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OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Review o f tho Import*
o f tho P a st Week,
Form, Most
Likely to
The Russo-Japanese convention has
been approved by the czar.
The first cold spell of the winter has
struck New York, Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts.
Turkish ministers have advised the
ports to reject portions of the Maceon-
ian reform plan of Russia and Aus­
tria.
Rear Adm iral Bowles, chief of con­
struction and repairs, has designed to
become the head of a shipbuilding com­
pany.
Receiver Asa B. Thomson, of the La
Grande land office, may be removed as
a result of an indictment by the federal
grand jury.
Congressman Hermann is placed in a
bad light in the Oregon land frauds.
I t is claimed that he could h*ve pre­
vented many of them.
Eleven states w ill hold elections No­
vember 2.
Massachusetts, Rhode Is­
land,. Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa
and Mississippi w ill elect full state
tickets and the others minor officials.
Attorney Folk, of St. Louis, has an­
nounced his candidacy for governor.
An attachment has been issued
against Dowie for $1,050 on the claim
o f a lawyer.
The king of S j»in h aa abandoned his
trip to Rome because the pope w ill not
'receive him.
— The robbers who looted th e Burrion,
Kan., bank have been captured and the
money recovered.
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The Russo-Austrian reform plan for
the Balkans contains several proposals
objectionable to the porte.
Sir Henry Mortimer, British ambas-
; ador at Madrid, has been appointed to
fill the vacant post at Washington.
Falling rock in the New York sub­
way caught about a score of workmen.
A t least 17 are believed to be dead.
Senator Fulton favors dropping the
Panama canal route and taking up N ic­
aragua with a view to expediting mat­
ters.
The converted transport Grant is
completed. She w ill test her pumps
on the San Francisco bar and then
come to the Columbia bar for active
work.
Both Russia and Japan are steadily
preparing for war.
W illiam E. Lecky, of
noted historian, is dead/
London, a
Nicaragua has appointed a commis­
sion for the St. Louis 1904 fair.
Captain E. M. Johnson, of the regu­
lar army, w ill likely be detailed to in­
struct the Oregon national guard.
Dowie has left New York.
H e and
his fam ily departed in the night for
Boston without making any announce­
ment of his leaving.
BLOW OPBN BANK.
Sheridan, Or., Oct. 27.— W ith nitro­ CHIEF OF ENGINEERS GIVES 0 (JT
glycerine and borrowed tools, three
ESTIM ATES FOR NORTHW EST. .
safe-crackers forced the vault of the
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private bank of Scroggin & Wortman,
Recommends That Congress Appropriate
here early Monday morning, took $5,-
$1,750,500 flip improving Rivers and
000 in gold and silver and escaped
Harbors of Ogsgoe, Washington and
without leaving a clew, notwithstand­
Idaho—Balk of Money to Qe for im­
ing that J. Z. Eakin, the mayor of
provements on Colombia River.
Sheridan, took three rifle shots at them
from close range.
Washintgon, Oct. 28.— General G il­
So similar were their methods to
lespie,'chief of engineers, in his annual
those of the bandit gang who attempt­
report, made public today, recom­
ed to rob the Newberg bank on October
mended the appropriation at the com­
1, that no doubt exists in the minds of
ing session of congress of $1,750,000
Sheriff Sitton, of Y am h ill county, and
for the improvement of rivers and har­
his deputies that the robber bands are
bors in Oregon, Washington and
identical.
Idaho.
The bulk of the money asked for is
The robbers entered the bank by pry­
ing open the front door. A brick vault needed to carry on work at the mouth
with walls three feet thick were cut of the Columbia, to provide a 25-foot
through with tools borrowed from the channel in the Willamete and Colum­
railroad tool house at Ballston, four bia from Portland to the sea, and for
miles away. The small safe inside beginning the construction of the ship
the large vault was then drilled, nitro­ cagal around the obstructions in the
glycerine was poured in and an explo­ Colombia between The Dalles and
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sion occurred, which wrecked the safe, Celilo.
For the former projects $500,000
the vault and the interior of the bank,
and the plate glass windows in front. each ip recommended, and for The
Pieces of the safe were thrown through Dalles canal, $300,000. These amounts,
the steel door of the vault and into the added to the available balance, w ill
provide ample funds for continuing
street.
