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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1907)
Heppner Gazette haa4TharMlarof tack Wk HEPPNER .OREGON REACTION BOUND TO COME. RESUME OF THE WEEK'S D0IK6S Review of Important H panlnga Praaantad In a Brief and OowiprtlMfMlve Manner for Busy Reader Matioml, Potltleal, Hla terlaaJ and Commercial. Germany is tiying to stir up a revolt In Egypt. The new Spanish prince has been baptized with great ceremony. Isaac Stephenson has been elected United States senator from Wisconsin. Russia has adopted the terra "unde sirable citizens" as fitting the terror ists. A lion which escaped from its cage at Atlanta, Ga., created a panic until it was caught. Some time next fall President Roose velt will take a trip down the Missis sippi from Iowa to Memphis. Two tenement houses in Brooklzyn were blown to pieces, three persons fa tally and 30 seriously injured by aa explosion of gas. The Western Cloak manufacturers' association has already decided on next winter's Btyle of wraps. The loose fit ting cloaks should be 52 inches long and the tight fitting from 50 to 55 inches. liberal will be Railroad Man Predicts Adverse Feel ing Towards Nation's Hero. Cleveland, Ohio, May 21. Presi dent William II. Canniff, of the New York, Chicago A St. Louis Railroad company, (Nickel Plate) believes in the regulation of railioads by the nation and the state, but regards the present activities of President Roosevelt as pro ductive of harm to the country in gene ral. He thinks that railroad regula ticn should be accomplished by conservatism, else ill effects felt by the people. "The pendulum is swinging in one direction now," said President Canniff today, "but it can not fail to swing back, and when it swings back it bound to sway a good deal in the other direction. I do not mean by that that we need fear a financial panic; but do mean simply that there will be a retarding of the progression of the last five years for which the country will be the worse off. "Nations must have their heroes Read into history and eee where Caesar was lauded by his people one day and perhaps the next was railed at. The president has struck a key note that has met with ready response on the part of the people, only it is not always sane to believe that the approval of the masses is assurance that the most good is to come to the biggest number of people, Jor the world often applauds a man and later on discovers that what they approved has done them no good "It will not be long ere the whole situation will be settled into even run nine again, but not until after the pen dulum has had its swing a little the other way. FOLK HEARS GRAFT STORIES. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON MAKES MACHINE TO SAVE GOLD The United States cruiser California, started by the Union Iron works, San Francisco, will be finished in the gov ernment navy yard on account of a strike at the plant of the contracting firm. The United Railroads in San Fran cisco is to be boycotted by all union men. President Calhoun denies that the United Railroads bribed Ruef, Schmitz and the supervisors. Cossacks in Poland shot down 68 workmen because one of their comrades was killed by robbers. Ruef has confessed to receiving $30, 000 as a bribe for securing a franchise which was never granted. General Kuroki is being banqueted by many army and navy officers in Washington and New York. Two plots against the czar's life have been discovered, one by the terrorists and one by the reactionists. Fire has destroyed the piers of the Morgan line, New York, owned by the Southern Pacific. The loss is placed at 1500,000. Great Britain is after grafters and has just sent the entire board of guard ians of a workhouse and infirmary to prison for bribe taking. Newspaper men who have recently interviewed Harry Orchard, at the Idaho penitentiary, declare he is not a physical and mental wreck as has been reported. The entire Russian wheat crop is threatened with failure. Members of Kansas City Police Force Bring Tales to Governor. Kansas City, Mo., May 21. Gover nor Joseph W. Folk left for Jefferson City today after a conference with the local police commissioners, regarding graft charges that lasted until 1 o clock this morning. He had but a few hours' sleep last night and early today con tinued conferring with persons from different walks of life, who made him acquainted with various phases of police corruption. Among his callers were policemen and police detectives, who are said to have laid bare numerous ir regularities, evidently in the hope of gaining immunity for themselves. Gov ernor Folk's investigations have con vinced him that there is a very strong alliance existing between the Metropol itan Street Railwiay company and the polce force. A high official of