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NEWS OF THE WEEK
li I Condensed Farm lor Our
Busy Readers.
1APKMN6S OF TWO CONTINENTS
I
A R«sume of the Lass Important but
Not Lass Interesting Event-
of the Past Wwk.
The Texas senate has voted to exon­
erate Senator bailey.
A Ikmverniaa lias r<«fo»M»i to kill­
ing his wile that be might mariy an­
other woman.
The senate h«a approved of another
F*->l-•«•*' jn-lgi ! -r !..
r
’.st. j
of (Mllfornia.
The senate has refnami to consider a
measure to rmluce tarif! on »ugsr, to-
ba.*cu and :!cs- fmm the Philippines.
Se. r«'t»ry Hliaw will leave the <-nbln»t
March 4 to b«s»me president of the
Carnegie Trust company, of New York
PltL»l>wrg hM just had a fire in lhe
brawl of the busmsas ,4i»trict, tin* lew­
amounting to «cveral hundred thousand
dollars.
I
E. H. Harriman la no« l»*fore the
cotntniaaioa. He
Int.-rst.i--
has ref use* I to tell some thing» tlw com­
mission w an la to know and the matter
will be carrisd to the Federal court«.
PLAN TO STOP SACK GRAFT.
Ralouse
Farmar» Will Carry
Wheat to Elsvators.
Th air
Waverly, W*»h . Feb 26 — Tbr
larmera ixud wiwatgroWcrs of this dUk
trict have dccul«*d to <io away with the
"»wk profit," amt cterahws for hand­
ling wheat in bulk will I* 1« built all
along the H|»>kane A In.and Electric
nsel
A wry vntbusiutic tuesting was
h«l«l here tvceutly and lhe matter thor-
«Mighty di»cu-««l by the farmer«
The
meeting wm «LldreMed by a rep«tenta­
tive ot the ulevator comflMsy« who ex-
p'auie*! the advantage« to tie <ieriv«i
fr* m ths farm«»» Iwn.Uiug l«-«e ituteaui
of ra-'k-sl craln
The com)«ny will )w organ is« I k»«*n-
at'lv the wheatgroWf't to handle his
grain in the m.wt economic«! manner,
ami thereliy save the prkwi of -arks,
which sell h*r from 10 to il cents each.
The farmers feel that they Iiave b»"en
imposed up--** by the "rack grwftera"
long enoegh- *n*l they h»ve to d«s’l*i«»i
to »top buying «wks and handle their
wheat in bulk.
Wng*.n bt*x«*s • hat will hold li»>
busto.;f win-d to lumi to the eleva­
tors will cwt the farmers lait 115 aneli,
»li.I th«w«> boxes <xui l>e us.'.l fioru Vvir
to y-ar. All elevators will la* e>|tiipf>e<l
with the most m«*iern machinery for
the handling and cleaning. <>f grain In
th«* m'»t «'onomieal manner.
WJmat
can l»> handled fully a cent a Inwhel
cheaper than through the warehouse« tn
saviu,.
Wagon dumps am! »hipping
a*alve will l<e |^«>vi<te«i at vvrry eleva-
t. r
The-«- «dwati -» will pt..l«l '> be
built all through the Palouse country
tliia scarnili, a» farmen all over fa-torn
Waaliiiigtou are anxiou» to do BWBy
with Mu-ks
TRUST IS REALITY.
The Union Pacific an<l Burlington
have l«j»t a caee rarridl to the Illite* Farmer» Holding Back Produce for
Btates Supreme court, Bai li taxe* of
Battar Prices.
The
over 33,000,<*M’ were involved
Chit'SgO,
Fet>.
