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Hcppncr Gazette Issued Thursday of Ciuh Week . . HEPPNER. OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political, His torical and Commercial. The American consul estimates the dead at Messina at 90,000. Harriman says college graduates as a rule make good railroad men. An anti-gambling law is expected to be enacted by the California legisla ture. rresident-elect Taft will install au tomobiles instead of horses and car riages. The house proposes to investigate Roosevelt's barber drawing govern ment pay. Bonaparte has been summoned be fore a senate committee to tell what he knows of the steel merger. The storm in California has abated. With the ecxeption of the Sacramento, which is still rising, all rivers are fall ing. Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, refuses to live in the executive mansion. Sim ple life on a farm appeals more to him. Railroad officials place the blame for the wreck at Dotsero, Col., with the engineer, as the train was nine min utes ahead of time. Three bankers and a business man of Pittsburg have received penitentiary sentences for wrecking a bunk. Each will have to serve five years. Sfr.nrntp statehood for New Mexico and Arizona seems assured. The Hughes direct primary bill in New York will probably fail. Three jurors have been provisionally accepted in the Calhoun case. Thornton Plains has been acquitted of complicity in the Annis murder. A fire at Fort Omaha destroyed all supplies, the wireless apparatus and two balloons. The United States and Great Britain, have entered formal protest against the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai. W. I. Buchanan, special agent of the United States, will soon have terms of settlement arranged with Venezuela. Harriman has issued orders for the Building of a road which will parallel the Colorado & Southern, the new Hill line. A K-vear old child has been taken from the ruins of Reggio, where it had been entombed since the earth quake. An officer was attracted by its cries. A snowslide hit a Canadain Pacific tra:n 100 miles east of Vancouver, B. C. The engine was knocked into the river and the engineer and fireman killed. Emma Goldman has been arrested in San Francisco for inciting riot. Admiral Rojestvensky, who was de feated by the Japanese in a naval bat tle, is dead. The Great Northern has succeeded in getting some of its trains through the snow in Montana. Rockefeller's physician says the oil magnate's health is perfect and that he will live to be 100 years old. Los Angeles jobbers have been given a hearing by the Interstate Commerce commission on switching charges. Attorney General Bonaparte has asked for the resignation of Hawaiian judge who borrowed a minor's money. An explosion of firedamp in a Hun garian coal mine entombed 240 men. All will doubtless be dead before reached. The Japanese consul at Chicago de clares that advances in transportation rates will lose Oriental trade to America. Statistics just issued show that dur ing the Russian year just ended 1,957 persons were sentenced to death and 782 executed in the empire. All parts of Central and Northern California are flooded. Many railroad bridges are washed out, cutting com munication with Oregon and the East. The Japanese imperial princess has gone to Paris. Harriman has headed off competition by buying Santa Fe stock. A Pittsburg railroad president has been convicted of attempted bribery. An unknown steamer is in trouble off the coast rear Santa Barbara, Cal. Railroads have agreed to hear Fa cifi :c coast protests against increase in rates. Strikers in Brazil have seized a rail road. In the fight two men were killed and 60 wounded. An American girl ha3 become a nat uralized Japanese. This is the first instance on record. Proof 13 said to have been secured that Yuan Shi Kai caused the emperor of China to be poisoned. With one exception, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson holds the record for long service in the cabinet. OPIUM CAUSES SUICIDE. Poppy Drug Responsible for 500, OCO Cases Yearly. Cleveland, O., Jan. 19. "Opium causes half a million suicides a year," declared Rev. A. S. Gregg, of the In ternational Reform bureau today, with reference to the opium conference call ed by President Roosevelt, which be gins its session at Shanghai February 1. The statement is based on letters and reports from Dr. K. W. Thwing, special secretary of the reform bureau who has been sent to Shanghai by the bureau to attend the opium conference. Dr. Thwing will ask the conference to take action that will hasten the de struction of the opium traffic through out the world. Dr. Thwing says he has obtained statistics from four Chinese provinces with a population of 5S0, 000 in which he says the proportion of the