The Columbia register., April 21, 1905, Image 2

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A Ruma of th Last Important but
Nat Lss Interesting Events
of th Past Wuk.
Chicago will own the city' car line
within three month.
Carnegie will soon distribute $12,
500,000 among 50 college in 1? state.
Mint urn, a mull Colorado mining
town, has been practically wiped out
by fire.
Bids have Just been opened by the
Nary department for the construction
of three cruisers.
Indiana's anti-cigarette law is in
force and a cigarette cannot be pur
chased in the state.
Farther violence on the part of the
strikers has ended peace conferences on
the Chicago teamsters' strike.
The revivalist who have just left
Portland and gone to Seattle say the
latter city is the purer of the two.
Russia accuses British ship of spy
ing on the movements of the Baltic
fleet and reporting to the Japansee.
Omaha retainers have had the price
of beef raised on them. They are now
paying $15 to $20 more per carcass
than they were two weeks ago.
A nmber of Chicago beef trust wit
nesses have fled to Canada and their
wives have been summoned before the
grand jury to tell what they know.
The Russian army is retreating to
Kir in.
Another earthquake in India has
wrecked two towns.
The Russian fleet has changed it
course and gone eastward to coal.
Bloody disturbance are expected
throughout Russia on May day.
Paul Jones' body has been found in
Faris and will be brought home for
burial.
The cxar has announced his inten
tion of revising the land law in order
to quiet the peasants.
The Winnebago Indians, in Nebras
ka, have protested to Washington,
claiming to have been robbed of their
lands by agents.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company will spend $500,000 on new
lines in Utah, Idaho, Montana and
Wyoming in JV05.
An unknown malady is killing many
people at Tonopah, the new mining
camp cf Nevada. Hundreds aie fleeing
from the dsitrict to escape the disease.
A commission has been appointed to
decide the dispute on international
rivers. The waterways in question are
the Rio Grande and Colorado on the
oath and the Milk river on the north.
Cader Powell has assumed office as
marshal at Nome, Alaska, pending in
vestigation. Japan has been called upon to pun
ish Formoeans who murdered eight
American sailors.
Four beef trust officials have been
indicted by the Federal grand jury at
Chicago for spiriting a witness away.
Both parties in the Chicago strike
refuse to confer and the employers have
adopted a plan by which they hope to
win.
President Roosevelt has left Okla
homa for Colorado. He may be in
duced to cme on to Portland and at
tend the fair.
It is said the interned Russian ships
are preparing for a dash from Shanghai
and China will be unable to prevent it,
as she has no war vessels near.
The two hostile fleets in Asiatic wa
ters have not yet come together, but
they are fast approaching each other
and a battle is expected at any time.
General Dragomiroff urges the czar
to continue the war, saying that in
four yeais Japan' resouices will be ex
hausted and she will then be at the
mercy of Rsssia.
The Japanese are sending large force
against Vladivostok.
Representative Jones, of Washing
ton, expresses the opinion that Santo
Dominog is not capable of governing
hersell and internal strife will continue
until some government take charge.
,r Edwin II . Morgan, of Aurora, N. Y.,
has been appointed United States min
ister to Corea.
Admiral Sigsbee, commanding the
Carribean squadron, reportB all quiet
in Santo Domingo.
Two miners were killed and a' num
ber seriosuly injured in a strike riot at
llibbing, Minnesota.
The houses of two nonunion miners
at Blossburg, Alabama, were blown up
by dynamite and a child killed.
The Chicago teamsters' strike con
tinues without any material change.
Riots are of frequent occurrence.
- Dutch warships have reported to
their government the commencement of
a naval battle between the Japanese
and Russian squadrons pear the Anam
bas islands, east of the Malay peninsula.
SHON1S IS TO BE CHIEF.
Scrttary Taft Say H Will Work
With Panama Commuiion.
New York, April 18. Secretary "of
War Tatt, ho U here to attend the
annual meeting of the directors of the
Panama railroad company in this city
tomorrow, had this to say tonight on
the affair of the railroad company:
"The meeting will result In a com
plete reorganisation of the company.
The government i now in control of
the stock. It is absolutely essential
for the United State to control the
affair of the company in the work of
constructing the canal. We desire the
affair of the road conducted in har
mony with the commission which will
have charge of the general construction
work.
"With thi end in view, the diiector
of the Panama railroad company at
the meeting will elect Theodore P.
ShonU, the new chairman of the Pana
ma canal commission, president of the
Panama railroad companv.