26 — The farmer»1
various county treasurers of Nebraska
It hag •tr.-u>hv,| it»
rcpree«*nt«*d tim other si«ie in Uie cm»-. trust has nrrivcl
big, strong hand» over the state» of In­
Jerotne aims to have Tliaw U«'lat«*d diana. Ulin, is, Iowa, K«*ntm ky, Wis­
petmam*ntly insane.
consin, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
its knottml lin­
Mayor Dunne lia» lieen lenoruiiial.-d Mumoun and Texas
ger»
have
piled
tip
millions
of 1« u ») h *I s
by Uhi<«tf» Democrats.
of grain and fruit and thiMimi.te of
in
lhe
Floating mines are »till lowe
lulew of c«*tton Into a mountain h.-sp,
neighlxirhood of Vladivostok.
and the trust has said to the dealer» of
again the world:
"You can't hair any ->i thia until
you pay us vvlmt we think 1» coming to
Owing bi trouble l>etw«*n ow ners ai»l us. Now do your worst."
labui all Butte mines may be clraed.
Ever sit»*«* early last fall, l»mr*l of
Th««re ia a possibility that the rivet trade men and shlpjier» ”f grain liaie
and hrbor bill may yet be killed la the been talking about the -carvity of earn.
To that is ar'-ity they i«ave attributed
house.
almost entirely the fact tlmt c*>rn,
Th« Texas legislature will pub) iah
ah-at aipl *>t!ier (arm prudocta <1<- n- t
al! evidence tn the Bailey case »nd M
naive to tlw market issitcta with move
the («miple decide.
haste. The dearth of <*ar* ts an ewry-
The State depurtmeht has
<iay them«* !n th«« speculative and coin-
formal notM*e of a «leelaration
erctal g*»«>ip.
Tliat there is a great
between Honduras and Nicaragua.
d.-aI in it nolaaly disputes, but a still
The Illinois Icgislatur« may pas« a more sign i Ilea nt plien**m<*n.m of the
law limiting the spe«l of train» m tin* day is that grain is lieing held back ba-
result of many reccat wrecks due to fast cause the formers ar«* determine»! they
shall get the pri«*e they iiave set on
running.
their own property.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer Impera-
trixib while bound from Triret«* to
RATES ON DECLINE.
Bombsy, ran onto a rock near Cape
Elaphoniai, island of Crete, ami «ank.
W*L~
a,n.( er«w niltnliere-t 150. ■
SIV Ins Milas I err Ila» nl
but it is nut kiMiwn if any wvre aaved.
Railroad Statistics.
France and the Vatican an*
quarreling over church matters.
Homiurna has declared war on Nica­
ragua.
Tbe survivors of the steamer Berlin
number eleven.
Cleveland «ays the only thing to do
with ex president« ia to turn them loos«
and let them fish.
Henator Fulubm propos*-« tliat no
more forest rwserv«*« to* created without
the consent o( congnwa
At a WMhingtoti birthday sp«v11
Governor Hiaggins, of Rh«»le Islam!,
erltlcia«d the first president.
Over 40 pereoas were Injured and a
doxon anaccounte«l for in a wr»»-k on
the Pennsylvania rail road,' al Mineral
Point, Pa.
Russian terrorists attwked the War­
saw poatoffice and after killing five
pereor.n aecumi all th« money on hand
and «raped.
EUB-TRE AbURY ROBBEO.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollar That,
Uncovered in Chicago.
Judge StaHord Refuses Io Dis­
miss Hermann Case.
LETTERS TELL OF CONSPIRACY
Prosecution Has Two That Hermann
Wrote to ea ltegisler ot Rose­
burg Land Office.
Washington, Feb. ?«.—Justice Staf­
ford today overrul«! the motion of the
defense tn the trial of Itepresentatire
Binger Hermann to take the «wee irom
the jury and dismiss the diarge on the
ground ot fatal variance between the
indictment and the evulcnce I»- oew the
The trial wa- halted last Thunslay,
when Mr W< rthingtt.-b for the defense
made a motion on the evidence submit-
ted by Hermann's former secretary,
Hough, as to hia ti-aliniuny before the
grand jury,
Mr Worthington also
argued that th.- pr.e.cutiun ivuld n t
adduce evldcnre of conspiracy on the
[■art of Mr. Hermann with others to
defraud the government out ui public
land In order to »how a motive for the
•I*-tru< turn uf records, aa alleged by the
pmeccution, on the ground that Her­
mann was riot mi trial for Corm piracy.
tfter hearing the argument on i'hur»-
day. J iwtiiv Stafford adjourned lhe trial
until ti-day, lu order to consider the
points iruele by the dvfvn»e.
