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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY '1. 5, 1904,
N"C. 5.
PROFESSIONAL.
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' J. B. QODfREY.
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DirVTV UISTK10T ATT01IIKT.
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Dr. Edwin Ross,
Physician and Surgeon
ST. HELENS, OREGON.
Dr. II. It. CliflT,
Physician and Surgeon
ST, HELENS, OREGON.
Watts & Price,
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
OATHCRCD FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Coatprchenalve Hevlew of the Import
ant Happening! of the Paat Week.
P-rcaonted la Condcnaed Form, Moet
Likely to Prove Intereetlng to Our
Many Readere.
The Iowa It'glnlatura la in acaaion
A new calilnut hat bwn formed In
Chile.
, Tlirue more war vetmilt are on the
way to Panama..
Ex-Oovernor John Young Ilrown, of
Kentucky, ia dead.
The aenaU) upholda Preaident Room.
velt In hia Panama policy.
rtanator Scott made a warm attack on
dentin. I Wood in tha annate, lit) term
III in "hloodleaa aoldier."
Premier Balfour ha made ttate-
meiit which ahowi Great ilrltain to 1
with Japan in caae of war.
Secretary of htate Hay la aieain at
tomling to the dutiea of hia department
after aevetal weeka of illnet.i.
Chicavo cooiu'llnien, who have tieen
inveatiKatiiig the ttieater horror, have
turned their attention to the condition
of the city' hotel.
Itavclopmeut in the wreck of the
ateauier Clallam eeem to ahow that the
captain waa largely reHnaihle for the
great iue of Hie, allow ing very jxxir
JiiuKment at the critical tune.
W. J. Bryan haa returned from hit
tour of r.urotie. .
Ueneral Johu B. Gordon, the lut of
the (hiikiuk Confederate geuerala, ia
dead.
Iron gate acrorn the exita are iliacov
erel to have played a deadly art in the
Chicago theater Hie.
El-Mayor Walhridife, of St. Iiuie. ia
being iKN.mod aa a Rupubltcan candi
date for vice preeident.
An ordei placed In California for
t2o0,000 worth of food stuff is be
lieved to be tor RRnaaia.
Repreaentattve lltimplirev wants Se
attle put on the litt of cities where
civil service examinations are held.
Kriialor Kinoot denie that tie ia
iKilvumnirt and haa answered other
charge on file with the senate commit
tee.
Japan has sent another note to Rut
tia, w'lich is practically an ultimatum
She will not wait long on the cur for
an answer. . .
Professor Willi Moore, chief of the
United States weather bureau, in his
annual reimrt, says there was but 17
tier cent of error In the forecasts of
the past year.
China is ture to assist Japan in the
event of.war..
Cores may appeal to" the United
State in the event of an invasion.
The house ha voted $250,000 for
eradication ol insect affecting cotton
Senator Dietrich, ol Nebraksa, haa
been cleared of the charge of selling an
omce.
Ex-SecreUry of the Treasury Charles
Foster la dangerously ill at hi home in
Springfield, Ohio,
General Chaffee ha been nominated
to euceeed General Young a chief of
the alaff of the rmy. ...
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, ia being
guarded for fear of assassination on ac
couo tot the theater horror.
Warship are assemlbing at Colon,
presumably for the purpose of making
a hostile demonstration against Coloni
bial
A bill ia before the house providihg
for the consolidation of third and
fourth clans mail matter to ha admit
ted at the raet of one cent for each two
ounces.
Brigadier General Randall ia likoly
to be promoted to major general.
Great military activity prevail at
Cartagone and Savanllla, Colombia.
Ex-Congressman Drigga, of New
ork, ha been convicted of accepting a
bribe.
Mis Ruth Cleveland, eldest daughter
of ex-President Cleveland, ia dead from
diphtheria. '
The senate committee haa favorably
reported the bill giving Tillamook
life-saving station. .
The Colorado militia propose to
drive out all striking miner at Cripple
Creek who will not work.
