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HILLSBORO OREGON
NEWS OnilE WEEK
la a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Reeume of tha Less Important but
Not Last Interesting Evants
of tha Paat Waak.
The suffrsge strike in threading
through Austria.
The powera are planning a naval
demonstration againat Turkey.
Grand Duka Nicholas ia with Witte
in the present reform movement.
A blunder in the law will preveLt
the sale of tha Siletx timber land.
Fire at Birmingham, Alabama, de
stroyed projierty valued at $172,000
Two towns in Bessarabia have been
burned and many Jews perished in the
names.
Judge Paul Jessen, of Nebraska, has
declined to accept an appointment to
the supreme bench of Arizona.
A rice famine eiists in three pro
vinces of Japan and 1,000,000 of the
population is practically starving.
It is said that tha French minister
Is preparing to leave Venezuela. The
British minister will take charge of the
French legation.
Fire destroyed the top floors of the
Chronicle building in Han Francisco
One of the most valuable newspaper
libraries in the country was ruined,
British policy holders In the Eqult-
able Life Assurance society, at a mass
meeting in London, adopted a resolu
tion of confidence in President Morton
ml his colleagues.
King Alfonso, of Spain, is visiting
in Berlin.
The massacre of Jews continues at
Kishiueff.
American Imports into Cuba snow a
great increase.
Roosevelt says it is useless to inter
cede for Russian Jews.
The general board of the navy re
commends the building of 18,000-ton
ships.
Western Washington millmen are
endeavoring to secure cars for shipping
lumber.
The Norwegian charge d'affaira at
Washington is sure Prince Charles, of
Denmark, will be king of Norway.
Balfoui gave a cold reception to the
delegation of England's unemployed
and a monster indignation meeting was
held.
Walter G. Tubby, a St. Paul railroad
man, has been appointed superintend
ent of construction of the Panama
canal.
A colony of 25,000 Lithuanians.
frathernd from all the larire Eastern I
cities, will settle somewhere in the Co
lumbia river region.
OPPOSES RIVER WORK.
Secretary of War Will Not Make Ex
ception n Favor of Columbia.
Washington, Nov. 7. la his an
nual report made public today, General
MacKensie, chief of engineers, asks that
tha following appropriations be made
in tha nezt sundry civil bill:
Mouth of Columbia river, $300,000;
Ceiilo canal, $250,000; Willamette and
Columbia below Portland, $125,000;
Columbia between Vancouver and the
mouth of tha Willamette. $30,000; Ta-
coma harbor, $200,000. Each and all
of these appropriations were authorised
in tha river and harbor bill passed at
tha last aeaaion; these respective sums
have been expended or are covered by
contracts now in force, so that not one
dollar asked for by General MacKensie
will go to pay for new work. In other
words, General MacKensie ia asking
ELECTION RESULTS
HcClellan and Jerome Carry New
York by Small Plurality.
REFORM SWEEPS PHILADELPHIA
Contest in Ohio Closa Republicans
Carry Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and New Jersey.
Washington, Nov. 8. Election re
turns received by tna Associated Press
up to 2 o'clock this morning show that
the Democrats have carried tha mayor-
lty campaign in New York City, the
only for enough money to pay for work Ltata ticket in Pennsylvania, the state
unaer way or airea.iy compieeu. . th citv ti(lket
He asks for no new appropriations for
he has been instructed by the secretary
of war to cut down his estimates and
confine himself solely to work hereto
fore authorised.
Personally. General MacKensie be
lieves congress should make large ap
propriations for the mouth of the Co
lumbia river, and be thinks it wrong
to allow work on that project to stop at
its present incompleted stage, and yet
under instructions from his superior he
cannot officially recommend such ap
propriation.
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.
Chief of Engineers Makes Estimates
in His Report.
Washington, Nov. 7. Sixteen mil
lion dollars will be necessary to com
plete the engineering works of the fort- was defeated overwhelmingly
ifications of the sea coast of the United
States under the present plans of the
Endicott board, according to the report
of Brigadier General MacKensie, chief returns:
of engineers. There already has been New York Mayor, George B. Mc.
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dillerent points have been adopted ana led ; Bird 8. Coler, Municipal Owner
most of them are well under way. ship, elected borough president of
points are San Diego. Brooklyn.
