Hillsboro independent., July 13, 1906, Image 2

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OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
la a Condensed Form lor Oar
Easy Readers.
A Rtiumt of the Lass Important but
Not Leas Interesting Events
of tho Past Weak.
The Loogworthi ara visiting in Paria.
Lord Robert! wants a larger Britiab
army.
Rebels are Id (all control of Motto
Qrosso, Brsxil.
The riar has offered to appoint a
Penocraticl cabinet.
The open door in Manchuria ii block
ed by Japan, who ii absorbing the
trade.
The npper house of the FRussian par
liament favors the abolishment of the
death penalty.
Admiral Rojestvensky has boss ac
quitted. It was held that on account
of his wounds he was not responsible.
Turkey opposes having an American
ambassador, fearing thereby that the
American claims will be forced upon
the sultan.
Leroy Beaulien, the great French
historian, predicts the overthrow of the
csar unless he yields to the demands
of the people. '
More than 1,000,000 immigrants en
tered the United States tbioagb the
New York station daring the fiscal year
ending June SO last. The immigrants
brought with them $19,000,000.
Cosesck troops have refused to serve
on poliee duty.
A grand Jury is after the ice trust of
Washington, D. O.
Colombia s said to be plotting with
the Indians of Panama.
JOHN BULL IN CLASS HOUSE.
After a boycott of three years Great
Britain has received a minister from
tier via.
A regiment of Russian cavalry has
mutinied and barricaded themselves in
ths barracks at Tambor.
The Civil Service commission has re
commended the inclusion of the Inter
oal Revenue service in the classified
service.
The Chicago council proposes the
death penalty for assailants of women
and children. Attacks have become so
frequent a woman is not now safe in
her own home.
1 he vice president and general man
ager of the New Yerk Central offered
to go belore a grand jury and tell what
he knew about rebates and thus secure
immunity, but his offer has been re-
f'lsed.
So fsr American engineers have not
succeeded in gaining any idea of the
plans of the big British battleship
Dreadnaught which will help them in
the construction of the largest battle'
ship afloat for the navy of the United
states.
There is a rumor of another massacre
of Jews in Warsaw, Russia.
London is swarming with the great
est influx of Americans in years.
A grand jury has been called at Pen
ver to investigate city and county af
fairs.
Washington policy holders will test
the legality of the increase in insurance
rates.
Bryan has expressed his willingness
to be nominated for the presidency by
Keform Democrats.
The War department has purchased
four sutomobiles which a ill receive a
thorough test at the coming Jarmy man
euvers in the Kast.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of John D. Rockefeller and it
will be served as soon as the oil mag
nate returns to this country.
Five Yoeemite valley stages were
held up by a lone highwayman who ob
tained a considerable amount of money
and jewelry from the passengers.
It has been decided that one of the
names bestowed on the new son of the
German crown prince shall be distinct
ly American, as he was born on July 4.
Hailstones as big as oranges created
havoc near Valencia, Spain.
Colamba river salmon packers will
receive better protection under the new
pure food law.
W. R. Hearst has stated positively
that he will not be a candidate for pres
idential nomination.
The premier of New Zealand has
called upon President Roosevelt to urge
a reciprocity treaty with the United
States.
Finance Minister Kokoosoff has sent
a message to the Rusaian parliament
that the government is in sore straits
for money.
Ex-President Cleveland is ill at his
home at Princeton.
General Trepoff declares that ths
Jews are leaders in the present revolu
tionary movement in Russia.
For giving rebates to packers ths
Chicago A Alton railroad and two of its
employes have been found guilty.
The kaiser is said to have given or
ders to German Insurance companies
that they mnit pay their San Francisco
loeees in full.
August Rosenberg, of Seattle, has
been arretted in Germany, ace need of
designs on the kaiser's life.
8. A. P. Tuter has been sentenced to
two years in the county jail and to pay
a fine of $7,B00 for his complicity in
ttie Oregon land frauds. Ex-8nrveyor
General Meldrnm received a fine of $
200 and nearly three years In the gov
ernment prison at hard work.
An American warship is in every
harbor of Santo Do tr In go.
Two regiments ef the garrison at La
mara, Russia, ara in revolt. I
Disgusting Conditions In Sausage and
Jam Factories.
London, July 11. The Britishers,
ho have been so virtuous recently
over the Chicago meat packing revela
tions, were today confronted with the
annual report of the inepector of lac-
toriee and workshops, which shows
that the conditions bare are quite as
revolting as anything alleged of the
Weetern packing centers.