J. T Bridges, ex-rvgi-ter i.t the land
ottice at Kiwbuig, teatithd that be liad
received many letter» from Hernoiiin of
a private character that he had dmtroy-
<-,|
I « .. m , r.- fom - I : - . 1.1- •!, "k
the desk was iiroken o|ien al the time
hi- w.i» -iiHien !ud In l:i'i;>
l>m- of
theae mviiliiMis the natiat of Agee, who
ia ,dentitled by the government with
what has las-n designated a* the "Agee
conspiracy.'* It ana identified by Mr
Bridge», District Attorney Baker »tar­
ing th.it he drrdred to show the inti­
mately friendly relation» existing lm-
tweeu them
He further »aid that this
trin-m ti-iri in winch Agee »as involved
l<»ik place while Huni<anii waa at the
hi-n-l uf the land otliee, and tliat he
should luiie knowledge of it.
WATCH SEVERAL SUSPECTS.
Secret Service Men Have No Clew to
Identity of Thief.
Chmago, Fvb 23.—The Tribune lo-
-tay says:
One of the largest—if not lhe largest
—thefts from the I’nit««! State» treas­
ury baa b«w«n nneurtbwl In Chicagu.
Somewhere between 1173,000 and
1200,(MM) wax stolen from the load tub-
treasury last w<«k.
The money lum
.|:N»PI«wr»»l as completely aa if it had
vanished from lhe earth.
The authoriti«-» here and in Wash
irigton have bean working night an«l
.lay un « mv i«-L«»*«^ w«iiw it wwa « swum V*
ered.
Chief Wilkie, of the United States
Secret service, ba» twwn ktwping inform­
ed by telefihone »nd teh-giaph of every
d.',e,..pm«-i,t, an«|, wvordilig to tele­
graphic adv a-ea, he will hair Washing
Um t>> foy ■ i t<ik. |M-r-..i nl diargv’-.f th--
inveeiigatioa.
Hecrvtary Shaw, of thv Treasury «1»«-
partmrnt waa toM of the big theft
when in Chicago last week, ami waa in
r .nference with Hub Tiiwaurer William
Boldvtiwick and aecret amice officials.
Tile money an- stolen either a »wk ng«>
Satunlay, ths next day or Mon.lay.
Tim diaiH-ew »re it was abstracted on
Mouday.
The !<•» wiu» diwovenil
Tueaday.
A!! the money taken was In latgr
bills—biils of lhe denomination of
31,1)00, 15,000 and 310,000
Just who
distin.-risl the !<—« tl>« »uh trm-ury oth-
rials would not admit last
night,
Neither would they toll from what de­
nor
nartUMnl the ir^ney »»• tai
how the !.•« was diA'oveml,
Radical Victory In Russia Por
tends Violence.
BOTH SIDES MAKE DIRE THREATS
Letters
Menacing
Reactionary Lead-
era Mot by Notice of Retribu­
tion on Democrats.
Big Steamer Wracked and Paaaergers
Washed Overboard.
IxMidon, Fvb. 22 — The w. rat disaster
for many year» In lhe history uf the
busy cnaie-chaiiel I rattle between Eng­
land and the continent occurred during
a violent gale shortly befote t! o'clock
this tiHiriiing, atieii the It-tti-r<lauii
mall steamer Berlin, from Harwich to
Hook of Holland, having satisfactorily
weathered Hie hurricane, waa wrecked
a» »he »a» entering port.
Altogether H3 persona are either dead
•r clinging hopelessly to the wreck.
