar, literature, English aud further apppropriation.”
rhetoric at the Ashland normal, has
Klam ath Canal H olds W ater
heen selected by the executive com­
Klamath^Falls.— Klamath county land
mittee of the board of normal school
regents to take part this year in the holders will pay but $1.50 an aere for
innual tour for teachers conducted by water again this year. It is expected
he national civic federation. Each that 10,000 acres will be signed under
v’car the federation sends 500 teachers the temporary arrangement, and if
‘o Great Britain and Ireland for the more is signed the rate will be reduced,
purpose of observing methods in those as it is intended to charge only for
countries. The school boards recom­ maintenance and operation. Next year
mend the teachers, and the list is made the regular rates will prevail. Water
is now flowing in the main canal, and
up from those recommended.
out very little trouble has been experi
eneed with the breaking of banks. They
C o rv a llis Can nery Com pleted.
have settled during the past season, and
Corvallis.— The Corvallis cannery is the squirrels have done but slight dam
complete, and has been accepted by the age.
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•annery company. It is a thoroughly
up-to-date plant, well equipped, and
Im proving Walnut T re e s.
ready for business. L. W. Gill, o f W is­
McMinnville.—George C. Payne, the
consin, a man of ten years’ experience,
has been engaged as “ processor,” and walnut expert from California, has heen
is already on hand. W. K. Taylor, man­ in this vieinity for the past several
ager of the plant, reports that he has a days, doing grafting work in the wal­
sufficient quantity of tomatoes eon nut groves and along the streets and
trncted for the season’s run, and all on the lawns, or wherever there are
together the prospect is bright for a walnut trees that do not seem to be up
successful season for the new enter to traditional remiirements. He hus
prise.
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inserted English walnut scions on a
large number of eastern anil California
Chautauqua Preparations.
black walnut trees that were formerly
Oregon City__ The work of grading planted for^ranment and shade.
and putting the ground in good condition
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Railroad D oings at D o rris.
at Chautauqua park, at Gladstone, is
Klamath Falls__ The depot on the
going on. and will be pushed to com­
California Northeastern railroad at
pletion. Secretary Cross has expected
Dorris is now in course of construction.
to complete the main program this
Newcomers are arriving in Dorris at tho
week, but owing to business during
rate of 30 and 40 a day. and it is a com­
the late session of the circuit court, mon occurrence for many to be unable
and other unavoidable circumstances,
to find accommodations at night. A
was prevented from doing so. The
large force is at work just over the hill
program, however, will be ready for from Dorris, and every indicatioi points,
the press the latter part of next week.
to the completion of the road i.% ii few
months.
C o m m issio n Rem edies Extortion.
Salem. __ Acknowledgments of ma­
terial assistance rendered by the state
railroad commission are coming to Sec­
retary George Goodall daily. The most
recent instance is that of the Blue
Mountain Fruit & Froducc company, of
Cove, overcharged $33 by the O. R. &
N. and $255 by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad, both of whieh over­
charge* were refunded by the railroads
through the offices of the Oregon state
railroad commission.
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E xcu rsio n to See Fleet.
Salem.-—An effort is being made by
the Salem board of trade to have an ex
cursion train run from Salem to New
port at the time the Atlantic fleet will
pass Yaquina bay on its northern trip.
The train will aiso carry all who wish
to go to the coast to see the fleet from
the valley towns along the Southern
Pacific and Corvallis & F.astern rail-
•oads. It is expected that arrangements
will be completed for the excursion
within the next ten days.
A sp a ragu s at Klam ath.
Klamath Falls__ J. D. Carroll, of the
Henly ranch, has brought in the first
asparagus of the season raised in Klam­
ath county. This section produces as
paragns of the finest quality, and Mr.
Carroll has been demonstrating what
C h o le ra Am ong T ro o p s .
can be done here. Several farmers are
Minnesota democrats have declared
for Johnson, and refused Bryan as sec
Simla, May 19.— An outbreak of chol­ planting celery this year on quite an
era has compelled the withdrawal of extensive scale, as no section on the
ond choice.
nearly all the white troops with Major coast can rival Klamath for celery.