The senate committee on expositions,
after hearing Oregon men, unanimously
decided in favor of the 1005 fair bill.
Secretary Hitchcock ha requested
the Oregon senator to name a man to
succeed Asa B. Thompson aa receiver at
La Grande.
Governor Taft, of the Philippines,
ha assured the mikado that the policy
of the United State will be one of
friendly neutrality.
The enitre East 1 experiencing
bit-
ter cold.
Tlie Ontario, Oregon, fish hatchery
may be taken in charge by the govern
ment. Two-thirds of the Chicago theater
now closed will probably never be able
to reopen.
Two "Holy Roller" apoatk were
given a coat of tar and feather by cltl
tens of Corvallis. .
WAR AGAIN SEEMS SUKB.
Japan Receive Second Reply of Ruial
Which I Unsatisfactory,
London, Jan. 13.--Tlie Times' Pekin
correspondent, cabling under yelr
day's date, suy the Chinese minister
at Tokio, at the request fo the Japanese
foreign ollice, telegraphed the following
communication to Prince Chirig
"The second Hucsian reply to the
Jupanese mjonals hasl een received at
Tokio, but it i unfavorable and cannot
be ai't-cptod by Japan, who will, unless
Itusisa recedes, be compelled to prompt
ly resort to arms. ; jf
"In view of such an eventuality
Japan urges and expects China to main
tain the strictest neutrality, to preserve
order throughout the empire, to guard
foreigners resilient in the interior, ' and
Is. t.L. ...A.lal ..... aV. hhuunrA nnlu
the province of Shantung and Yunan
lest foreign powers might seize the pre.
'" 7c . ' .j,-. 'TiUd JWhjoJ lAiatrictboBd.
text of disorder and make aggressive
movements therein.
The correspondent says that the dis
patch has deeply impressed the Chinese
who now believe war to lie inevitable.
Wild Ramon el War,
London, Jan. 13. The St. Peter--burg
correspondent of the London Daily
Mail wires that there is great excite
ment in the Russian capital,' and that
many wild rumor are in circulation.
One reports that the czar ha drafted a
declaration of war. Still another de
clares that actual hostilities have al
ready broken out. None of these re
ports- can be confirmed, however, and
while not generally credited, tbe feel
ing is increased that war cannot much
longer be averted. This is significant
in that until the last day or two every
thing in St. Petersburg ha pointed to
ward an amicable settlement of the dis
pute. .
IN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Woolgrowar and Livestock Association
.Meet In Portland.
Portland,- Jan. 12. The great na
tional conventions which are in Port
land for their annual meetings com
menced work yesterday under most fav.
orable circumstances. The sessions' of
the Woolgrowers' association were not
ble in the high tone of the addresses
lehvercd and the earnestness with
which the voting delegates approached
the great miestions to be considered
The Livestock convention will not get
down to business until this morning,
but the machinery was set in motion
yesterday which assure profitable re-
suit from the meetings which are to
occupy the remaining days of the week.
The visitors continued to pour in all
day long, and, by a conservative eeti
mate, they will number 1,500 when
President Springer a gavel falls on the
first session of the Livestock conven
tion today. An official welcome to the
state and city will be extended to the
visiting stockmen this afternoon by hia
excellency, Governor George E. Cham
berlain, and Mayor George II. Wil
liam. There will be respone-s on the
part of the visitors and with the an
nual address of President John W.
Springer the great national gathreing
will be fairly under way.
STRIKE AT COAL M1NB ENDS.
Union Leader aad Utah Mtoeowncr
Make Agreement.
Salt Lake, Jan. 13. The labor
troubles in the coal fields of Carbon
county have been practically settled as
a result of a conference between G. W.
Kramer, .vice president of the Utah
fuel company, , and Attorney S. A,
King, representing the strikers. By
the- terms of an agreement satisfactory
to both aides, the company agrees to
lease for a period of six months all of
the 225 bouses erected by the miners
on the company s property, paying
therefor the lump auut-of 175,000, the
amount to be paid for each individual
lease to be determined by three apprais
er who have already been appointed.