The tcrrirtic aea* broke ti I «ui the
steamer with such awful suddsnnsM
that attempts 1» save life appear to
have Ixw-n utterly hopeless, . late to­
night it is repot«»! that a few surviv­
or» wet«» dinging to the wreck, but as
the heroic efforts all .lay ot the lifeboat
rews hn-i failtil to reach them, little
■ ■;•>•
it 11.-.-;. -.1 !! la- s-4-.e,! remain».
! yet beeft- a»*ign»-d
h>r tin’ disaster ami it prvlwbly never
will be known how Ute »teenier came to
Inins the dinnmd.
It ia c«>nje«'ture>l
that Some dvrangeinent of the engimat
<>r steering g«-ar may have rendered the
vi«»«-| utmuitrollable
t'aptain I'rv-
■ ions has a g'»>d record of I I yenra* »er-
v ice.
lb«. Hat of pas<««ingera was lost, ami
all the names of those who were on
b uird have uot y«>t Iw-en learn«i|. but aa
for as Ims been ascertain««! there were
no Ameticaiia among them.
A terrific SoiithwiMl gale was blow­
ing inshore, and drove the steamer on
a sand Iwiik close to the northern jetty
aa she »«« trying to enter the new
waterway. Heavy •»«» <|uii kly |»»und-
ed the v«-.-vl to pi.,.»,
Hhe broke in
two, her fore part ainking immedi­
ately, while the doooH’d |«i»aengvrs
and crew duster«-.) upon lhe alter |«rL
St. Petersburg, Feb. 23 —The re­
turn» received today were only from
15 a«lditional electoral district», bring­
ing the t».t.*ai number of members of ilit*
douma rl«vi««l up to lit), ns follows
Monarchists, 75; M«sicrates, 35; Pro-
gr.-saive«, 23; Uuiistitutlonal ftemo-
crats, 74; Left Party, 125; National­
ists, 40; indellnite, 11.
The Monarchists mad«, th«* gr»*at«-et
gains, 12 seats, but divy iiave els>nt
attain«! their full »tn-ngth, as an over­
weighting proportion of the 103 mem-
la-rs yet to lie cl«*te«l will surely is*
opp. «it mn.
Th«, results promise a stormy session.
Th«* laiwling down <0 minister» will lie
»Upplviuvtilrd by bwttlvS royal l»»tw<i>il
the Rada'als and tlu* aggneaivu roso-
tloniat» under the leadership of M
Kmushrvien, the notorious auti-Hemite
• f K idl I eft
M K rounhei Ian iuis received many
threah-ning letters, to which the organ
of lhe rtwcthmisto, th«- Riueuan Banner,
replira with a first page notice to the
•■ffict tliat Max Vinner, J.acph Heawn,
DANGER TO HARBOR BILL.
Prof«-»«,>r Milukoff and M Kishavvter,
the Moscow incmhcra of parliament, PLAYGROUND* FOR CHILDREN.
f*ay Be Killed Entirely to Avert B*g
all leiuli-rs <d the Constitutional Itemo-
Treasury Deficit.
cratlc |>arty, have 'wn ««'heled for
Washington, Feb. 25.—Since Chair­ retribution in care a hair ot Krouahe- Roosevelt Endorse* Movement to Ac­
quire Them in Cities
men Tawney, <4 the appropriations vIan's lirad is hurui««l.
AS
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n-hiiigton,
Feb. 22.— Municipal
oominlttee, cail««i attention t«> the prolr-
playgruuinla within en»y walking dis­
SAYS TRAFFIC IS DECLINING.
ability <4 a .h-tk'it of 3HM>,lMM),00(), tn
tance for every boy and girl in the
conae«|uenee ot the large appropriation»
marie this session, there Ims I «i'll con- Hill Predicts a Gradual Reduction in large cities w«>rv advocat«*! tonight l>y
I'rtwident R«aisevvlt in a letter, and by
sulerable talk around the Capitol »Unit
Butin«»* Volu n«.
