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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1906)
MS OF THE WEEK In n Condoiiscil Torm for Dusy Renders, Our HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINfiNTS A Hoiumo of tlio Lost Important but Nut Loss Intoroitliltf Events of tho Pat Wook Premier Btolypln li declared to bo Insane. Anrvrcliy In Morocco may forco inter volition. , Kuislmi trrrurlsta hnvo sentenced tlm csnr to (lentil. Secretary Hoot hm tecelvcd with high honor nt Pnoainn. ' The steamer Mongolia Ima been tloatrl ntul taken to Midway. There urn now li! warships of tho dlffeicut classes In Cuban wntorn. Tho dentil Hat (ruin tlm rmunt Hong kong typhoon will probably reach ten tllOIKNIIll. Medical authorities In India hnve discovered that the spread ol tlm plague bits been largely due to rut. A collision between two freight ttnlns nn the Great North rn nt Cut I'ank, Mont., resulted In Ibu (Until ol llvo men. An' edict has been Issued in China giving tlio people ten ycais to iilt opium using. At the end ol that per iod ita use and sale li to be prohibited. A dynamite explosion at Jellloo, Teun., killed 13 persons and Injured scores ol other. The property damage will amount to (600,000. A carload ol dynamite was exploded In tome manner unknown. A new treaty with Kan Domingo li proosed, A-now law In Russia grants rnoro re ligious (rredom. General Fiiuston will Join Tidt and Uncoil at Havana. The stench from corpus at Hongkong li causing rlckiuta. The sugar market! ol thn world are unsettled by thu Cuban revolt. American annul aru preparing am rnuiiltlon for lire In Culm In case an army li sent to thn liland. Holt haa been commenced to ouit the Wntersi'lerre Oil company IroinTexaa. Vlultlon of thu mill-trust law is thu ground for action. Bailors of the navy have ined for damages because they are excluded from amusement place. They are banked by the Kovernment. Taft and llacon have warned nil par ties In tl.o Cuban controversy that fall nre to agrre will brliiK an army from the United States to the laland. I.sthcr Mitchell and Mre. Creflleld cannot distinguish between rl(lit and wrong, according to the humility com minion, and are danKeroua peraoua to bo nt largo, Tlio I'aclllc Btosmshlp compnny'a steal -.er City of Hostile has gone on the rock nt Trail Is. and, near Vancouver, II. C. Thu pnsngers wero nil landed eafely and it la thought tlio vcatel can be eaved. The cruller Minneapolis Ima nailed for Cuba. The Cuban government haa amenta In Kansas buyiiiK horses. More rnllroad bridges nre belli); burned by Cuban rebels. Vollvn haa been elected overseer of V.lon City by tlio residents ol thu Dow ieltu town. M:ny rlota nru occurrliiK In .Moscow, Ituialn. llulldinga nru being burned by thu ruvoliitlouiata. A card rdmrper has awlndlod rich Plttanrgors nut of (1,000,000. Some of the plunder haa been r-ocured. Qompora enya thu American Fedora tlon ol I.nliar haa hut Juat begun ita -campaign ngnlnat .unfriendly congress moil. A Yokohnmn pnpor clnlina that n largo part of tlio funds for tlio relief of destitute Japanese liavo bopn embei sled. Thu Btoiin nt Hongkong hns proven much morn serious than nt first thouiiht. At loABt 20 vessels wore wrecked, ninny of them being total loaaea. Tlio Interstato Commorcocommlselon Ima liauod notice to tlio railroads of the country rogaidlng paaaongor rates, Bpo clal excursion rntua nre not to bo pro. hlblted. Dowle says ho Is going to Mexico to die. Bocrotnry Root may go from rnnninn to Havana. Mrs. Nlchulaa Longwoith is to go 4).ar hunting in October. SLAVES IN RAILWAY CAMPS. Negroes by the Hundred Mnka Com plaint to District Attorney. Knoivlllii, Teun., Hcpt. 1H. Tlio Federnl grand jury now sitting In this city la Investigating alleged peonage cases nt scveinl rnllroad camps In this vicinity where hundreds of negroes nre emplu)ed. Thu inventlgntlon la going on tucrotly under the direction of n do tecllvo sent hero by thn government from Washington on thu complaint ol numerous negroes to District Attorney J. It. 1'enland. All last week thn government build lug was crowded with negroes, who one by one toh) their talo of wou nod maltreatment before the justice, It Is believed Indictments will bo found thin week ngalnit some prominent ralliond contractors and their subordinates. The government dettxtlve vlilted thu railroad rampi In the role of n man do idrous of purchasing timber lands. lie spent n week or more In several differ ent camps located In Illount county, and quietly gathered a volume of