If at tbe expiraUon of the agreement,
the houses have not been removed they
become the property of the company.
bile the agreement does not affect
the claim of either side in the way of
adjustment of grievances, it destroys
any apparent reason for the strikers to
remain in the district and avoids the
possibility of serious trouble arising
fiom the eviction of minora horn their
home.
Removing Duty on Coal.
Washington, Jan. 13. Congressman
ones, ol Washington, has been assured
by leading representatives of the house
that the emergency bill approved by
the president on January 15 last, re
moving for one year the duty on coal,
will not be continued in effect after
next Friday, On that date the former
duty will lie restored, and it ia the in
tention of the house leaders to grant no
further concessions on coal, or any
other commodities, until the time tomes
when they deem a general revision of
the tariff necessary.
fJentral Reycl Makes Bold.
Washington, Jan. 13. The Associat
ed Press bus been informed that Gener-
I Reyes, iu hia last note to the state
department, threatened to, publish the
correspondence Detween himself and
the state department if the, department
did hot see fit to send it to the senate
or make it public. General Reyes left
for New York at 1 :30 tonight. He will
sail from New York next Saturday di
rect for Colombia on the steamer Alle
gheny. Russian War Preparation.
Paris, Jan. 13. A special dispatch
to the Patrio from Harbin, a town on
the Mauchurian railroad, describes the
Russian war preparations. -The :!RiA
sian officials declare war is inevitable,
but add that they are ready. ' Port
Arthur, It is further asserted, will be
occupied by 100,000 men, and in ten
lay reinforcement of 100,000 can
reach Manchuria.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
IDLE fTONEV AT WORK.'
School Fund Surplus la Being Put Out
at Intareat.
Salem The semi-annual report of
State Treasurer C. 8. Moore show
heavy decrease in tbe surplus of money
lying idle in the common school fund,
A year ago, the balance in that fund
was $724,772.25. On January lr WU4,
the balance waa but $562,177.53
Since January 1; about $10,000 has
been aent out on loans and $00,000 will
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Application have been approved for
loans to the amount of over $00,000
more, so that it appear that the state
has now but $400,000 which it can
offer to those who wish to borrow upon
gilt-edged real estate security at o per
cent interest. If the present demand
for loan from the school fund conlin
ues, the balance will be out at interest
within a year. The loaning of this
fund, and consequent decrease in the
amount of ' the idle surplus, means an
increase in the revenue lor school pur
poses. The interest on this fund is ap
portioned among the connties annually
according to school population.
The report also shows a balance of
$H5,040.50 in the general fund, from
which the ordinary expense of the
state are paid. State Treasurer Moore
says that a large portion of this amount
ill be used in paying the claims for
tbe last quarter of 1U03. During tbe
next three months, however, nearly
40,000,000 will be received from in
surance companies under the law re
quiring them to pay a 2 per cent tax
on their net receipts, and this sum will
be sufficient to pay the ordinary ex
pense of the state until state taxes be
gin to come in, about April 1.
HEAR RAILROAD'S PLEA.
Tlmberland Assessment In Land Reduced
to $2 SO Per Acre.
Eugene The county board has de
cided to reduce the assessment on the
timber binds of the Southern Pacific
company in this countv Irom $3 to
$2.50 per acre, after considering the ar
gument of tbe attorney of that com
pany, liie reduction, however, was
not made until the company Bhould
agree that there would be no contest on
that figure.
Tbe lands of tbe railroad company
were assessed tbe same: as all timber
land, but the argument waa made that
these lands were less valuable than the
lands held by other corporations, for
the reason that the railroad grant con
aists of certain sections by numbers, re
gardless of whether they are valuable
or not, while the lands of other cor
porations and individuals have been i
lected and it, i reasonable to suppose
valueless claims would not be acquired.
Makes a Oood Showing.
rendleton The aunual report of As
sistant Postmaster French show that
Pendleton has one of the few self sus
taining office in the' state. The total
revenue of the year wag $13,687.43,
while tbe total epxense was $5,867.77.
