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terror, Hitchcock and Shaw retiring.
& Treasury surplus was $26, 49,, $50. The
secretary estimated that the per capita
circulation was $3242. During the year
he successfully stimulated gold i'm
ports by depositing cash with import
ing banks pending arrival Of bullion.
To increase bank note circulation he
released SIS, 0oo. 900 bonds for other Sc
curities.
The president issued an order. AUG.
"a. that in all executive papers the 300
words OF the simplifed spelling boards
list be adopted, a proposition which
caused much confusion in the govern
ment printing Office. Congress in De
cember decided to retain the dietion-
airy spellings, and the president &C
guessed.
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by President Roosevelt, SEPT. 10. The
abdication of Palma when he found
that the American government was not
disposed to intervene In his favor com
PEELED Taft to proclaim himself provi-.
sional governor, SEPT. 90, and to call
for sufficient naval and military sup.
port to oyerawe the warning factions.
Later Taft was succeeded by Magoon.
Panama and Colombia made treaty
Of peace AUG. 4. Since January Ven
ezuela and France have ceased diplo-
ma tic relations. Presid lent Castro quit
office, a sick man. All the South aud
Central American countries were repre-
sented at the pan-American congress
at Rio de Janeiro In August They ia
vored a general arbitration convention
to be enacted by The Hague conference
and approved the Drago doctrine.
49, JAPAN.After getting her grip on
the Chinese trade Jap pan cond escendedl
to open the. door into AIanchuria Ia
March, and the new world power OF
the orient was engaged in May in maxi
Ing new tariff law with retaliatory
and protective features. a most amaz-'
Ing feature Of Japan's progress was the
nationalizing Of all her industries.
6SHTNA.E Even the Chinese pulse ap-
pears at last to be throbbing with the
common aspiration for individual ex-
preston under popular government,
and By the decree Of the aged empress
commission Of distinguished China
men visited western nations and re-
turned to begin the creation of a con-
stitution for China. ss45s
kOSG0 he Belgian management
of the vast Kongo estate became an
acute international issue late IN the
year when the British government sug-
gested the possibility OF interv ention
In the name of humanity Leopold's
lobby at Washington was exposed and
the senate was expected to act on the
Lodge resolution
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niag JULY 20 destroyed many fine es-
tatas md spoiled fbe crops. ~ issS

niag JULY 20 destroyed many fine es-
tates and spoiled the crops.
On JJJI.Y 80 III anticipation of the
long expected general strike there be-
gan il number OF bloody mutinies ut
1Sveaborg. ainiand, ut tsronstadt. at Re
val and on the Black sea Mutinies
also occurred fieauently in the. slrnly,
even the ears guard regiment being
affected The bulk Of the army and
navy remained loyal. however. and
these sporadic revolts were crushed
with a stern hand. The general strike.
too, proved ineffective.s Famine is Rus
sia's winter guest. 81
GERMAN 81. Barring the costly colo
NAL war in southwest Africa, which
caused the dissolution Of tile reichstag
DEC. ID 3 the kaiser's people had a
busy and prosperous year. The effect
of the treaty signed at AL eciras, Spain,
APRIL i, providing a Joint interna-
tional control in Morocco, was proof
enough that the Anglo French alliance
could not ignore Germany. grandson
to the kaiser was born JULY A.
SPAIN Two events within the Span
ish realm commanded the attention Of
the world. One was the international
conference at Algeciras. The other was
the bomb punctured wedding ceremo:
ny Of King Alfonso and Princess Ena
at Madrid MAY 81. 3555fS
An 8NORWAY.--Ats Norway's ancient cap.
ital, Trondhjem JUNE %, the newly
elected King Haakon VII. and Queen
Maud were crowned
q PERSIA. The age-long hypnotic spell
Of absolutism which had held back
progress In Persia gave way at last be
fore the influence of Russia's terrific
ferment. The leading merchants and
mullahs voiced the aspiration for sell
government and the shah convoked a
representative assembly to be known
as the house of justice JAN. "a and
granted q constit tuition AUG. 10.
SPANISH AMERICA Presiden,
Palma Of Cuba began his second term
MAY 20, with the island republic ap
parently making good progress toward
security, opposition of the defeated
Liberals having subsidized, but sudden
", about the middle Of August, mum
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to 10 per cent increase. Dur

