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IHLLSBORO OREGON
NEWS OHHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form Icr Our
Busy Readers.
A Return of tha L Important but
Not L Interesting Evem
of tho Past Weak.
Chicago club have started war
against tipping.
The Moon set a trap for French
troop but were surprised and routed.
F.x-Preaident Small is continuing his
fight and may rplit the telegraphers'
union.
In speech at Nashville, Roosevelt
declard he would not change bia policy
on account ol Wall at reel.
The fight between Harriman and
Fiah (or cintrol of the Illihola Central
may be settled out of court.
The threatened atrike of Denver &
Rio Clrande telegraphers will not take
place aa the men have voted to remain
t wotk.
Secretary Cortelyou aaya he. will
an 1st the New York banks hurt by the
Wall street panic as all the Institution
are aound.
Preaident Butler, of Columbia Unl
veraity, in an addreea at Chicago, ad
vocated changes in the Sherman law
which wonld permit trust but put the
men at the bead of them within reach
of the law.
The United States pension roll if
rapidly decreasing.
Mulai Haflg ha inflicted a crushing
defeat on the sultan of Morocco.
Hundreds of persona have been ar
rested in Kansas City for violating the
(Sunday closing law.
The' Walling have been released
fro n jail and the Kuaaian police admit
they made a mistake.
The Western Union claim that a
number of it atrlking operators at Chi
cago have applied for reinstatement.
The British freighter Queen Chris
tina, bound from San Francisco to
Portland, struck the rocks near Cres
, cent City, Cal., and will be a total loss.
A number of indictments have been
returned in New Mexico against coal
mine owners charging them with hav
ing obtained their lands from the gov
ernment fraudulently.
Minnesota's attorney general lias
been fined $100 for contempt by a
United States District court. The rase
will be appealed to the highest court
and states' rights will receive a test.
Wheat may go to $2 per bushel.
The German emperor is to visit Eng
land In pomp.
Kansas City theater owners will Ight
Sunday closing
The Oklahoma legislature has settled
down to business.
Prominent Pittsburg people are fight
ing the foodstuff trust.
The recent race riot In New- Orleans
was due to religious fanatics.
liinlmp Potter ha shocked Richmond
by inviting a negro to dinner.
No new eases of the plague have been
reported in San Francisco since Octo
ber 16.
Joseph Chamberlain, leader of the
house of commons, seeks to place his
son in his place.
The value of stocks have shrunk $3,'
000,000,000, but the whole country ex
cept Wall street, la prosperous.
Hchwartzchild A Sulzberger, big Chi
cago packers, are to erect a packing
bouse at Portland. The plant will oost
VVHl.UUO.
The Hague conference ha ended.
The Ford jury is not yet complete.
.'resident Kooeevelt .lis killed a
bear.
(iovernor Hughes, of New York, aays
he will not be a candidate for presi
dent.
In a battle between police and ne
groes at New Orleaaa one waa killed
mi eaoh side.
One man was killed and two badly
wounded in a war between Chinese
tongs at Philadelphia.
The steamer Tartar collided with the
ferryboat which runs between Vancou
ver and Victoria. The vessel will prob
ably Do a total Joes.
The United States signal corps has
Jnt won the Latirn cup by sailing
balloon more than 420 mile. The
start whs made from St. Louis.
Williamson s appeal to the United
Mates Supreme court ha been filed
He was convicted at Portland for ocm-
plicity in tlie Oregon land frauds. At
torney General Honaparte will person
ally argue the rase.
Small has given np the attempt to
retain the presidency of the the strlk
ing telegraph operators.
The general condition of F.mperor
rrancia Joseph la not quite so good
Marconi's wireless system between
Ireland and Nova Scotia is now open
for commercial business.
Americans In the Philippine are
anxious lor Taft to make a declaration
of the administration policy towards
the lslan.li.
Another suspect has leen arrested in
connection with the robbing of Ameri
ran mail of gold dust in Alaska.
The jury for the second Ford trial
has not Wen stviir.nl. Indications seem
that Honey w ill not call Ruef in the
coming trial.
The Hclnse have been driven from
the New York et.ck exhane on ac
count of heavy loeses due to an effort to
corner copper.
Six police dogs are on tlarir way from
Belgium to New York. In many of the
cities of the old country dogs) Kj fav4
great benefit.
JURY IS COMPLETE.
Second Trial of Ford for Brloing
Frisco Supervisors On.
Sn Francisco, Oct. 23. The Jury to
trv ex-Attornev General Tirey L fora,
chief counsel of the United railroads,
accused of bribing Supervisor Jennings
J. Phillip in the um ol 14,000 to vote
or the trolley franchise was compieiea
hortly befor the noon hour yesterday.
