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EVENTSOFTHEDAY
Review o f the Import*
of the P u t W eek,
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Likely to Prove later eating.
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Japan has outbid Russia for two war*
ships nearing completion in Italy.
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Postmaster Bancroft » i l l not be re-
mpved from the Portland postofRce.
Whatcom and Fairhaven have united
and will be known as Bellingham in
the future.»
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Santo Ddmingo has now two revolu
tionary governments and foreigners fear
they will suffer./
The Japanese commissioner to the
St. Louis fair ssya Japan will make no
concessions to Russia.
Ghouls robbed many of the dead in
the Michigan train wreck. The death
list has been swelled to 21.
Russia is not prepared for war and
may await a more favorable time, al
though she is buying large quantities
of stores.
The Colombian charge at Washing
ton* has little hope of receiving a favor
able answer and is preparing to close
the legation.
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During the present session of con
gress the navy will be materially
strengthened. When the additions al
ready authorised are completed the
United States will have a more power
ful navy than any other nation except
Great Britain.
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Italy has recognised the new republic
of Panama.
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Japan will send a large force to Corea
t o end rioting-.—
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South M'Alister, I. T., Dec. SO.— A
gang of five bank rotbers looted the
bank in Kiowa, a smalt town 16 miles
north of here, at 3 o’clock this morning
and escaped after several hundred shots
had been exchanged between the rob
bers and a posse of 60 citizens of K i;
owa.
The robbers dynamited the safe and
secured $2,800 in cash, some of which
is believed to have been mutilated by
the explosion. The bank building was
partially wrecked, the damage to thé
building being about $1,600.
. An entrance to the bank was gained
by the use of crowbars through a rear
window. While two of the men did
the work of blowing up the safe, three
stayed outside as guards. The first ex
plosion was a failure, making a loud re
port but doing little damage. The citi
zens heard the noise, and arming them
selves with revolvers and shotguns,
hurried to the bank.
At the command of a leader of the
citizens a volley was fired at the robhera,
who were visible through the shutters.
The fir^ was returned by the guards
secreted on the outside.
W hile the two men on the inside
worked, the three men on the outside
kept up a steady fire with the posse of
citizens. It took three explosions to
open the safe. After the iagt explosion
the burglars gathered up their tools and
leaving through the front ' of the bank
got away in the dark.
The posse followed the gang for a dis
tance but lost the trail. While some
of the citizens believe one robber was
Injured not one of the citizens was
struck. The latter were protected from
the fire of the robbers by stoek pens in
the rear of the bank building.
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A posse of United States marshals is
in pursuit, with little chance of im
mediate results, as the men had several
hours’ start.
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OUTLOOK OMINOUS.
SECOND
MASSACRE
Japan is buying large quantities of
lead for the manufacture of bullets.
The United States has ordered a gun
boat to Corea to protect the American
minister.
Efforts are being redoubled to have
China ratify the trade treaties with the
United States.
The Colombian charge will quit
Washington if Secretary Hay ignores
Colombian demands.
Large patent medicine manufacturers
w ill, the first of the year, take meas
ures to establish uniform prices.
Chief Newell, of the reclamation
service, will visit Oregon and confer
with the people about irrigation pro
jects.
The Fa * Eastern situation is very
threatening.
Britain .will aid Japan if she goes to
war with Russia.
The Coolmbian force which landed
on the Island of Pines will have to go.
A lone masked man robbed a gambl
ing room at The Dalles of about $1,000.
Chicago liverymen have decided to
fight the union hearse drivers to a fin
ish.
The bakers of Paris have gone on a
strike and the situation has assumed a
serious aspect.
General Reyes has warned Colombia
that war on Panama means war on the
United States.
China Would Bo NeatraL
Pekin, Dec. 30.— The opinion enter
tained by the best informed diplomats
in Pekin, that war between Russia and
Japan is- probable and almost inevit
able, remains unchanged.
Nothing has been received here to
corroborate the special dispatches from
Tokio which said . that the Japanese
government was adopting an impera
tive tone in pressing for speedy reply
to this last note. The report is not
believed.