Louisville, while the Republicans made
a clean sweep in Massachusetts and in
Chicago and Cook county, and have
carried their tickets in New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Nebraska and Maryland.
In New York Hearst has a plurality
in tha Borough of Brooklyn of almost
16,000, with 14 election districts miss
ing. The returns indicate McClellan's
re-election by several thousand plural
ity. Hearst has charged fraud in the
voting. Bird 8. Coler was elected bor
ough president of Brooklyn on the Mu
nicipal Ownership ticket. The New
York election shows that municipal
ownership will be a considerable factor
in the city a politics.
In Ohio the result is still doubtful,
though the returns up to a late hour
indicated tha election of Pattison, the
Democratic candidate for governor.,
The suffrage amendment in Maryland
Massa
chusetts elected a Republican governor
by a majority approximating that of
Douglas, the present Democratic gov
ernor, following is a summary of the
THEIR USEFULNESS GONE.
Administration Would Lika to Sea Or
egon's Congressman Resign.
Washington, Nov. 6. It can be stat
ed on reliable authority that tha Roose
velt administration is in sympathy
with tha movement now on foot in Ore
gon to induce Senator Mitchell and
Representatives Hermann and William
son to resign their seats in congress.
Officials of tha administration share
tha belief universally held in Wash
ingtoa that Oregon should not be de
nied representation in congress; it is
acknowledged that Mitchell, Hermann
and Williamson will never again be
able to render their state effective aer-
vicea; they certainly cannot do so un
der prevailing conditions. It being
apparent mat not one of these men
could possibly be in position to perform
active auty as a member of tha Fifty
ninth congress, tha administration
thinks it is incumbent upon them all
to resign.
or obvious reasons, no member of
tha coadministrition can be quoted on
this matter, but, if the president's
views ana those of his various cabinet
officers could be printed, tha people of
Oregon would have no doubt aa to tha
position of the administration. So far
tha administration has done nothing to
lorce Mitchell, Hermann or William
son out of congress, though some offi
ciala of tha department of Justice have
been urging tha attorney general to
ask for an advancement of the Mitchell
case on the docket of the United States
Supreme court. If this is done, and
tha Supreme court sustains the findings
of the lower court, Mitchell will be
deprived of his seat some time thi
winter and (governor Chamberlain will
have an opportunity to appoint his sue-
ceesor to serve until March 4, 1007.
WORK PLEASES TAFT.
Among these points are
Cal., San Francisco, Columbia
and Paget sound.
The defense of the Great lakes and
the St. Lawrence River is under con-
ideration. The estimate for the com
pletion of the fortifications do not con
template anything more than the pro
jects outlined by the Endicott board
Modern appliances ana additional pro
jects which may be adopted by the
Taft board, appointed last summer,
and the fortifications of the insular pos
sessions may increase the estimate
when additional work is approved by
congress. It is estimated that $4,203,364
will be required to put into execution
by the engineering department the
schemes of the artillery and signal
corps for fire control of the seacoast de
fenses.
CONTEST ON SMOOT'S SEAT.
A woman has successfully borrowed
money in New Jersey towns on the
pretense that she is the wife of J. J
Hill, of the Great Northern.
American novelty manufacturers
claim their products equal those of
France and Germany and will hold an
exhibition in Chicago in December to
prove it.
The czar has granted home rule to
Finland.
are rallying to the support
Liberals
of Witte.
England's national memorial to
Gladstone has been unveiled.
An insane woman at Kalamazoo
Michigan, fed her children with the
hogs.
An inspection of the steamloat in
pection service has been ordered in St
Louis.
Jspan and Russian will exchange the
peace ratification about the 20th of this
month.
Britain's unemployed million has pe-
titioned Balfour for relief by creating
new public works.
A Minneapolis grand jury has re
turned indictments against four former
officials of the Northwestern Life Insur
ance company.
Fire which started in . a New Or
leans paint store destroyed $100,000
worth of property.
The Isthmian Canal commission has
just purchased a vast amount of sup
plies for the canal, including lumber,
powder, cars and engines.
Mountain View, Oklahoma, has been
swept by a tornado and seven people
killed and 15 injured. A large number
of residences were w recked.
