Hslfsboro Independent
Ummm4 Mitor Cac W
TO fcND CHILD LABOR.
HILLSBORO ORECON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
la a Condensed Form far Our
Busy Readers,
A Return of the Last Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Tntinit are snowbound in Kansas.
El 1'uho, Texas, in exprciencing the
C1 lint weather la 20 year.
General Shafter left no will. II in
projxTty ii valued at $15,000.
The frown prince of Servia in en
ra'cd at the charges of insanity.
All imrt'un in Russia have joined in
a campaign of abuse against N itte.
Great Iiritain is ready to lead in the
movement fur reform in Congo Slate
j he Interstate t ommcrce commis
sion in gathering evidence of rebates to
the grain triint.
Spain will join with l'ritain and
France in a navul demonstration
against Morocco.
The recent fli m m Ih have caused a lows
of nearly a million dollars in the vicin
ity of Castle Risk.
France ha burred American pork.
The new meat inspection rules violate
the old agreement.
The president law refused to rewind
the order discharging negro troops
Wit limit new evidence.
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, AIo
Ho Meat Inspectiod Measure.
Richmond, In.l., Nov. 20. At a
meeting here today of representative
of the Young Men' Christian uss.hU
tion of Indiana ami Ohio, Senator Al
bert J. Itcveri.lge stuted that on the
owning day of the cumin sesslou of
congress lie IntcliilcU to ""'
hill prohibiting the labor of children
throughout the country anil a bill to
make more rigid the present meat In
s wet Ion law. lie wild the child labor
bill will provide that no railroad,
ateumhout or other carrier of Interstate
commerce should trannport or accept for
tranxjHirtation the product of any fac
tory or mine that empioyeu cmiurcii
under 14 yean of age.
The bill, he suid, would provide that
every carrier of interstate commerce
should require an affidavit from every
factory or mlneow ner shipping l,r-
ducts that It did not employ children
under 14 years of age, the form of the
affidavit to tie prescriltcd by tlie depart-
ment of Commerce unU Uioor or wit-
Interstate Commerce commission, with
heavy lienaltlen, both civil and crim
inal, for violation of the law. Hie dim,
if It become a law. he believe will
stop the practice of ruining future cltl-
lenship by working children ot teiuler
age in factories and mines.
There 1 no other wav, sul.l tlie sena-
tor, to reach thin growing evil, a reu-
eralstatutecann.it le passed directly
controlling the factories and mines In
the states. That is the province of the
states. Hut congress lias ausoiuie
iH.wer over the railroads, boats, ships
and other agencies of Interstate com
merce, and unlimited power under the
.... .i.i. ii i ... 1 1
Constitution lo lirovl.ll) UIUV mey iuiii
not carry the products of factories and
mines that employ children.
DAMAGE ENORMOUS
DIX SUNK ON5UN0,
Loss From Flood On Puget Sound
Over $1,000,000.
CROPS IN GBOUND ARE RUINED
Railroads Loss Most Heavily snd the
Farmers Com Next Lumber
men Loss Logs and Bolts.
BOMB IN ST. PETERS.
The downMur of rain continues in
the South. Much property has Iieen
wrecked ami railroad traffic blocked.
Dr. IVvine, who had charge of the
lied ( ross relief work in San Francisco,
says he does not .believe there was any
Kraft.
Threatening letters have been sent to
the pope.
The king and queen of Denmark are
visiting the kaiser.
Jerome will ask for a special jury to
hear the case of II. K. Thaw.
French military officers are giving
autos rigid tests for use in war.
Root says Roosevelt will not run
again and lie himself, is not a candidate
for president.
The discharge of colored troops lias
been suspended and white ollicers may
get into trouble.
Church inventories have been re
sumed in France without disturbance,
although troops are held in readinesss.
The Federal court at Denver declares
Governor I'ealMidy had the power to
suppress the Telluride riots and has
dismissed the Moyer suit for dumuges
for imprisonment,
President Roosevelt lias lieen called
upon to order a searching inquiry into
the collision of the Jeanie and Dix
within sight of Seattle. The number of
missing is given as 49.
Hill is now in full control of the Ilur
lingtou and will merge the manage
ment of the road w ith that of the Great
Northern. This will allow him to run
through trains from Chicago to the
Coast.
President Roosevelt hads started for
Porto Uleo.
Crowd In Cathedral In Rome Rush In
Panic for Outlets
Rome, Nov. 20. A bomb was ex
ploded in St. Peter's Sunday. The
edifice was crowded, and an indescrib
able scene of confusion followed. There
were no fatalities.
