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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1905)
COLUMBIA. REGISTER UOULTON- OREGON NEWS OFTHE 1EK In a Condensed Fern 1st Cur Busy Readcn A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Woek. A Chinese envoy has been sent to America, to study the exclusion ques tion. The sultan of Sulu proposed marriage to MiM Roosevelt and took a refusal bard. An earthquake of some violence has been felt throughout the entire Missis sippi valley. Mibister Conger denies tnat he is to go to China to endeavor to check the boycott against American goods. Radicals denounce the national as sembly called by the cxar. They claim it will do the people more harm than good. A yellow fever patient is a prisoner in the New Orleans city jail and has caused several panics among officials and prisoners. Russia is again being shaken with internal troubles. Added to the riots and strikes comes protests of Coexack troops against service in suppressing the rioters. It seems probable that peace negotia tions will be broken off. Russia in sists that Japan must change her terms on Sakhalin and indemnity and the latter are as firm in their refusal. The court of inquiry on the Benning ton disaster reports that the explo sion was caused by the steam gauge refusing to register the amount of steam carried and the boiler blew up because of an over-pressure. The en gineer in charge ordered a subordinate to close an air cock and instead he closed the steam gauge cock, which was the reason the amount of steam would not register. A Chicago preacher is to be tried for cheating a railroad. Practically the whole of Germany's colonial empire is in revolt. A dozen persons were injured by the collapse of a roof at Marblehead, Mas sachusetts. A number o fofficers from the United States army will attend the annual maneuvers of the French army. New Orleans is burning tons of sul phur to kill the mosquito which is causinfg a spread of yellow fever. A number of railroad companies must appear before the Kansas Federal court and tell why they gave rebates contrary to law. Reports from the New York Health department show a decline in tyhoid fever, which for a time assumed pro portions of an epidemic. Settlers are pursuing the band of Ar izona Apache Indians on a raid in New Mexico. The Indians are wearing full war paint and using poisoned arrows. The United States government has notified China that she must end the bocyott against Amerianc goods before negotiations will be opened looking to a betterment of immigration conditions. Associate Justice Tucker, of Ariaona, is accused of grafting. Acting Mayor Fornes, of New York, has been sued for divorce. The czar has issued a manifesto sum moning a national assembly. Eighteen bodies have been recovered from the wreck at Brucee, Virginia. Bombs have been sent to two New York bankers. No damage was done. A German port has refused to enter tain the British fleet in the Baltic sea. Telegraph operators on the Great Northern have voted to return to work". A heavy wind, acocmpanied by rain, did great damage to property in Tope ka, Kansas. Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, has order ed that work stop on tunnels until the Illinois Tunnel company devises means to prevent the sinking of buildings and streets. Roosevelt has again taken a hand in the peace conference in an endeavor to prevent the breaking off of negotiations. The government has discovered a new counterfeit $5 silver certicflate of the series of 1895. It is poorly exe cuted. Apache Indians from Arizona are on a raid in New Mexico. They have killed a number of ranchers and are looting and burning bouses. Amecricaan Jews refuse to loan Rus sia any more money until their race is granted reforms.' - WILL DRIVE CONGRESS. Legislation Must Be Passed On Rail road Rates and Tariff. Washington, Aug. 22. In abandon ing the idea of calling an extra etxwion of congress in November, President Roosevelt has handed out no encour agement to the men who are fighting railroad rate legislation, or' to the stand-pat Republicans who disagree with him on the tariff question. The abandonment of an extra session in November will have little effect upon the actual work of the next congress. It simply means that, instead of get ting together and organising in Novem ber, congress will meet on the first Monday in December, will organise in the days preceding the holiday recess, and will be ready for work soon after the first of January, instead of the first of December. But congress will not shorten the session, for the time that is taken off at the beginning will be tacked on at the end, and it is now probable that the first session of the Fifty-ninth congress, instead of ad journing in April next, will run well into the summer. President Roosevelt has not aban doned hope of securing the passage of a railroad rate bill, nor has he given up hope of securing a readjustment of the tariff to meet new conditions. And it may be st down as an absolute fast that, if the president makes clear his position and in a message to congress insists upon railroad rate legislation as well as tariff legislation, the house of representatives will pass bills very closely in line with his ideas, and won't waste much time about it. The people of the United States, es pecially the voters, have become pretty thourghly imbued with the idea that theie ought to be legislation on