The total receipt for 102 were $13,
530.07. The net increase ot the office
for 1903 over the previous year was
$143. This the officials consider is a
good gain, sinco Pendleton has a free
delivery. For a while when the free
delivery wa established the receints
from box rent fell off, bat the demand
at the present time for boxes seems to
have outgrown the office, and 60 more
have been a?ked for. This will make a
total of 600.
Stockmen Feci Better. ..
Pendleton The cattlemen and sheep
men of the Blue mountain district are
rejoicing this winter because of the ex
traordinary open season. Up to the
present spring like weather has pre
vailed, and' only in a few sections has
the temperature been but little below
the freezing point. So far, the sheep
to be held over the winter have not re
quired feeding, remaining on the past
ures, the grass of which is holding out
remarkably welt. Considerable rain
has fallen during the fall, and so far
grass ha been growing.
Dividend by Prune Association.
Salem The Willamette valley prune
association has declared a dividend on
the Petite prune crop handled by the
association in the Salem and Roseburg
districts this season. The total amount
handled of this variety was 635,000
pounds. Net prices to the grower, 40e,
$0.0305: 60s, $0.0362; 60s, $0.0308;
70s, $0.0267; 80s, $0.0210; 90s,
$0.0155; 100a. and over, $0.0099. These
prices gave the growers a net basis
price of a little less than 2,1. cents.
Oood Winter lor Farmer.
Salem Captain Hunt, a prominent
farmer of tbe Waldo hill, say that
tbe season thus far has been a very fa
vorable one for farmers and winter
wheat is in excellent condition. Farm
ers in this pact of the county have not
fed their livestock a fork full of hay or
a measure of grain this winter, and
probably will not do so. Pasturage
has been good and cattle do well with
the grass they can get,, and the straw
that is stacked for thorn in the fields.
Coal Vela Struck Near Union.
La Grande At a depth of 280 feet a
vein of coal ha been struck In W. J.
Townley't artesian wpll, near fjnion.
Just what the depth or the thickness of
the layer of ' coal has not been ascer
tained. Work will be immediately re
sumed on this proposition, and its de
velopment la being awaited with keen
interest throughout the county.
APPLIES FOR APPORTIONMENT.
Pilot Butte Company Want to Begin on
10,000 Acre.
Salem A. M. Drake, president of
the Pilot Butte Development company
has applied to the state land board for
an aptmrtionment of the lien upon
some 10,000 acres of the land for the
reclamatoin of which his company has
a contract. The Vompany has a con
tract for the reclamation of 8i,OO0 acres
and tbe con trait price is $10. per acre.
The reclamation company holds i
lien upon the land for the cost of con
struction. The lien upon each acre is
not uniform, however, but is to be ap
portioned upon each 40-acre tract ac
cording to the relative value of the
land. Thus one 40-acre tract may bear
a lien of $16 an acre, while another,
not so valuable, will bear n lien of but
$5. An intending settler ia required to
prfy to the company tbe amount of the
lien, whereupon he receives a deed from
the state.
PLANT EXHIBIT AT EXPOSITION.
Regent ol tno Agrlcaltaral College
, Mack Takca With tha Idea.
Corvallis At a recent board meet
ing, the plan for tbe agricultural college
to piant and maintain a growing ex
hibit on the exposition grounds at the
Lewis and Clark fair was discussed and
referred to the executive committee for
direction. The committee is: Weath
er ford, chairman; Apperson, Daly,
Keady, and Leedy.
the sentiment of the board was un
iversally favorable to the plan, and the
expression general that tbe occasion
offered the college opportunity to do
all the people of the state great and en
during benefit. The growth of forage
grasses and plants, the cultivation ol
vegetables of all kinds, the production
of small fruit and many other feature
were mentioned as among tbe possibili
ties for converting the tract into a com
pact and valuable display of Oregon
production and resource.
To- Leaae Hatchery.
