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X EVENTS jFTBE DAY Newsy Items Gntlicrcil from All Farts ol llio World, PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Let Important but Not Lota Inter esting Happenings from Point Oulilde the State, tierloui Hoodt nrn feared along tho Ohio rlvor following tlio torm. Over 3,000 mon employed on Croat Lake steamers havo gone on atrlke. Snow and front In tlio Middle Wont liava destroyed fruit and other crop. Four Inchon of mow cover Wiscon sin and a fierce gala It coutlng much inconvenience. It li tald n copper trutt la planned In New York to control tho entire out put of the country. Much money and food li being tent to the massacre xono of Atlntlc Tur key, hut more li needed. Searching parties are digging In the ground of tho palaca of tha former oultan In n search for hU wealth. Abdul Hamid will probably be trans ferred to Monatllr, at It I not be lieved hlf life la aafo at Salanlca. Canada will control tha cutting of timber on tha Pacific roast to 12,000, 4)00 feet per year for tho noxt (10 year. Tho Oregon railroad commit! Ion hat ordrred reduction In ex pre charge along tho entlra lino of tho O. It. & N. Tho reduction I approximately 26 por cent. Itapld progress I being mado In tho Calhoun trial. Turkjsh troop have relieved HadJIn and sloped tha massacres. Tho IlrltUh budget proposal radical new taxe to wipe out tho deficit. Tha paying teller of an Oakland bank ha been arretted for ombozzllng. Hx-Chlof of Police Fink, of Howell, N. M., ha been Indicted fortmuggllng In Chinese. Captain Hoblnton, of tho wrecked Dtutmer Indiana, hat taken hi own life, being unable to boar tha disgrace. Srtrong evidence of discrimination by Harriman line against Halt Lake lia b"ien brought out In tho merger null. Hx-VIco President Falrbanka hat purchased a houso In I'atadena and will make that city hit homo after a tour of tho world. A tornado In Indiana toro away COO fret of the west wall of tho ttato peni tentiary. No one wat hurt and militia baa been ordered out to guard tha con victs. An helrrt haa been born to the Hol land throne and there I great rejoic ing, aa Queen Wllhelmlna wat tho latt of tho rolgnlng houto and had (ha died without heirs tho crown would have probably passed to a Gorman prince und become a part of tho German em pire, Tho Ilrltith budget for tho coming year thow a deficit In revenue of $78,- a lo.ooo. Anthraclto minora and operator will reach a satisfactory agreomont, It la t)olloved Carter Harrison la to re-enter politico and will run for mayor of Chicago and may alto try for tho presidency. A Kenton, Ohio, girl haa juat awak ened after a tlrep of 100 hour appar ently none tho woraa for hor long nap. Tho rolling mill of tho Union Pacific railroad at Laramie, Wyo., have ro aumed operation after being idle or a year. Plan have been prepared for a hotel at Now York which will bo 31 atoric high. Tho roof will bo 370 fcot above tho ground. Continued earthquake at Kameron, Gorman Wct Africa, havo forced tho colonial government officials to movo thoir office. Tho French government haa given John It. lilnna a modal for courage dis played by itaylng with tho wireless In struments on tho steamer Republic dur ing a collltlon, thoreby bringing assist unco in tlma savo to tho passengers. A Hoqularn, Wash., man died from tho ofTocta of having his tooth pullod, Holnrich Conrold, tho oporatlc man ager, I dead. Two more counties In Indiana havo voted out saloons. A hail storm smashed dozens of win dows at Oklahoma City. Flromon at a Now York flro woro nttucked by hundreds of rata. One man I doad and throe othora wounded as a result of a political foud in Mississippi. UNTOLD THOUSANDS DIE. Effort of Powors In Vain to Slop Slaughter In Asiatic Turkey, Halrut, April 27. Tho situ a ton In Asiatic Turkey I extremely torlous, How many thoutand have horn inatsa crod ennnot ovmi bo estimated, bacauso tho dlsturbancen havo boon to wide spread it I Iii)ksIIjIo to obtain da tails of tha happening. Tho latest ostlmato of the number killed in the vilayet of Adann reachoa approximately 26,000, and thousands havo been killed In tho towns of out shift district. Tho ttato of slego at soveral of tha place ha brought tho Inhabitant near starvation, and each day bring It taloi of further atrocities and tho depth of misery and despair