THE COUPON GLOBE la4 Each Week CONDON OREGON NEWS 0FTHE WEEK In a Contused Fcrci for Csr Easy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Lett Interesting Evtntt of tho Past Week. Baron Koiuura, Japanese peace en voy, baa tailed (or tho United States. A crisis it approaching in the Norway-Sweden matter. Swedish troops are being mobilised along the frontier. Elihu Root will assume the office of secretary of state soon, but will not be able to give it his entire tie until Sep tember. President Roosevelt is detetmlend to eliminate entirely the use ot any "pull" in securing promotions in the army and navy. The Sioux river is on a rampage at Sioux City, Iowa, and has overflowed thousands of acres of crops and has washed away many houses. Dunnite, a new explosive, is claimed to be th most effective in the world. A small charge will crumple in the side of the heaviest armored vessel. It is said that the Russian Reaction ary party desires to dethrone the csar and put in a stronger ruler who will be able to restrain the reform party. A report from Odesa says that a part of the Black sea squadron met and en gaged the rebel ship Potemkin. The vessel escaped. The entire fleet has been ordered to capture or destroy the Potemkine. One lesson gained by the American navy as the result of the Far Eastern war is the uselessness of the conning tower on war vessels. The Japanese gunners invariably disabled the ma chinery in these towers early in battle. Germany has forbidden French So cialists to speak in Berlin. A French submarine boat foundered with a crew of 12 on board. - Twenty-six people were killed in the tornado which just swept over Texas. Paul Jones' body has been handed over to the American, navy by the French navy with great ceremony. Oae of the eight convicts who escap ed from the government prison on Mc Neil's island, has been recaptured. The city of Theodosia, Russia, has been set on fire by the rebel ship Po temkin and the garrison, instead of de fending the town, has looted the stores and houses. Representatfve Payne, of New York, chairman of the house committee on ways and means, says the United States must continue the policy of en larging oar navy. A report at Odessa says that the rebel ship Potemkine has been sunk. Confirmation cannot be had. It is known that the Russian government has sent a torpedo boat after the vessel. American electricians have obtained the contract for the electrification of an Italian railway and have also closed contracts for electrical equiment to be installed in Japan. The value of these contracts is about $2,000,000. More mob outbreaks are Occurring in Poland. The largest bank in Topeka, Kansas, has failed. Five hundred perished in the flood at Guanajuato, Mexico. July 4 the admissions to the Lewis and Clark fair were 58,708. Six desperate prisoners have escaped from the government prison on McNeil island. Canton, China merchants have pro tested to Roosevelt against Chinese ex clusion. The beef trust has an army of law yers to defend them against the attack of the governme.it. King Oscar will not find a new king for Norway and the Swedish govern ment is mobilizing the army. As far as can be ascertained Inde pendence day cost 42 lives, while 2,431 people were injured. The property loss by fire will reach $115,800. Further claims of success are made by the Japanese army in Manchuria. Admiral Rojestvenskv's cotditoin is such that he has not yet been informed of the complete annihilation of his squadron. He is under the impression that a substantial part of the fleet reached Vladivostok. The entire Russian Black sea fleet is now in open revolt. Secretary Taft says he does not ex pect to succeed the late Secretary Hay. Germany is very angry at Great Brit ain's influence with France. WILLIAMSON FACES JURY. Dr. Van Getner and Marlon R. Blggt Alto Oefendanta in the Cats. Fortland, July 7 With the convic tion ot Senator Mitchell sliding into history, those curious ones who were In attendance at this trial will this morn ing again Lave the chance to witness another Oregon congressman before the bar of justice -Representative J. N, Williamson. With this member of the lower house of congress will also be tried Dr. Van Qeener and Marion R. Biggs. Williamson and Van Gesner were interested in the sheep business, and the specific charge against them it subornation of perjury, it being alleged that they induced various persons to make fraudulent timber entries. It it charged that the alleged fraudulent oaths were taken before Marion R. Biggs, who was United States commis sioner at Prineville. The indictment which was returned against Williamson, Van Gesner and Biggs was returned, February 11, 1905, and it alleges thatthe three men'named in the indictment conspired to suborn certain persons to commit perjury whose names are set forth in the indict ment, to take up claims under the tim ber and stone act, swearing when they took up these claims that they were not taken up for speculative purposes. While this case will not attract the attention that the trial of Senator Mitchell did, it nevertheless will be watched with great interest. Repre sentative Williamson, until he was elected to succeed Malcolm A. Moody, was a state senator in the Oregon legis lature. The fact that he was indicted along with Senator Mitchell will give the case