Official
communications
received
here from high sources say that the
Japanese war party is growing in
strength and is bringing all its influ
ence to bear upon the government.
The Chinese board of war haa ordered
the viceroys-to furnish fall information
as - to the numbers of foreign trained
troops available for active service.
The viceroys of three of the central
provinces in response have reported
that 90,000 such troops are in readi
ness. This unquestionably, is a re
markable exaggeration, as the great
majority of the foreign trained troops
exist only on paper.
The dowager empress has issued an
edict at the request of Prince Ching,
appointing
several
unknown
and
probably inexperienced officials as
heads of army departments. One such
has been appointed director of training,
another has been given command of the
department of instruction, while a
third has been put in charge of the de
partment which has to do with the sup
ply of ammunition.
JAPAN WILL SAFBQUARD COREA.
The Yoeemite national park cannot Russia Mast Modify Her Answer at Once
be used as a storage reservoir for San
to Avert Such Action.
Francisco water supply.
Tokio, Dec. 30.— An extraordinary
Governor Taft has left Manila for the meeting of the privy council today ap
United States. He was given an en proved the issue by the cabinet of an
thusiastic farewell on leaving
emergency ordinance authorizing the
Rear Admiral Walker believes force guarantee of the principal and interest
of marines now at Panama is sufficient, of an issue of 10,000,000 yen debent-
but two more batallions will probably uers for the purpose of expediting the
work on the 8eouJ-Fusan railway,
be sent.
which is expected to be finished by the
Colombians at Bogota are holding end of the year. The ordinance also
nightly warlike demonstrations.
provides for all possible military ex
Tne contract has been let for the penses for the protection of the railway
Alaska building at the St. Louis fair. and other interests.
It is to cost $13,897.
Russia clvssly Watching China.
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European powers will endorse Amer
New York, Dec. 30.— The Russian
ica if rire refuses to allow Panama mat
government is noting with the closest
ter to be submitted to The Hague tri
attention and keenest interest the un
bunal.
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common energy now being shown by
Senator Hanna will retire as chair the Chinese in making warlike prepar
man of the national Republican com ations under the guidance of a large
mittee and Roosevelt wants Root to number of Japanese instructor#, cables
the Herald’ s St. Petersburg correspond
succeed him.
ent. This has grown so serious as to
Rockefeller ’has just given Chicago come into the first line of Russia’s cir
university $1,680,000. .
culations, broadening out the situation
on new 'lines.
Such a complication
Scenes at Washington resemble those
would bring into place the Fjranco-Rns-
preceding the Spanish-American war.
sian and Anglo-Japanese treaties.
The strike of Chicago hearsed rivers
continues to seriously interfere with
Panama’ s Stand on Doto^.
funerals.
Washington, Dec. 30.— The state
ment of M. Bunau-Varilla, the Panama
Revision of the Dreyfus case And his
minister, that his government is will
- restoration to grade in the army seems
ing to assume a portion of the Colom
assured.
bian debt, has been received at the
Britain and fra n cs have redoubled British embassy and transmitted by
efforts to prevent war between Japan cable to the London government for its
consideration.
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A T .. KISHINEF
Grand Rapdis, Mich’., Dec. 29.—
Eighteen
are dfcad and 31 injured, sev
APPEARS VERY PROBABLE.
eral of them fatally, as the result of the
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'collision early this evening of two pas
January 7 Has Baca Set as tka Date— senger trains on tiie Fere Marquette
railnad, one-half mile west ol East
Jcu^sb Societies Will Appeal to Paris, about six miles east of this city.