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The sound of the explosicn alarmed work throughout the coming fiscal year,
Mayor Eakin and other citizens. and the fact that all three of these
W ith bullets singing over their heads, works are now known as “ continuing
the robbers climbed into a buggy with contracts'* w ill probably mean that ap­
the valuable contents of the bank as propriations therefor, w ill be made in
freight, and drove to the southward. the sundry civil bill and w ill not de­
W ithin half an hour all Sheridan knew pend upon the passage of a river and
that the only bank in town had been harbor b ill at the coining session.
General Gillespie estimates that it
robbed.
The identity of the safe robbers is as w ill cost $2,673,509 to complete the
much a mystery as their present loca­ improvement of the lower W illam ette
tion, and it was the belief of Sheriff and Columbia rivers, in addition to
Sitton that the gang who terrorized $168,240, available from prior appro­
Newberg returned immediately to Port­ priations, w h ile to complete the south
land. I f this holds true in the Sheri­ jetty at the month of the Columbia w ill
dan robbery , the move to- the south­ require$776718lT in excess-of the $L,«
250,000 still available and unexpended.
ward was merely a blind.
No estimate of the cost of the new ca­
nal at The Dalles has yet been made.
BAN ON DISEASED STOCK.
Among the other appropriations recom­
Owners nust Dip Cattle, If Required, to mended are:
Nine thousand dollars for carrying
Enter Reserves.
out the revised project for improving
Washington, Oct. 28.— The interior the W illam ette between Portland and
department today issued the following Oregon City, as suggested by the spec­
instructions to officers in charge of for­ ial board of engineers^ $10,000 for
deepening the channel between Van­
est reserves:
couver and the mouth of the Colum­
“ Hereafter the owners of all stock to
bia; $80,000 fir . completing the ap­
be grazed in the forest reserves w ill be proaches and grounds around the canal
required to submit the stock to the in­ and locks at thdsjpascades; $10,000 for
spectors of the bureau of animal indus­ continuing clearmg of the channel of
the Snake river fhetyreen Riparia and
try in the department of agriculture
Imnaha- riv e r; $10,000 for dredging
for inspection when called upon to do
the Tillam ook bay; $2,000 for Coos
so and, when found necessary, to have
river; $60,000 for producing a greater
the stock dipped or otherwsie treated
depth over the bar at the entrance of
before it w ill be allowed to enter.
Coos Bay; $30,000 for Coquille river,
“ Upon receipt of notice by you in
and $500 for Clatskaanie river.
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writing from any such inspec’ or that
For strictly Washington improve­
any owner has refused to allow his
ments, . the following amounts are
stock to be inspected, or has failed to
asked:
•have it dipped or treated after the same
Lewis river* $7,000; ^ illa p a river,
has been ordered by the inspector, you
$5,000; entrance to Gray’ s Harbor,
w ill at once notify such stock w ill not
$25,000; tributaries of Puget Round,
be allowed for the grazing privilege,
$30,000; Olympia harbor, $25,000;
that his stock w ill not be allowed in
Tacoma harbor, $5,000; Everett har­
the reserve, whether a permit has been
bor, $10,000; New* Whatcom harbor,
issued to him or not until he had com­
$35,000; Pen d ’Oreille and Okanogan
plied with the order.
I f the stock has
rivers, $7,500.
already entered the reserve you w ill re­
quire its immediate removal.”
CRUSH JAPS QUICK.
OFFICIALS SAID TO Bti CRUEL.
For New Extradition Treaty.
Y ellow fever is spreading in Texas
Paris, Oct. 28.— Carrying out in­
towns. The state and federal authori­
structions received from Washington,
ties have taken charge of the situation
Ambassador Porter has begun negotia­
at San Antonio.
tions for an additional clause in the
Three bandits broke open the bank extradition treaty between the United
safe at Burrton, Kan., and secured be­ States and France to cover bribery.
tween $1,000 and $2,000 in currency The formalities w ill take some weeks,
but the informal conferences indicate
besides several sacks of coin.
the willingness of the French officials
I t is
Six Wisconsin desperadoes stole an to make the desired extension.
engine near Beloit and when discover­ doubtful, however, whéther they w ill
ed shouted defiance.