population using opium is from 'JO to SO per cent, and the amount of mon ey spent for the drug is $200,000,000 a year. President Roosevelt called the opi um conference at the suggestion of Bishop Brent, of Manilia, and delegates have been appointed by China, Japan, Siam, Persia, Russia, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Holland and the United States. NEW RECORD SET. Number of Mine Accidents Increased Luring Past Year. Pittsburg, Jan. 19. The year 1908 was marked by more mine horrors and by more loss of life underground than any other year in history. And the year 1909 apparently is going after 1908's record. Only last Tuesday 100 lives were lost in an explosion in a model mine near Bluefield, W. Va., and on the Sunday before death exact ed another heavy toll in the Leiter mines at Zeigler, 111. "Science," said a mining engineer today, "has not yet solved the problem of preventing the formation of gas. We recognize three kinds of mine gas esthe fire damp, after damp and white damp. "Fire damp is the only one oi me t.-in that is exnlosive. It is a gas giv en off by coal under the influence of the heat of the earth. VV hen Davy invent ed the mine-s' safety lamp it was thought that all danger of mine explo sions was over, 'lr.e lamp nas me flame surrounded with a metallic screen which does not permit the passage of the flame. But the screens burn out after long usage and the miners grow careless. AFFAIRS SET RIGHT. Gomez to Be Inaugurated President of Cuba January 28. Havana, Jan. 19. On January 28 at noon the Cuban people will come into their own for the second time at me hands of the American government. It was on May 20, 1902, that the Amer ican flag, hoisted after the war with Spain, was hauled down in favor of the blue-striped, single-starred ensign of Cuba. Then, in September, 1906, a com pany of marines landed at the palace from the United States cruiser Denver, and halted a victorious revolutionary army on the outskirts of Havana, and American ii t rvention, which first came against a foreign power, was once more a reality, this time to set things right among the Cubans them selves. The members of the Cuban congress had become indifferent and for months prior to the revolution it had been im possible to secure the attendance of a quorum. This necessitated govern ment by presidential decree, and it was quickly followed by the cry that Presi dent Palma was assuming the role of dictator. The American provisional governor, Charles E. Magoon, has done all that it was possible for him to do to prevent a recurrence of thi3 state of affairs by decreeing that congressmen who do not attend the sessions shall not receive pay. These rules, how ever, have already been declared dicta torial by the congressmen, and an at tempt undoubtedly soon will be made to repeal or amend them. Frick to Sell Fine Home. Pittsburg, Jan. 19. Real estate men of Pittsburg have a quiet tip that "Clayton," the Pittsburg palace of H. C. Frick, on Homewood avenue, is for sale. The steel king is desirous of quitting Pittsburg forever. According to those closely in society, Mr. Frick is bitterly angry at the lack of inter est shown in the coming-out of his daughter, Helen, here some time since. Only about 15 young men, scarcely enough to perform the figures of the dances, were in attendance at the big party at "Clayton." Trains Co l de Head On. Coffey ville, Kan., Jan. 19. A south bound passenger train on the Missouri Pacific railroad, from Kansas City, col lided head on with a north i o'jnd freight train, two rn.les west of this city this morning. Twenty-four pas sengers were hurt, but only two, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Powell, of Mowata, Okla,. are in a serious condition. The members of the engine crews jumped and saved themselves. The engines were demolished. Iroquois Cla;ms Settled. Chicago, Jan. 19. It was made pub lic today that aft'-r five years of litiga tion settlements had been made in the cases of 30 of the deaths caused by the Iroquois theater fire. It is stated that $750 a case is to be paid. A WEEK WITH OUR STATE LAWMAKERS AT SALEM Wednesday, January 13. Salem, Jan. 13. Memorials to con gress adopted by the legislatures of other states caused quite a tangle in the senate. They dealt with almost every subject and were finally referred to a committee. A resolution providing for a commit tee to prepare for a celebration of Ore gon's admission day was passed by the senate. Abraham, of Douglas county, object ed to the word "graft" in senate docu ments and it was changed to "waste." For the first time this session the senate today opened with a prayer. Senator Abraham introduced a bill that will do away with directed ver dicts if it becomes a law. Any county or city having over 10, 000 population is to be given