Dirty factories and disgusting meth
ods seem to be the rule, instead of the
exceptioa. Jam factories, bakeries and
sausage makers are all censured as be
ing equally filthy, and the description
of one fits most of the others. Here is
the report of a typical' jam factory:
. "The boiling factory lay between the
yard and the stable, and the horses
reached the latter through the boiling
room. The sanitary accommodation
was hardly separated from the rooms
where the fresh fruit and uncovered
jam were kept, and the floors were dir
ty and undrained."
Another factory inspector found jam
pots being washed in "liquid like dark
soup, which smelted abominably,
The manater informed the ' inspector
that the water was changed "about
once a week." When fished out of
theee evil-smelling tanks the pots mere
allowed to stand nntil dry, when thev
were coneidarad ready to refill.
Inspectors of bakeries found that It
was a frequent custom to batba the
children in them after the close of work
on Saturdays, and the family's weekly
collection of dirty clothing was sorted
in the bakeries for dispatch to the
laundry.
1 tie sausage lactones, says the Re
port, are mostly owned by Germans,
ara small, dilapidated and poorly lit,
and ara infested with rata."
BARRED BY BRITONS
No American Canned Meats Al
lowed On Their Warships.
SAILORS REFUSED TO EAT IT
Admiralty YUds and Will Feed Them
On Australian and Argentine
Canned Goods.
UNCLE SAM'S GUARANTEE.
Roosevelt Offers It for Government
Inspected Canned Meat.
Sheffield, England, July 11. The
Grocers' federation, whose annual con
ference Is proceeding here, has received
a communication from Ambassador
wnlteiaw Keld, enclosing a message
from President Roosevelt, as follows
"You are at liberty to inform the
Grocers' federation that under the new
law we can and will guarantee the fit
ness in all respects of tinned meats
bearing the government stamp. If any
trouble arises therewith, protest can at
once be made not merely to the sellers
of the goods, but to the United States
government itself."
The secretary of the federation stated
that Mr. Roosevelt's message was in
reply to one sent by him on ebalt of
the federation, saying trade was almost
paralysed and that dealers must be as
sured of Ihe wholesome character of
tinned goods, or otherwise they would
have to stop stocking np with Ameri
can brands. The speaker hoped the
publication of the president's message
would lead to a revival of the trade.
He said the loss to the members of the
federation in the canned meat trade
had been very heavy.
Draetic resolutions were referred to
committees, one of which pledged the
grocers not to stock with American can
ned meats nntil the packers have initi
ated an inspection system guaranteeing
the wbolesomeness of their output.
MITCHELL IS FREE.
London, July 10. As the result of
the refusal of one of the ships of the
British attacking fleet to take on Amer
ican tinned meats during the recent
naval maneuvers, the Admiralty directs
that ships' companies be supplied with
Australian or Argentina brands in lieu
of American. The remainder of Amer
ican tinned meats now on hand is being
returned to tha victualing yards and
will be no longer a compulsory ration
for the navy.
Winston Charchlll Spencer, under
secretary of the colonies, in an official
Communication to William Kedronnd,
Nationalist member of parliament, asys
he is informed that special care is ex
ercised by tha New South Wales gov
eminent that only absolutely healthy
beeves ara slaughteisl for food and
that every precaution is taken at tha
freesing and canning works to insure a
cleanly method. Where any breach of
the regulations regarding cleanliness is
proved, licenses are Immediately with
drawn. Persons slaughtering a disesa
ed beef ara liable to imprisonment for
two years and tha seller of diseased
meat is liable to imprisonment for a
longer term. Government Inspectors
report weekly. Twelve hours notice
must be given of intention to slaughter,
and where no such notice Is given a
penalty of $25 a bead may be imposed
RECIPROCITY THE NEXT ISSUE.
CANNON AIDED WEST.
Congress Will Be Asked to Enlarge
President's Powers.
Washington, July 10. Tariff reel
procity as the beginning cf tariff revl
sion may be made the chief issue of the
short session of the 69th congress. It
is mora than likely tLat after the elec
tion in November steps will be taken In
the direction of the passage of a general
reciprocity law. Whatever reciprocity
there is must be by a new law, because
the reciprocity feature of tha Dingley
act expired two years after its passage,
and none of the treaties negotiated nn
der its provisions succeeded in securing
raticnatlon by the senate.