A ll traffic was 1)6 w illing to make the clause include
stopped on account of the wild engine. bribery committed before the clause
goes into effect.
By the president and his cabinet the
Alaskan boundary decision is regarded
Speed of Battleship Maine.
as the greatest diplomatic success for a
Washington, dct. 27.— The navy de­
generation.
partment is in receipt of a telegram
The transport Grant, converted to a from Captain Leutz, commanding the
sea dredge, w ill be at the mouth of the battleship Maine, announcing the ar­
Columbia early next month.
The rival of that vessel at Newport News,
name has been changed to Chinook to the run from Culebra island to Curri-
avoid confusion with the revenue cutter cut light having been made with an av­
erage speed of 15.9 knots.
Grant.
CANADA AQAIN FEARS AMERICA.
MANY IMMIGRANTS
Lest Sbo $hould Get Groenland, Domin­
ion Favors Its Purchase.
Q u g of Robbers Maks Successful Raid
ri ou the Sheridan Bank. •
Land frauds w ill prompt President
Roosevelt to ask congress to give con­ American Missionaries In Congo Free
trol of reserves into the hands of the
State Among Complainants.
forestry bureau exclusively.
Washington, Oct. 28.— Although not
I t is said that Sir Henry Durand, directly involved, the state department
British ambassador at Madrid, w ill be is watching with interest the quarrel
appointed to succeed the late Sir Mich­
between the British foreign office and
ael Herbert at Washington.
th$ administration of the Congo Free
A New York street car jumped the
track on a curve and caught fire from State, which has led the former to de­
the third rail. A ll of the 50 passeng­ mand a reconstruction and reformation
ers were severely bruised but escaped of the administration of the Free State.
fatal injuries.
The king of Belgium is the titular
Russo-Japanese negotiations are again holder of the suzerainty of this state
and he has supplied the state depart­
at a standstill.
ment with a detailed answer to the
The umpire in the Venezuelan arbi­ charges made against the Congo admin­
tration case has decided that that coun­ istration by the British government.
try has no right to collect local taxes These charges are in suhstancé that the
twice.
Congo officials have been guilty of mal­
Russo-Japanese negotiations have administration, of gross cruelty\ to the
taken a less favorable turn.
One re­ natives and of bad treatment of the
port goes so far ts to qay war has been missionaries.
declared.
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BIO APPROPRIATION
Russian Paper’ s Advice to Its Govern­
ment—III Feeling to America.
London, Oct. 28.— Special dispatches
from St. Petersburg report a growing
ill-feeling in Russia against both Eng­
land and the United States, in conse­
quence of the sdpposed sympathy of
these countries for Japan. This feel­
ing finds expression in the Novoe Vre-
mya, which, in commenting on the de­
cision of the Alaska boundary tribunal,
says it hopes that Canada w ill now
sever the ties connecting it w ith Great
Britain.
The Vrikina maintains a bellicose at­
titude, expressing the opinion that
neither Great Britain nor the United
States w ill interfere and Russia was
better prepared for war. This paper
urges that Japan had better be crushed
without delay.
New Rules for Shipping of Dead.
Baltimore, Oct. 28. — Representa •
tives of railroad companies and the na­
tional association of undertakers after
a conference with the members of the
state Ixjards of health of North America
on the transportation of dead bodies,
decided after July 1, 1904, to prohibit
shipment of bodies of persons dying of
smallpox or bubonic plague. Bodies of
persons dying of Asiatic cholera, yellow
fever, typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, erysipelas, glanders, anthrax or
leprosy w ill be shipped only under the
most complete disinfection conditions.
Goes to President.
Washington,
Oct. 2 6 .— Today’s
meeting of the cabinet was brief.
Only Secretaries Hay and Cortelyou,
Postmaster General Payne and Attorney
General Knox wère present.
Post­
master GeneraI Payne announced that
the report of Mr. Bristow on the post-
office investigation would be placed in
the hands of the president today.
It
had not been decided when the report
w ill be given to the public.