The prosecution exhausted all fiv of
its peremptory challenge In the selec
tion of the jury. The defense ustd only
five of it ten.
At 2:10 p. to. Mr. Heney began bi
opening addrt-as. After stating that
the indictment charged Patrick Cal
houn, Tirey L. Ford, Thornwell Mul
lally and William M. Abbott Jointly
with the bricing of Supervisor Jennings
J. Pbillipa in the mm of $4,000 to vote
in favor of the United Railroads trolley
franchise, Mr. Heney sketched in out
line the fact be expect to prove in
asking for a conviction of Ford. He
followed closely the line of the open
ing statement made by him to the
Juiy in the first trial ofFord, in which
the jury disagreed.
The only marked difference lay in
ths fact iUt throughout his rtatcccst
yesterday Mr. Heney Intimated that he
would prove these allegation i wimui
the testimony of JKuef . The general
belief ia that Ruef Is holding out for a
contract with complete immunity.
Notwithstanding hi submission of
himself to the bribery graft piosecu
tion, Mr. Heney and his associates have
repeatedly declared that it is their in
tention to lend Ruef to jail when they
are through with him.
The urpi ise of the day was the seem
ing recalcitrancy o1 Jennings J. Phil
lips, the second witness called. He
declared himself unable to remember
whether Supervisor James J. Galla
gher, allegedly acting in tehalf of the
United Railroads and by direction of
Ruef, bad paid hlm.th first half of the
4,000 bribe before or not until after
the passage of the franchise; and Mr.
Heney bad great difficulty in getting
him to admit that "to the best of his
recollection" the offer of money was
made in the period that elapsed be
tween its introduction and its passage.
STRIKE OVER IN NORTHWEST.
Union Calls It Off at Helena, Big Re-
, lay Point. ,
Helena, Oct. 23. That a third great
dam across the Missouri river near here
will be built immediately is no longer
a possibility, it is an assured fact. Ex
Governor 8. T. Hauser has Juet re
turned from New York, and stated that
the necesfary 13,000,000 had been e-
enred before the great (lump in stocks
and tightening of money. The state
ment ia further borne out by the fact
that the Capital City Power company
today bought from the state of Montana
all of the remaining land which Is to
be flooded by the backwaters, and
which lies on either side of the river.
While a portion of the pow'er gene
rated will be utilized in tho Butte
mines and Anaconda smelter of the
Amalgamated Copper ootnpany, no
small amount will be used in the re
clamation of arid lands in this immedi
ate vicinity. Speaking on the subject,
Governor; Hanger said that the financial
success of the first two dams was all
the argument needed to enlist capital
for the third. '
THIRD DAM ON MISSOURI.
Capital Secured and Bottom Lands
Bought for Undertaking.
Helena, Oct. 23. At a meeting of
the local Telegraphers.' union in this
city last night the strike was formally
leclared o7 and 10 men have asked
Manager Taylor, of the Western Union,
or their old positions. Forty men
walked out in this city when the stiike
was first inaugurated, and the first
break in the ranks came several days
ago when one of the striker at ked for
reinstatement and was sent to the St.
Paul office. ,
It is believed that the action cf the
local union here will have the effect of
breaking the backbone of the strike
throughout the Northwest, a Helena.
being a big relay point, is one of the
ruoft important offices west of Chicago
Mr. Taylor believe that before to
morrow night practically eery operator
who quit the aervlce Of the Western
Union here will ask for reinstatement.
Stamping Out Plague.
Seattle, Oct. 23. Mayor Moore yes
terday formally requested Governor
Mead to request the surgeon general of
the I'ubiic Health and Marine Hospital
service to take charge of the prophy
lactic measures that may be necessary
to stamp out billion ic plague in Seattle
and Governor Mead immediately wired
the department at Washington. The
city council has prepared an ordinance
providing for a bounty on rats and the
board of health ha divided the city
into sanitary districts for the purpose
oi cleaning np me city.
Roosevelt I Great Man. 'j.
Nashville, Oct. 23. President Riwae
velt and patty arrived here yester.rfcy
from Vicksburg. In an address' the
president Slid thit the improvement
of the Mississippi would be a benefit to
all the people in the United States.
Continuing he said: "The policies of
the adiuiniitrntion will not hurt buai
ness. I turned on the light, but I am
not responsible for what the light has
shown. I cut out the cancer and the
patient Is likely to be sick for a while,
but if me cancer had not been re
moved the pAtient would die."
Driver Puts Up a Fight.
neiena, .iom., tci. vs. a letter
from I Jw i atrt wn . aavath.f l.
Musselshell stage was held up by two
11 L..1& 1 I t .
roooers, out inac me driver, name!
