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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1906)
THE OREGON MIS vol Will "' "'' " " "" 1 1 ' .' 1 1 ' ' ' HT. IIFXEN8. OllKGOX. Fill DAY. FJiJJllUAKY . 9SL" ' n 1t---- . , " " 4.1V 111 . 77 ; .1 NEWS OF THE WEEK Hi i Condensed form lor Our Busy Headers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS a. Rotume of tha lata Important but ', Not Lit lntorltln( Events of tha Past k. A "pill (l)tBl. Imi occurred in tha Russian encouraging Chlnetn viceroy are iiitlloicign movement. Tim Hrllith cabinet announced ttrp toward Irith hum rule. Germany alllt refute lo timka con rettinii to France iti Morocco. The Hungarian parliament waa dlt. tolvod hy lure and will meet In iktt ane ol the emperor. Tim jury that acquitted Tut Crow ol kidnaping hat roolvml an vera I anonym nit letter warning, them to leave O.naha. Ex-Speaker llendrrton ha uflWd aiintlii r paralytic stroke, which ha de prived In in ul tilt light, ll U believed lli riul la uear. 01 the total fund of $:i,000,0O0 raited throiiKhuilt Ilia world lor tiiflerlng Km aunt about $3,000,000 liaa been thut far distributed. Th Inlrrrtaia Commerce commltiin hat b.'Kiiti an iiivrttlgalloo ol oil rate by radroad carrying oil Irum Katitai ami Indian Territory. Tha rw ol Missouri tiralntt Illi nois, wherein tha right of t'hlctgo to divert Ita reaag iiitu U: Mitthnlpp! river through tha Chicago ratial and lh lltinoi river la questioned, liaa twin derided In favor of Illinois by Ilia rinpreme court ol Iba United State. Faltiere haa lwn Inaugurated presi dent ol franco. John 1. Rockefeller hat purchased tha Wiseontin t'otitral railroad. Several qulto ver earthquake hava occurred hi tha Went Indi Oiib of tha Rockefeller liaa JuM Imi glit a gold brick lit tha thapa ol luliia. The Chlnrte minister la tha United Slate il.oilt that forirgner will ba at tai kod by bit people. Fir amoi n I'll lilt Ii' elevator cli mrovisl n, m li property, including 1 000,000 buthala of wheat. Catro li aoiil to hava all prepara ilium completed or war with Franc or any oilier power that rare to aliow it Venrauelan preeident hit thurtcoiiilngt Two leader of tha minora nnlc have Ixwrn arretted In Iienver. It it lielirved they were eoiuieclrd with tha murder' of ex-liovernor Hteunvuberg ol Idaho. Pacific iiat mamlwraof eonicrcaa will Intnxliira a bill to prermit tbu mit. hrandinit of talinou. It it not tliongh lliiylnirii'a pura food bill will cover liill point anflliMantlr, lUndita held up a party ol American and Mviimn unnrra near Tlimim MiTxIci. While tin y failed tn yet an inoiipy, the outtawa en-aped tiller kill lug three of the ininert parly. Al'ixmidtir, of Equitable fame, la ter lontly ill. A Moroccan guntiont hat fired on a French aleanter. It it row itld Out John V, Hooka fllr It In Kurope. , ? Pat Crowa haa been acqnitleil of kid imping and "will " now twl trie Tot car lolilmrv. John A. Mcdall !t tllKhtly Improvnl hut hit physician aay h caiuiot atand many ttnkliig apelia. Kinorta of American asttlcoltoral ma chinur? to KiiHcU tbia tprintf will amount to fully ,25,00,000. Tha Rovornor of Went Vlritlnla may rail a tpnelal etlon of the Iiirlture to enntider tha railroad rata problem. The annate conunitta ori lrritorlt hat agreed on a bill prohibiting Ranib. ling In all territorial), Including Aliicka The Iowa bonne haa panted a bill prohibiting- tha dltchargo of revolver!, Ilrei-rarkera and other siploelvet on July 4. There la a m vc ilirnt for coiigrtut to dtniiHiid ruluriu In the Coiiko ttate The rhlladalphla A Reading Ootl company expertt by April t to have enough coiil on hnnd to ltuit until tied Bnpteniber. There ara rnmora of mediation In the Moroccan dltpute. Ureat Drltaln mav ratallah a national tyntuiu ol old age ponaiona. The Attatrlan Rovemment will crimli Hungarian liberty and a rebellion it euro to follow. FRAUD IN INDIAN TERRITORY. Kootovelt Forbid tha Quttblng of indictmont In Cta. Wathlngton, Feb. 20. I'reaident liiKwevelt bad Ukn a pertoiial interett in ma cnarge ni fraud and corruption which are aaiil to jiava occurred In oonnertiou with the affalrt of tha Five Wivinawi irlhe in tha Indian terrl lory. liut for hit lntrelnrcme Indict nienia agtlntt aevoral pemont allcgod 