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Washington, June 18. Another star
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as one state. The measure also pro
vides that Arizona and New Mexico
may be admitted to statehood as the
state of Arizona, provided the people of
the territories vote in favor of admis
sion on the terms submitted by con
gress. The signing ot the measure was'made
the occasion of an interesting cere
mony. Senator Beveridge and Repre
sentative Hamilton, chairmen of the
senate and house committees on terri
tories, who have worked long and hard
for the measure, were present, as also
were Delegate McGuire, of Oklahoma,
and a number of residents of Okla
homa; Delegate Andrews, of New Mex
ico; Secretary Loeb and others. Just
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After signing the bill, the president
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Hamilton ou the completion of their
long and arduous labors in connection
with the measure. He also expressed
the hope that the people of Arizona and
New Mexico would avail themselves of
the opportunity to come into the Union
as a state. From every view point, he
said, he regarded this as the wise thing
for them to do, as the opportunity
might not come again in a score of
years. The president said that he bad
a personal interest in the admission of
Arizona and New Mexico, as many of
the members of his regiment, the
Rough Riders, resided there (
Must Clean Up Promptly.
Chicago, Jnne 18. The city health
department has sent its Ant official
written notice to the packing compan
ies at the Union stockyards to improve
sanitary conditions of their plants. The
packers were intructed that they must,
within three days, discard the filthy
tables and benches, provide cleaner
rooms and tools, and correct some of
the present unsanitary conditions.
Structural changes in the buildings, in
cluding new toilet rooms and more ven
tilation and light, must be made within
30 days.
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CRYING FOR HARVESTERS.
Unemployed Men for Kansas Grain
Fields Hard to Find.
Topeka, Kan., June 19. Kansas is
sending out the stronger appeal of her
history for men to work in the harvest
fields. The difficulties of the last few
years getting help to gather the wheat
before it becomes dead ripe and scatters
in the gathering will be intensified this
year if the advance signs are token of
what is to come.
At least 25,000 more men than are in
sight now will be needed, and desperate
measures will be adopted to draft men
into the service behind the self-binders.
Competition for labor is stronger this
year than ever before. There seems to
be no idle men anywhere.
Appeals have been addressed to the
employment agencies in Chicago, St.
Louis and other large industrial cen
ters. The answer has come back in al
most every instance that it is impossi
ble to fill the orders.
Factories are running at full capacity
all over the country. Building opera-j
hods are going on on a scale exceeding
anything of the kind in past years.
These activities, in addition to the
many public improvements that are in
progress, have absorbed tbe bulk of the
labor of the country, skilled and un
skilled. State Free Employment Agent Gerow
holds that a number of railroads are
largely to blame for the shortage of
harvest hands. He says the railroads
need . every man they can get to com
plete their own work, and for this rea
son have refused to grant the 1 cent a
mile passenger rate that is usually made
for the harvest hands. They fear, it is
apid, that the call from the wheat
fields, with the atti active wages, will
draw away their laboreis, who get only
$1.25 for working on tracks.
The Rock Island and Union Pacific
have given the harvesters' rate, but
the other lines are obdurate.
There will be no room for complaint
on account of compensation. The farm
ers, if need be, will pay as high as (3
a day for good men. The ordinary
wage will be $2 to (2.50. Board and
lodging are also given. Farmers will
co-operate with each other, and there
will be less "stealing" of the hands of
others than in past years.
The fiat has gone out unofficially that
there must be no able bodied men in
Kansas at harvest time. The loafer
who can work will be obliged to toil or
leave the state. Local authorities in
cities and towns hitherto have co-operated
with the agriculturists in enlisting
the whole available force for field work.
They will do so again this year.
Present indications are that Kansas
will harvest 65,000,000 bushels of
wheat. The usuM migration from the
Texas and Oklahoma fields will recur
this year, but this source ol aid of
itself will not be sufficient.
Foreigners Refu to Fay Tax.
London, June 19. The correspond
ent at Tokio of tbe Daily Telegraph
says that the deficit in the next budget
ii expected to reach $40,000,000. The
co respondent sayB that the majority of
the foreigners resident at Nagasaki re
fuse to pay the income tax and that the
German consul is supporting them.
Tha dispatch adds that an army reform
co amission has been appointed, con
s. sting of the ministers of War, In
struction and State, to remedy defects
in the army disclosed by the war with
Russia.
PRELUDE TO GENERAL ATTACK
Massacte at Bialystok Will Be Imitat
ed in Other Cities.
Berlin, June 18. "We have every
reason to believe that the massacre of
Jews at Bialystok is a rehearsal for a
wholesale repetition of the atrocities of
last October," said Dr. Paul Nathan,
president of the Central Jewish Relief
league of Germany. "Our information
indicates that the Bialystok massacre is
the same sort of officially inspired
counter revolutionary outbreak as was
that at Odessa. We have learned posi
tively that the government's allegation
that the trouble began in consequence
of the bombs being thrown at a Chris
tian religious procession by Jews is e
ridiculous falsehood. Bialystok is still
in the hands of the drunken Cossacks,
who are determined that no Jews shall
be allowed to escape or go unrobbed.
