THE CONDON GLOBE
CONDON OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Oar
Easy Readers,
A Return of the Le Important but
Not Lota Interesting Event
of the Paat Week.
Franc and Japan will likely agree
on an Asiatic policy.
Colorado Republican! bar Dominat
ed Philip B. Stewart tot governor.
The Cuban congresi in ipecla) teMion
ha voted men and money to fight the
rebel.
General Corbin ha retired a head ol
- the American army on account oi the
age limit.
Ambassador Leishman has been noti
fied that the saltan will receive him
September 21.
Wyoming Democrats bar nominated
8. A. D Reiser lor governor and in
dorsed Bryan.
Turkey has railed the attention of
En rope to the evident preparation ol
Bulgaria for war.
A handcar with 13 men plunged
through an open draw of the Maumee
bridge at Toledo. Ohio. AH' were
drowned.
The steamer Oregon, from Seattle
for Valdet, Alaska, was wrecked at tbe
entrance to Prince William sound. No
live were lost. The venel may be
total loss.
The nrxMent hu Mint Racretarv of
War T tit and Assistant Secretary of
; Stat Bacon to Cuba in an endeavor to
straighten out affairs without inter
vention with troops.
Rutsian Democrat will hold a con
vention in Sweden.
Secretary Root waa showered with
; honors at Lima, Peru.
Colorado Democrats have nomrinated
Alva Adams for governor.
Tha freight car blockade in San Fran
cisco has been almost cleared away.
E. H. Plumacher, American consul
at Maracaibo, Veneiuela, has discov
ered a cure for leprosy. '
Cbarlea Francis, American ambaasa-
C dor to Hungary, has been slighted by
. not being invited to the unveiling of a
statue of Washington.
Admiral Evans says men of his ships
were badly treated while at Portland,
Maine. Secretary Bonaparte will en
deavor to have congress correct tbe
evils.
Rabbi Hirsch, of Chicago, who has
jtut teturned from the border between
ttermany and Russia, says the Russian
Jew is bound to set the worst of it
whichever way Russia goes.
Cuban rebels are constantly gaining
strength and have taken possession of
Santiago de La Vegas, 13 miles from
Havana. They are believed to be con
ceotrating for an attack on Havana.
The Chicago Civil Service commis
sion claims to bave evidence tbat police
captains havs been inducing burglars to
make robberies tbat tbey might recov-
er tbe booty and received honor and re
ward.
The kaiser has Just witnessed a sham
battle in which 80,000 German troops
were engaged.
The Canadian Pacific has arranged to
put nu new fast train between Mont
real and Vancouver.
There is areat excitement over a re
cently discovered copper deposit south
ol Bullfrog, Inyo counnty, California,
Three eartbqnak shocks in Ecnador
bave greatly excited tbe people. The
volcano of Tunguragua is in an active
state.
Secretary Root has declined to accept
ny social entertainments in Panama
and tbe young republic feels greatly
sngmea.
Harriman bas set aside an additional
13. 000. 000 for railroad extension in
Oregon. All work is being hurried as
ast as possible.
' The Delaware. Lackawanna k West
ern Railroad company bas announced a
passenger rate of 2 cents a mile, ef
ftctive November 1.
Unfounded rumors started a run on
tbe Hibernia Savings bank, of San
Francisco. Depositors were paid in
fuli and quiet soon restored. A welch
ing insurance company is accused of
starting the movement.
A revolution is threatened in Vene
zuela.
An attack on Havana by rebels is
feared.
Many Cnban veterans, angry with
Palma, will Join the rebels.
Tbe ravage of peasants in Voronezh
Basra, are being drowned by brutality
by troop. ' .
MARINES ARE LANDED.
Will Protect American Interest on
Island of Cuba.
Havana, Sept. 14. On hundred
armed sailors from th United State
protected cruiser Denver, landed last
evening and camped in front of the
president' palace, in anticipation ol
possible uprising within or attacks
upon Havana.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 14. A private
cablegram received her from Clsnfu.
go, Cuba, state that marine from th
United State gunboat Marietta, were
landed at that place yesterday to pro
tect American interest.