H alifax, N . S., Oct. 27;— Replying
to a reference made in the Canadian
h »use of commons b y Senator Pierce,
of New Brunswick, to the possibility of
the United States obtaining possession
of Greenland to the detriment of Can­
adian interests, the Halifax Chronicle,
the leading newspaper supporter of Sir
W ilfrid Laurier in Nova Scotia, advo­
cates the purchase of the island by
Canada. The Chronicle says:
“ Unless prompt action is taken we
no doubt shall awaken some dark
morning to find that our neighbors
have encompassed us on the east, also,
and that we have another arbitration
toTace, or at least, if we cannot secure
Greenland by purchase, let us have
some definite imperial pronouncement
with reference to it,/ analogous to the
Monroe doctrine.
to “ The other half of this continent is
by choice and right British.
The
American government bought land on
our northwest solely for the purpose of
annoyingjus and lessening the value of
our country. They are quite capable,
if unchecked, of pursuing a similar pol­
icy in the east. Now is the tim e to
take action, or at least .to speak out .a
plain warning.”
* POWDER TRAIN BLOWN UP.
Explosion Is So Heavy That People ore
iT D Down.
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Thrown*
New York, Oqt. 27.— Three freight
cars, one of them loaded with dyna­
mite, broke away from a freight train
on the Harlem river branch of the New
York, New Haven A Hartford railroad^
and collided with the remainder of the
train on a grade. The car with the
explosive in it was blown up.
Engin­
eer Thomas Corrigan was thrown off
his seat and for a few minutes was
slightly stunned. H e regained
his
presence of mind, however, and shut
off steam, bringing the train to a stop.
Nearly every^ house in Baychester
suffered damage from the explosion. A
woman who was thrown from her bed
is believed to be the only person who
was injured.
A poiIceman who was
crossing the tracks a mile from the
scene was knocked down by the con­
cussion . The three detached cars and
the rear car of the main portion of the
train were destroyed. W ith in half .a
m ile of the Bkychester station not a
pane of glass remained intact.
In Westchester village almost a panic
reigned. Men rushed to the postoffice,
armed with clubs and guns, believing
that burglars had blown open the safe.
Two boathouses on Long Island sound,
half a mile away from the scene of the
explosion, were wrecked. '
MORE TROOPS FOR NANDHURIA.
Russia Is Bnlldlng Additional Barracks
a t the Port of Dalny.
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COMMISSIONER
SARGENT
RBP0RTS-
0REAT INCREASE IN ARRIVALS.
By For the Largest Number Come Frem
Italy — Commissioner Urges • L a w
Which W ill Break Up ths Colonies In
the City Which ore Hold to Brood
Anarchy and Lawlessness.
Washington, Oct. 26.— The annual
report of Commissioner General Frank
P. Sargent, of the bureau of immigra­
tion, shows a large increase Of steerage
immigration over that of the preceding
year, the aggregate for the fiscal year
of 1903 being 857,046, an excess, o v e r
\that of last year of 208,303, or 32 per
cent. The statistics show an increase
of immigration from all foreign sources,
suggesting as the chief cause of the in ­
flux of aliens into the United States
during tjie year the inducement offered
settlers here rather than any special
cause of-discontent in their own coun­
tries.
Of the total steerage immigration
there came from Europe 814,507;' from
Asia, 29,966, and from a ll other
sources 12,573. I f to these figures are
added to those representing the total
arivals of alien cabin passengers, 64,-
269, the result w ill show that the total
immigration of aliens to the United
States during the year aggregated 921,-
315, or 105,043 more than the greatest
number heretofore reported for any one
year.
The greatest number of imimgrants,
230,622, came from Italy, an increase
of 52,247 over last year; Austro-Hun-
gary furnished 206,011, an increase of
34,022; Russlb, 136,093, an increase o f
28,746; Germany, 40,086, an increase
of 11,798; Sweden, 46,028, an increase
of 13,134; Ireland, 35,310, an increase
of 6,072, and England, 23,219,' an in­
crease of 126,44.
Or the Oriental
countries, Japan was foremost, with
19,968, an increase of 5,698; whftb
China contributed 2,209, an increase
of 560 over last year.
Of the total number of steerage
aliens, 613,146 were males and 243,-
900 were females, of whom 102,431
were less than 14 years of age.
There
were of these 3,841 who could read,
but could not write, and 185,667 who
could neither read nor write, leaving a
remainder both unable to read and
write of 668,038.