I-aunoefurd, put np such a fight with
one cf the robliera that the second man
was onlige.1 to leave the horses heads
to assist his comrade in crime. rule
the tight was in progress the team ran
away, thus permitting .the mail am
other matter to escape the bands of
tli robbers.
Emperor Is Much Improved.
Vienna, Oct. 13. --Information Op
tained from all source indicates that
the condition of the wipe tor ie very
ranch lmpapvew. night wa a
t?4 alt for k5a a4 yesterday was
a gjoi day.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
MONEY IN CRANBERRY MARSH.
Coo
Bay Farmers Add New
Crop
That Bring Profit.
Marshfleld The growing of cranber
rlea 1 proving to be on of th most
profitable farm crop for Coo county.
Several ranch owner for a number of
i I il ;
vear Daat nave raieeu loecropwun
' . r . .. . ii
profit, but il wa. not generally utien
up until the past year. Now quite a
number nave crauueir ....-.
Land which is known aa peat or veg -
stable bog i
bog is required for the raising
of the crop, and nearby there most
he
an unlimited supply of fresh water,
which can be placed unde conarol.
There are, however, many such tractj
of land in the county, and cranberry
growing premises to be ona of the moat
important of the farming Industries of
the community.
W. V. Mcf arlan, who 1 the pioneer
A.anlLA., man nf thn Pacifin roauit hum
followed the business In Coo county
for many years. He has a six-acre
marsh which has never failed to yield
large crop. He has never made lees
than 1200 an acre clear profit, some
seasons the net amount has been great
er. Excepting at harvest time, when
help is needed In picking, one man can
attend to a marsh of 15 or 20 acres and !
bave time for other farm woik, as the j
crop I flooded during the winter and
need no attention. I be yield on the
Coos county cranberry marshes this I
year I partioulaily good.
Correspondent Work 8uccess.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
demand throughout the state tor the
correspondence work now being offered
by the University ol Uregon is greatly
surpassing the expectations of its most'
sanguine supporters. In a number of :
.1,- ..W.. In.mlno Mnh.
towna the teachers1 are forming clubs
and carrying on work under the direo-
t on of the university instructors. The
Interest la not confined to teachers,
however, for many young men and wo
men who have found it impossible to
attend college are taking the work. To
begin with, only a small number ol
courses are being offered, such as Eng
lish Classics and Shakespeare, English
History. Pedagogy, Algebra, etc., but
others will be added from time to time.
Bulletin on Oregon Fir.
University of Oregon, Eugene What
promises to be to the lumbering inte
rests of the Pacific Northwest one of the
most valuable bulletin ever published
is the bulletin to be Issued next spring
by the department of forestry on the
strength of Oregon fir. During the
past two years a moat thorough and ex
haustive aerie of tests have been made
by J. B. Knapp, engineer In charge at
the University of Oregon testing sta
tion. In the preparation of the report,
considerable collateral data will tie
used, and Mr. Knapp is now in Waih-
ington preparing his material.
Furniture Factory at Albany.
Albany This city is assured a large
furniture factory in the buildings for
merly occupied by the United Organ A
t i j . . . t i r " : i l : - i
i4trringB mcborjr. . xu. vmaiiisuu hiiu
Mr. McNeal are the promoters and in
tend to interest local capital in the un
dertaking after its completion. Mr
Gilkinson come from Tacoma and in
tends to nave associated with him Jl.
P. Hansen, of that city. They find
il. . I 1 ! LI.. I L 1 1 a.
tne cuj i Biimiiauiy siuiaw! ior wie
successful operation of a factory to
make furniture from Oregon woods to
supply the home demand.
Must Extend Original Taxroll.
o i m.. u .
phiciii i iin v'irKi'ii ruuiruis luui
has handed down a decision in the easel
of Waterhouse . va. Clatsop county, I
.mrminc th ,l.rfc- k, .i.udL i
McBride, in favor of plaintiff. County
n ..--- j w Upsy
PUV ninln. nmn,. n ,tli.,.
l.- . .v. , .ilrniL A committee consisting of
n. Mim .-.i ,ui i i
to enjoin that action. The lower con it !
held
tur
w .io. .-. k- ii.t.
i ion? iu tA. inn? -i. i.i
be extended on the
. , .....,.
original roll and
not on a copy.
Do Not Need Rata.
Salem The State Railway commis
sion has received an answer from C. A.
Malbouf to a letter inquiring as to the
advisability of putting in a low rate on
apple from points west of Albany on
the Cor,vallis A Eastern He says the
amount of fruit in that district, to the
beat of information, is inconsiderable.
He added he was Inquiring and if he
found need of the rata he would con
sult with the proper authorities and
establish it.
