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Newspaper Page TextNEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Fern Icr Cur Easy Readers. BAFFEMKGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Rssums of th Lsss Important but Not Lsss Interesting Events of th Past Week. Riots are breaking oat among the striking German coal miners. Secretary Taft recommends annuling the Pacific mail contract with the Tan ama railroad. The president recommends the reduc tion in number of Panama canal com missioners to three members. It has developed that Port Arthur had provisions for two months and dis sensions caused the surrender. The president has appoionted Vespa sian Warner, of Illinois, to succeed Ware as pension commissioner. Utah politicians say polygamy is op posed by young Mormons and will die of itself if given an opportunity. Bristow has resigned as fourth assist ant postmaster general fand the presi dent has designated him as a special commissioner to make an investigation into the present trade conditions and freight rates between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and between the west coast of South America and the east vmi of th TTnitd State and of Eur ope and to determine the best policy of manageing the Panama railroad. A naval battle in the Indian ocean is expected. The miners' strike in Germany is spreading. A bill will be introduced in the sen ate to restore the army canteen. The Colorado legislature has expelled two senators in connection with the election frauds. Russia has entered a protest to the powers, claiming that Japan is organ izing Chinese troops against her. Oyama has received a large number of reinforcements and Kuropatkin will make a supreme effort to crush him before more arrive. Appropriations, though small, will be maed for the Columbia jetty and channel, and Fulton has joined in the fight for the Celilo canal. Two Santa Fe trains collided head on near Las Vegas, New Mexico, and three persons were killed and a number of others injured, two fatally. The Japanes war office has notified Minister Griscom that it will be pleased to permit General MacArthur to accompany the army of Japan in Manchuria. The National Livestock association is in session at Denver. Mark Twain is much improved and will be able to be out shortly. Japanese cruisers await the Russian fleet in the Indian ocean off Borneo., Seven more vessels have arrived at the Suez canal on the way to join the Baltic squadron. Sixteen degrees below zero has been recorded on the Great lakes and in the Mississippi valley. Russia intends to be better prepared for a siege against Vladivostok than she was at Port Arthur. While removing mines in Port Ar thur harbor, one was accidentally dis charged, killing 20 Japanese. T. C. Powell, of Portland, has been appointed United States marshal at Nome, Alaska, by the president. Russian troops are losing confidence in Kuropatkin. There is constant bickering among the officers at the Manchurian headquarters. President Roosevelt will call an ex tra session of congress to revise the tariff and calls on congress to pass rail road rate law and navy appropriation bill. Edward Wallace Hock is now gov ernor of Kansas. A great socialist conspiracy has been discovered in Russia. Charles S. Deneen has been inaugu rated governor of Illinois. The president urges improvement of the army medical andjordnance service. The oath of office has been adminis tered to Governor Douglas, of Massa chusetts. Govenror Peabody announces that he will contest the Colorado election and unseat Adams if possible. General StoesBel says he was led to believe by Chinese spies that General Kurokatpin was marching south to re lieve him. He knew nothing about the retreat from Liao Yang until after his surrender, . DOINGS IN CONGRESS. Monday, January 0. After the passage of the omnibus bill and a few minor measures and the fix ing of January 28 for the delivery of addresses in memory of the late Senator Hoar, the senate devoted ita time to the statehood bill. At 4 :23 the senate adjourned. The house spent the day tn discussing minor matters and at 4:23 adjourned until tomorrow. Tuesday, January 10. The senate today continued consider ation of the joint statehood bill, the chief accomplishment being the accept ance of most of the amendments sug gested by the confmlttee on Indian affairs. Senator Cullora reported the legis lative, judicial and executive appropri ation bill as amended by the senate committee on appropriations. The to tal carried is $29,192,962, a net in crease of 1134,772 over the amount ap propriated by the bill as passed by the house. The session of the house was given over almost entirely to discussion of the bill on banking and currency "to im prove currency conditions." The impeachment charges on which Judge Charles Swayne will be tried were presented just before adjournment and notice given that on Thursday they would be called up for action in the house. Wednesday, January II. The attention of the senate today was divided by the statehood question and government regulation of railroads. All amendments to the statehood bill ex cept one were agreed to. In the house the army appropriation bill received consideration. The