some national interest. DUNNE'S OWNERSHIP PLAN. Chicago's Mayor Propotet Corpora tion Shall Own Car Linet. Chicago, July 7. Mayor Edward F. Dunne told the city council tonight his plans for municipal ownership of trac tion properties. .It was not municipal ownership absolutely, but, as the may or explained, the nearest thing possible nnder existing conditions, and he asked the aldermen to consider it carefully. Absolute municipal ownership and op eration, the) mayor said, he does not consider practical just now,. The plan which the mayor offered provides for the incorporation of a com pany, managed by five men who com mand the confidence of the people of Chicago. To this company is to be granted a 20-year franchise, covering the streets in which rights of the old companies already have expired or soon will expire. It is to be stocked to the amount necessary ,to establish a street car system in these streets, roughly es timated at 240 miles. No bonds are to be sold. The stock is to be deposited with a trust company, which the five directors are to select, so as to prevent a par chase of it and consequent control by outside interests. The stock is to be sold at popular subscription. At any time the cit may elect, it can take over the property on an ap praised valuation. . ARMY READY TO REVOLT. Demand Political Rights From Czar for All Hit Soldiert. London, July 7. The Moscow corre spondent of the Standard says: "I have received startling informa tion, the very nature of which renders its confirmation from official sources impossible, bnt which, if correct, may be designed to promote the revolution ary movement in Russia to a remarka ble extent. "It is that an ultimatum will short ly be presented to the czar demanding political rights in behalf of the army. The date of the presentation will prob ably coincide with the completion of the mobilization now in progress. "Two hundred thousand of the yonngest and therefore the most dissat isfied members will then have received their arms and will be under the com mand ot men drawn largely from civil life. I am told that the initiative has been taken in the garrison at St. Peters burg." Gorky Works for Freedom. St. Petersburg, July 7. Maxim Gorky, the novelist, who is living at Kokola, a small village on the coast of Finland, has refused a flattering offer to go on a lecture tour in the United States, preferring to remain for the purpose of aiding in the work of eman cipating Russia. He is one of the re cognized leaders of the Constitutional ists, and is visited daily by persons from all parts of Russia. He has a large income, but gives the major por tion of it to the cause which he has at heart. To Collect Data on Canal. New York, July 7. Two Panama canal commissioners, Peter G. Haines and Colonel M. B. Harrod, sailed for Panama today on the Saguranca, to col lect data concerning the surveys of the canal route and to prepare plans of this route for use by the. advisory board of engineers, which will meet in Wash ington September 1. ALMOST BANKRUPT Philippine GoverrmcntOnlyJtept Up by Sale ot Bonds. FILIPINOS REFUSE TO PAY TAXES Purpose of Taft't Visit to Islands Is to Place Government on Safe Financial Basis. Washington, July 8. Secretary Taft is hastening to Mauila to prevent an utter collapse of the civil government there as administered by Governor Wright. The myttery of hit mission and the urgency with which it its un dertaken are gradually being revealed. Early action of a remedial character is necessary to prevent the government from becoming bankrupt through short age ot revenue receipts. Governor Wright has not made pro gress indealing with the Filipinos, lie has asked them to obey " the laws and let it go at that, lie has not sought to harmonise differences and se cure their co-operation. At a result, the Filipinos are now refusing to pay taxes. They knew nothing about land and revenue taxes until American rule was made effective. Taft succeeded in inducing the natives to pay these taxes. Under Wright they refused payment. It Is impossible to sell the land tor de linquent taxes. The decrease in Philippine revenue has been so great that nothing but bond sales hat prevented a collapse of the government. The money derived from selling bonds and certificates ot indebt edness baa furnished sufficient funds to maintain affairs up to this time, but the sums borrowed must eventually be repaid,' and the situation has grown serious. Mr. Taft has gone to determine what can be done to develop revenues and to place the government on a safe financial basis. Mr. Taft also desires to confer with Governor Wright on the friar land question. The entire matter was ad justed after tedious deliberations, and an arrangement reached satisfactory to the president and Mr. Taft. The titles were defective, and it was agreed to have new transfers made. Governor Wright was asked for his approval and refused to give it. It is considered imperative that this troublesome question should be settled. - TO MAKE ISTHMUS HEALTHY Shon's Tells How Commlttion Will Care for Employe!. Washington, July 8. - Life on the Isthmus ot Panama is to be made healthful, comfortable and enjoyable before 'he real work of digging the canal is begun, according to an an nouncement of policy made today by Chairman Shoots, of the Panama Canal commission. Mr. Shonts