"With Mr. Shont at the head of the
company it is certain that its affairs
will be conducted most satisfactorily.
Hi experience as a practical railroad
man will enable him to operate the
railroad just as the Panama canal com
mission may desire while the work of
the construction is in progress. The
entire official board of the company
will be comprised of either members of
the commission or men who are inter
ested in the work of constructing the
canal.
"By official board I mean the officer
and directors of the company.
"We expect to have this road in
readiness at the time the work of the
canal construction begins and inauaged
in a manner so as to facilitate this
great work."
RUMORS WITHOUT REAL NEWS.
Correspondents Guess at Many Thing
Beyond Their Vision.
London, April 18. There is as yet
no news of a great naval battle in the
Far East, or of the whereabouts of the
rival fleets. The Hongkong corres
pondent of the Daily Mail sends a ru
mor of a small engagement, but there
is no confirmation of this report.
Detail regarding the Russian ships
in Kanrah bay. Cochin China, are too
meagre to be instructive. According
to the Daily Mail's Singapore corres
pondent, the North German Lloyd
steamer Prinx Heinrich saw several
battleships and six cruisers in the bay,
but the dispatchea to other newspaper
are not so precise. The Iaily Tele
graph's Singapore correspondent, like
the Associated Press, merely reports
"eighteen vessels," and adds that the
captain of the Prinx Heinrich statt-s
that possibly more warships were in
side the harbor, but that they were in
visible from the offing.
The presence of the Russian squad
ron off the Annam coast is raising keen
interest here, in view ot the possibil
ity of their infringing Chinese neutral
ity and of the likelihood of Rojestven
sky having had to split his squadron.
The .Morning Post's correspondent at
Shanghai telegtjphs that China has in
structed the governor of the southern
provinces to maintain strict neutrality
in view of the possibility of Russian
ships sheltering there.
WHEELS BLOCKED IN ITALY.
Railway Strike May Extend 'to Other
Forms ot Industry.
Rome, April 18.-Every railway line
throughout Italy is tied up this morn
ing as a result of the strike among the
employes, who are dissatisfied with
wage and hours of labor. The strike
is expected to spread to all of the large
industries in the Beveral cities, and be
fore it is ended bloodshed is likely to
result.
The strike started in Naples, and a
few minute afterward the heads of
labor unions wired to every sulordinate
organization telling them to notify their
members to stop work at midnight.
The order was literally obeyed and not
a wheel is turning this morning, al
though the officials of the roads allege
they will have thern in ojieration be
fore the end of the day.
AH the station clerks and office em
ployes have been ordered to report to
the station masters to aid in moving
trains.
Opened by the President.
New York, April 18. With Presi
dnt Roosevelt as the chief guest and
leading educators from all sections of
the United States among the sjieakers,
the next general season of the National
Educational association, which will be
held in Anbury Park, and Ocean Grove,
N. J., next July, promises to be the
most notable in the association's his
tory. The meetings will begin Mon
day, July 3, and continue five days. An
elaborate program has l)een completed.
President Roosevelt will deliver the
principal address of the meeting.
Tunnel Secure from Strikers.
Chicago, April 18. Labor leaders
will hold a conference tomorrow with
Mayor Edward F. Dunne, who said to
night that he had hopes of an early set
tlement of the teamsters' strike against
Montgomery, Ward A Co. The coal
teamsters today decided to refuse to
haul coal to the Montgomery Ward
building. It is learned tonight that
the Chiacgo Tunnel company is rushing
work on a connection with Montgomery
Ward & Co.'s basement.
Grand Trunk Station Burned.
Durand, Mich., April 18. Fire to
night destroyed the Grand Trunk union
station here, in which are located the
general offices of the road division west
of Port Huron. The building was new
and was valued at $125,000.
TO HEAR ALL SIDES
Senate Committee Will Consider
Rated Rates.
NEW BILL IS TO BE PREPARED
Two Month Will Be Devoted to Hear
ing Testimony of Expert
on Question.
Washington, April 15. Railroad
rate legislation and kindred topic will
again W brought prominently to the
attention of the public with the meet
ings here, beginning Monday, of the
senate committee on interstate com
merce, which will assemble for the
purposed ventilating the subject in a
manner more thorough than any here
tofore on record. The meeting will I
held in the committee' room at the
capttol and will be public. Senator
Elk ins, of West Virginia, will preside.
