OPEN DOOR A FARCE'
Japan Prepares to Hold Manchu
ria by fortifying Herself.
BUILDS IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS
Port Arthur I Being Strengthened
Into Second Gibraltar Foreign
Merchant Excluded.
Seattle, Wah., May SOAeeordin
- u tut iimea irom Van
eouver, H. C, Japan hue completely re
VDrauil the "linen li.xnr" ....11..- 1. W-
oliurui. With the arrival of th. Ameri
an battliMuip fleet in the I'ac.ifia and
the possibility of trouble with the
Laueu tatee later on, Japanese state
men are preparing for any emergency
J or Artuui', the firmer huaaiau
tronguol.l, i being made virtually iiu
preguable, while the fortification at
I)alny, a seaport and railway terminus
oa me mainland, occupied by the Jsp
anesn, are being ruahej to aetnpletiu
wan reveriso name.
A elash with the power over a eo
tinuanee of the discriminatorr italic
now being carried out in faTor of the
mikado 'e aubjerta i inevitable. If
Japan ia compelled to lack down, her
aurrenaar will bring ita advantage.
The Japanese are more euriously
mua'a man eiarmeii over the eropoeed
visit of tbe American fleet te the
Orient.
These are the eoneluaiont reached h
O. C. Drure during recent extenaive
our through China, Japan and Corea.
Mr. Drure ie ex Mayor of Oxford, Eng
land, and secretary of the Hotaaieal H
eiety or Ureat Untain. He ia alue eura
tor of the herbarium of the L'aiveraity
of Oxford.
"While the official elaese are re
served, the Japanese people are net the
least perturbed over the dispatch of
inn American baMleshipa t the Ori
ent," Mr. Druce continued. "Of
course, everybody in the Kant, except
me diplomat, associate the demon
atration of American naval power with
the Alanchurian trade quention. The
famous open door policy advocated by
an me wutie rae ia ia reality
nullity."
FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
Five Year In Penitentiary and Pay
8676,000. Rot' Sentence.
Hulcm, Or., Mar 30 J. Therhurn
Rom, president of tho defunct Title
uuarantee & Trust Company, haa been
onteaccd to aerve five years in the
atate penitentiary and to pay a fine of
'7i,H.'j:i, and to terve one day in the
Multnomah county jail for eaoa $3 of
the tine, not paid.
Hentenee. was impoaed by Circuit
Judge fieorjje If. Ilurnett, after the mo
tion of Itoss for arrest of judgment
and for new trial had been overruled
Appeal has been taken to the supreme
court, anil Hons has been admitted to
bail in the mm of r!000.
This is the penalty Hos must pay for
the conversion of 38H,37fl of state
school funds deposited by Htate Treas
urer ftteel In the Title Guarantee St
Trust Company Hank and paid out of
the bank by its officers prior te the
time the bank closed last fall. Roan
was monster of the bank, and as aiien
aided Steel in securing legislation
wnich would enable tbe bank to get
possession of the atate school funds
without paying interest thereoa.
FLOOD WASHES OUT DAM.
Port Arthur, Ont., Lose Three Live
nd $500,000 Damage.
Toronto, Out., Mav 30 A special
from I'ort Arthur today says the civic
power diun on Current river burst yes
terday, causing a disnstrnuH flood. The
loss of three lives and a money loss es
timated at .V0.000 is reported. A
Canndian Pacific freight train pulling
into Tort Arthur ran on the snibmerged
tracks and the eng-ine waa overturned.
Kngineer Savage, Fireman McBrideand
Krnkcman Inmann, who were on the en
gine, were pinned under the wreckage
and drowned. The Canadian Pacific
Kailway Company will be the heaviest
loser, several milea of ita tracks having
bs.en wnshed away.
The freshet was due to heavy rains.
The power house, the Canadian Pacific
railway bridge and the pavilion at the
park were swept awar. A number of
families living near the dam are miss
ing. Tornado in Kanaaa.
Topeka, Kan., May 30 A terrific
wind atorm of almost the proportions
of a tornado, which passed over the
southern part of Lowell County Thurs
day night, killed one man and Injured
22 persons, ceven of them probably fa
tally. The storm, traveled frota the
aonthwest and was ISO yards wide. It
took everything In the path and scat
tered a number of houses, barns and
smell buildings over the prairie. The
propertr .damage will amount to thou
sands of rlollsrs, and the damage U the
growing crop is large.
Missouri Suffer Flood.
8t. Joseph, Mo., May 30 Report
from Maryville, Iarkie and other
Northwest Missouri towns are to the
effect that thousands of acres of low
lands have been flooded. Most of this
land has been planted to corn, and the
damage is heavy. In Nodawaya county
10 inches of rain fell within the last
few days. The Missouri river ia rising
here, and the government dykes near
Klwood under construction, are threat
ened. In South St. Joseph 100 houses
are flooded.
Islanders Fear Maatacrs.
