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NEWS 0HI1E 1EK
, la a Condensed Form for Car
' Easy Readers.
A Resume of the Lst Important but
Not Less Interesting Event
of the Past Week.
The kaiser is trying to prevent Nor
way from becoming a republic.
The mutineers of the, Russian battle
ship Potenikia have all been shot or
are in chains.. ,
. A party has been formed by promin
ent Italians for the exploration of the
upper Amasoa river.
Minister Witte has had a stormy in
terview with the csar and may refuse
to act as a peace envoy.
Major Langfitt, government engineer,
with headquarters at Portland, is to be
succeeded by Major Boeaaler.
The battleship Oregon holds the
troph for high scores in gunnery among
all battleships of the American navy.
Indiana officer have arrested 11 men
believed to be a gang who have been
systematically robbing freight cars of
silk.
Chief Forester Pinchot has ordered
that forest supervisors must accept no
fees for services performed,' under pain
of dismissal.
The salaries of the Kuraian plenipo
tentiaries have been fixed at $200 per
day each, besides an allowance of $7,
500 for traveling and other expenses.
During a high wind, following a se
vere rain and electric storm, the walls
of a brick building in course of con
sturction at Winnipeg, Manitoba, fell,
burying a pmuber of people. It is
feared at least ten are dead.
The British navy is to be concentrat
ed near home.
There is renewed fear of war between
Norway and Sweden.
Dynamite has been found in the
cxar's palace at Moscow. '
A great German naval demonstration
isto be made off 8ween. , j
Sweden will oppose to the last the
election of Prince Charles, of Denmark,
as king of Norway.
' Terrorists have warned Trepoff , as
sistant minister of the interior of Rus
sia, that he will be killed.
The Citizen's bank of Yellow Springs,
Ohio, has closed, owing depositors be
tween $25,000 and $30,000. ,
Emperor William has held a con
ference with King Oscar and a German
Swedish alliance was discussed.
Government secret service men have
arrested six men in San Francisco for
isruing farudulent naturalization papers
and marine licensee.
It is proposed to have a race between
airships at the Portland fair. The con
testants have both constructed flying
machines with some degree of success.
The American Medical association,
In session at Portland, adopted a reso
lution advocating a new cabinet posi
tion, to be known as the Public Health
department.
Germany will build ports in Morocco
opposite Gibraltar.
Many Milwaukee officials have been
indicted for bribery.
Yale mayc all on Depew to resign on
account of bis connection with the
Equitable scandal.
It is feared another mutiny will
break out in the Russian Black sea fleet
because the mutineers who surrendered
have been imprisoned.
An explosion of firedamp in the coal
mines at Wattetown, Wales, entombed
150 men and it is believed that at least
120 of the miners are dead.
Governor Folk, of Missouri, in an
address before the Fremont, Nebraska,
Chautauqua assembly, declared that
graft is a national disease.
A discontented stockholder of the In
ternational Harvester company has
commenced suit against the company
for an accounting and says millions
have been exacted from railroads in re
bates. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has
ruled that camel's hair cloth is wool
and duty must be paid on it as such.
The Santa Fe railroad has just run a
psecial from Los Angeles to Chicago
in 44 hours and 54 minutes, which es
tablishes a new record. Eliminating
"dead" time and stops, the 2,244
miles was covered at an average speed
of 51 miles an hour.
Extreme heat e killing many in Italy
and Germany.
Terrific heat has killed many people
in New York and nusDurg. ,
DENIES MOTION.
Judge DeHaven Refuses to Dismiss
Land Fraud Cases.
Portland, July 14. The case of the
United States, against 'Williamson,
Geeuer and Biggs will not be dismissed
by the court, nor will the jury be In
structed to acquit as prayed for in a
day-long argument by Judge Bennett
and 11. S. Wilson. But by (the ruling
of Judge De Haven the case will have
to be .fought out before the jury to the
end. According to the opinion of the
judge, the prosecution has furnished
sufficient evidence against Williamson
and his associates to warrant his sub
mitting the case to the jury.
Judge Bennett opened the case for
the defense yesterday morning with a
motion to dismiss, owing to insufficient
evidence to connect the defendants or
to convict them. II asked that the
case be not submitted to the jury, or,
it such had to be done, that the court
instruct the jury to return a verdict of
acquittal. Following this motion the
attorneys for the defense made exhaust
ive arguments of their position, bring
ing citations from the law to show that
their contentions were within the rule.
-Upon making this motion and before
commencing his argument Judge Ben
nett asked the court that the "jury be
allowed to remain in the room during
the argument, in order -that it might
hear the positions taken by both sides
in the controversy. This, it is alleged
by some, was a mistake in the strategy
of the trial, as the influence of the re
fusal 61 the court to allow the motion
would tend to throw assistant's to the
side of the government.
STORM WRECKS TOWNS.
Destroys Everything in Its Path on
Rosebud Reservation.
Fairfax, S D., July 14. One of the
worst storms that ever visited the Rose
bud reservation struck the towns of St.
Elmo, Burke, Herrick and Gregory, re
sulting in the death of one person and
the injury of 11 others, two of whom
may die.
At St. Elmo three buildings were de
stroyed and Roy McFadden was killed.
At Burke, a few miles north of St.
Elmo, ten buildings were destroyed.
The home of Mr. Jensen was demolish
ed and Mr. Jensen, his wife and baby
seiously hurt. Mrs. Jensen and her
child may die.
At Herrick, near by, the entire town
was damaged. Two livery barns, three
stores, a saloon and 21 residences were
entirely destroyed and five persons in
jured. Three large buildings were unroofed
and seven smaller ones destroyed at
Gregory, but no person was injured.