the po- lice department is authority for the statement that within two years this alleged alliance has been encouraged by the heads of the departments. Mayor Beardsley has repeatedly said that po licemen have been overzealous in serv ing the streetcar companies, when pas sengers have been injured in accidents. It was charged that instead of taking steps promptly to relieve the sufferings of the injured, the policemen notify the claim agents of the company. RUSH RAILS TO FAR EAST. American Factories Busy With Hurry Orders for Japan. New York, May 21. America's in dustrial invasion of the Far East is now a Baker City Man Perfects Scheme for Dry Diggings. Baker City J. G. Evans, of this city, has invented and patented a gold savinar machine for use in localities POISONS AT DRUGSTORES. Grocers and. Seedsmen Cannot Dis pense Them After May 25. Salem When the new law regulat ing the sale and dispensing of poison ous drugs, goods and eolutions of all where lack oi water or absence oi graue , kiuus goes imo eneci, may zo all gro has prevented the working of placer cers, seedsmen, etc., who have been deposits. Mining men who have exam-! dispensing arsenic, strychnine, etc., ined the machine are enthusiastic in its and other poisonous compounds to the praise. J trade as rat, Bquirrel and bug exter- lt consists principally In a table , minators, will have to go out of the eight feet long and of width ranging to business entirely and leave this field the amount of work to be done, which ! of profit open exclusively to. registered i i i- i oo j - a ; . l . i- lays on u smut oi oo uegreea, unu is puurujuvisiH. CUT IN MAIL PAY, given a vertical and at the same lime lateral or "pan" motion by a rachet arrangement. In the table are cup shaped riffles, water tight, and placed at intervals of 16 inches. The dirt is thrown in at the upper end of the table, and if perfectly dry, no water is needed to work it down over the ri flies. As the dirt moves down the table, the riflles catch all the gold or concen trates. If the gravel is not dry, enough water must be used to keep it moving. This, in effect, is the conclusion I which Attorney General Crawford ar rived at in an opinion rendered in ; response to a letter of inquiry for an interpretation of the new law from 'District Attorney John II. McNary, of the Third judicial district. Under present conditions it is possible to ob tain poisons of nearly any description in the form of compounds and solu tions, especially prepared for the ex termination of rats and other vermin, Mr. Evans states that the machine at seed and many grocery stores, where can be made large enough to handle no record is required to be kept, and it 100 yards of dirt per day. The machine is now on exhibition in this city. is impossible under these conditions to trace the source of a poisonous drug or compound which may have been se cured with murderous or suicidal in tent. Cherry Men to Hold Exhibit. Salem Full of encouragement over the great success oi the effort of last year, tne cherry producers or tnis sec- ousy i ime in uoos county. tion of the Willimefte valley have de- MarEhfaeld One who made the trip cided to hold another cherry exhiDit ; down the Loquille to Bandon last Aue- this spring, June 10, 11 and 12, upon a ust has just gone over the same ground larger scale. Preliminary arrange-: and expresses his surprise at the gener mente, such as the appointing of com- al development going on there. Many mittees, have been made. It is pro- new enterpises have been started in posed to engage the auditorium skating that time. Three large sawmills are rink with its immense floor area. In going up and one new one is in opera- conjunction with the cherry fair the, tion. A ship yard is busy, where two women of the city will hold the annual j large schooners are being built and the rose carnival and, since the JNursery- keel is being laid for the third. New men's association of the Northwest will be in annual convention here at the same time, the period promises to to be an auspicious one. Favors Manual Training. Salem The teaching of manual training in the public educational in stitutions, in the opinion of Dr. J. W. Kerr, of Logan, Utah, newly elected ; president of Oregon Agricultural col lege, is now recognized as one of the most important branches of the mod ern educational system. President elect Kerr arrived here a few days ago logging camps are oeing opened, new lands being put in cultivation and coal mines long neglected are being put in readiness for working again. Installing Fruit Cannery. Albany Work is progressing rapidly on the fruit canning plant at Browns ville, which will be the first industry of the kind is Linn county. The can nery is being installed in the old tan nery building near the Southern Pacific depot. The