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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1906)
MS OF JE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Uusy Renders. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A lloiumo of tlio Lots Important but Not Loss Interesting EvonU of tho Past Wook Tim provincial governors o( Hid Phil Ipplucn have piitllltuied tliu coiiiiiilitilnii foi homo nil". Itnomvtdt In cnld to lut working to itrcuro Piatt's plnen hi tlm senate when Ills ti'riu Ha president expires. Attorney (leneral Moody will fight vtho railroads In their iffort to break low tlm employers linlilllty law. Tlm Utn Indians In Wyoming, on lt'itinliiK troops have breu en nt Niter tlirm, Imvo Inoku camp mitt headed (or JMontniirt . Ily tint verdict of the Jury In tlm Mtanrdard OH esse at Flndlay, Ohio, tlmt company In IUIjIu to n lino ol from $50 to $$5,000. tuimlri In In tnrror lent worm reac tlonnry outrages than tliu country has yol known follow tlm rougrurs ol "lllncfcx Hundred" organisation at Kltlf. A grand Jury at Han Franrlrco In Its report (hula tlmt tint police of tin buy city havo Ix-on lacking In discipline nn I recommends that a new chief be appointed. The Now York Central railroad hm er. fined f 102,000 tor granting fo liates to tlm sugar trait and V. I. Pom roy, tmlllc manager, innit pay $0,000. All appeal his Ix-en taken. Tuft hm reported In person to tho president on Cuban affairs. Tlm sunken fc'rench submarine hm Item located nml nil on board urn dead. Tho gunners of tlm battleship Maine Intra hrokon rail previous reeonli In target practice. Tlm president will noon appoint it vlco governor of tho Phlilplurs mul it supreme Judge. Owing to tlm fitllurn nf the potato -croii it famine li threatened In West Ireland thli winter. Hepuhllcmii claim Hughes I gain Ingg v" Hearst In tho New York Kubornatocrial fight. Chliif Wllklo, of tho United HUtei arcret service, I Investigating tlm al leged shortage subtreasnry in m. i.ouii. Iltltlih stockholder of companies whons money In Inverted In Cub (eel mtfa now tlmt tlm United HUtei hni taken charge there. In tlm testa of the llrllise battleship Dresdnaught nil eight of her tO mid 12-inch guns worn fired itt once with out damage to the vessel, William Hoully, the greatest I mid owner In America, li dead, llli for tunn estimated at about 150.000.000, Including 200,000 ncrtn ol laud in 1 111 tioli, Kansas and Nebraika. Itumla li preparing for another gen oral itrlkn. lilclmrd Crokor, lormor leader of Tammany hall, Now York, will toon vlilt hi old home. Hhould Hughes be elected governor of Now York, ho may uio tho olllce as n strpplifg itono to tho presidency. Tho prcsldont of tho Chicago elevator trust has admlttad grain only technically obey tho spirit of tlm law. Tho earnings of tho Denver A Hlo Grande railroad (or tho year ending Juno .'10 showed mi increase of morn than $2,000,000 over tho provlousyear. In the trial nl tlm Btandnrd Oil for conspiracy at Flndlay, Ohio, onu of the company's lawyers iloclarod tlm corpor nt Ion to bu tho only good trust In exist onco. Ouban nihols lmvo petitioned for tho rutontlnn of Commander Colwoll In Havana, as ho Is liked by nil and n good ofllrur. Colwoll Is compandor of tho U. H. cmlior Denver, A Fodoral grand jury nt Jackson, Tunn,, liHa Indlntud tho Htandnrd Oil company on 1,624 counts. Tlm max imum linn would bn $!IO,-180,000 mid the minimum $1,021,000. Wholesale dealers In diamonds havn announced nn odvanco Inn prices of 20 per cent, Congress la vory llkoly to npprovo n plan to advance tho salaries of postal employes. Chicago commission mn lmvo lodged n prntoat with Hectetnry Wilson, claim lug the now meat Inspeotlon law creates a monopoly. The threatened lockout In tho build ing trades nt Oakland la on. Nearly nil the mills aro closed and building la lmott at a standstill. URGE ONE UUILDINO. Oregon Man Want United Norlhwost at datnaatown Exposition. rortlnml, Out. 10 A movement for a joint North Hcnl building nt the Jamestown Tor-Centennial exposition was lauiiubod at a recent meeting of the Oregon Jamestown ..(position commit tee at the Portland Commercial club, ('resident Jefferson Myeis and Hicrn tary John II. Hlovonsonn, ol the con mlislnu, were directed to write an nlll clal letter to tlm governors of Washing ton, Idaho and Montana, notifying tln'in of Hm altitude of tho On gun cuinmlsidou, and asking them to takn sctlon In their olllclal capacities to bring about participation in the plan on the pnrt of their rvprtlvn slates. 