As soon as the echoes of the tremen
dous roar had ceased a canon sought by
reassuring words to quiet the jteople,
but in vain. They fled in all direc
tions. Women and children screamed
and tried to protect their families in
the crush. The church is so large,
however, that tiiere was ample room
for the crowd to scatter, and no one
was injured. No trace of the pente-
t rut or of the deed has Wen found.
Since Saint Anacleutus, who was or
duiiied by Peter himself, erected an
oratory In "0 A. D. on the site of the
present basilica to mark the sKt where
the remains of St. Peter are burled, no
such dastardly occurrence la noted in
the history of the church.
Sunday was the anniversary of the
dedication of the basilica to St. Peter,
and it was beautifully decorated for the
occasion.
STORM IN SOUTH.
Jerome says insurance grafters cannot
be prosecuted.
The loss in the Yakima valley is es
timated at $400,000.
America and Britain
Stop Congo atracltles.
may unite to
r.ank robU-rs secured f 1,700 from the
batik at Iihuuila, Okla.
Three persons were cremated in a ho
tel fire at Cloldfleld, Nev.
Refugees in the flooded valleys "near
Seattle are In dire need of food.'
John IWrett, minister to Colombia,
will spend the Christmas holidays with
friends at Portland.
Hearst an.l Joe Pulitzer, Jr. engnged
l - ... 1! -I l.l ... " m
in usi iigm. .euner will say
thing alsmt the affair.
any-
The Cowlits river is falling fast and
report show that the damage In that
vlicU valley will reach $1:50,000.
The Hawaiian sugar crop for 190(1
promises to lie the biggest in the hlsto-
ry of the territory. It will probably
amount to more than 450,000 tons.
A I'.laek Hand society In New York
has exploded several Ixmilw In the
Italian tenement district, shattering
windows and blowing doors from thier
hinges.
Idaho people will ask Federal aid to
relieve the coal shortage.
Governor Magoon, of Cuba, denies
that he is dissatisfied with his position.
Mrs. Maud Crclliel.l has liven found
dead in her cell at Seattle from heart
f.iihue.
A big dock fire at Naplse destroyed
property valued at nearly 11,000,000.
Statndard Oil stock has gone down
rapidly on account of the government
inquiry.
The San Francisco grand jury is still
probing into the alleged stealing of re
lief funds.
Tlie trial of the sugnrt rust, charged
with accepting rebates, has legun in
the United States Circuit court in New
York.
Harriman and Gould may tie indict
ed by a grand jury at Salt I-ake in the
coal inquiry.
President Penna.in his inauguration
at Kio Janeiro advocated increased
armament for Itrar.il.
Thomas C. Piatt is said to have made
out his resignation a United States
senator from New York.
Citixcns of Honolulu have snlncril-cd
money to return the Royal Hawaiain
band members to their homes.
The government has begun a suit to
dissolve the Standard Oil company.
Five Lives Lost and Much Damage lo
Property by Wind.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 20. Eight
persons are known to have lost their
lives, scores of others are , injured and
property and crops suffered great dam
age, the extent of which, because of the
meager reports yet obtainable, cannot
lie estimated at this time, as a result
of a terrific w ind and rain storm Sun
day. The storm, w hich originated on
the gulf, swept northwestward through
rtlon of Alabama, Central and
Northern Mississippi and Western
Tennessee, in its onward course razed
scores of substantial buildings, partial
ly demolished hundreds of others.
caused complete demoralization of rail
road traflie and cut off telegraphic com
munication with many points in the
affected territory.
Cotton In the fields blown down bv
the w ind was beaten into tho ground
and badly damaged. Resides the loss
of life and property damairn which U
know n to have occurred, a number of
points directly in the pathway of the
storm cannot be communicated with,
and complete reports are received It is
icnreU that the loss of both life and
property will be greatly Increased.
Police Scent Plot
Rome, Nov. 20. The local police
have lieen informed that several people
who were In the habit of renting win
dows along the route usually taken by
royal processions have been approached
by mysterious tvrsons w ho w ish to rent
not only windows, but entire rooms for
the day when the kinfl of Greece ar
rives lu re. The police Wieve this Is
evidence of n nnan-hist i.lot Ilka
the one at Madrid aginst King
Victor Kmmanuel and the Kim? f
Greece. King George of G
HH-ted here NovemUr 2:t.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17. The floods
in the great river valleys south of Seat
tle, at their height yesterday morning,
are today subsiding. In the central
part of the White River country about
the towns of Kent and Auburn, dry
land is apearing and the eople, driv
en to the surrounding high land for
refuge, are returning to their homes.