Representative Boutell, of Chicago; E,
-1« !>wtitig tin* river and harbtar bill,
New York, Feb. 23—James J inn. E. Brown, Unlte»l Stat«« ctuiimiMiouer
thus removing the
I bi 11 ty of each
president uf the Gr.sit Northern 1U»I- of .»lii.aimn, ljenry H. Carlis, superin­
deficit.
w*y company, who ha« returned froin
The river anil harUir lull aa |»isw-.l St Paul, i-xpri'-Msl th«, conviction _vi-»- tendent <>t Washington plsygronnds,
and other »|»«k. r» al a ''playgrounds
by tin* liousi' c»rrl>’«l 333,000,000. As
t<-nlay tliat the tide of prosperity ia
amrnde«l by the senate, it carries 3'*2. turning ami tlurl there are ate Indies- lianqiiet" given under the auspices of
the Wnshington Playgrounds associa­
otMJ.tkM), and the pr«K.|»v*ta are that, if
tiuiia of a »ignifiralit r«'<-»»i<ui In busi- tion. Mr. Boutell «•splainml the ob­
ths conference oouunitlee agr.-ea, it will
neas. Mr Hill phrasml it, "the hill» ject of hia hill now pending in congress.
report a bill carrying in the nrighUar- ot prosperity an* being teefad,"
The preeident in his letter expressed
hood ot |IK),000,000, ot approximately
"Gr-neral policies of retrenchment hope that Me. Boutell’» bill for play­
the amount ot the deficit predict«! by are under way,” said Mr. Hill. "Less
ground» in Washington will pare roil.
Mr. Tawney.
money is to Is* spient on new work The g"*», that
• may 1». securnl lador«
Friends of'the river and harlmr bill,
■ ffis-t of this iiKivi-inenl is lieing foil al prices become prohibitive, saying; "I
since the rumor started, have become th<< present time in the falling i.fi of
regard thia aa one of the mist import­
active in nrggig prompt agreement on orders.
The U-glnning of this move­ ant steps townni making Washington
the hill in «inference, SO that it will ment is very <>vid«nt hi Chicago
tin* mouel rdy which we all Irel that
not run the obanca of tiring talketl to
"While I would warvely call it n re- the capital should lie.”
.ieatli In the last day or two of the ses­
«-«•eaten in busimw. it is more of a
lie praiaes the work in thia direction
sion. It the report is delay»! until lhe drawing in. Th«* railroads arc curtail­
done by t’hlcngo and the High H c I kmi I
middle of the week, and a few senators
ing their rx|H*n»«-s and placing fewer Athletic league of New Yotk, ami calls
determine t<> kill it. th«-y will have the orders. <>n our lines we will finish
attenfinu to the in« liiamn uf gnmra in
bill entirely within their [siwer.
th«« work we have under way, ami tliat the curriculum of German and English
is all."
M'hiMila ami several noted
private
STOP FOREST RESERVES.
»«-Imola in America.
(Tiicago, Feb, 26 — Although n ««ore
nf detectives are nt work <S1 the .«o»v,
the theft of 3173.(MS) from th«* sub-
trvasiiry in this city la-t Wi-dtwsaiay
seem* as for frmn solution as the «lay
on which the robbery was committeil.
The general impn*»«mn prevails tliat
lhe thief must liave tns-ii n government
employe, and several of th«-se men ar«*
lieing . Ios«*ly watcliwi, but, an far an
known tonight, no tangible evdience
haa been due overe«!
Among those umier surveillance is
George W. tltagcrald, wiro was in Fulton Would Give Congress Author-
«harge of lhe teller’» cage from which
I'y to Create.