10 nave own enguged In Illegal, prac f" wouui nave uen qutnliiHl, Bill to Raatrlct Giving of Free Ride by Railway Not Properly Drawn Salem Tha aoti-paa law Initiated by iba Peoiile't l'oaer leauue la indina Now, however, under hit order, tha - , - - ' I . . .. vaaaaati auii BJ ajuvi Uivl V " L . l-J 1J.1..IM.JHJ ILJ .. I, I. J,.j , , - I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST ; LAW WILL NOT STAND. MISS ROOSEVELT A WIFE. Whit Place vettlgatlona with Incnaied vigor, and it I ruliahly atatwl that In tha near future a number of new Indictment will he reported againtt not onlv aev. eri.1 men already Indicted, but thev will alto litctudn a number of pertont wiiiwe namea have not heretofore been brought Into the cate, Including a high government omoial in Wathlngton. When It became kuowo to tha preal dent that tb rlltlrirt attorney for In. Ulan Territory bad lieen inatrnctwl to quttb tome indictment already fonnd, lie immediately arnt order connUr niuiiding tb la propotrd action, lie wat led to do thit by information recelvetl The conitllutlon eipreenly provide! that all law Initiated by the people thall contain the enacting clatue, "lie it enacted by the people of the ttate of Oregon." Tha copy of the bill Sled with tha tecretary of ttata ha no aocb claiite. The dltcovery wa made when Secre- Ury Dunbar aent the bill to the atate printer, preparatory to having 100,000 coplea printed for diitribution among tha votora of tha ttate. Attorney (teneral Crawford aay tb ... ...... .....v. aiici ainrvii 1, Ulinn liii, , . . trihal relatione of the Five Clvill.ed "w" P-" "r one Tribe reanml. certain fa. it would I " 'ia defect, becaute each of pt.t Into hi poaaeMion which would ".000 or mora petitioner tlgned tirmigiiien the lianda of the govern. uient in It effort to bring to trial a number of peraoin guilty of grot fraud parpetrated agalnrt the Indiana. Ii I known that ftecretarv Hitchcock bai auhniittod In tb prctldi-nt and Attorney Cleneral Moody a nmdal re port Oi-allng with the whole filiation, which giv.t tuch detail at to make it Impeiativ for the aoverument to act. GERMANY FEELS INSULTED. The Btrandard Oil company 1 aoon to ba pronncutad under the trunt law. Nhould torlout troule occur In China the government 1 almost tore to call 'or volunteer and the nntlonl guard of lrognn, Waahlngtnn and California will likely have the drat how. Fret t'nt pUii of thn governmnnt contenir idntii placing 31,000 troopi In the i'hillppinei, and hh our ttandlng army only a tritlo over (10,000, Including "tillery, volunteer alniott have to be wiked for. ' Chlnet Minltter at Wathlngton Said to Have Talked Too Freely. Ilnrlin, Feb. 20. A tentatlon bat remitted In diplomatiri circlet here from the entiling of what porpurta to b an Interflow at Wellington with tha Chi. nte mlnitter to the I'nlted Hiatea, Mir hmitiiiig l.ltng Chen, in which the latter ia o noted at laying: Kinee tha dawn ol your clvlluallon tha tiurmant have Iwen dUlurtx-r ol the petew and repoae of other people am! n I lout within what I now the ChriClan domain. They teem alwayt diti-nntented with what they have. Their energy appeara to demand the whole world in which to buttle." , Tha Chineie ininitr I then raid to have Intruleted that the prvtent dieoon. tent In China la due to German ineat ura and (ierman pint, and it alleged to have further intimated that the tier man government or It agviiti ia giving tnpport to the revolutionary movement which bat for ita oldert the overthrow of the pmwnt reigning dvnatly iln l-lilnt. Thla la abaolutely and emphatically denird here, but none of tba membr of the Foreign offlc would ditcuM tb matter until the authenticity of the al leged Interview could be enhatantiated. It it ntiderttood thtta lunff eable die- pnlih waa raceiviKl from Karon von HternlMtig, (ierman ambattador to tha United Hiaitt, Nunday, baring on the aohjiwl. If it ilionld prove that the ttatviuent of Hir Liang Cheng ran be mhalanllated, there i a poitihility that thliia will b atked lo ditavow hi remarkt. the bill In It pretent form. .He rule that the aocretary ha no aathorlty change It or to allow any on elte amend It, but that ha ruuit tubtnit It came to him from the petitioner The inprein court ha held in