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NEWS OF THE WEEK
ITEMS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE WORLD.
Resume of the Less Important, but
Not Less Interesting, Happenings
in Condensed Form.
India's wheat crop for 1005 is stated
to be well above the average.
There have been tremendous rains
throughout Chile and the propsects for
the wheat crop are reported bad.
In order to facilitate government
control of immigration, a railroad sta
tion costing $200,000 is to be built by
the trunk lines on Ellis island, New
York harbor.
The indictments of Guy B. Taylor
and C. P. Collins, of the Standard Oil
Company in Illinois will be quashed,
as they should have been drawn in the
states where the men live.
A Newfoundland pulp mill merger
has been effected with a capital of
$1,000,000. Control is held by British
capitalists and 1,500,000 acres of pnlp
lands are included in the deal.
Ambassador Tower has been notified
by the senate of the University of St.
Andrew's, Edinburgh, that the degree
of doctor of laws will be conferred on
him October 17, when Andrew Carne
gie is installed again as lord rector.
The Allan and Donaldson steamship
lines, after a month of rate catting,
have come to terms with regard to sec
ond and third class transatlantic pas
senger tickets. The second class rate
was restored to $36 and the third class
rate to $25.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
SUES EQUITABLE
New York, A tig. I.—An action has
been instituted by state Attorney Gen
eral Julius Mayer in tbe supreme court
of New York county, in the name of
tbe people of the State of New York
against the Equitable Life Assurance
Sooiety, its officers, directors and mem
bers of the executive and finance com
mittees.
The complaint charges that the indi
vidual defendants, disregarding their
duty to the society of whioh they were
directors "negligently, improperly and
improvidently performed such duties
and have habitually and continuously
done, or suffered to be done, wrongful,
illegal and improper acts, whereof the
defendant sooiety has suffered great
loss and damage."
Tbe individual defendants are fur
ther charged with having "acquired
to themselves, or caused or permitted
to be transferred to others, in violation
of their duties, money, property and
the value of property belonging to the
defendant sooiety."
OTHERS ON WRONG LINES.
Chicago Engineer Says He Will Con
struct a Real Airship.
Chicago, July 31.—Frank L. Ma
han, of Chicago, declares that in the
near future be will start for Washing
ton in an airship of his own make, and
that he will reach that oity within ten
hours.
"1 don't simply predict this," said
he. "I'll do it. I have studied the
aerial navigation problem sixteen years
and 1 have its solution beyond perad
venture of a donbt.
"I can make from 125 to 150 miles
an hoar in an airship I propose to
construct. Observers can come to see
the start and finish, and I shall be at
both places in fulfillment of my agree
ment."
Mahan's projected airship is to be a
(lying machinge pure and simple. It
will have wings like those of a bird
and these wings will furnish the sole
progressive motive power, though they
are to be worked with a gasoline en
gine.
The inventor declares that the aero
plane can never be made to fly. The
genuine flying machine, he says, must
be supported by gas, and wings will do
the rest. He laughs at propellors fixed
at the stern and deolares that the air
is not resistant enough to give the pro
pellor blades "a hold."
Mahan is an engineer known all over
the United States.
Have Bumper Apple Crop.
Colville, July 31.—Horticulturists
of Stevens county report that the or
chards are growing an abundant yield
of late fruit. The apple crop is espe
cially promising for a bumper crop.
Carload shipments of this class of fruit
will be popular this year. No intima
tion has as yet been given as to the
price this fruit orop will be started at.
Oppose Municipal Ownership.
Chicago, July 31.—That Chicago
has a fight on her hands becomes more
and more evident as the street railway
companies continue their plans to op
pose municipal ownership, to bring
about whioh is the plan of the Dunne
administration. The companies are
getting together to use all their power
against the plans.
Assistant Attorney for Idaho.
Boise, Idaho, July 31.—Miles S.
Johnson, of Lewiston, has been ap
pointed assistant United States district
attorney for North Idaho. The ap
pointment is regarded as having some
significance in connection with the
land fraud cases in which leaders of
the two political factions are involved.
WASHINGTON NEWS
A pare milk crusade is on at Walla
Walla.
Cashmere will soon have a free de
livery route.
Wenatohee has voted bonds for a
sewer system.
Garfield has purchased a new pump
ing plant for the city water works.