Washington, Feb *jfl — Renstor El­ the money wm ah»t|a« t«l, twit ho in­
Washington,
Feb. 25.—Henator Ful­
kina, «4 Wist Virginia, lias jurt com­ sists thnt he Ims no knowledge ot how
ton baa ofLrvd hia amendment to the
pleted ami tllisl in the «M-nate ia minor­ th«* money disappeared.
agricultural api opri at ion lull, prohib­
ity tv|«>rt on Hie railroad rate law
It
iting the creation ot further forest le­
MAY
STOP
FIGHTING.
pr««enta a comprehensive history of the
xer vivi in <rrvgon, Washington, Idaho,
economic development of American
railraa«le, together with exhaustive United States or Mexico Threaten to Wyoming ana Colorado, except by au-
thoriy of c*w>greas. Henator Lodge, who
tables which tend to show a «instantly
Intervene in War,
threatem-d to raise a point of order
decheaaing freight sod j«-»rtig«*r rate,
Washington, Fel*. 2t).—Unhw« Nica­ against the amendment, withdrew his
and lhe relation betw«*vn stall rate« and
the price of tmmm.aiitie« and <s«t uf ragua ami Homlura« apwdily agr«-e to objection and it was generally agreed
arbitrate their difficnltie«ln response to that the amendment would be permitted
lals<.
"The average paso-nger rate," says lhe suggo-tion of th«* t'lii'el State« and to go in the bill if It waa not debated.
the rv|M<t, "adranced slightly from | Masfcu, it 1« not iinprotablc tliat inter- Tina is sali»factory to Mr. Fulton, and
iventiiMi will he rworted to in order to lie expect» to lieve the amendment ac-
1370 to I sail
During the next 24 years
there was a -lecllne cptal t>* 17 *5 p»r I bring an «ml to the present hostilities. otptsd by lhe senate when the bill is
taken up.
cent of the average for HUM).
Th«" net Il )a*vain«< known t-xtay tliat within the
hurt
<iay
*>r
two
a
eranod
note
wax
-ent
Western nu n in congress are thor­
■iecline from 1*70 te 1SH0 averagetl
to th«* pii-ei-lcntx*4 Nitaragua ami lion- oughly aroused at lhe Forest »«rvice for
16.14 jier <?ent. The decline In th* av­
its attempt not only to legniate all gov­
erage rale |i*r mile per ten of fn-ight dun», in cffvvt craneying thl» threat.
No
ri'phce
)«ave
been
received
and,
ernment
timber land lati prillilo range
was S3 71 peg cent during the year»
from 1370 to ltM>4, the rate fat the while In «»tficlal circles tha boiie is ex- land us well, and In consequence leg is-
««rlier y««r lieing abou* two and one- pr«*M>«*<! Dial further bl<xxl«hi-«i may be 1st ion rivolli tiiemhil by the president,
half tlrn»*« that of the latter, and the avertsd, there ia an underlying belief io iking tu tile leasing of the public
net sail ng to th« *hip|»*r» average«! that It will lw rMreaxary (or either G«e range and the reservation ot all public
Unit«l Htatra or Mexfoo to »top In and timber land now in reserves, will Im
11.0V mill» jier top per mile."
tabled.
Ute re,»>rt say» that the cost of force an arbitration.
The Htate depart ment has about con­
cluded that bltsd letting is the only
cure fix* the trouble betwwwi Centra)
tian»p>rtstion in HW4 waa nearly 32,•
American republics.
Can't Find Mayor Schmits.
(MM),(MM),000 lean than It would have
*13 ia said that Japan«« lal-in-r» now
Han Francisco, Feb. 26. — Judge
lieen lia-1 the rates for 1370 still pre­
in Hawaii, who dealt« to enter the
Ihinne th ar morning set next Tues-lay,
United Htatea. prop* we to do so by rail«!.
March A, as the day for the conimeiice-
going through Mexico.