ex penses of the army and navy were se verely cr?ticWd by (teveral members. Attention was called to the large re tired list of officers, which includes 236 brigadier generals. An effot was made to reduce the' pay of retired officers above the rank of major when assigned to duty with the militia of the several states. This was aimed at General Miles as secretary general of Massa chusetts. Thursday, January 12. The legislative, executive and judi cial bills were read at length in the senate and there was considerable dis cussion of the civil service question and the provision for an investigation of foreign trade conditions by the de partment of commerce. The house devoted it sentire session to the discussion of impeachment charges against Judge Charles Swayne, of the Northern district of Florida. Friday, Jan. 13. Further consideration was given in the house today of the impeachment charges against Judge Swayne. There was a noticeable lack of interest in the case except among a few members. The defense charged that the whole thing was a case of private vengeance. The house concurred in the senate amendments to the Philippine govern ment bill and sent the bill to confer ence. The senate today passed the legisla tive, executive and judicial appropria tion bill and also a number of private pension bills. Hear Evidence in Public. Paris, Jan. 14. The text of the pro cedure of the international commission appointed to inquire into the North sea incident was given out today. It regu lates the hearing of witnesses and vari ous other details. The most important points are as follows: The official language of the commis sion will be French. Witnesses testi fying in other languages will have their testimony translated into French. The commissioners will deliberate in secret and will hear the witnesses in public. The British claims will be first pre sented and the Russian reply will fol low. Counsel for both sides will pre sent final arguments. The commissioners will deliberate in secret upon their final report. The closing session of the commis sion, which will publish the result, will be public. Bids for Armor Plate Opened. Washington, Jan. 14. - Bids were opened today at the Navy Department for 7,828 tons of armr plate for the battleship New Hampshire and the ar mored cruisers Montana and North Carolina. The aggregate bid of the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies was identical, $3,204,700, the first delivery to be made in six months. The lowest bidder was the Midvale Steel company, of Philadelphia, whose aggregate bid was 131,28,781, delivery to begin Au gust 15, at the rate of 600 tons a month. Stoessel Had 50,000 Men. Tokio, Jan. 14. The Japanese achievement at Port Arthur is more remarkable in the light of further in vestigation. The original Russian strength is now believed to have been almost 50,000 men. It is announced at the army headquarters that in addition to the prisoners already reported, about 13,000 wounded combatants will event ually be brought to Japan. SPLIT IN ITS RANKS Livestock Association Has Civil War and Cattlemen Secede. THEY FORM A RIVAL ASSOCIATION Admission of Packers and Railroads the Issue Sheapgrowers Stay With Old Association. Denver, Jan. 16. The National Livestock association was rent in twain today by the adoption of a new consti tution which admitted the packers to membership and provided an open door through which the railroad of the country might at any time become fact ors lu the control of the organization. The cattlemen, horse and swine grow ers, together with representative of some of the affiliated industries, re fused to agree to the new constitution, withdrew when they considered Its adoption probable, and this afternoon formed a new organization under the name of the American Stockgrowers' association, whose aim it will be to wield a dominating influence in the in terest of the cattlegrower. Roughly speaking, the sheepgrowers, commission men and stockyards inter ests remained with the Nationa Live stock association, and the actual grow ers c! all other ftp.irosl f"f thw mrkt have,gone with the new association. The cattlemen have from the first strongly opposed the admission into their organization of the packers and especially of the railroads. They main tained that these two influences would ultimately dominate the cattlegrowing industry of the country to the detri ment of the individual grower, and they refused to remain in an organiza tion which included their representa tives among the members of its con trolling body. PARLIAMENT TO BE DISSOLVED British Government May Call Election About End of March. London, Jan. 16. King Edward, at today's meeting of the Privy council, signed a proclamation convening parli ament for February 14. The session will be opened by the king personally, with full state ceremonies. The unus ual lateness of the date of the opening is interpreted to mean that the govern ment does not propose to press any re distribution bill, but to give the aliens bill, which Premier Balfour had defi nitely promised, the first place in its legiidutive program. Recent speeches of ministers confirm the bflii-f in an early dissolution of Parliament, and it seems likely that