The Republican member are Cullom,
Illinois; Aldiich, Rhode Island; Kean,
New Jersey; Dollivcr, Iowa; Foraker,
Ohio; Clapp, Minnesota; and Millard,
Nebraska. The IVmocrata are Till
man, South Carolina: McLaurln. Mis
sissippi; Carmack, Tennessee; Foter,
Louisiana; and Newlands, Nevada.'
A a basi ot consideration, the
Esch-Townsend bill, passed by the
house at the last session, will be ex
pected to serve. The committee had
the measure before it many days More
the adjournment of the last 'congress
and was urged to put it on its passage.
Argument were advanced, however,
protesting against hasty action because
of the alleged radical character of this
measure, and the importance of the in
terest involved. Chairman Elkins
and Senator Foraker were among those
who advocated delay, and the commit
tee, near the close of the session, after
much time had been devoted to hear
ings, reported to the senate a resolu
tion authorising it to continue the
hearing during the recess. This
authority was granted and Monday'
meeting will be the initial meeting
unuVr that authority.
Although the house committee on in
terstate commerce, which evolved the
Esth bill, took sufficient testimony to
fill several large volumes, and although
the senate committee was not idle in
that regard, the investigation of the
subject now imminent promises to I
most exhaustive. Both sides, in fact
many sides, of the cane will be heard.
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BUTCHERS DENOUNCE PACKERS
New York Trade Up in Arm About
Advance in Beef.
New York, April 15. Price of all
kinds of meat have begun to rise in
New York because of a reported in
creased cost to dealer of about 2 cent
a pound. This advance in dressed lieof
by the packers means a corresjonding
increase of from 4 to 6 cents per pound
at retail on the average grade of sir
loin steaks, porterhouse steak and
prime ribs of roast beef.
Retail dealers say they received
notice of the first advance ten days
ago, but postponed an advance to their
customers. However, on receiving
notice of a further raise next week it
was found necessary to make a change
in retail prices.
Meetings of the Retail Butchers'
and Meat Dealers' Protective assicia
tion will be held in all boroughs to
take action. The Brooklyn branch of
the association already has met and
discussed the situaiton. Several re
tailers bitterly denounced the packers,
who were alleged to le takingcoucerted
action. It was declared that while the
advance of wholesale price was attrib
ute to falling off in supplies of cattle
at the Chii-ago stock yards, no such
falling of! had taken place, and that
the raising of prices was entirely un
justified. Preparing for Long Siege.
Tokio, April 15. It is reported here
that the Russians are continually rein
forcing the garrison at Vladivostok and
that the work of strengthening the
fortress is constantly progressing. It
is said that the plans of the Russians
contemplate a garrison numbering 100,
000 men, with 500 guns. Many addi
tional batteries, redoubts, barriers, and
pits are in course of construction and
enormous store of ammunition are be
ing accumulated. The Russians, it is
said, have equipped their fortress to
withstanding a siege.
Standard Asks the Impossible.
Topeka, Kan., April 15. The Stand
ard Oil company has filed in the Su
preme court a motion "to make more
definite and certain" the petition in
the suit filed by Attorney General Cole
man to oust the Standard company
from the state. It will be absolutely
impossible to comply with a motion of
this kind, the attorney general says,
but the Standard sayB it is necessary to
obtain this information in order to
properly defend itself.
Ten Million Dollar for Good Roads.
Albany, N. Y., April 15. The pro
posed constitutional amendment au
thorizing a state issue of $10,000,000
for building good roads under the state
aid law passed the assembly today.
Having passed the legislature last year,
the proposition will now be submitted
to the popular vote at the November
election.
TALKED TOO MUCH.
Sever Rebuk Given to SpacUl Land
Agent Leach.
Washlngtm, April 17. Arnold F.
I-each, special agvnt of th general land
office, who it quoted in dispatches from
Tacoma aleclarlng he ha unearthed
tremendous land fraud In Washington,
boslde which the Oregon frauds pale
into insignificance! ha ltu called .
verely to account by Laud Commission
er Richard.
According to loach's interview, he
ha Sherlock Holme don to a frauU.
He made it appear that he had gath
ered evidence which would send to the
penitentiary many leading citlsen and
official of Washington, who, he alleg
ed, had been defrauding the govern
ment of hundred of thousand of dol
lar' worth of timber. I
In a letter addressed to Iaeh, Mr.