evi dence. Moat of tlio negroes were brought here from North and Honth Carolina nud other neighboring states. Wltneis es hnvo told tome frlghtlul stories of the manner in which they wero held prisoners at the enmps for debt. They nllege I tint n guard line Is kept and nn man la allowed to pass Mils line. Thty any Hint outrageous commissary prices nre rhargrd them mid they get deeply In debt to the contractors. One or two witnesses told stories of seeing negroes killed and assert that thu bodies wero sunk In the rlvor. DIQ FLEET 18 SENT TO SEA. Force of 4,000 Men Can De Landed In Cuba by United Slate. Washington, Hept. IB It la an nounced at the Navy department to night that the battlrshlps Louisiana, Virginia and Now Jersey have been or dered down the Atlantic coajt on n shakedown cruise, and that they had been dlrectoJ to keep In Jouch with tlio government at Washington by wlrel-s telegraph pnd, If necessary, In the t vent of an emergency arltlng, they will be sent to Havana. It was also stated that thn cruisers laroms, Cltveland, Minneapolis and Newark have sailed from Norfolk, Va. The Minneapolis and Newark carry about 700 men altogether and the Ta coma 160. Khoiild nil these vessels go to Havana tlio navy would be able to Isnd n force of -1,000 men In Cuba by Wednesday or Thursday, II any devel opments should occur rendering euch action nsccetary. Final Instructions will be given the Cli eland and other vessels when they reach Key Waal. The Cleveland railed from Norfolk Haturday, wnlle thn Ta coma If It there Bnnday. The Louisiana and the Virginia left Newport haturday alter hurriedly coaling. The New Jer ley silled from lloston. TWO-CENT FA.RES IN EAST. Western Governor Say Population is Too Sparse In Their Stales. Harrlaburg. Pa., Bet. 10. H. M. Wlllinma, secretary of the Pennsylvania Htato Hoard of Trado, today made pub lie copies of letters received from thu governors of several states on the move incut to obtain uniform legislation tlnoughoiit tlio United States for 2 cent maximum faro on all steam rail roads. A number of the governors are personally favorably to n 2-cent fare, and, In n fuw Instances, they tell of tlio movements In their states to obtain tlio passage of such legislation in tlio next session ol the legislature. Tno governors of some of thu West ern elates say that because of thu sparsely settled condition of their states thu time Is not yet rlpu for n radical reduction of fares, but that such n re form will coino anout when tlio popu lation Increases to glvo tlio htalness to justify n cut. Thu Western gcwrnoia express their approval of tlio movement so far as It applies to the thickly popu lated states of the I.st. Earthquake Felt nt Sea, Ban Francisco, Bept. 18. Tlio lum ber laden ship Robert Benrles has ar rived fiom Tncomn and noithorn ports. Captain Pllti, In command, states that nmonir other incidents during tlio trip the otllcors of tlio vessel recorded n so voro uarthipiako shock, which caused a panto among tlio crew nud threatened serious harm to tlio vessel. Captain I'lHr. saya that on tlio morning of Sep tember 14, when tho ship was within 260 miles of her destination, n sevore disturbance of tlio water was felt. The shock lasted several seconds. Steamer Mongolia Aground. Mldwny Island, North Pacific Ocean, Bept. IB. The Pacific Mali steamship Mongolia, n Bister ship ol tho Man churia, is aground on Mldwny reof, Tho ship la being llghterod and her pnsstngora liavo boon landed safely. The weathor is And and the eoa Is smooth. SURROUND CAPITAL Army o! 3,000 Insurgents Out side City ol Havana, SHOW NO SIGN OF YIELDING Liberal Leaders Openly Show Them selves on Streets and Even Con fer With Government Officials. Havana, Bept. 18. The only results thus far of President Palrna's order for tho suspension ol hostilities have been that Liberal leaders who hitherto have had every reason for anticipating arrest aru circulating openly In Havana again and even conferring with members ol the government with regard to peace, and that such Insurgents In the Held as Iihvh bien consOlled, while expressing themselves as agreeable to settling mat ters amicably, at the same time assume nn Independent attitude, which cannot bo said to bode particularly well for prompt settlement of existing differ ences. In the meantime, Clenfue?os la in n stnte of siege, communication by tele- graph being severed not only In the di rection of Havana, but to Santiago na well. It Is known that Cienfuegos had not been attacked up to midnight Bun- day, hut what 