submitted to a 10 per cent increase. Dur
Ing October and November the rail-
roads beginning with the Pennsylva-
MIA, agreed to a general wage increase
in all classes of work, and this exam
pie was followed by the steel trust the
oil trust and other large corporations.
The demand for labor in the west ex-
ceeded the supply. Chicago inaugu-
rated its new freight subway, AUG. 10.
The New York Central ran its first
suburban electric train OCT. 1. The
Colorado river was at last turned into
its original channel, OCT. "a, but steps
We're taken to preserve the salton sea
as it is.
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interior, who successfully headed off a
labor revolt when the general strike
was declared, NAY q. In the succeed
ing elections the government was sus-
tanned, and on OCT. 10 Clemenceau
succeeded Sarrien as premier and
brought Colonel Picquart yindication
by making him war minister The CON
domination Of Dreyfus had been finally
annulled by the supreme court, JULY
u, and he had been restored to the
army. with command Of division.
Clemeneeau's great crisis came, DEC.
III when with firm hand he proceeded
Z to execute the separati ton law, sending
the pope's ambassador to the frontier
and taking forcible possession OF the
church property. Passive resistance
was urged by the church leaders.
RUSSIA The car announced on
APRIL "a d constitution, the purpose
of which was to retain his central OF
the army and navy. to declare his
right to dissolve the douma and to give
the upper house. or council Of state,
the right to pass upon all legislation,
u = huS observation-disclosures LIE III bL AhuS0lt4u
parliament was opened at st. Peters
burg NAY 10 by the czar ii person The
Constitutional Democrats were In a
large majority and there was d large
I peasant representa- alton. a strong nd
dress demanding political amnesty,
universal suffrage, land for peasants
and legislative independence OF the
douma was adopted, but it was reject.
ed by Premier Goremykin. After talk
I Ing continuously for two months and
eleven days without tangible result
the douma suddenly was dissolved By
! the car JULY %.
The repressiye measures which had
been used against the liberal classes
/ by Minister Of the interior DurnoYo
were now intensified under the pre-
miership of M. stoiypin thousands 81
intellectnals being banished to Siberia
and many serious Hebrew massacres
1 resulting, the worst OF which were al
Biaiystok on JUNE III and at siedIce
On SEPT s. Repression was answer
ed by terrorism and assassination, and
series or peasant uprisings begin
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02

Der Of Liberal
leaders were ar
rested, and g en-
eral Pine Guer-
ra headed q
strong force Of
rebels In Pinar
del Rio. An Of
fer of amnesty
was rejec ted
and martial law
declared. Sever
al fatal clashes
occurred before
an armistice
was arranged
by Messrs. Taft
anrl Rae,In,, Say, 1.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02

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was roronlatad altbs,,, u, s, Z, IS, !,
Tie latter began !, ! 3 ! 4, Il ,2
fipht, Con greea fionalists NIX mi
and United Brethren blamed s |S33
In Canada the merging spirit e3ai
all Protestant denominations { ii
Two national gatherings, at Il i
ton ana at Philadelphia, were li9I
the interest Of uniform divorf IL
Mrs, Parsons, book rnentionins u
81 trial marriage Id the distarf 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02
lDurnont and Peary
Take Scientific Honors

After centuries Of dreaming al
Fermentation it was the privile|
the year 1906 to see mans frs
chanical navigation Of the air 81
standing start il screw pro-
aeroplane. This was accomplish
NJ. Santos Dumont ait Paris. SEE
and in q later flight he won the 81
prize by flying over d kilometer u
standing start. Lieutenant Iahi
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02

expected, especially
in view OF the impe-
tus given to their
movement by such
notable accessions as
Chica COS young mil
lionaire Joseph Me-
dill Patterson, who
resigned MARCH 8
as Mayor Dunne's
commissioner of pub
lie works, and ]. G.
Phelps Stokes, the
wealthy New York
~ Al ~ uyx>vJynr
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02

vocating system Of federal and state
owned railroads.
With one or two exceptions the states
east AID west that have gone Repub-
lican usually were found in line, the
Democrats carrying Rhode Island, Min
nesota. Oregon and Nevada, controlling
Oklahoma's constitutional convention
and recovering some lost ground In
Missouri . s5s8
Under the stress OF much radical talk
in both the older parties the Socialists
didn't make so big showing as they
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02

