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1 FACE PERIL IN INDIA High Class Hindus Lead Revolt Against British. KING EDWARD'S SPEECH USELESS Government Responds to Appeal More Troopi to Deal With Menacing Situation. for London, Nov. 2G. The seriousness of the Indian uprising hns caused the government to take viperous action both here and in the affected district. Tho war office todny ordered a substan tial military enforcement to proceed immediately from Aldershot to the scene of the impending revolt, it being represented to the authorities that the local officials in India were unable to cope with the situation and were sorely in need of troops. Reports of extended police Investi gations among tho Hindu "reds" dis close tho existence of a far reaching organisation numbering hundreds of thousands of natives, bent on over throwing Uritish control, murdering Lord Minto and Lord Kitchener and seizing the machinery of government to place it in the hands of the revolu tionary society. Government assurances that the higher class natives are out of sympa thy with the movement are known to be baseless. The best educated and highest caste Hindus are known to be the real organizers of the anti-English conspiracy, and several of the richest and most powerful native princes are among those most strongly suspected. King Edward's liberal birthday ad dress to India a few weeks ago has evidently been passed over by the con spirators, as too vague in its promises, as untrustworthy or as pledging less than the minimum which the natives are willing to accept. It has, in any event, been wholly without effect in allaying discontent. GOMEZ IN CHARGE. Castro Sails for France to Undergo Surgical Operation. Caracas, Nov. 26. President Castro will sail tomorrow from La Guayra on the steamer Guadeloupe for Bordeaux, for the purpose of undergoing an oper ation at the hands of skilled specialists of Berlin. Efforts which were made recently to have Dr. Israel, of Berlin, come to Caracas, to perform the opera tion failed. It will be performed on President Castro's arrival at Bordeaux, where Dr. Isreal will be in waiting. Should it be successful, the presi dent will visit Paris, where he will rest for a few days only, as ho wishes to return to Caracas at as early a date as possible. Three of the leading Venezuelan physicians will accompany the president, also several members of his immediate family. The greatest excitement prevails in Caracas and political intriguing al ready has been commenced. It is thought that the departure of President Castro may open the road for tho set tlement of the Dutch, American and French disputes. Vicente Gomez, th vice president, will assume the presi dency. REVOLUTION IS SPREADING. Government Gunboat Falls Into Hands of Haytlen Rebels. Port au Prince, IUyti, Nov. 26. - The revolutionary movement against President Nord Alexis is spreading. Tho towns of Aquin nnd Jeremie have both declared against the government. The gunboat Croyant, which has fal len into the hands of the rebels, en countered the gunboat Centenairo off Jeremie and shots were exchanged. Late advicM received here confirm the report of the execution of General Lecomte. Ho was captured near Jere mie, together with his escort, after a short struggle. Storm Record Is Broken. Salt Lake City, Nov. 26. The first snow fall of tho season in Salt lake valley broke by 3 H inches the record for any 24 hours since the local weath er bureau was ostablished. On the day ending at C o'clock last night 14 inches of snow were precipitated nnd the storm continues. Southern Pacific trains arrived eight hours late from tho West. Tho mining camp of Bing ham is threatened with a ti-oup be cause of the snow. Only by the cease less Activity have the ore trains been kept moving. Natives Rise in Transvaal, Capo Town, Nov. 26. Armed na tives attacked a passenger train near Johannesburg early today, riddling the coaches with bullets and Injuring sev ernl passengers, Tho attack is believed to have been the result of raca troubles, 2 which havo been growing at nn alarm- ing rote lately, and it is probable the government will bo asked to action. - NEW YORK LOSES GIFT. Yerkes Widow Rofuses to Pay Inte rest on Dig Library. New York, Nov. 127. -Hecnuse the widow of tho late Charles T. Yerkes