The storm was severe over the entire
reservation and several inches of water
fell at the points which suffered most.
Much damage was done to crops and
wries, and most of the details of the
havoc wrought have been brought in by
messengers from the different towns.
MURAVIEFF RESIGNS.
Czar Decides to Send Witte to Wash
ington In His Place.
St. Petersburg, July 14. -M. Mura-
vieff has resigned his position as chief
peace plenipotentiary.
It may be regarded as practically cer
tain that he will be replaced by M
Witte, president of the committee of
ministers, who all along has been con
sidered the Russian statesman pre-em
inently qualified to undertake the dim
cult task of negotiating peace with
Japan.
Though the emperor on two previous
occasions has flatly declined to accept
M. Witte, he has now indicated his
readiness to make the appointment
The commission, however, will not be
actually signed until ' Foreign Minister
Lamsdorff, who throughout has been
M. Witte's warm supporter, has had
an audience with the emperor. To
that extent only the matter may be re
garded as settled, nothing being certain
in Russia, as a prominent diplomat re
marked last night, until the emperor's
signature has been affixed.
Orders Reforms in Navy.
St. Peterbsurg, July 14. The an
noucnement of the appointment of Vice
Admiral Birileff as minister of Marine
in succession to Admiral Avellan,
which is gazetted this morning, is cou
pled with a highly significant rescript
n which the emperor charges the new
minister not only with the task of re
building the navy, but also with that
of reforming and reorganizing the
whole system. Tbo minister is in
structed to eradicate the faults which
have developed under the stress of the
present war.
Honolulu Chinese Push Boycott.
Honolulu, July 14. Local Chinese
are trying to raise a fund of $50,000 to
assist in the boycott of American goods
in China. It is reported they have
already raised $30,000.
DEFENSE TESTIFIES
Gesner Says There Was No In
tent to Break Laws.
TIMBER LAND DEALS LEGITIMATE
Testimony of Witnesses that Implied
Contract Had Been Made la
Vigorously Denied. ,
Fortland, July 15. Dr. Van Gesner,
partner of Representative Williamson
and Marion R, Biggs, United States
land comissioner, two of the defendants
ia the case now on trial before Judge
De Haven, testified yesterday in their
own behalf. Dr. Gesner passed through
the rigid cross exanlnation conducted
by Dutrict Attorney Ileney, and, al
though his original story was not shak
en much, he was forced into several
admissions that will be used when the
government cornea to make its argu
ment. This morning Marlon Biggs
will be subjected to cross examination
and unless court should adjourn at
noon, it is possible that Representative
Uliamson will take the stand.
Dr. Gesner, in answer to the ques
tions asked by Attorney Wilson, gave
his version of the way in which he hnd
started out to obtain the timber lands
which since have Involved him in the
case at bar. He admitted having made
the loan to a number of the en try men,
but said that he did so in order to pro
tect the property he already had in
that section of the country. Dr. Ges
ner denied that he had any contracts
with the various entrymen, and stated
there had been no conspiracy with Ma
rion Biggs and Representative William
son The witness save a history of
the war between the sheep and cattle
men, in which the now famous "30-30"
men played such an important part in
the Horse Heaven country. The entry
men, he testified, had first approached
him and asked him to lend the money
with which to file on the claims. He
stated that he agreed to furnish them
the money, providing they would give
him the use of the land for a range for
his sheep. For the use of the range he
had agreed not to charge them interest
on the loans. He said that the sheep
shooters had established a dead line
and in order to protect his property he
was forced to secure more range and
thought that he had gone the right
way about it, when he made the loans
to the entrymen who came to him, and
asked for financial help.
Before agreeing to furnish the money
to the entrymen, Dr. Gesner stated that
he had first consulted Biggs and had
engaged him as a lawyer. He also
consulted Attorney Barnes, and had
been assured by both that what he in
tended to do was legal, provided he did
not enter into a contract with the en
trymen before they made their filings.
MONOPOLY IS A1 AN END.
Pacific Mail No Longer Controls the
Traffic of the Isthmus.
New York, July 15. The contract
between the Panama Railroad company
and the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany, under which the later has for
years enjoyed the exclusive privilege of
handling freight on the Pacific side
on through bills of lading, terminated
today. Hereafter all carriers will be
on a parity in respect to transit facil
itiea on the isthmus.
Mr. Bristow in his recent report on
the Panama railroad recommended that
if the Pacific Mail Steamship company
withdraws its present Panama line an
effort be made to induce somether
company to establish a first-class serv
ice between the important Pacific coast
ports of the United States and Panama
Upon excellent authority it can be
stated that the government does not
anticipate that the Pacific Mail will
carry out its threat to take its vessels
from the Panama-San Francisco serv
ice, nor does it expect the abrogation
of the contract to affect' in any way the
shipment of merchandise from New
ork to San Francisco.
Balfour Opposes Conscription.
London, July 15. In the house of
commons tonight Premier Balfour re
ferred to the speech of Field Marshal
Lord Roberts in the house, of lords
Monday last', in which the latter said
that the armed forces of Great Britain
as a body were absolutely unfitted and
unprepared for war, and declared em
phatically that the choice lay between
conscription and some practical system
of universal training. The premier
said he could never be led to believe
that conscription could be successfully
adopted in England.
Must Keep Cuban Cities Healthy.
Havana, July 15. President Pal in a
has vetoed the action of con cress which
continued in effect the budget for the
fiscal year ending June 30. His reason
for so doing is that the old budget did
not include any -provision for the sani
tation of cities.
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