Dairying In Klamath Country.
Klamath Falls The Bonaniw cream
ery paid the farmers of Klamath coun
ty last mont $714.31. This la consid
ered a very good showing, taking into
consideration the tact that the creamery
has been established but a few months
nd that this section has always been a
cattle country and not a dairy country,
the creamery is now paying 25 cents
for butter fat, but not getting , it
Good Water for University.
University of Oregon, Eugene Eu
gene has just voted to issue $.1(X),Ono'ln
water bonds for the purpose of securing
a supply of absolutely pure mountain
water. A stream in the forest ie..erve
will be tapped and the water brought
thirty-five miles by a gravity system
This will insure to the students of the
University of Oregon pure water with
cnt the necessity of lioiling it.
Must Apply In Person.
U Orande-The Ia Grande Uv
Oflice is In nwomt rJ n.t .
the commissioner of the general lan I
otlice that herfi ll .i:..- . 1
the sale of isolate.! trac, must be made
... i-r.B..u me appn.-ant at the lsn.l
olhce. Heretofore appli.ants col,
make out Ihn , m.... i . . 1
.... .. Wl()re a n()
tary
(miui it;.
Moth.r,' Congres Dlg, Wanted
Salem-A letter h. been received at
the governor s office asking him t, .rl
?, f reprentSs
at the Mothers' congrew to h. hel.1 at
Washington. DC, next March. rW
Ident Boosev.lt i, B.meJ M
director of th congres. '
University1! Greet Growth
University Oregon, Eugene The
registration of the Us"raity of Oregon
in th department at F.ugene, exclu
sive of the rx h.xil of Music, ha prac
tically reached the 400 mark. The
total enrollment in all department at
the present time ( between 760 and
80J. At the tx-glnning of Preaident
Campbell's s.lministnition in 1002 th
i r-
attendance a 2-1 Ths present fresh,
man cla.a numbers 'almost as many stu
den'a the t,...l .nrnllment at that
1 r . n,
continues, it i. th. number of
; gttiilenr. nA . : 1 1 V. nit 1
the departments at Eugene exclusive of
music. The university offers no hiyh
school ubjVcta, the requirement for
entrance being the completion of the
four-year high school course.
Suspend Enrolling F,
- v i j ra r iu icwu wvr ...
Klamath Falls In order to get addi-
"."' nmier the K-iaraam project
1 7 . If' waterosers association
1 , ,u.'"1 Inu ior me next wo
"aj" "'.'01""8 m " cents per
"M ""'y aseersmens
of 10 cents per acre. It ia hoped thus
to Insure the beginning of the Clear
lake dam next year. Those familiar
with conditions sav that no difficulty
? "countered in securing the ad
ditional land. A resolution wa drawn
up, protesting against the recent action
?' th niation service In leasing
me near lake reserve to sheepmen, as
it is feared that when the attempt is
made to take sheep on a range where
cattlemen have always had control se
rious trouble will arise.
Hill Buy In Astoria.
Astoria The announcement recent-
Aaiona in.
I'"16 tat th9
hlon Pacific
annual meeting of the
"""" . "
,"'Pny a purchaser, waier ironiHge
, - , . - . - r""
ed by authentic information that the
Hill interest have not been idle. A.
H. Hammond, who owns lame tracts of
water frctiUee between Warrenton and
i Fort Stevens, has stated aa a positive
fact that the Hill interests purchased
2,200 acres in that vicinity at the time
I'reekletit Hill visited in the vicinity
the property include 1,800 acre
owned by the Flavel Land company, as
well as the personal holdings of Ham
mond. Ths nurchaae price ia said to
be 8OO,000.
-Enlarge Hinkl Ditch.
Pendleton An agreement has been
aigned between the H inkle Ditch' com
pany, of Pendleton, and the Newport
Land A Construction company, of Her
miston, whereby the latter company
will "un.htsrke the enlargement of the
Hlnkle ditch between tne intake of the
Umatilla river above Echo and the
drop at Butter creek, and the ditch will
also be extended for a considerable dia
tance. The Uinkle ditch waa the first
large irrigation canal in Umatilla
county, built by G. W. Hunt in 1001.
The Hunt Invests have been merged.
Locators Form Long Line.
Lake view The lilt cf applicants to
pm
urcbase govern meet lund a ho a re wait-
I nB
In line before the United States
lana cniue has lncratsed to ho in num
ber, and Is growisi steadily. Before
October 28, when the lands included in
the rettoration will be subi'-ct b nntrv
i the land office, the number of peo-
.... 1 1
pe jn jjne j, eipected to surpass the
nnmher l.n nrtl anv nwtfinns
! restniation. M,t nf those In line are
applicant under the timber law.