the railroad rate question. They believe the president would not have taken his firm stand without cause, and the peo ple are with the chief executive. A great many of them, undoubtedly a large majority, agiee with him that the time has come when there should be a readjustment of tariff rates, especially the rates tbM affect industries no long er needing protection behind a tariff wall, but which are taking advantage of the protection afforded by the Ding ley law to sell their products abroad at less price than they commana in this country. If the president wins his fight for railroad legislation he may have to sac rifice the tariff bill at the coming ses sion, but it is known he regards the railroad question as the more Import ant of the two at this time, and would probably be willing to compromise on these grounds, if he can get a satis factory rate bill. The discussion of the railroad question, or rather the dis cussion of the railroad question coupled with the discussion of subjects injected for filibustering purposes, will occupy so much time that there will be little opportunity to consider a tariff bill in the senate. The house, which must originate tar iff legislation, may frame and pass a tariff bill, while the senate is wrestling with the rate problem, but the chances are that the senate will not be obliged to surrender to the president on the tariff question at the coming session, provided it passes the rate bill favored by the president. There is hardly time in a single session to dispose of two such great questions, but there is no telling what President Roosveelt may be able to do. TROLLEY BROKEN IN PIECES. Hit by Flying Freight Car at a Butte Street Crossing. Butte, Mont., Aug. 22. Ten persons were killed and more than a score were injured, some fatally, here tonight, as the result of a freight car dashing into a crowded open trolley car at the cross ing of the street car and the Great Northern railroad tracks on Utah street. Paswngera on the car, men, women and children, were returning irora Co lumbia Gardens. The motorman, as usual, stopped his car before reaching the railroad crossing. At that moment a Butte, Anaconda A Pacific yard en gine was making a flying switch of loaded freight cars across Utah street. The motorman, thinking everything was clear, started acrons the railroad track, when the trolley car was struck by a freight car, thrown 25 feet and crumbled into kindling wood. The freight car landed on top of the man gied passengers. Going to Fight Yankees. New York, Aug. 22. The Tribune tomorrow will say: "Venezuela lias placed orders in Europe for torpedo boats with guns and ammunition at the cost of about $2,600,000, a larger amount than that little South Ameri can republic has ever expended at one time for war materials. An American, who has just returned from Venezuela is authority for the statement that President Castro recently declared that he was "going to fight the Yankees," which is giveu as the cause of the large i orders for war material. Russian Transport Captured. Tokio, Aug. 22. Commander Kam chkatka reports that his squadron has captured the big Russian transport Australia in the barber of Petropav Iovsk. She will be sent to Sasbro. PACKERS COMBINE Independent Companies to right the Beet Trust. RAILROADS WILL LEND A HAND OrganUsd In Secrecy, They Btgln the Attack In Chicago, After Es tablishing Their Plants. Chicago, Aug. 22. Carefully laid opposition to the beet trust, which, it is asserted, will reach gigantic propor tions shortly, began operations at the partially completed packing plant own ed by the Independent Packing com pany this morning. With the utmost secrecy two companies the other the Western Packing & Provision company have organized in Chicago and their plants will cost nearly $500,000 when completed. While the packers of the beef trust circle were warding off the attacks of the Interstate Commerce commission as to private car lines and the Federal grand jnry as to combination and con duct of their business, the wholesale butchers, hotel meu and restaurant men, as well as other large consumers of meat were secretly organising with a determination to succeed so stronggly in their minds that no word reached the public till this wk. Men interested in the new concerns say the railroads have privately given assurances that they will aid the inde pendents to almost any extent, as they have tired of what they term the pack ers' manipulations and sometimes treachery. The two plants now nearly completed are both in the stockyards district. The Independent company's $160,000 packing plant is at West Forty-first and IlaUted streets, and the Western com pany's $300,000 plant is at Morgan and Thirty-eighth streets. The third and largest independent plant will he built next summer and will cost more than $500,000 in Itself. The company which will build it is ready to obtain its charter, but will defer action until actual work on the plant begins. STATE LAID WASTE. Storm Sweeps Through Minnesota With Great Fury. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 22. Devasta tion, terrible and complete, was wrought on all sides of the Twin Cities by the storm of Sundsy night, accord ing to reports just received here. Through all the region from Anoka to Fillmore connties reports tell of disast er and loss of life and property. Members of families are missing and it is believed they are buried under the debris, which was strewn broadcast by the wind. Msny instances of maiming are teported and the total loss of life will not be known for some days. Crops which had been cut and were ready for threshing suffered J, in many places and standing corn was damaged by hail and wind. Hailstones several inches in circumference worked khavoc with the crops in some sections. Large sections of railroad tracks were swept away south of here and the mail trains on certain portions oi the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road were run yesterday on improvised tracks, making slow time on account of the en forced insecurity of the roadbed. In some of the farming localities the grain was stripped from the stalks, even in the shocks, by the furious rain and wind, and haystacks were com pletely demolished. Huge trees, which have successfully withstood the storms of years, were uprooted and hurled be fore the wind, and barns and other out buildings were completely destroyed. The damage done to build'.ngs and crops in the southern counties will reach many thousands of dollars, . but no accurate estimate can be formed un til complete reports are received. All sections report that the storm was cyclonic in its nature and from some points reports tell of a funnel shaped cloud that descended with the most intense fury, leaving destruction in its path. Navies Will Fraternize. New York, Aug. 22. New York will be the scene of a remarkable demon stration of fraternity and goodwill be tween the tack tars of the navies of Great Britain and the United States during the first week in October on the occasion of the visit of the second cruis er squadron of the British fleet. On or about the first Monday In the month 1,200 American sailors will entertain a like number of their British brethren. Arrangements are making for a great banquet, smoker and theater party as the principal events. Texan Health Regulations. Dallas, Tex., Aug. 22. It has been ordered by the State Health department that all persons entering Texas by northern gatewavs must furnish health certificates properly attested. Identifi cation of persons must also be given in certificates. TU8E SYSTEM FOR BAY CITY Mails Can Then Be Handled With Greater Rapidity. Pan Francisco, Aug. Jl. The pneu matic tube system, which is used with great success in Eastern cities, will at a near date be filling Its Important (unctions In the local postofllce. Ev erything Is ready for the installation of the system, and all that deters the postal authorities from giving this city that Improvement Is the proper loca tion at the ferries. The government forbids the placing of the system iu other than buildings which will lusure permanency. The present bullying at the ferries occupied by .he postoftlce is regarded as a tem porary structure, and the only location suitable will be in the Ferry building. The harbor commissioners have been applied to for space ami if they grant the request the work will begin luime dhtely. About 90 per cent of the local mall passes through the Ferry poetofllce, and when that station, with Ha force of clerks, is transferred to the new build ing at Seventh and Mission, the postal service of this city is going to be great N hamphered. The business com munity of this city as well as others were considerably Interested over the matter, and the agitation resulted In the department at Washington giving it serious attention. The tube la eight Inches In the clear, and each carrier will hold 450 letters. At a test recently made at Chicago, 350,000 letters were sent through iu one hour. San Francisco mail Is about 300,000 letters nr day, and with the tube system local mail could 1 handled with great efficiency. The majority of the mail will be worked and sorU-d at the main i-osiollloe, and sent through the tube to the Ferry station, where it will be ouchd for trains and steam ers. All incoming mall will be sent directly to the main iH.toffice. THERE ARE OTHERS. Bennington Is Not the Only Warship With Weak Boilers. Washington, Aug. 21. The findings of the hoard of inquiry that Investigat ed the Bennington disaster are expect ed to be given out today. Hnlee the boilers ef the gunboat exploded, killing and wounding so many of the crew, an investigation has been going on to determine the condition of engines and boilers on other ships of the navy. The results have been surprising. Some discoveries were msde, and some rather unpleasant ones. Several vessels have been ordered to the navy yard for repairs to their engine room equipment. The names ol these vessels are withheld at the Navy department. It may be said, though, on the best authority, that the conditions which have so far been revealed will In all probability result in some decided changes of the naval regulations realtlng to the duties of deck and engine room officers. The announcement of the ships whose boilers have been discovered to be de fective and of the changes to be made in the regulations may be made long after the Bennington figures have been published. Secretary Bonnaparte is a believer in legitimate publicity and thinks the department should take the initiative in furnishing to the press any information that should protterly be made public. NEW DOCK ON THE SOUND. Navy Department Prefers It There In stead of Mare Island. Washington, Aug. 21. It is believed from the attitude of an official of the Navy department that congress will be asked next winter