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Washington, Sept. 14. So far as can
be ascertained no official word has been
received regarding th repotted landing
of marine at Cienluego, Cuba. Tbe
Marietta' commander had special in
structions Havana, Sept. 14. A dispatch from
Cienfuegos say that th United State
gunboat Marietta ha debarked a de
tachment there. Cienfuegos I besieged
by insurgents and some of th fortifica
tion have been damaged. '
Washington, Kept. 14. It was offi
cially announced bar that th sailors
who were landed at Havana from the
American cruiser Denver bar been or
dered to return to their vessel Immedi
ately, save for a small guard which will
be left at tbe American legation. This
action followed th receipt of an official
report by Acting Secretary ol State Ba
con from Mr. Sleeper, th American
charge d'affairs at Havana, regarding
the landing.
The report was not made public, but
it was announced offlirally shortly al
terward tbat tbe sailor wsr landed
from tbe Denver solely for th protec
tion of tbe live and property of Ameri
can citizens; tbat such action was in
pursuance of a discussion between Mr.
Sleeper and the naval commander, with
tbe belief tbat it waa a wis precaution
looking to the protection of th live
and property of American. There was
no intention, it is stated, to do other
wise than to safeguard American inhab
itants, and tbe services of ths sailors
were to be utilised only in case of die
orders within tha city which threat
ened such inhabitant. That the land
ing in any way contemplated tbe pro
tection ol either the Cuban government
or the insurrectionary government,
President falma, or any other persons
than American citizens, was disclaimed
officially and it was pointed out that
this fact could not be emphasized more
strongly.
Secretary Ponapart conferred with
officials of the ISavy department today
He declined to say anything about tbe
conference, bat it is known that Cuba
formed the main topic. Tbe cruisers
Tacoma and Cleveland, now outfitting
at Norfolk, be said, would be held in
readiness to go to Cuba if needed.
UNIFORMITY IN BUSINESS.
Commission Work to That End and
Railroada Help.
' Washington, Sept. 14. Discussing
the probable method ol proceeding on
der the new railroad rate law, Inter
state Commerce Commissioner Cockrell
said the first effort of tbe commission
wonld be a uniform way of doing busi
ness. "We are," he said, "giving most ol
our attention to securing the adoption
of a general system, believing that by
pursuing this course we will lighten
our own labors and render it possible
for the railroads to aid as in carrying
tbe law into effect.
He tben outlined the plans of the
commission to be to secure:
First A uniform system of account
ing by the railroads.
8fcond--A uniform system of rlasi
fioation of freight throughout tbe Unit
ed States.
Third A uniform schedule of rates,
fares and ch arses.
Fourth Tbe performance by the
roads of tbe entire transportation from
the place where freight is received to
the point of destination.
Mr Cockrell also said that the rail
roads are manifesting a disposition to
aid tbe commission iu the enforcement
of tbe law.
Tub Trust In Great Britain.
Glasgow, Sept. 14. It is announced
tbat a combination of Scotch and Eng.
lisb tube manufacturers to regulate the
home and export business bas been
formed with a view to abolishing the
present keen competition. The inuuB
try bas suffered incalculably since the
previous agreement was cancelled 18
months ago. It is understood tbat the
new combine is wider in its scope than
the old, taking in all the firms in the
United Kingdom except one Clydelsdale
firm. It is stated that the American
producers are supporting the combine.
Rain of Liquid Sulphur.
Buenos Ayres. Bept. 14. The state
telegraph department today received a
telegram from Jachate, province of San
Juan, stating tbat the night of Septem
be 11 there was a rain of sulphurous
liquid and tbat in consequence tbs in
habitants were greatly alarmed.
WORK ON THE BAR
After That Is finished Turn At
tention to Deep River.
OPINION 'OF COLONEL ROESSLER
Government Engineer Makes Address
Bsfor Meeting of Portland
Open River Enthusiast.