Richards say he ha examined hi offi
cial report to the department and find
nothing in them which instantiate
his interview; Ich ha omitted to
notify the depaitmeut of hi sensation
al discoverie. If he ha audi evidence
a he claim, Mr Richard a ant to see
it. Furthermore, Iach i notified
that special agent are sent out to
gather information for the general land
office, not foi .the newspapers; that
their re ort are regarded a confiden
tial at all times, ami it any part ot
them U to be made public that infor
mation will be given to the press in
Washington, not by officer in the field.
Leach i a subordinate eclal agent
in Washington. He is not working
under the direction of Secretary Hitch
cock, but of Mr. Richards, nor Is he in
chaige ot land investigation in Wash
ington state. It is not believed any
further steps will be taken in Leach'
case unless it l to again reprimand
him when hi reply is received.
ROMANOFFS IN THEIR COFFINS.
Cartoon in Prominent Russian Paper
Sends Pric to Premium.
St. Petendmrir, April 17. Quite a
sensation was caused this morning by
the appearance in the Neva, the most
widely circulated illustrated weekly in
Russia, of a halt-tone picture represent
ing the Imperial lamily, including the
empress, holding the heir to the throne,
the background of the picture showing,
in shadowy outline, the emperor,
Grand Duke Sergiui, Grand Duke
Alexis, the dowager empress, the heir
to the throne and practically all the
members of the Romanoff family lying
dead in their coffins. The work is done
i skillfully that the shadows in the
drapery behind the imperial family are
discernible with great difficulty. The
publishers disclaim any previous know
ledge of the .shadowy figure. The cul
prit, who were student employed on
tiie paper, have not yet bn located.
Copies ot thi edition of the Neva are
selling at a big premium.
The Slova ha received it first warn
ing for the publication of article en
titled "The Bureaucracy," and "The
War and Reform," in which the paper
severely arraigned thebureaucracy, the
general staff and the war office for in
competency. SAVED FOR CELILO CANAL.
Sand and Gravel Pit at The Dalle
Withdrawn from Entry.
Washington, April 17. At the re
quest of Major Langfltt, the secretary
of the interior today withdrew from en
try lots 1, 2 and 3, in section 2, town
ship 21, range 13, adjoining the Seuf
fert proerty at The Dalles. This
tract contains a large sand and gravel
pit, and teing all vacant government
land, it was deemed advisable to secure
it for the ue of contractors on The
Dalles-Celilo canal In-fore it fell into
the hands of speculators. Major Lang
fitt said it was not known definitely
how much sand and gravel was on
these lots, but evidently enough to help
along with the canal Vork.
The fact that the government owns
this Lnd will tend, to materially re
duce the cost of the canal. It is likely
the contractors will be allowed to use
this sand and gravel without cost.
Whole Fleet Cjming Home.
San Francisco, April 17. The flag
ship Chicago and the United States
s earner Bennington have arrived at
Santa Barbara, with Rear Admiral
Goodrich in command, and will remain
in port until April 28. The Pacific
squadron, consisting of eight ships, is
expected to leave on April '28 for Mon
terey, where it will be anchored until
May 5. The squadron then leaves for
San Francisco, where it will remain
until June 6, when it sails for Port
land, to be present during the ear!y
stage of the fair.
New Destroyers for Japan.
Washington, April 17. Information
ha reached Washington through Europe-
that the Japanese navy La within
the last four days commissioned 10 new
torpedo boat destroyers built in Japan
ese shipyards. It is believed that
within six weeks 25 additional destroy
ers, building under rush orders, will be
put in commission. Three hundred
and eighty-one mines planted by the
Japanese in front of Port Arthur have
been taken ip and placed elsewhere.
Cherries Ten Dollars a Pound.
Sacramento, CaL, April 17. The
first box of ripe cherries shipped out of
tbo'stato by the Earl Fruit company on
April 7 was sold in Philadelphia today
for $100,' being $10 a pound. Manager
George B. Katzenstein say thi is the
highest price ever realized from the
sale of the first box of California cher
ries, which is the result of the fierce
rivalry among Philadelphia dealers.
SOON LET CONTRACT
Plans lor The Dalles-Celilo Canal
Are Almost Complete. .
WILL BEGIN VORK AT UPPER END
Enough Money Now on Hand to Build
Uppar Lock and intranet
to th Canal.
Washington, April IS. Within two
week, it I expected, Major langfitt
will he Instructed to advertise (or bid
for th construction ot the first lock of
The Dalles-Celilo canal, thu launching
a project that ha bocu under consid
eration in one shape or another for a
generation. The chief of engineer ha
received Major IjuigtUt' plan for lie
ginning construction, but, owing to
the fact that several detail are not
quite clear, the paper are to be re
turned tor explanation. When they
get tuck to Washington it la thought
the plan will he approved and author
ity granted to invite proposals.
