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THE CONDON GLOBE Usm4 Back Wm CONDON ORBGON NEWS OF THE WEEK III a Condensed Form for Oar Easy fieaders. A Resume of th Less Important but Not Less Interesting Event ' of the Past Week. "Russian terrorists continue to pick off their enemies. President Roosevelt is anxious to prosecute Harriman. Root hits warned the Central Ameri can states to stop war. Trains are running from Portland to San Francisco via Ogden. Major Goetbals has been formally appoiuted on the canal commission. Senator Burton has been released from jail and promises to publish hie tide of the story. The East and South is suffering from extreme heat, the thermometer regis tering 90 in many places. In a battle between Niearaguan and Ilondurian troops 1,000 Salvadoreans were killed while assisting Honduras. Boats between San Francisco and Portland are sailing with every berth tilled and many unable to get passage. The whole of Moldavia has been rav aged by rebel peasants. Several nun tired people have been killed or injures and 10,000 are homeless, having been burned out. Jews aie the worst suffer ers. Hudson Maxim, inventor of high explosives, has invented a new fuse for shells which promises to revolutionize armor for warships. Mr. Maxim also declares that Japan could be in posses sion of the entire Pacific slope before we were ready for war and that we are practically as defenseless as China. The Transvaal will abolish Chinese labor. Roumanian peasants are renewing the rioting. Seven alienists have declared Thaw permanently insane. 8. A. D. Futer is proving a strong witness against Hermann. Nicatragua claims a decisive victory ever Honduras and Salvador, , American marines and sailors have been landed to guard Honduras ports. There seems to be good prospects fcr land law reform by the next congress. The San Franeiscc grand jury is learning more about the bribery by the Pucicfi States Telephone company. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, says Harriman deserves to go to jail, and Governor Deneen is believed to contem plate prosecution. Under the name of United Churches, the Congregational, United Brethren and Methodist Piotestant churches in 14 states will foiui one large organiz nt'ci. Some of the Southern states have refused to join. Rockefeller says railroads are over capitalized. Stockmen are to be prosecuted if they trespass on forest reserves. The government continues to pile up evidence against Hermann. A strike of longshoremen at Ham burg, Germany, has tied up all ship ping. Roosevelt will propose check on over capitalization of railroads and will soon declare his policy. Roumanian peasants have begun a crusade against Jews and are driving them into Austria. The Colorado legislature hs passed a railway commission law. Reciprocal demurrage is also provided for. Premier Stolypln, of Russia, will propose many concessions of liberty to the douma, including free speech and press, but that body wag warned not to go to extremes or it will be dissolved. Trainmen on all roads west of Chi cago have voted to strike if not given the increase in wages asked. Most of the roads will, it is believed, refuse to grant the advance and trouble is looked for. Salvador has joined Honduras against Nicaragua. A New Mexico grand jury has indict ed six corporation employes for land fraud. President Ripley, of the Santa Fe., gays Roosevelt is to blame for the anti railroad agitation. The fisheries agreement between the United States and Great Britain is be ing discussed by the house of commons. Germany and Austria are said to have changed front and now favor dis cussion of disarmament at The Hague peace conference. FARMS UNDER WATfcR. Sacramento River Never Known to Be So High Before, Sacramento, Cat., March 23. From all down-river points come alarming news that the Sacramento river is high er than ever known, and that the sit uation all along the levee is appalling. There is already suffering and (very able-bodied man is assisting In the fight against the water that i pouring into the bleaches and inundating thousands of acres of the fine t tanning land in the state. Specie I dispatches to the Union from Freeport, Couitland, Walnut Grove and Franklin state that the river has reached the highest stage ever recorded, and it is predicted that the terrible scenes witnessed during the tremen dous Moods of 1904 will be surpassed. Standing on the levee neat Court land one may see for GO miles to the south east across an mibtoken sea of water which extends cleat to Stockton. Thousands of catt'e are being shelter ed" on top ot the levees, as there is nc other place for them, and it the water does not tail soon an indescribable con dition of disaster if considered inevit able. This morning the blockade on the Southern Pacific lines was made com plete, when the line to the Fast was made helpless by a washout of 200 feet of tiack at Applegate, but during the afternoon the situation changed for the better when, with the report that the Applegate washout had Ixen repaired, o me another stating that it was ex pected the track would soon be open through to Stockton. A trestle was placed in the gap at the Applegate washout this afternoon and more trains were dispatched Fast. One of these, a Portland train, will be sent to Utah and via the Oregon Short Line. The Placerville line is in full commission again, hut no trains are operated on the Marysville branch fur ther than Wheatland. On the Portland line no trains are running beyond Redding, the tracks be ing out at Keswick, Campbell and Ken nett, and it is not expected that travel can be resumed beyond Redding for at I least ten days. ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICE. Canadian Pacific to Enter Portland on O. R. st N. Tracks. Portland, March 22. Canadian Pa cific trains will be running into Port land jiay i. Contracts were signed np here yes terday by trullic officials of the Cana dian road with R. B. Miller, general freight agent for the Oregon Railroad A Navigation company, allowing the use of the tracks from Spokane to Port land. The Canadian Pacific now reach es Spokane by the Spokane Interna tional railway from the C. P. R.'s main line nt the Canadian boundary. Freight sen-ice from Portland to all points in Canada, as well as to the At lantic seaboard, will be started May 1 by the new traffic arrangement. Pas senger trains will be put on at a later date. Through passenger service is promised from Portland to St. Paul. The use of the O. R. A N. tracks by Canadian Pacific equipment was ar ranged for recently at a conference be tween President G. M. Bosworth, of the Canadian line and Traflic Director J. C. Stubbs, of the Harriman system. ' This meeting wae held in Chicago a short time ago. Historic Fort Swept Away. San Francisco, March 22. It is re ported here that all reclamuion districts in Sutter county have been flooded. Near Meridian the water is in the sec ond stories of the houses. Many fam ilies are said to be in want. Effcite will be made to send them relief. Probably all the stock in these districts has been drowned. The people of Yuba county district, above Marysville, are reported safe. Near Tudor a break has occurred close to an Indian mound which was situated near the old iron fort brought from the East in sections by General John A. Sutter In the days before gold was discovered. The fort is reported to have been swept away. More Steel Men Strike at Hammond. Hammond, Ind., March 22. The strike situation at East Chicago wag intensified today when 3,600 men em plojed by the Inland Steel company, walked out. The reason for the walk out was the demand of the laborers for an increase of 25c per day. Six hun dred men struck yesterday at the Inter state Steel company and 1,200 at the Republic Iron & Steel company, and the walkout today brings the total number of strikers np to more than 6, 000 men. Some rioting occurred today and one of the strikers was beaten. Giving Away 8age Money. New York, March 22. Announce ment was made today that Mrs. Russell Sage has donated $160,000 to the American Seamen's Friend society, to be used by that body in tbe erection of a proposed sailors' home and institute. Mrs. Sage has also given $75,000 to the Syrian Protestant college, of Beirut, Syria. SC1IITZ WEAKENING Offered Teres to toy Which Are Promptly Rejected. COMPLETE SURRENDER EXPECTED Heney as Dictator of the City Will Impeach and Remove the Mayor. San Francisco, March 23. This wis hy far the most ensatioiml day tu the local graft situation. Mayor Schmlts stmt an emissary to Assistant District Attorney Heney and Detective Burns and asked for terms. When no pro posals were forthcoming the agents of the mayor made a definite proposition. They offered a confession from the mayor for complete immunity and his continuance in otllce until the expira tion of his teim on January 1 of next year. The offer was rejected with more speed than it was made and the negoti ations came to a quick end. The may or's emissaries are expected to return. It is not thought that they seriously be lieved that the prosecution would con sent to the continuance of Schmits in office. But it was simply to create a point on which they could yield in future negotiations. Second only In Importance to the overtures from the mayor were the rev elation that 13 Indictments had been voted against Abraham K. Petwller, a capitalist from Ohio, who .visited the Pacific roast last April In the Interest of the Home Telephone company. Plans for the future government of the city were evolved today by Mr. Heney. District Attorney Langdon and Rudolph Spreckels. With graft reach ing into alinoet every branch of the city affairs, the functions of government have broken down completely. Instead of an organized foim of administration, Fr.welB J. Heney is practically dictator M the city and county of San Francisco. The people are contcit to lot him and his associates work out the problem. The plan is to keep the boodling super vispors In ollice for a time. They will obey Mr. Heney 'a orders. Of this there is no doubt. Should they refuse, indict ment, trial and: convict ion and im prisonment would follow. While the supervisors remain In office summary impeachment proceedings will be brought aguiust the mayor, and he will be removed by a judge of the Su perior court after a hearing, which will not ccupy more than a few hours. Schmitx will be given