I . , ,.
Fru,t Mn Form Union.
- t
V- . '"7 ,
?' 1 , T"'7 I i
to form a frail growers' union for
t K niura. I naniiiotinn n.
r" .. . . pr""
- iiaie tne snipping aim na.iu.i.ig
the following wis appointed to draft
bylaws nj constitution and to prepare
I articles ot Incorporation: ueorge a
I Dorris, Dr. H. F. McCornack, Frank
Chase, 0. Holt and M. H. Harlow.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Club, 87c;
valley, 87c; red, 85c
Oats So. i white,
27.60.
bluestem, 89c;
128.60;
Barley Feed, 128 per ton; brewing,
-'; rolled, I:i031.
Corn-Who!e. 112: cracked, $33
Hay Valley, timothy, No. 1, $17
ler ton ; Eastern uregon iimotny,
.i; clow, $13; cheat, 31 ; grain
by, $13AU: alfalfa, $13(2)14
Fruits-Apples, $1(2.60 per box;
cantaloupes. $1 (3 1.60 per crate.
peaches, 80c3tl per crate; water
melons, leper pound; pear, $11.76
per box; stapes, 40e$1.50 per crate;
casah, 2 .nf, per doien; quinces, $1
1--S perbox; huckleberries, 78o per
pound; crmberries, $10(2)10.50 per
liarrel.
Vegetable Turnip, M-25 per sack;
r l pound
carrots. i or ner fack; beets, $1.25
'ci,linn-' 7. 3 at il, celerr.
1 60( 8V(gl r
sa k; cucumb'rs, $1 per sack; onions,
l ') 20c per dmen; parsley, 20c per
''"''i; peppers, 8a 17c pe' pound;
P'""likins, '4c per pound; rad
ishes, 2(k ppi .lonen ; spinach, 6o per
P'"iini; pq.iHgh, (; 1'4C per pound; to
nat.ies, 2,,jtF,t)c per box
Onions -$i.5O(5u2.0O per sack.
PotatflegIielivere.! Portland, 7JW3
' Tt hundred; sweet potatoes, 21
W poand.
I;nttr pgooy creamery, 3035c per
po'ind. '
Veal 75 to 125 pound, 84(S9c;
1 ii to 160 7u,c: lr0 to 200, X,C.
r"rk-P,lok, "5 to. 150 pounds, 8
8i
s': Tl 7U.M 8c.
Poultry Average old hens, 12rt
'-'vep'r pound: nilie.1 chickens, 11W
'pring chi.'kens, ll',12c; old
riteri, Sf,f,0r; diessed chickens, 3($
l4'" birteys live, old, lc; ynnng,
l8"'; tsese live, 8(!c; ducks, 12,c;
p:'M,$i(M-8; "lnb,, 2P:r
fresh ranch, candleil, 3jc per
Hops 190T, 710o per pound;
Extern Oregon average bet,
lW 22crr pound, according to hrink
nils. (X722e. ccord'"" fine
n: BJohair, choice, X930o per
pound.
SMALL QUITS IN 1 EARS.
Strikina- TelearaDner Hit Former
Leader from Platform.
Chicago, Oct. 22 Followed by jeer
and hisses, 6. J. Small, . former presi
dent of the Commercial Telegraphera'
union, left Ulrich's hall In tea is Sun
day afternoon. He did not get the
vindication which he sought at the
hand of the rank and file of the local
anion.
A Small left the haU he appeared
broken-hearted and declared he bad
given np the tight for restoration to his
former position. 11 la succesaor, tv . w .
Beat tie. of Washington, who wa vice
oresident of the organisation, wa for
uiallv recognised aa the new bead of
the union. He announced that hi pol
icr would be an aggreaaiv one.
When the meeting opened. President
Small, who had been waiting In an
ante-room for a chance to be heard, was
invited to .the platform. Hardly had
he ascended the steps to the platform,
when a number of striker got cp and
left th room. The other hootel and
hissed o that the wcrd of the former
president! were drowned. In a pathetic
way he appealed to the older member
of th union saying that be had child'
ren and that they should not te dis
graced by the branding of their father
aa dishonest withont one bit of evidence
and without a hearing.
This appeal, however, had littlft ef
fect, although a great many of the
strikers after the meeting bad adjourn
ed agreed that Small had been treated
shamefully and at least should have
been received with common decency.
It waa voted to asses broker and
leased wire operator two days' pay
eaoh week in lieu of calling them out on
strike.
POLITE TO WOMEN.
Robber Make Demand Only on the)
Men Passengers.