Dry Farming In Malheur
cnent of the trial of Abraham linei on
Ths ca»e
Mayor Dunne has rartied the Chi­
VaJe, Ur., Feb. 26.—Versons here the cluirge of extortion.
cago ftemocratic pc I tn« rice
from Pendleton and Walla Walla state agni mt Mayor Hchmlts was continued
until next Th iralay, after Judge
Blight earthquake« are «till felt in tliat they will tab«- up some nf the bench
land just west of Vale and use dry farm­ Ihinne had directed the district attor-
Han Franciero oceaaionally.
ing ni«*li>«b>. They foel certain that ney to ascertain where Mayor Schmits
Tait is going to L’ul« in April to the soil ia similar and better Gian that is st the present time, and when he is
investigate conditions tlwre.
lie stated that if the
around Pendleton, on whirlreuch ex«*el- likely to return
No dry mayor had not returned by next Thurs-
The Japatneee ruinUter an*! Hectefary lent return« are Iteing made.
farming lias ever been tried In thio ac­ ■lay some proceedings should lie taken
Boot are working on a new treaty.
tion of the county, and the outcome ia to compel hie return.
A Kentucky woman has just given lieing proph»«icd M a (nilure by some
birth to five children. All are doing of the old aetller». hut those who ere
Bandits Get Big Plunder.
wall.
studying tha situation state there on
El l’aao, Tes., Feb. 26. — Barni ita
mid«*I the liaciemla of Je«ua Urangnn
Senator Railey, of T.-xas, say« all be no doubt as to succeee.
Halens in the village of Ihirango, Meli­
charge« are false ami tie would like to
Forty o* Crew Perished.
co, Munday night
After making pris­
shoot accuser».
oners of Helens and his serrante, tl>e
Can««,
Island
of
Crete,
Feb.
26.
—
Taw
says the present «rasion <d
All the passenger» on boar-l the Aus- laxndits roblaoJ his safe of 37,000 in
com—"
ill appropriate nx-re than
trfan itearner Inperistrix, which run gold and gathered np many thcximnda
on« b
dollars
on a rerk Fri.iay evening near Cape of o«»llara' worth of jewelry and plate,
._ tax
__ commlsaioner
- ___
Elaphoaiso, were saved. Forty mem- d«*»tr>>ying sll they MMld not .-nrry off
ticut
offered to sell Ui appointment and now bent of the crew, of whom 32 were Aus- Officers are searching the mountains for
he
is out.
Itrlana and eight Indians, perbihed.
jibe robbeis.
he ie
oat.
STORMY TIME NEAR
HUNDREDS LOST.
Japans*« Will Invcstigats.
Heaitlc, Feh. 25.—The Ja|>aneee aaao-
ciation of Sattle ha» app«>int«-d a enm-
inittee of five to maks a full and ltn[«r-
liai r«-|»irt oti <-<>ndil!oii« viisling in ihr
Pacific Nortiiwr-t, aa r«*gania their
countrymen. The nwult of the eoni-
mittee's Investigation» will lie »ent to
the government at Tokio, thmngh the
Japanese amlmMMior st Washington.
A. Hattori, preaidsnt of th«- aaaoeition,
dwlaml that the mwting ws» not call«l
ss a governtnent fnnctlon, bot tnerely
throiigh a »enae of national pride to in-
VMtigate «-otidition».
FAVORS SAN DOMINGO TREATY
Senate
Committee Reports on Plan
for Collecting Revenue.
Washington, Feb. 24 —The commit*
tee <xi (orc-gin relations today author­
ised a favorable report on the treaty
with Santo Doming» relative to the
Collection <>f the trvrnm-» of that eoun-
try by Americana.
The ihunocrata
voted against the report.
The treaty, which Inter was made
public, provides fur colls«'tlon ot the
revenues of the Dominican lepublic for
the tietietit of creditors by a general re­
ceiver and aasiatanl* to lie appointed by
the president of the United States.
Tile «uma collected sliall Im applied m
follows: First, to |«ylng the ex|»-mu-ti
of lhe rtxtslvershlp; see-ind, to the |<ty-
ment of interest u|»in bond»; thirrl, to
the (•yment of the annual »urns pro­
vided for amortisation nf the bonds, in­
cluding interest upon all bonds held in
»Inking fund; fourth, to the purchase
and I'ancellalion or lhe retirement and
cancellation of »orb bond» as may 1«
directed by the Dominican republic;
tilth, the remainder to lie paid to the
I Mm in lean republic.