The czar has sinned a proclamation
for free press and lileration of prison
ers. Private car lines have refused to
answer qn stions asked by the Inter
state Commerce commission.
Minnesota is now having her turn
with land frauds. Benson, Hyde and
Glover are accused with officials and
lumliermen of securing large tracts of
timber to which they had no right.
Germany will terminate the Dingley
tariff agreement with the United
States, and thus cleare the way for a
new trade treaty.
Witte opposes an Anglo-Russian
agreement.
The court martial esse of Commander
Young, of the Bennington, is being re
Viewed by the Navy department. It
is understood the sentence of the court
is a severe reprimand.
Soldiers In Warsaw fraternize with
the retels.
St. Petersburg dispatches say that in
the rioting since the czar signed the
manifesto granting a constitntion fully
10.000 have been killed and as many
more seriously wounded in 60 leading
provincial towns.
Disposition Will Ba Made Before tha
Term Ends.
Washington, Nov. 7. Senator Bur
rows, of Michigan, chairman of the
committee on privileges and elections,
who has arrived in Washington for the
coming session of congress, said tonight
that ho expected to have the case of
Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, dis
posed of before the term ends.
Senator Smoot's seat is being contest
ed on the ground that he Is a member
of the Mormon hierarchy. A great
mass of testimony was taken at the last
session of congress, and it was gener
ally understood that each side bad
completed its case.
Senator Burrows said that if it is de
cided to present further testimony the
committee is willing to hear it. He
stated that the committee will consider
the case immediately after the reor-
ganization of the senate committees in
cident to the meeting of a new con-
gress, ana the Oiling ol a vacancy
caused by the retirement of Senator
McComas, of Maryland.
Ohio Both Democratic and Repub
lican leaders claim election. Pattison,
Democrat, carried Cincinnati, Cleve
land, city and county, and the Demo
crats made gains in Toledo and Akron
Maryland The constitutional
amendment, whose purpose was to dis
franchise negro voters, was defeated.
Republicans elected the state comp
troller and city officials. Political com
plexion of the legislature uncertain
Massachusetts The Republicans
elected Curtis Guild, Jr., Republican,
governor by 29,4.15 plurality, and E. 8.
Draper, Republican, lieutenant gov
ernor by 3,042.
Chicago Republicans made a clean
sweep in Chicago and Cook county
Robert R. McCormick, Republican,
elected president of the board of sani
tary trustees.
Rhode Island Clean Republican
sweep.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia over
whelmingly carried by the City party
(reform ticket). Berry, Democrat,
elected state treasurer by upward of
75,000 plurality.
Virginia The Democratic plurality
is about 20,000, and Swanson is elected
governor. Negroes generally remained
way from the polls. The next legli
lature on joint ballot will have 23 Re
publicans, instead of 16, as at present
Salt lake City The American party
(anti-Mormon) defeated the Mormon
Democratic and Republican candidates
for mayor.
New Jersey Republican gains in
legislature sufficient to preclude any
Democratic success to United States
Senator Dryden. Reformers elect Ev
erett Colby, Independent Republican.
to state senate in hssex county.
Nebraska Republicans elected state
supreme judge.
San Francisco Union Labor candi
date for mayor probably elected bv
IB.00O majority.
Indianapolis Republican mayor
elected.
Secretary Seat Great Improvement at
Panama.
Panama, Nov. 6. Secretary of War
Taft held a long conference this morn
ing w.th Chief Engineer Stevens. To
day Secretary Taft and Mr. Stevens will
go over the works at Empire City and
Culebra cut and afterwards will go by
boat from Mindi to Colon, examining
at the came time the harbor improve
ments at Cristobal.
Secretary Taft informs the Assoc! a ed
Press that he was very much pleased
with the situation here, which he says
has greatly changed for the better since
his last trip. He thought ftom what
he had already seen that the work on
the canal was progressing satisfactorily
and was now efficiently organised. He
said he was happy to notice that the
spirit of the men on the canal had im
proved, and that the condition of five
or six months ago did not exist.
