The Columbia register., June 30, 1905, Image 2

COLUMBIA REGISTER
HOULTON- OREGON
In a CcsdCQSCd Form fcr Our
Easy Readers.
A Reaumo of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of tho Past Week.
Lord Carson threatens to resign the
vice royalty of India.
Germany has assumed a more peace
ful tone toward France.
The Japanese are said to be engaged
in a great turning movement.
Generals Linievitch and Kuropatkin
appeatr anxiousto continue fighting.
A heavy gale in the outskirts of New
York wrecked several buildings under
construction.
A foreign diplomat at Washington
says Germany desires Russia to con
tinue the Far Eastern war.
Secretary Taft says trial by jury in
the Philippiaes could not be wisely
adopted at the present time.
A Danish training schooner and a
British schooner collided! near Copen
hagen. The cadet ship sunk and car
ried 22 cadets with her.
The president has been informed
that M. Nelidoff, Russian ambassador
at Paris, and Baron Rosen, the newly
appointed ambassador at Washington,
will be two of Russia's peace plenipo
tentiaries. Reorts of strikes and demonstrations
against the government pour in from
all over Russia. Red flags fly from
barricades in the streets of Warsaw and
Cossacks and police charge the ciowds,
killing and wounding.
War fever in Sweden may overturn
the present ministry.
Agitation has commenced for a sep
aration of Hungary from Austria.
Ex-President Alexander, of the Equit
able, has returned $25,000 to the com
pany.
Oyama's advance is making the Rus
sian positions untenable, and monhs of
labor will be lost.
The mining town of Ophir. near Au
burn, California, has been entirely
wiped out by fire.
He will then investigate the business
methods of the various diplomatic poets
of the United Sta'es in Europe.
The illness of Count Lamsdorff, Rus
sia's miniser of foreign affairs, has
brought peace negotiations to a stand
still. Colombia is trying to sell the Gali
pagoe islands to the United States.
Financial difficulties are, given as the
reason.
The outbreak in Lodz, Russia, has
spread to Warsaw, and other cities.
Hundreds of men, women, and children
have ben kil ed The wounded will
number over 2,000.
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis
has sailed for Europe. He will act as
special ambassador of the United States
and formally receive from the French
government the remains of Paul Jones.
President Roosevelt has small hope
of securing an armistice in time to stop
the general engagement now imminent.
The feeling aroused by King Oscar's
proposition to recognize the independ
ence of Norway is causing much uneas
iness in the Swedish capital.
The latest reports from Oyama show
that he will soon have the entire Rus
sian army surrounded. Several small
engagements have proven victorious for
the Japanese.
Paul Morton, chairman of the Equit
able Life Assurance society, is prepar
ing to make those who have accumulat
ed millions from the society in a few
years, disgorge.
France's reply to Germany's Morocco
demands is unsatisfactory and negotia
tions are again deadlocked. A peace
ful solution of the difficulty seems fur
ther off than before.
Castro has created several new cus
tom house ports in Venezuela in order
to dodge his creditors, who are to re
ceive 30 per cent of the receipts of the
regular ports of entry.
The czar has abolished offices in the
Far Eastern territory.
The torpedo boat destroyer Perry, at
Portland, has established a new record
for fast time on the Columbia, having
made 11 miles in 16 minutes. This is
. at the rate of 41 miles an hour.
Roosevelt will renew bis efforts for
an armistice.
The United States has been officially
notified of Norway's separation from
Sweden.
Oyama's army is enveloping the
Russians and they must retreat or be
. surrounded.
FAIR TREATMENT.
President Will See That Courtssy is
Shown Chines Exempt CUtsss.
Washington, June 27. By direction
of President Roosevelt action has leen
taken by the administration which not
only facilitates the lauding in this
country of Chinese of the txempt class,
but will also eliminate from the Immi
gration bureau such administrative
fixatures as have beeu the subject of
criticism by Chinese. It is the de
clared intention of the president to see
that Chinese merchants, travelers, stu
dents and others ol the exempt classes
shall liave the same courtesy shown
them by officers of the Immigration bu
reau as is accorded to citiieus of the
most favored nations.