Portland, Bept. IS. Condition are
such that 1b national appropriation
for th improvement of th Colombia
river should be concentrated and di
rected upoa th work at th mouth of
th river, and tbat tbe other project,
hiving for their purpose th opening
up of this great waterway, should wait
or proceed slowly until tb biggest and
most vital undertaking of them a'l is
esnip.eted. This is th opinion of
Lieutenant Colonel Roeesler, of th
United State engineers, voiced by him
at the meeting ol th river and harbor
Improvement enthusiasts, held last
night at th Chamber of Commerce.
On bandied or more of th most
prominent and earnest citizen of Port
land gathered at tb chamber to be en
lightened as to th most effective meth
ods to pursu in securing th ultimate
impiovement of th Columbia river as
it should be Improved. Congressman
Ransdell, chairman of th rivers and
harbors congress and member ol th
bout committee on liver and harbors,
Congressman Jones, ol Washington,
and others, addressed the meeting, but
tb remark of th prominent engineer
created th greateet Interest because of
hi advocating th "month of tb Co
lumbia river first; thsn th other pro
jects." Coming as tbey did from a man pos
sessed of tb expert knowledge as Is
Colonel Roessler, and one sc thorough
ly familiar with eveiy phase and detail
of tbe various works of improvement,
bis address last night carried great
weiiibt and mad a deep and lasting
impression upon th representative as
semblage. "Let me impress upon von tb on
tbonght which ha been uppermost In
my mind in making these remarks,
namely, that it I good from an engl
neer's standpoint, from a commercial
standpoint and from all points of view
to finish th great work at th moutb
of th river before asking large mm
for works farther op th river," said
be, "and tbat in mv Judgment it would
be contrary to tb best Interests Jot all
tb Improvements, taken as a connect,
ed whole, to advocate the policy of di
viding np any snm that congress may
decide to appropriate foi tb Columbia
river valley in such a way a to prevent
tbe early fulfillment of tha commercial
aspirations which are centered in a
deep channel at th mouth of tb
river."
WOMEN LOSE THEIR VOTES.
Female Suffrage, Say Austrian Mln
iatar, is Failure on Continent.
Vienna, Sept. 15. Under th new
electoral reform bill tbe privilege here
tofore accorded women who are landed
proprietors of voting at parliamentary
elections Is abolished. At a meeting of
the electoral reform committee today
several of the deputies urged the reten
tion of tbe prvivllege and its extension
to women earning 1200 yearly or inde
pendently carrying on business or ad.
ministering estate.
Baron von Blenerth, the minister of
tbe Ioteroir, pointed out that all at
tempts to extend female suffrage on tbe
Continent had failed, especially where
universal suffrage had been introduced,
and he doubted the advisability of tbe
step. Victor Adler, tbe Socialist lead.
er, though an advocate of female suf
frage, also considered tbe present on
propitious for an extension of the right.
Cut Down Big Land Holding.
London, Sept. IS. Th Times' Wei
lington correspondent say that the
government land proposals are the most
drastic in the history of colonial leg.
(station and are creating intense inter
est in New Zealand, especially the law
compelling owners to sell within a de
cade the excess of land beld beyond
$250,000 unimproved value and tbe
provisions preventing the present own
ers of 1,000 acres of first class land or
those holding 6,000 acres ol stond
class land adding to their estates by
free holds or lease holds.
May Build Fouth Shamrock, .
Glasgow, Sept. 15. John Ward,
managing dl'ector of Denny Bros.,
builders of the last two Shamrocks, has
sailed for New York. It is understood
tbe Dennys have submitted proposals to
Sir Thomas Lip ton for the construction
ol a Shamrock IV, they to be given a
free band in designing and building.
SCENES OF BLOOD.
Ey Witness Descrlbss Condition at
Seldlce, Russia.
Warsaw, Sept. ll.-Wlth th sane-
tlonofth authorities, who provided
an aimed guard for th mission, th
Associated Free correspondent visited
Slftllc, th seen ol th murderous
svents ol September 8, 0 and 10. Th
railroad station at Sledlce, when th
correspondent arrived, was crowded
with Jsws, among whom wsr many
starving woman with Infant In their
arm.