The secretary said the r initary con
ditions are excellent and believed that
by continuing the present methods yel
low fever conld be controlled. He
thought the efficiency of the laborers
was not as high as it should be, but he
said that he contemplated making no
change until the men had been given a
fair trial. Tha department of Com mis
saries, where the men could get proper
food, be added, would raise their effi
ciency.
EFFECT IN FATHERLANO.
LET CONGRESS ACT
President Wants It to Investigate
Insurance Matters.
CONSULTS WITH MR. MORTON
PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDEN
Will -Propose a Federal Inquiry To Go
Beyond tha Work of tha Leg
islative Committee.
New York, Nov. 7. That there will
be a Federal investigation of life insur
ance methods and that President Rooee-
valt ia taking an active interest in the
matter and will, in all likelihood, at
an early date ask tor the appointment
of a congressional committee to take np
the work, was learned today from an
authority tha value of which can not be
questioned.
The inquiry will lie conducted inde
pendently of the states legislative com
mittee, and in spite of any results
which may follow the committee's re
port. It ia declared that the revela
tions and the many startling disclosures
brought out by the state committee
have been the incentive which has led
the president and his advisers to take
up the question.
The president during the last two or
three weeks has frequently been in con
ference with men prominent in the ins
urant' world. It is known that Paul
Morton, head of the Equitable Life Ai
surance society, was in Washington
yesterday. It was whispered in Wall
street today that Mr. Morton s visit to
Washington was in the line of giving
the president some inside information
concerning the proposed investigation,
nd that he might even have been sum
moned there. Mr. Morton would not
say whether this was a fact, neither
would he consent to be interviewed.
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DREDGE COAST HARBORS.
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People In Berlin Fear Russian Revo
lution Will Touch Germany.
Berlin, Nov. 8. Many people in
Berlin are saying that Russia's success
ful revolution may have far reaching
results for the fatherland. Germany,
they say, will be completely isolated
among nations when the Russian dem
ocracy comes off victorious, if the kai
ser resists tne craving lor greater po
litical liberty. The situation is deemed
all the more serious because pan-
Slavist ideas leading to war over the
Austrian and Balkan questions may get
the upper hand in Russia, when the
democracy has complete power. The
czar's government has hitherto been
able to keep them down.
German Socialists cherish no illusion
to the effecct that the rulers of Ger
many will change their methods as a
result of the events in Russia. Herr
Bebel is preparing for a hard fight with
a view to defending the fatherland s
main democratic institutions, the gen
eral franchise for the reichstag.
General MacKenzie Recommends
Building of a Boat.
Washington, Nov. 7. In his annual
report General MacKensie. chief of en
guieers, made one exception to the rule
prohibiting recommendations for new
work. He recommended an appropria
tion of $50,000 to build a dredge for
use on the bars at the entrance to Tilla
mook, laquina and Coos bays, and at
the entrance to the Siuslaw and Co
quille rivers. General MacKenzie had
this to say about the dreJge, for which
the last congress refused to make an
appropriation:
"Navigation in these harbors is often
greatly delayed by the forming of
shoals, the material deposited in most
instances being of such nature that it
cannot be handled with a dipper dredge
It is estimated that a combination suc
tion and dipper dredge could be ad
vantageously usod, and so constructed
that it could be taken from harbor to
harbor as necessities demand.
"The cost of such a plant with two
dump scows would be approximately
$50,000, and it is thought that the
necessity for its use will fully justify
the expenditure.
RIOTS AT ODESSA.
Calls on Paopla to Celebrate Thanks
giving in Time Honored Way
Washington, Nov. 3. The president
today issued his proclamation natuin
Thursday, November 30, aa a day for
Thanksgiving. The proclamation fol
lows:
By the president of the United Statea
of America, a proclamation:
V hen, nearly three centuries ago,
the first aettlera came to tha country
which has now become thia great re
public, they faced not only hardship
and privation, but terrible risks
their lives. Io those grim years tb
custom grew of setting apart one day
in each year for a special service
thanksgiving to the Almighty lor pre
serving the people through the chang
ing seasons. The custom has now be
come national and hallowed by imme
morial usage.