The outpouring waters maintain a high
level, at the mouth of the Duwamish
on the north and the mouth of the Puy
allup on the south where they are
backed up by the tide.
The projiertv loss will lie heavy,
probably exceeding $1,000,000. Tho
destruction of the Northern Pacific rail
way grades and trackage involves a
loss of $:I00,000. The Interurban elec
tric road between Seattle ana tacoma
w ill have to spend $100,000 for re
pairs, and the individual losses of farm
ers and dairymen make up the remain
der. The loss of live stock is not as
heavy as at first feared, being probably
within $50,00(1. The loss on crops still
in ground and in cellars and barns is
about $1100,000.
Hundreds of houses and barns were
swept from their foundations, but com
paratively few were actually broken up
or carried any great distance. The
damage to furnishings in homes and
merchandise in stores by the water
formed the heaviest item of loss.
Floods in the White, Green and
Stuck River valleys are suiciding rap
idly, but the Duwamish river, whose
waters empty into Puget sound at this
place, is a mighty lake, four miles
wide by 12 in length, backed up and
held in leash by the tide from the
Bound. When that goes out lute to
night, great havoc is looked for from
the pent-up waters. A similar condi
tion exists at the mouth of the Puyal
lup at Tacoma.
The floods found tlie city already
short of coal and temporarily cut off
from access to all sources of supply.
The great water power plants of the
company providing electric power and
light were flooded out of use, and the
street car and lighting service of the
city depends on the meager supply of
coal in the local bins of the big , com
panies. So farfas known, but five deaths di
rectly attributable to the floods have
(KTurred north of the Stuck river.
These were F. W, Kttlliner, a logger
of Auburn, Pat Clance and John Viele,
ranchers of Orillia, and two loggers
whose names are unknown. None of
the bodies have yet been rocovered.
From Tacoma come rumors of several
deaths near the mouth of the Puyallup,
but the reports are so far unverified.
Steamer Goes to potto" Carrying
Down 39 of Her Pnf
Seattle, Wash., Xv. ! The steam-
er lux, Captain 1' lrui
fiom Scuttle to I'ort KluH'-y with Pu
scngcrs, sunk two niiW north of Alki
loint siMin after 7 ,.vl.k I'"1 n'k'l".
after a collision with the steamhij
Jeanie, Captuiu p. li. Ma
Alaska Coast comiiunr.
Thirty-nine punhengws J "l',u,,r
of the crew of the Dil "''as'" a
:ih wt.ru m.iv,..i , Dix u a total
w reck. The Jeunie art not Hurl in
the least and no niea"1'1' ' uer crt"w
was lost. The matr of 1,is
was saved. Tl, ,llision occurred
while the sound wus !'",,t "HX,t
as a mill pond, and aftr t,ie 0tl, ,B
been steaming within ot !at'u
other for a ouarter ..fin hour.
The Jeanie was bi'K 'Hcn s,ie
collided w ith the jiii and the impact
was very slight. Tin Dik ' Mruc.
abaft of amidships on the sturbourd
side. She listed heavily to Prt "r
brief period, righted herself, then sank
stern first. There was hardly time to
launch life rafts or Ih before she was
almost entirely submerged. 1 uhhcii
gers j limited from the docks into the
water, women scranicd and ollicers
and men called order! that could hardly
be heard above the din.
The tnwseiigera from the Dix who
could swim made thtirway to the sides
of the Jeanie ami were drugged a I tour J
The Jeunie wus not moved until after
all who had reached her hud lieen
hauled aboard. Then she cruised about
picking up several bo had managed to
stay above water. It was after 10
o'clock before tho Jetnie left the scene
of the catastrophe and steamed to the
Virginia street dock, Seattle, with the
au survivors.
The cause of the collision is unknown
as the mate, w ho wai in the pilot house
at the tune, was drewned.
STORMS IN SOUTH
MUCH DAMAGE REPORTED.
Bitter Cold Adds to Misery In
Mississippi Valley.
Floods In Oregon and Washington
Destroy Homes and Bridges.
Custle R.sk, Wash., Nov. 1(1. The
Cow lits river has become a raging tor
rent, lurrying houses, Uirns, logs and
other drift down in the fhl. Many
families are homeless ami have suvep
but few belongings from their ruined
of the DEEP SNOW FALLS IN TEXAS " " r temporarily quartered
with friends on higher ground. The
Northern Pacific bridge aenws tlie Cow
lits at Olequ is washed out.
