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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.