Timber Famine Not Unlikely
Chicago, Feb. 23—Cnlea th«* strict­
est economy is practiced, a timber fam­
ine will result in the Uniu«l Htalaig
within the next few y««ra, In Hie opin­
ion of R. H. Kellogg, United Stat«-» for­
est ln»p«s*tor, who spoke last night be­
fore the Western Hrriety of Engineers.
"The output of tlmlw>r has remained
stationary for many y« are, while the
demand has lncr«*a»Ni steadily,’* said
Mr. Kellogg.
"White pine himlier
has advan«'e«i In pri«'e 106 perernt in
lhe last 20 years, Fzmnomy must be
practiced in the next few years."
No Hope for Seattle Fair Bill.
Wnrhington, Feb. 26.— Henator I’ilea
Ian a I >oii t abandoned hope of avuring
the peerage through the annate thia
aeaeiiin ot Senator Ankeny*» bill appro­
priating 3700,(MM) for lhe Seattle espo-
aition. Senator Hale refuse» to with­
draw hia objn-tion. Aa the bill cannot
)» um the hotiac this »region, the whole
matter will go over to the next con-
grvM, when it stand» a fair chance of
passing.
Predicta War for Markets.
GREAT REJO'CING IN UTAH.
State Legislature Congratulate* San­
ale, Smoot and Sutherland.
Halt fake City, Frb. 22. — Among
lhe active lt«*p<ibli**ans an«) the lender«
ot tlx- Mormon church there was great
rejoicing when the new» came from
Washington that Henator Htnool had
Ixn-ii sustain«!. By unanimous »landing
vote tiie lower house of the Utah Irgis-
latun* adopted the following joint reso­
lution, which wm also introdne«] in
th«* senate
"Be it resolved by the legl-lature of
the »late of Utah, that, in determining
that lion. Rr«l Hmoot is «*ntillrd to
Ills seat, ths Unit«l Mates nt-nste has
stood for constitutional rights against
|>owrrful intluenc«i and has avold«l a
dangerous pr«v«l«'nt.
"Therefore, the thank» and the con­
gratulations of th« »tat« ot Utah are
hereby extends») to the «H-iiatr for ita
final action in this caac.
"Personal congratulations are sent to
Hcnabir Hin*»>t ami his colleague, Hma-
tor Sutherland, and to the oilier sena­
tors who qioke and voted in protection
of the right« of the »tale of Utah."
Committed to the Asylum.
Seattle, Feb. 22.— Father Mio-hell,
who since July last lias l»»-n nwiflned
In the county jail here, was »ent to the
»tale asylum for the insane at Steila­
coom to lay.
Superior Judge Frater,
who called a lunacy commission to ex-
amine into the girl's mental* condition,
signed the commitment thia morning.
The killing of George Mitchell by hia
sister was the result of the reign of
Holy Rollerlam in Oregon. George
Mitchell killed Frans Edmund Creffield,
the Holy Roller leader, in thia city
last May.
Chicago, Fob. 23. — "The time is
Chamberlain a Physical Wreck.
coming when our mannfactur»*« will
outgrow the cxmntiy an<l men may he
Feb. 22An interesting au­
I
tume*l out of lite factories," an id Sec­ thoritative statement concerning the
retary of the Tr««»ury Hliaw in an a*l- h««lth of J<«eph Chamberlain ia pub-
ilrsw last night.
"One of these flue ' lishrd here to« tay. Although It <loee
dye we are going to hav«> an r«.-«■»« of not confirm the worst rumor«, it shows
manufactures," he raid.
"Thon the that Mr. Chamlierlaìn 1» completely
world will not <mmo after
manu­ broken physically, although he is men-
factures.
i tally alert.
a. V?/