"The military have deserted the rail
way station and every passing train is
held up and the passengers plundered.
Panic reigns in tbe neighboring vil
lages, which fear they will be the next
object of attack. Numerous German
firms and individuals are among the
sufferers at Bialystok and cause the
suggestion that German intervention be
invoked."
DISAGREE ON PIPE LINES.
Rate Bill Conferees Thrash Over Old
Straw Without Result.
Washington, June 18. In the ab
sence of Representative Sherman, of
New York, who was out of the city, the
conferees on the railroad rate bill were
in session less than an hour today, and
reached no decision on any subject.
The pipe line amendment was dis
cussed, Senators Elkins and Tillman
opposing any change in the provision
making them common carriers and con
tending that most of the companies
that have protested the amendment are
subordinate companies of the Standard
Oil company.
Opponents of the amendment pro
posed that the amendment which pro
hibits a common carrier from carrying
commodities it produces be changed to
read: "railroad carrying commodities
it produces," in order that this amend
ment shall not conflict with pipe lines,
which are constructed for the sole pur
pose of carrying their productions. If
this were done, they agreed to support
the pipe ilne amendment.
Smoke From Shasta.
Redding, Cal., June 19. Reports are
being received here that smoke is ponr
ing from the cone of Mount Shasta and
that deep rumblings are heard in the
mountains. The reports ars not
credited.
Washington, June 23. Early in the
present session of congress Senator
Hansbrough, of North Dakota, intro
duced a bill authorizing tbe expendi
ture of $1,000,000 out of tbe national
reclamation fund for draining swamps
in his state. When the bill went be
fore thejcommittee on irrigation it was
found that every acre to be benefitted
was in private ownership, and the bill,
if enacted, would not open to entry a
single acre of public land. Notwith
standing these disclosures, the senate
committee ordered a favorable report '
out of courtesy because Hansbrough is
a member of the committee. It was
then stated that a majority of the com
mittee believed the bill a bad one, and
it was sttaed by several senators that it
would never be permitted to pass the
senate. Nevertheless the bill did pass
and is now before the bouse, where its
chances of passing seem equally good.
A bill is now pending to divert $1.-
000,000 from the reclamation fund to
drain tbe Dismal swamp in Virginia
and North Carolina; another is pending
to drain the Everglades of Florida;
only a few days ago a bill was intro
duced to take another $3,000,000, and
expend it in draining tbe big swamps
of Arkansas and Missouri, and, in ad
dition, there are two bills pending for
the drainage of swamps in Minnesota,
and three general bills providing for
the government drainage of swamps in
all parts of the United States.
If the Hansbrough bill passes, it will
open the way for these other measures
of similar character, and it will be only
a short time before the greater portion
of the reclamation fund, instead of be
ing used for irrigating tbe desert lands
of the West, as originally intended,
will be expended in reclaiming Bwamps
in states that have contributed not a
cent to the reclamation fund and never
will contribute. This legislation is a
rank injustice to the West, which is
counting on using its cwn public land
receipts for the reclamation of its des
erts, and unless somebody calls a halt,
the work of government irrigation will
soon be brought to a standstill.
It must be remembered that, once
this precedent is established, it will be
easy for delegates from the East and
South to combine and force through
bills for the drainage of the swamps in
the non-aiid states, and if the Eaot and
South ever do combine for this purpose,
the West will never have enough votes
to check the onslaught.
REGISTER FOR CROW LANDS.
Crowds of Easterners Are Arriving at
Billings, Montana.
B"tte, June 23. A Miner special
from Billings states that Easterners are
flocking to that place by the hundreds
to register for the Crow' lands. Today
they numbered approximately 850,
which is 200 greater than it was yester
day. The crowds which arrived today
were larger than any since the registra
tion began, which was a week ago.
The delegation of 200 came in this
morning on the Burlington train from
tbe East. Most of those on board came
from Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska
points. But one hailed from Connec
ticut, while another gave his address
as South Carolina.
The Northern Pacific brought in
numbers from Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota. Many of the prospect
ive settlers have secured tents and have
gone to the reservation, where they
will establish camps and make a thor
ough inspection of the lands. At the
present rate the registration in this city
will not exceed 10,000.
Appeals to English Women.
London, June 23. The newspapers
this morning print an appeal from the
women of Georgia, Russia, to the , wo
men of England, complaining that by
order of the Russian government Cos
sacks invaded the central and western
provinces of Georgia and destroyed,
burned and looted four towns and 200
villages, treating the population with
the utmost brutality, not even children
escaping'murder. The names of the
signers are withheld at their own re
quest, but they include a princess and
the wives of many high officials.
Root Considers Action on Massacre.
Washington, June 23. Secretary
Root is giving consideration to tbe Jew
ish massacres in Ruseia,having alreadv
discussed them with the president. So
far he has taken no action.