Athena, Mar 30. Many mom tsJ
ehitdren fleeing from the Islani of
Hamos have reached Smyrna. They rep
resent the situation there to be most
entiral. It is feared that the Turkish
reinforcements now on their way to the
island will start a general massacre
A proposal that the power diepaten
warships to Samos is being urge,!. The
principslity of Same, exist, under the
guarantee of FMnee, Great Britain and
Russia. ,
Epidemic of Suicide In Ruaaia.
St. Petersburg. Mar .V-There has
keen an epi demie of suicides in St.
eVsburr.hat ha, lasted for three
rnonths. The average number of deaths
has bw" M month.
FLIES WITH OWN WINGS.
Frenchman Beat All Record With
Aeroplane in Italy. j
Rome. JUI,e i.Leo de la Grange,
the trench arropl.mist, made a new
experiment with his aeroplane here
tins morning, which was tu successful
that it filled the spectators with ad
miration. He surpassed his own rec
ord by flying for 15 minutca and 30
came he received a signal to do so,
and also because the motor of his ma
chine cannot hold sufficient gasolirre
to operate it much Jonaer than that.
lurmg that space of time M. dc la
Grange made nine and three-fourth
round of an establish. .d court in th
military field, namely nix kilometer, a
little over nine and nine-tenth of a
mile, at a velocity of to kilometer, or
37 a mile an hour.
The aeroplane wa first pushed for
ward by M. de la Grange' associates,
and as soon a the motor wa put into
action the machine rose without dif
ficulty, keeping from cven to ten feet
above the ground. It moved mooth
ly and turned easily, the rounds of
'lie course following each other with
out interruption, and not once did the
aeroplane touch the ground. It was a
marvelop exhibition, which would
have won De La Grange a prize of
$3000 had it occurred in France. It at
least confirms hi possession of the
Archdeacon cup.
ROBBERS GET CASH.
Great Northern Passenger Train Held
Up at Great Fall.
Butte, Mont., June 1. A Miner spe
cial from Great Fall, Mont., says:
The north bound Great Northern
passenger train wa held up this even
ing about one mile and a half from
this city by icven masked men at 12:30
o'clock, the train bring run onto a tid
ing by the robbers, who fired a fusil
lade of shopts up and down the train.
Wm. Dempsey, an Augusta rancher,
was shot through the leg in attempt
ing to escape from the train after it
had stopped, and Conductor Hayes
was compelled by the robber to pre
cede them in passing through the cars,
he carrying a hat in which the passcn
Kcr were invited to dump what cash
they had about them. Most of them
deposited from $1 to $10, and the
booty of the desperadoes in not be
licved to be greater than several hun
drrd dollar.
While the passengers were being
robbed, several of the highwaymen
stood guard at the doors of the cars
to prevent the passengers from leav
ing. The robbers finally jumped off the
coaches and disappeared in the dark
ness. Rain is falling heavily, and the
night is so dark that no trace of the
robbers could be found, although
posses were in pursuit within 20 min
utes after the outlaws had left the
train.
GOVERNMENT MAY SUE.
Great Area in Montana i Stripped
Bare of Timber,
riuttc, Mont., June 1. A federal sur
ey corps is engaged in running sur
ry lines in the mountains near Phil-
psburg, Mont., to determine the
amount of cordwood cut for the mines
of Granite county, and the location of
the ground from which the timber
was taken. This wood was cut, it is
claimed, from land belonging to the
government, and it is intimated that
suits may be begun to recover for
about 700,000 cords of wood cut, ap
proximating in value about $1,000,000.
The bulk of this wood was cut about
10 or 12 years ago, during the boom
days of silver, and was used at the
Bimetallic and Granite Mountain
mines, owned by Charles D. McClure
and his associates, of St. Louis, to
gether with a few Montanans. The
area of timber land stripped clean is
10 miles wide and 12 long.
Accuse Turk of Murder,
Constantinople, June 1 According
to an official telegram received here
'rotn Athens, a mail steamer with IV)
women and children refugees from
the island of Samos has arrived at
Syri, one of the islands of the Cy
cladcs group, and reports the contin
uation of a serious situation there.
The refugees say that a battalion of
Turkish troops recently arrived at
Vathy, capital of the island, and at
once commenced to fire indiscrimi
nately Many people were killed or
wounded.
Still Vigorous at 128.
St. Petersburg, June 1. A veteran
soldier, with the record of SO years'
military service, and whose age is de
clared to be 12s has been visiting St.
Petersburg from the Tver district
This wonderful old man. Michael Hud
nikov, traveled to the capital to draw
a prize of $2Soo in the lottery, and the
czar had him at Ciarskne Selo a a
feature of the festivities for the Swe
dish royal wedding
Budnikov, whose breast is adorned
with many medals for bravery and dis
tinguished service, joined the Russian
army in 1797.
Kill Women and Children.