Roosevelt - Harmony C ab of Seattle The collision, which was head on, was
Asks AM ef Chief Bxecutlve la Be caused, according to a statement issued
by the offl ials of the r a d at the gen
half of Those Tbrealrncd.
eral offices in Detroit, by the high wind
blowing out the red signal lamp at Mc
Washington, Dec. 30.— W ith ihe Cord’ s, where the west-bound train,
view of enlisting the immediate and ac No;6, should have stopped and re
tive interest of the United 8tates ceived orders to pass the east-bound
against the reported contemplated mas train at Fox. The officials deny the re
sacre of Jews in Russia on January 7, port that a misunderstanding of orders
the Russian, New Year, Simon Wolf, on the patt of one of the engineers was
representing the United Jew societies, responsible for the col ision.
tomorrow will lay before the state ‘ ¡e-
According to the statement of the
partment an appeal in behalf of his officials, the trains were originally to
people representing to him tbns to be 1 have met and passed at Oakdale Park,
threatened.
| but t>> help th*- east-bound train the
Foilowing his visit to the state de . dispatcher issued new orders, fixing
partment, Mr. Wolf will be received by Fox as the meeting place. The east-
President Roosevelt, at which time the bound train received this order, and
whole subject of the status of the Jew« the west-bound rain should have re
in Russia will be discussed.
ceived the same order at McCord’ s.
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Instead it rushed by thiB station,’ and
- Seattle Club Maktg Appeal.
the operator there, after reporting this
Seattle, Dèe* 80.— The Harmony club fact, found on going out on his platform
of Seattle, composed of 314 of the most that his red .light, which had been
prominent Jews in this city, has sent burning two minutes before, was out,
messages of jappeal to President Roose presumably extinguished by the high
velt, the members of the Washington wind that was blowing.
delegation in congress and William R.
The trains met with a terrible trash,
Hearst, of N6w York, asking aid and the baggage add smoking cars behind
intercession in behalf of the Jews who each locomotive being instantly reduced
are in danger of a massacre in Kishinef, to a pile of kindling wood.
The en
January 7. The text of the telegram gines were completely wrecked, the
to the president which is indorsed by boiler of the engine which had pulled
Governor McBride, of Washington, fol the east bound train being torn com
lows:
pletely torn from the running gear and
“ The Harmony club, consisting of standing perpendicularly in a ditch at
314 Jewish citiaens of Seattle, appeal ♦he side of the track.
to your excellency to intercede in be
J »PAN a f t b i ? w a r s h i p s .
half of Jews of Kishinef, threatened
with massacre January 7.
“ Harmony Club.
Negotiation« for Two Chilean Vessels nr*
“ By M. Snmmerfield, chairman.’ ’
Undcr Way.
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AQAINfiT R6P6AL OF LAND LAW.
A severe cold wave has swept the
War Party Oalnlng Strength la Japan— Moadell Anroea for AmrnSment of the
East and Middle West.
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Russia will probably modify her de
mands rather than go to w*r. ,
1 rein coiiiaiaA ia
Coats 18 Lives
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Timber / and Stone
Act.
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Washington, Dec. 30.— Representa
tive Mondell, of Wyoming, chairman of
the irrigation committee, today ap
peared before the public lands commit
tee and presented an argument in favor
of a modification of the timber and
stone act. He stoutly opposed the out
right repeal of this law or its radical
modification, for he showed it wag the
mainstay of the national irrigation act
and afforded the great hulk of money
that is converted into the reclamation
fund. He furthermore asserted - there
has been no such extensive frauds per
petrated under this law as has been
represented by certain department offic
ials and in the newspapers.
Mr. Mpndell believes the timber and
stone act shonld be amended^ so as to
permit the government to realize a
higher price for its public timber land
in Oregon, Washingon and California,
where this land is worth more than
$2.60 an acre, but. he stoutly objects to
having the price raised on timber lands
in the inter-mountain states.
Chairn an Lacey, of the public lands
committee, also addressed the commis
sion. He is opposed to the repeal of
the timber and stone act but ia willing
to see the law amended so the govern
ment will derive a reasonable price for
its timber lands. He thinks a fixed
price per acre cannot be agreed upon,
owing to the varying value of timber
lands in different'parts of the West.
TO AID AMFRICAN SHIPS.
Strong Effort Will Bo Made tor BUI
corning Philippi"« Trade.
Washington, Dec. 30.— Unless there
is some
nnforseen opposition, it is
more than probable that the present
session of congress will enact some leg
islation for the protection of American
vessels trading with the Philippines.