achancetoredgn to avoid dismissal. After the ejection of Schmlts from the office the board of supervisors will be ordered to elect as his successor some man to be chosen by Mr. Heney, probably District Attorney Langdon. After the new mayor assumes office, Mr. Heney will order the 16 boodling su pervisors to resign and they will resign. FIGHT FOR PHILIPPINfcS Senator Stone Says We Must If We Fight Japan. Kansas City, March 23. United States Senator William A. Stone, in the course ol a speech here last night at the monthly dinner of the Knife and Fork club, said: "If we are to have serious trouble with any nation, it will be with Japan. Japan wants the Philippines. I am not sure whether it would not be test for all concerned ii she should get them, but one thing is certain, and that is, she will nevet get them with our consent. But we may have trouble in keeping them. "Japan would seize the archipelago, and in a week. We could only send over a big enough fleet to wipe Japan fiom the sea. That would be a huge and costly taek." Trown Otf Express Car. Palestine, Tex., March 23. As train No. 4 of the International Great North ern, north bound, was leaving Elkhart, 12 miles below here, last night, Ex press Messenger Winsley Womack of the Pacific Express company, was at tacked and thrown out of the car. He was not missed from the train until Palestine was reached and a little later a telephone message was received from him at Elkhart, stating that he had been assaulted by robbers. The safe in the car was open when the train reached Palestine. Great Fire In Navy-Yard. Pensalcola, Fla., March 23. Fire last night destroyed building No. 1 at the Pensacola navy yard, entailing a loss of (175,000. In addition to this loss the machinery and equipment for the gunboats Gloucester and and Isle de Luzon were destroyed. AFTER BIO ONES. Mayor Schmlta and Boat Ruef May Go Free If They Tall All. San Francisco, March 20. Following the wholesale confession ot member of the lnrd of supervisors More the gtand jury yesterday, there was a scramble today ot bribetakers and bribegivers to get lioin under. The rush to Heney'i otllce began with (lawn and continued far into the night. The greater part ot the volunteer army was turned away, but a few who were able to throw new light on some of the bribery scandals were allowed to pour forth their titles ot degradation. It may be stated at the outset In pos itive terms that District Attorney Lang don and Assistant District Attorney Heney will grant immunity to those supervisors who have confessed. It may also he stated that every member ol the original board, with possibly two exceptions, have confessed. With equal positivem It may he stated thatthe ultimate object of the prosecution is not the conviction of Mayor Schmlts and Abe Ruef. If Schmlts and Ruet will reveal the full details ot their nefarious transactions and make conviction ot the millionaire brilegiver doubly litre, they will eith er be pardoned after conviction or will be allowed to go fioc. Should they roluse to confers lh evi dence at hand will be used against them, and it is sntllcient to send them both to jail for the rest of their live. Convictions can tie obtained against Ruet which will result in a total pen alty ol 300 years. Kach time Ruef hirbed a supervisor lie laid the founda tion for a fresh indictment, ami he biibcd 15 of them time and time again. AMERICANS IN PERIL. Niearaguan Threaten to Loot Cap tured Cities of Honduras. Puerto Cortex, Honduars, March in, via New Orleans, March 20. A turn ol sinister significance was given to the Central American war today by the finding on the persons of captured Nl caragunn soldiers proclamations prom ising them loot ol the first cities which they run capture in both Honduras and Salvador. Americans in Puerto Cortex are anx ious, because American residents are the principal property holders ot most of the Hondoran cities. Any doubt as to the completeness of such a loot is dispelled not only by the wording of the proclamations, but by the experi ence had in 181)4 by some of the per sons not living at Puerto Cortes, who were present at the looting ol Cholu toca, llonduras. LOST BRIDGES STOP TRAFFIC. Child'Drownad In Creek Fruit Crop May-IBs Ruined. San Jose, Cal., March 20. More damago has been done hy Hoods in the creeks in the lust 24 hours than In the past 15 years. The washing out ol bridges, notably the Southern Pacific on the Almaden branch, wilt stop all traffic from San Jose to Los (into by way of Campbell for weeks. The dam age in the vicinity ol the tatter town will reach many thousand dollars. Fruit farmers generally sro ot the opinion that theie will be light crops this year, if some do not prove utter failures. The rains are believed to have washed out much of the pollen, which will prevent the blooms matur ing into fruit. At San Martin, Harold Bole, the 6 year old son ol a well known rancher, fell into the" swollen Lagas creek and was drowned. At Santa Clara soveral families were driven from their homes by the overflow of the Guadaloupe creek. Unwilling to Presecute Fencers. Choyenne, Wyo., March 20. The announcement was made today that Ii. M. Auhserman, of Evanston, recently appointed United