The reciprocity of the future must be
statutory, that is to say, the president
must be authorized in some way, either
by the separation of a maximum and
Jiinimum tariff or by a borisontal re
duction, to promote trade relations
with tohre countries This would not
mean revision of the tariff if reciprocity
could be accomplished on a percentage
basis, tbst is to say, by the application
of a more general principle of the pres
ent law without disturbing the rates
themselves, thus provoking a general
tariff discussion.
Speaker of House Blocked Diversion
of RscUmatio" Fund-
Washington, Jy 10. Thanks to
Speaker Cannon, the llanabrougbbill
diverting !,000,000 from the reclama
tion tuud to i!r.i .i.t swamp lands
in North Dakota, aa not allowed to
come before tbs house st the recent ses
sion. Had the bill been gi consid
eration it would almost certainly bave
oecome a law, or it had already paeeeu
th senate, u In.tnrned by a majority
of the house CGUimitujeon public lands,
and only a handful ol Western mem
bers were in a r,. i ntiDose the bill
in debate.
Speaker Cannon was the man who
defeated this onilaught on the none too
targe reclamation fund, na i"'
tion was altom.it,.. nneXDected. too.
When congress u framing tha reel a
ma tion law, and in ths years previous,
Cannon was one of ths strongest oppon
ents of the proposed legislation. He
believed it would deolsts the treasury
and interfere with otber government
work; furthermore ha contended that
irrigation oi arid aniiicomu oe cnu
on by private enterprise under the Car
ey act, and therefore fa no necessity
for utilising public land receipts in this
great work.
8ioce that law written on tha
aatule books and haa Ken jmt Into op
eration. Speaker Cannon has traveled
through the Wait hat observed the
vast benefits that are resulting from it,
and todav he la u tmnch a friend of
tha law as anv man from the arid West
Ha has proved himself better friend
of tha law than many men who helped
to frame it.
In tha closing dava of the session an
effort was made to rmh through tha
senate a bill to take a part of the recla
mation fucd for draining the Dismal
swamp, but the bill was refused con
sideration, a number of Western senat
ors having been aroused to a realisation
of the danger that lurki behind bills of
this character, and notice was served
by Senator Fulton that no more distri
butions would be mads from the recla
mation fund for the benefit of states
that do net contributs to that fund.
Tha senators behind ths bills provid
ing for the drainags of the Dismal
swamp, the Florida Kvsrglsdes and the
big swamps along the Missieeippi river,
on the other hand, are determined to
force through their respective bills,
and it is to be expected that they will
unite at the next session.
The West 'i not strong enough in
numbers to outvote the Sooth, which is
sure to stand together on these drain
age propositions, and ths only hope, so
far as the senate is concerned, is in
arousing adverse sentiment among men
from the Northern and Eastern states.
On a fair presentation of tha case,
the men from the Went ought to be
able to win out. but they can only win
by standing together, sod those who in
the recent session voted (or the Hans-
brough bill will bave to renounce their
former vote and declare themselves
sgainst all legislation Uat will deplete
the national reclamatiosfund.
"GENERALLY CLEAN"
WILL ISSUE PERMITS.
WAS SAFE AND SANE
Products of Chicago Stockyards
Declared Wholesome.
fourth
ot July Claims Thirty
Three As Its Toll.
ALL NOT MCE IN PACKING PLANTS
Soma Products Ara Lacking In Nutri
tionCanning Departments In
Fairly Clean Condition.
Chicago, July 7. The report of tha
joint committee of the Chicago Com
mercial association and Illinois Mann
lecturers' astociation, appointed to in
vestigate the packing industries of
Chicago, together with tha report of
tha experts who accompanied them,
was made public today. Tha commit
tee says:
"That a board of experts of tha char
acter employed, with professional
ideals and guided and influenced by an
'esthetic sense,' which embodies some
thing of necessity and something more
oi 'luxury,' should nna me product
wholesome,' tha yards .'generally
clean,' and tha Inspection 'efficient,'
seems to your committee to cover the
situation.
"As a result of this investigation,
wa ourselves have no hesitancy in stat
ing that tha products at the yards ara
wholesome and proper food. Wa find
that tha companies bavit been improv
ing the conditions and products from
year to year."
A summary of the report Is:
Part of tha plants are np to date.
In each of these parts ara soma sec
tions indifferently good and in most of
them things that meet disapproval.