tb can of tha title v. Wright, 14th Ore gon, page 375, that the deliberate omie- tinn of an enacting cltute it a fatal de lect. The discovery of thit error brought to light the fact that there ia no enact ing cltuta or formal declaration of anv Kind ou any of the bill for amend men It to the ettta conttitutinn, for which peMtloui are on file. Thia ap- pile lo tha woman uRrge tioeod nient, aa well aa lo the amendment tuhmitted by the People' Power It-ague. It baa not twii determined whether thia omittion make tba amendment void or rrot. The otUclat are looking np author! tie, o authority ha been found to allow tha aecretary of Kate to refute to mbmit a uieaaure to a vote of the peo ple, even though It may contain defect! wlilrh make it void on lla faoe, provid ed the bill or amendment rwmea to him with the proper number of ligntturea. WOULD CLEAR THE SITUATION. Revolution In Wenezuela May Occur, Styt M. Taigny. Parlt, Feb. 20. M. Taigny. the ei- French charge d'tlTjitea at Ctracaa, In an interview with the M-ttln'i correa. imniliint at I.iveriHMit, aald that the unanimity of the diplomat! In Vene- (iiela againtt hit expuleion wat a great turprita to I'retident Cattro, who nut 1 1 the but moment had relied on the moral tupport of a certain power. M. Titigny, according to the turret- poudeiit, it convinced that a revolu- lonary movement for tha overthrow of I'rotidetit Cattro 1 prpring. He had Land for Retervoir Site. Wathington The terretary ol the ia lerior ha finally withdrawn land for tha Cold Spring retervoir eita In con oectlon with the Umatilla Irrigation project In Eatterh Oregon, the land v 1 ig in townibip 4 and 5 corth, range 3d and 30 eatt. iVrtona who have made entrv of any laud embraced in thit retervoir lite prior to the prelim inary withdrawal, August Its httt, and hava not acquired vetted right!, will lore their land through the cancellation ol Ihelr eitriaa. The government. however, will pay for any improve ments they may hava made. Will Show How Alfalfa Grow. McVIinnvllla II. E. Lounabnry, traveling freight agent of the Southern raciBc company, hat purebaaed for the company five acre! near McMinnville, to be need al an experiment for growing al'alfa, with the hope of promoting! dairying interests. Nome root other ttact ol land throughout the valley have been purchased by the (Southern for I Ho lor the lame purpose. The company will furnish the teed together with a tupply of laud plaster and inoc ulated toil fromtuccesefnlalaflf field in other part of the itata. MANY CLAIM WATER. Numerou Filing on Oregon Stream Recorded at Salem. Salem The numerous illlug that Save been made on the water of river ami mountain stream for power pur- pote in tins state during the past year, have awakened Interest In the quea. won ol llie electrical possibilities of Oregon. Many of the power project hava good financial backing. The majority of tba recent Uling, Indeed, ara said to eman ate from the time source. The doctrine of beneficial nse which It It ilet! red to apply to trie water In all atrramt of Oregon I responsible for rnucb of tbe activity displayed of . late aa me law iianui, any one can Die on water for power purposes, and by doing a imall amount of work each year ran prevent any one else from appropriat ing or uaing tbe water. This rule ap plie to irrigation and a movement la on foot to change the law to that no man can appropriate more wale' for ir rigation purpose than he can put to good one. Htale regulation ol the flo and distribution ol all waters i fast be coming a principle of law in all the arid land tUtes. To regulate abuse and prevent their repitition, the leading watorutera ara preparing to urge numer ous change in tbe law, to that the ownership of tbe wateu in all stream and lake thall veat in the ttate, for the use and bent tit of tbe people. ir tot ia aone, it will lie necessary to make careful aurvey and measure tbe Ujw of all stream that tba water may be equitably distributed. In Cost for Month $604 Portland It coat $1)64.29 to conduct the Iky' and Girls' Aid society in January, a the bill were ordered paid at tha February meeting of the hoard of trustees. Superintendent been approached by several of the revo- Gardner reported that 2 children were