The town of Castle Rock is in a state
of chaos. Fleet ric lights are out lie
cause of the fliMxl. The town marshal
has ' closed the saloons to add to the
public safety. Tiie Hiiple are meeting
the situation in a philosophic way and
are not becoming puiuc stricken.
FLOODS JN NORTH
H'hlle, Stuck and Green Rivers
Drive Farmers From Hemes.
SMALLER TOR'NS UXDER WATER
Poor People Driven From Hornet by
Floods and Negroes Roost In
Trees for Safety.
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Railroads Tied Up Three
Uvea Are Lost.
ROBBER OF SUB-TREASURY.
FINISH SOUTH JETTY.
Blizzard In Colorado.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 20. Tho worst
blizzard experienced here in a decade is
now raging. The storm started yester
day and gradually grew In severity un
til today, when It assumed the propor
Hons ,f ,i blizzard, It is almost im
possible to make head wav along the
streets. The Colorado '& Southern
railroad reports the storm extending
into the Panhandle of Texas. The
Santa Fe reports hlixxards along its
line clear to Klngslev, Kan. In North
em New Mexico the blhuard Is the
worst.
Scholarships for Employes' Sons.
New Westminster, It. C, Nov. 20.
The Canadian Pacific Railway company
has decided to endeavor "to advance
higher education among the sons of
their employes, snd Is now offering
two scholarships to lie conieted for by
employes' sons under 21 years of age.
Tho scholarships cover four years tui
tion In the faculty of applied science
In Mdiill university. The examina
tions will 1 held under the suxrvU
I.tn of the faculty of Mctiill university.
Kansas In Grip of Blizzard.
Tnpcka, Kan., Nov. 20. The bliz
fard is general over Kansas lata to
night. According to advices received
t the mil road ntlices here, snow com
menced falling here at a late hour. At
many points In the western part of the
state the cattlemen were caught un
prepared. So fr railroad traffic in
Southern Kansas has not been affected.
Chief Engineer Mackenzie Recom
mends Continuing Contract.
Washington, Nov. 17. In his esti
mates submitted to the secretary of
War, General Mackenzie, chief of en
gineers, asks for an appropriation of
11,000,000 for the Columbia river jetty.
In his annual report, however, he
points out the necessity for continuous
work on the jetty until it is Completed.
He says tliat, in addition to the fl,.
000,000 appropriated, congress should
authorise a continuing contract to the
extent of $1,450,000 additional. He
estimates that $2,000,000 will com
plete the south jetty.
If General Mackenzie's recommenda
tion is carried out, $1,000,000 will be
inserted in the river and harbor bill
this winter and the remaining $1,450,
000 will lie carried In the sundry civil
bill passed at the first session of the
next congress.
Teller Dyer Is Indicted by tho Federal
Grand Jury.
St. Louis, Nov. 19. The Federal
grand jury returned an indictment
against Receiving Teller V. P. Dyer,
Jr., son of United States Attorney D.
P. Dyer, Saturday in connection with
the shortage of $61,200 in the local
sub-treasury. The charge against Dyer
is embezzlement.
The Federal grand jury was convened
on Wednesday and at once began in
quiry into the shortage. When the in
quiry was ajdourned 335 witnesses had
been examined. Shortly after the
grand jury convened Saturday a report
of its findings was made to tho court.
Mr. Dyer was Inter arrested by the
I nited states marshal and released on
bond in the sum of 10,000.
Boon after the jnry had made a re
port to Judgo FinkellK;ry, Dyer surren
dered himself. The court named Jan
uary 8 as the date for his appearance at
which time a definite date for the trial
will be fixed. I
The Indict menrtontalns two counts.
The first count recites that Dyer, as
second teller I in the sub-treasury,
"wrongfully am? corruptly emWzzled
and converted ttthls own use" on Sep
tember 27 last f 11,500 intrusted to his
care. The sotond recites that as an
officer of the Unted States government
he did this, am is merely intended to
prevent a tec h:i leal evaison of the
charge. i
When Dyer frame Into the court he
was accompanittt by his father, United
States Attorney Dvcr, Congressman
Champ Clark, atd ten residents of Pike
county, In whiuh Is located the Dyre
family home, liond was furnished by
the ten resident friends.
Memphis, Nov. 20. As more detail
ed rejsirts are received from those por
tions of Alabama, North and Central
Mississippi and Western Tennessee
swept by the wind and rain storms, the
si tout ion increases in seriousness.