1ms trnnaplrod since that time It not known here. All accounts agree that there easily are 3,000 insurgents a few miles south east of Havana, and rumors are In cir culation that they will enter the city peaceably If they nre not molested, but that they will fight if they meet with resistance. All visitors to Insurgent ramps In Havana province return with this Impression, hut It Is believed no attempt will be mado against Havana until thn arrival of Pino Ouerrera'a force, which now Is variously reported to be from SO to 40 miles distant. The general Impression Is that the presenre In Havana harbor of tho American cruiser Denver will not act as a deter rent to such a movement, tho nnxillaiy cruiser Dixie having gone to Cienfuegos mid tho cruiser Des Moines having gone piesiimnbly to bring to Cuba Secretary of War Taft nnd Assistant Secretary Ilacun. GERMANS WANT PROTECTION. Murder of Bush Causes a Vigorous Protest by Ambassador. Bt. Petersburg, Bept. 18. Tlio Inse curity of life and propel ty in tho Ilaltlc provinces, which culminated iait Bator- day in tho murdor of Herr Hush, a rich German manufacturer and the leader of the German colony at R'ga, has led the German embaisy here again to make energetic representations to tho Foreign ofllco concerning tho adoption of meas ures for the protection ol derman sub Jects, Hush was killed by agents of the revolutionary organization engaged In levying tribute. Dr. von Mlquel, first secretary of the German embassy, called today at the Foreign olllce nnd presented tho rcort of tho Gorman consul at Riga regarding the killing of Hush, who was struck down in his own factory. He called attention to tho length of tlmo the reign of torror has lasted. Although tho armed revolt was crush ed mid the country reconquered by tno forces under General Orloff last winter, robberies nnd murders have continued unchecked far over a year and n halt. Thero nro 6,000 German subjects living In Riga. Tho Ameilcnn consul at Riga has not joined In this demand for protection. There nre scmcely any Americana there. Alfred Hush was n partner in the llush-1 lingo Manufacturing company. From Odessa, whore thu conditions nro almost in bad ns In the Ilaltlc pro vinces, the embassies have been In foiuied that guards Imvo been furnished for tho consulates mid tho residences of tho various cousuls. Typhoon Hits Hongkong. Manila, Sept. 18. Cable reports from Hongkong stnto that n typhoon which sprang up suddenly at 10 o'clock this morning did enormous damage to the shipping In that port. Tho Uei man steamer Johanno nnd the llrltlsh stoamor San Cheung were sunk. Tho Hongkong, Canton & Macao company's steamer Fataban foundered and of thu crew ttie purser nnd nmlo nlnuo sur vive. Tho Canadian Pad Ho Railroad company's steamor Monteaglo wont ashore. All business in the city is at a standstill. Watching for Moro Loot. Chicago, Sept. 18. Acting upon in formation that loot from thu wrecked Mllwaukeu Avenue bank, of which Paul Btonsland was president, Is hidden In Chicago, tho police hnvo placed guards over two banks with deposit vaults in which It la suspected boiiio of the plunder may bo found. The sum may run Into the hundreds of thousands, NOTHING FOR JETTY. Congross Not Likely to Make Appro priation nt Next Session. l'jrtlnnd, Bept. 17. That tho 2, 600,000 nteded for completion of the Columbia bar Jetty cannot he seen red next year from congress Is tho opinion of Congressman Itansdell, of Louisiana, and Jones, of Washington, members of thn livers nnd harbors committee, who have just Inspected the jetty, escorted by members of the chambers of com rnerco of Portland nnd Astoria, mem' bora of the Oregon delegation in con gross, Governor Chamberlain, Lieuten ant Colonel Roessler, who Is United States engineer of this district, and others. That it Is Inadvisablo to resume work on the jetty until this sum shall be available, either as an appropriation or under continuing contract, If viry wnstelul construction is to be avoided, wns tho opinion ol the two committee members, who accorded with the view of Colonel Roessler announced before a meeting of the Chamber ol Commerce of Portland Friday night. Colonel Rorss- ler advised further that money should not bo diverted from the bar project, by inslstencj on sums of money for other improvements on the river, lar ger thnn nre necessary for maintenance of present work and Blow construction. This plan is opposed by Representa tive Jones, who rather considers the Celilo project mors important than tho bar project, at