Representations have been made to
the president that in view of alleged
harsh treatment accorded to many
Chinese seeking a landing in the
United States, the commercial guilds of
China have determined to Institute a
boycott on American manufacturers.
The representations, backed by the au
thority of the American Asiatic society
and commercial bodies throughout the
country, induced the president to make
an investigation of the situation with a
view to remedying the evils complained
of, if they were found to exist. The
subject was discussed thoroughly with
Secretary Metcalf, of the department of
Commerce and Labor, who lias super
vision of the Immigration bureau.
As the result of the inquiry orders
haveb een issued to the diplomatic and
consular representatives of the United
States in China by the president him
self that they must look closely to the
performance of their duties under the
exclusion law and see to it that mem
bers of the exempt classes coming to
this country are provided with proper
certificates. These certificates will be
accepted at any port of the United
States and will guarantee the bearer
against any harsh or discourteous treat
ment. BIG FIRE AT NASHVILLE.
Department Store Is Destroyed, with
Adjoining Buildings.
Nashville, Tenn., June 27. Fire in
the retail shopping district caused
damage estimated at between 1500,000
and $600,000. The flames were located
in the Palace, a big department store
on the southwest corner of Fifth avenue
and Union street. The fire spread rap
idly and when it was at last under con
trol the following damage had been
done:
ine raiace, occupied, oy .Morris
Bros., wholesale and retail millinery,
and Jacobus Bros., owned by Norman
Kirkman, turned. The Manix, six
story building, occupied by Nashville
Dry Goods company, owned by Noiman
Kirkman; burned.
Two three-story buildings being fit
ted up for Kress A Co., owned by
Browne heirs; wrecked by falling walls
and burned.
Others who sustained losses are:
Wright Bros., decorators: Cash Gro
cery store, R. W. Turner, Cumltfrland
Baking Powder company; Alfred Steam
Dye works.
DATE IS PROPOSED.
Peace Meeting Will Take Place Early
in August.
St. Petersburg, June 27. Negotia
tions for the peace conference have
taken an important step toward, and a
proposal for the date of the meeting of
the plenipotentiaries at Washington
has been submitted to Russia and is
now under consideration. The exact
date proponed has not been ascertained,
but there is reason to suppose that it
is some time during the first week or
ten days of August, which is alxmt the
earliest period at which the Japanese
representatives could be expected to
reach Washington, allowing reasonable
time for the acceptance of the proposal
and the interchange of the nominations
of plenipotentiaries.
The emperor's answer is not expected
for a day or two, as the diplomatic
mills of Russia grind slowly, and the
foreign office, as one of the secretaries
put it, "is not used to hustling Ameri
can methods," but it is thought that
the date will be satisfactory, as it will
give ample time, for Nelidoff, the Rus
sian ambassador at Paris, or other
Russian negotiators to reach Washing
ton, and there will be little prelimi
nary work for them to do.
Valuable Furs from Alaska.
Seattle, June 27. (Jarrett Bunch,
pioneer in the fur trade of the Lower
Yukon, is here with $25,000 worth of
skins be has brought out from Alaska.
Busbh went to'ulato on a prospecting
tour in 1897, but went into the fur
trade instead. He built bid cabin from
whipsawed lumber made by himself on
the present site of Nulato and waited
for the Indians to visit him. His pros
pector's supplies were traded for the
first fur stock and the fur trade grew
slowly until he now practically con
trols it. Nulato is an important post.
Russian Vessels are Raited.
Rome, June 27.' A Port Arthur dis
patch, received from an Italian engin
eer who is engaged in raising the Rus
sian ships sunk in the harbor there,
says that three ironclads have been
refloated.
BLOW TO MITCHELL
Robertson Tells Vivid Story at
land Fraud Trial.