Forty cars of the 1!>05 wheat crop
have been received in Seattle for in
spection.
The Swedish Baptists of Aloant Ver
non dedicated a handsome new church
last Sunday.
llival surveying parties are laying
out the route of an irrigation canal at
Twisp. (iarratt, of Spokane, heads
one party, and Fairfield, of Seattle,
the other.
J. A. Neaville, commander of the
Northeastern Veterans' Association of
Washington, is making arrangements
for the annual encampment of the as
sociation, which is set for September
5 to 8, inclusive, at Chewelah.
The quartermaster general has ap
proved plans for double captains' quar
ters, two double lieutenants' quarters
and two double barracks for Vancou
ver Barracks, Washington. Bids will
be invited immediately for the erec
tion of these buildings.
According to the Waitsburg Gazette
a gang of prisoners from the county
jail is kept on the county roads and
streets and the court house grounds.
Much small work in the laying of side
walks and water and steam pipes has
also been done by the prisoners.
WHERE MONEY UOES.
Congress Thinks Expenses Need In
vestigation.
Washington, July 31.—Intimations
are at hand from high congressional
sources of intended searching investi
gation by congress at tbe next session
of departmental expenditures of appro
priations. It is said that some sweep
ing reforms in methods may be expect
ed as a result of the congressional in
quiry, if conditions are found to be as
now suspected. Congress intends to
make a stand against lump sum appro
priations and mixed "contingent
funds."
It is going too far to say that it may
change the system of voting blanket
appropriations, but it will be recom
mended by congressmen and probably
be carried into effeot. It is alleged
that the departments use the conting
ent funds for purposes not designed by
congress Bnd, as fast as tbe departments
secure appropriated funds, so do they
expand the scope of expenditure.
On<* source of irritation, too, is the
rapidly expanding secret service bu
reau. It is alleged that the contingent
funds of departments are being drawn
upon to pay for investigations by the
secret service bureau of tbe treasury
department, a branch of tbe govern
ment that was originally intended to
put down counterfeiting, but whioh
has grown in recent years until it takes
in about everything from guarding the
president's person to innvestiagting
land frauds.
In this connection it is recalled that
at one time last session tbe secret ser
vice was suspected of maintaining an
espionage over congressmen and a very
emphatio warning was quietly issued
that if any secret service man put his
foot on Capitol bill in connection with
any congressional affairs, the servioe
would think the dome had tumbled
down on it.
AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM
FOR RUSSIA FORMULATED
St. Petersburg, July 31.—The jol
lowing are the principal points of an
electoral system approved by the coun
oil of ministers for the proposed na
tional assembly:
The aim has been to elaborate a
scheme eliminating as far as possible
class representation. The only classes
excluded from the franchise are sol
diers, persons under the age of 25
years, foreigners, women, governors
and vice governors of provinces, pre
fects and police authorities, nomads
and persons deprived of civil rights.
There are systems of electoral col
leges for different classes of cities and
towns and a property qualification in
some of the classes.
The elections will be by seoret bal
lot and an absolute majority is re
quired.
TO CONVERT MORMONS.
Son of Joseph Smith Wants Polyg
amy and Politics Abandoned.
Salt Lake City, July ill.—Frederick
W. Smith grandson of the prophet, Jo
seph Smith, and the son of Joseph
Smith, the present head of the Reor
ganized Church of Latter Day Saints,
has started a propaganda to convert
the Mormons of Utah, appealing to
them to abandon polygamy, commer
cialism and political interference. Au
thorities are quoted to prove that Brig
ham Young led the people away from
the teachings of the prophet.
Wolves Become Troublesome.
Tacoma, July Sl.—Big gray timber
wolves are appearing in numbers in
the foothills to the westward of Mount
Rainier. In the Bear prairie distriot
they have become so troublesome lately
that cattle and ponies will not pasture
there. They have also made their pres
ence known in the forests back of Wil
keson, Carbonado and Fairfax. Old
hunters account for their large inorease
through the multiplying of game on
the reserve. No one is permitted even
to carry small arms there.
ABERDEEN HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1905
CHINESE BOYCOTT
SAN FRANCISCO FIRM GETS CAN
CELLATION ORDER.
Merchants Call a Meeting to Discuss
the Matter, at Wiiich Secretary
Metcalf Is Invited to Be Pres
ent—Purtds Being Collected from
Chincse-the World Over.