power to establish a free sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis by the pro visions of a senate bill. Those measures of the last session which received the governor's veto after the legislature adjourned will be taken up next Monday by ootn nouses. A house bill provides for the codifi cation of the laws of Oregon. TJenrpsentative Dimick has a bill which makes highway robbery punish able by lite imprisonment. A inint. resolution was introduced in the house this morning protesting against the removal of tariff of timber supplies. Although the house adjourned until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, the senate was more savimr of time and will meet at. 1 1 o'clock on that day. President Bowerman will then be ready with his committee appointments. Tuesday, January 12. Salem, Jan. 12. Governor Chamber lain's biennial message to the legisla ture was read in the house chamber at 1 :3t) o'clock this afternoon, the senate and house being in joint session. The chief points of the document are : Strict observance of the direct pri mary pledge in the election of a United States senator. Uniformity ot county taxation to make the state levy equit able. Use of convicts on roads, earn ings to go to their families' support or to the state. Conveyance of convicts to the penitentiary by officials of that institution. More money for State p'air premiums; more money for im provements on the grounds. Repeal of $50,000 insurance company deposit law and creation of an insurance depart ment. Permanent settlement of the normal school problem. Payment to Indian war veterans for horses used or lost in the campaigns. No repeal of the railroad commission law. Earnest consideration of the needs for,, expan sion of the state's national guard. Appointment of a commission on the conservation of state resources, with a small appropriation for it. Protection of the fish:ng industry instead of pro tection of the individuals engaged in it. A complete code of water laws. Re servation of the unappropriated water powers for the benefit of the public. An employers' liability act to protect employes "to the fullest. Restriction of sale of deadly weapons. Suit by the state to settle the controversy with the owners of the canal and locks at Will amette Falls. Creation of a non-partisan judiciary. Greater protection for bank depositors ;' perhaps by the Oklahoma law. Relief for the Su preme court. Co-operation with the reclamation service by establishment of experiment stations. Ownership of the Oregon City canal and locks by the state, if- congress will not purchase them. Appointment of a visitorial board to guard against scandals in pri vate asylums. Co-operation with the Oregon Historial society to celebrate Oregon's admission a3 a state. Legis lation looking to the control of tuber culosis. Legislation to make the pro portional representation measure adopt ed by the people last June. In the house 30 bills were introduced today and there were 18 in the senate. Among them are : Providing for form for printing initi ative amendments; providing uniform eight-hour law in factories, etc; regu lating speed of automobiles; closed season for pheasants and grouse be tween October 1, 1909. and October 1, 1913; appropriating $100,000 for In dian war veterans of 1855-56; one board of regents for all state schools; experiment station in Eastern Oregon; prohibiting sports on Decoration day; appropriating $75,000 for extension of portage railway; abolishing Ashland and Monmouth normal schools. Monday, January II. Salem, Jan. 11. The Oregon legis lature today went into session for the twenty-fifth time. Jay Bowerman, of Condon, is president of the senate, re ceiving the nomination in caucus by acclamation. C. N. McArthur, of Multnomah county, is speaker of the j house, having been given the nomina tion in the caucus by unanimous vote after the withdrawal of Patton, of Marion, Patton himself making the ; motion to make the vote unanimous. I W. M. Barry, of Multnomah, is chief clerk of the senate, and W. I red Dra ger, of Marion, holds the same posi- Rival Boards in Wrangle. Pendleton Following a turbulent, double meeting of the Umatilla Water Users' association at Hermiston, the organization is in danger of being per manently disrupted and disbanded by the government. Two rival boards of directors are claiming to be on the legal board and the matter will prob ably!) ec arried into the courts for final settlement. The trouble was caused by the attempt of or.e faction trying to oust the other. tion in the house. The opening of the session was de void of incident, and any bitterness of defeat was hidden under the sur'ac in a desire to invoke harmony. Wi h the exception of Libby, of Marion, who refused to go into the house caucus, and Farrell, of Multnomah, who