Salt Lake, Oct. 22. The Murray
stage, need for the cenveyan -e of as
sengers on the line between Bingham
Junction and Sandy waa biougbt to a
halt by a masked robber early this
morning at Lovedahl. The driver and
the male passengers In the coach were
ordered down from their seats and w hen
the robber faced them with drawn re
volver they readily complied with hi
demand for money and valuables.
Only 12 was obtained from the
party, it waa said today, but the driver,
who bad a considerable sum of money
in bis possession, managed to sequester
it nnder the seat of the stage while bis
passengers were climbing down from
their seats. The purse was overlooked
by the robber.
The women passengers, of whom
there were a number, were not molest
ed. Satisfied that he had obtained
everything of value that his victims
possessed, the bandit, after permitting
them to return to their seats, took a
place alongside the driver and rode
with the party to the end of the stage
line, where be dismounted and escaped
under cover or. the darkness.
Bourne Offer Prize.
Washington, Oct. 22. Hon. Jona
than Bourne, Jr., of Oregon, United
States senator, has taken a unique step
to test the sentiment of the country on
the presidential situation. Through
the National magazine, of Boston, he
has offered a cash prise of $1,000, open
to American people, for the ttronget-t
and beat written argument In support
or a second elective Urm for Itooaevelt
The prize will be awarded March 15,
11(08, the contest closing one month
earlier, and three judges will be named
shortly to pass upon the argument.
Crown Princes Corean Reception
Seoul, Oct. 22. The climax of the
festivities in this city In honor of the
visiting Japanese rrown prince was
reached last night in a lantern proces
sion In which 10JD00 person took part
It was witnessed by the crown prince
of Japan and the crown prince of Core,
and their respective suites, from a hill
near the residency. For several hours
the city of Seoul, appeared to be in
terested by wsvlng streams of colored
fire. The procession waa divided Into
section corresponding to th variou
division of the oity.
Americana In Russian Jail.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 22. Willism
English Walling, of Indianapolis, his
wife and sister-in-law, Miss Kose
Strunsky, were arrested in this city to
night by a foree of gendarme because
of their association with several mem
bers of the Finnish Progressive party.
They were still being held at the gen
darmes' headquarters at a late honr. A
representative of the American em
bassy appeared at the headquarters in
tbelr behalf.
Capture Mexican Bandit.
Mexico City, Oct. 22. Special dis
patches to this city report that the
leader of the gang which last week stole
$15,000 worth of bullion from the pre
cipitating room of the Kuanajuara Con
solidated Mining & Milling company,
has been captured after being wounded
three times. With him waa taken all
the stolen bullion. In his confession
he implicated 40 persons.
Pralrjs Fir Is Raging.
Barnetville, Minn., Oct. 22. A
prairie fire Is devastating the northeast
ern part of Wilkins county, Minnesota,
and three farms have already been wip
ed out. The damage thu far Is esti
mated at $50,000. Thna fsr all efforts
to check the progress of the fir have
Uen nnavaillng, but all the farmer in
the vicinity tonight are plowing the
country in an attempt to (top the
dame.
President I Snubbed.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 22. Declaring
that President Roosevelt is a cruel
bear-chaser, (iovernor Vardaman yea-
ter.lay announced that he would not be
in Vicksburg today to welcome the
president to Mississippi. He will go to
Memphis so tliat tie may not be tn the
state at the same time as the president.
Hurricane In Norway.
Trondhjem, Norway, Oct. 22. A vio
lent hurricane has been raging over
the province of Singmark since last
Thursday. Many fishing boats are
missing and np to th present time
even live have been lost.
I
OPEN UP MISSISSIPPI
Text ol Speech by the President
at Vicksburg.
FARMERS ARE HELPED PRIMARILY
Next Session of Congress Will
Asked to Start Improvement
of This Great River.
B
Vicksburg, Mis., Oct. 22. Alter a
fortnight spent in the canebrakee, and
looking bronzed and vigorous, Preaident
Roosevelt paid a flying visit to Vicks
burg this afternoon.
The president waa introduced by Con
gressman John Sharp William. When
Mr. Williams said thatjTheodore Rooae
velt was president of the whole country
uiais mud aud iaiia.ee land ana
the demonstration waa notable. When
the president arose to reply the big
crowd accorded him a noisy demonstra
tion that lasted several minutes.
In his speech heie the president said:
"It seem to me that no American
president could spend his time better
than by seeing for himself jur-t what
rich and wonderful region the lower
Mississippi vslley is, so that he may go
back, aa I shall go back, to Washington,
with the set purpose to do everything
that liea In me to see that the United
States does its full share in making the
Mississippi river practically a part of
the sea coast, jn making it a deep cl an
nel to the Great Lakes from the Uulf,
I wieh to see the levees o strongly built
aa to remove completely from the mind
of dweller of those lower regions all
apprehensions of a possible overflow.