least to the upper Co lumbia river region, watch wants lower transportation rales to and from tide water. He takes the view that the Ce lllo barrier, which now prevents navi gation up and down thn river, should be opened as soon as possible, and inai the bar Improvement Is not as urgent as la alleged, because ships of 23 and moro feet draft can already pass in and out. This opinion is shared by Mi. Itans dell, nnd he urges that tho two projects be striven for together, saying that otherwise, there will be a divided effort, which will rct against the in terests of the entire river. Mr. Jones and Mr. Itansdell said that It Is extemely unlikely that the Jetty can obtain (2 600,000, or that even tho whole Columbia river can secure such a sum. Uoth were even fearful that there will bo no river and harbor bill at all next year. It will bo impossible, they said, to put through an emergeniy approprla tlon, as was done at the last session of congiess for (400,000, because that sum was allowed simply in order that the government might not lose several hun dred thousand dollars' worth of con struction works at tho Jetty, for want of money to finish tho stone deposits under tho tramway then in place. It was not the most cheerful outlook for tho river Interejte that were repre sented In the party. Its merrbera be gan bnsylng their heads with devices for obtaining the required (2,600,000 right away, because, In their minds, completion of the Jetty Is extremely urgent. TREPOFF IS DEAD. Tyrant of Russian People Succumbs to Heart Disease. St. Petersburg, Boot. 17. General Dmitri Feodorovltch Trepoff, command ant of tho Imperial palace, died at (i o'clock Saturday evening in his villa at Peterhof of angina pectoris. General Trepoff, whose namo is in delibly linked with reactionary repres sion In Russia, was u remarkable mau. He was a natural despot, a try ant by inclination, education and conviction, lie was one of those men who have con stantly appeared in Russian history, Just at the time when conditions wero most promising for putting an end to despotism, to turn the Russian rulers from liberalism to reaction. It was he who became the guiding spirit of the reaction alter Nicholas II had Issued Ills manifesto In the fall of 1006, promising tho pople a share In tho government. Holding the position of master of the palace, in league with tho court intriguers who were deter mined to restore the old regime, he constantly had the emperor's ear. Dawson City Is Excited. Winnipeg, Sept. 17. Advlcea from Dawson City Bay thofo is more excite ment over tho dredging here nt present thnn t.iero has been since the earlleeet days. The whole population Is mad over dredging, nnd stampedes have oc curred every day and night for several weeks. Phenomlnal succors has been attained by tho Dear creek dreilge nnd at the mouth of the Yukon river. Tho nrrlvnl of the Guggeniila.ee, of New York, as well as other capitalists whoso names are household words, haa in fused now life into Dawson City. Plotters' Nest In Peterhof. Bt. Petersburg, Bept. 17. The police hnvo arreBted 14 revolutionists In Pe terhof, inoludlng eeveral students. The fact that one of the men arrested was a court lackey caused a rumor that a plot against the emperor had been discov ered, but there Is no definite Informa tion to this end. ' ftft!5iS HOW UNCLE SAM TEACHES ai Americans may well bo proud of their great military training academy at Wet Point; It Is one of the moat '.MiiplctH Imtltiitlwin of Ita kind nud furiilMlio the imdet with n thorough practical ami thi-oretlcHl knowledge of liU dutlf before he la actually Imiiieh- c-d on bin caret r nn an ollleer. This great Hcinlemy--tlic upkeep of which crMta the 1'nlttf I HtHtos government no lot than nlmrt ('SW.OOO per annum fiirnlnln-1 ratler over 170 per cent of AmerleH' nlll em. Intending competi tors) miiMt nt between the age of 17 and ! nud they must also be nt leant 17 feet .1 IiipIhm In height. They appar before nn examination board which meets In May, and should they sue cced In pnft-ilng both physical and men- ("ADLTS GOING tnl testa they are allowed to enter the military academy on June 12 for a four j cam course. Tho tests of the prolonged probation are no rercre that often not more than i70 per cent Anally pans out Kaeh cadet receive yearly. roughly, about (TiO, out of which he bai to pay for hU moving ami uniform. The life la 8(artn!i-llke In Its simplic ity and In the severity of Its punbih luenta. The rndeta arc granted no al lowance or pocket money, and the use of