iilionarv nndnrt during hit an ourn in receiver ana oo uisposea oi ounng uie enetuela, but owing to tit position a representative of ranee lie wat obliged lo hold aloof from politic. In M. Taigny opinion, the corro- pondeiit adds, a revolution would clear p tha present awkward iltuation In Venemela. EiRht-Hour Day the Itiue. New York, Feb. S!0 John Mitchell and hit itaociatea ou the anthracite in Inert' subcommittee, today finished their work of preparing "propotala for ii agreement In tba hope that they will meet with the coal operators' tub- committee. It ia practically certain that the miner will make a firm de mand for tha olght-honr day for all men employed about the nilnwt. One of tho miner' representative raid to day that tho eight-hour question was more Important to the rnen than any other demand mentioned. Fir Sweep Rutland Rutland, Vt Feb. 20. Six of the largest and most valuable busines block In the financial district of Rut land were destroyed by a fir that for loveral hour threatotied to wipe out the city, and but for a fortunate shift shift iu the wind which aided the fire fighter and the arrival of engine com panln from Whitehall, N. Y., it is likely that the entire business section on Id have been iloniolietied. as n is, the dnmuge la placed at (700,000. Ruttian Town Aflame. Kiel, Russia, Feh. 20. An anil- uwlsh riot broke out today at Yletka, town of (1,000 inhabitants . near Gomel. A large part of tha towu la month. The number of children in the society's care Febrnacy 1 waa 46V One minlly living in Tillamook county took three children, brother and titter. The family I well to do. Will Start In 60 Daya. Kugor.c The deed transfer! ng the Eugene Woolen mllle from Wilbur A Wright, of Union, Or., to the Salem company, headed by T. H. Kay, which recently acquired tbe property, have been signed In Salem and Kuill Koppe, who 1 to bo tha resident manager of the plant, ha arrived. Mauagei Koppe hat already begun to make improve ment at the mill, and expect to have it In operation in 60 daya. A new brick and concrete piiker house will be C3natruuted immediately. To Develop Coal Mine. Kugene The Spencer Butte Coal A Petroleum company ha been Incorpor ated here, with $100,000 capital. Tb incorporator are: J. W, Zimmerman, 0. F. Mitchell, W. J. William nd 8. i:. Steven, of Kugene, and I. W. Love, of Portland. , The company has a coal prospect ten miles southwest ot Eugene, which It will at once begin to develop on an extensive icale. Later on oil proipects will be bored. Appropriation for Chemawa. Wathlngton The Indian appropria tion bill about to be reported will carry $116,300 for the Chemawa Indian tchool, Including $4,000 for a new bakery and $10,000 for a viaduct to cross the railroad tracks, which run through the school ground. The lat ter improvement ia intended to iheure Atk for Pool in Wool. McMinnville Tha Yamhill Live stock association haa ejected tbe follow fnc officers: President. William Oil. erst; vice president, John Rodmand; secretary, M. B. llendrick; treasurer, W. S. Link ; director, William Gun ning, John Kborall, R. O. Jones, Aino Nelson and I). A. Walker. At the last meeting ol tbe association a resolution wat passed recommending that the trustee aet April 7 at the date for tell ing the mohair pool. It was also rec- ooitnended that a wool pool be formed by the lambill grower. Big Crop tn Umatilla, Pendleton Umatilla county farmer are looking forward to an unniually good yield of wheat thia year. It it re ported from the country near Helix that the indication! in that country could scarcely be very much better. The grain is ia better shape now than for several years at this Mason. .The ground has plenty of moisture, and a frott would not do any great amount of damage should the temperature take another drop. i Indians Want Lands. Pendleton About 25 Indians, mem ber of tbe Columbia river tribe, have made formal application to j iin tbe Umatillas amlehare in tbe allotments of the reservation, claiming that they are of the same tribe and filled to come in with them when tbe allotment) were mads several year tgi, preferring to ttay with tbe Columbia river tribe. Much Freight From Dallas. Pallas Twenty car of lumber were oiuea out ol iullaa in a