Wa live in easier and more plentiful
times than our forefathers, the men
who with rugged strength fared the
tugged days, and yet the dangers to
national life are quite as great now
at any previous time in our history.
is eminently fitting that once a year
our people should set apart a day for
praise and thanksgiving to the giver of
good, and, at the same time that they
express their thankfulness for the
abundant mercies received, should
manfully acknowledge their shortcora
ings and pledge themselves solemnly
and in good faith to strive to overcome
them. During the past year we have
been blessed with bountiful crops. Ou
business proserity has been great. No
other people has ever stood on as high
a level of wellbeing as ours now stands
Ve are not threatened by foes from
without. The foes whom we should
pray to be delivered from are our pas
sions, appetites and follies; and against
these there is always need that we
should warn.
Therefore I now set apart Thursday
the 30th day of this November as a
day of Thanksgiving for the past and o
prayer for the future and on that day
I ask that throughout the people gather
in their homes and places of worship
and, in rendering thanks unto the most
high, for the manifold blessings of the
past year, consecrate themselves to a
life of cleanliness, honnr and wisdom
so that this nation may do its allotted
work on earth in a manner worthy of
those who founded it and of those who
preserved it.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the rity of Washington, thi
second day of November, in the year ol
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and fi ve, and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred and
thirtieth.
. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the president,
ELI HU ROOT, secretary of state.
MINIDOKA SALES POSTPONED.
Costly Improvements.
The grand scale upon which munici
pal improvement is being carried on in
Indon was impressively shown in the
recent completion of a new thorough
fare through a congested district. This
Soft Coal Operators to Organize
Chicago, Nov. 8. Owners of soft
coal mines have decided to hold a na
tioaal convention in Chicago, and it is
expected to result in the formation of a
national federation of coal mine oiwat
Consul Ordered to Scene.
Washington, Nov. fi. The State de
partment, after a conference with the
naval officials here and communication
by cable with Consul General Lay, at
Czar's Ukasa Made Excuse for Ex
termination of daws.
Odessa, Nov. 7. The anti-Semitic
riots are in full swing in this city and
surrounding districts. The agitators of
the movement have distribuetd a cir
cular assuring the villagers that the
authorities have received the czar's
ukase and state that it commands the
extermination of all Jews. As a result
of this action, the wholesale pillage
continues. The local authorities refuse
to interfere, either standing idly by,
refusing to check riots, or participating
in the same,
News continues to reach the city of
terrible massacres, which have occurred
at various points along the railway, es
pecially here and at Kieff. The casual
ties in those murderous disturbances
are heavy.
Confer on Packer' Case.
Chicago. Nov. 7. Attorney General
Moody has sent for United Slates Dis
trict Attorney C. B. Morrison and
Assistant Attorney General Oliver K.
Pagin to go to Washington in regard to
the beef trust prosecution. The plea
Lots In Townsites Will Ba Placed on
Market Next Spring
Washington, Nov. 3. In refutation
of stories recently sent from Washing
ton, the Reclamation service today
mates the lollowing announcement:
The secretary of the Interior, act
ing upon suggestions of the governor
and prominent citizens of Idaho, an
nounces the postponement of sales of
lots in the new townsites of Heyburn
and Rupert, on the Minidoka project.
Joe dates ol sale, Novemper 14 and 21,
respectively, have been extensively ad
vertiaed, and indications were that a
large attendance would be present
uwing io tue lateness ol the season,
the possibility of bad weather and the
lack of accommodations for visitors, it
was deemed wise to postpone the sale
until early next April. At that time
pleasant weather can be counted upon
water will have been turned into the
new government canals, and more than
1,000 new settlers will have already es
tablished themselves on the land and
will be clearing off sagebrush and put
ting in crops.
"The Minidoka tract today offers one
of the best object lessons in the West
of the wisdom of the reclamation law.
and present conditions predicate that
one of the most prosperous and popu
lous agricultural communities in the
world will soon rise np from out of the
desert at this point in the Snake river
valley."
Culebra Cut is Flooded.