to which tlio savagery of tha fanatic ha brought tho people, Several warships ore now In these water, but tha disorder ara ao far reaching that ulTort of the power to restore normal condition havo a yet hardly been felt. Tho cruiser Jules Ferry arrived today ami left almost Immediately for Latakla, where warm of refugee ara touring In. British, French and Gorman warship are at other porta, and marine have been landed to quell tho disorder at tho most Important point. Ona of tho missionaries at Alexan dre, Mr. Kennedy, with 4G0 Turkish troop, has gono to tho relief of Dcury tel, an Armenian village on the coast, where 10,000 person within tho wall ara besieged by Immense band of Kurds and Circassian. QUAKE KILLS MANY. Thoutindt Are Homeless and Starv ing In Portugal Towns. Lisbon, April 27. Although Lisbon was shaken from end to end by on earthquake Friday evening, there wrro no fatalities here, but tha outlying dis trict tulfcrod, Ilcnuvcnte, Samosa and Santa Kttuvan were almost com pletely destroyed. Already 30 dead and 100 Injured havo been taken out of the rulnt, and 120 persons aro re ported missing. When the newt reached Lisbon doctors, nurse and flro mon, taking medical and other stores tot olf for tho devastated towns. King Manuel, tho Duke of Oporto, minister of public workt and minister of marine went to tho scene and found tomo 4,000 persons homelest and with out fooJ. The king tent to tho capital for tuppliet. Carloadt of general pro vision ami bread were dispatched and distributed to tho famishing popula tion. Two thousand blanket and 100 military tent followed. ,Tha refugees ara now camping under tho tent on tho hillside. A hurriedly conveyed council of minister voted $100,000 for preliminary relief. Hospital train aro now coming in laden with Injured, Lisbon I recovering from tho panic, which wo extreme on Friday. SURVEYING TO LOLO PASS. Northern Pacific Fighting for Posses sion of Missoula Cut-off. Missoula, MonL, April 27. -Tho Northern Pacific I prepared to resist tha Harriman invasion of Jtho country writ of Missoula, In tho Clearwater country, in Idaho. A party consisting of 20 Norlhern'Paclflc engineer from Portland arrived yesterday under tho direction of William Mayer, locating engineer of tho Northern Pacific. Tho outfit loft today, equipped with aupplle for a long Jaunt. It I believ ed that the corn I headed for the Lolo rivor, and it I likely that tho survey will be along tho lino of tho route se lected by the Northern Pacific year ago for u right of way between Mis soula and Lewlston, On the Idaho sldo of tho Hitter Hoot mountalna both tho Northern Pacific and tho Union Pacific havo hod con tending partlos in tho field for two or throa weeks. Oounterfalt Dont Raided. Now York, April 27. Thousands of dollars In counterfeit coin both of tho United States and Italy, woro secured by secret sorvlco agents at Now Ho chollo today In a houso formerly occu pied by throo alleged counterfeiters who, with a woman, woro arrested on Saturday. Tho presence of tho Italian money gives the affair n bit of Interna tional color, and Indicates an ambitious departure from usual attempts at coun terfeiting, Tho United States counter feit were all $5 silver certificates, to taling about $1,000. Cruisers to Go On to Manila. Guantanamo Hay, April 27. It la understood hero tho American cruisers North Carolina and Montana, which loft yesterday for Turkish waters, will after tho settlement of tho Turkish troubles, continue on tho Manila via tho Suez canal and finally Join tho arm ored crulsor squadron of tho Pacific tleot, Taft Given Invitation. Montrose, Colo., April 27, Prosldent Taft will rocoivo soon a formal Invita tion from tho Gunnison Tunnol Opening association to attend tho opening of this great govenrment irrigation pro ject, Tho exorcises will bo held throe lnu In Aiumul nr SnntamhAr nernnllnn. to tho convenience of tho president I PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF Friday, April 30, Washington, April 30. An extend ed speech by McUumber favoring frco lumber occupied several hour In the sonata today, HI remark provoked an extended controversy among advo catcs of u tariff on lumber. McCum ber ald, whllo ho wa a thorough pro tectionists, ha would not agroo to a tariff on product such a coal, iron oro, lumber and oil, that ara being ex