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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1906)
THE OREGON T. VOL. XXII I. 8T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMJJER 23, 1906. NO. 50. MIS NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Rotum of the Ltit Important but Nut L Interesting Event' of t!ia Patt W..k. Threatening letter haw l-en sent I till' loH, Thu king and queen of iHmmurk arc vllting llw knlscr. Jerome will nk (or a Hciul jury to hear nil) ease hi ii. k, iiiuw. trench military nlllicr am giving auto r lM test Inr iiau In war. ICiHit says Itmm-vi'lt will ii it run again uuil lit IiIiiim If in lint a rillnliiluli for pro-Idiot, The- iIom hnrge nf roloritl I r x j lum Ihi'Ii mi"H'iiiln mill whitu iilllccru tuny gel into trouble, Church Inventories have Im-xd re auiuiil hi France without disturbance although triNiw ar held In rcudimwaa Tin Federal court at IVnver th-clarc linu-rnnr vl.v hud Hut jsiwcr t aiipprci no' it'iitiriutt rim aim una ilmuiiiiMtl lint Mnyer suit lor duning"" for imprisonment. President liixatcvitll linn l-cn railed uiMiii to imli-r a m-arrliing Inquiry ititi thu inllii-.ii nf tint Jennie ami ll witliin sight of S ntt In. Tint number of liilwing in given an i'.l. Hill i now in full control of the liur 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 aiiil will merge tin- manage nii'iit of tin' tmi' I wild Hint of tin' (iri'nt Northern. Thin will allow 1 i tit to run through train frut Chicago to the t'ollltt, I'rrMdcnt lioimvcll had" started for Turin HUi i. Jerome aav liimirume grafter cannot m prooci-utcil. Tim lion In tlin Yitkliua valley l c- tllllllt.il at $tH,MMJ. America ami liritnln may unllu to Mop Congo ilnu Itirit. lUnk rol'U-w Mftirnl $1,700 from the lia ik at Ij'liuinlii, nklu. Thrcv M'rtii rnt m-muti-d In a In till !Ui at liuMlli'KI, Ncv. Ilefugce tn tin' fl'n"!"! valley near Scuttle nr In dire nml nf fl. Joint Barrett, minister tu Colombia, will iihiiiI tint Christmas liolliluya with frli'inU at Portland. I learnt ami J.w Pulitzer, Jr. rngngi-d In a tl.t light. Neither will say any thing nlxiiit tint affair. Tim d.wlltt river I fulling fail ami rcnrU show that tho iluniiigc In that rich vallry will na.li $25U,ihki. The Hawaiian sugtir crop fur lUOtl liroiulitin tn U tin- biggest 1" tl"' lil"' ry nf lint tttrrltorv. It will prohahly aiiumut to ilium than -t.'iO.lMlO ton. A Him k lliiml society In New York lift. cxplnliil several UiiiiIm In the Ititllau tenement district, shattering window N ami lilowtni! tl.-.n. (roui Ihicr hinge. Malm people w ill ask Federal aid tu ndii'Vo tint cal shortage. tlnvi'rnur Mug-mii, f Cuba, denies thai ho I diutillcd with liia Mititm. A big dock Urn at Naplso di-Htroyed proorly vuluul at m-arly 11,000,000. Mm. Muiffl Cri'tlii'ld lina Ikmmi fntiml (IimuI In In-r ii'll at Si'iiltln frum heart fuiliittt. rtiitiuliinl il Htirk lma (pnio rililly mi luinunt of tin' ijnvitriiimiiit iniiiiry. Tho Han Kram'iacii umml jury la Mtlll pruliliiK Into thu alli'ttl HteallnK of m lief fuinla. llitrriinan ami (InuM may Ihi iniliil m! ly a Krauil jury at Mi lka In tho ruiiI inquiry. l'nwiilfiit IVnnn In hln Inaunuratiiin at Hlu Jiiimiro miIvwiiIihI im-ri'iutKl nrniiiiiu'iit fur Hraail. TIioiiibh ('. I'latt iHHiild to luivo iniidn nut bit) nuiiiiHtlun mm Unltvd Hlntin aunutnr frum Ntiw York, ('Itir.i'im of llimnlulti have milirMiribrd miiiu-y to ri'turn tint Unval llawiiiiiin liiuul int'iiilit'iH to tlnttr liotiirM. Tim trial of ttu miKiirt mat, fharniil with ari'i'i'tinK ri'lmtt'H, Iiuh Ih'kiiii in tin) United State Circuit eourt in Now York. Tim (rnverninent htw Wun attlt to dlHMulvo tint Htnmlttrd Oil eomimny. A Han Fratii'lmM untitil jury '" dii-Unl Uui'f and HrhmlU fur cxUirtlnu. A civil war nmmiK th Mixi lndiiuiH In New Mimioo hiw la't'O aupiireMaed by cavalry. llolh uicrtien In Ooloradn nro re olvil to work for tho repeal of woman HiiffriiKit. Tho'Hniilhurn Paciflo will add a third throiiKli train Iwtwwn Portland and Han I'ranoiHeo. Tito hlKh wafer wrccktvl tho ware hound of Iho WeaUtrn Idaho Huur com pany ut Nuuipa. Two were killed and two othera are dyliin na u remilt of a battle with rob hem it) Hun Fmnelaoii, Japan 1 him jtint. lutinched a buUWwhlp of 111,000 toiia. It ia equal and perhaps superior to uiiytliing alloat, TO END CHILD LABOR. 