Salem Negotiations are pending be
tween the state board of fish commis
sioners and tbe United States fish com
missioner with a view to a lease of the
new state salmon hatchery at Ontario
to the government. If the lease can be
effected as desired, tbe expense of oper
ating tbe hatchery will be borne by the
federal government, the result to the
fishing industry will be the tame and
the state will save some $6,000 a year,
which can be devoted to tbe develop
ment of the fishing industry elsewhere
in the state.
Big Hog of tbe Orand Rood.
La Grande J. W. Spencer now holds
the honor ol having raised the largest
hi g in the county. Dexter Eaton has
always held the championship, the
largest being 760 pounds. Hi neigh
bors, John McAllister and J. W. Spenc
er entered into the hog raising business
also and the two latter gentlemen
brought two monster hogs in from their
ranches near Island City a few days ago
and bad them weighed. McAllister
weight 775 pounds and Spencer' 870,
which breaks all former record in the
weight of Grand Ronde valley hogs.
Feeding Cattle in tha Valley.
Enterprise Owing to the lack of sale
for cattle in tbe fall many steer are be
ing fattened in this valley for the
spring market. They are mostly 3-
year-olds and will bring a good price
when delivered in April. There has
been an egg famine in this city for tbe
past month. Egg have been 50 cent
per dozen since before Thanksgiving
and at Christmas time they jumped to
00 cent for a few days, then dropped
to the present price of 35 cent.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 73c;
blue-
stem, 7980c; valley, 78c.
Barlev Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
$20(420.50; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $3.75(83.85; hard
wheat straights, $3.904.10; clears,
$3.553.75; hard wheat patents, $4.20
(34.50; graham, $3.75; whole wheat,
$4; rye Hour, $4.50(34.75.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07(81.10;
gray, si.Uo ai.ui percental.
MilUtuffs Bran. $ 17.60c 18 per ton;
middlings, $26; shorts, $19 19.50;
chop, $18 linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $16 per ton: clover,
$12; grain, $12; cheat, $12.
vegetables Turnips, 65c per sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 00c; parsnips, 85c
$1; cabbage, lOl'c; red cabbage,
lc; 'parsley, per dozen, 25c; ttj
matoes, $1.50 2 per crate; cauliflower,
75c(?$l per dozen; bean, 12c; celery,
75c per doten; pumpkins, lc per
pound.
Potatoes Fancy, 70(3 80c per Back;
common, 5060; sweets, 2c in sacks;
2Kc crated;. -
Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwin and
Spitzenbergs, $1.50 per box; cooking,
75c(g$l; pears, $11.50 per box;
grape, $1.50 per box.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27)'30c
per pound; dairy, 2022)ic; store,
12H'814c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 1415c;
Y'oung America, 15'a 16c.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1213c;
per pound; spring, 12 13c; hens, 12
)i13c; turkeys, live, 17 0 18c;
dressed, 20c; ducks, $7(37,60 per dozen;
geese, live, 8o per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 27J27l'c;
Eastern, 25$ 26c.
Hops Choice, 2627c per pound;
prime, 25c; medium, 22c.
Wool Valley, 17 18c; Eastern Ore
gon, 12015c; mohair, 3235c.
LOST IN STRAITS.
Fifty-Four Lives Sacrificed to Storm B
tween Seattle and Victoria,
Seattle, Jan. 12 The Seattle-Vla-toria
steamer Clallam was lost early
this morning midway between Smith
island and Dungeness spit, at least 64
persons losing their live in the disas
ter. Every person who put off in th
lifeboat, lowered when it was apparent
the steamer could not live out the ter
rific gale that was blowing, drowned.
Only those who stayed by the vea
el, fighting against the sea for posses
sion of the craft, were saved. These
persons were compelled to fight desper
ately for their lives, rushing forward .
when the vessel turned on her beam
ends, clinging frantically to the rail
and finally lippinginto the water onto
a life raft that had been lowered.
Subsequently they were picked up by
the tugs Sea Lion and Holyok.