be attorney general,
Moody to the SUI
preme court bench,
Metcalf to the navy,
Oscar S. Straus, the
New York merchant,
commerce and la
Dor; Ambassado
Won L. Meyer to be
postmaster general,
Cortelyou to the
treasury, Garfield
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=
the president sent
two experts, Messrs.
Neil and Reynolds,
to verify the fiction,
lists statements.
Their report was SO
far confirmat tory
that 1t was first used
as a secret lever to
bring the senate to
pass the Beveridge
.inSnnati0n hill and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02

new prophet rode
forth on the vel
low pam plied steed
of syndicated news
paper publicity and
obtained a trernen-
dous following Al
though E d itior
Hearst was un-
horsed as the Dem
Ocrat que can
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02
Standard oil Company q Ohio On I


charge OF conspiracy 70 restrain tr8$
all the officials being summoned.
OCT, 10 the Jury aljudged the go
pany guilty. and the sentence Of $5,Q
day, etroactive. was imposed
Judge Banker. The case was appeail
The New York Central railroad VI
prosecuted for rebating to the sug
trust and fined $IOS 900. while I
sugar trust was fined $16S,000 for
sceiving the rebates.
Prior TO the oil prosecutions the
beef packers brought to trial at Chi
go on criminal charges had gone 81
q free on the decision of Judge Hii
phrey, holding that they were immy
because their testimony had been Civ
confdentially to Garfield. At Kans
City JUNE Il four of the packers
meur, Swift, Cndahy and Morris WI
found guilty OF accepting rebates frt
the Burlington.
In near " all Of the larger cities cd
binations of ice comp mics were attas
ed for conspiracy in forcing up prie
the most promptly successful prose-
ton being against the five Toledo de
ers. who were not only fined but ID
began their jail sentences. but later
out on bond and appealed AIT Phi
delphia the indicted ice men got
with nominal fine, but were warn
against d second offense.
District Attorney Jerome Of M
York reported that he could find no
ing on which to base a case against
Mutual, but the New York Life N
still under scrutiny, and the cal
against the Burnhams and Eldria. ge:
the Mutual Reserve came to trial
December, George Burnham, IT., bel
convicted of larceny. 81
Supreme court decisions were: "a
Holding it to be Illegal for railTdS
!: to deal in any commodities which Ell
haul; that the railroads may Sci
through routes; unfolding the MichiS
ad valorem railroad tax; refusing III
souri's appeal against the Chic
drainage canal; unfolding the susu
sion Of Chicago street railway char
for ninety-nine years, bls. NOT the q
tract rights hereunder
Circuit courts at ST. Louis ana u
cinnati held that an Illegal trust al
not collect bills by legal process.
In February the arrest of Presidi
Meyer and Secretary Haywood of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02

Seattle. IN July
bought up the Bal
timore and Ohio
stock which the
Pennsylvania peo-
pie had dropped, in
N oV e M b er tri-
3unphed over Fish
by placing Hara-
han at the head of
the Illinois Central
and thus made
himself master Of
a 20, 600 mile trans
continental railway
system a I'm o,s t
without a compete
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-02

becoming pre-.
m i er. Troops
were necessary
ito quell the
serious IN ! ne
strike riots aft
er the fatal ex-
plosion at Cour-
riers, In which
more than ], 900
men lost their
Hives. Here was
felt the strong
hand Of NJ. Gle
menceau, then
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-12