hausted and cannot bo replaced. Aldrlch reported from tho committee on finance additional nmondment to tha bill and tho sonata adopted a mo tion mado by him that until further no tice tho sonata shall moot at 11 o'clock dolly. McCumber presented statistical est! mats to show that the coal of tho United States at tho present rata of consumption would last 100 years, iron oro CO year, lumber 30 years and oil from 20 to CO years, and maintained that tho beat way to conserve theso supplies would be to permit free Im portation of such product. Thursday, April 20, Washington, April 29. The cnttro tlmo of tho senato was glvon again to day to the genoral discussion of tho tariff bill. Kayner, of Maryland, led olf with a genoral denunciation of the protective system of tho Republican party. Ho was followed by Nelson, of Minnesota, who mado an earnest pica for tho admission of lumber ftco'of duty. HI assertions aroused a general discussion, which was participated in by Hale, Carter, McLaurln, McCum ber, Elkins, Aldrlch, and Gallagher. Itayner denounced the measure as falling to provldo revenue and protect ing the Industries controlled by trust rather than giving any relief to tho consumer of tho country. Rayner frequently entered upon oratorical flight and concluded with a series of condemnations of the trusts. Ho de clared his belief in Incidental protec tion in order to maintain wage of American workmen. Nelson manlfcsUd especial satisfac tion over the discovery by himself of what ho said whom numerous "Jokers" In the lumber schedule. While the rates of duty on lumber were suppos edly lowered, ho said, they In fact woro hlgbor even than tho Dingley rate. Carter declared that congress wa paying out $C,000,000 to protect the timber In its forests, while at tho samo tlmo It was proposing to levy a tariff duty on lumber to encourage cutting down the forst. Wednesday, April 20. Washington, April 28. An exhaust ive treatment of the lumber schedulo of the tariff by Simmons, of North Carolina, was the feature of tho ses sion of tho senate today. Simmons ad-v vacated the retention of tho present tarllr, which, ho maintained, wa but a revenue rate. Simmons opposed the proposed reduc tions In Uio lumber tarllr, principally, ho said, brcauso labor constituted a larger element In tho cost of producing lumber than in the cost of producing any other manufactured product, and furthermore that tha lumber was a competitor with some of the articles which added to tho cost of it product tlon. The present crusade against a lum ber duty, Simmons charged, had been Instigated by speculators having In terests In Canada. Ho declared there waa no lumber trust. Speaking on hi amendment provid ing for a constitutional amendment authorizing an incomo tax, Ilrown, of Nebraska, said congress owed It to tho peoplo to be givon a chance to say whether tho constitution should be mado to sanction a system of taxation approved by tho majority of American citizens and by tho economist of tho entire civilized world. Painter, of Kentucky, suggested that tho Supreme court of tho United Statos, as now constituted, might chango it former opinion holding an Incomo tax law unconstitutional. Drown replied that ho was roady to support any bill providing for such a tax. Upon Brown's request tho resolution was referred to tho commltteo on Judi ciary. Tuesday. Anrll 27. Washington, April 27. As tho last half of his two-days' speech, Bailey devoted nearly three hours In tho sen ato today to a discussion of the legal aspect of his incomo tax amendment to tho tariff bill, citing numerous cases and uuthoritlos to mulntuin tho vlow that such a law would be constitu tional. Ho was Interrupted frequently by senators, who at timca objected to his position or suggested authorities to sustain him. Scott apoko on the tariff with Bpeciat rcicronco to Its oltoct to tho South. Goro, of Oklahoma, de nounced tho protoctivo tariff. Ualloy discussed tho nature of direct taxation and said that nueatlon had novor boon satisfactorily settled, Ho said it was a matter of regret that the iramera of the constitution did njt sat isfactorily define what a direct tax was. Scott declared ho advocated protec tion not only becauso ho believed it wa tha bcit policy for hi own state of West Virginia and for tho South, but also for tho cntlro country. Ho declared