Following the wind storm ruin has full-
en almost continuously throughout this
territory and practically the entire dis
trict is under water to a depth of sever
al feet and creeks and small streams
are leuving their banks and many of
the jsHtrer white jhtsoiis, as well as
scores of negroes, have Ut-n forced from
their homes by the rising wuters, seek
ing refuge in many instances under the
trees.
To add to the seriousness of the situ
ation, the weather is becoming bitterly
cold and much suffering is anticipated.
rrotii Winona, AInU-n and Muthiston,
Miss., more complete rejstrts have lieen
received, a conservative estimute plac
ing the total damage to the three towns
at $.'100,000.
The rain continues w ith no sign of
abatement. In Memphis the precipi
tation has reached a maximum of 4.42
inches, and the continued rainfull hus
w rought great havoc in this city and
the immedite vicinity.
Wolf river is out of its banks, the
overflow carrying away over 10,000 logs
valued at $100,000. From present in
dications it is believed thut fully $100,-
000 dumuge hus Iteen done to the roud
and turnpike system of this county.
I'rohably never before has traffic on
the railroads centering in Memphis
suffered such complete demoralization.
FA Puso, Tex., Nov. 20. At 6 o'clock
last night 8.4 inches of snow hud full-
en, breaking by three inches records
since the establishment of the United
mutes weuwier uureuu nearly 30 years
ago.
Reports from several points on the
Mexican Central indicate that the
storm extends well down into Mexico.
In New Mexico and throughout the val
ley f El Puso there is great suffering
and will lie heavy losses in cattle, the
snowfall being unprecedented.
North Yakima, Wash., Nov. 16.
After fulling slightly tlie Yakima ami
Naches rivers are again rising and the
damage to proiterty of all kinds is
growing worse. All communication
w ith the outside by rail is cut off.
Every county bridge in the valley is
under wuter and the city is isolated
from the surrounding country.
The feurs of the popple are thut the
Nuciies river muy change its course and
come down the old river bed to the
west of tlie city. If this hupitcns the
damage will be inestimable, as the
best fruit orchards and some of the fin
est homes in the valley lie direct in its
Course.
Wenatchee, Wash., Nov. 16. Tlie
flood still rages unabated. Added to
the destruction by tho rain and water,
the w ind is blowing. Tlie damage done
by the fhxxl between Cashmere and
Wenatchee, in the Wenatchee valley,
cannot be estimated at the present
tune, but it will be heavy. The We
natchee and the Columbia rivers are
higher thun they have ever been before
The former is eight inches higher than
its former record.
Portland, Nov. 16. Streams through
out the state which have been swollen
by the recent rain storms and the Chi
nook w ind in the mountains are thought
to have reached their highest point
Some have commenced to full and the
Willamette was stationary lust night.
It is probable that the river at Port
land w ill commence to full today. Ex
cept along tlie lower Columbia, the
danger from high water is thought to
be over in Oregon.
Seattle, Nov. 15. Flo.sls in tlie
White, Stuck and Green rivers, w hich
begun Tuesday night, have swept away
miles of railroad trackuge, inunduted
ail the valley towns, rendered hundreds
of farmers homeless and cost three lives
up to date. Until the Western Union
last night succeeded in getting a wire
to Portland, Scuttle wus entirely cut
off from the outside world by either
railroad or telegraph lines. The tele
phone company kept up two lines, but
this was the only means of communica
tion Seattle has hud.
The three men lost in then
drowned while lighting to break up log
jams thut threatened railroad and coun
ty bridges.
It will be two weeks before the
Northern Pucific is able to resume reir.
ulur truin operations. Tb !r....r
Northern is tied tin for a shorter i.r.
iod, for trouble on thut roud is due to
an avalanche of mud that swept out a
portion of track.
Auburn, Kent. O'Rrien. Renton.
Oriellia and half a dozen smaller towns
in the vallevs of three rivers are under
water. Residents of O'llrien were
compelled to abandon their homes and
flee U) the hills. At Kent a rairimr tor
rent is running through tho town and
Auburn will suffer extensive damage,
unless the walers recede immediately.
The 60 employes of the Denny Ren-
ton Clay works plant at Kenton were
cut off by the HihhI ami hud to remain
cooped up in tho warehouse until they
Could be rescued by boats.
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS.
RELIEF FUND IS LOOTED.
SHONTS THE BOSS.
Quits Law to Serve People.