Athens, June 1. A body of panic
stricken refugees from Samos, who
have arrived here, report that eighty
women and rhildrrn were slain by
Turkish troops during the first day'
fighting at athy, capital of the island.
They declare 'so that the troops fired
persistently on the foreign consulates.
The refugees are all Greeks, and, as
they have inborn hatred of the Turk,
their statements are accepted here
with considerable reserve.
Cholera Is Spreading.
Manila. Tune 1 The cholera at
Pagupan. 120 miles frnm Manila, is
worse. Twenty-nine deaths are today
reported, due to eating infected foods
The people are loath to clean nn their
surroundings, despite strenuous efforts
on the par of the bureau of health.
PROCEEDINGS Iff
Saturday, May 30.
Washington. May 30 The demo
crat filibustering in the house to the
end, and l.a Follrtte having led a rec
ord filibuster in the senate, the six-
r.?V C,.t iff ..tj '. tr.' he ses
ion at 11:50 o'clock tonight. The last
bills were ligned by the president be
fore 11 o'clock, and both house, which
h.'ul with difficulty maintained a
quorum, scurried to their homes.
Washington, May 30. Amid scenes
of excitement well-night unparalleled
in the senate chamber, the La Follette
filibuster collapsed a little after 4
o'clock this afternoon, and the cur
rency bill was passed by a vote of 43
to 22, four republican senator voting
in the negative.
Washington, May 30. Among the
bills passed at today's session of the
house were the following:
Providing life-aving apparatus on
the Farallon Islands, off California;
granting pensions on the surviving
otticers and enlisted men of the Texas
volunteers, and providing for compen
sation to government employes for in
juries received while in the perform
ance of their duties. Several pension
bills also were passed.
Friday, May 29.
Washington, May 2'J. It has been
a long time since the senate has been
tied up by a filibuster with such slen
der support as was in evidence when
La Follette undertook to defeat the
conference report on the Aldrich-
Vrerland currency bill by talking it to
death. The report was brought 'P
and La Follette took the floor. He
insisted tkat a quorum should be
maintained at all times, and up to 6
o'clock he had demanded 20 roll-calls.
The senate was able to obtain more or
less relaxation and at the same time
keep the supporters of the bill in their
seats, the heat was excessive, and
many were very restless under this
restraint.
On the 2.1d roll call, at 7:15 P. M ,
upon motion of Stone, the absence of
a qliorum was developed and the ser-geant-at-arms
was directed to bring
in absentees.
At 2 o'clock in the morning La Fol
lette let it be known that he intended
to speak until 8 or 9 A. M.
Republican leaders say they will
have a quorum from their own mem
bership tomorrow, and that they will
not be delayed by one or two men till
blistering, if they have to keep con
gress in session iiiuenniiciy.
Thursdas, May 28.
Washington, 'May The ant:e.i-
pnted strenuous opposition to tbe adop
tion of the conference report on the
Aldrich Vrerland currency bill in the
senate, according to the inference to be
drawn from- tho iletmte today, probably
will not materialize. Aldrich kept the
report before the senate until nearly 4
P. M., when he assentod to its being
laid imide until 11 o'clock tomorrow.
and the remainder of the time today
was devoted to the passu if of unori
lected house bills on the calendar.
Kvery senator realized that the mean
ing or this movn was that an under
standing had been reached to vote on
the bill tomorrow. Inquiry proved the
existence of this understanding, al
though no positive agreement has been
made. The indicntiona are, therefore,
that congress will adjourn sine die to
morrow or Saturday.
Washington, May 2.1 While the sen
ate was wrestling with the currency
question, the business of the houHe today
went merrily On. The following meas
ures were passed: To establish two or
more fish cultural utations on Puget
Sound, Wash.; amending the laws of
transportation between Hawaii and th;
I'liiled States by removing the penalty
for carrying passengers from llawnii
to this country; providing for the en
try of ngrieiiiturnl land in forest re
serves; establishing nil assay ollice at
Halt Lake, I'tah; incorporating the
Urntherhood of St. Andrew, and incor
porating tho Congressional Club, which
is coniH)sed of wives and daughters of
aerators and representatives.
Wednesday, May 27.
Washington, May 27. An emergency
currency law is assured. The currency
question held its place today as prac
tically the only subject of consideration
at both ends of the capitol, and when
both houses adjourned the Compromise
bill, which was drafted by the republic
an confrerees, had received the sanc
tion of the house, and had been present
ed to the senate, where it was an
nounced it would I taken up for con
sideration tomorrow and where it will
also be passed when the vote reached.
Washington. May 27. Aside from
the currency bill the house today passed
the following measures:
Requiring greater apace and bctteT
accommodations on steamships for
steerage passengers; authorizing the
sale of certain lands at the head of Cor
dova bay. Alaska, and granting relief to
the Alaska Terminal & Navigation
company; authorising a resurvey of
certain townships in Wyoming; grant
ing to the inlerstate commerce commis
sion additional authority in the matter
of requiring reports of all accidents on
interstate carriers.