Hermann testified that he could
not recall any Of the circumstan-
jces connected with the affair.
a The government read letter
written by George Brownell to Her
mann in 1897, in which Brownell
said he wanted Edward Dixon,
Democrat, appointed special agent,
giving as his reason that the re-
publ:cans had had hard fight
TO elect five members of the legisla-
ture; that they needed to utilize all
possible political resources; that
DR.. W. E. Carll, Democrat, chair
man of the Clackamas county cen.
tral committee, was warm sup
porter Of Brownell always and of
Mitchell too.
Hermann replied to Brownell
that he would try later to provide
for Dixon. The government ex-
perienced difficulty in getting from
Hermann statement as to when
the Legislature of Oregon meets.
Hermann said he could not be sure
when the date was changed from
fall to winter; that he was not sure
whether theysmet In August, 1902,
or the previous year in January.
The government claims it has
broken down Binger Hermann's
defense, utterly discredited him
and involved him in contradictions
which destroy his credibility as a
witness. The bomb thrown into
the camp of the defense was a tele-
gram discovered by Irwin Ritten.
house, Heney's private secretary,
never before known by the govern
ment to exist, which it is asserted
proves true Sorenson's testimony
that Hermann wired ''tip" three
days in advance to F. P. Mays as
to what particular lands would be
included in. the Blus Mo, n ain for.
est reserve. The telegram TO Mays
was:
July 25, 1so2-Fifteen timber
land entries forwarded. Roseburg
land Office. I recommend with.
drawal original Strawberry noun
tain and later additions to the Sec
retary. He has approved them"
The government alleges that
these Is claims were the same that
were brought out In the Portland
cases in which checks were pro-
du e. sh ,winy t at Fred A. Kribs
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-12
BMGER HER'1M.A'lNN..5
APOOR WITNESS. TELEGRAM
INTRODUCED CONTRA
IL Dieting TESTIMONY.
Peary will Make Another Attempt
To Reach the Pole. Oil Dis
covered at N.z Perce, Idaho. -
II A Flow of Thirty Gallons
q Minute.

Washington, April 9.-Binger
Hermanniliteraily went to pieces this
afternoon when subjected, to Cross
examination by District Attorney
Baker. Where previously he had
been calm and suave, though some-'
times evasive, he today frequently
exhibited temper, when pressed
with embarrassing questions, and
repeatedly avoided giving direct
answers to questions put to him by
the prosecuting officer. When pin-
ned down he made several reluc-
tant admissions that reflected any,
thing but credit upon him. At
other times, though confronted with
documentary evidence, showing
what the District; Attorney styled
violation of the law upon his part,
Hermann repeatedly denied ell
guilt and undertookto explain away
transactions which involved him in
various land deals The most
pitiable feature of Hermann's ex-
plantations was that they did not
explain. p, e44 4s4.g. IL. y az. +
Altogether Hermann showed up
!, in an extremely bad light. Unless
he improves tomorrow when the
bulk of the cross-examination will
be conducted, it is evident he will
have done his cause more injury
than good by going upon the stand
|. At the outset Of bis examination
| Hermann was asked If any member
of his family had taken up public
land while he was Land Commits
sioner.
mot that I recall" he answered
When certain Land Office records
were produced in evidence, ane
submitted to Hermann, his memory
was refreshed and he recalled tina
his son Schiller had made q home
stead entry. When his memory
was further refreshed Hermann ad
mitted that his son Schiller alst
acquired three other 16O-acr> tract
from settlers in the Roseburg lant
district and conveyed all three tt
his father for $4,000 In gold, Will
he was yet Commissioner, to reliev
Sohiller's financial embarrassment
Hermann had written memor
andum directing the patents to b
mailed to his son.
/ Hermann insisted that his sol
did not acquire title from the Gov
eminent. but from settlers, whic'
he had perfect right to do, but th
record was produced to show tha
at least one patent was issued b
the Land Office in the name {
Schiller Hermann, and not to th
original settlers.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-12

overed here before on q number of
ccasions where wells have been
unk t, a depth Of 300 feet water
has. been so contaminated as to
render it unfit for domestic use,
stock even refusing to drink II. tl' ,,.'
This is the first known instance
where crude petroleum has been
struck 10, Idaho. Visions Of riches
are already filling the. minds Of the
people 10 the vicinity Of the gusher
and if the flow keeps up wells will
be drilled in. a large number Of
places. ,iHajs,; .g...f az.
Z News of the strike quickly spread
over the prai1aies and within short
tines scores of farmers vera on
their way to STE the spouter. =.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-12