refused to pay $17,000 interest on a mortgage, the city of New York will lose the Yerkes library nnd art gallery adjoining tho Yerkes mansion at Fifth avenue nnd Sixty-eighth street. An onler providing for the solo of the library under foreclosure on December 16 was entered yesterday ns n' result of proceedings brought by the Mutual Life Insurnnce company, which held the mortgage. Mr. Yerkes provided in his will that the library and art gallery should be come municipal property nnd since tho suit of the Mutual Life win instituted it was generally understood that the matter would be amicably settled. Hut unless something is done between now and December 16, the property will bo lost to New York as a public institu tion. Tho vnlue of the library is consid ered to be greatly in excess of the amount of the judgment to bo satisfied $242,29G while the land where the structure is situated is held nt about $12,000 n front foot. With this as an estimate, this prop erty is twice ns valuable as the amount of the judgment. REIGN OF TERROR. .narchy Widespread and Haytl Liter ally Running With Blood. New York, Nov. 27. According to a cable dispatch received early today by the Picayune from St. Thomas, D. W. I., private cable advices received there from Port au Princo arc to the effect that the censored dispatches sent from Hayti give only a faint idea of the reign of terror now existing on that island. The dispatch continues : Anarchy reigns throughout Hayti I and the country is literally runn-ng with blood. Private cables received here from Port au Prince state that wholesale executions are in progress, both by the government forces and the revolutionists. Persons who are suspected of sympa thy with the insurgents are being sum marily shot by order of President Nord Alexis. The same course is being fol lowed by the revolutionists, who have control of the southern portion of the republic. "Foreigners in Hayti aro making frantic appeals to their government for protection and the French representa tive has cabled for ships. The Ger man minister, it is said, has cabled a similar message to Berlin. "It is the general opinion in St. Thomas that intervention by the Unit ed States is necessary." ROAD DONE AFTER 27 YEARS Nevada, California & Oregon at Last Enters Alturas. Reno, Nev., Nov. 27. The work of building the Nevada, California &. Ore gon railroad from Heno to Alturas, begun nearly 23 years ago, was for mally completed today, and for the first time a train pulled into the county seat of Plumas county, Cat. ror years the line extended to a point about GO miles this side of Al turas. Obstacles have since hindered the work from that poinL Immense tracts of rich agricultural land have awaited the completion of this line for development. They are to be placed on the market at once, the aim of the railroad being to co-operat in any way to settle up the sect on and make it one oi th most proserous in North ern California. Aerograms From Japan. San Francisco, Nov. 27. A wireless station in this city reports having over heard during the lost fortnight cule messages which are believed to have been sent from some station in Jnimu. Confirming the local company's belief that tho messages have come from Ja pan, the Honolulu wireless station is said to have henrd the same code mes sages. The Japanese station is over 6,000 miles from this city, and should th signals which have been Hon t in the Japanese code have originated in Japan the record will have been broken. Would Shoot Dowager. St. Petersburg, Nov. 27. Telegrams received in this city today give an no count of the discovery of an alleged plot on the life of the dowager empress of Russia during her recent journey from Copenhagen to this c.ty. Shortly uoiore tne train on which her majesty passed Pondoray, three men were no ticed acting suspiciously. They were approached by gendarmos and oponed fire with revolvers. Two got away. but one was arrested. This incident is the basis of sensational reports. Want Two-Cent Postage, Horlin, Nov. 27. Various chambers of commorco in Germany uro petition- ing the imperial secretary of noata to establish, in the interests of trade, a - cent postal jato between Germany and tho United States, such as now ex- lata between Lngland and the United States, OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST APPLE CHOP SMALLER. Yield 2G Per Cent Less Than Pro- dieted, but Quality Good. Portland Oregon's apple crop will fall behind tho expectation of Inst spring, by about 25 per cent this year, although it will still bo ahead of lust year in tho size of the yield. This conclusion has been arrived nt by Sec retary Willinmson, of the state board of horticulture, who has been receiving reports from nil quarters. Tho unusually early frost of Ber ber, coupled with the high wind that prevailed about that time, nre to blniiie for the falling off in the yield, at well ns for the smnller size of the apples, Mr. Williamson says. Die amount of fruit for export hns therefore been di minished, but that finding Its way into the local markets has been very much increased. This accounts for the mar kets of Portland being rather over stocked this month, ns fruit for eort must bo first quality as regards size ami pioarance. Hut freedom from pests in the apples offered for sale is more pronounced than for a number of years, and con sumers nre better protected irotn wormy apples than nt any time since the condling moth, woolly nphls ami San Jose scale became prevalent in the orchards of the state n number of years ago. The solidity and excellent condition of the apples txosed for sale this year nre due to the coal oil bottles of the various county Inspectors, Mr. Wil liamson says, and this is xirticularly noticeable in Portland, where Fruit In spector Hnum has been unusually busy in inspecting stocks in grocery stores, peddler wagons ami fruit stands. Final Survey Resumed. Klamath Falls Survey work on the Klamath Falls-Natron line is now going on. souitiern rncinc engineer icanKin, Field Chief Avery and a cornt of 1 1 men have established headquarters in Klamath Falls and will work north on the permanent survey of the Oregon Eastern railway, which will connect with the present mnin line of the Southern Pacific at Eugene. At the time of tho disturbance in tho money market lost fall Chief D. D. Griffiths and a large corps of men, working on the Oregon Eastern survey, were called in on Mr. Hnrriman's orders ami noth ing has been done until tho present party was ordered here. It is believed that construction work will start im mediately on completion of the perma nent survey. Wheat Acreage Larger. Wasco- There has been the largest acreage of fall wheat sown in Sherman county during the past few weeks In the history of tho county. The weather has been ideal for seeding, and the grain has taken on n wonderful growth. With the good rains of the xst few days, ami continuul warm growing weather, Sherman county will harvest next year a bumper crop of fine fall wheat. Turkey red ami 40-fold are the varieties being seeded, with the former in the lead. In tho spring farmers will confine themselves to bluestem, and crooked-neck club, both of which yield well for spring wheat, and because of tlie extra qualities of th soil Ivere for tlve varieties. Diversified Farming at Athena, Athena The time of diversified farming is slowly coming in this sec tion of Umatilla county. The increas ed amount of moisture from year to year is attended by an Increased amount of weeds, thus making mure extensive cultivation necessary. The farmer who lias used 1,000 acres of land a year in the past can not now use so much because of the increased labor. Tjhls country next year will have other crojM than wheat. The change is gradual, being forced by cli matic and economic conditions. Publicity for Banks. Salem--The new statu banking law requiring all Imnks to publish their fi nancial statement wont Into effect last week. Tho new law required that all banks must publish their financial statements whenever coiled upon. The law works automatically. Tho United States controller calls uon tho national banks for their statements, and they in turn call upon all other banks. This takes a burden off the bunk exnminers, who heretofore hnvo culled for bunk statements whenever they saw fit, and obviates any possibility of favoritism being shown. Scouring Mill Reopens. Pendleton. Tho local scouring mill, which recently closed tho moat success ful run In its history, has oponed up airain for a snecinl run of two weeks. Several thousand pounds of wool wero recently purchased