States district attor ney for Wyoming by President Roose velt, had declined to qualify for the office caused surprise' in local political circles. It is reported here that the intention of the administration to in sist upon criminal rather than civil prosecutions in the cases of illegal fenc ing of the public range had a bearing upon the decision ol Mr. Ausherman. A new selection will be made. More Floods In Ohio Valley Pittsburg, March 20. The Mononga hela, Allegheny and Ohio rivers are ris ing rapidly on account of heavy rains throughout Western Pennsylvania. Many small streams In this vicinity are already overflowing their banks. Fore caster Penny forecasts a 24-foot rise by tomorrow noon. Suit for Klnritnn Insurance. Kingston, March 20. The first suit against the insurance companies to re cover tor losses sustained In the earth quake was filed yesterday. The York shire company is the defendant. Other companies will soon be sued. Successful Train Holdup. Yekaterinoslav, Russia, March 10. Ten armed men held up a train on the outskirts of this town today and secured $7,600 in cash, with which they made I their escape. SCOPE IS WIDENING Millionaire Wall Street Magnates Implicated Vita Ruet. INDICTMENTS ISSUE IN SHEAVES Heney and Burns Assert That They Have Only Begun Ruef fcx pected to Confess. San Francisco, March 21. Sixty-five Indictments were tiled by the grand Jury today HgiitiiNt Abe Ruef and 10 against T. V. Halsey, of the Pnclllo States Telephone couimny. They all charge bribery. Assistant District At torney Heney and Federal Agent Horns assert thai it Is only a beginning. The total amount represented in the Indictments is '.'l,?f0. When to this is added the amount which went to ltuel and Schmlts, the total will reach 11,000,000 In live, deals exposed today. There are more deal of which the public has small conception'. They In clude not only local magnates, but men who have mansions in New York, Oio have trafficked lor special private gain In San Francisco (or their cor)ratlon. It is understood that a owcr In Wall street who recently Untlllcd before the Interstate Commerce commission will Ih) given an oppoitonity to defend him self. Tonight Ruef and Schuiita are al jeet and forlorn. The entire board ol su pervisor tins confessed,. Schmlts is ready to do the same. Rue! Is awak ening rapidly. By the end ot next week the indictments which will con front him will be mountain high. By that time it is expected that Unci w ill offer to confess. PUTER TELLS STORY. Admits of Deals With Hermann to Steal Land. Washington, March 21 .Oregon con victs occupied the limelight in the trial ol Dinger Hermanu today, while men under indictment played minor roles. S, A. D. Puter, the government's heavyweight witness, was put on the stand this afternoon and began the narration of his relations with Her mann in connection with land opera tions that have sulwequently tuuied out to be fraudulent. Puter was preceded by Dan W.Tarp ley, who told In considerable detail the manner In which he, Horace O. Mo Klnley and F. P. Mays attempted to "get rich quick" through the absorp tion of lund In the Blue mountain for est reserve. The stories told by Puter and Tarp ley did not throw any new light on cither the Blue mountain or the 11-7 land fraud cases, which were threshed out In Portland. But the stories ot both men were retold today to show their relations with Hermann and to aid the government in its efforts to show Hermann's motive for destroying the futeful letterpress copyliouks. STREET8 ARE FLOODED. All Business In Stockton Suspended by High Water. Stockton, Cal., March 21. Water is running through the streets of this city like a rnillracn. In some places it is six feet deep, while in others it varies from one to three feet, the latter being the mean average. All business Is sus pended, as most of the business houses are flooded and the people In many parts of the city are afraid to leave their homes. No portion of the town escaped. Main, the principal business street ol the city, is the high point, and even ho re the water averages nearly a foot in depth. All the cellars and many of the first floors of the business houses were submerged and the loss in the city alone will run into hundreds of thous ands ot dollars. Roadbed Torn Up by Slide. Ashland, Or., March 21. The con tinued rains ot the past four days have hndly demoralized the main Portland San Francisco line of the Southern Pa cific lor a distance ot 50 miles through the upper Sacramento canyon region In Northern California. The country most severely affected lies between Sis son on the north and Redding on the south. In this section the Sacramento river has played havoc with the rail road roadbed at various points, while at other places slides of serious propor tions have added to the difficulties. State Will Pay Their Fare. Concord, N. H., March 21. A bill forbidding state officers to use or solicit tree passes on the railroads passed both houses of the legislature today under suspension ot the rules, following a re port from the judiciary committee. By the bill the governor Is authorised to contract for railroad transportation for members of the legislature and house cf congress as needed.