single day re cently, betide teveral cars of span and piling. Toe milia here and at Fall City have a combined output of from 10 to 20 cars daily, Tha freight service on alternate days will soon give way, at the Southern Pacific hat' promised a daily freight train. PORTLAND MARKETS. in llamet, and troopi ther from Gonial. have been tent tha safety of pupil In pasting the rail- I road. - Wheat Club, tu70c; bluestom, 70 7lci red, 837c; valley, 72c. Oata No. 1 white, feed, $2S29; gray, $27.6028.50 per ton. Barley Feed, $23 50t24 per tin; brewing, $243 24.50; rolled, $2425. Buckwheat $2 25 percental. Hay EaHtern Oegon timothy, $13 14perton; vallev timothy, $8(3(9; clover, $7.508; cheat, $0(37; grain hay, $78. . Fruits Apples, $12 50 per box; cranberries, $12.o014.S0 per oairel. Vegetables Cabbage, l?i(92,ac per pound; cauliflower, $1.9032 per crate; celery, $4 per crate; sprouts, i$7c per pound; rquash, Didilso. per pound; turnips, U0c3$l a sack; car rot, 65 75c per tack; beet, 85c $1 per sack. Onion Oregon, No. 1. $1.10(81.25 a tack; No. 2, 70cl a sack. Potatote Fancy graded Burbanks, ou(g)tKu per Hundred ; ordinary, nom inal; eweet potatoes, 2l42vC per pennd. Butter Fancy creamery, 27'30o per pound. fcgga Oregon rancL, jeatzc per doxen. ... . Poultry A vertgo old hens, 1314o per pound; mixed chickens, 1213e; broilers, 19(920o; young roosters, 12(d) 1 2tfo ; old rooster, 10llc; . dressed chickens, 14 15c; turkey, live. 16 17c; turkayi, driated, choice 1820c; geese, live, 9u; geese, dressed, 12(14c; ducks, 1(1 18c. Hop Oregon, 1905, . choice, 10 10Vc; prime, SXOomedium, 7(3Sc; olds, 6(aj7o. ' Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1621c; valley, 84g0o per pouud; mohair, choice, 30c per pound. Beef Pressed bull. 22o pound: cow, 8H4),'c per pound; country steers, 45c. . - Mutton Pressed, fancy, 8.9c per pound; ordinary, 4t5c; lambs, 8 9b'o. Veal Pressed, 3(98)0 per pound. Pork Pressed, 0(8j per pouud. House Wedding Takt . a Scheduled. Wathlngton, Feh. 18. Alice Lee Rooievelt, daughter ol the president of tbe United Btatei, wa married in th wbita house at 12:13 o'clock yesterday to Hon. Nicholas Longwortb, repre sentative Id congresa from tba First Ohio district. , The wedding wa tho largest and most Important ever celebrated America, a most oittinguitned atsem bly of guests being present. Tbe ceremony waa performed by Rt Rev. Henry Yates Salter lee. bitboD of 1 Washington, according to the rite of the Protestant Episcopal church, which th bride it a member. Tbe bride was unattended excepting ny tier young sister, Jbthel Roosevelt, who held tbe bridal bouquet of orchid during the ceremony. Mr. Longwortb had a hi beat man Mr. Thomas Nol son Perkins, of Boston, a life-long friend and college -mate. Tbe usher were also hi person! friend. The bridal gown wa one of the most tutiful ever worn by an American bride, and waa entirely of American manufacture. The material wa of ex quisite brocade aatin, made princess style, with long court train of silver and white biocade. - Kara point lace wa used aa trimming and soft effects were obtained by tbe nse of chiffon and tulle. A long tulle veil completely en i sloped tha slight figure of the youth ful brute. The veil wa fastened with a wreath of orange blossom ani the brocade slipper had tulle bow caugbt with orange blossom clusters. 6b wore a her only jewel tha groom's gift, a diamond necklace. Ibe ceremony and alt event con. nected with it transpired exactly aa planned, the only incident which hap pened out of the ordinary being tbe temporary indisposition of Mr. Wayne ilc eigh, one of tbe distinguished guests, who fainted just before the wed. ding party appeared. io ceremony of a similar kind was ever witnesfed by to distinguished an assembly. Personal, representative of power of tbe world and the moat emi uent representatives of America' gov. ernment, high officials in every walk of lite, literary artistic and social lights. captain of industry and many plain. siaiwan American citizen were pres ent aa gueeti. Tb brilliant uniforms of the foreign ambassador and minis ter mingled with the gorgeous gown of the women and tbe dainty colors of tbe floral decoration made the scene am memorable one. .