I advocate no Impossible task. No
difficult task. The people of Holland,
a little nation, took two-thirds of their
country out from under the sea, and
they live behind the dykes now and
bave lived behind them for centuries in
safety.
With one-tenth the effort we. a
much greater nation, can take the in
comparably rich bottom land of the
Lower Mississippi out of the fear of be
ing flooded or even being overflowed
by the Mississippi, and while I do not
like to say In advance what I Intend to
do, I shall break my rule in this case
and say that in my next message to
congress I shall advocate aa heartily as
I know how, that the congress now
elected alia 11 take the first steps to bring
aooui mat deep channel way and at
tendant high and broad levee rvstem
which will make of these alluvial bot-
tome the richest and most populous an.
most prosperous agricultural land, not
only in this nation, but on the fuoe of
the globe, and, gentlemen, here is the
reason I am particularly glad to be able
to advance such a policy. I think any
policy wnicn unds to the uplifting ef
any portion of our people In the end
distributes its benefits over the whole
people. .But it is far easier, originally,
to put into effect a policy which shall
at the moment help the people concen
trated in the center of the population
and wealth than it is to pnt into effect
a policy which shall help the dwellers
in the country and the tiller of the
aoil.
"Now here we have a policy whose
first and direct benefit will come to the
man on the plantation, the tiller of the
soil, the man who make his fortune
from what he grows on the soil.
"Air. Williams nas said that in our
day we can sink all mere party differ
ences. Hi nee I have leen president
I
have found, aye, most .of the time
have needed to sink them, because the
differences of party are of small im
portance compared to the great funda
mentals of good citiaenship upon which
all American citizens should be nnited."
The president said he agreed heartily
that the constitution of the United
States represents a fixed aerie of prin
ciples. Yet he said that, in the inter
est of the people, it must be interpret
ed, not as a strait jacket, not as laying
the hand ol death upon all develop
ments, but aa an investment designed
for the life and health and growth of
the nation.
Mora Powder for Japan.
New York, Oct. 22. Japan is man
ufacturing more munitions of war st
the present time that at any time dur
ing the war with Russia. Under peace
Japan has one more arsenal and one
more naval base than it had nnder the
exigency of war. Both the arsenal and
the naval base have been established
within the last six months and at each
place day and night shifts of laborers
are being worked. Port) Arthur or Oy
roin, as the Jspanese have renamed
the place, ia the new naval base whete
there is so much activity.
Fatalities from Mosquito Bite.
New York, Oct. 22. "There ere 250.
009 deaths snnually as the result of
mosquito bites," said r, Edward A
Ayers, a member of the faculty of the
sew xork polyclinic, at a meeting in
the New York Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Ayers furnished astounding figures
In his lecture on the "Misqnito as a
Sanitary Problem." He sai l five dis-
ease were traceable to the insect. They
are malaria, yellow fever, berl beri,
dengue and fila rashes. The govern
ment Is eliminating the mosquito danir-
er by draining swamp land, be said.
Stamplrg Out the Plague.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 22. At a Joint
meeting of the city and state health
boards here last night, it was decided
to ak the state hoard of Oregon to co
operate with Washington health au
thor it ic In the handling of the bubonic
plague, which baa made its appearance
n t his city. One case has been rermrt.
ed, that of a Chinese who died nearlv
week ago, hut the citv health officer.
hav adopted prompt measure to ur
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jrena muj tureaienea danger.
Leak In Mar Island Dock.
Pan Francisco, Oct. 22 The ma..l
drydock which the government is hav
ing constructed at the Mare Island navy
lyard sprung a leak Friday, and in or.
der to ssve the structure from .lmr-t
complete destruction it wa necessary
to blow out the entire front of th. H.w
The cost of .th dock. whU-h I. h..
built by contract, will b $3,000,000.
BATTLE ON STREETCAR.
Ona Man Killed and Three Irjured
Over Tranfr. .
Ban Francisco, Oct. 21. As a result
of trout le over a transfsi slip on a Polk,
street car of th United Railroads sys
tem Saturday evening, ona man was
shot and killed, another so seriously
wounded that death will probably en
sue, and two other men leas severely
Injured.
When tb car left the ferry to pas
out Mission street, on its way to Polk,
it was pscked with passenger, includ
ing men returning from work, and wo
men and children who had been acroa
tho bay. The crowded condition of
the car made it ditlicnit for tl con
ductor to collect fare and, when Polk
stieet waa reached, both be and tba un
comfortably crowded passenger were in
a condition of Irritable nervousness.