It was said today by an officer of the
Newport News shipbuilding company
that Senators Frye, Lodge, Hanna and
other powerful leaders intend to push
the bill recently introduced by the
Maine senator providing for snch pro
tection. The bill Is radical in its pro
visions) and ipflfct* as » penalty to for-
feitme of any cargo brought to the
United States from the archipelago ex
cept in American vessels. The bill, if
passed, is to go into effect on July 1,
1904.
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London, Dec. 29.— Japan is negotiat
ing for the purchase oFtw o Chilean
warships, the armored cruiser Esmer
alda and another, probably the battle
ship Capitan Prat, which are for sale.
It is now only a matter of price. Ne
gotiations with other South American
governments for the purchase of war
ships are also in progress.
Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minis
ter to Great Britain, said to a repre
sentative of the Associated Press today,
relative to these negotiations:
“ We want more ships. Of conrse,
this is only a precautionary measure,
and it may be a lot of expense all for
nothing. I have no indication of the
nature of the Russian reply.
Per
sonally I scarcely expect it will be de
livered for some little time. There is
no truth whatever in the report that
Japan’s last note stipulated a time
lim it.’ ’
Asked anent the dispatch from Ber
lin saying the British government re
ported to the czar that Great Britain
“ deemed Japan’ s demands just, and
earnestly expected that Russia would
grant them,” Baron Hayashi, while he
was not aware of the precise action
taken by Great Britain and St. Peters
burg, said:
“ The British government is well
aware that Japan will be obliged to go
to war unless Russia modifies the po
sition sheb as taken in her last note.”
At the foreign office here nothing is
yet known of the probable nature of
the Ruaisan reply. -
FlRB LAID TO MOB.
Small Blaze to Destroy Jail Causes Loss
— -* f $38,000.
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Pineapple, Ala., Dec. 29.— In their
efforts to hide the lynching of Arthur
Stuart, a colored prisoner, whom they
secured from the jail here last night,
a mob is thought to have fired the jail,
which was not only destroyed by fire,
but caused the loss of eight stores, two
warehouses and the postoffice, .valued
at $36,000. On Wednesday. P. Mel
ton, a prominent white man, had a
quarrel with some negroes, and one of
them shot him. On Christmas day $
negro said to be his accomplice was ar
rested and placed in jail, and the
friends of Melton, it is alleged, swore
vengeance. This morning at 4 o ’clock
a mob broke into the jail, and after
knocking the negro in the head poured
kerosene over his body and set it afire.
The flames spread to adjoining build-
RAST THROUQH
WRECKED IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Tlmbcr Which Had
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her of Injured Is at
Many wild Scenes,
Into River.
Troops Cannot Enter.
Pittsburg, Dec. 30.— The recent cold
snap has made dangerous the icq in the
Alleghany river. At Rosston the gorge
is an immense affair, being packed to
the bottom and extending 16 miles up
stream. It was formed daring a thaw
and the ice, breaking into small pieces,
has packed all the way to the bottom,
offering resistance that can scarcely be
overcome. The water is now,backing
ftp and spreading over the lowlands.
The gorge at Springdale still holds and
hnt little ice is floating in either the
Alleghany or Monongahela rivers.
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Washington, Dec. 2ft.— The following
cablegram reached the navy depart
ment today from Rear Admiral Cogh-
lan, at Colon: “ Atlanta did pot allqw
an armed force in Colombian territory
at any time for any purpose. Two
officers landed as usual with swords at
invitation of Colombian generals.”
Admiral Coghlan also cabled the de
partment that he would proceed to
Cartagena with his flagship, the Olym
pia, for the purpose of bringing Minis
ter Beanpre to Colpn, on his way to
the United States from Bogota.
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• Connellsville, Pa., Dec. 28.— W ith a.
terrible crash the Duquesne Limited,
the fastest through . passenger train
from Pittsburg to New York, on the
Baltimore A Ohio, plowed into a pile of
lumber at Laurel Run, two miles west
of Dawson, at 7 :45 o ’clock tonight, and
it is estimated that 68 lives were lost,
and 30 persona were injured.