said: "Our first duty is to create sound underlying conditions. This is now vastly more important than the moving of dirt. The men must have suitable bouses in healthy surroundings; they must have wholseome and nourishing food at reasonable cost; they must have suitable transportation facilities to get to and from their work, and they must have opportunity for recreation. "It will be the policy of the commis sion to provdie these essential" as quickly as possible, and to only in crease the working force, aside from the mechanics necessary to provide these necessities as fast as the fucilties indicated can be furnished. "So much has been said by the press of an exaggerated character about health conditions there that it may be wise to recapitulate the facts regarding yellow fever. There have been be tween 9,000 and 10,000 employes on the isthmus since the disease first appeared in May. During that month there were 20 canal employes stricken and two deaths. In June 30 canal employes were strictken and there were four deaths, two of those dying being Amer icans appointed in the United States and two persons appointed locally on the isthmus." Whole Battalion Slain. St. Petersourg, July 8. General Linievitch in a telegram to the em peror dated July 5, and confirming the defeat of the Japanese at Savantse, when a Japanese battalion was annihi lated, says that after the capture of the position and the flight of the Japanese, the latter were reinforced and resumed the fight, but all their attacks were re pulsed. The Russians captured consid erable quantities of supplies, and held the position until ordered to retire. The Japanese losses, General Linievitch says, were enormous.' ( Refunding Hawaiian Debt. Washington, July 8. President Roosevelt has approved the issue of $600,000 of bonds by the Territory of Hawaii to refund the gold bonds of the Republic of Hiawail, issued under act of the legislature of June 13, 1896. DE HAVEN SETS DATES. Mitchell Case Dlspoted of. He Twrnt Attention to Other. Portland, July 6. Judge De Haven was a busy man yesterday and will be equally busy today, The end of the Mitchell trial hat not brought surcease from work, and , the interval between the first case and the one of J. N. Wil liamson set for Friday morning will fill the hours of the Federal court with action and hurry. Yesterday morning all of the land fraud canoe were taken np by the court and fixed upon the calendar for consid eration. Times were set for hearing demurrers to the many Indictments now pending in different cases, dates were fixed tor listening to arguments upon pleas in abatement and days set apart for arraignments and pleadings of those defendants who are now wait ing for the call ol the conrt. The Mitchell and Hermann cases were put at the foot of the calendar, as was the rase against F. P. Mays, and the many defendants made prominent in the Puter-McKinley land fraud case ot last winter. Today the great major ity of the defendants .will either plead or will bring their motions tor ertor before the court, after which the races will be set, as near as possible, upon the docket for trial. TORNADO IN TEXAS. Zlgxaga Acrott Country, Smashing Everything In lit Path. Fort Worth, Texas, July . A tor nado which struck Texat in the upper edge of Montague county, coming from the northeast and twinging far into the southeast, this afternoon ranted the loss, it is believed, ot 40 lives, injured a large number of people, and did un told damage to giowing crops and cattle. Fortunately the tornado missed the small towns in the section through which it swept, bat It sigtagged in such a way as to take in the homes of many farmers and stock raisers in the sec tion. At Jackshoro the force ol the wind was terrific. The Baptist church and 20 other buildings were blown oft their foundations, and a number of buildings totally destroyed. Mrs. Travis Cal houn was seriously injured. Travis Calhoun, Mrs. llorton and Henry Wes ter and family were also injured. At Montague no lives were lost in the town, but in the country great wet of life it reported. The wires are down in all directions, and It is ditllcnlt to get particulars. Ten persons are known to be dead in the neighborhood ot Montague. Most of those killed lived on Salt creek, along which the tornado swept with special force. At Nacona the tornado passed a few miles to the south, and later lists give the dead at 14 and the injured at 41. TRAIN IN DITCH. Great Northern Pattenger Leavet Track and Cart Burn. Great Falls, Mont., July fl. A spe cial to the Tribune from Willison, N. D., saye No. 3 west bound passenger train on the Great Northern was wrecked at Spring Brook, about 12 miles west of there. A car in the mid dle of the train jumped the track just before reaching a switch. At the twitch this car went on the side track and a complete wreck followed. All the train left the track except the engine. Explosions followed im mediately and set the wreckage on fire. Seven cart were completely destroyed by the fire, but the paxsengers all es caped through the windows and only a few were seriously injured, although a large number were slightly hurt. The injured were all brought to Willison and it is believed none are fatally hurt. The train was running at a high rate of speed, but no more than the regular run calls for. Where