Tha worst conditions are in old build
ings added to as businees expanded.
Further scientific inquiry recom
mended on preservatives.
Not all of carcasses affected with tu
bercnlosis and lumpy jaw need be
thrown away.
Ante-mortem inspection of less im
portance than inspection of dressed
meat.
Dressed meat of yards is wholesome
and a proper article for human food.
Methods for toe most part cleanly
Canning departments ara in a fairly
clean condition.
Soma products ara lacking in nutri
tion
Better inspection of sausage depart
ments is recommended.
Lard companies ara wholesome.
Conditions of hygiene and sanitation
are very bad.
Nut much (pitting goes on.
MANEUVERS WITHOUT SIGNALS
Death and Accident List of Country
But Little Behind Figures fcr
July 4, 1905. -
Agricultural Department Ready to En
; force Heyburn Bill.
Washington, July . Tha Heyburn
36-bour livestock bill became a law
June 29, when it was signed by the
.I i.Unt. Since that time tha depart
ment of Agriculture, which is charged
with the administration of the new
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statute, bm him. . , ,, i rrinri'TP
permits to all shippers of livestock who (jyR QE THOUSAND ACCIDENTS
rare wj bth w .... . -
libera! teriaa. The permits to zuake
himnants for periods longer than 28
hours can only be made by authority of
tha secretary of agriculture, and those
not obtaining such permits will be re
quired to conform to the old law.
7ha Heyburn law, of couise, applies
only to livestock shipped in cars that
have no facilities for feeding in transit,
snd which are so crowded as to deprive
tha stork of rest while on tha rail.
Stock that is shipped in the more mod
ern cars, and which is regularly fed
and watered on tha cars, is not affected
by the Jaw. .
Tba bill in its approved form pro
hibits any railroad from transporting
livestock from one state to another for
a period loffger tban 28 consecutive
hours without unloading the same into
properly equipped pens for rest, feeding
and W.ir, and it is stipulated thai
theee stopping periods shall be at least
Ave hours iu duration. In case of
storms or on account of other unfavor
able circumstances, shipments may be
prolonged beyond tba 28-hour period
without authority from the department.
FINEST SHOTS IN THE WORLD.
ROOT DODGES PROBLEMS.
J
BIO STORMS Ify COLORADO
Dry Creeks Beioire Torrents an
Much Daraga Is Done.
Denver, July i. Cloudbursts and
lightning did considerable damage
this section of lbs state today.
Slayer of Holy Roller Leader Is Ac
quitted by Jury.
Seattle, Wash., July 11. George H
Mitchell, who shot Frsns Edmund
Crefheld, lesder of the Holy Rollers,
on First avenue, May 7, was acquit
ted late yesterday afternoon. After
nearly an hour and a half in the jury
room the 12 men who have listened to
the testimony in Mitchell's trial filed
back and announced their Terdict
'Not guilty."
Despite the advance warning of the
court that no demonstration would be
permitted, irrespective of the verdict,
roar of applauBe greeted tha an
nouncement and the court officers were
powerless to still it. The courtroom
was crowded, but aside from those who
sat in the front row, directly under the
eye of the presiding judge, the npecta'-
ors applauded almost unammoulsy
when the clerk had read the words that
freed Cretheld'e slayer.
Turmoil Grows in Strength.
Odessa, Russia, July 11. Agrarian
outrages and politico-industrial strikes
occur daily, and are alarmingly spread
ing in the Southern provinces. The re
volting peasantry are now evidently or
ganised and led by profesisonal propa
gandists. In an interview today a mar
tial of the nobility of Kherson ex
pressed the firm conviction that the
itnation is inevitably and rapidly
rifting to a colossal and calamitous
prising of the peasants against the
landowners and that the movement
will be supported by the soldiers.
With
Refuse to Shoot Mutineers.
St. Petersburg, July 11. From ad
ditional details of the mutiny of the
Seventh cavalry at Tambov, both the
infantry and the Cossacks sent to sub
due the mutineers refused to fire on
them, the infantry bayoneting the ofli
cer who gave the command. Only I
detachment of dragooni, who, it is said,
had been plied wi'h liquor, attacked
the mutineers. The officers of the
Seventh fired on their own men. The
number of killed or wounded has not
been established, but is not thought to
m great on either side.
Last of Coal Mine Strike.