WAS ASKED TO COMMIT PERJURY
Senator's Former Secretary Tells the
Court He Was Afraid to Face
Tanner After Decision.
Portland, June 27. Harry C. Rob
ertson, former private secretary to
Senator Mitchell, has told his story.
The scene in the United States court
room yesterday morning when Kolrt
son took the stand was dramatic. Not
a word told by the witness misled the
ears of the defendant and the auditors
present. Judge Tanner's testimony
was a blow to Senator Mitchell. The
testimony of RoWrtson was even heav
ier, for in many details it corrolsirates
what Judge Tanner has already told
the jury. The witness declared with
out reservation that he hail lee asked
to commit perjury so that Senator
Mitchell and Judge Tanner might evade
the necessity of appearing in court.
He told of the stormy interview with
the defendant when the latter found
that he would not be a tool and of his
own fear of meeting Judge Tanner on
his return to Portland from Washing
ton because he thought that he would
be too weak to resist Judge Tanner's
attempts to get him to commit perjury.
The witness stated that he delayed his
visit to the senator's law partner for
this reason. It was this delay that re
sulted in placing in the hands of the
government that particularly damaging
"burn this letter" document of hena
tor Mitchell, a letter which was given
to Robertson by Max Pracht to deliver
to Tanner.
DISAGREES WITH BOARD.
Chief Engineer of Panama Canal Is
Forced to Resign.
New York, June 27. John K. Wal
lace, chief engineer for the Panama
Canal commission, has resigned his po
sition under pressure from President
Roosevelt and Secretary of War Taft.
This statement was made here today
by lhemiore 1 . Shonts, chairman of
the commission.
Mr. Shonts declared that he was i.ot
at lilerty to talk, and that the an
nouncement would have to come from
President Roosevelt direct. He de
clared also that the farced retirement
of the chief engineer would in no way
affect his (Mr. Shouts') position with
the canal ltoard, nor would it lead to a
reorganization of the board. On the
other hand, the rumor is strong that
there will be a reorganization of the
board at an early date.
The resignation of Mr. Wallace cume
after several stormy sessions of the
canal loard, and after several confer
ences between the president, the chief
engineer and Mr. Shouts. Disagree
ment was entirely over the policy to be
pursued in the construction of the
canal. It was found after Mr. Wallace
left for Panama that there was a seri
ous difference between his ideas and
those of President Roosevelt and Chair
man Shonts of the commission.
ANXIOUS TO FIGHT.
Linievitch Appears to Regret that End
of War is Near.
f I T W 1
wunsnu i ass, june zi . .Many dis
patches reaching here through the offi
cial paper, which is edited for the
army, make the conditions under
which the proposed peace is to be
reached very indifferently understood.
In consequence of events at Washing
ton a military initiative for an armis
tice has been expected, but although
Generals Linievitch and Kuropatkin
express the conviction that Russia is
drifting toward peace, no action look
ing to sn armistice has yet been taken.
On the contrary the commanders ap
pear to regret that at the time when
the army has reached its maximum
strength it is likely to be deprived of
victory.
Big Gun Is Too fcxpensive.
New York, June 27, The ordnance
experts of the United States army are
said to have practically decided that
the 10-inch gun, from which so much
was expected, is not practicable as a
weapon, and a decision of the War de
partment to abandon the type is antici
pated. Only one of these guns has
been made so far, and that one is now
at Sandy Hook. The experiments,
while showing that the guns could do
what was expected in one way, have
nevertheless convinced the experts that
as a weapon it is too costly.
Pure Water for Isthmus.
Panama, June 27. The system of
aqueducts which will give the isthmus
a supply of pure water was inauguraed
today. It will be officially inaugurated
on the Fourth of July, when there will
be great rejoicing all over Panama.
A FAIR WITNESS.
Judge Tanner Hides No Fact Favor
log Senator Mitchell.