to make an appropri ation for a new drydock on Pnget sound. The naval authorities are unanimous in declaring that there is immediate nred for better docking fa cilities on the Pacific coast, and are equally unanimous in believing it un wise to build such a dock at the Mare Island navy yard, because of the bad channel approaches. If another dock is authorised, it is preferred that it be located at Bremer ton, on the sound. The only thing to check this recommendation will be ad verse action by the cabinet, which may deem it inadequate, in view of the con dition of the treasury, to seek money for the new dock at this time. Grain Rates Are Reduced. St. Paul, Aug. 21. Just as the movement of the grain crop is about to begin the Great Northern railroad to day announced a sweeping reduction in grain rates throughout its eastern terri tory extending into the boundary of Montana. Three years ago the road made important reductions in the west ern section. The new rates, it is claim ed, will add millions to the potential resources of the farmers of the Noth west. The reduction is not made, it it claimed, in pursuance of any pressure, but as a voluntary -act. Fire Destroys Big Factory. Newcastle, Pa., Aug.. 21. Fire this morning destroyed the extensive plant of the Newcastle Forge & Bolt com pany. The loss is estimated at $100, 000. Six hundred men will be thrown out fo work. CONFERENCE FAILS Prevailing View That War la Far East Will Continue. JAPAN ASKED TO MODIFY TERMS Pressure Being Eserted at Toklo by President Roosevelt and the Powers. Portsmouth, N. II., Aug. 19. Black peaslmlsm rslgns at Portsmouth. The prevailing view is that the fate of the peace conferencce is already settled, that it has ended in failure, and that all that now reaialus is for the plenipo tentiaries to meet on Tuesday, to which day they adjourned yesterdsy afternoon upon completing the consideration of the Japanese tortus, sign the final pro tocol, go through the conventions and bid each other farewell. Iu other words, that the meeting Tuesday will be what diplomacy calls the "seance d'adieu." Hut there Is still room fur hope of a compromise. Neither President Roose velt nor the powers will see the chance id peace shlpwiccked without a (lank effort, and that pressure is being exert ed, espevialy at Toklo, to induce Japan to moderate her terms, is beyond ques tion. Just what is being doiie or is to ho done has j;:t transpired. King Ed ward is understood to U now lending a helping hand and the financiers of the world are known to I exerting all their energies. At Toklo and Ht. Petersburg the final issue witl he decided. FIRE DEALS DEATH. State Room Inn Destroysd and Two Lives Lost. Portland, Aug. 10. Fire originating at 2:20 o'clock this morning in the State Room Inn, on Thurman, between Twenty-elith aud Tweuty-aeventh streets, one block from the main en trance to the Lewis and Clark exposi tion, completely destroyed the structure and the adjoining residence of At torney Van Dusen, and Incinerated two or more occupants of the inn. Special Policeman J. II. Roy turned in the alarm and endeavored to arouse occupants of the building and bring as sistance to them. The structure waa frame, two stories in height, built to serve the purpose of a temporary hotel during the exposition period, and the Ore gained such headway and fastened so greedily upon the timbers that the ocenpanta had small chance of escape unless awakened about the time the flames were first seen breaking out of the roof and walls. The dead: Unknown man, body badly charred; boy, having one leg am putated, also badly charred. The injured: Mrs. Ida Harper, burn ed and bruised; Miss Anna Lubert, burned end bruised; Mrs. JJVan ZanV burned about face and injured by jump ing from veranda; Miss Van Zsnt, burned about face; A. C. Collander, cut about head, burned and bruised; Joe Stubbe, severely burned. CONGER TO CHINA. Will Do Whst He Can to Stop Boy cott on America. Oyster Bay, Aug. 10. Kdwln II. Conger, of Iowa, formerly United States minister to Chins, and since last April the 'American ambassador to Mexico, will return to China in the near future, if present plans are carried into effect. liis mission will be of a diplomatic nature, the specific purpose of which is to allay, if possible, the agitation aroused in parts of the Chin ese empire against the use by Chinese of American products. Mr. (Conger, who has been scarcely more than three months at his new post in the City of Mexico, was sum moned to the Und States to confer with the president about the Chinese boycott of American goods. He had a. long conference with the president to day. Many Negroes Drowned. Norfolk, Va, Aug. 19. Owing to the inability of Engineer D. L. Ueig tc control his air brakes, an excursion train from Kingston, N; C, bound for this city, plunged through an open draw over the Twin branch of the Elis abeth river, eight miles from Norfolk, this afternoon, and half a hundred per sons, mostly negroes, were drowned. Up to a late hour tonight only seven bodies had been recovered from the wreckage. The list of injured numbers nearly 100, though most of these are only slightly hurt. Seven Children at a Birth. Honolulu, Aug. 19 A dispatch by wireless telegraph from IIllo says that liana, the Hawaiian wife of Kailua, a Chinese, gave birth to one child on last Thursday, two on Sunday, one on Monday, Two on Tuesday morning and one on Tuesday might. All are dead.