if tho rata on lumber should bo reduced 48 per cent of all tho lum bor manufactured Imtho United States being produced in tho South there would tie nothing left for tho American lumberman to do but to cut wages. Goro deelarod ha had been reliably Informed that In tho rich Pocahontas coal mines of West Virginia wage wcro less than in Nova Scotia and England. This statement was denied by Klklns; Clark, of Wyoming, said tlio coal miner of hi state were paid tha high est rata of wages paid in any stato or country and said that that condition of prosperity would ba destroyed by free coal. Monday. April 20. Washington, April 20. Denouncing tho principle of a protoctivo tariff as unfair in taking money from ono .man to givo It to another In order to encour age him in the pursuit of an otherwise unprofitable business, Dailey, of Texas, delivered In tho senato todajr a set speech on the Democratic side in oppo sition to the pending tariff bill. After ho had proceeded without interruption for moro than an hour, sevoral senator engaged In colloquies with him. ualloy favored restriction of Immi gration as a protection to American labor. Aldrlch retorted that while Dailey waa ready to keep out tho foreign la borer, ho wa not averso to allowing the product of thla cheap labor to come into competition with tho product of American workingraen. Dailey will resume tomorrow, when ho will devote his attention to the purely legal aspects of an income tax law. Overman, of North Carolina; offered an amendment to the tariff bill in the senate today in which ho propose to place a head tax of X 12 on each immi grant coming Into the United States. Half-Section Homtteads. Washington, May I. Secretary Dal linger today designated 107,170,800 acres of land In state to which the 320-acro homestead law applies as coming within tho provision of the law. The states affected aro Oregon, Wash ington, Utah, Wyoming, Now Mexico, Nevada, Arlono, Colorado and Mon tana. Included in tho land designated by the secretary today aro 7,000,160 acre in Oregon and 3,G76,960 acres in Washington. Dlograma showing tho lands subject to entry aro bolng sent to tho local land offices. It is believed that 40 per cent of the area desljrnat- cd, except in Nevada, is now held by individuals. Jf all tho land designated wcro sultablo for entry thoro would bo 492,000 homestead. May Appeal to Taft. Washington, April 27. President Tait may bo asked by the American society of international law to take atop to stop tho massacres In Armenia. A resolution embodying this request wo submitted this morning to the members of this society. The memo rial, which wo offered by President Ion of the Boston university law school, was referred to the executive commit tee of tho society for action. When the motion waa put by General Horace Porter, chairman of tho meeting, Rob ert Bacon, former secretary of state, voted in the negative. Million for Celllo Canal. Washington, April 30. Senator Dourno was informed today by the chief of tho cngineer'a department that ho would in his coming year's er timato recommend $1,000,000 for im mediate use In the Celllo Falls canal and an authorization of $2,000,000 ad ditional in continuing contract. This, it Is estimated, will completo tho pro ject at a total cost of about $5,000,000. Care of Alaska's Insane, Washington, April 30. Tho Mount Tabor, Or., sanitarium, waa today given tho contract for caring for tho Alaskn insane during tho coming year. The contract price is $27.60 per head per month. The Sitka sanitarium bid $25 por head but Secretary Ballingor hold that the institution was not suffi ciently equipped and waa not responsi ble. Russia to Protect Americans. Washington, April 27. Ambassador Riddle, at St, Petersburg, today cabled the Stato department that the Russian government had given him insurance that it waa sending troops into Persia and would take caro of all forelgnora thoro, Thla ia in reply to the roauest of tho State dopartmont that Russia look after American interests In Tabriz. Immigration Commissioner Quits. Washington, April 27. Robert Watchorn, commissioner of immigra tion at Now York, anoinat whom charges havo been ponding before the president for Bevoral months, resigned today. The resignation waa immedi ately accepted. LIVE 8TO0K SHOW. Largest Watt of Mississippi to Bo Held at