was called home by reason of Ins lather s death, all of the Republican house members participated in the caucus. Selling, of Multnomah, did not arrive in time to go into the caucus of the senate. Kellaher and Abraham signed the call, while Albee went into the meeting and cast his vote, but had it understood that he was not to be bound by the action of the organization un less he so wished. Both houses met early and proceeded to temporary organization. They took a recess to 2 o'clock, in the meantime holding two caucuses. At 2 o'clock the houses reassembled, the committee on credentials submitted its report, the members were sworn in and the first business of the session was transacted with the introduction of resolutions and the first reading of bills. Resoluions were introduced in both houses this afternoori calling for a par ticipation by the members of the legis lature in the proper observation of Lin coln's birthday, February 12, and the 50th anniversary of the adminsssion of Oregon to the Union on February 15. Changes in School Law. Salem Superintendent Aekerman's bill to renuire six months' school in every district in the state is meeting much favorable comment. it is thought the measure will be satisfac tory to all, as it is one that will in crease the educational standards of the state. It will affect the di tricts in the remoter parts of the state, and those who live in those districts i re to be most benefited by it. It requires that there must be six months school in every district, and if the ui trict is m.t able to meet the expense the school hoard mav call unon the county school fund, or a special tax may be levied on the county to meet the expenses in the district requiring help to the ex tent of $300 for each district. Rainbow to Change Hands. Baker City It is generally believed here that the Rainbow mine, owned by T.f!ar,rl f a ni t n 1 i t s . nnd located in L VI HWLI1I ii.jyivu...-, the Mormon liasin, uaner ouy, is about to ! e sold to the Newhouse min ing interests, of Salt Lake City. Ac cording to the best information obtain able the Salt Lake people are taking over the property at $700,000. Ten per cent of this amount is to be paid in at once, and the remainder is to be paid in installments, according to the mine's production. This is the prop erty that is said to have produced a thousand dollars a clay during the greater part of last summer. Laborers Hard to Find. Baker City There should no longer be any idle men in the Northwest, ac cording to General Manager O'Dell, of the Oxbow power project on Snake river. He stated recently that he was putting every man to work who came to his camp and has plenty of work for many more. Besides the Oxbow pro ject, which is being built to harness the Snake river for the purpose of gen erating electricity, the Northwestern rai'road is building rapid. y down the river, and the Utah Construction com pany, which has the contracts, reports lack of help. Grand Jury at Pendleton. Pendleton Though there are few criminal cases on the docket for the January term oi the Circuit court, the proceedings will be watched with more than the usual amount of interest, due to the fact that the new law makes the polling of a grand jury on the opening day of the term compulsory and it is the action of the grand jury on viola tions of the liquor law which is expect ed to furnish the excitement to those interested. Good Prune Season. Albany The Northwestern Fruit association, of this city, which has had a very successful season, has about completed the packing of its prunes for the present year. Seventy car loads of commercially packed fruit has been handled, shipped for the most part to Eastern states. About $10, OCO in wages have been paid out this sea son. The local business has been un der the management of S. A. Laselle. Big Irrigation Merger. Pendleton According to an an nouncement msde by J. W. Messner, president of the Western Land & Irri gation company, all the ditches on the west side of the Umatilla river have been consolidated with his company and hereafter will take water from the same main feed canal. This brings 25,000 acres of lnd under the one pro ject. High Bounties for Varmints. Astoria The county court announces that it will pay a bounty of $20 each $5 each for bear and $1 ! each for wildcat scalps. These are the I .. . .. re 11 1 highest bounties ever onereo ra-rr, i.u are thought to be the largest in the state. The biennial report of the Boys' and Girls' Aid society shows that 59 chil dren from 27 counties were taken care of during 1907 and 1908. The society asks for $14,000 to carry on the work for the next two years. WOOL POOL FAILS. Buyers Offer H:gh Prices and Break Proposed Combine. Pocatello, Idaho, Jan. 18.