und this will now be scoured, sorted, baled and shipped I to Boston and other points in tho East, TALKS ON APPLE CULTURE. Government Expert Delivers Lecture to Grants Pats Growers. Grants Pus Professor P. J. O'Gurn, n specialist of plant disease, In the service of tint government, who has been looking aver Rogue river valley with h view of isltlng tho principal orchards, lectured in the oporn house one day last week to n large gathering of fruit growers. He took for his top Ic "Tho Fruit and Us Pests," and pre sented his subject in n practicable manner. The meeting closed with question from various persons iqioii different disease of fruit nil of which were readily answered. On the stage, back of the siK-nker, in crescent shape, ar tistically arranged, were 100 boxes of choice apples, representing 40 nrlctle grown in this vicinity. Struck Gas at Ontario. Ontario The oil well being drilled by tho Ontario Oil company I now down about 800 feet and proXH't look very favorable for finding oil in com mercial quantities here. A strong llow of ga has been encountered, which churned tho water In the well nml earned it to llow In a rush over tho mouth of tho well. It In believed tho gas llow was sufficient to light the town of Ontario, if it were utilisd, but as the company is bent on finding oil in quantities, thin gas wnt cnel off for the present ami drilling oHrntion continued. Yamhill Srnds Turkey. McMinnville During tho few day before Thanksgiving a local firm1 hl mmI to Portland ami Seattle market 10,000 pourxt. or five tons, of dressed turkevs for Thanksgiving trade. He- side this, they sent to Portland nearly 260 live bird, ami reserves! enough to supply the local demand. They ir chased from the farmers of this section about 1,200 bird, y Ing approximate ly an nverage of Jl.bO a bird. Railroad Writes Commission. Snlem Official of tho Oregon Elec tric have written to tho rnllroad coin mission to learn what action must be taken t compel farmers alctig the right of way to keep private gates closed that lend across the track. It was by such negligence thnt the disas trous wreck on the Southern Pacific near Cottage Grove was caused. Salem Men Get Contract. Eugene -Tho contract for the Fedcal building to be erect d by the govern ment on the Henshaw lot, at the rorner of Willamettu ami Sixth streets, hns been let to Welch Bros., of Salem, for $51,967. Under tho contra t the build ing must be cornpletrd by December 1, I9ui. The preliminary work will be gin at once. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat - Illuiwturn, OBc; club, Oosji IMc; fife, OOftiDlc; red Hussion, H7c; 10-fold, 90ilMe; valley, tile. HnrlceyFied, IS0.60; brewing, $87 per ton. Onts-No. 1 while, $3131.06 ir ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $1-1 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $166117.60; clover. $12; alfalfa, $121 12.60; grain hay, $12.6(13. Fruits - Apices, 76ee$!i per lox; pears, flftil.Zb tier box; grnt, $1.40 fti).06 per crate; quinces, $1611,26 per box; cranberries, $10.60 12.60 por barrel; casalma, 2c er pound; huc kleberries, 1001 lie per (touml; persim mons, $I(ri 1.26. Potatoes -- 76i 86c per hundred; sweet potatoes, 26ii'c ior ound. Onions- $161.1 26 per cwt. Vegetables Turnips, $16(1.26 Iter sack; carrots, $1; parsnlt, $1.26: beets, $1.26; horseradish, 6(I0c vr pound; artichokes, 00cAi$l per dozen; beans, 106iliexr pound, cabbage, I (iilc per Kund; cuulillower, 76c6i$l per dozen; celery, 406i75c per dozen; cucumbers, $24i2.60perbox; eggplant, 16c por pound; lettuce, $16(1.25 xr box; parsley, 16c por dozen; poas, 10c por pound; peppers, lOrtM-lcporpound; pumpkins, 6Htcierouml; radishes, 12 Sc per dozen ; spinach, 2c per pound ; sprouts, OValOc wr pound; squash, l&Tl,'-cpor pound; tomutoo, (iUcoitl per crate. Butter City creamery, extros, JICf .16c; fancy outsldo creamery, 32iH6c por pound; store, 17f20c. hggs Oregon selects, 40c; I-.nstcrn, 276(!I2 SC por dozen. Poultry- Hens, lOfiHlcnorpotind; spring, lOVdJlc; ducks, MfulGc; goose, lOrjllc; turkeys, 174&Slc; drowsed turkeys, 200122c. Veal Extra, BOiOe por pound; or dinary, 7f')7c; henvy, Cc. Pork Fancy, 7c per pound; large, Hops 1908, choice, B(Vi8.,c; prime, 7(7,,C; medium, C!