The conference report on the omnibus
lands bill and the senate amendments
to the bill granting obsolete ordnance
io various institutions and
turn also were agreed to.
organiza-
Confer on Currency Bills.
Washington. May 2S The senate
and house conferees on the currency bill
held three meetings Monday and at the
third, which did not adjourn until :.10
o'clock, reached a tentative agreement
on which will be based the compromise
agi cement which the republicans of the
conference hope to reach. At the con
clusion of the final meeting, the prob
ability of the reporting of a com
promise bill to the two houses of con
gress was much stronger than at any
pre ions time this session.
Annul Grant Lands.
Washington, May 2. B. D. Town
send, special attorney in the depart
ment of justice, started Monday for
Portland. Or. to start legal proceed
ings on behalf of the government to
take from the Southern Pacific railroad
about .roon.ixin acres of land in West
ern Oregon, said to be worth between
Jlo otNi.nort and $ 0.noo ooo. Townsen.l
will try to secure a decree which will
annul the grant and restore the land
to the public domain.
CONGRESS IN BRIEF !
PUT MARINES ON GUARD.
UnclSa to b Sure of Fair Elec
tion In Panama.
Washing""! June l.The Vir
presidetitui ""'paign,' which is 'to
culminate in arj t'ei,jn the first week
in July, has recently developed "rev
olutionary tendencies- to suxn ln fx
tent as to caus-e (rav(. conccrn and
the serious inteiiti. n ,,, rmpi,,y Jevcre
measures on the plrt f ,)le American
government to i.iure a (llr tn(J hon
rt election. probably ,hc ,ir4, , ,he
history of Lentr.il America. The 5u0
American marines sta,,,,, on ,he
isthmus will he detailed to the elec
tion places. As some precincts will
need no armed supervision, and others
i!l need several troop,, t,ey w,n be
distributed where th.y w,ii j,,
most good.
The call f'T a person ,1 report from
Minister Sqmers is the result, it is ex
plained, of new (jevelopnients. At the
same time, Mr. Siiuiers may be asked
to expl-iin certaia rr-.v com.
ments to the rhVct that he has al
lowed himself to become enthusiastic
in favor of one of the candidates. Mr.
Squiers will sail for the L'nited States
tomorrow.
INQUIRY TO CONTINUE.
Wood Pulp Committee to be Very
Busy During Summer.
Washington, June 2 The wood
pulp and paper investigation commit
tee of the house, which presented its
preliminary report to that body ev
eral day ago, will continue its inves
tigations during the recess of con
gress. It is the purpose of Chairman
Mann to gather a great deal of sta
tistical information of the census bu
reau and the Department of Com
merce and Labor during the coming
summer. Subcommittees will also be
appointed to visit paper mills in differ
ent sections of the country and take
testimony, and it is possible the full
committee will hold a number of
meetings.
It is also the desire of Chairman
Mann to investigate thoroughly the
pulp wood question, and if it is pos
sible the committee i!l visit Canada
for this purpose. Sevrnl letters have
been sent to the publishers of news
papers who failed to inswer the first
letter sent bv the committee asking
for information, and also to paper
manufacturers. These lrtters will be
taken by an employe nf the census
bureau, and the information contained
in them put into shapt to be of the
most benefit to the committee.
Hale Calculates Surplu.
Washington, June 2-ln presenting
his statement of appropriations to the
senate. Hale undertook to show that
notwithstanding claim! to the con
trary the expenditure would be well
within the revenues o'the year.
The total estimate! revenues are
H78,t2.1.ot i, while h undertook to
show thai M'-rmires for the
next year would lie nearly i.z.ii7,.
K'.i4, leaving a surplus of $2(5,005,1 10.
He arrived at this conclusion by de
ducting from the total appropriation
of moo the amounts which have been
appropriated to nay deficits, which
he said, should properly be charged to
100S, and the appropriation of $29,
1S7.000 made on account of the Pan
ama Canal, which is marie payable
from the proceeds of the sale of
bonds.
Fulton Leaves for Chicago.
Washington, June .1 Senator Ful
ton will leave today for Chicago and
remain to attend the n itional coiivcn
tion. Kepresentati e I law ley left for
home this afternoon .senator rulton
yesterday called at t he reclamation
service bureau to urge them to exne
lite work on the Ma muni trnsit'nn
" 'ji-ct. They bid allotted only $100
000 to be used tins year. Seiiatos
Fulton asked for $"n.0'io. Director
N'ewell cave him reasonable assurance
that the latter amount would be se!
aside alter I ltl v 1. when new funds
become available.
Hitchcock Starts for Chicago.
Washington, June 3 Frank II
Hitchcock, one of the managers of the
Taft campaign, will leave this city
for Chicago tomorrow, where he will
appear before the national committee
in the interest of Secretary of War
Taft during the consideration of con
tests for seats in the national conven
tion. Mr. Hitchcock had a confer
ence today with President Roosevelt
it the White House, an,i later with
Mr. Taft.