'I'li.i plmi Is roncoived by the Oregon oomiuUslon Is for Jilut ncllon on tlm part of tlm four Noithweslern states In tlm erection of onn luagnlllcent exhibits and hodiUnrters structure, In which each stalo tlmll have a department of Its awn, tlm oxpnso to bo horim emial ly by the rovoral states. It was point ed nut at the rnininlmlon' renslon tlmt such ro-oporatlvo action would have the effect of Impressing tlm l.ist with tlm unity of Northwest intnnsts and of exerting Iwith a pidlllral and couuuer clal luslgiilllrnuco. It alo seemed np pnrent that with the combined cspltal of the four statia a hulhling of .surli Imposing situ ami 'ncauty rnuld be erected that It could not fall to attract wide attention, whihi a building by any mm of the states, singly, could not have this ellect, and, lunlilen, Joint ac tion could reduco the fixpenso ol put ting up Individual buildings. 1'rrmdent Myers was authorised to go to the scene of the exposition and no gotlata for a site for an Oregon build Ing, In tlm event It Is desired to erect one, and also keep In mind tho poisl hillty of a Joint state building. II will defer his departure for the lvisl until lie lias had time to hear from the governors ol the lWlhwest states on the plan suggested In tho event the other states do not show a dliposllllon to adopt tho plan proposed, this will not l-e allowed to Interfere in any de gree with Oiegnn's p'an to make an ex hibit, should the legislature warrant It. Upon bis return from tlm Kast 1'ies Ident Myers will make a report to the commission, and Governor Chamber lain on the mult uf Ms investigations, and tills report, sotting forth In detail the roit nf making an exhibit and the facilities for erecting a building and Installing an exhibit, when delivered, will be ured as the basis for appearing before the legislature to ask such an appropriation as shall lie neceicary to inako a creditable showing. FARMERS MUST DRAIN. Department of Agriculture Issues Bui lolln of Instruction. Washington, Oct. 10 For the gold anro of the great number of people from humid regions who sot tie on the lm mens areas of Western lands opened to settlement, the Department of Agricul ture has Issued a roort on "Practical Information for Iteglnners in Irriga tion " There aro several million acres open for settlement In the United (Hates, and lirlgatlon works built by private enterprise and worka being constructed by the national government will pro vide a water supply for more than 1, 000,000 acres of arid lands. The re port dlscuises arid soils and water sup plies generally and describes how to locate and build farm ditcher, prepare land to receive water, irrlgato staple crops and how much water to apply. "Kxperlence throughout the arid re glon," the report rays, "Is demon itratlng that the greatest danger to Irri gated lands Is lack of drainage. Water applied to crops raises the ground wi ter, which brings with It the salts dls solved from tlm soli; capillarity brings this water to the surface, where it evaporates, and tho salts accumulate until all vegetation la destroyed. The only Insurance against this is proper drainage, but anything like economy In the uso of water and thorouph cultiva tion, which will chock the rlso of ground water or lessen evaporation, will decrease the danger." Battling With a River. Imperial Junction, Cal., Oct. 10. Holdout has n mmo deaporata battlo with nature been waged than that for tho turning of tho Colorado river. Hockwood gnto went out last Thursday, and a grent disappointment was occa sioned, hut tho outlook la much bright er. Yesterday tho trestle below tho gate waa prepared, 100 cars of rock being dumped as an experiment. This mnriiliiL tint rnrtr win found III the same position, Indicating that tho sou waa linn onougti to auppon h. Another trestlo la being built. Silver Advancos to 70.13. Washington, Oct. 10. Tho director of tho mint yesterday purchased 160, 000 ounces ol silver at 70,13 cunts per line ounce, dollvered at tho mint In Denver, For tho convenience of bid dors it has been doolded to open bids for tho palo of silver on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week, instead of on Wednesdays only, aa heretofore, ONE MORE CHANCE Annexation Sure to Follow Next Failure ol Cuba. SELF GOVERNMENT IMPOSSIBLE Sugar and Tobacco Men Will Object to Free Competition, But It Must Como. Washington, Oct. !. Republican senators and congressmen who have been In Washington recently and olll clals closely blent Mod with the ndmlii Istiatlou agree with the president that Cuba shall have another