plant will be ready for operation this summer. Beans and to matoes will be canned this season and and met with Governor Chamberlain other vegetables will be added to the and State Superintendent Ackerman as output later. Some marketable fruits a special committee of the board of re- will also be put up gents of the college, to decide upon plans and equipment for the new ma chinery hall, for which the last legis lature set aside an appropriation of $40,000. Government May Reduce the Com pensation of Railroads. Chicago, May 20. The recent action of the Burlington in cutting the rates on transcontinental mail to meet the competition in service and time of the Rock Island, is baling an Important bearing on the question of mail com pensation generally. It is said that the voluntary reduc tion made by the Burlington is being seriously consideied by the postmaster general in determining whether the to tal compensation received by the rail' roads shall be reduced between $5,000, 000 and $6,000,000 annually. ihiB fact became apparent, It is stated, last Wednesday, when a com mittee of prominent railroad men called on the postmaster general with a petition asking him to rescind the order requiring the total tonnage car ried over a mail route for one week to be divided by seven, instead of six, in arriving at the average tonnage car ried. Such a division as the postmast er general is insisting on will reduce the mail compensation nearly 14 per cent. The chairman of the committee was W. W. Baldwin, assistant to President Harris, of the Burlington. Baldwin was the man who conveyed to the form er postmaster general the proposition of the Burlington to cut its rates to meet the Rock Island competition. The postmaster general intimated that in view of the voluntary reduction, it might be difficult for him to be con vinced that the mail pay could not stand a general cut. INTERVIEWS RAISE STORM JudgeWood May Cite Governor of Idaho to Explain. Does Not Believe Newspaper Men Should Have Been Granted Inter view With Orchard County At torney to Investigate and Judge Will Punish if Possible. PRISON FOR SCHMITZ. General Bonilla, 'exiled president of Honduras, is preparing to renew war on the Honduran government. The Butte mayoralty contest has been complicated by the discovery that seals on ballot boxes have been broken. Some of the new passenger cars for the Union Pacific system will hii.ve side doors instead of in the end as at pres ent. It is said that Ruef will be sent to San Quentln, but not until after he haa given the grand jury all the aid possi ble. The United Railroads is having less trouble in operating its San Francisco cars and is gradually increasing the service. Frank Wayne, who confessed to rob bing the postoffice at Sellwood, a sub urb of Portland, has been sent to Mc Neil's island for nine years. Harry Orchard, chief witness for the state against Haywood, declares that his confession against the miners was obtained by threats and promises. An explosion of powder at the foot of Lookout mountain, Tenn., caused the death of three men and the fatal in jury of three others. A railroad bridge was blown up and much other damage done to property. Solcialists have made great gains in the first Austrian election under uni versal surffage. The split in the Russian douma is widening and a dissolution would not be a surprise. Montana claimants have started suit for valuable city property in the very heart of St. Louis. The strike in the lumber camps of Western Montana has been settled and the men are back at work. President Diaz declares he did not announce himself in favor of a union of the Central American republics. The National Christian Endeavor convention will meet in Seattle in July. The committee on entertainment has decided eclored delegates shall not be housed in the same hotel with the whites. The German reichstag has passed a tariff agreement with the United States. in full swing, and Japan is pouring golden stream into the United States for steel rails, cars and locomotives Twelve millicn dollars already hav been expended in this country for rail road supplies to be used in the construe tion of Southern Manchuria railways and it is now learned that contracts in volving millions of dollars are pending Deliveries of rails are being made, and for the next three months steamship chartered by Japan will ply across the Pacific bearing valuable cargoes of steel and iron. Manchuria will be strapped with American steel rails from Dalny to Mukden, and the traveler will ride in cars of American manufacture and drawn by locomotives built tin this country. Thousands of dollars have been spent in premiums to American manufacturers for quick deliveries, for the Japanese insist that these railroads must be built and in full operation within two