(ific per pound; 1D07, 2(.nc; JUUli, jmc wool r.asiern uregon, uvcrago ueni, 10WJ4B per pound, according to shrink- ago; valloy, 16((DlCc; tnoholr, choice, 18c per pound. OKLAHOMA HAS REMORSE. Finds Stringent Laws Prevent Build log of Railroads. Chicago, Nov. as A marked change In public sriitlmrnt Inward railroads and other public utility mr porations is rrportrd In Oklahoma It Man been brought .ibntit by a bitter experience, but the lesson learned ilirrctiy is nil the more likely In be profitable and permanent For nearly two sears there has been au almost entire cessation o( railroad building, so far as the trunk line systems are concerned This condition 1ms hin dered general business to such an ex tent that the Oklahoma Federation of Commercial Clubs has taken up the matter. A circular Ins Iwen Issued by that body setting forth the farts in this regard It has been demonstrated clearly to the satisfaction of the federation ihat new capital cannot be attracted for imestiitcut in the state until the laws are settled upon a fair and con cr attic basis, so that the capital in vested may h.ie reason to expect legiiiiuate returns. PAPERS ARE MISSINO, Standard Oil Documents Stolon From Public Records at Cincinnati. Cle eland. O, Nov. IS -County Clerk Charles P Salen, subpenard to appear at the Standard Oil hearing in New York with valuable legal papers wanted by Frank II Kellogg, found today that the documents had wi)s terumsly ditapprared. Among the missing papers are a den affidavits made by Standard Oil chiefs, including one by John I) Rockefeller, president, others by Oil ier II Payne and the remainder by men who were prominent m Stand ard Oil in the 'so. A petition filed here in IHSQ by which Mandard Oil sought to ehmi n.iie" William Schofield, a Cleveland reliner is gone It is wanted by the protrcution in the government's ease 1 o remove papers front public rec ord I an indictable offense under Ohio statutes, punishable by heavy penalty. BLOCKS AUSTRIA'S OAME. Servian Minister Lining Up Powers In Balkan Muddle. Koine, Nov. 23 M. Milovatiovlcli, the Servian minister of foreign af fairs, left here today for Belgrade, where lie will report to King Peter nn the result of his mission to Lon don, Paris ami Home. The foreign minister has now eliminated from the Persian programme ctcry claim that is not in harmony with interests of those powers upon whom Scrvia chiefly relies, namely, Russia and France Both of these states are in terested in preventing the Austro (irrinan advance in the Balkan penin sula. (ireat Britain, it is declared, is de termined to prevent Germany from renaming the supremacy she enjoyed at Constantinople before the advent to power of the young Turks. As for Italy, in spite of the fact that she is a member i( the triple alliance, she u opposed to the idea of Austrian expansion on the Adriatic. PLANTED ON MOUNTAIN TOP Rare Woathitr Inurement Established on Mount Rose. Keno, Nev . Xov. II. After a week's labor. Professor J. It. Church, of the Nevada University, has just completed the Installation of a me teorograph, one of the few weather instruments of the kind in the United States, on Mount Kosc, one of the highest peaks in the Sierras. Hugged topography compelled him to carry the delicate instruments to the ton oi me mountain on iwjck mules. Professor Pcricuson. of the Wash ington weather bureau, is expected here December 1 to take charue of the new station. Later, Professor Church, who has secured a two years' absence from the college, will lie in control. Leprosy Grasps Mexican. Los Angeles. Nov 83 louriicviiiit all the way from Mexico to Los An geles to learn what was the matter with him, Trcnedn Ortcgo, a Mexi can, is today conhncd lu the county hospital hegging to be told what is his ailment, and why the noonlc are shunning him. The physicians de clare he is a victim of leprosy. This makes two lepers in the county hos pital, Mrs. Kliaheth Wardwcil, the other victim, having been liroitalit here from Tombstone. An. The hos pital authorities arc quoted ns saying thnt lint li will he drtinrted In ti.vlf. Receiver for Coal Company. Knoxvllle, Tenn , Nov H5 Fed- cr.xl Judge Snnr.ird here today ap-1 pointed F II ltenoist, of it I.nius, .. .