I'hiiadepihia, July 11. Virtual set-
tlement of the strike of coal miners in
the bituminous coal field, which began
last April, was made in this city to
night at a conference between repre
sentative of the United Mineworkers
of America and the operators in that
field. The principal terms of the set
tlement are a 5.65 increase in wages for
all mineworkers over the scale which
existed before the strike: application
of the check-off system to miners.
i Black Ssa Fleet Mutinies.
Sevastopol, July 11. It is reported
thst the ironclads Pantelrmon and
Three Saints have joined the garrison
of the r.atoum force, which has been
n mutiny. The Three Saints hoisted
the red flag and the mutineers are forc
ibly detaining two other Ironclads
which had refused to join them. i
Speaks at Banquet at San Juan
Diplomatic Reserve.
San Juan, Porto Rico. July 10. Eli-
hu Root, the American secretary of
state, who arrived here on the cruiser
Charleston on his voyage to Rio Ja
neiro as the representative of the
American government at the Pan
American congress, was entertained at
luncheon tonight by George C. Ward,
at the I nion club.
Auditor Hyde, of Porto Rico, pro-
posed a toast to President Rooeevelt.
In responding Mr. Boot said he fully
appreciated the difficulties attending
the Island s adjustment to the new con
ditions resulting from its separation
from Spain and the severance of rel
tiens between church and state. The
United States, Mr. Root said, was
greatly interested in the welfare of the
island and in holding its friendship.
and strongly desired for Porto Rico the
ntmoet prosperity and happiness.
Mr. Root avoided all reference to in
sular problems, such as the question of
citisenship, the coffee growing industry
ana the presence ot troops.
Fears Loss of Cossack Aid,
St. Petersburg, July 10. Dispatches
received here today from Nova Tcberk-
ask, which is in the center of the Don
Coeeack district, show that the author
ities are extremely apprehensive as to
the effect ot the speeches delivered in
the lower house of parliament in the
recent debate on the Cossack question,
which were palpably intended to under
mine the loyalty of tba Cossack levies
engaged on police duty. Regular meet
ings of Constitutional Democrats, at
which the report of the debate was to
have been read, were dispersed.
i
In
Denver a wall of vater 10 feet high
came down Dry crek in the western
part of the city, carrying away foot
bridges and damalng the bridge of
the Denver A Iotirnational railroad
Two Jioys were fishng under the bridg
and were rescued with difficulty.
In Boulder a wsl of water six feet
high came out of Sansbine canyon and
spread itself ovei Pearl street and
otber streets in tba city. A mile of
the Sunshine railroad was destroyed
Considerable damue was done in the
city.
At Florence lit this afternoon
cloudburst in Oak creek undermined
big bridge at Rockrile. A heavy storm
destroyed telephone communication be-
tween Florence and Pneblo.
Fay Powers, aged 17. was killed by
lightning near Colorado Springs.
The Carnegie library in this city was
truck by a bolt of lightning during the
storm, but no other damage resulted.
Sealers Put in Chains.
Victoria, B. C, July 10. Advices
from Japan state that three Americans,
one isriuener and one Japaneie sealer,
who were imprisoned for 16 months at
ladivoetok, have returned to Japan
after being released. One of the Amer
icana was loaded with chains, while in
confinement. The Americans and the
Britisher, who are distressed, are being
maintained at the Seaman's institute
at Yokahoma. They were members of
tha crew of tha Japanese sealing
sciiooner nyoicht Meru. which
sunk by Russian cruisers in 1903.
was
Form Democratic Cabinet.
London, July 10. According to the
correspondent of the Times at St.
letersburg. It Is the concensus of onin
ion there that the Conststutional Dem
ocrats win be Invited to form a minis
try. One of their leaders said there
had beau indirect overtures with that
end in view, and that thev wera a a-, it.
ing the next move from Peterhof. An.
other lesder ssid ths Goreroykin cabinet
was certain to go and that there will be
aionromtsefl cabinet.
Castro Again Supplants Gomez.
Caracas, Venetnela. Julv 10. Vlr
President Gomes yesterday trsnsferred
to President Castro the nreaider.ti.1
office, which the latter temporarily re
signed in April last.
Meets Inspectors at Chicago.
Chicago, July 10. Secretary Wilson
of the department of Agriculture. ar
rived in Chicago today to confer with
superintendents of government meat
inspection relative to changes made
necessary by the new meat inspection
law. Inspectors and auperintendents
of meat inspection to the number of 30
from all cities where government in
spection is in fores have been instruct
ed to report to the rrtarv at once
rbe conferences will begin tomorrow
and will cover every phase of the in
spection service.