Almost on th moment thr (ell
upon th frightened people th sound
of a valley being firsd In town, which
lie hall a mil back ol tha station. A
panic ensued, men trembling with tear
and woman imploring tb soldisrs lor
msrey, anticipating tb slaughter ol
their loved one and themselves.
Gendarme on guard at th station en
tered th waiting room and roughly or
dered tb people to be quiet, asauring
tbem that their alarm was needles.
Proceeding to th town, tb corre-
tpondant traversed Warsaw street,
which prevented a deeolat aspect, the
store and chop being closed and all ol
them showing signs ol having been
plundered. Picture ol saint were
hanging outside th window ol many
bonsea, mute appeals to th soldiery
od looter to spare th Inmate.
Kverwyhere In th street w r to be
seen soldier ready to fir on th least
provocation. Tb street were littered
with Jew' hats, loin clothing and
damaged cart.
Tb most sevsr damag had been
don in Plenk street, where the bomes
were riddled with bullet and In many
Instance wall bad bean demolished
with cannon shot.
By actual count 140 corpse wsr
picked np in th streets nd It is staled
that as many mora bodies er bidden
in cellar. Only on Christian Is
known to have been killed, and, 0 far
as learned, no soldiers were killed.
Tralnload of fugstive ara leaving
Siedlce for tb south.
A Jewish child who begged permis
sion of a military officer to search (or
bis parent was kicked away by the
officer. Th undisciplined soldiery
acted with th utmost brutality all
tbmngh th trouble.
Her In Warsaw there ara some (ears
of an outbreak.
WARSHIP ON WAY.
Roo)vlt Orders Cruiser Oct Moines
to Cuban Capital.
Washington, Sept. 1 J. It was oft)
daily admitted today that tb Amerl
can cruiser Do Moines, which sailed
yesterday hastily Irom Norfolk, had
gons southward to Key West with the
nltimat Intention ol proceeding to Ha.
vana il development within the next
two day seem to warrant such action
At Key West tb De Moine will be
boot eight hour ran Irom Havana
and, while waiting, Commander Hal
sey will be in close communication
with tb Navy department, prepared to
carry out Immediately any request from
tbe Stat department.
There i no intention In this mov
ment of tbe De Moines to show par
tiallty toward on side or the other in
the present conflict In Cuba. Th ship
will be at Havana to serve as an asy
lum In case ol need, and t at th dis
position ol tb American charge.
In cas tb United States govern
ment finds it necessary to Intervene in
Cuban affair under the provisions of
tbe Piatt amendment, (orces which
would have to be nsed for that purposs
would be found In a much better state
of preparation than when hostilities
began between tbe United States and
Spain. Tbe long military occupation
of Cnha by the United States troops
afforded an opportunity to army officers
to become familiar with tbe Island,
and probably no part of the earth is
better known to the military anthorl.
ties of the United States than the is
land of Cuba. In addition to tb fa
miliarity of the army ofllcesr with tbe
geography and general conditions of
Cuba, all of the supply departments
are better equipped.
Great Reception for Root.
Cartegem, Colombia, Sept. 12.
fleneral Rpvnu. nranlrinnt nf Pnlnmhli
j - i - -has
arrived here to take charge ol the
arrangements lor the reception of Sec
retary Koot. Mr. Koot will be pressed
to land and snand levera! rlava. .Tnlin
Barrett, United States minister, is bIbo
here. The populace Is enthusiatslc,
the belief being current that Secretary
Root's visit will presage the coming of
entente cordiale between Colombia and
Panama, who have bren estranged
since tb revolution of Panama
1902.
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- Bandita Loot Bank at Kieff.
Kleff.'Seot. 12 At Blellazerknv vea
terday a band of armed rough attacked
me local Dank in full view of many
people and got off with $40,000. One
bystander was killed and one ol the
robbers, (earing capture, committed
suicide.
INTERVENTION NEXT
Government;.; Foil Prepared to
Take Such Steps.