Mail Ocean Bill Very Much Alive.
Washington. June 2 That the
ocean mail bill, which passed the sen
ate on March 20 without a division
and later was sustained hT the senate
in the postoftice bill by a vote of 4
to 12, is not killed by the action of
the house in failing to arcept it on a
narrow vote of 145 b 15.1. M the firm
conviction of the frn-niis f,f the meas
ure. They believe that r,.xt Decem
ber it will win by a decisive majority.
Troop Will Stay in Cuba.
Washington. May 2- In several cnn.
ferences between Prescient Roosevelt.
Secretary Taft and General Pell, it has
been decided not to withdrawn troops
trom (.una at me i"tni time. This
decision was reached, it is Ml(t. tmon
the advice of Governor Magoon, who
deemed it inacivisaoic to reduce our
force in Cuba prior to the re-establishment
of the Cuban republic. next jaij
when the entire force return.
Select Tokio Commission,
Washington. June 1 c,,,,rv
Root has decided on the personnel of
the commission ' "present the
I'niled States at the T ,km exposition
in 1912. The commissioner, general
will be Francis K I.oomj, f,,rmrr a,.
sistant secretary of ,.; Frederick
J. V. Skiff director of to y;fU mn.
scum, of Chicago, and ( nitcd States
judge for the district c.f Minnesota.
Continue Land Fru(j Cae.
Washington. May 2 - Arguments
supporting the motion cf (ne ,icffn,e in
the Hyde-P.enon Ian.l frjlKj Mie J(J
quash the indictments r,,n,t (ne
frndants were resumed Tnesday As
sistant Attorney-Gcrerj! p,,eh '
ing the motion, charged that the opera
tions of Hyde and Henv, .rr fr;11(i.
uienr. ana tnat .rnei'1er one of
the defendants, knew tfc7 Were ,jlcg4 I
PROOF AGAINST SHELL.
Monitor Florida Stand Fire of Navy'
v Heaviest Gun.
Thimble Shoal, in Lower Chesapeake
Bay, May li'J Disregard. ng the danger
and apparently an x 1111 to experience
0en war at sea. Commander John C.
Uuiinby, Lieutenant Taussig and SO
men on the monitor Florida teinained
on board her today while U inch shell
were hurled at the e-e hulk f'oci the
-f . monitor Arkansas.
anchored 3ou yards off, with her broad
side battery in full play on the target
ship.
When it was first punned to make
the extraoidinary test of the power of
the puns in warfare, it wa not dreamed
of keeping any of the men aboard, but
the plan for the test were changed
suddenly today. Commander Ljuiinby
and hi men eagerly volunteered to
stay aboard their ship while she was
submitted to the hammering of the big
projectiles. The imminent danger did
not lessen their determination in the
least.
When the time came for the test, the
Florida immediately steamed into her
position. 1 he Arkansas and her tender
then anchored fore and aft off Thimble
Shoal, 300 yards from the Florida with
her broadside bearing upon the target
hip. 1 he Arkansas is in charge 01
Commander Harry M. Dcnbaugh, who
with a detail of officer, touk up hi
position on the bridge.
lhe first shot was tired at a screen
target raised above the main turret of
the Florida and pierced the exact cen
ter without a moment's hesitation, giv
ing the men aboard the ship to under
stand they nerd not think any of the
projectiles would go wild.
I hen, according to the program, the
Arkansas began firing heavily upon the
Honda and the shells began hammer
ing against the plates of the Florida,
which stood under the bombardment
without even showing signs of being
crippled. As far as could be discerned
from the use of the glasses the ettect
was not noticeable, but the experts on
the Arkansas reported that the shells
were having terrific effect upon the
Morula.
During this bombardment the men
aboard the Florida gave no signs of
being displeased with their dare-devil
experience, and gave no signal of dis
tress.
After the main bombardment the Ar
kansas' guns were directed against the
big experimental mast which had been
erected aft upon the Florida. It was
125 feet high and on it were two tur
rets, in which dummies had been placed
to show the effect on men in the fight
ing tops during an actual engagement.
Dummies also had been placed in the
main turret of the Florida to show the
effect of the impact of heavy shells
upon them.
1 lie big guns made quick impression
upon the mast target, and if men had
been in the place of the dummies they
would not have lasted more than two
shots.
The "battle" will result in much val
uable information which will lc used
by the experts of the navy in the plan
ning of future men-o'-war. It has the
double effect of showing the power ot
American guns wnen directed against
armor plate as it is actually presented
in a fight at sea, and the strength of
the armor in withstanding the impact
of the 13-inch projectiles in warfare.
NEW SCHEME UNEARTHED.
Orientala Die While Being Expressed
Into This Country.