Root st San Juan.
San Juan, P. R July 10. The
cruiser Charleston, with Secretary
Root and party on board, arrived here
this afternoon. The Charleston estab
liehed a record ran hetween New York
and San Juan, making the distance in
a aaye and 19 houri. As the Charles
ton n eared the harbor aha received sa
lutes from Mora canle and the Italian
cruiser Umbria. Governor Winthrop
and his secretary went on bonrd the
cruiser and after an Mtending of greet
ings the secretary's party came ashore
in navai launches.
Salvador Will Give Right of Way.
Mexico City, July 10. Reports from
oaivaoor indicate that tbs Fan-Ameri-can
railway will 10on be granted a
concession and a anbsicly for Ihe exten
sion of the line through that country.
J. M. Neeland. vice nreaident and gen
eral manager of the road, is in Central
America, lie has received every assur
ance that the conoewion a'ked from the
government of Salvador will be granted
as soon as the present diaturbance in
Guatemala is settled.
No Yellow Fever In New Orleans.
New Orleans. Jnl in Dr. James A.
White, surgeon in -i,ro of the marine
hospital here, issued a statement to
night that as far aa k. I. a are none of
tha marine hospital surgeons at New
Orleans had given ont any statement
that there is yellow fever in New Or
leans, and neither there mr has
there been any fever existing in this
city.
Plan To Be Tried With Largest Amer
ican Fleet Ever Assembled.
Washington, July 7. Plana for ex
tensive maneuvers of the Nortth At
lantic fleet are being matured by the
general navy board, in conjunction
with Rear Admiral Evans, command
ing the fleet. Admiral Dewey, presi
dent of the board, has sent Admiral
Evans a copy of the piogram of the
maneuvers of the French fleet in the
Mediterranean. These maneuvers are
under command of Admiral Fournier,
who not long ago visited the United
States and was a guest of some of our
naval officers. Before autumn, Ad
miral Evans will have a fleet of 16
battleships, which will be the largest
fleet of effective vessels ever assembled
at one time by the United States.
A new feature is to be introduced in
the maneuvers this summer, and ths
ships are to practice evolutions without
signals in order to meet emergencies in
battle, when owing to smoke or when
signal apparatus has been shot away,
signals cannot longer be given. While
it is regarded as somewhat hazardous
to maneuver big battleships without
signals, it is thought necessary to have
the officers familiar with this duty in
case they are engaged in actual warfare
at some time in the future and a situa
tion should ansa necessitating the
abandonment of signals.
Fight tha Income Tax.
Sacramento, tel.. July 7. Both the
Weetern Union and the Postal Tele
graph companies have been assessed
uere uu meir irsncnises, ana Doth are
making a gigantic fight before the local
board of equalisation on tba ground
that if Sacramento can force pavement
of tax on franchises, every city, town
and hamlet in the country where th
have offices may do likewise, and thus
burden tba company beyond financial
endurance. The assessments here are
as follows: Western Union, 190.000:
rosiai, s.Jo.uuu.
To Make Brigade Posts.
Washington, July 7. Secretary Taft
nag determined to make a trio of in.
spection westward next October to Fort
Ki ley and Fort Leavenworth, as well
as to rort Sam Houston, at San An.
tonio. His purpose is to examine these
places, with particnlar reference to the
execution of the plans of the general
staff for the creation of large brittle
posts at these points. He wi l likelv
aiso approve oi sncn posts at American
Lake, Wash.; Fort D. A. Ronsell,
Wyo.; Cbickamanga. and some rxmt in
me Middle nates.
American Army is Incraaaing Record
, for Proficiency.
Washington, Jnyl 9. In a letter to
Acting Secretary Oliver, President
Roosevelt baa expressed his gratifica
tion at tha remarkable progress that is
being made by tha enlisted men of the
army in marktnansnip. tfeiore tne
Spanish war tha American private sold
ier was admittedly tha finest shot in
tha world. Tba addition of tba large
number of volunteers bad the effect of
greatly reducing the average of the
riflemen. But since the reorganization
of the army following the war, every
effort has been made to stimulate in
terest in markmansbip, and the result
is that today the average is probably
aa high, If not higher, than it was at
the beginning of the war.