years. Japan s representa tives were told to go ahead and get the railroad supplies at all costs. People Make Big Protest. Perpognan, France, May 21. A giant demonstration in which 190,000 per sons took part was held here today for the purpose of urging the government to remedy the distress caused by the over-production of wines and the ex tensive sale of wines mannufactured from grape refuse and sugar. People arrived in every imaginable kind of conveyance from all parts of the south. Many arrived by special trains, num bers of them refusing to pay their fares and the railway officials being power less to collect them. Peace Society in Utah. Salt Lake City, May 21 .Steps to ward the organization of a peace socie ty in Utah have been taken. Governor John C. Cutler presided over the meet ing, which was attended by a number of prominent Mormons and several Gentile clergymen. A committee was appointed to draw np a plan. It is in tended to extend the work to the differ ences between Gentiles and Mormons in Utah as well as to international controversies. Women Get S500 OOO Funds. Pittsburg, May 21. In a popular subscription campaign of ten days, the members of the Young Women's Chris tian association of this city have raised a building fund of over $300,000, there by earning an endowment fund of $200, 000 from U. C. Frick. Infected Trees Are Destroyed. Oregon City Twelve hundred fruit trees on the Ladd tract near Mount Pleasant are being destroyed, and a stump puller is being used to take up the trees, which are diseased. The trees are on the property of Mrs. Lena Rigler, corner Ninth and lackeon streets, are being cut down and burned by order of the county authorities, who are making a determined effort to stamp out orchards that are infested with fnuit pest. Weston Brickyards in Operation. Weston The first kiln of brick burn ed at the Weston brickyards for the season of 1907 is now ready for the market, and the first two cars went for ward a few days ago, one being con signed to Hermiston, the growing town on the Umatilla irrigation project, and the other to La Grande. The yards will be kept busy at their full capacity for the entire season, there being a good demand for its product, much building is being done. Will Try Wooden Pipe. Hood River The Farmers' Irrigat ing company, which operates one of the lagest lrigating systems at Hood River, is considering a plan of permanent im provement that provides for replacing the greater part of its ditch with wood en pipe. This system irrigates the larger part of the strawberry fields at Hood River, which must have water to be successfully cultivated, and the new plan will insure a safe supply. Once in operation, the cost will be less. Fairbanks to Come in July. Astoria Manager Whyte, of the chamber f coommerce, has received a letter from Vice President Fairbanks in which the latter says he will arrive at Astoria on either July 13, 14 or 15 to attend a banquet to be given in his honor by the citizens of Astoria. PORTLAND MARKETS. Eugene After Timber Lands. Eugene The Lane County Home seekers' association, composed mainly of Eugene citizens and business men, have sent their attorney, S. D. Allen, to San Francisco with about 100 appli cations for the purchase of the Southern Pacific railroad lands which it is thought the company will be forced to sell at $2.50 per acre. The applica tions cover some of the finest timber land in the world. 15 per per Push Good Roads Campaign. La Grande The county court is pros ecuting its good reads campaign with vigor. The county has now been divid ed into three general districts and each of the members of the court will super vise the construction and repair of the roads in his particular section. It is expected by this move to get results much better than generally obtained when road work is left entirely to dis trict supervisors. Parker Bros. Purchase Mill. Albany Parker Bros., who operated sawmill near Plainview for several years, have purchased the Hall sawmill on Thomas creek, and will enlarge the capacity of the plant. With the pur chase of the mill they secured control of about 20,000,000 feet of timber and will make the industry an important one in the bantiam country. The mill situated six miles east of Scio. College Year Nearing End. Albany Active preparations are in progress for the annual commencement exercises at Albany college. Wednes day, June 19, will be commencement day and the week preceding will be filled with various exercises, commem orations and fttttivities. Sunday. June 16, will be baccalaureate Sunday and the junior oratorical contest will be held Monday evening, June 17. Wheat Club, 8182c; bluestem, 84 85c; valley, 8081c; red, 7980c. Oats No 1 white, $29; gray, $28 29. Rye $1.45 1.50 per cwt. Barley Feed, $22 per ton; brewing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.50. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $1718 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21 23; clover, $9; cheat, $910; grain hay, $910. Fruits Strawberries, Oregon, 20c per pound; apples, $12.60 box; gooseberries, 10c per pound. Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 sack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; cauliflower, $1 1 .25 per dozen ; lettuce, head, 3545c per dozen; onions, 1012c per doz en; radishes, 20c per dozen; asparagus 7 8c per pound; rhubarb, 4c per pound. Onions Oregon, $23 per hundred Potatoes Oregon, ? & per sack; new potatoes, 56c per pound; sweet po tatoes, 6c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 21c per pound; second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 4c per pound; mixed chickens. 13,4c; spring fryers and broilers, 2225c; old roosters, 910c; dressed chickens, 16 17c; turkeys, live, 1315c; turkevs, dressed, choice, 1820c, geese, live, 8c; young ducks, nominal; old ducks, 16 18c. Eggs 18c per dozen. Veal Dressed, 5Sc per pound Beef Dressed bulls, 4C46c per pound; cows, 67c; country steers, 7(a8c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 1010)c per pound; ordinary, 69c; spring lambs, with pelts, 910c. Pork Dressed, 69c per pound. Hops 68c per pound, according to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 15 19c per pound, according to shrink- age; vauey, zmajzic, according w nne ness; mohair, choice, 29 30c per pound. 1 Prosecution Will File 70 Indictments and Put Him Behind Bars. San Francisco, May 20. The graft prosecution, now that it has the assur ances of Ruef that he will tell the com plete story of corruption to the grand jury, has turned its attention to Mayor Schmitz. Before the end of the week Assistant District Attorney Heney will ask the judge to give Schmitz into the custody of a special elisor. In order to bring this about, the prosecution will, if necessary, file 70 indictments against Schmitz. These indictments will charge the mayor with having been a party to the priberv of the members cf the board of supervisors in all the crooked deals in which they engaged The testimony oi Kuei is explicit on this point. ' Mayor Schmitz knew what the su pervisors were doing and was a party to every deal," said Ruef. With 70 indictments against him. the mayor's bail will become prohibi tive, and, if plans carry, he will be ordered into the custody of William J Biggy, who is at present Ruef's jailor Boise, Idaho, May 18. Judge Wood touched off some fireworks just at the opening of court, and it became neces sary to ask all prospective jurymen to leave the room while the display con tinued. It was all over repors pub lished in the morning paper of the newspaper men's interview with Harry Orchard the day before. The States man published the story sent out Dv the Associated Press, one from its own, representatives, and two signed state ments from visiting newspaper men. Judge Wood callod attention to the publications immediately upon ascend ing the bench. All were surprised. When the judge had concluded, Mr. Hawley spoke. Then Mr. Richardson said he would like to say what he thought of it, but was restrained by the presence of the talesmen. These were excused and then the whole matter was aired for an hour. The judge finally directed the county attorney to look the matter up and see what, if anything, could be done. During the progress of the discussion he said there was a plain remedy, if it was the intention to pre judice jurymen, intimating he would cite all concerned for contempt if he thought that was the purpose. lesterday five peremptory challenges were used. Of the special venire of 100 only 34 are left. WHOLE DAY UNDER WATER. Se- LOST CONTROL OF ZION. Voliva Deposed by Court as Success or of Dowie. Uhicago, 3lay uu. zion city was in a turmoil today when it became known that Judge T. M. Landis, in the United States Circuit court, had recognized Deacon John A. Lewis as the legiti mate successor of John Alexander Dowie, the dead founder of the N:rth Shore city, and has thus practically ousted Wilbur Glen oliva from lead ership. Coopled with this sensational devel opment, it became known that, in etinging letters, three ot vonva s sup porters have denounced hi in as a dema gogue and a traitor. It is rumored in Zion City that if Voliva attempted to lead an exodus he could not secure a following of more than a dozen person's Bertillon's Latest Invention. Paris, May 20. M. Bertillon, who has charge of identifying all criminals and others who come before the police courts, has just invented another sys tem of photography which is to be used for the identification of dead bodies. This system will1 allow of the body being photographed in any position and