REGULAR ARMY WOULD BE USED
Intervention Would Not B a Holiday
Affair Troop Ara Being Re.
turnsd From Philippines.
Washington, Sept. 18. President
Roosevelt I keenly allv to th revolu
tionary movtmenl In Cuba and th re
sponslbllliy of tb UolUd Btt In
cas th condition grow wore and ln
terventlon become necessary. It I
known that th preeldetit will not In
tervene nntll it appeal absolutely ne-
cessary, yet steps nave been taksa
which would ruak inch Intervention
effective. Th ships that hav been
sent to Cub ara tbar lor tha purpose
only ol protecting American luterest
snd lurnishlng asylum lor American
who nisy b in danger Iron th war
ring taction.
It is recognised that Intervsotion
would not b "holiday" matter, but
that an army wojld b necessary and,
in car ol Intervention every available
man ol th tegulai army will b ased
and will b sent to Cub as last as poe-
sibl. Although no regular transport
are avaitabl on tb Atlantic coast, It
Is known whsr tha transport can be
obtained a soon a needed.
Some 'week ago tb Sixth and
Twenty-first regiment ol Infantry wsr
ordered bom from tb Philippine, it
being stated that their term ol service
in tb island was completed. Tb
transports which sailed last winter lor
tbe Philippines will bring available
troop to tb Atlantic roast and also
th transport, which wonld b vsiy
necessary II tb Piatt amendment i
Involved.
THREE ARE GUILTY.
Fdral Grand Jury Returns Vsrdlet
In Land Fraud Cas.
Portland, Sept. IS. State Senator
Fratiklln Pierce May, ex Krpn sonta
tive Willard N. Jones and George Sor
enton stand In th shadow of th pent
tentiary now.
At 8:45 a. m. today th sealed ver
dict returned by th Jury at 1:45 this
morning was trad in th Federal court.
finding all three defendant guilt ol
conspiracy to delraud th government
out l land In connection with th ere
at Ion ol th Bin mountain forest re
serve. A breathless silence reigned in
the courtroom when th clerk read th
word tbat branded tb defendant on
tb catalogue ol land (rand convict.
Counsel lor tha defendant gav
notice ol Intention to mov lor a new
trial and were allowed time to do so.
Tha verdict, while probably not rnex-
pected, wa a sever blow to tha accus
ed men, but there wa no scene.
Although th hour wa early th
courtroom was crowded with psupl in
terested in tbe outcome of th long
trial.
EXPOSES A GRAFTER.
Russian Paper Say General Rnnn-
kampff Robbed Army.
St. Petersburg, Sept. IS. Tb Perle,
an organ ol the moderate Liberal party,
bas been suspended on acconnl ol it
publication of. an article by M. Demi
cbensky, a well known writer, attack
ing th bureaucratic s.stem, in th
course of which General Rennenkampff
was flatly charged with thievery and
defied to bring ao action for libel. Tha
article alleged that General Rennen
kampff bad filled his pockets from tba
military fund and with tribute levied
upon bis subordinates during tba
Rnsso-Jaapnese war, and h was asked
ts explain why th invectlgstion start
ed by General Dobermuechnltiy, which
was interrupted by tbe battle of Muk
den, wa never resumed.
Famine In th Provinces.
Odessa, Bept. 13. Official report
Just made by the special mission late
ly sent Into the provinces sjiow that
four more governments, namely, Nov
gorod, Vyatka, Taarlda and Orenberg,
have been added to tbe 20 previously
announced as' (amine stricken. Tb
central relief committee estimates th
minimum (und necessary to tide th
33 governments over the next sis
months at $75,000,000. The semstvo
organizations do not contribute mote
than $7,500,000, and the imperial ex
chequer must furnish the remainder.
River Wash' way Town.
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 13 Correspond
ence of the Herald report that reoent
rain between Tuxpan and Colima,
M -x., caused vast earth slides on tha
Manasnillo extension of the Mexican
Central railroad. Th town of Mexi
celtilan and Tuxpan, on tba Santiago
river, hav been practically washed
away and scoies of person art home
leiVandsufferlng.
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