Tha figures laid before the president
that elicited his approval shewed that
in 1903 there were, in the whole army,
68 expert riflemen, 394 sharpshooters
and 600 marksmen, as the various
grades ara known technically. In the
following year these figures bad in
creased to 264 expert riflemen, 1,439
sharpshooters and 2,484 marksmen.
Now it shown that last year the reco.d
stood 696 expert riflemen, 3,371 sharp
shooters and 3,346 marksmen. Gene
ral Oliver attributed the improvement
in large part to the fact that congress
has allowed an increase of pay of $3
per month in the case of expert rifle
men, 2 for sharpshooters and $1 for
marksmen.
Chicago. Joly 6. Chicago and the
nation paid dearly yesterday for tbo
Fourth of July celebration. While in
soma respects the day In Chicago was
quieter than nsual, the deaths directly
attributable to the use of explosives
number two, Including one of a few
days ago, and tha injuries mount op
to nearly 100. At midnight tba Chi
cago list of maimed and hurt contained
80 names, and tha reports are still com
ing in.
Throughout tha country tba sams
story was told. Independence day
seemed to be lees boisterous, but when
tha final recapitualtion was made tb
total of fatalities and seriously injured
was large. There wera 31 deaths re
ported at midnight from outside citiea
and towns, with New York and other
large municipalities holding back re
turns. One year ago Chicago showed
no deaths and 116 injured, and th
country at large 46 dead and 2,606 in
jured. , Tha Fourth of 1906, then, promises to
run np almost as many deaths, with,
tba list of hurt to incomplete that only
an estimate can be made. Tba outlook
Is that in minor ' casualitiea this year
will not be far behind last.
Cannon crackers, stray ballets and
exploding torpedo canea were responsi
ble for tha majority of injuries in Chi
cago. Following closely in their wake,
in numbers, and with even more seri
ous results for their victims, came tho
toy pistol, tha toy cannon and the re
volver. PLAYING AT GROWN-UPS.
GRAND DUKES COWER.
Czar Asks for Aid to Escape Wrath
of His People.
St. Petersburg, July 9. According
to sdvices front Moscow, there are now
20,000 workmen on strike in the city,
and conditions are hourly becoming
more threatening. All the Police and
soldiers on duty there bave been noti
fied to use the strictest measures to
prevent crowds gathering in tha streets
and to coir pel all persons who cannot
show authority to keep off the streets
after nightfall.
The situation in the Caucasui ia
threatening and a detachment of Cos
sacks, armed with rapid fire guns, has
been dispatched there on a special
train.
It is asserted in official circles in .fit.
Petersburg thst the grand dukes are
taking the most gloomy view of the
situation. All are said to bave sent
their valuables to Paris and other Eu
ropean centers and to be ready to flee
the country at an hour's notice.
The rumor is sgain afloat that the
czar has asked that one of the powers
send a warship to wsit at a convenient
point to take on the royal family in
case of a revolution and convey them
to a place of safety.
Secretary Wilson to Visit Stockyards.
naeuingion, July . Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, accompanied by
Soiiictor McCabe, Dr. Melvn, chief of
the bureau of animal industry, and Dr.
Dorset, chairman ol the biocbemic di
vision, left for Chicago this afternoon
mj mate a personal lnsnectinn
Chitsgo pecking institutions. "Before
drafting the regulations for tha enforce
ment of the law. I want to ,. i.
going on for myself," t,id gwrr.
Wilson today. "My stsr in Chlr.
""J "u ween, I nava nnt
ped out any itinerary."
Tolstoi Expresses Great Disgust for
Russian Parliament.
Yasenya, Polania, July 6. Count
Lao Tolstoi, in the course of an inter
view today, said the Russian parlia
ment interested him very little.
"It seems to me," Count Tolstoi
said, "as if they wera playing at
grown-ups. Tha proceedings show
nothing new, nothing original, nothing
interesting. Everything has been said
hundreds of t'mes before. Our parlia
ment reminds me of fashions in tho
provinces. Hats and gowns out of date
in the citiea ara sent to the interior,
where they are eagerly worn nnder the
impreesion that they ara tha latest
atyla.
"It irritates ma to see so-called re
presentatives of tha people, who are
really below the very classes whom
they are supposed to represent, sesame,
the task of solving problems which wi'l
decide the fate of 140,000,000 bumaa
beings. The irrelevancy of the argu
ments of tha members and their blind
self assurance and intolerance disgust
ma."
ROOSEVELT'S SENTIMENTS.