The man who started th trouble, ac
cording to his own admissions to t he-
police, waa John Monger. He said that
when he paid hi fare, early on the
trip, he had asked the conductor for a
transfer. Brown was busy and told
tu Mail awhile. Mouger re
peated his request seveial times, and
Urown failed to hand him the slip.
Finally Monger concluded that Brown
did not intend to give him the ticket,
and struck at" the conductor. The lat
ter dodged the blow and struck back at
Monger, striking him in the face and
knocking him down.
It wa at thi juncture that tho
hooting commenced. At the aa me
rlin some one threw off the trolley and
the car came to a standstill. The stop
page of the car, coupled with the noise
in the rear, led the motorman to be
lieve that hia mate waa in danger snd
revolver in hand, he pushed hia way
through the crowded passengers.
RAILROADS GAIN.
Reduced Pasngr Rata In Nebraska
8wll Earnings.
Omaha, Oct. 21. Instead of the new
two-cent railroad fare law havimr re
duced the rates in Nebraska, it has act
ually increased the average rate per
mile In this state, according tc the re
port of the Union Pacific rsihoid,
which has just, been filed with tho
State Railway commission. And in
stead of the railroads having a fear qf
the two-rent law. thev have been
laughing in their sleeves over the dl-
veraion they Lave creaetd bv kicking?-
against the passenger rates and drawing
attention from the high freight ratea
charged in the trans-Mississippi coun
try. The annual report of the Union Pa
cific, which has j-ist been filed with the
commission, proves on examination to.
be a brief in behalf of the two-cent
far. Since the new law wa enacted,
the Union Pacific and other Nebraska
railroad Ire charging full two centa
per mile, as permitted by law. No ex
cursion rate, no reduced fare, no com
mutation tick' of any kind and in
fact nothing less than a rtraight two-,
cent hire ticket is sold in Nebraska.
But the report which has Just been
made public shows that last year the
average passenger traveled In Nebraska
at the rate of 1 .96 oenta for each mile,
a rate actually lower than that which,
ia now charged by the railroad under
the new law.
TAFT'S DELPHIC WORDS.
Say H Will Probably b Prlvat Cit
izen In Two Year.
Manila, Oct. 21. At a banquet given.
In his honor in this ?Hv Saturday
night, Secretary of War William II.
Taft made a most significant statement.
He waa referring to the fact that ho
had -already visited the Philippine
three times and in expressing hia in
tention to come here aim in, he sa d:
"I hope in another two years to visit.
Manila again, but then I probably will
come as a private citizen."
The significance of Mr. Taft's re
marks in relation to the chance of hia
nomination for th pmidency next
year, did not seem to strike his audi
ence, the secretary's speech waa re
ceived with much enthusiasm by the-
repreeentalivea of the Filipino pres
ent, when he declared the government
was anxious and ready to help the busi
ness prosperity of the islands.
Mr. Taft devoted the day to an In
spection of the schools of Manila.
Oppose Pulp Export.
Ottawa, Oct. 21. For some time.
there ha been a atrong movement in
Cansda in favor of a radical change in
the fiscal condition governing the ex
port of pulp wood to the United states.
Thi movement, which has for montha
been giowing in force and intenaity,
culminated in the demand of a deputa
tion from the pulp and paper manufac
turers of 'the Dominion, who came to
Ottawa and petitioned the government
that the exportation of pulp wood from.
Canada thculd be prohibited and the
supply conserved.
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On Killer), Ten Injured. '
Chicago, Oct. 21. One trainman waa
killed and ten other persons were in
jured in a head-on collision between
two suburban paswnger trains on the.
Chlg A Northwestern road near
(Jrand avenue in thi city last niirht.
Walter dishing, enginer of the noith
bonnd train, was arrested and is being
held pending an Invest iiration nf thA
aecidnt. Harry Larson, killed, was
fir mm of the norh bound train. Th
t in trews all tell confliitina starlet nf
thecsuse of the wreck, each eni n.e
asserting that he had the light of way.
Dangerous Flra In Det Moine.
Des Moines, la.. Oct. 21 Fir. I
the plant of the Standard Oil company
todHy threatened for a time to do eer-
ions property damage and to result in
lose of life. In the plant were funk.
containing thousands of mill .ma of nil
and gasoline, and if the fire h,t
ed these a horrible
hav occurred. The firemen nnt nn.
lesperate fight, however, an.l
in getting the fire nnder roi,ts.t ti,-
damage haa not yet been ascertained.
Valuable Quartx 8toln.
San Fnacisco. Oct. 21 Km. t,..ii
stole from a cabinet. . i.. i
bnilding at the Univeraltv r.1 f'.nr
nl gold bearing qnarts and other spe
cimen v. I ued at $1,000. The f.cultr
ua searcning ior clews to th thief ,
lejuity.
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