Soattle Thla Yoar. Sheds and paddocks covering a vast area on tho grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition aro in tho course of construction for the live stock show, which is to be the largest ever held west of the Mississippi river. F, A. Welch, who hss the show in charge, la assured of many fine exhibit of live stock from every part of tho country.1 Tho Sborthrorn cattle show alone will bo ono of the greatest ever held In the United States. John W. Groves, secretary of the American Shorthorn Breeders' associa tion, of Chicago, has notifiled tho expo sition live stock department that the executive committee appropriated $2, C00 in cash for special premium to be competed for by exhibitor of Shorthorn cattle. Cups, cash and medals to the value of $10,000 have been furnished by tho several breeders' associations in the United States representing every breed of livo stock, to encourage exhibitors at the exposition this year. This is in addition to tho classifications offered by the fair and taken altogether make a very attractive Hit of prizes. POLICE AT BARGAIN RIOT. Three Thousand New York Women in Ruth for Cheap Goodt. , New York, April 20. Upwards of 3,000 women Saturday engaged in ono of tha fiercest bargain riots at Broad way and Suydan streets, Williamsburg, that tho Brooklyn police have evor been called upon to quell. The troublo waa caused by liberally advertised sales by rival five and ten-cent uteres, locat ed w'Uiln a few door of each other. These sale wcro advertised to begin at 8:30 o'clock, but long before 7 o'clock women began to arrive and crowd about the unopened stores. Women from every quarter of Williams burg arrived to swell the crowd. When the doors opened at the designated hour, according to tho reckoning of the police, moro than 3,000 wcro packed into Broadway. With a rush they forced thoir way into tho stores. So great was the crush from those who were struggling to bo among the first to gain admission, that scores of women fell in a faint and were tram- plod by women who followed. Police reserves wore called out to quell the riot. Mounted men rode through the crowd, and by using their clubs were finally able to force the women back. SULTAN GIVES UP. Garrison. Surrenders to Young- Turk Army After Fight. Constantinople, April 20. Tho Yil- diz garrison surrendered yesterday to the Constitutionalists. The commanders of these battalions began sending notice of their submis sion to Maharaoud Schefket Pasha Sat urday night, and the troop protecting the palace gave their formal and uncon ditional surrender shortly after dawn. Sultan Abdul Hamtd has been per mitted to remain within tho Yil dir Kiosk, where in company with his ministers he heard the story of the struggle botwoen his loyal troops and the army of investment, each hour bringing word of a fresh disaster. It haa been stated, since victory rested with the Constitutionalists, that the sultan himself gave orders to his men not to resist. Whether or not this is true, it can be safely said of tho troops within the capital that they put up a stubborn resistance at all points and the losses on both aides are exceedingly heavy for the length of time the engagement was in progress. Nearly' Sl.000,000 In Gold. Sacramento, CaL, April 26. Gold piled up in one largo pyramid on the floor of State Treasurer Williams' office today represented payments to the state by four railroad companies. There were $949,406 in the pile and It weighed nearly two tons. Tbo Pull man Car company ia likely to be the only transportation company delin quent. It haa refused to pay its taxes for two years now and owes the state $60,291. It donlcs the right of the stato to tax it and ia fighting in the courts. Smith to Leave Islands. Washington, April 20 Governor General James F. Smith, of the Philip pines, expects to leave Manila May 8 for Yokohama, where ho will embark on the steamship Minnosota for tho United States. He has been granted a six months' leave of absence, Genoral Smith haa indicated that ho did not desire to resume his work In the Phil ippines. For soma time rumors have been current that President Taft night appoint W. Cameron Forbes, the vice governor, to the governorship. Waters-Pierce Pay Fine. Astln, Tex., April 26. The Wates Pleco Oil company Satuday paid prob ably tho largest fine ever