New York, Nov. 17. Governor elect
Charles E. Hughes, who returned last
night from a brief vacation, will, ac
cording to statements made by his
friends, retire altogether from the law.
from the Same source came the an
nouncement that he will also give up
his home in this city ami move w ith
his family to Albany. Mr. Hughes, it
is stated, has told his friends that he
intends to devote the next two years
exclusively to itcing govem.tr, ami he
Ulieyes that he can do this Wst by
severing all professional connections.
Send Immigrants South.
Washington, Nov. 17. Tlie recent
arrival ar i narlcston, p. C., of an ju.
migrant ship carrying more than 1,000
immigrates, marks a new era for the
whole South. The lHlM,r problem has
ltcen a very serious one in the South
and the attention of the teop!e of thut
section Iihs been for some time directed
toward inducing immigration. Not j
alone as lals.rers are immigrants wnt-
ii.ni.in-.is oi thousands of tillable
acres have ln-en left uncultivated that
make one of the richest agricultural
sections of the world.
Nine Killed by Explosion.
Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 17. Three
Americans and six Mexicans were
killed by a premature explosion at a
lime quarry nine miles esst of Douglas
t 9 o'clock today. The men were
buried under a pile of r.tck. The or
oner has gone from here to hold an in-;i"-t;
The quarry is one at whi h
lime ri-L u i... .. ' '
this eitv x . "nicitcrs ,n
lent fr" f'' "'" Ium 1,,.
sent from the sn,..lt..r. ..... . ,
A o ij rvol in rp-
Covering the bodies.
Want Big Appropriation.
Chicago, Nov. 19. As the first step
in the newly organized Gulf-to-the-Lakes
Deep Water association, Chicago
members of the association have al
ready started a movement to demand of
the next congress a $.15,000,000 appro
priation to complete the canaljfrom the
present terminus of the drainage etian
nel to Grafton, on the Mississippi river,
near St. Louis. Tlie Chicagoans say
the deen waterwav is of vastly more
Importance than the Panama canal
will lie to the peonle of the Middle
West.
Roosevelt Reorganizes the Adminis
tration of Canal Affairs.
Washington, Nov. 20. An order
signed on the isthmus of Punuma by
President K.xtsevelt, making radical
changes ih the organization of affairs
in the government of the canal zone,
was made public today at the oflice of
the commission. The effect of the or
der is to place the canal work and the
government of the zone under the di
rection of Chairman Shonts, aided by
chiefs of bureaus, who will report di
rectly to the commission, thus elimin
ating the olfice of governor.
The order gives to Chairman Shonts
supreme authority over all depart
ments. It reorganizes the entire work
ings of the commission in connection
with the president's views of controll
ing the situation under his plan to
press the excavation as rapidly as jsts-
sitile. llie executive committee oi
three memltcrs, each the head of a de
partment, has Iwen alsdished and in its
stead seven departments are created,
and the chief of each will report and
receive instructions from the chairman
of the committee. These departments
w ill be under the direction of John F.
Stevens, chief engineer; eRh'hard R.
R.xlgers, general counsel; William 0.
Gorgas, chief sanitary officer; D. W.
Ross, chief purchasing oflicer; E. S.
ISenson, general auditor; J. William,
dishurisng oflicer, and Jackson Smith,
manager of labor and quarters.
The president will take up the ques
tion of the appointment of a new com
mission on his return to Washintgon.
Money Sent Mayor Schmltz Is Not
Accounted For,
Sun Francisco, Nov. 16. The Citron
icle says tlay:
A new investigation is progressing in
tho course of developments in the 11
graft scandal. It now appears that
muny sums of money, large and small,
that were sent from different states to
San Francisco for the relief of the suf
ferers from the calamity never reached
the relief committee. Some of these
amounts, which aggregated a large
sum, were mailed to the care ot Mayor
Schmita. F. J. Heney, Detective Wil
liaiii Burns and altout 100 government
agents have lieen making an invest igu
tion. President R.sisevelt is tlie niov
ing spirit behind the inquiry, and he
declares that no man guilty of diverting
the relief funds shall escapo justice.
The cuscs come within the jurisdie
tion of the Federal authorities Itccnuse
of the interstate character of the sstal
service, which, it is alleged, wus crini
inally tampered with.
A considerable sum of money was al
so sent through the express comtanies
and ells-rargo, which comimnies are
now investigating the disapta-Arance of
$10,580 sent in one package from the
citizens of Searchlight, Nev., which the
relief committee says it never received,
and which the comjtany says was deny
ered to the representative of the com
mittee to whom it was addressed. Tlie
crime of forgery is said to be included
in the offense of the raiders of the re
lief contributions. It is said that in
the aggregate tlie stealings will amount
to $1,000,000.