Washington, May 29. Twelve Chi
nese lives was the price paid by daring
smugglers to experiment with a new
scheme for evasion of the immigration
laws. The government has just dis
covered that a dozen Orientals who at
tempted to gain entrance to this coun
try by having themselves crated and
shipped by express from EI Paso to
New York were dead upon arrival.
Acting Commissioner of Immigration
Lamed admitted today that a gigantic
smuggling plot had been unearthed on
the Texas border and that Chinese In
spector Hahcock, one of the keenest
sleuths in the service, is now in New
York on the trail of the arcll-plottcrs.
Quong Hon Yen received the corpses
of his countrymen from the express
company and will be arrested if trace
of him can be found by tlic detective.
A telegram from Quong Dou Yen to
his frienrls at F.l I'aso- revealed the
plot. Official Interpreter Fing Ming
overheard his countrymen at F.l I'aso
reading a message which informed them
that the twelve men in the crates were
dead upon arrival. Ming informed In
spectors George Harris and F. W.
Rerkshire of the plot and they reported
it to the bureau here.
It is believed that the smugglers
crated the men on the Mexican side of
the line, hauled them across the river
m F.l Taso. Texas, where thev con
signed them by express to N'ew York.
Will Fight Tuberculosa.
St. I-ouis, May 29 To prevent tne
spread of tuberculosis in this city, rec
ords showing that 72 per cent of the
mortality is caused by the disease, the
health department has submitted an or
dinance to the assembly naming tuber
culosis among the contagious, malig
nant and infectious diseases. The ordi
nance prohibits any books from the
public library being issued to a tuber
cular person, requires all policemen to
report consumptive cases. and requires
the isolation of a consumptive in a hos
pital under proper conditions.
Steamer Ram Schooner.
Gloucester. Mas.. May 29 Thirteen
ailors of the schooner Fame lost their
lives Wednesday in a terrific collision
between that boat and the steamer Hos
ton of the Dominion-Atlantic line off
the Massachusetts coast.
The Fame was run down by the
steamer with such suddenness that only
six of the schooner's crew of 19 were
saved. Four of them were put in
dory when the disaster occurred, and
John Clark, a sailor, and the steward
of the Fame were on board They were
saved by the crew of the Boston.
Unveil Memorial Monument.
Tokio. May 29 General Baron Nogi
was designated Wednesday to be the
chief official in the ceremonies incident
to the unveiling of the Russian memo
rial monument erected by the Japanese
people at Tort Arthur, m mem' ry of
the famous siege of that c.tr. nd the
gallant fighting done in it defense
when those in the stronghold held out
so bravelv and with such determination
ae-ainst the attack which eventually
proved successful.
Snow Storm in Montana.
Boreman. Mont . May 29 A heavy
snowstorm Tucsd.iv night impaired
wire service and did great damage to
month is the heaviest of any May in
"
GANG USE DYNAMITE
Ruef s Confederates Wreck Oak
land Houses of Gallagher.
WOULD INTIMIDATE STAR WITNESS
Ea-Preident of Board of Supervisor
Had Just Cloted a 26,000
Deal- Second Outrage.
Oakland, Cal., May IS Three large
dwelling house, built by James L. Gal
lagher, ex president of the board of
sujiervisors and the prosecution' (tar
witness in the bribery-graft cases, at
Trrkins and Belmont streets, this city,
were wrecked by dynamite tonight
shortly before midnight. The house
were not yet occupied.
A heavy charge of dynamite, placed
in the kitchen of the largest of the
three houses, threw the building otl the
foundations ami almost completely
wrecked it. The houses were shat
tered, while many windows in the
neighborhood were broken by the
shock.
John Rollins, a watchman employed
by the contractor building the houses
fur Gallagher, was sitting in a small
shack near the houses at the time, and
was thrown to the ground. He said
to Captain of Detective l'eterson that
he wa through the three buildings
shortly before the explosion occurred.
It is said that Gallagher was negotiat
ing a deal today for the sale of the
houses for $23,000. Several weeks ago
Gallagher' home in Oakland was blown
up and badly wrecked at night while he
and his wife and several friends were
in the house and narrowly escaped se
rious injury.
FORT WORTH FEARS WORST.
Trinity River Rise Again and Condi
tions Are Seriou.
Fort Worth, Tex.. May 28. With the
waters of the Trinity river still near
the summit of lhe banks another great
volume of water began pouring from
the west fork of that stream toward
this city late last night. Farly today
the river is rising at a rate of six inches
an hour, and with such conditions as
already prevail, the outcome when the
crest of this second rush of waters
reaches this city cannot be foretold.
That considerable additional property
loss and suffering will result is consid
ered certain.
A serious situation lias developed
here in regard to the city water supply.
The mains ate filled with black, muddy
water, unfit for drinking even alter
being Ixiiled. The city authorities de-
clare it may be a week before they can
restore the normal water supply. Mean
while, those who can alTord it are buy
ing water from private artesian wells,
ami those who cannot are drinking the
water that comes out of tbe mains.