Panama, Nov. 3. Heavy rains last
week filled the Culebra cut with water
to the extent of stopping the work of
the steam shovels at the Cucaracha end
vember 22, at the call of the commis
ifinAras anH aonataiaa a! tla Hi , n.
t lv,x.. If I iL . .. "'"" mu rci itikiico VI liiVJ ill I II C
w.u.UuK..u.ro . niree-quariers Ol a nine I Owner.' association, whi.-h .r. ..-.f
tered throughout the United States
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mi?' k iina' ,ran'ed tLat ,hat of the packers declaring that Commis- of the cut. To make np for the time
long and 900 feet wide, and its con
struction has ersdicated some notorious
slums. Among the buildings removed
io mane way tor it were 01 liouor
snope. I lie work has occupied six
years and has cost over $30,000,000
a large part of which will be recovered
by the sale of building sites.
Bombs Thrown at Troops.
Tillis, Nov. 7. Iemonatrations to
day were participated in by 20,000 per
sons. h He a procession was passing
along Golowinski Prospect, firing be
gan. Bombs were thrown at the troops,
who answered with rille shots. The
lead numbered ten and there were
many wounded. In another places
crowd of school pupils with revolu-
tionary flags collided with a loyal dem
onstration. The troops fired in the air
with a view of dispersing the crowds
and a general encounter ensued, in
which four were killed and 17 wounded.
Socialists Hoist Red Flag.
Vienna, Nov. 7. The Socialist suf
frage demonstration on the Ringstrasse
today was attended by 50,000 persons.
A strong force of gendarmes was sta
tioned along the streets, but did not in
terfere with the deinonstrants, and the
Socialists were even permitted to hoist
red Hugs over the reichsrath building.
There were no disorders w hatever, and
similar demonstrations are reorted
from Lnmbnrg, Gratx, Klengenfurdt,
Bmenn and elsewhere.
Oft for tha Philippines.
Monterey, Cal., Nov. 7. The Fif
teenth infantry and companies I and L
of the Fourth cavalry left today for San
Francisco, where they will embark to
morrow on the transport Sherman for
twj years' service in the Philippines.
This follows an announcement by offi
cials ol tha Uoal Aiineworkers union
that a demand for a wage increase will
be made in January.
Taft Praises Canal Work.
Colon, Nov. 8. There was a pubic
reception last night at the De Leseeps
house at I ristohal, in honor of Secre
tary laii, wno made a speech praising
1'resident Roosevelt s administration
of canal matters and the methods taken
to obtain the best engineering advice
in the choice of a plan for building the
canal. He emphasized his prediction
that the canal would soon be built and
made a laudatory reference to Governor
Magoon, Chief Engineer Stevens and
oilier neaitn umcer Uorgas. A private
hall lollowed the reception.
Russia Becoming Pacified.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 8. The follow
ing official communication is published
this morning: As the divers regions
of Russia are becoming pacified it is
evident that the acute crisis precipi-
iiei ny me stiocn or the new svntem
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in collision with expiring tendencies
approaches an end. The tragic and
leplorable events of the past week in
many parts of the empire may lie re
garded as the spontaneous reaction of
the conservative elements.
official shall accompany the viceroy of
Canton on a Chinese gunboat to Lien-
chow, about 300 miles up the West
river, to investigate the massacre of the
five Presbyterian missionaries at that
place. One or two American naval
officers now in China will accompany
.... -
mr. Lay to assist in the investiga
tion
SLAIN INHUNDREDS
Kishinev Streets Run Red With
Blood ol Jews.
MURDEROUS MOB BURNS TOWN'
Caucasus Scan of Guerilla Warfare
Finland in Open Revolt
Wcrst Ever Known.
London, Nov. 4. Tha Odessa corre
spondents of tha London Daily Mail
and Daily Telegraph this morning
wired their papers that Kishineff is in
flames and absolutely destroyed. They
also add that three suburbs of Odessa,
have been devastated by mobs.
It will be a week before all he hor
rible tales of Jewish massacres through
out Russia comes to light and then,
when the full number of dead is
known, its appalling total will be so
heavy it will practically be beyond be
lief. Odessa, Nov. 4. A dispatch from.
Kishineff says: A horrible massacre-
has occurred here. Hundreds have
been killed. AM the hospitals, phar
macies and hotels are full of wounded
and mutilated persona.
A telegram from Nicolaieff says the-
whole town is in the hands of bandits
who are devastating houses and shops-
and beating people to death without,
the slightest hindrance. The authori
ties hear similar pews from other-
soatliern cities.