paid by a cor poration, nealy $32,000,000. The pay ment ends the litigation of the state of Texas against the oil compny. OFFICIALS AT LABOR Railroads to Revise All Inland Freight Rates. CONFORM TO SPOKANE DECISIS Prepare System of Rates From Mid- die West to Interior West of Rocky Mountains. Chicago, April 27. Acting upon tbo suggestion of the Interstate Commerce commission, traffic officials of the Har riman and Hill mad aro trying to work out a comprehensive scheme of freight rates which shall apply from the Middle West to interior Pacific Coast points. The suggestion wa offered by the commission in the Spokane rate cam decision, and is being acted upon by the railroad in a spirit of concession to public opinion. All of the high traffic official of tha Harriman lines are in Chicago working vigorously over what they declare to be the moat diffi cult problem they have ever undertak en to work out; a plan of transconti nental freight rate which shall please all shipping communities. The Spokane rate case decision fixed the rate only from St Paul and Chi cago to Spokane, and suggested that the lines get together and agree upon an adjustment of rates to intermediate point. J. C Stubbs, traffic manager of tho Harriman lines, said: "It I the most difficult task we have ever undertaken. We hope to be able to work out a scheme of rates not only in the Spokane case, but for all the West, which will prove acceptable te the commission." ABDUL TO LOSE CROWN. Young Turks Decide That He Must Abdicate Throne. Constantinople, April 27. The de position of Sultan Abdal Hamid ap pears now to be certain, and the 101, guns saluting Mohammed Reehad Ef fendi aa the new ruler of the esapire probably will be heard before the next selamlik on Friday. The dignitaries of the church care as little for Alxtel Hamid aa does tho committee of union and progress, but the higher clergy are seeking to curb the agitation of th enthusiast of the Mofeammedojr league. A caucus of senators and deputies today determined to make an effort to try to compel the sultan to abdicate under the ecclesiastical law, by the term of which a decree may be issued by the sheik ul islam pronouncing tha sultan incapable of ruling. Mohammed Reehad Effendi, the heir apparent to the throne, has lived prac tically a prisoner for 25 years in the large palace and gardens not for from the Yildiz Kiosk. Since the July revo lution he has only been on the streets looking through some of the carriages upon tho scene in the thoroughfares, which must have been strangely in teresting to him. lie U gray haired and not very strong. He is 65 years old, and well educated, although inex perienced in the affairs of the world. ALL READY TO TACKLE MERGER Government Will Take Dof,otltlona on Harriman Comblnelln.Utah. Salt Lake City, April 27. The tak ing of depositions in the equity suit begun by the government to dissolve. the alleged illegal combinations of the Harriman and other Western roads will be begun in this city tomorrow. Sylvester G. Williams, special assist ant to the attorney general of the United States, arrived today and will conduct the hearing. Railroad men and others have been subpenacd in large numbers to give testimony, and it is believed that two weeks will be con sumed In the taking of oriscnee. upeclal attention will be Riven to the relationship between tho Harriman road and the Son Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake, known as "The Clark ressL" Funds May Be Burled. Caracas, April 26, via Port of Spate. April 27. It is persistently reported here that ex-President Castro left a fortune in gold buried in Caracas. If this ia bo, it explaina Castro a alleged lack of funds, and his anxiety to get back to Venezuela. Negotiations havo been begun between the Venezuelan government and a representative of thj Ethleberga syndicate, of London, for a settlement of the disputes over tha match and salt monopolies in Venezue la, held until recently by English com panies. Renew Butchery at Adana, Beirut, April 27. Delayed dis patches Just received "here say that the. carnage at Adana waa renewed Sunday night and many were killed. The first massacres at Adana, where an Ameri can missionary waa killed, resulted ta the slaughter of 10,000 person. u Ff -,-i,W !- fll ' Ul-"-"'-" ;8reagrmfTrrTrncaM 'X'''r,yMTW''T''aiiMa'Wj4W