Thirteen men, women and thildren
were caught in the overflow in the Den
ton river. Their condition became so
precarious that they were forced to
hold the children upon their shoulders
to keep them from drowning. 7 hey
stood in water almost up to their nrckj
for ten hours until rescued.
NORTH CAROLINA DRY.
Prohibition Sweep State From End
to End at Election.
Raleigh, N. C, May 2S North Car
olina was carried for state-wide prohi-
hition l ucsiiav nv a maturity estimated
at 40,000 to 4:;.H(H on reports received
ui to midnight.
The prohibition ticket carried 7S out
of the 'JH counties by overwhelming ma
jorities. . The prohibition ticket ha car
ried 20 counties by majorities approxi
mating 5.600. This calculation is partly
based upon estimates and the prohibi
tion leaders say that it is possible for
the prohibition majority to reach sn.ono.
1 lie election passed nil very quietly
no .i.srt rnance OI liny importance urlna
rcnorted.
The total vote cast in the state was
aloitt 17.1.0O0.
Kvery large town in the state except
Wilmington and Durham went prohi
bition. I'ndcr the regulations of the prohibi
tion bill submitted to the people there
will be no manufacture or sale of intox
icating liquors in the state after Janu
ary, 1909.
Ocean Water for Tropical Fish.
New York, May 2. Tropical fish in
the New York aquarium are soon to
have the privilege of swimming in pure
ocean water of the same brand as that
in which they were accustomed to dis
port themselves when in their free and
untrammelcd state instead of in the
more or less polluted water now run
into their tanks from New York bay.
Many of the choicest fish were taken in
tropical water and for their benefit a
storage tank has been erected in Bat
tery I'ark. which will be filled with sea
water brought as ballast by steamships.
Refugee Swept Away.
Oklahoma City. Okla.. May 2 A
special from Collier, Okla, near the
Texas line, says that 14 persons who
had taken refuge on an island formed
between the new and old channels of
Red river, were drowned late today,
when the flood waters covered the place
where tiiey had taken rrfiiiar. Although
weighted down with a train of ballast,
the "Katy" railroad bridge went out at
0 o'clock last night. The river is over
three miles wide and is cutting a new
channel around the town.
Royalty Can't Pay Bill.
Lisbon. May 2 The royal house
h( Id of Tortngal is being besieged by
creditors and the newspaper of Lisbon
are filled with libel suits, brought by
rovaltv. The courts already have
awarded a butcher $210 and costs, the
amount of an unpaid meat bill against
i)owagrr Q"" Maria Pia and the
Duke of Oporto. The situation arises
out of the fact that the royal family
has not received a single penny from
the state since King Carle and hi on
were assassinated four month ago.
More Plague Appear.
Willemstad. Curacao, May 2 The
report that the I'ort of La Guayra
wr.uld lie reopened in the immed.ate fu
ture is considered here to 1 prema
ture, ss it is unofficially stated that an
other rase of bubonic plague has or
eurred there since the issuance of Tre -
'ident Castro decree.
' CANDY NOT BAD FOB TEETH.
T;
1 MatBtraaare uf
le.lual
mm
In h!a Ist-ture ut Ills' Harvard Me.1
J.l School, lr. s'unrltm A. Hraekelt
mads It plain that eating coufsilonery
Is not purtiriilurly nuutuvlve to des-ay.
He a.ild that the evil of sandy rating
011 the fes'fh la unu-h exuBUTa'cst. a
reasonable amount uf ngsr being nestl
ed In the system for pros! net Ion of hi-ut.
eHiN,lalU-v.ij, fHji'l 5w. vl'.T .llt.".'.
working Ni(ile. lie poiniiietnlesl th
action ut gtiifii Victoria In sending
large quantities f chossilate to bor eol
dlera In rvinote plaevn, thereby afford
ing ths'ui 1111 element of diet that they
needed.
That the teeth that last the lungrat
are nesvesartly harder than thoa that
decay asMtiiest, be said, does) not nHe
aarlly follow, and the n-vcra la often
true, the ivul rvaaon for decay of the
teetb belli;; a. Ids In the mouth ch lined
by debrla of food tluit uuiy rvat there
and become fermented by the 111 lero-sr-gaiiiflina
that lire always In the moiMli.
Adda thus created, ho said, disinte
grate lime sulfa, ami they attack and
cause the luifdcKl teeth to decay. If
they can but tlml entrance to the body
of tlit' tooth, by means of some natural
flssMire In iIip eniiniel. which la often
found In teerti of the very hct qual
ity. Heme, he argued, the only anre
pn-sentlim of demy la the nnwt M'rfect
cIcMiillnecs of tlic mouth, particularly
at night, when the oiMrtuulty for the
mlcrotx-a t.i carry on their dlalntegra
tlng work Is much longer than between
uienla in the daytime.