-seine u rant Barton wa tbe one gneat in whom greatest interest center ed, she having been a white house bride herself 32 years ago. A buffet wedding breakfast was serv ed to the 1,100 guest and the bride's health drunk in wine a centnry old. made by tbe groom' great grandfather, whose name he bear. Lae in the afternoon tbe bride and groom entered an automobile and were driven to the country home of Mr. and Mrs. John R McLean, "Friendships," lew miles out ot tVastnngton. Over 1,000 wedding gift were show ered ou the fortnnaie young bride. While their value haa been greaty ex aggerated, the fact remain that a small fortnne waa expended in them. Tif fany, the Hew York jeweler, is said to have filled more than $100,000 of or der for the occasion, and the Wash ington jewelers had to send rnsh or.ie.s to New York a week before the wedding to replensih their Stocks. Xo bride of royalty has ever received presents from to many crowned beads or notable personages. The kin of Spain, king of Italy, emperor of Our many, emperor of Austria, piesident of France, euipreet of China, mikado of Japan, republic of Cuba and Pope Pius X all remembered the young daughter of tbe president, sending her rare wed' ding gift through their representatives at the capital, and with them their best wiehea for the happy life that a ill surely be hers. A private cara await orders to carry the couple South after their honeymoon at "Friendship.". The weddinn trio will not be a lengthy one, tbe groom's autiea in congress necessitating an early return, hut later in the year a trip aiiroau is pianneu. EVIDENCE COMPLETE Colorado Miners Are Involved In Murder of Sternberg. HEYBURN'S DRASTIO BILLS. DENVER TO BOISE BY SPECIAL Believed Alao to Have Taken Active Part in Cripple Creek Out rage Recently. Boise, Idaho, Feb. 20. On a special train that made no stops at tbe princi pal cities and town on the way from Penver, and changed engine and took water at obacure points, Cbarlet E Moyer, president of the Western Fed eration of Miner; William P. Hay wood, secretary of the same organiza tion, and G. A. . Pettibone, a former member of tbe executive board of tbe federation, who were arrested in Pen. ver Saturday night charged with the murder of Frank Steunenberg, ex governor of Idaho, arrived at Boise yes terday morning in custody of a strong guard of Idaho and Colorado officers The prisoner seemed ill at ease and bad little to say. They entertained themselves part of tha time playing cards, and kept their own counsel. At no time did they discus the charge up on wbtch tbey were arrested Tbe party waa taken to the peni tentiary in two vehicle. Arriving Would Stop Creating Reserve and Order General Survey. Washington, P. C, Feb. 16. Sena- tor Heyburn ia going after the presi dent' forest reserve policy again. Tot day he introduced a bill far more dras tic than anything be ita heretofore at tempted. It prohibit further with drawal of public land for forest reserve purpose in Idaho, and stipulate that where land haa heretofore been with drawn, and ha not been created Into forest reserves, it shall immediately ba restored to the public domain. - It alao provide that no reserve or withdrawal made for foreetry purposes in Idaho shall inclnde section 16 or 36, title to wbich waa in the United State at tha date of tbe admiision of Idaho into tbe Union. It further atipulate that no forest reserve hall be created in Idaho to include land heretofore classified mineral. , Tbe effect of tbi bill, if enacted, would be absolutely to put a ttop to forest reserve extension in Idaho, but, like Mr. Heyburn' other forestry bill, it will not pas. Mr. Hey barn also introduced a bill appropriating $100,000 for the survey of all unsorveyed pnblio land in Idaho. Mr. Heyburn lay Idaho l development i being retarded by reason of tbe fact that only one-third of tbe state ba been surveyed. Furthermore, tbe lack of survey make it Impossible for the state to perfect many of it (election made under virion special granU. CHINESE ATTACK MISSION. there, they were searched, tbeir belong-1 Viceroy NowJTake LeaI in Enmity to ings being taken in charge by Warden W hitney. They were assigned to sepa rate cell. Psnver, Colo, Feb. 20. -"Heywood, Moyer and fettibone will never eee Colorado