opportunity to try self government, but the opinion Is almost universal that annexation Is only a matter of time. Little Is being said publicly about the probability of annexing Cuba to the United Htates, but the subject is receding a great deal nf attention In Washington and public moii aro seriously discursing the best method of bringing the Island under the protecting arm of the United Htates, President Roosevelt Is absolutely sin cere in his declaration against the urerent annexation of Cuba ami he has hopes that tlm Cuban people, on tblor second attempt, will bo able to form and maintain a satisfactory govern ment. lie does not want the Island made a put of the United Htates If, by any jiosslblllty, the Cubans ran con duct their own affair: and protect the lives and property of all their citizens. Ho does not believe that the United Htates at this tlmo would be justified in taking over the Island, merely be cause vast amounts of American capital have been Invested. But if the words of other administration ofllclals can be held to be authoritative, It Is to be In ferred that the president will Interpose no further obloctlon to annsxatlon in caie the second Cuban government Is a failure. While annexation la generally ex pected, no ouo looks forward to It with enthusiasm, llathor, the Cuban prob lem Is regarded In the light of one of the unpleasant outgrowths of the Hpan Ish war. as perplelng In some irepects as the rhlllpplne question. Southern men would like to see Cnba made American territory, but they want tho tariff nail kept up against Cuban sugar and tobacco, ami eomo bar erected against the immigration of native Cu bans into the Unito States. The South has more than Its share of dusky cltl tens. It is probable that the men In con greas who are fighting a reduction of the duty on Philippine sugar and to bacco would join the South in demand inn the retention of tho tariff on sugar and tobacco from Cuba in case of an nexation. If Thlllpplne sugar la a menace to the lieet sugar Industry of the West, it will te argued that the suirar from Cuba, closer and much more abundant, would bo a still greater menace. STORM SPOILS BANANAS. Hurrlcano Sweep Through Central America, Watting 81,000,000. Now Orleans, Oct. 10. Damagos of fully 11,000.000, Including the partial demolition of one town, was done by the hurrlcano on the cotst of Central Amorlca which was reported by a brief wireless mortage received here lost night. Wireless and cable advices to day to tho United States Fruit company say that probably no loes of life oc curred. The hurricane appeared to be central near lllueflelds, on the east coast of Nicaragua. It swept In from the sea, Its first fury striking I.ittlo and Great Corn islands, which woro swept bare of vegetation and their topography even altered by the waves. On tho mainland tho storm's damage waa con tlned mostly to a path about 30 miles wide, In which banana and rubber cropa were destroyed and plantations blown down, Great damage is report ed from Itama, a town on the coast about -10 miles from Hluoflelda. Mrs, JetTeraon Davis Dying. Now York, Oct. 10, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of tho president of tho Confederate atatea, la dying of pneu monia nt tho Hotel Majestic here. It la bolloved eho cannot curvivo more than a few hours. Mra. Davia has been 111 for several dava, but it had boen believed alio would recover up to last night, when a sudden change for tho worse waa noticed. Mra. Davia went to tho Majestic a rhort tlmo ago on her roturn from tho Adlrondacks, where alio spent moat of tho aummor for her henlth, Army In Cuba Qlven Namo. Washington, Oct. 10. Brigadier uenorai irnrry, huuuk cmoi ui num, iu day issuod u general order by direction nl llin nrnntilnnt atnttner Hint tlin mill. tary forces now aiaembled in Cuba or to be nsseinblod thoro are constituted nn army tn bo known aa the Army ol Cuban Pacification, NEXT POPE NOT A 8AINT. Need of a Palltlclan at tho Vatican I Widely Recognized. Homo, Oct. 10. In spite of tho fact that tho popo la enjoying perfect health, the matter of poialblo results (A the next conclave, whenever It does occur, la being dlscused among tho cardinals, and this with no desire to anticipate the election or to be disre spectful to tho pontiff. The feeling among the canll'ials has changed great ly rilnce August, 1003, and today there exists a tendency quite opposite to that which triumphed three yeara ago. In view of the Vatican's experiences with France, the cry this time will bo not for a merely religious