It wa not the fault of th command
ing officer nor the men in charge of
the life boat that the passenger who
took to tbe boats were lost. When
the life boat were lowered land waa
within ight, yet the impotent Clallam
wa unable even to make headway
against the gale. Prudence dictated
that the passenger and such of the
crew needed to navigate the boat be
given the opportunity of saving their
uves oy me me Doat. That they
failed to reach shore was due entirely
to the fact that human strength wa
but a feeble protest against the furv of
the element.
Had all the passengers and crew re
mained on board, it ia undoubtedly
true that most ol them would have bees
lost when the boat turnedover and gave
up the Btruggle. Other "stronger and
better able to care for themselve
drowned with the relief tug standing
by waiting to take them aboard.
CAfJ'T STIR AMERICA.
Oaneral Reye Realize Hia Mlatkra
Ua
Failure and WiU Soon Leave,
Washington, Jan. 12 Convinced ol
the determination of the United State
not to retrace a step on the isthmus.
and of the consequent failure of his mis
sion, General Rafael Reyes. Colombian
special envoy, is ready to leave Wash
ington. Indeed, he informed the As-
aociaed Press at noon today that he
would leave for Baltimore at 4 o'clock
to consult a specialist, and that hi re
turn was uncertain. He did not take
that train, however, and at a late hour
tonight was at his hotel.
General Reye said tonight be wa
yet hoping for an answer to his last re
quest that the correspondence be sent
to the senate 'and be cond not sav .,
definitey when he would leave Wash
ington. He added that when the time
came for going he would officially take
leave of the preeident and other official
with whom be had come in contact.
In a long cablegram which General
Reye dispatched to General Marroauin
he ha reviewed the negotiation at
Washington and informed the Bogota
government that after doing everything
in hia power to save something from
the wreck. he has-.failed. - General
Reye expect, in view ol the high feel
ing prevailing In Colombia, that it will
be very difficult to restrain hi people
longer.
CANADA ASKED TO JOIN.
Hay
Mora lor International
Hatchery on Fraaer.
Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary of
State Hay has determined .to ask th
Canadian government to join in a con
ference looking to the establishment of
international fish hatcheries on the
Fraser river, in British 'Columbia, for
the propagation of salmon. Tbe con
ference, if agreed upon, - probably will
be participated in. by tbe United State
fish commissioner, the, fish commission
er for the state of Washington, and offi
cials in charge of the department of
fisheries and marine for the Dominion
of Canada.
The plan suggested ha been urged
for more than a year by Senator Foster,
of Washington, who bag called the at
tention of the state department to the
fact that, unless seme heroio course il
taken, the salmon supply will be ex
hausted. Million of dollar are in
vested in salmon canning establish
ments in the United States and Canada,
which are supplied almost entirely by
the spawn from the Fraser river. The
method employed by both the United
State and Canadian canning companies
have been the subject of - disputes be
tween the two government.
Armenians Create 'terror.
Constantinople, Jan. 12. Advice
from Erzeroum say the people of Son
ion are in a state of semibanic, fearing
a repitiou of tbe events of "1894. The
local governor and other official have
fled. Tewflk Pasha, with several bat
talion of troops and sir gun, ha ar
rived at Mush, where the feeling of
anxiety is intense. Detachments of
Kurdish cavalry have been stationed at
all of the villages' along the Russian
frontier to prevent the passage of Ar
menian bands. A thousand armed Ar
menian are in the district of Souaon.
Ex-Secretary Foster Dead.
Springfield, O.V Jan. 2. Ex-Governor
Charles Foster, who wa secretary
of the treasury under President Harri
son, died at the residence of General
Keifer here today from the effect of
cerebral hemorrhages. He wa 73.
years old and ia survived by hi wifs
and a daughter. He was attacked last
night while sitting in the library of
General Keier'a home talking and never
regained consciousness. No arrange
ment for the funeral have been mad").'
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China Ratifies th Treaty. 'j
Pekin, Jan. 12. The Chinese m-
peror has ratified the American and!
Jaoanese treaties of com mere with S
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