8nator B.v.rldR., of Indiana, Alio Hag Meat lnipctlod Maur. Jlliliiuoiid, Ind., Nov, at). At a neHlnjt hem tixluy .,( repreHentallvi.a of tlm utiiiK Mi'ii'a ChrlKllun iiHHoela I'm of Indiana and 01,1,,, Heuator Al lTt J. lleverldKii utiited that on the oH'liliiK day of tint eiuiluK Henxloii of oiutrewt hit InteiidiKi to liitroduee a hill prohlhltliiK t, hilHir of children throuithout the iniintry and a hill tn l,l"l rluid tint nretieiit Ineiit in. hMIuii law. Hit mild the ehlld labor III will provide that no railroad. iteaiulKiat or other earrler of Interttlati' I'oiiiiiii'ri'CRliiiuliI truiuMirt or aii-ept tor truiiniMirtiit Ion tint prmlin t of any fac tory or tit I lie that employed children under H year of bk, Tim hill, hit Mild, would provide that every carrier of Inlerritalo commerce rthiiuld require an allidavit from every factory or mlneowner nhlpplii Itn pro duct that It did lint employ children under H year of aice, the form of the allidavit to lie prencrilnil by the depurt meiil of ('oiiimerce and Uilmr or the luleratate (,'oiiimerce couiiiiIhhIoii, with heavy peiialtliii, in.th civil and crim inal, for vlntatiuii of the law. The hill, If It hccnmc a law, he hcllcvtn will atop the practice of rulnliiK future cltl (ciitihlp by wurklliK children of tender bkc In (in torli'f and milieu. Thvm in no other way, mild the actia tor, to reach thin itrowinit evil. A Ked- eral Hint ute t-aunot l. pintmil directly cuiitrnllluK the fuctorlea and mtiica In the ntatiw. flint ia the province of the ftlutcri, Hut conn rem ban abriolute Htwer over the rallroadri, Imata, nhlm and other aiti'iicli-H of luterHtate com- incri-e, and iiiiliiultiii turner under the cnimtltution to provide that they ahull not carry the product of lactone and in I ntn that employ children. BOMB IN ST. PETERS. Crowd In Cathadral In Rom Ruth In Panic for Outlet li e, Nov. 20. A Immb wan ex- iilodcd In HI. l'cter'a Huiidav. The ullllitt waa crowded, ami an Imlettcrlh- bin ncctie nf cuiiluniiiu followetl. There were no fatalltiea. An m an the echocn of the treuien loiin nmr had ci-ael a canon wmilit by n-aMiirliiK word to quiet the eople, but III vain. They thil In nil diniv tlonn. Women and children m-reiiuieil and trlnl to protect their fiimilieri in Ihecrunh. The church la an Inrie, however, that them wan ample Mum for the cMwd t mutter, and tin one wan Injured. Nn trace of the crie- trutnr of the de-d baa been found. Hlmt. Hiilnt Anarleiitua, who wan or- liilneil by Peter hliiiitflf, eriH-tiil an orutorv In 00 A. I on the nlte of the priwelil littKlllea to mark the a pot where the remain" nf Ht. Peter are buried, no nui li ihiKlardly lavurrem-e la noted In the lilntnry of the church. Hunduy wan the annlvemary of the led teat inn of the biu.ca to St. Peter, and It wun beautifully diH-oratixl for the nvanioll. STORM IN SOUTH. Flv Live Lost and Much Damag lo Property by Wind. Memphis, Tetin., Nov. 20. Kliibt erinn are known to have hwl their liven, aenren of ot hern am Injured ami ronertv ami croon aimerwl creal tlaui- aire, the extent of which, Uraune of the meap'r reHirln yet olittilnalile, cannot entlmatiil at thin time, an a renutt if a territlc w ind and ruin ntorm Hun- hiv. The Hturiu, which originated on be Kiilf, awept northwentward throiili Hirtioiin of Alabama, teiitral nml Northern Mlnninnlppl anil Wcntcrn ennennce. In Itn onwanl coume ruiicil niMren of atihatimtial building, pnrtlal- ilemollnhetl humlntln of nthern, aimed complete demoralixatlon of rail ... , ... . , i.i.. ........ roail triune ami cm on icic);riiiiiic ioi.. muulcHtion with many polnta In the aftiH-linl territory. Cotton In the fleldn blown tluwn by he wind wan la-aten into the kmuiiiI and badlv damairiil. lleniden the loan f life and property (Inmate which In known to have occurred, a mnmcr oi intn dlrii-tlv in the pathway of the ntorm cannot Ihi comninnicated with, and complete report are received It In eared that the lonn ol initn me ami iroperty w ill U- ttreatly Increamil. Pollc Scant Plot Koine. Nov. 20. The haul pnllce inve lieen Informed that aeveral people who were In tho habit of rontliut win- lou-n iilonir the route unuallv taken I'.v royal prta-cantona have la'en approitched by uivnterloUH pemoiiH who winh to rent not only window, but entire roomn for he day when the klnn onireece ar rive here. The police liellcvo thi I evidence of nn anarcblnt plot, like be one at Madrid iiKinnt King ,'lctor Kinmanuel and the kin)! ol 1 recce. Kllitf vieurun oi ureeee in e- pectwl hero November 2.'