popo, but a po litical popo; not for a saint, but for a statesman. Kven the strongest opponents of three years ago of Cardinal Kampolla now favor Ills olrctlon. Itampolla failed in 1003 chiefly because he was vetoed by Cardinal Puxyna, In tho name of Austria, speaking for the en tire Triple Alliance. Although Pope Plus bus suppressed the right of veto ibrnagted by certain riowers, the reason which Induced the Triple Alllsnco to opposo Cardinal Kampolla still exist, and tho church today Is less ablo to afford displeasing tho Central Krnplro. Consequently thcro are rumors ol an experiment with a foreign trape, In rplte of the disfavor of the Italians. For the last four cen turies all the popes have been Italians. FOOTPADS HARD AT WORK. Police Round Up All the Suspicious Characters They See. H.n Pranrlirn. Opt. 1(1 Deanlta the ""-" " -wp - -- - g-' energetic measures taken by the police In rnnnftlno nn ntl PT.rnnvlrtfl ftml aufl plclous characters yesterday and today, the activity ol the rooipaua ana uigu waymen continued Several reports of robberies and attempted hold-ups were made to the police. Carl Wilson, a laborer, was ;neiu up and robbed of $0 by two men, while walking on Rush street, near Kearney, about 10 o'clock tonight. As the foot pads itopped him Wilson Ured a shot at them in the darkness. In their liaitn In aearrhlnir him. the robbers overlooked tho pistol which he had. Attracted by the ehot, n nighiwatcn man came rut.nlng up and also began shooting at .he fleeing men. Edward Lang, a street-car conductor, reported to the police today that he was held up by two masked men at the north end of the Ferry building shortly before 12 o'clock last night. While one of them held a pistol against Lang's head the other footpad went through his pockets, and, according to Lang, robbed him of $60. An attempted hold-up was reported frnm nntitan (tain nark. Tha aODroach of some pedestrians frightened away tho highwaymen. BIO. GUNS NEEDED. General Wood Alto Wants Cavalry Sont to Philippines. Wahtngton, Oct. 16. An argument against the reduction in the number of troops in the Philippines la made by Major General Leonard Wood, com manding that division, in his annual report. The total garrUlon, on Juno 30 last, numbered 20,043 men. "Wo aro far from home,", saya Gen eral Wood, "and in case of foreign dls turbances, even with all our troops concentrated at Manila, the force avail able would be acarecly auOlclent to do fend it from a serious attack. More over, a strong garrison should be main talned here until condltlonna pertain ing to the civil government are well es tablished and the animosities and dis appointments Incident to the building np of a local government under now and perhaps strained conditions have passed away." Uenorai Wocd suggests adding some artillery to tho present garrison and sending to tho Philippines one squad ron of each of the cavarly reglmonta In the United States. Public order has greatly Improved in Mlludanao. The rice output there la said to oxceed any previous year and tlio people have gone to work. Aa thoro la an large Mohammedan clement there, and unexpected disturbancca may occur as the result of action of re ligious fanatics returning from Mecca, tlio report saya tho garrison Bhould be concentrated. Postal Deficit Lota. Wasnhlngton, Oct. 10. Postmaster General Cortelyou has given out an ad vance statement of the rocelpta and expenditures ol tho postal eervico for tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1000. It shows a reduction of tho annual do flclt from $14,572,684 for 1005 to $10, 510,000 for 1000, over $4 000,000, or 27.832 per cent Tho total recelpta for 1000 wero $107,032,763, an increase over 1005 of $15,100,108, which Is the greatest Increase (or any year in the history of the eorvice. The por cent of incroaso iu receipts tor iuuu ta u.bh. Rain Damagos Cotton. TTnnnlnn. T.vr.. Oefc. 10. A heavv rain baa fallen over the ground in part of Texaa the past 24 hours, doing con siderable damage to the cotton crop, There will bo a heavy loss in iloe. DANCE BY THE WAKIKTTYU" mt-.,-. tuniii... a.. in.u-n MM h(. tbo Klkuyu bills, ono of the most beautiful, fertllo and economically Important part of the Ilritlsh Kast Africa I'rotectorato not far from Nairobi. Blr Charles Kllot aayn that they ore Intelligent and fairly Industrious, and live a acini-settled agricultural life; that la to say, they bum a clearing In tho forest, build a vlllago and cultlvoto for a few years. As soon as Uw soil allows any algn of exhaustion they move on, burn nnotber clearing, and repeat tho aamo process. Sir Charles aaya that tbo Klknyu ore almost a comparative recent hybrid between tho Masai nnd a Bantu stock, and there Is no reason why ucn hybrids should not continue to bo formed In the future, to the great ndvantago of tho country. It Is estimated that tbo natives of the Klkuyu country number aomo 300,000. Klkuyu Is said to bo derived from Kuyu. which means a flg. 0g treoi of vnrlous kinds being abundant In the country. ill Marvelous, j j Quaint and Curious. 