-.. .m.v rf .1.. f f pointed F II itcmnorarv rc"-ivcr imiM'iitiy iv"iii i me v IIIMIKT- am (i a & Coke company, which on Urates in Ieutrcss and Cumberland countlcs in this state. TREATY WITH JAPAN liiillm! Status Ijiturs Aiircumuiil an Clilnosu (Jiiiistlon. RESPECT EACH OTHER'S RlfiHlS Two Countries Agree to Encourag Free sod Pnacnful Develop- nmnt of Comiiiorcn. Washington, Nov. 8M. Despite .111 rial r -licence, information frsim relm hie HiHirCe tins been obtained of mi agreement of far-reselilng iiiiiHirtNi . . between the United Slnte nml Japan, covering the MiirU of the two iwn trie on the Pacific. 'I lie agreement i IihihiI on the Iden of etivourHging and defending free nml nnceful roiiiiner clnl development on thai ocean. It contain nut only u mutual guar antee to respect one nnoths-r' tiir. torlnl iKHMHwsnm there, but detm. the attitude of the two coutilrie t w Hrd China, binding eiteli to defend l every H'iuelle mean t'hlnn' iikI wndeme nml Integrity ami tonne equal commercial opMrtuhity In the Chinese empire to all nation. More Important still, the ngrremei i, in the event of cotttplleatlonn thread n Ing (lie statu quo, bind the Utiilnl State nml Jknii to cotwult ime an other with a view to acting U-tlu r This agreement has Ix'eii drawn up In lite form of a declaration and run slat of live article, of which tile ful lowing i a faithful description Trie first article give expreMhxt t,. the wish of the two government t.. tncourage the flee and ereful ilev. I o.irnent uf their commerce ihi the l'a rifle. Tit sefond I a mutual disclaimer f nn aggressive design, and ctioUun aU. H deflliltlon of the policy ol each gov erti merit, both a directed to the man ten nee of the existing statu quo it. the Pacific ami the defense uf the ( pie of equal opportunity fur romm. r. ami Industry in China. The third article contain n state ment of the consequent firm reciprocal resolution of each government to re sMet the territorial mMeloiMi in ! Pacific of tin- other. In the fourth article the United States nml Japan rxpre their deter mlnatioti "In the common Interest of all the jxiwers" to support "by all ieaceful mean at their dlHl" tli indondenre ami Integrity of China nml the principle of equal commercial ami IndiMtrinl oportunlty for nil na lion In the empire. The fifth article mutually pledge tho two governments, In the rose of the occurrence of any event threaten ing the status quo a above described, or the principle of equal opportunlt) a above designed, to communicate with each other for the ire of arriving at an understanding with regard to the measure tliey may consider it useful to take. CASTRO HAS TUMOR. Venezuelan Pres'dont Is In Very Seri ous Condition. llordeaux, France, Nov. 2a". tn landing here. President Castro, of V. n eiuida. will go straight to Pari, w hi r. lie w III enter a luwpilal in the Hue .1. Turin, fn quei. I by patients afflict, d with serious stomach troubles. 1 rii d of tie president say that he is suffering from tumor of the stomach, iompli eated with other gastric disorder. HeHirU have reached Hordeaux t tlie effect (hat because diplomatic r. lalimia lielween France and Vwiesui l have been broken otr, Castro will n-i be allowed to laud. No riuilirtnath.u of these reiorU is obtainable in Uncial or maritime circle. 1 here ha be. n a precedent for such action within lh imst 20 years In the case of another president of n South American reirtih lie, who desired to visit Franc pri vatoly while there was trouble bolwrm France ami his country. However, it I not believed that the government now will take any such aetlon. Quit Finn; Drew Monny. Kansas City, Nov. 2H. 11, L. Hllie. a ) oung salesman, w arrested tod' HttliB Hotel llHltimoro. The nrnst was made mi u letter from H. M. Als biirgiir, of New York, his former em ployer, stilting that ho was wanted in Seattle where ho rushed n sight draft for $100, drawn on tho firm nflor he had severed IiIh ronnucttoii with it. Jim Kenttlu authorities wero not'flnd and word was received from them that an olllcer would bo Hunt hero after Ulrica. HIiioh siivh ho Iiiih wiiiiltliv rel atives In buslnoHs In .Seattle. trans vuoin uver uity. 'M AngeloH, Nov. 2H,- Ho Knuben !.0 m,ulu " Vt'ry "uccessful (light over 'v11 clly ' Ib uirsh p. Howiwintlio n'r M minutes nml circled about over fill. IlliallWtuu on.il... . - -t . .... " "iiip ni'iliun III Wll, 1 Hero wus lilt b wind. Kmd.nn.i.n.. u ..e .companled by hlu nsslstant durlnir tho fight.