Major 1-angfltt' plant, which have
tren carefully worked out in great de
tail and with apparent care, contem
plate lcginnliig construction on the
upper end of the canal and working
downstream. Thi i done to enable
contractor to make use of the canal a
it i completed, section by section.
Major Langtltt hna prepared plans
for approaches to the canal at it upper
end, for the guard gale (or the first
lock near Celilo, and lor a considerable
stretch ot canal. It i impoMiihle to
tell how much 'work cna lo done with
the money appropriated in the river
and harbor law, but it Is anticipated
there are funds enough to complete the
Celilo' lock and canal entrance, and to
do considerable blasting and straight
canal work. Near the first lock it will
Isa necessary to build an immense em
bankment a the.north wall ot the ca
nal. Thi part of the canal, and in
(act all other part not rut through
olid rock, will be lined with cement.
All embankment will be solid of con
struction and will m faced with im
mense rock to prevent washing in sea
sons of high water.
ONLY ONE FARE.
Reduced Rat to Portland Fair from
All Eastern Points.
Chicago, April 13. The action of the
Trunk Line association meeting held
at New York yesterday was supplement
ed in thi city toduy by the Central
Passenger association meeting, which
decided to concur with the former nnso
ciatioii in granting a one-way rate plus
$1 from all point east to Chicago (or
those desiring to attend the Ia-ww and
Clark (air at Portland.
The Trunk Line association at its
meeting yesterday receded from its for
mer t'emand for a rate of HO per cent ot
the round-trip fare, and agreed to make
a one-way rato plus $1 from all points
in its territory on the Atlantic sea
Itoard west Id' Pittsburg and Buffalo.
This wa to lie done, provided the Cen
tral Passenger association would take
the same rate from the two latter cities
through to Chicago, where the rates
could lie joined with the same conces
sions made by the transcontinental
lines, giving a one-way round-trip rate
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The
action n( the Central Passenger associ
ation ratified this agreement toduy,
which make the one-way rate from
coast to coast certain.
This action assures a large attend
ance at the I a-win ami Clark exposition
from all of the territory lying east of
Chicago, extending to the Atlantic
coast, between the Canadian boundary
and the Ohio river. The Central Pas
senger association territory take in nil
the cities of the east, and the rate ot
one fare will induce thousands of well-to-do
persons to make Portland the ob
jective point in their summer and fall
vacations.
Illinois Will Show Lincoln's Home.
Springfield, III., April 13. The
commission which is to have charge
of thu state exhibit at tho Lew is and
Chirk exposition nt Portland, Or., this
summer, elected Cyrti Thompson
chairman ami Reuben 11 Tiffany, ot
Ereeport, as seeretury. The commis
sion will hold a meeting at Springfield
next Tuesduy. Unless objections are"
raised the commission will make the
state building a copy of thu Lincoln
home. It wa practically decided to
exhibit all available Lincoln mementos
n the building during the fair.
Peasants Seizing the Land.
St. Petersburg, April 13. The peas
ants nt Orgeleff, near Odessa, recently
seized the land of some of the big es
tates and proceeded to divide it.
Troops have been dispatched to tho
scene. Near Byelostok the peasants
deniunded that the landlords cease to
use agricultural machinery, and as
their attitude became threatening, Cos
suck were required to disperse them.
An additional force of Cossacks bus
been dispatched to keep order.
British Steamer Captured.
Tokio, April 13. Tho British steam
er Henry JJolekow was seized by the
Japanese guardship off tho island of
Hokkaido, April 7. The character of
her cargo has not been divulged and
her destination is not stated in thu
official announcement. It is presumed,
however, that the vessel was bound for
Vladivostok.
ADVANCE IN ALL BIQ MARKETS.
Packers Rai Pric and Lay LUrna
on Cattl Growers.
Chicago, Apill 14. Trier of lnct
have advanced in every Important mar
ket ot th United State. The con
sumer Is paying th advanced price,
which toTiTin represent trial cent
per pound over what he paid up to leu
day ago.