444444444tSf(Cftettttt- n...u,-i iu jjlijui Helmet or Croabjr Wo hero present our readers with n sketch of tho helmet of Blr John Cros by, as It originally appeared when bus- .tended over his tomb In St. Helen's Shurch, Bishops gate. He was an eminent merchant of London; but Is represented upon his tomb In a full suit of armor. He died In 1475. The extreme height of tho crown of the helmet resembles that on the tomb of tho Karl of cbosut'b helmet. Warwick, In tho Ileaucbnmp Chaiwl nt Warwick ; nnd was Intended to support tho crest of tho wearer, tho holes for ntOxIng It being still risible. Arch of Trojan. Triumphal urches wero among tho most itectillnr forms of art which tho Itoinnns borrowed from those around them, and used with that strangu mix ture of splendor and bad Uisto which chnrncterlrea all their works. These wero In tho first Instanco no doubt borrowed from the Ktruscnns, as was also tho ceremony of tbo triumph with which they wero ultimately asso ciated. At first thoy seem rather to have becu used ns festal entrances to tho great public roads, whoso construc tion was considered ns ono of the most Important benefits n ruler could confer on his country. Thero was ono erected nt lllmlul Iu honor of nn Important restoration of tho Flnmlnhm Way by Augustus; nnothor nt Susn In Pied mont, to conuuemorato n similar net of tho same Emperor. Trnjau built one on tbo pier at Ancona, when ho re stored that harbor, and another at Deueveutum, when he repaired tbo Via akcu or TSUJAN. IN BRITISH EAST AFBICA. Fvikiirii int! Aklkuru-and thor Inhabit Appla, represented In tho woodcut hero given. It Is ono of tho best preserved ns well ns most graceful of Its class In Italy. Tho arch of tho Sergll at Pola In Istrln seems also to lmvo been erect ed for n like purpose. That of Hadrian at Athens, nnd another built by him nt Antlnoo In Kgypt, wero monuments merely commemoratlvo of the beneflta which he had conferred on thoso cities by the architectural works he had erected within their walls. By far tha most Important application of theso gateways, In Home at least, was to commemorato a triumph which may have passed along tho road over which the arch was erected beforehand, for tho triumphal procession to pass through, of which It would remain a memorial. PIETY HAS C03T HIM 5500,000. llut IVIlrox Still Ilctuap to Iluu Ilia Ilallroatd on Snniln-r. Denver is the homo of a man tho courngo of whose convictions has been tested to tho extent of 1500,000. And ho still ho Ida steadfastly to his principles. In rmlto of tho fact that his friends have, warned htm that the pu nuance of his policy will In jure him financial ly. The man Is Ed ward J. Wilcox, t j. wilcox. builder nnd sola owner of tho Argentine Central Hall way, lu Colorado, und ho has display od his courage by not permitting a train to ruu over his road on Sunday. Neither will ho permit tho Insertion ot a lino of advertising concerning his railroad or other business Interests la tho Sunday ls.uo nowsivaper, although a great believer lu advertising nml spending a liberal nltownuco with tho dallies of Denver every other day la tho week. Tho Argentine Central Railway cost Mr. Wilcox moro thau $450,000, and ho built It entirely with his own money. Yet ho believes that no man sliould do business on Sunday, and bo Insists that his road will pay expenses nnd ho a winner In duo tlmo If ho strictly observes tho Sabbath. Strict ndhorenco to religious nnd business principles 1ms innrked tho ca rver of Mr. Wilcox, who went to Colo rado penniless nnd Is now reckoned a multl-mlllomiire, his fortuno being es timated nt about $5,000,000. Ho was born In Creedmore, Out., Canndn, nnd when 21 years of ngo went to Colo rado, with no advantages to placo hint nt tho top rung of tho Inddcr of finan cial success beyond tho possession ot good health and n strong pair of nrms. Ho becamo n mining engineer and sav ing ns much of his salary us possible. Invested It wlsoly. A woman's Idea of something par tlquarly good to eat is any old thins served on a tray.