The train left Pittsburg this evening,
running a few minute# late, in charge-
of Engineer William Thornley, of Con-
nellaville. When approaching Laurel
Run, which ia a particularly good piepo-
of road, the train was running at a high,
rate of speed. Suddenly the passenger*
were thrown from their seats by the
lightpinglike application of the brakes,
and a moment later there was a terrific
crash.
The train was made up of two bag
gage cars, two day coaches, one sleeper,
and one dining car, and at the time wa*-
carrying at the lowest estimate 160 pas
sengers. The train plowed along for a.
considerable distance, and the cars were
torn to pieces, passengers jumping,
screaming and falling from the wreck
as it tore along. Suddenly the engine-
swerved to the left and the coaches
plunged down ovpr the embankment to-
the edge of the Youghiougheny river.
The moment the cars stopped rolling
there was a wild scene. Many persons
were pinioned beneath the wreckage,
and the screams and cries that rent the
air were beyond description.
Many*
were injured in their mad excitement
and plunged into the river.
Others,,
pinioned beneath the heavy timbers,
pleaded in agonised tones for release.
So terrific was the force of the wreck
that nearly every passenger suffered a
moment's unconsciouness, and many o f
the able-bodied men were finable to as
sist in helping the injured from th e
wreck on. ac oun t of having fainted.
The wreck was caused by the break
ing of castings on a carload of bi idge-
timbers on a west bound, freight train
which had passed Laurel Run not more
than 16 minutes before the ill-fated
passenger train. The wreck occurred on
a curve, and it was impossible fo r
Engineer Thornley to see tar enough
ahead to detect the obstruction on the
tracks.
LBQISLATURB ADJOURNS.
Three Days’ Session Sufficient to Enact
Needed Legislation.
Salem, Dec. 24.— The special session
of the Oregon legislature ended last
night at 11:16 o’clock. In a three day
session the legislature accomplished all
that had been desired, an achievement
made possible by perfect harmony
among the members..
__Yesterday both houses passed the b ill
appropriating $100,000 for securing a
right of way for the Celilo canal, and
also a number of bills of minor import
ance.
Killing of Chinese pheasant* ha*
been prohibited until 1906.
Ten per cent has been fixed aa the
maximum rate of interest to be charged
upon property sold for taxes.
No person, except the person paying
the same, will be permitted to maintain
a suit to recover fees paid to county re
corders under the invalid fee law.
. A law has been passed permitting
owners of water rights to condemn and
appropriate the property and water
rights of others for a public use.
The total cost of the session has been
about $7,600, for the payment of which
an appropriation was made.
The new barracks at the soldiers’
home at Roseburg will be furnished a t
a cost of $2,600.
The legislature memoralized congress
in favor of the Brownlow road bill
which, if passed, will bring an appro
priation of $250,000 to Oregon, and
also in favor of increasing salaries o f
rural mfiil carriers from $600 to $800
per year.
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Gorge in the Alleghany.
FASSENDER TRAIN'
For Ratifying Treaty.
Washington, Dec. 28.— It is learned
at the state department that the period
of time from now until October 8 of
next year is open daring which the ex
change of ratifications may take place
between the United States and China
of the commercial treaty recently rati
fied by the senate.
The ratifications
must take place in Washington. There
haa been some intimation that they
never will take place, because secret
opposition of foreign poweis may cans#
ihe Chinese government to withhold ita
ratification of the treaty.
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Authorized to Sign Treaty With Cuba
Japan Trying to Boy Warships.
Bx-Oovemor Sharp Duad.
London, Dec. SO.— Japan is .negoti
ating for the purchase of the Argentine
warships Moreno and Rivadavia, now
building at Genoa, Italy, but the Jap
anese legation has not heard of the com
pletion of their purchase.
Washington, Dec. 29.— Ex-Governor
Isaac Sharp, of Kansas, died here to
day of, an affection of the stomach,
aged 71 years. He was a native of
Pennsylvania!, bat went to Kansas in
the early fifties.
Rome, Dec. 28.— Signor Savina, the
Italian minister to Cuba, has been
authorized to sign a treaty of commerce
and navigation between Italy and Cuba
similar to that of 1890 between Italy
and Mexico and includingpt'Ovisions for
arbitration in the case of disputes.
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