-Chief Forester Pinchot turne d down two invi tations to attend the convention of the National Woolgrowers' association, which adjourned in this city Saturday. Mr. Pinchot's refusals were based on what he termed the selfish and narrow policy of the association toward the government forestry service. On a final showdown on the Chicago wool storage proposition it was found that the signatures to the Chicago con tract were 4,500,000 pounds phort of the required 25,000,000 pounds neces sary to insure the Chicago market. At a meeting of those already signed up it was found to be impossible to secure pledges of the required amount among delegates present at the Pocatello con vention, and a campaign will he inaug urated on the outside. Wool buyers from Chicago, and St. Louis have been active during the con vention in buying the 1909 clip at from 18 to 21 cents. Many woolgrow ers, heretofore considered as staunch supporters of the Chicago plan, have contracted their clips to private buy ers, allured by the remarkable prices. Ogden was selected as the next place of meeting. Fred W. Gooding, of Shoshone, Idaho, was re-elected president; George S. Walker, of Cheyenne, VVyo., again was chosen secretary, and Lewis Penwell, of Helena, Mont, once more selected as treasurer. A. H. Knollin, of Chicago, succeeded Joseph E. Wing, of Mechanicsburg, O., as Eastern vice president, and A. J. Delfelter, of Lara mie, Wyo., succeeded Dr. J. M. Wil son, of Wyoming, as Western vice president. In the resolutions adopted any reduc tion in the present tariff on wool and hides was opposed, and the pro.ose.1 establishment of a central wool market in Chicago approved. NO CHANGE IN POLICY. Dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai Wiil Not Affect China. Pekin, Jan. 18. Prince Ching, pres ident of the board of foreign affairs, has assured the American and British ministers that the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai means no change in Chinese policy, but bitterness has arisen be tween the British and Japanese repre sentatives here on account of Japan's refusal to join Great Britain in her representations to Prince Ching. The British p sition is that Japan acts in bad faith, while the Japanese legation explains that it was agreed to concur in the opinion of the majority and that a majority of the ministers favored the taking of no action in this direction. William M. Rockhill and Sir John Jordan, respectively the ministers to China from the United States and Great Britain, today expressed them selves as pleased with the reception accorded them by Prince Ching. They say the prince received them in the spirit in which they came, as repre sentatives of two friendly powers. He listened to Messrs. Rockhill and Jordan respectfully, who inquired whether the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai meant a change in the policy of China. Prince Ching authoratively assured his ca'lers that this was not so. This assurance, it is understood, puts an end to the bad impression that followed the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai. Bodies of Cheneys Found. Washington, Jan. 18. The bodies of the American Consul, Arthur S. Che ney and Mrs. Cheney were found in the ruins of the American consulate at Messina yesterday afternoon by the sailors of the American battleship Illi nois, which arrived at Messina yes terday from Suez. The bodies were prepared for shipment and taken aboard the American supply ship Cul goa, which will carry them to Naples. Arrangements are being made for the shipment of the bodies to the United States. The Illinois has returned to Malta. Uncle Sam Helps Braves. Helena, Mont., Jan. 18. The gov ernment has now taken charge of the indigent band of Chippewa Indians, whose pitable condition during the cold spell excited the charitably disposed residents of the state in no small de gree, with the result that they were afforded every possible relief. The government has sent an inspector here and he has received instructions to pro vide clothing and food for them and this is being done. Nicholas Gets Off Throne. Paris, Jan. 18. Prince Nicholas, of Montenegro, has abdicated in favor of his son, Prince Mirko, according to a dispatch received here this evening from Vienna. The report lacks con firmation, though it is generally cred ited, as Nicholas had not met the full desires of his subjects in his attitude toward Austria. He was confronted with the same situation as now con fronts King Peter, of Servia, whose abdication is expected at any moment. No River and Harbor Bill. Washington, Jan. 18. The house committee on rivers and harbors has voted against a general appropriation bill for river and harbor improvements. The committee will report a bill pro viding fc r carrying on important work i lready begun, for surveys of urgent projects proposed and for any