Portland, June 23. Senator Mitchell
had his day in the trial before Judge
Io Haven yesterday. The cross-examination
of ex-Judge A. 11. Tanner, who
was turned over to the defense late
Friday afternoon, was taken In hand
by Judge Bennett. During the SS
hours ha was bombarded by questions j
from the attorney several admissions
favorable to the senator were brought
to the attention of the Jury, causing a
gleam of satisfaction in the aged sen
f tor's eyes. There were those present
who bad anticipated a rough Journey
for ex-Judge Tanner, but they were
doomed to disappointment. Judge
Burnett handled the former business
partner of his client with a velvety
tongue, and only once or twice was
caustic with the witness. When ex
Judge Tanner finished his redirect ex
amination ex-Senator Thurston moved
to Lave his testimony stricken out.
This was donled.
F.x-Judge Tanner passed through the
ordeal letter than his friends antici
pated. He was little short of a perfect
witness, apparently holding nothing
back. His testimony favorable to the
defendant was given in tl e same dis
tinct and positive manner as that given
by him under direct examination.
Several times Judge Bennett sought to
lead the witness, and once or twice the
attorney for the defense made his own
ingenious interpretation of some of the
answers given under the questioning of
Mr. Heney. Each time ex-Judge Tan
ner, corrected his Interrogator, and,
once or twice, when Judge Bennett Ihs
came overpersistent, the witness be
came curt in his denials of having an
swered questions in the manner put to
him by the attorney for the defense.
Mr. Heney announced that he would
rest his case on Monday. Ex-Senator
Thurston stated after the court was ad
journed that he expected that the de
fense would be through by Tuesday
evening. While nothing has been said
by counsel for the defense, it is almost
assured that Senator Mitchell will take
the witness stand in his own behalf.
FRANCE HAS WAR FEVER.
Despite Minister's Denials, People Ex
pect to Fight Germany.
Paris, June 2. For the first time
since the Fashoda incident the French
public is In the throes of the war fever.
Whether it will result in anything seri
ous depend on Germany's response to
the French note on Morocco, but with
out considering the exact status of the
diplomatic negotiations a considerable
element of the public and press seri
ously discuts the jKssibilities of a re
sort to arms. Army circles are partic
ularly active, and at the military clulis
the officers are mainly engaged in mak
ing comparisons of the forces of France
and Germany. While the financial
leaders scout the idea of war, the spec
ulative element has been quick to seize
the opportunity to raid French rentes,
which showed a fall of 1 franc and 8
centimes within a week. The official
view is that the situation, w hile deli
cate, does not present any aspect of
danger or a crisis involving a rupture
of relation. This is the government
view, and naturally presents the most
favorable aspect of the controversy.
However, the ambassadors of tlte lead
ing powers express impartial opinions
fuly sustaining the view of the govern
ment. It is pointed out in diplomatic quar
ters that the worst aspect of the Mo
roccan question does not present a
casus belli. An analysis of tho contro
versy shows that the sultan of Morocco
invited the powers to a conference.
Germany urges the powers, including
France, to accept. Premier Rouvier's
latest note show the willingness of
France to consider a conference, if Ger
many explains her purposes, but, even
should France decline to accept these,
refusal of the invitation does not con
stitute a causee for war.
l
Race Suicide Dying in New York.
New York, June 2(1. Births in this
city at the rate of one every five min
utes are recorded by the Health depart
ment for the past week, during which
period 2,011 were reported. It was
announced at the department that the
birth rate of New York has now risen
to about 31 per 1,000, and is higher
than any other city in the United
State. Five or six years ago, when
there was so much talk about race sui
cide, the birth rate here was only 20
per 1,000. Last year the rate was 90
per 1,000..
' Throw Out the Miners.
Lawton, Okla., June 20. The Inter
ior department has instructed the cu
todians of the government forest re
serve in Southwest Oklahoma to pre
vent further trespassing of miner and
mineral prospectors on these land and
to eject those now conducting mining
operation there. This will affect min
ing interests in the Wichita mountains.