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Warrant for Mrs. Nation.
Guthrie, July 7. A Federal warrant
was issued today by United States At
torney Hcothorn for Carrie Nation.
charging Hier with sending obscene
matter through the mailt in her tem
perance publication, the Hatchet. Mrs.
Nation is new lecturing in Texas, and
reuerai onicers nave been not fled to
place her tnder arrest. A rcent issue
f the Hatchet contained a lecture to
young men and boys, In which Mrs.
National used very plain language.
From Oldest to Youngsst.
London, Joly 7. A large number of
lgnatnres ol members , of the British
parliament have been attached to a
message which will be forwarded to the
Kusstan parliament extending to it tha
congratulations of the oldest to the
youngest parliament, expressing the
hope that some of the members of ths
latter will attend the international ar
bitration conference to be held here at
tha and ot July.
Overhaul the Oregon.
Washington. July 8. Th h-mn-
Oregon is to l put out of commission
lor two or three years while nnH.L.
complete overhauling at the Puget
sound navy yards. The Navy depart
tnent todaj received comnUt. ..; ...
of proposed repsirs, which sref.f
1975,000, but before thia n,w',. !
dertsken estimates will h... v.. "l
"J turn Kturrai naval m
this total amount, $600,000 is required
for general recalre. an.K
i , , swss ill r i nil
decks substituting new plate, for those
""en worn or damaged, etc.
Needs Faster Crui.ar.
London, July 9. It la .t...t
u"jirany ou decided, after the
lesson at the recent maneuvers, that
there is need of more and faatar r,i.
ers to protect British commam. Tk.
cruisers are decided to have too small a
coal carrying canarit. .a ..
. ; - . j mrreiore
useless when it becomea n..
them on miadnna
large steaming radios. Tha nrni
n .fni ..111 . '
..... v.hibtiis win carry only
heavy guns.
Tells Neighbors at Oyster Bay About
v Work of Past Year.
Oyster Bay, July 6. President
Roosevelt spoke to a gathering of hie
neighbors here today. The sentiments
be expressed are summed upas follower
When it becomes necessary to curb a
great corporation, curb it. I will do
my best to help yom But I will do it
in no spirit of anger or hatred to the
men who own or control that corpora
tion; and if any seek In their turn to
do wrong to the men who own those
corporations, I will turn and fight for
them in lefense of their rights, just aa
iiru as i ngni against them when I
think they are doing wrong.
If the man is a decent man, whether
well off or not well off, stand by him ;
if be is not a deaent man, stand against
him, if he be rich cr poor. Stand
against him In no spirit ol vengeance,
but only with tha resolute purpose to
make him act as decent citixens must
act if this republic is to be. J
Assumes All Blame.
Cronstadt, July 6. In a manly effort
to save the surviving members of bis
stsff and the other officers who babe
lieved surrendered the gunboat Bedovl
on account of their affection for their
wonnaea commander and their desire
to save his life, Admiral Rojestvensky
today pleaded guilty . before a court
martial. In a short speech to the court
the admiral declared that ba took alt
the blame on his shoulders and arkct '
that he alone be punished to tha fullest
extent of the law, virtually an appeal
tor condemnation and death.
Casinos Are Dismantled.
West Baden Springs, Ind., Joly 6.
Officers representing the state today be-
.... gamming dens at
the casinos tf the West Baden and
,nch1Llc HP'Jnw bot-1.. Th. p....
rnd w? l"Vfl l;d l ,'"'""ft c.r.
in the cn.tody of the'sheriff . The prop.
ch re. nflnCal"d,inrlu'' 32 .lot mk-
tables, two whee s. hv,km.w:
ratus. ore keno ontfi- . . ", . .iu
! of chip, rards anu
a few
Call for Designs for Bier Rhi
Washington. July So.,- n
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T , . '""n'a ' c,rcnlr Inviting
ship dee gners and shipbuilding flrmt
.u piana lor me 20,000-ton hat-
V I aaas Pi I n ai S a a 4 A S
. w "7 conttr"". The
" UV been instructed
to prepare like plana for comparison.
o onic an ..! i....k
..(.a.
Cossacks In Caucasus DissfTected.
tion ln M J"''5--The military sitna
on La. T' "r"
batt.llT,..n,IU',,n,, '". Two
tinv ta ' "f'P'eeeion of the ma
li'1;'', robb7 "! K-neral law-
hevahll.L 1"rir-0ve newspapers
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