again," say James McPar land, bead ol the detective agency em ployed by the atate of Idaho to run down the murderer of ex-Governor Steuneiiberg. "Their dav ara nnm bered. We have absolute evidence that will convict them cf complicity ia tbe foul assassination of ex-Governor Steunenberg and evidence that will convict a great many others, too, of the same offense. "They cannot escape in any possible way, and tbe legal knowledge, of all their attorneys cannot keep them from the gallow. You can say for me that the day of dynamite outragea in tbe nest is at an end. Htywood, Moyer and others know that they are guilty, and tuey know tbat their time hi come. The Steunenberg assassination was the final etraw that broke the camel' bark and wa their nndoing. MORE RESERVES. Beet Sugar Industry. Washington, Feb. 19. A prelimi nary statistical report of tbe beet sugar inaustrv lor tne year ending December 31, 1904, issued today ( by the Census bureau, snow tbat . industry baa in creased 225.6 per cent in the number of pound of sugar produced and 231.2 in tbe value of the product increase since tbe census of 1900. The total number of pound of sugar, granulated and raw, produced in 1904 was 631. 335,294, and the value of this product waa -j,h.'-4,ou. in iuu there were 61 sugar beet factories, and 31 in 1100. Famine Fund Cabled to Japan. Washington, Feb. 19 Up to noon today Charles Hallam Keep, treasurer ol the American National Red Cross. had -received, in response to President Koosevelt' appeal, contributions amounting to $11,421, to be expended for tbe relief of the famine stricken province of Japan. Ten thousand dollar collected by the Christian Her ald, of New York, was cabled February 15 by the State department to Japan, to be used immediately. Steven Ends Blockade. Panama, F"eb. 19. Effort to relieve congestion of the Panama railroad have apparently succeeded. Chief Engineer Steven informed the Associated Press yesterday that no through freight was delaved on the, iethmus during the last 24 hours. "Pockage facilities at La Boca ar being improved, and it i expected present wharfage capacity will be doubled within the next four month. I President Finds He Has Backing; of Many Congressmen. Washington, Feb. 20. President Roosevelt, after conferring with West era men in congress, find hi fore.-t re serve poljcy ia very generally endorsed, and learns that there i no prospect of the passage of Senator Ueyburn's bill intended to check the withdrawal of land and tbe creation of reserve. He bat, therefore, decided to abandon hie recent order snRpeadiug forest reserve extention and within a short time new proclamation will be forthcoming creat ng reserve in teveral eetern ttate, Oregon and Idaho among them. At tbe time be detenuined to bold np proclamations, the president had been led to believe tbat his right to create reserve bad b-n generally ones tioned and he thought it best to wait until his rights were specifically defined by congress. Now, however, it has be come apparent that the vast majority of men in congress approve the manner in which the president ha been White "Barbarians." London, Feb. 16. Tbe correspondent at Shanghai of the Standard telegraph as follows: News ba reached here of another at tack on a foreign mission at Nganking, province of Kganhwei, on the left bank of tbe Yangtae Kiang river. No lot of life ii reported. Yesterday an attempt waa made here by a trusted Chinese servant to morder the secretary of the French municipal council wbile he was asleep. Tbe at tempt wa frustrated and the assailant arrested. t Many of the great provincial viceroy are displaying a marked anti-foreign attitude which they would hardly dare so openly to assnme nnlen ther thought that Pekio approved their con duct. - In tbe ' foreign settlement of treaty porta effort are being made quietly to recover privilege granted to foreigner. In some quarters Japan ia believed to view tbe possibility of armed inter vention being necessary with equanim ity, since it wonld provide ber with oc casion to obtain from China what aha failed to exact from Russis. In Shanghai' two additional com panies of volunteers are being raised. It is reported tbat tbe Municipal coun cil favor strengthening tbe Sikb police force by 500 men. Unfortunately, it ia at this juncture that it has been decid ed to reduce the British China squad ron. ..,.