unli'HH previoulsy defeated, ossibly through the intentional absentation of the Chamberlainites, the government will find pretext for volutarily dinsolv ing parliament towards the end of March and hand over to the opposition the seemingly thankless task of formu lating the budget. Rebuild Brooklyn Bridge. New York, Jan. 16. Fearful lest the strain to which the Brooklyn bridge is being subjected will weaken it to serv ice to the extent that a great catastrophe might he possiblu, engineers of the De partment of Bridges are reported to liave determined that the structure must be almost completely rebuilt. To do this it will require at least two years, and meanwhile traffic between New York and Brooklyn will have to be diverted to the Williamsburg bridge, the new Manhattan bridge and to the Brooklyn subway tunnel now in course of construction. Locating the Wrecks. Tokio, Jan. 16. Commander Thaka, of the Japanese naval staff, detailed to examine the Russian war vessels at Port Arthur, reports the condition of the unprotected cruisers Djidjid, Raz boynik and Zabiaka, hitherto unac counted for. The Djidjid is at the mouth of a small inlet east of the tor pedo storehouse and inside the west harbor. Evidently she was sunk. The Razboynik is sunk near the lighthouse at the entrance of the harbor. The Zabiaka is about 300 yards east of the bend in the Tiger's Tail peninsula. Lower Rates of Docking. Washington, Jan. 16. On recom mendation of Representative Humphrey the Navy department has reduced the charge for docking commercial vessels at Bremerton dry dock from 10 to 6 cents per ton in order to permit Puget Sound shipyards to compete with yards in British Columbia. THREAT TO CHILE. Japan Warns Her Not to Sell War ships to Russia. Paris, Jan. 12. Japan has informed Chile that further sale of vessels to Russia will be followed by summary punitive measures. This information comes directly from the foreign" otllce, but has not yet been published lu Paris. According to an official of the office, Japan is greatly irritated over the mat ter, and has even gone so far as to hint broadly that the Chilean coast would make a fine target for Japanese war ships. At the same time a similar protest was made to the Argentine Republic, In spite of the tact that such a threat might be considered an offense against the Monroe doctrine. The source of this Information leaves no doubt as to its correctness. Dr. Motono, the Japanese minister here, says he has no knowledge of any such communication on the part of his government. At the same time he took occasion to criticise the two re publics. A member of the Japanese legation said that, if the United States should take no measure to prevent any further action of thta sort, it would not be (air to Invoke the Monroe doctrine against Japan. Speaking unofficially, members of government circles say this incident shows that Japan has grown so self complacent over her victories that she can run the risk of losing the good will of even the United States. HOLD-UP GAME BLOCKED. Fulton Puts Spoke in Wheel of Kla math Irrigation Company. Washington, Jan. 12. The chief of engineers, at the request of Senator Fulton, today decided to grant no authority to the Klamath irrigation company to divert water from Klamath lake for irrigation purposes. This company, with purely speculative In tent, ha begun the construction of an irrigation canal lying within the pro posed government irrigation project, Its purpose being to sell out to the govern ment at a large profit. Fortunately for the government, it proposes utilizing the water of a navi gable stream, and this cannot I hi done except by authority of congress. The company had applied for permission from the War department, contending that Klamath lake and Link river are not navigable. Senator Fulton showed that both bodies are navigable and navigated. While the government will probably recompense the Klamath Irrigation company for the work which It may ac quire, it will only pay a fair price. It will not be held up and robbed. IRRIGATION IN WASHINGTON Government will Carry Out Palouse Project If O. R. & N. Helps. Washington, Jan. 12. The Wash ington delegation had a conference this morning with official of the reclama tion service, during which T. A. Noble, in charge of examinations in Washing ton, explained the progress of work in that state. In brief, he showed that government irrigation is not practicable on the Okanogan river, and intimated that the whole Okanogan project would be abandoned. Because of numerous vested Interests in the Yakima valley, the government has not yet found an attractive project in that vicinity. The Big Bend project, which contem plates the reclamation of 1,000,000 acres or more at a cost of (30,000,000, is too gigantic to be considered serious ly at this time, but there is a strong probability that the government will next year begin work on the Palouse project, which contemplates the recla mation of 80,000 acres, mostly in Franklin county, at a cost of $5 per acre. This project has been found en tirely feasible. All preliminary sur veys are completed, and it only waits for the O. It. & N. Co. to consent to remove its tracks from Washtucna coulee, which it is proposed