London, Nov. 4. A dispatch to.
Reuter's Telegram company from Ha
parand, Sweden, says that the mili
tary officers at Kotka, Viborg, Freder-
ickshamn, Lovisa and Borga have
pledged themselves to assist the civili
ans in defense of the fatherland. A
company of Russian artillery, which
had advanced toward Helsingfors, was.
forced to retreat without an engagement.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 4. Repxrte-
frora the Caucasus state that guerilla,
warfare has taken place through parts.
of the country. Trains are held up,
stations sacked and the bandits, when
attacked, flee to their mountain strong
holds, whence it is impossible for-
troops to dislodge them. Wealthy citi
zens are offering enormous rewards for
the capture of the bandits.
Kishineff, Nov. 4. Kishineff'a
streets run red with blood. Jews are
being slaughtered by scores: homes
pillaged, women despoiled. Never be
fore has such a violent anti-Semitic
outbreak been known, even here, where--
slaughters of Jews only recently horri
fied the world.
CASTRO'S LAST OFFENSE.
Stops Csbla Message From Foreign
Ministers In Venezuela. -
Paris, Nov. 4. Advices received by
the foreign office here say that the
Venezuelan government suspended the-
despatch of cable messages to the.
United States, France and Great Brit
ain for some time. The American and
British ministers at Caracas have pro
tested, but the French charge d'affairs
has not protested, owing to the inter
ruption of diplomatic relations between.
France and Venezuela, though the offi
cials here understand that tha Ameri
can minister voiced the protest or
France. The suspension occurred yes
terday or the day before and lasted a
ay. The ground for the sustiension,
was that the Venezuelan government
had not received a reply to a cable
message sent to an agent abroad.
President Castro attributed the non-
receipt of a reply to foreign influences,.
ence the suspension, which it is und
erstood covered official dispatches.
The authorities here say the incident
s an additional provocation, but that
this does not change their intention not
adopt cot reive measures until no
hance remains of securing a pacific ad-
ustment.
sioner Garfield, of the bureau of Cor- loet during the rainy season. Chief Kn
poratlons, had promised the peckers gineer Stevens will follow the examnl
immunity from prosecution has taken of the Frenchmen, who, in the dry sea
Cossacks Killed In Ambush.
Kntais, Caucasus, Nov. 8. Cossacks
who were escorting M. Lazarenko, a
county official, and M. Tekarski. a
justice of the peace, were ambushed in
the Ozorgeti district by revolutionaries,
wno were nghting the troops sent to
the district to restore order. Two en
tire companies, consisting of 107 and
120 men respectively, were wiped out.
Reds May Proclaim Republic.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 6. Rumors are
current throughout the city that the
revolutionists have decided to pro
claim a federated republic. One of
the principal forces with which the
government has to deal just at present
is the "black gangs" organized by the
police to oppose the Intellectuals. They
are especially strong in Moscow, where
the Metropolitan Vladimir ia one of
their leading supporters. These oruan-
izations have established mock courts
of Justice, which have condemned the
principal revolutionaries.
Odessa Lika Military Camp.
Odessa, Nov. 6 The pillaging here
naa reen largely stopped, thanks to the
intervention cl the troops and the local
militia, formed largely of student, but
me street are unsafe for all, -xcept
anitary officers snd Sisters of Charity.
The city presents the'aspect of a mili
tary ramp. The student militia is
pnrsaing the rioters, who are defend
ing themselves with revolvers. The
students are taking their captives to
ine university.
Prairie Fire Burns Stock.
Bonesteel, 8. D.. Nov. 6. Reports
nave reached this place from Gregory
that a prairie fire, driven by a terrific
wind trom the northwest, has been rag
ing all day in Tripp county, west of
whs piace. An area of over 50 miles
has been burned, and a s-reat deal of
hay and stock has been destroyed.
such an aspect that the attorney gene
ral is said to wish joint interview
with the commissioner and Messrs.
Morrison and Pagin.
Dynamite Placed on Bridge.