Dr. Ilrackett i-oiiiiiiendcd an Idea ot
a riilladclplilii deiitlNt w ho tnkca a con
tract to pn-aerve the teeth of bis pa
tients, charging them nominal amii
to kis'p their lesdli clean by means nf a
monthly scouring with pumice. Ho Mi
litary ia Hint simple treatment In their
prewervntli 11 that he voluntarily en
gage to repair without extra r ha rite
any evidence of tWnjr that appear
from time So time during bis rare of
the teeth. Itoaton Truiiacrlpt.
Kj Legal Information
III mi nVtloii fur mental auffering
caused by the nondelivery of a telc
crniili incxMiirc. the Inw of the nluee
I wM,.h , .,., WH1J n,a,e, and in
I ..... . ., ,.-,.,...,.,,,, WJH
held to govern. In the cane of Johnson
va. W. 11. Tel. '. (Sup. Ct. N. Cur.),
&7 Koiitliciixtcrii Reporter, I--.
No Injunction will lie to rcatmln tba
transfer of propcity of one church t
another, where, they have form. si a
, ""' " ''"' "' -.
j M KoiithcuHtern Kcporier, 1M, the
; ('.corgi a Supreme Court held that, ul-
though proierty right were Involved,
they rented upon queatlona of fnlth
and religious teueta, a dcclnlon of
which by the highest psvlenlimtlcal tri
bunal would tie held to be ooncliiHlve.
Tbe liability nf bank ntnecra assign
ing notes to the bunk In lieu of bud
debt whs isiiiHxIertsI in Ufa re ftank of
I'lttHburg va. Kirk, ill Atlantic Ite
tHirtcr, u:V2. Tbe bunk Ix-ciimc IiihoI
veiit. and the resvlvcr brought an ac
tion to recover on the notes. Defend
ant net up. mining other defenacs. want
of coiiNidcriitlou. but the I'enimj Ivanl.t
Supreme Court held tluit defendant
could not now cNcnpe liability on the
ground that there wna no considera
tion for the notes at their Inception.
Til n t ever recurring iiicHtlon, wbelh-
er recovery may be had under un In
sura nee policy for dentin by aulclde.
wax again adjudicated upon In liavla
va. Supreme Council Itojul Arcanum,
SI Northeastern llepurter. 2!l. I'lulti
1 1 IT contended that iiiHiired omld not
deprive the beneficiary of ti Its rlghia by
nilHconclui-t after the iNxuance of tbe
policy, but the Massachusetts Supreme
Court held that the original contract
j Impliedly e-xcept,-,! suicide as a can,
. .
Ill IOl. IIOI W 11 IIISI IIIHII1IK no llieilllllll l
It was made In the certificate.
In Hophcr va. State, Ml Northeastern
Heporter, !H.1. the trial court held Hint
a liquor ll'-ense (utnUT the Indiana Li
cense l.nw did not authorize the aale
of liifoxb'iit lug liquor for lhe reason
Hint the Slate license law waa union
atltutloiinl. such truffle lielng danger
ous and hurtful to eoclcty. The Indi
ana Supreme Court revera-'d this de
cIbIoii. holding Hint under the common
nw nny imtsoii had n right, without
license, to sell Intoxicants, and that
It waa a mentis nf livelihood which
nny one was free to follow.
IHsclpllMln III Hor.
fslie came Into hia ntudy, gontlj. "I
bate to disturb you, deer " He look
ed li( "but. It la after eleven, and
I licit haa not come home yet -and It
la the aisixid time this week be ha
stayed out. I did not wish to apeak
to you but a Ny of seventeen "
Rlie faltered. He waa looking at her
wirti a Btrange, fixed expression. "I
understand. Ieive him to me. I aha II
wait up until he rnmea In."
'1n't lie harnh with him," ahe an Id
plondlngly. "Oh, I am ao rry I told
you! Itomemlier he has alway beeu
aiKli a gssl boy "
"My deer, you have nothing further
to do with cbla I must deal with my
son In my own way; I requewt you
not to Interfere. You had better go
quietly to your room. I aek you to do
I want hlin to flaw! me here, Wheo
he aeea fit to return to bla home."
She retired, with her mother heart
anxiously beating, and waked until the
rllofc of latchkey aotirKWd In the
afreet door. She listened, trembling
rwady to rush out penitent peas-e-tnaker.
She heard:
"Disk. I that youT
"Yea. air."
-Is tlx- dog In the hall?"
"Yea. air."
"Well turn out the gaa!
ftUht!" Madeline Bridge In
n'e Home Cotuimnlon.
Good
Worn-
Paste OI4 Blrsll
"What the matter with that old
henT' asked tbe guinea fowl. "She
looks worried."
"ih," replied the 'bantam rooefet,
"she's a tenijierance rrank arid she'
worrying for fear some of her egg
will te used In tbe mnklng o.' rggriog.
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