San Francisco, July 81.—The Chi
nese boyoott on American goods, muny
times threatened and just as often de
nied, is now a reality. Louis Getz,
president of Getz Bros. & Co., one of
the big importing and exporting firms
of this city, has received a cable from
Shanghai which reads as follows:
"Cancel all orders. Boycott of Amer
ioan trade effeotive among Chinese
merchants. All business entirely sus
pended. ''
This cable came from R. H. Van
Sant, the manager ot the Get/, branch
honse in Shanghai, and it means that
none of the goods which the firm is
now preparing for shipment to China
will be sent. It also means a tremen
dous loss, for Getz Bros. <& Co. must
cancel orders to the value of many
thousands of dollars.
Great Meeting Called.
As a result of the cablegram Louis
(ietz is making arrangements for a
meeting of commercial bodies of this
city. Mr. Uetz is trying to have Vio
tor Metcalf, secretary of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, attend
the meeting, in order that he may learn
at first hand what the situation is and
how the merchants of this oity are go
ing to meet it. The gathering is sure
to bear an important relation to the fu
ture of the Chinese exclusion law.
Pekin Inspires Boycott.
"The order sent out by the chamber
oommeroe and the mercantile guilds
all over China, calling for a boycott,
was inspired by Peking," said Mr.
Getz. "It orders all the people of the
empire to boycott Amerioan schools,
business products and ships, unless the
exolusion treaty guarantees equitable
treatment to travelers, students and
merchants entering the United States.
That is about the way it reads, and it
was to take effect after August. Its
aotion as far as we are concerned has
been anticipated.
"I am not in favor of bringing
coolies to this country, but I certainly
think that the merchants, travelers
and students coming here from China
should receive the same treatment
which American merchants, travelers
and students demand when they go to
China or to France or England, or to
any other country."
Just what course will be proposed at
the meeting of the commercial bodies
has not yet been outlined.
BOYCOTT AMERICAN SHIPS.
Chinese Movement Extends Also to
Foreign Railroad Concessions.
Shanghai, July 31.—The boycott
against American trade threatens to
extend to shipping. Coolies are being
urged not to assist in loading or dis
charging cargoes on American ships.
A general anti-foreign feeling, similar
to that which is being displayed against
the Americans, is growing. This is
shown by the opposition to the various
railway concessions involving British,
French, Belgian and German capital.
The boycott committee has forbidden
Chinese to work on a new building
that the Standard Oil company is
building at Canton. The work is con
sequently at a standstill.
The boycott of American imports
was initiated doubtless by students ed
ucated in Europe, Japan and America,
and has assumed proportions which it
would be impossible to ignore. The
unanimity with which the local native
guilds, including the important guild
of Cantonese merchants, are enabled to
pass resolutions undertaking not to
purchase American products, is most
striking.
I-UNDS PROM ALL OVER WORLD
Chinese Are Working Actively on
Boycott of American Goods.
Seattle, July 31.—Funds are being
collected from Chinese merchants the
world ever to fight the exclusion law
in America. Amendments satisfactory
to the Chinese are demanded, and the
fund raised by subscription will be at
the disposal of the guilds now direct
ing the boyoott against American goods
in China. Two of the most prominent
Chinese merchants engaged in business
here confirmed the statement that mon
ey would play a part in the Chinese
fight. The money is being sent to
China and will be spent from that
country. Local Chinese merchaats
have not yet been asked to contribute,
but they insist that they will do so if
a request is made.
Survey Road in Cascades.
Leavenworth, Wash., July 31.—
County Surveyor Navarre has com
pleted the suavrey|of the Red Mountain
road to the summit of the Cascades.
The surveying party was out six weeks.
The work was done in a most thorough
manner and a good route for a road se
cured For a large part of the way no
difficulty will be enoouctered. Where
the survey reaches the summit some
pretty heavy work will have to be
done.
Bad Tire at Ternie.
Victoria, B. C., July III.—A disas
trous fire has occurred at Fernie, B.
C., destroying many of the buildings
of the town, including the Fernie Free
Press office and the Northern Pacific
office. The loss is estimated at $50,000
ALASKA WORTH WATCHING.
Opinion of former President of
American Mining Engineers.
Skagway, July :fl.—"The Klondike
is a great country, and its best days
are to come. In fact, it is merely an
infant today compared to what it will
be in time, when money and brains ex
ert their best powers toward develop
ing its great resources."