Proceedings in the endeavor to re­ General W illcorks’ first column into the
lease Thsw from the New York asylum cholera ramp. The intense heat and the
C h e r r y 'F a ir at Th e D alles.
for the criminal insane aro in progress. absence of running water, nercssitating
The Dalles— The mid summer meet­
depending
upon
the
muddy
vilage
water
In case Bryan reeeives the demo-
ing of the State Horticultural society
eratie
presidential
nomination, his tanks, make the danger of a cholera and cherry fair will be held at The
epidemic serious. On approaching Kha
daughter savs she will take the stump
oak Pass today, the picket« of Major Dalles, .Line 30 to July 2. inclusive.
in several Western states for him.
General Willeocks’ force had a desper Prizes will be offered for various ex­
hibits o f cherries, and there will be a
French and Spanish soldiers making ate four hours’ fight with Moham.and programme each dav. R. H. Webber,
up the allied army in Morocco had an troops.
A. E, Lake, and O. F. Saunders, the
««counter in which several were wound
committee, are now busily engaged in
Venezuela Pays Debts.
ed on both sides and one Spaniard
making the arrangements.
Caracas, Venezuela, May 19__-The
killed.
Venezuelan government today made its
The national convention o f Socialists, monthlv payments on account of the
Fine Float from Klam ath.
in session at Chicago, chose Eugene V foreign claims, despite the curtailment
Klamath F alls— Money has been ap-
Peha for presidential candidate on the of revenue resulting from the closing of propriated by the Klamath chamber of
nrst ballot. Benjamin Hanford, of the port o f La Onavra. There have Commerce for the $600 float that will
Vow Tork, was chosen for vice preai been no new cases of bnl onic plague for represent Klamath eounty at the Rose
dent.
tour davs; should four more davs go by Festival in June, and a float it prom­
without
a can«, th« port will b* to ised that «rill b« th« equal of any in
A otreet ear strike ia impending in
the parade.
jopened.
C%icago.
Rains Help G row th.
Brownsville.— Warm rains have fallen
in this vicinity for several days. They
have been a boon to farmers, as the
earth was getting dry. This section
will produce good crops now without
any more rain, although more will be
welcome a month later. Strawberries
are getting ripe, and roses are blooming.
PO R TLA N D M A R K ET S.
Apples— Select, $2.50 per box; fancy,
$2: choice. $1.50; ordinary, $1.25.
Potatoes— Select. 70c per hundred;
Willamette Valley. 45o per hundred;
East Multnomah. 55c; Clackamas 55e
per hundred; sweet. SVfcc per pound.
Fruits— Strawberries, Oregon, $3@
3.50 per crate.
Vegetables—Turnips, $1 per sack;
carrots. $1.50(3)1.75; beets. $1.25; par
snips, $1.25; cabbage. $2 per ewt.;
beans, wax, 12t^(a>13l4c per pound;
head lettuce, 35c per dozen; celery, 85c
rtf$l per dozen; artichokes, 30e per
dfizen; asparagus. 7(5'8c per pound;
oeg plant. 25ia30c per pound; parsley.
25e per dozen; peas, 6(rf7e per pound;
peppers, 20e per pound; radishes, 15«
per dozen: rhubarb, 2(ii3e per pound;
spinach. 85c per crate.
Wheat— Club. 89o per bushel; red
Russian. SflUc; bluestem. 91e; valley,
89c.
Barley Feed. $24.50 per ton; rolled.
$27(32.8; brewing. $26.
Oats— No. I white. $27.50@28 per
ton; gray. $27.
Hay-*Timothv. Willamette Valley,
$17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi­
nary. $15; Eastern Oregon. $17.50;
mixed, $16: clover, $14; alfalfa. $12;
alfalfa meal. $20.
Butter— Extras. 24c per pound; fancy,
23c: choice. 20c; store. 16c.
Eggs— 18’ ec per dozen.
Poultrv— Mixed chickens. ISio'Mc per
pound; fancy hens. 14Hrf?15e: roosters,
old. 9c: fryers, dozen. $4: broilers, d o z ,
$4.50(3'5; dressed poultry, per lb., lc
higher: ducks, 16fipl7c; geese. S^ffe;
turkevs, alive. 17r3T8e; dressed. 19(3)
20e.
Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 4(5?
6L«e per pound; olds, l@ l* 4 e per
pound.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, average best.
lld flS c per pound, according to ihrink-
age; valley. 10<3)12V4e.
M ohair— Choice, 18(1 ISHc p«r lb.
CO N G R ESS B REA KS RECO RD .
A ppropriations Now Excee d T h o se of
Previous Sessio n .
Washington, May 18.— The present
session of congress, to end this week,
is a reeord-breuker. The appropriations
of this session so far authorized exceed
those of the first session of the 59th
congress by more than $300,000,000.
The total appropriations made up to
this time
aggregate approximately
$854,844,807. This amount will be in­
creased by the general deficiency and
omnibus public buildings bills and such
other measures as may go through be­
fore adjournment.
The session has also established a
high record for the number of bills,
resolutions introduced and considered
and for the transaction of executive
business. There have been 7,127 bills
introduced in the senate, and 21,940
in the house-. In the senate 90 joint
resolutions were offered, o f which 30
were passed and nine have become laws.
The senate considered 184 simple reso­
lutions.
Up to this time 115 bills and 15 joint
resolutions have become laws. The
senate has passed 484 bills, 17 of which
were omnibus pension bills.
H O P M E N A S K P R O T E C T IO N .
British Hold G reat Dem onstrationt F a ­
voring Import Duty.
London. May 18— A great army of
men and women interested in the hop
industry in England, estimated to num­
ber more than 50,000, held a demonstra
tion in Trafalgar Square this afternoon
in favor of imposing a duty of $10 on
every hundredweight of hops imported
into this country.
Special trains brought in thousands
frosn Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Worces­
ter and Hereford, the great hopgrnwing
counties, while the east end of London,
whence emanate almost all the hop-
pickers, furnished a contingent perhaps
twice as large as the growers and la­
borers from the provinces.
A fter being marshaled on Victoria
Embankment, the demonstrators with
banners flying and bands playing,
marched to the square, where English
men with a grievance always have been
accustomed to assemble. Speakers from
half a dozen platforms harangued the
multitude on the ruin of the industry
through the dumping of American hops
into England, and resolutions were
adopted by acclamation calling upon
the government not to delay in helping
to re establish the industry and placing
a duty on all imported hops.
C u b B ears for W arships.
Aberdeen, Wash., May 18__ George
Wolff, a business man. proposed a few
days ago that when the excursion from
this city by steamer to see the battle­
ship fleet leaves Grays Harbor, that 16
live bear cubs be taken, and one pre
sented to each ship. The idea at once
took popular fancy and up to this even
ing ten Teddy bears had been gathered
from surrounding towns, and the total
number necessary is expected to no
rounded up by Wednesday next, when
the excursion is promised by the eh.am
her of commerce.
Haskell Will Not L o se Pow er,
Guthrie, Okla., May 18__ Governor
Haskell today vetoed the Eggerman
Davis Bedwine drastic anti trust act.
He especially disfavored the section
giving the attorney general more power
than the governor, by empowering him
to go before one supreme judge an !
have a receiver appointed for any cor
poration without giving the latter no
tice. He favors the provision for im
prisoning convicted trust mangers. A
bill conforming with Haskell’s sugges
tions was immediately introduced.
C h ic a g o Em ploys C h inese Police.
Chicago, May 18__ For the first time
in many years, the Chicago police de­
partment has engaged Chinese detec­
tives to aid in preserving peace in
Chinatown. The result of the trial of
three Chinamen of murdering a wealths
Chines« merchant hae * . exercised the
Chicago Chinese that further warring
between the tong» is feared.
GOVERNORS UNITE
Plan Permanent Organization n
Hold Regular Meetings.