at various distances, without being obliged to move the apparatus. The system was used for the first time about a week ago on the body of a woman who had been murdered and taken to the morgue. Rival Submarine Boats Undergo vere Test. Newport, R. I., May 18. With all hands well and contented, and with a. bountiful supply of fresh air, and with records for submergence broken, the submarines Octopus and Lake rose to the surface of Narragansett bay at 4 o'clock this afternoon, ending a test of 24 hours under water. The Octopus rose first, and the mem bers of the naval trial board crowded about her, as the conning tower hatch, flew open. The members of the trial board at once went below to see what conditions existed on beard, and also- to test the air supply. Samples of air were bottled every two hours through out the test for analysis by the board. The Octopus blew out foul air only twice during the 24 hours she was at the bottom of the bay. It was com puted that only one-fifty-fifth of her air supply was exhausted and, if these figures are correct, they tend to show that the boat could remain submerged. 35 days, provided the food and fuel supply were sufficient. The Lake also stood the test well, al though a leak was sprung in the super structure. SCHMITZ NERVOUS WRECK. Would Follow Ruef's Lead and Con fess, but Lawyers Restrain. San Francisco, May 18. Mayor Schmitz is on the point of a nervous" collapse. He recognizes that the end is at hand. Ruef has already exposed his part in the trolley bribery and the Parkside deal and in the next few days will continue the exposure, showing- how the mayor figured in every corrupt deal put through during his administration. The mayor realizes that two courses are open to him. lie can either con fess or hold out for a few weeks, when. he will be tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary. At present the mayor is hesitating between the two courses. Two of his attorneys want him to fight it out and the third has urged him to- confess. No Contempt Intended. Boise,' May 20. Prosecuting Attor ney Koelsch has completed his investi gation of the circumstances under which Harry Orchard, principal wit ness for the state in the Steunenberg murder case, was interviewed, and presented the District court with a re port exonerating from the charge of improper motives all persons connected with the incident. He found that the only motive that the newspaper men had in interviewing Orchard was to ob tain news from him. New Order of Telegraphers. Minneapolis, May 20. The dissatis fied members of the railroad telegraph ers' order, wmcn is holding us annual convention in Minneapolis, held a ses sion today and organized the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Dispatchers, Agents and fcignal Men. ihe new or ganization is a protest against the action of the regular body in refumsing to re instate L. K. Marr, who was expelled for allied irregularity. Upwards of 100 were present. Scurvy Rages in Russia. St. Petersburg, May 20. The report of the med:cal infractor in the famine lintrict of Samara and Lfa and in the Turgal Steppe, Asiatic Russia, says a large proportion of those afliicted with scurvy are children. Since January 15, when f curvy first became menacing in Ufa province, the cases officially regis tered have averaged 107 daily. The average now is several times greater. Minister Conger Reported Dying. Pasadena, Cal., May 18. Edwin States minister to resigned ambassa critically ill at his Dr. Conger came to- after his return Since then he Conger, ex-United China and recently dor to Mexico, is home in this city. Pasadena immediately from Mexico in 1905 has been slowly dying. The end may come at any hour. Ex-Minister Conger first came into prominence as minister to Brazil in 1897. He was in Pekin during the Boxer siege and conducted the negotiations for the United States after that city was captured. Tsi An's Death Will Cause Trouble. Tokio, May 18. Japan is consider ably concerned about the recent atti tude of the Chinese papers on dynastic matters. The Mainichi Shimpu inter prets the comments of these newspapers- as foreshadowing the beginning or a struggle for the succession, the dowager emprt-fs of China, who is virtually ruler of the empire, being now 77 years old. The civilized world, the Mainichi Shimpu thinks, may expect an up heaval at no very distant date. Will Build Two Dreadnaughts. London, May 18. Orders have been given to lay the keels of two battleships of the Dreadnaught type. It has been understood that in case the proposal for disarmament took definite shape in The Hague conference only one Dread- naught would be laid down. The or der for two such ships is construed an Great Britain's acknowledgement of' Germany's refusal to entertain the dis armament question.