Intoxicating drink is strictly pro- hlblted so much so, that should nny eplrltuuus liquor be found In a cadet's qir.i iters he Is liable to bo dismissed from the service; the use of tobacco Is likewise forbidden. There are nlo very stringent rules as to the treatment of the Junior en- del In connection with what Is known as "ragging," any cadet being consid ered guilty of bullying, even In the mildest form, laying himself open to summary dismissal from the military academy. Cadet nro even forbidden to buy "GUARD MOUNT" CADETS any newspaper or periodical without the expresa permission of the superin tendent, find no one is nlluvved a ser vant, tw thnt each ctulot hns to clean hl.s own uniform nud keep his room tidy. As hns benn nl ready stated, tho life Is n truly Spnrtnn one, very little leave or holidays being granted. There Is a hulMiollday on Wednesdays and Sat urdays, nnd no study from Dec. 4 to Jan. 2; a longer vacation running to n few weeks la given to tho cadet at the end of hU second year. Work begins dully nt U n. m. uiul continues with slight Intermission till 0 p. m., each cadet being prepared to tho fullest ex tent to take his place lu almost auy branch of tho service. There are not only yearly and half yearly examinations, but monthly and GIN IlKIU. Or CADETS. ils&MM-r toIkiBMsW HIS YOUNG SOLDIERS, I skxss&gs--?gs&-. weekly ones; In fact, the cadet in un der surli clone observation that ho re celte! mnrka for the ordlnnry dully work. One novel fenturo of the train ing nt West Point Is thnt particular Im portance In nttnebed to the system of delivering lecture In a simple and con cW manner. Knch cadet la made t work out a problem on n blackboard and then to explain It aloud to his com panion. In conclusion It may be unlit that no exiensu M spared In any way whatsoever to enable the West Point endet to comparo favorably with tho embryo oincra of any other country It mast not bo forgotten, however, that to pass aucceisfully through West Point Is not the only way of entering; the United State army, There are two TO DINNr.lt. other means by which It Is possible to accomplish this end (I) by direct commission; (2) through the ranks. A civilian to be eligible for a direct com mlsslon must be under 27 year of ago and unmarried; the nomination Is us ually obtained by political Influence, but the candidate has neverthelew to undergo a most searching examination. In the case of a private soldier desir ing to compete for a commission bo must have two years' service, he under 30, and also unmarried. Ho has to ap pear before n military board nnd If successful Is again examined, tho ex amination bchig extremely difficult. London Sphere. Oh, h Whnle Dnlrr 3Inldt "Do you keep a whaler' some fair visitor may inquire next century at she iwurs tho cream over some newly concocted breakfast food. A practical minded professor up along tho Cana dian co-iAt has learned the art of milk ing tho whale nnd declare! tills dairy product to bo as nutritious and as pal atable as tho milk of the rcflectlvo cow, and further to posei medicinal qualities quite like those of cod liver oil. How romantic It will be when every dweller along tho coast will les sens his own whale, all properly tagged and regb-tered, and when at dusk thn milkmaids, chanting tliolr whale-calling: songs, will row out beyond the surf to drive In the water mammals from their sou pasture. Buffalo Now Llnci'In nud ho WUtlilont. It Is related that at one time Presi dent Lincoln was conversing with an aristocratic American lady about tho United Stated, when she remarked, "l love my country, of course, but n much grieved Unit thero are so many common jieoplo In It." He replied, "Rut. madam, think how Cod must have loved them; he mado so many of them." A soldier at whoso houso when a boy IN I'ULIrDRKSS UNIFORM. Lincoln paiiM.nl in hU train pa In Illi nois, and who loaned him a vvbotstono to aunrpen his Jackknlfe, met him, dur ing tho war, In Washington. Lincoln remembered tho Incident nud spoke oC the uso of the loaned whetstone. "Y-a-n-s," drawled out the old sol dler. "Whatever did you do with tho vvheb-tono? I never could find It. Wo Mowed mebbo you took It along with. you.' "No no, I nut It on top of tlm gatepost, that high one." "Mebbo you did; nobody elso could hnvo renchod it, ami nouo of us over thought to look thero for It" Thero It waa found wnoro It was placed fifteen years before. Tho Boldlor reported tho fact to tho Presi dent. Dojton Post A fovv bard cases aro apt, to make a. lawyer case-hardened.