Terrorists Rob Railroad Safe.
istr.'tuct1 xz v.x un,x
ists sttacke.1 the Vistula railroad d-pot
marching off ! ,:: " m7,
, - ""iimry oruer
ks are pursuing them.
Land Office Involved.
Washington. Vov. 19. Affidavits
are on file with the government here,
and have lieen calll to the attention
of President Ro.wevelt. charging that
the eltfantic lmut frauds whereby the
Union Pad fin railroad company and
the Union Pacific Coal company se
cured illegally r,d lands in the state
of Wyoming valued at many millions
of dollars were nerttcturatcd with the
full knownlcdge of (he government land
office, if not w itli ltd connivance and
were known, if not tacictly assented to,
by the department of tlie Interior.
Peter's Heir Is Maniac.
Vienna. Nov ia. Crown Prince
George, of Servia is declared insane,
according to resirts from Relgrade to
day. "Nor Is this the worst," said a
well informed lUilkan diplomat, "Ser
via is drifting ,o,H.esslvintobankrupt
. ,. .. i i... 1. 1..
y. . nil war, Psi. is nigniy .n.oB...e
King Peter ftiHtinsi uint rless to restore
or maintain order. Anarchy prevails
everywhere. There are more jtolitlcal
murders throughout Servia In a year
than in Macedonia."
Raise Wage Voluntarily.
Chicago, Nov. 19. The Chicago A
Northwestern railroad has voluntarily
offered the railway station "n,l
telegraph operator's on the system an
Increase of wages. Kleven hundred
agents and approximately 500 telegraph
"Iterators will come In for a share in
the advance. The average Increase in
tre as announced bv General Manager
W. A. Gardner tonight l 5-
Trust Is Good.
New York, Nov. 19. The directors
of the Standard Oil company issued an
other circular t.iday to the stockholdre
of the company, saving that the com
rny's position' i-lnnassailsble from
tth a legal and a moral standpoint,
Tries to Involve America.
Antwerp, Religum, Nov. 20. A royal
decree issued today grants to an Ameri
can company, for rublsr and other ex
ploitation, alsmt 2,500,000 acres in tlie
Congo state for AO years. Tlie conces
sion includes a strip of more, than 13
miles on the left bank of the Congo to
the Voumbi river, a strip south of Ka
sai to the confluence of the Congo and
Kasai rivers and a ten-yeatr option on
1 ,250,000 cres. The press generally
regards the concession us a clever move
to involve the United States in any fu
ture international complications.
Protectorate In Cuba.
New York, Nov. 20. Prominent
niemliers of the I.ilicral party in Cuba,
according to Captain Cussully Cook, a
law yer of this city, w ho says he is coin.-
sel here for certain I.iltcrul interests,
have a plan afoot for the establishment
of a permanent protectorate in Cuba by
the American government. I bey are,
he savs, supported by the foreign inter
ests of that country and purpose to pe
tition the president and congress early
in January to puss a bill making Cuba
a protectorate. Anoiner mil is lo I
presented in the Cuban congress.
Heart of Town Burned.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 20. Practical
ly the entire business section of Fay
ette, Miss., was destroyed by fire last
night, entailing a lsos of alsmt $75,000,
partially coven-d by insurance. The
tire originated in M.iinniss' cafe,
which was destroyed, the flames rapid
ly spreading to the adjoining buildings.
The telephone exchange was destroyed
an.l the grounding of the-Western
Union w ires makes it impossible to get
any details.
Receiver for German Insurance.
Freeport, 111., Nov. 20. The German
Insurance company, w hich reinsured in
the Royal of Liverpool last week, was
placed in the hands of a receiver today,
the Chicago Trust A Title company be-
I ing named.
New Zealand Favors Canada.
Ottawa, Ont, Nov. lfl. The Canadi
an commission reports that sultstantial
preferences nre given to Canadian goods
over those of the United States in the
' new tariff adopted by New Zealand.
On many classes the tariff on United
Stutc giMsls will lie 20 or 30 tier cent
above thut on Canadian gssls. On bi
cycles, gas nnd oil engines, gum boots,
printing paper, railways and tramways,
sail cloth, ennvas, surgil and dental
instruments United States products will
be taxed a duty of 20 per cent while
the Canadian pnslucts will enter free.
Believed Castro Is Desd.
Fort de France, Martinique, Nov. 1(1.