Santa Barbara', Cal., Nov. 7. An at
tempt was made to wreck the second
section of passenger train No. 9, north
bound on the Southern Pacific, about
midnight last night at the Los Alamos
bridge, six miles below Surf and four
miles north of Santa Barbara. A stick
of dynamite had been placed on the
trock, and when the engine struck it
there was a terrific explosion. The
pilot and wheels of the engine were
blown completely off, but the engine
did not leave the track and no one was
njured.
Whole Caucasus in Revolt.
London, Nov. 7. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
War, hopeless war, prevails in the
Caucasus. The Trans-Caucasian rail
road, the sole line, is effectively
crippled and reinforcements have been
compelled to march. Seventeen bridges
have lieen wrecked, and the rails have
been torn np In 40 places. Telegraph
ines have been destroyed, and Georgia
and the Daghestan are isolated. Every
male is in arms.
son, employed a double force of men
All freight trains of the Panama rail
road except one each way will hereafte
run at night, so as to give the Cana
commission's train more time on the
main line during the day
Poles Also Want Autonomy.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 7. On the
heels of the announcement of the suc
cessful Finnish national movement
cornea newa of a strong revival of the
trnggle for autonomy in Poland. Dis
patches from Kalisch, in Poland, and
thorn, in W st Prussia, say that flag
with the Polish coat of arms have been
hoisted in several churches and city
building;.
New German Disaster.
Berlin, Nov. 8. An official dispatch
from German Southwest Africa says
that Lieutenant Oeneral von Troths.
the commander-in-chief of the forces.
n personal command of a detachment.
recently attacked an entrenched force
o: rebellion native on the O ran ire
river, east of Hartebeestmnnd, under
command of Morengo, Morris and
Ch ristisn. The fighting lasted several
hour, until nightfall. Three German
officers and 13 men were killed, three
officers and 31 men were wounded, and
nve missing. The rebels lost heavily.
Ito Will Rule Over Corea.
Tokio, Nov. 3. It ia reported that
the Marqnis Ito will leave forCona
on Novemlier 5, as ambassador from
Japan. It is likely that the candidate
for the post of Japanese ambassadors
at the European court and at Wash
ington will lie acre. I i ted liefore long. It
is rumored that Russian commissioners
will establish a head office for the
transportation of prisoner at Nsgasski.
Most of the released men will be sent
to Vladivostok, the others to Odessa.
Mora Fraud In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 3. According to
a report made to Mayor Weaver today
by W. Bleddyn Powell, the city archi-
tect, the city of Philadelphia has been
defrauded of thousands of dollars in
the construction of six pavilions for
consumptive on the ground of the
Philadelphia hospital.
Monument to Sheridan Unveiled.
Somerset, ()., Nov. 4. A monument.
to General Phil Sheridan was unveiled
ere today by Miss Mary Sheridan, a
daughter of the great cavalry leader, in
tha presence of thousands of people.
The widow of the famous general, his
two daughters, bis brother, Brigadier
General M. V. Sheridan, and other
of the Sheridan family attended the cer
emony. The monument is a bronze
equestrian statue of heroic size on a
granite base and is the work of Carl
Helier, of New York, and adorns th
center of the square of Somerset.
Britain Willing to Consider.
Londno, Nov. 4. The British gov
ernment has replied to the proposal of
Germany for the withdrawal of foreign
troops from the province of Chi LI, "
China, to the effect that (treat Britain
is willing to considerr with the other
powers concerned the best means of
withdrawing the troop gradually. Ne-
gotiation to thi end are now going on.
An official of the foreign office said to
day that the question was more serious
to Great Britain than to the other pow
ers, since Great Britain had greater In
terests in Chi Li.
Caught by Decoy Letter.
Boston, Nov. 4. George Benetlv. of
Huntington, L. I., pleaded guiltv lie-
fore United States Commissioner Fisk
today to a charge of using the mail
to defraud and of lielng a member of
the "Black Hand" gang which ha
lieen sending letters to wealthy persons
demanding money under threats nf iw
lence. Benetly was arrested at the
postoffice while signing a receipt for a
registered letter which the officers had
used as a decoy.
All May Vote In Austria.
Vienna, Nov. 4. It ia said on s-oo.1
authority that Emperor Francis Joseph
has decided to grant universal suffrage
to Austria and baa instructed the pre
mier, Baron FrankenthurI, to draft a
measure on a comprehensive basis.