The total amount
of money brought by them into the
United States was $16,17,7573.
Exclusive of those denied admission
at the land boundaries of the United
8tates 8,769 alien immigrants Were re­
jected for various causes, the number .
of rejections being nearly double those
of the preceding year. Of. these 5,812
were paupers; 1,773 were afflicted with
disease; 1,086 were contract laborers.
The commissioner refers to the grave
danger in this country fouhd i n . the
colonization of alien communities in
our great cities. “ Such colonies,” he
says, “ are a menace to the physical,
social, moral and political security of
the country.’ .’ . Removed from the
sweat shops and slums of the great
cities and given the opportunity to
acquire a home, every’ alien, however
radical his theories of government and
individual rights may have been, he
w ill become a conservative supporter in
theory and practice of those institu­
tions under whose benign protection lie
has acquiredand can defend bis house­
hold goods.
Berlin, Oct. 27.— An American who
has been some months at Dalny, the
Russian seaport, on the Liao Tung pen­
insular, arrived in Berlin. H e in­
formed the correspondent of the Asso­
ciated Press that the Russian troops
apparently are arranging to stay in
Manchuria permanently. Russia had
200,000 troops in the province, and
barracks are being erected at Dalny for
two additional regiments. Russia is
also strengthening her position on the
west bank of the Y alu river. Japan
continues her policy of settling Corea.
She is acquiring large tracts of land,
and is building villager having wholly
Japanese administration.
The informant of the correspondent
also said he did not believe war was
PALL OVER STATE.
impending, “ since Russia is satisfied to
remain in Manchuria, not caring to Shut Down nf Amalgamated Company In
extend her authority into Corea.”
Montana Disastrous.
Panama, Columbia, Oct. 27.— A l­
though the government does not allow
the transmissionof all news regarding
the political situation in Colubmia,
there is no doubt that events of great
importance are happening at Bogota.*
A cablegram received here from the
capital says the senate has declared
open war against President Marroquin,
refusing to adjourn.
The house of representatives sides
with the president, who., insists upon
an adjournment being taken. Among
the senators, it is stated, the idea pre­
dominates of continuing the session un­
til after the elections shall have been
held, in order to prevent President
Marroquin from imposing as his suc­
cessor General Reyes, against whom
violent speeches have been delivered in
congress.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 26.— According to
every indication tonight the Amalga­
mated Copper company is preparing
for a long shut-down as several ef the
pumps in the big mines have suspend­
ed operations.
The Amalgamated officials are reti­
cent as to expressing an opinion as to
the probable length of the suspension,
saying it may be of six or eight months’
duration and perhaps a greater period.
An effort w ill be made by leading cit­
izens of the state to have the supreme
court advance the hearing on the ap­
peal from Judge Clancy’ s decision in
the case, in the hope that a j-eversal of
the judgment by the tribunal w ill in­
duce the Amalgamated company to re­
sume. Indignation among the Am al­
gamated people is rife and they are
loud in denouncing the present stata ol
affairs and declare that all business on
the part of the company w ill remain at
a standstill until the Bostoft & Mon
tana receivership matter is settled sat­
isfactorily.
Troops on Orand Review.
Monroe Doctrine Is Feared.
Fort R iley, Kan., Oct. 27.— A grand
review of all the troops in ramp was
held this, morning.
The scene from
the hills above the flats was beautiful.
The masses of troops extended for fully
two miles in extreme length and when
the long ranks went sweeping along the
march post, with bands playing, colors
flying and the sparkle of polished steel,
the spectators broke out into enthusi­
astic cheers.
In the afternoon the
engineer battalion gave a demonstra­
tion in the construction of entrench­
ments.
Paris, Oct. 26.— Senor Posadpx, the
Colombian consul here, is the only gov­
ernment official of Colombia in Paris.
He said that he doubted the reports
that Colombia intended to abrogate the
French Panama canal concession and
added he was convinced that if -such
action were taken France would apply
pressure to compel a recognition of the
company’s rights. This might involve
the Monroe doctrine, b e’ said, but no
country in Europe was now disposed to
take any action infringing the principle
of that doctrine.
OPBN W AR AGAINST PRESIDENT.
Colombian Sonato Refusez to Adjourn to
Pienso Marroquln.
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