emer gencies which may arise. This bill will probably carry not to exceed $10,-000.000. TRAINS COLLIDE; EIGHTEEN DEAD Denver h Rio Grande Scene of Dis astrous Crash. Thirty Persons Are Injured Passen ger Train Dashes Into Moving Freight Train Special Loaded With Doctors and Nurses Hurried to Scene of Accident. Glenvvood Springs, Colo., Jan. 10. In a collision between Denver & Rio Grande pas-ener train No. 5, west bound, and eastbound freight No. 006, at Dotsero last night, IS persons were killed and 30 injiued, so far as known. As soon as tlu information reached here that a wreck had occurred, a special was made up and all the avail able doctors and nurses in the city pressed into service and carried to the scene of the accident. This train, it was expected, would bring the injured back, and possibly the dead, last night, but it was not expected to reach hero before 2 o'clock. Meager details of the wreck are to the effect that the freight train wa3 attempting to take a siding to let the passenger pass, but had only partly run off the main line when the passenger train came tearing along and crashed into it. The chair car of the passen ger was torn in two and one tourist car telescoped. The passenger train was well filled with passengers, most of whom were asleep. It is feared that the list of elead will be greatly augmented when full details are received. DENOUNCE FOREST SERVICE Woolgrowers Say Pinchot's Subordi nates Have Too Much Power. Pocatt lio, Idaho, Jan. Ilk The sec ond day's session of the convention of the National Woolgrowers' association in this city was marked by another at tack on the forest service. S. Gosney, of Flagstaff, Arizona, in an address in the afternoon, declared that just ce to the sheepmen of the West demanded a change in the present methods of ad ministration of the range control. Mr. Gosney asserted that he could cite numerouss instances in his own state where favoritism, prejudice and graft have figured in the administra tion of the national r serves. After the election of officers and se lection of the place of meeting for 1910, the convention will adjourn. Salt Lake has withdrawn in favor of Ogden, which city is now in the lead. Contending that any c hange in the existing protecting tariff on wool would work great injury on the sir ep industry in America, C. 11. Harding, of Philadelphia, ex-president of the National Association of Wool manufac turers, addressed the convention. Ho compared the recent hearing before the house committee on tariff revision to a minstrel show, with some of the congressmen as end mwi. NO TRAINS RUNNING. Oerland Traffic on Central Pacific Stopped by Floods. San Fran'iseo, Jan. 1(.- Beyond the d stru'-tion of the Southern Pacific company's bridges at Sacramento and th:' W"sL' rn Pacific crossing nee.r there, the damage r-suiting from the great rain storm which has deluged the central part of Cal fornia fur the last week is slight. The danger is not over, however, if the rain continues, though apparently the storm is ceasing. So far very little of the grain land in the Sacramento and San Joaquin vallegys has been inundated, and the crest of the flood has passed several of the most dangerous points. The principal danger is also at Sac ramento and Stockton, where an im mense spread of farming land will he under water if the levees give way. Tonight's reports from those points are reassuring. Heavy Rains in California. Sacramento, Jan. 16. At the weath er bureau in this city today reports re ceived indicated that floods might be expected at Stockton and on the islands, in the delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, on account of the heavy rainfall along the watersheds of the Calaveras river and other streams ris ing in the Sierras. Steamers arriving from the north this morning reported a break in the levee on the Yolo county side, below Elkhorn, 12 miles above here. The break is 75 feet wide. Valuable Freight Burns. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 16. A Cana dian Pacific silk train with a cargo valued at $1,000,000, which arrived by the Empress of China, was run into aby a fast freight while standing on a siding 17 miles east of Swift Current last night. An error of the b'akomnn in not closing the switch after th train had taken the siding caused the accident. The train immediately caught fire and four cars with valuable freight were totally destroyed. Colonize Quake Victims. Paris, Jan. 14. The Duke di Litta, an Italian nobleman and owner of vast estates along the Miakka river in Flor ida, will throw open his lands for col onization to 5,000 falimilies made des titute by the earthquake in Southern Italy. The only condition named by the duke is that e ach family shall tako two farms, cultivating one for them selves and the other for him.