the car first left the track there is absolutely nothing wrong with the track and no one can account for the accident. All of the other cars passed over the place, and had it not been for the switch no seri ous results would have followed. All the mail was laved. Ruttian Paper Playt Ghoul. St. Petersburg, July 6. The Novoe Vremya, which alone of the leading papers here attacked President Roose velt for forcing peace endeavors, has been printing a series of articles to prove that American intrigues and American instigation were responsible for the war. It now asserts that the same causes brought about China's request to be represented in the nego tiations. It says that Mr. Hay's doc trine of the administrative entity of China will be buried with its author, but the fruits of his policy will remain. Convict Strike Quelled. Salt Lake City, July 6. Twenty con victs at the state penitentiary struck today, refusing to work until improve ment was made in the food and other accommodations. After the strikers had been placed in solitary confinement and handcuffed to the ceiling for several hours, the strike lost its popularity. VERDICT IS GUILTY John H. Mitchell Convicted ol . Crime Against Nation. STEPS TAKEN FOR NEW TRIAL ff Necessary Cats Will Be Taken ra the Supreme Court of the United States. Portlaad, July 4. At 11 o'clock last night, with the din ol exploding fire crackers almost drowning the words of Captain Bladen, Senator John II. Mitchell, who lor 22 years has sat la the senate ot the United States, list ened to the reading ot the verdict that pronounced him guilty, Although hard hit, as s man mutt be under such awful conditions, Sena tor Mitchell retained his romiosure. Tears welled Into his eyes and his voles shook, and, as he slowly rose from his teat, after the jury had been polled and court was adjourned, he tottered and for the brief spell ol per-' haps a minute the shocking force of the verdict seemed suddenly to unload upon hit shoulders every one ot those 70 years through which he has panned, and he became old, very old. With an effort which showed that he waa stilt fighting, still not without hope, for ex Senator Thurston, as iwa as the jury was polled had moved fur a new trial, he straightened up his bent figure in a way that seemed to say, "there ia yet another ehenee," Senator Mitchell will not rest under the verdict ot the jury as returned last night, but will take the matter to the Supreme court of the United (Mates, If necessary. Senator Thurston, one of the counsel (or the defense, when asked as to the future course ol the defense, said : "On Monday next the court will hear a motion tor a new trial on the part of the defense, and II that ! lnid, the matter will pe taken to the Circuit court ot Appeals in San Francisco, and from there, it necessary, to the Su preme court of the United States. Ot course, other than that statement, I csn have nothing to say as to what I think of the outcome ot the trial." John Nswtoa Williamson, Dr. Van Gesner and Marion R. Biggs will be brought face to face with the 1'nited States court on Friday morning at 10 o'clock to answer to the indictment charging them with subornation of perjury, in having induced 100 persona to swear falsely In regard to entries made upon timber and stone land in the vicinity of Prineville. Judge De Haven set Friday Morning tt the time for beginning the trial when court wat railed yesterday morn ing, lie also stated that he would fix Wednesday morning at the time for taking up all land fraud cases in which demurrers had been filed against the indictments, lie would then set apart a time for bearing the argnments In tffoee raxes where such hearing was necessary, DESTROY REBEL SHIP, Ruttian Government Send Torpedo Boat on Trail of Potemkin. Itucharest, Roumania, July 5. -Advices to the government from Kustenji state that the Russian torpedo boat Smeltiloy had apeared off that port and by signal had requested informa tion concerning the rebel Russian bat tleship Potemkin. It is said that the torpedo bout is manned by a select crew and has been commissioned to at tack and link the rebel ship upon sight. When the port authorities sig naled back that the Potemkin had left the port, the torpedo Iwat retired in the direction of Odessa, for which placet the Potemkin is beleived to have tet out. At all Roumanian ports where Rus sian warships are now lying there is reported great agitation among the sailors. The Russian vessel Hulgarie, owing to an outbreak among her crew, has been indefinitely delayed at tho port of Ismalia. Rebels Proclaim General Strike. St. Petersburg, July 5. The execu tive committee of tho Social IJevolu tionista has issued a stirring appeal summoning the workmen and all classes of society interested in the overthrow of the present regime to show sympathy .with all those who fought for freedom at Lodz, Warsaw, Odessa and other places, as well as with the sailors who mutinied at Odessa and Libau, by inaugurating a general political strike. The leaders have supplemented this by proclaiming a general strike for Thursday, Prepares to Fight Hungary. London, July 5. The correspondent of the Daily Mail at . Vienna asserts that Archduke Francis Ferdinand has initiated military preparation with a view to the eventuality of Hungary at tempting to recede from the dual mon