paid Mays $50 for pushing through
each claim and Mitchell $25 foe
each claim. 1t Is claimed that theA
telegram wasbassds on "a previous
arrangement with Mays, who un-
derstood from it that the lands they
had selected together had been i'm
cluded. Today Hermann admitted
be cent the telegram saying:
'sl did go, because I knew Mays
was interested in the creation Of
forest reserves, I sent it as I might
have sent it to any citizen. I had
previously told a Portland news
paper correspondent about Straw
berry mountain being inclu6e 6e],"
The government asserts that he
merely told the correspondent In
general terms, 80 as to convey no
special Information to anyone not
in a previous arrangement. The
government, in view of the revela-
tions of today, and to admissions
by Hermann, asserts that it has
positively broken down the de.
fense. The official reporter gave
the following as testimony Of Her.
mann on direct examination by his
counsel on the previous day:
Question: There have been
statements made here about what
Mr.. Mays said to various people; I
do not care to hunt them all up
and 60 over them, what Mr.. Mays
had said to Sorensen or Dan Tar
pley or Puter or somebody that you
were in collusion with Mr.. Mays
about this forest reserve business I
want to ask you the question
whether or not, was any such ar
rangement understood between you
and Mr.. Mays"
Answer: II have already resent
ed such a proposition as that. I
want to cay to every member of the
jury, ard to his honor, that, at no
time, under no circumstances, did
I ever have a conversation with
Maya, with regard to any of his
business dealings, direct or indirect,
forest or otherwise. I had no COM
muuication with the man, to him
direct, or from him, or through
anybody else for the man."
81 never had any dealings with
F. P. Mays, not even political
dealings. There was no relation
chip between US that would prompt
me, or which would relate to the
man, to take any interest in his
affairs, or to know what his bust
ness was. I wish to say that as
emphatically as the human Ian
guage can cay it, and I invite proof
to the contrary wherever it may
come FROM
Today the government asked Her.
mann if he ever wrote or telegraph
| ed Sorensop, but be refused to state
positively, saying ones memory
might at any time, be faulty, and
hence might make a mistake as he
dii in saying he Eever remembered
communicating with Nays with
reference to the forest reserve land
matters.
| 1t is understood that more sensa-
tions are in store by the govern
menf
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-12

Washington, April 9-Secretary
Metcalf TODAY granted the applica.
ton of Commander Robert E.
Peary for three years leave of
absence. the time to be spent in
polar explorations.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-12

Nez Perce, Idaho. April 10.-Nez
Perce Is wildly excited over the
discovery of an oil gusher on the
[E. G. Casson place, two miles from
town, at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon and hundreds OF people view
ed the phenomenon yesterday and
today. A steady stream Of oil is
pouring from hillside and efforts
are being made to control the flow.
All last night men worked casting
up the opening so that the, valuable
fluid, which is flowing at the rate
of 80 gallons per minute can be
saved. rEr
Petroleum was accidentally struck
while S. P. Connor was drilling g
!well for water. He had reached a
depth of 22O feet with no signs o.
iwater when the drlll suddenly sunk
In subterranean cavity, Imme.
diately the bituminous liquid begar
oozing FROM the ground and wher
the bit was removed 1t spouted
forth to the height of 10 feet.
This eruption continued for ont
hour. 1t then grew less forciblt
and finally cub, ided into steady
flow.
| L. M. Nation, an expert drill
man, who has spent years in th'
Pennsylvania fields, states that th'
petroleum is of the purest quality
and that in drilling different strata
were co :ntered identical will
those of tie Pennsylvania oil dis
tricts.
Evidences of oil have beeu dis
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-12

:
Washington, April 10.-At the
trial of Binger Hermann this morn.
ing the prosecution said it would
show by documents that Hermann
bad kept bis relatives on the pay
roll, incurring an aggregate of
1000 annual expense; that though
Hermann was all the time COM
planning that he had not money
enough to conduct investigations
into land frauds, he was working
the government for his relatives.
The government introduced vouch-
ers signed by Hermann for several
hundred dollars for salary and ex-
penses Of Dr.. Kyle Miller, his SON..
in-law, as special agent in the field,
when Miller all the time, to Her
mann's knowledge, was 10 Wash.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-12

New York, April e.-The appli.
cation of Robert E. Peary for leave
of absence of three years, which was
approved today by the Secretary of
tbs Navy, has uncovered the fact
that Commander Peary proposes TO
make another attempt this Sum.
mer to reach the north pole. The
three years leave of absence. d6r-
ing which he made his famous jour-
ney to the farthest point ever
reached by man-87 deg 6 min
expired last Sunday. and the new
leave begins at once. It is expect
ed the start will be made in June.