- HE BLAMES THE GRAFTERS. ing out his forestry policy and with this unqualified indorsement tbe president has decided that he can, with good grace, proceed aa it tuere bad been no interruption. it is intimated mat tlie Htvden re serve in extreme Northern Idaho will be the first one created. Just how eoon, if at all, a reserve is created in Southwestern Oregon cannot te learned, as Forester Pinchot has promised to re ceive and consider tlie protests of the people of that section aud, until these protests are filed, no determination of this matter it expected. Raisin Combine Broken Up. Fresno, Cal., Feb. 20. At a meeting ot the growers of the Central California Raisin Growers' company today, the dealers voted to disband the company a id return to the growers the half a Rojestvensky Says Bad Shipbuilding Caused His Defeat. St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. "Perhspe I am guilty to some extent tor our de feat, and perhaps my subordinstes did not do all they might have done, but at all events we who have fought the battles were not thieves," said Admiral Rojestvensky, who addressed the Im perial Technical society yesterday even ing upon the causes of the defeat of tbe Russians at tbe battle -of the Sea of Japan. . . : , The admiral made no specifications carry-1 regarding rascality in the construction or equipment of tbe ships, but he com mented at length uon the destructive force of the heavj Japanese shells. which, when they only exploded in the water near the Russian vessels, cracked tbeir platea and opened great leaks. while those which hit tba Russian ship squarely were a destructive a mines. A young lieutenant doling tbe dis-' custion attempted to lay the blame on submarine boats, but .the admiral de nied tbat submarine boats or mine were used during the engagement. Must Pay Wages for Shut-Down. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. !6 Considerable comment has beea caused by tbe judgment of the communal court at Widxewo, near Lodx, ordering the Coate Thread factory to pay the wage of 800 AmnloVMA during thA tan vaaWm c mt a pound held out for the purchase the factory was closed. The work of packing houses. This action breaks shut down November 30 and a ihortage the association of growers formed tnr of coal was given as the reason for do- the purpose of co-operation. This year ing so. The - court in rendering judg- the price of raisins was fixed at too high ment said it was not lack of coal, hnt a rate, and the dried fruit failed to sell; the high price of Coal which induced ;he Mercantile company, of San Fran- the closing, and found that thia waa Cisco, finally took over the whole crop not a good reason. , at 3 cent a pound. Train Wrecked, Twelve Hurt. 8i. Louis, Feb. 20. The new fast mail train for the Southwest on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern wat wrecked at Carondelut, a suburb of St. Louis, early today. Twelve men are injured, several of them seriously. The trol, engine and first car rolled down a 15 root emnanamenr. rue second car lodged on the edge oft he Pesperes river. It contained a number of mail clerks and the loss of life must have been gen eral had the car fallen into th river. Believe Fir Und.T Control. Honolulu, Feb. IS. Water la now being pumped only at interval Into th hold of the steamer Texan, whose cargo took fire the other day while -the vessel wa lying at her dock. It is now be- lieved that the fire is under safe con- and the agent ot th vessel say Pat Crowe Arraigned Again? Council Bluffs, Ia.. Feb. 20. Pat Crowe wa arraigned on joint indict ment BBiiiat himself ami Arthur Levi for holding np two street car crew on July 2, 1905. Ue pleaded not guilty. that they expect that all her lime will be slaked by tomorrow and that thev will then be able to discharge cargo. Tbey think that the hull of the vessel is not damaged. First Year Men Must Study. Cambridge, Mass!, FebJ 16. Tb Harvard athletic committee voted to night to concur with Yala and Prince ton in an agreement excludicg Ant year men tnd graduate itudent of all ' department .'rom univenity athletics.