THOUSANDS SLAIN
Soldiers Sheet Into Rioters In
City ol Lodz, Russia.
POPULATION RISES AGAINST ACY
Enraged at the Slaughter of Socialist
Marchsrs, People Units In a
Desparst Outbreak.
Lodi, Russian Poland, June 24.
Yesterday, "Black Friday," in Lods,
surpassed all the horror of "Red Sun
day" in St. Petersburg. While it U
not yet possible to ascertain the exact
numler of the vlctl'iis, estimates placo
the killed and wounded a high as
2.000.
The troubles here were initiated by
the Social IViuocrst and Jewish Bund,
who determined to avenge- their com
rades killed iu the rioting on Wednes
day. Thursday the feast of Corpus Christ I
passed off quietly, but during the night
workmen attacked Uie patrols. In this
fighting two officers and seven Cossacks
were killed. One of the latter was
shot by a girl of 13 years.
Friday was a day of terror. The city
was given up to bloodshed. Anarchy
and tierce street fighting prevailed all
day. Barricades were hurriedly con
structed in the Jewish quarter at dawn.
Men climbed to the roofs of houses,
cutting telephone and telegraph wire
to use for entanglements in the streets,
while others cut down telegraph pole
and used them In strengthening their
barricades which already had been con
structed and in building others.
Karly in the day two bomb were
thrown (rum the crowd Into the bar
racks, killing' or wounding 20 soldiers.
TIME OF ITS LIFE.
Congressional Irrigation Commltts la
' Won by the Wsst.
Reno, Nev., June 24. The congres
sional Irrigation party has experienced
one continuous round of pleasure Iron
the time it left Kansas City on June 1
up to the present moment, and the
stack of Invitations on hand indicates
that the last half of the trip will t
crowded Just as full orenJoyment a
the first. Fach city visited bad en
deavored to outdo the other and each
rural district hat attempted to demon
strate that it is the one "garden sit"
of the country. There have licen ban
quets galore, riot dress affairs, but cor
dial meetings lucking in formality and
pervaded by that spirit of hospitality
which characterizes the entire West.
The gates of the several cities have
liecn oiwi.ed wide, the liberties of the
party have been unrestrained, and the.
result has Ix-en that everybody has hud
a bully good time. When the party
enters a city, it becomes the city's
guest, and in no instance has a city
along the route failed to turn out to do
honor to the visiting lawmakers.
The trip is necessarily hurried: littler
time is allowed for sightseeing. F.very
thing is sacrificed to the cause of irri
gation. FINISHES WITH TANNER.
Prosecution Through with Star Wit
ness and Defense Takes Him.
Portland, June 24. Judge A, II.
Tanner, the government's star witness,
against Senator Mitchell, in tho hind,
fraud cases, now t trial before Judgo
Do Haven, is in the bands of the at
torneys for the defense. For 1 1 V
hours tho former friend and business
partner of the senator from Oregon has
been on the witness stand. The thing
to which he has testified, the mass of
documentary evidence to which he has
sworn as having passed between him
self and Senator Mitchell, has been
damaging to a degree to the defendant.
Today ex Senator Thurston and
Judge Bennett will begin their determ
ined effort to break down this mass of
testimony and especially to draw forth
admissions tending to show that the.
senator had no guilty knowledge when
he received his share of the firm' foes
in the Kribs transactions.
Wallace Arrives Home.
New York, June 24. Among tho
passenger who urrived today on board
the Orizaba from Colon was John F
Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama
canal. Mr. Wallace comes here to
complete arrangements, which were un
finished on his departure for the isth
mus. He says that the work is -progressing
very satisfactorily. The force
is increasing and settling down to
steady labor. The engineering com
mittee is preparing plans for the board
of consulting engineers, and this i an
other reason for his return.
More Troops To Be Mobilized.
Moscow, June 24. The governor of
Moscow has postponed notices of the
forthcoming mobilization of troop, tr
exhort the population to be calm The.
mobilization is expected June 0.