Salft A Co., Armour and Mrlu
Morris state that no beet ha lit sup
plied to th retail market ot Chicago
or to any other inaikel in the fountry
during the last month and a halt ex
cept at a Im. Thi, it I declared,
ha len partially due to the fact that
breeder of stork and th handler of
range rattle have teen holding back on
supply until the grasa of th range In
come nourishing. Swift A Co., speak
ing tor the packing Interests, thi after
noon, Issued th follow ing statement:
"During the last tlx week th pro
ducer of hwf cattle hav been receiv
ing aUmt $ I advance over past price
(or choice cattle. This simply mean
that th advance to the consumer In
price would ha aUiut $2 on the one
half ot choice cattle that can U used
(or food purpom. The range cattU
producer 1 the master o( th ltua
tlon." ATTEMPT TO WRECK WARSHIP.
Caution Saves Connecticut from Being
Ruined In Drydock.
New Vork, April 14. During th
process of placing the new ltltehlp
Connecticut in drydock at the navy
yard here today, what might hv
proved a serious accident was avoided
by the office in charge sending down a
diver to make thorough examination of
the hull before the water should m
pumped out and the vessel lowered into
the keel blocks.
The djver discoveted a heavy timber
stuck fust to the hull on the oort ldt
of the keel, where it had adhered to
the rough plating while the vrsmd w
on the way and had md been released
In launching. A (allure to disoftcr tho
timlier, it Is said, would have resulted
in the buckling or crimping of the keel
and lower frame when the veiwel set
led on the blocks.
Several day prevlou to the laniu h
Ing o( the Connecticut last (all diver
were sent down to examine the way
and found a large spike placed where it
would have pierced the hull, had it not
been found. Iter, an official investi
gation disclosed hole bored in one of
the plate.
LOW GRADES FOR SANTA FE
Will Spend Tan Million on New Road
Through Mountain.
Chicago, April 13. The Record
Herald says: Official announcement in
inudn that the Santa Fe has decided to
build a $10,000,000 cut-off to the I'a
cine coast with a view to getting rid of
the mountain grades which now are en
countered in the trauN-coutinen:al
travel. Orders have l-cn given (or the
purchase of (he material necessary,
and work will lcgln in 30 days. 1h
work will be pushed to completion rap
idly, and the new transcontinental low
grade line will be ready (or opening
within a year or 15 month.
The Western end of the cut-off will
lw at Helen, N. M., 27 mile south of
Albuquerque, on the El Paso line, and
the Eastern will bo at Texico, 2.'0
mill's away on the I'cco valley line of
the Santa Fe. The new toad will cms
the Sierra Nevada mountains at Alio
I'iiss, at an elevation of H,41l feet, but
at a maximum grade rast-hound ot 1 14
jcr cent and west-bound of 6-IOths of 1
per cent. The line will cross the Santa
Fe Central near Willard and the El
Paso A Northwestern at Llano, N. M.
Ready to Fight Once More.
Paris, April 14. Captain Rode tele
graphs to tho Mat fn that he ha been
the guest of Kaulhars, commander of
the second Manchurian army at the
Russian front. The captain's observa
tions showed that the Russian army
had been reinforced and is prepared to
renew the battle. The troops maneuv
er dally in battle formation. The Ja;
aneso cavalry advance guard, thu di i
patch adds, in barely 10 miles away,
and frequent cavalry skirmishes tal'o
place. The prisoners captured have
sabre cuts on their heads, showing,
hand-to-hand skirmishes.
Flood Damages Arizona Railroad.
Phoenix, Ariz., April 14 For two.
or three days it has been raining heav
ily in Ariozna. Eurly this morning
300 feet of tho pilo structure built to.
repair the Phoenix tt Eastern railway
bridge over Salt river at Tempe was.
washed away. Salt river is still, high
tonight and some fear is expressed for
tho Maricopa & Phoenix ruilwuy bridge
at Teniim. Reports from the Roosevelt '
dam site is that tho river is higher
than at any time this year and is fully
a high at the Arizona canal dam as at.
any previous timo.
Invite Taft to Australia.
J Manila, April 14. Governor Gene
ral Northcoto, of the commonwealth of
Australia, will, it is understood, invito
Secretary ot War Tuft and party to
visit Australia during tho party'
forthcoming visit to the Philippines.
The commonwealth of Australia will
de(ruy tho entire expense, it is said.
The Amerlcnn chamber ol commerce of
Manila is preparing to entertain Mr.
Taft and party on an extensive scalo
during their stay ju Manila. ,
Submarines at Vladivostok.
Tokio, April 14. It is reimrtcd here
Ihat tho RunsiuiiH at Vladivostok are
conducting experiments with six sub
marine vessels, and that theso vessels
are-all' of foreign manufacture, ami in
clude French, British and American,
types.