These were the words of Rooert W.
Hunt, of Chicago, ex-president ot' the
American Institute of Mining Engi
neers, and the head of Robert W. Hunt
& Company, of Chicago, New York,
Pittsburg and London.
Mr. Hunt and the party of nearly a
hundred engineers and their wives vis
ited Dawson, White Horse and all the
mining country in operation between
SLagway and Dawson. He iB enthusi
astic for the future of the Yukon and
Alaska, end he said that he but ex
pressed the opinion of bll the other en
gineers in the party, when he said
great things are in store for this coun
try. He said many of the members of
the party would return to Alaska, and
that all of them feel that the country
is worth watching.
Needs Development Work.
"There is plenty of gold in the Yu
kon," said Mr. Hnnt. "It will require
capital to remove it from the earth,
but that should bo forthcoming.
There is no donbt in my mind, or in
that of other engineers in our party,
that the Yukon will yield very large
returns on judioious investments there.
There is plenty of water there to han
dle the dirt. It is only necessary to
put it in the proper place, and that is
by no means impossible.
"The enigneers who visited the White
Horse properties were greatly impress
ed with what they saw. Most of them
think there should be more develop
ment work if the owners desire to get
full value out of their claims. The
ooal deposits of the Yukon are of good
quality, and will play an important
part in the development of the country.
"Many Will Return."
"Of course," he said, "we are able
only to form a well founded opinion of
your country in general. Some of it
we have inspected more carefully, but
we have all concluded that it is too
good and too great to lose s'ght of, and
many of us will return to make a closer
and more partionlar investigation.
"Words cannot express the extent of
our appreciation of the manner we
have been entertained bv the people
sinoe we reaohed the Pacific coast.
In providing /or our comfort and wel
fare, the hospitable people of the West
have overlooked nothing. We have
found the Alaska people particularly
courteous and kind, and to them we
owe muoh. The weather has been de
lightful, and we have had a royal
time."
NEWS OF GREAT MOMENT
EXPECTED FROM FRONT
St. Petersburg, July 31.—News of
the utmost importance is daily expect
ed from the army in Manchuria. At
army headquarters there are evidences
of greata ctivity, and'thero is no doubt
that word of a general engagement is
looked for. The war party still has
the upper hand and there is still little
talk of peace.
An evidenwce of the general trend
of public opinion is shown in the send
ing of a petition to the czar by Jthe
clergy of a district of the government
of Orenburg. They deolared that on
behalf of 38,000 souls they prayed his
majesty not to conclude a "shameful
peace."
To this the cazr sent the following
reply:
"May Rely on Me."
"The Russian people may rely on
me. Never will I coonclude a shame
ful peace or one unworthy of a great
Russia."
The Novoe Vremya publishes a re
port that there is great discontent
among the reservists in Manchuria at
the distress inifloted on their families
because of the negligenoe of the au
thorities, who have failed to provide
proper support for them.
BOYCOTT DEVELOPING.
Sentiment in China Against Ameri
can Goods Grows.
Hongkong, July 31.—The boyoott
on American goods and American
business oonoerns is developing strength
more rapidly than was expected. By
an order of the boyoott committee the
Chinese at work on the premises of the
Standard Oil Companny at Canton have
left and are seeking employment with
looal concerns.
Shanghai, July 31.—The boycott is
continued with a bitter feeling on both
sides, but the Chinese would probably
welcome any reassuring indication
from America enabling them to with
draw from their position gracefully.
Victoria, B. C., July 31. —Advices
from Hongkong by the steamer Tartar
state that mass meetings of guilds con
tinue to be held at Canton and Hong
kong, at whioh arrangements are made
to further the boyoott against the
United States.
Chinese vernacular papers are print
ing columns of bitter attacks agalust
the United States and recounting sto
riea of alleged degradations and out
rages praotioed upon Chinese in Amer
ica, which aid in inflaming the ixtoulo
of South China.
Pushing Tacoma Eastern.
Tacoma, July 81.—I'rminnt liirllon
tions are that the Tacoinii KiiMtitrii rail
way extension will lie oomplntml from
Ashford to the head of Miimrul liikn
by Septemtier 1. Coimtruiitlon work
is being pushed as rapidly hh poiMli,| n .
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