MAY ACCOMPLISH MICH
Result o f F irst Conference Exp«^.J
to Be F a r Reaching All Favor J
Preservation of Resources. J
J
Washington, May 16__ The first
ferences of the governors of the i t t j
ot the American Union ended yceteriJ
Like mauy of the important event! ¿I
history, time is to reveal the «p«.
which the president aud governors ■*
lieve has been made. The aecowplMt
ments of the conference, which m
been in session at the White Rouse fo
three days, cannot be set forth w;u!
mathematical precision. That it« i» I
mediate results are more than ample u!
the expression of President Rouievtl;
who brought it about, and of the mi
ernors who participated.
The printed record of the conferee«
which will later be available to even
American home, will be a eompUafi»
of facts, startling in their meaning,
convincing in their universal eontij.
sion, that the states and the nation inun
co-operate to the end that to the whoti
people of the nation may accrue tit
lasting benefits of its natural resoureaj
Besides the compilation of facts by tk|
experts and the freely expressed opinial
of the governors, the conference leu«l
as its permanent record a thouax
words of “ declaration,” not a “ *
laration of independence,” but nut
laration of co-operation.”
>
Perhaps greater in importance tin I
all else was the determination of the I
governors of the states to perfect*pet-1
manent organization, whereby a belt I
tofore unknown intimacy may be deveil
oped among the executives of the 41
sovereign states made strong by * ei* I
mon purpose and made potent by pit I
nouncements which may not lightly »1
disregarded.
Of the last day the story is one if I
many features. The set programme wnl
swept aside. The president presided I
throughout. He interjected remiibl
and speeches. Ho brought to the pi*t I
form men who made plain the prevsi.1
ing feeling that thoughtful care maul
bo exercised for the future. Thepit|
pared papers were not presented, bB
they will be printed in the pernuedj
record. Their place was first take» hyi
the “ declaration,” which was adopt*
after discussion which brought to Ip
no serious objection to its aihrmiM
Then William J. Bryan was preseiti
by the president. He touched the a
chords which had produced the vib
tion of harmony and co-operation,
governors’ discussion brought «
state executives to the platform,
the product was altogether that of
mony, and the sentiments exp
were applauded alike by all.
P R E S ID E N T
U P H ELD
B Y :W l
N egro D ism issed at Brownsvill^*)
Suit to Recover Pay.
New York, May 16— The right $]
President R-ooscvelt summarily h
miss a negro soldier of the Twenty
infantry for alleged participation
riot at Brownsville, Tex., was suit*
today by Judge Hough, in the fw
States district court. Osc«r W. S*l
the soldier, sued the government W
cover $122 as wages from the
his dismissal to the expiration of*
enlistment. District Attorney 8t;*i
contended that the president bt
right to dismiss the soldier, J*
Hough sustained this contentioi i
directed a judgment in favor ef
government.
Judge Hough in his deeieion^n
that the president was entirely *8
his rights in dismissing the folds*
the Twenty-fifth regiment. innmnSj
the enlistment papers and o*tb l_
vide that a soldier shall serve “ ':t
period of three year« unless sooner-
charged by proper authority.
C h inese Revolt is Serious
Shanghai, May 16.—The * hinesfi
ernment is greatly alarmed ot*
Chinese revolt, which is steadily,
ing more serious. The rebels
off communication to Mengt«* J
estimated that the revolution * ^1
her in.non. The fact tha’ tbi • J
«elected Yunnan a« the
JJ
first attack convince« Pok-ng t J
are familiar with conditi
A
province is poorly protects
J
ornmont i* not h * • '
r V . ft
tse, which in at the head of tn
railway, from heine taken.
Seven Killed in Wree*’ .
Muskogee. Okla.. Mar 1"— J
seven passengers were nurneo Tf
this afternoon and several » '
J
when the “ K a fr ” fiver
?
souri, Kansas A Tcxi«
j » i
wrecked a mile east r f " ' '
ta
cording to word vi«t
1 ’ .«jci
report says the
,v, fe**W
a freight train, and ha __ >
immediately caught nro
^
ger, who are reported
,
dentlv eamrht under the
roaeted ali v e ________ _
T ro o p s May Fi*ht Uc><'u£ ,e
Tunis. Mar 1
6
.
W
out to extern^-’ ” /' ,
K,
that have invaded
Kaiman and Tnn.s
scale.. T h -
that this is the only ®
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