The Dutch cruiser Kortetiner arrived
here t.tdiiy from Willemstu.lt, island of
Curadio. with tlie story that at the
time of her departure from Curti.iio, it
was resirteI there Jiersistent ly that
President Castro was dead, but that his
death was lieing concealed by the Ven
ezuelan government in order to main
tain itself in power. The Kortenuer
has received orders to hasten her prep
arations and to leave Fort de France f r
La Gnayra, Venezuela, if the death of
President Castro is confirmed.
Bodies To Be Exhumed.
Chicago, Nov. lfl. Zaslaw Palovicz,
who was injured in the recent wreck
on the IViltimore A Ohio railrnttd at
Wisslville, Ind., died toilay. Hisdcuth
makes the total fatalities 51. Much
dissatisfaction has lsn caused among
the survivors c.f the wreck over the fact
that tlie dead, the majority of whom
were Roman Catholics, had lieen buried
without religious rites. Ixsnl church
officials have arranged with the railrid
to liave the tsslies dug npand reburied.
Total Wealth of United States.
Washington, Nov. 16. The total
wraith of the country in 1V04 was
$10,8H1, 415,000, according to figures
issued by the census bureau today. In
1S90 the total wealth was $n5,037,091,
197; in 1900, $88,528,348,798.
Great National Agitation to , Improve
Waterways Everywhere.
A national congress of American com
mercial bodies interested in the devel
opment of internal waterways an.l har
bor improvements will meet in Wash
ington on the sixth an.l seventh of De
cember. Oregon will be represented
by a delegation from the Portland
chamber of commerce.
The purpose of the congress is main
ly to prevail upon the United States
authorities to pass a;, measure calling
for an appropriation of fifty millions
annually for river and harlmr improve
ment. Even should such a measure
pass it would still lie but a fraction of
what other great nations are expending
annually uism their waterways. Tlie
movement is a national expression of
the knowledge that wuter competition
is the one great cheanener of railroad
freight rates railways that competo
with rivers or traflie do not pay ex-
travagant dividends ujwtn watered stock.
In those sections of the country
wherein the railroads are compelled to
carry freight in competition with river
craft the rates are from one-third to
one-sixth of those ruling where water
competition is not a factor. It is told
of a cotton section in Texas that thu
canalizing of a very insignificant stream
so as to be available (or Hat lMtttomed
canal boats, lowered the freight rates
so radically as to make a saving to a
small community of three million dol
lars annually. Asa matter of fact tho
canalized stream carried but a small
jierccntage of the traffic uism which
this large saving wus effected, but tho
fact that the stream was available for
traffic coinjK'lled the railways to meet
the water Comietition.
The Rivers and Harbors congress
will discuss the improvement of the
Oregon and Washington waterways and
the removal oi obstructing bars at the
entrances of the harbors an.l will seek
to impress upon the congress of the na
tion the importance of these improve
ments to the farming and mercantile-
population.
Indicts John D.
Fin.llay, O., Nov. 15. The grand
jury bslay found indict merits against
John D. R.s-kefeller and thr-e other
persons in cotinedion with the Stand
ard Oil inquiry, which was reotcncd
upon the reconvening of that Isslv in-
adjourned session yesterday. What
these indictments allege or who are the
four other defen. Units in addition to Mr.
RK'kefeller, was not given out. The
Is'iich warrants issued on tho indict
ments were placed in the hands of
Sheriff G rover, who this afternoon t.stk
them and went to ClcvcWinnd.
Commend Teaching System.
New York, Nov. 15. After two days
inspect ion, the English teachers who
(lime here to study United States meth
ods of education have discovered several
gissl ideas which they intend to sug
g.ft. to the authorities in England.
They like our system of in. 'di.nl instce
tion, our law which requires children
U-tween the ages of 14 and 15 year to
attend evening sclnsils if they work in
tho duytime, our discipline, which they
all descrilsj as "easy," and certain
features of our kindergarten Work.
More teachers will arrive this week.
Ahead of Schedule.
Colon, Nov. 15. The first trip of an
Americnn president outside of the
boundaries of the United States was
siid-essfullv concluded yesterday after-
n.stti at half pio-t one, when the Imttle-
dup Ittiistuim, having on Ix-tird Presi
letit Rtstsevelt and his i mi r t v , dropited
andior in the hiirls.r of Colon. The
Louisiana, which arrived ahead of
schedule time, was convoyed by tho
Tennessee and the Washington. They
anchored during a heavy rainfall.
General William G. Ely.
Norwich, Conn., Nov. 15. General
William O. Ely died suddenly at his
home here last night of heart trouble.
He commanded the Eighteenth Conner
ticut volunteers In the Civil war, and
was brevetted brigadier general at ita
close.