to convert into a storage reservoir. This consent is ezpected to be given, negotiations to that end being now under way. Needs of Oklahoma. Guthrie, Okla. T., Jan. 12. That Oklahoma should begin the purifica tion of politics by punishment of the professional "lobbyist," who he con tends is striking a vital blow at the government by the people; that Okla homa is deserving of, and should be given, statehood by congress, and that a crusade should be inaugurated for good roads in the territory, are the points of most general interest men tioned by Governor T. B. Ferguson in his message to the Eighth legislature, now in session. To Open Mineral Lands. Washington, Jan. 12. A provision was inserted in the Indian appropria tion bill that all mineral lands .within Indian reservations shall be declared open, subject to location, develompont and entry under the mineral land law. This provision will apply to all reser vations where it has been enforced without infringing on the rights of Indians, NO MONEY TO SPARE Chairman Barton Is Opposed to Dalles-Celllo Canal. THINKS PORTAGE ROAD ENOUGH Williamson Makes Vigorous Answer, ' Saying Portage Road Is Only Temporary Makeshift. Washington, Jan. 13. It is going to require all the Influence that the com bined delegations for Oregon, Wash tngton and Idaho ran bring to bear to secure provision in the river and harlmr bill for carrying on work on the Dalles Celilo canal. Chairman Hurton, who has heretofore boen regarded a friend ly to this project, Is now decidedly an tagonistic, and, If his present views prevail, uo appropriation will be mado for the canal. In a letter which ho sent to Representative Williamson to day he said: "I am strongly disposed to think we , shall have to omit any appropriation for the Dallea-Clilo canal. The total cost of the plan would be $3,800,000, and it I useless to begin with a partial appropriation, "Again, them are numerous other project in Oregon, notably the mouth of the Columbia, which will require large appropriations. Would it not lie well to try for the time the portago railway that ran bo completed at com paratively small CkHns and would indicate whether traffic from In-low the falls would develop in sufficient amount to make it desirable to canal Ise the river for 12 mile at and near Tho Dalles?" To this letter Representative Wil liamson tonight made reply, stating that the people of Oregon, Waxhingtoti ami Idaho are not suiting for a full ap propriation at this lime to completo the canal, hut only enough to start work, not over $500,000. Congressmen Join and French aro co-operating with Mr. Williamson in the effort to convince Chairman Burton that the government should at this time make provision for the Dalles Celilo cana. If the effort ultimately fails in the house and the river and harlHtr bill should pass that Imdy a re newed effort will be made by the north western senators to have an amendment attached to the bill in tho senate, pro viding for commencing work on this canal. OPPOSED TO REVISION. Canvas of House Shows Nine-Tenths of Republicans so Inclined. Washington', Jan. 13. A prominent member of the ways and means com mittee of the house said to the Associ ated Press today that the poll which the leaders of the house had conducted of the Republican members on the question of tariff revision showed that 90 per cent of the memlH-r who had been approached were against revision. All of the leader of the house except Representative Payne, chairman of tho ways and means committee, who Is laid up with rheumatism, and Representa tive Tawney, are against revision. The work of crystallizing sentiment against revision is being done by Represent atives Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, ami (irosvenor, of Ohio. GONE TO MEET HIM. Japan's Cruisers Believed to Be Near Baltic Fleet Commander. London, Jan. 13. Japanese corres pondents of the Morning Tost consider it not incredible that Japanese men-of-war have reached Diego Garcia (Chagoa Archipelago), and point out that, al though Admiral Togo Is at Tokio, other admirals are not idle. Vice Admrial Uriu, it is stated, has been cruising in the vicinity of the equator for some time past. The num ber of vessels he'hns'at his command Is kept secret, but doubtless he is ready to do battle with the Russian Baltic squadron whenever It appears east of the 70th meridian. i Great Flood at Phoenix. Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 13. Light rain has continued to fall at intervals today, adding to the already flooded condition of the country. Last night an area five miles square, northwest of Phoenix, was under water from six inches to two feet in depth. Considerable damage has been done to farm crops and ditches through broken banks. One end of tho flood crossed the west side of Phoenix, surrounding many houses with water, but doing little damage, excepting to a colony of invalids who lived in tents in the suburbs. Deep Snow In Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Jan. 13. The bliz zard that began yesterday in Oklahoma continued today, the fall of snow and sleet being the heaviest in years. Street car and railroad traffic were intorupted and wires were broken by the weight of the sleet.