!. Scholanhlp for Employe' Son. New WentmliiHter, 11. C, Nov. 1!0. The Canadian Purine Hallway company hu decided to endeavor to advnnce higher education iiinouR the Hon of their employe, and I now offering two NcholarahlpH to lie competed for by einpluye' aoim tinder 21 year of Wffi. Tim Hcliolarnhlp cover four year tui tion In the faculty of applied aclence In Motilll univeralty. Thu exaniinn tlonn will be held under tho Hupervln Ion of the faculty of Mcdlll ttnlveralty. Kama In Grip of Bllward. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 20. The blla r.ard la ttoneral over Kannu Into to night. According to advices received at tho railroad otllce here, snow com menced falling hero at a late hour. At ninny points In tho western part of tho Htutu the cattlemen were caught un prepared. Ho far railroad ttalllo in Southern Kansas lias not boon affected. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MONEY IN POTATOES. Qrand Ronde Farmer Market Big Crops at Good Price. Ia (i ramie I'urmerM who planted potntiH'H hint spring am reaping a boun tiful harvest In the Grand Hondo val ley. The gnwn Income from this year' crop In placed at 'i0,(H)0 on the output of potiitiH-M from thin valley. It in es timated that 100 cars will lie necessary lo ship thin neunnn's crop. Thene fig ures aie coiii,uted on the bani of 1,000 acre with an average yield of (10 sacks to the ai re. Thin hu been the yield on unirrigutitl lands on the "Kiind rldge" section, and the estimate Is con servative. More than half of the entire initatis! acreage of the valley I in the vicinity of luibleii and Alicel. Field that have prmluced 00 sacks to the iicn- and very many tracts have done In'lter than that give a net re turn of 27. Ml jnt ai re. The gros re ceipt from an ucre ift the present price of 05 cents icr sack amounts to f.'tti. One of the prominent growers figures tint eont of production ier aero at II .50, a follow: Cultivating, :; digging, ami sinking, f.'l; sacks, :; need, $1 ; hauling, $1.0. The heaviest yield so fur reported Is that of A. J. Hurby, of Cove, who has wcured 1100 suck from an acre. At the present market price, Mr. Hurby' In come Jor an acre in $105, of which ulniut 1H.'J.MI in net. A six-acre field on the Oregon Hiil Apple company's ground, north of 1-a Oande, give a yield of 200 sacks jht acre. Thene io-tulis-n are grown entirely without Irri gation, and on account of their superior quality are rated 10 cent higher than the uh n luurket. The retiirnn from the six acres will Is- '.'on. The patch was planted ns a matter nf getting the ground in suitable condition for cultivation. Col. Hofer Tell Hi Hope. Ciiiveraity of Oregon, Eugene Cul oiicl Hofer, nf Httlem, addressed the as neinbly at the university. He wa full of enthusiasm over the development of the stale of Oregon, and predicted that the gtowth would lc marvelous if then were two cuiiiH'ting railroads in the ntute. He wa nf the opinion if these two railroads enter the slate, that Coo buy would see the terminus on one and that country would shortly develop a city of 150,000, and Portland would lie the other center for the end of the rail road system. Two such thriving cities would Ut of great Is'iiellt to the state. Benton Announce Change. Halcin III addition to the npxiint inent of Walter Prennun, to succeed F. T. Wright man as head of the corpora tion department, Secretary of State elect F. W. licnson bus announced that S. A. K"r.er will I' promoted to chief clerk to succeed F. K. 1ivell, and that Kor.er will In- succeeded by II. II. Cor ey, of linker City. Kiaer is now audit ing clerk. The remainder of the office (one ol Secretsiry of State Ihinbur will be regiiimil until after the session of the legislature. There will la' no change in the force of janitor until after the legislature. Eager for New County. Hood liiver At a big mass meeting held here for the piirposo of ascertain ing public feeling i" regurd to the movement to create a new county, to Is' known as Cascade county, the senti ment mis nnniiiiimus and committee will Is- aiiisiinted to circuluto petition to Ik- presented to the next legislature with that object ill view. Altmnoer ol prominent men here ssike on the ques tion, mid statistics were presented which show that the new county can Ih governed more economically than the me trcntnry is under present condi tions. Crawford for Judge. S!ii1iii Governor Chnmls'rlain has iniliolllicri I Hint he will nniHiint T. 11. Crawford, of Ia Grande, to succeed ltoliert Fukin as circuit judge In tne Tenth iuillelul district, when Judge Ea- kiu goes to the Supreme bench in Jan uary. Other men who were In consid eration fur the circuit judgeship were Turner Oliver and . .M. laninsey, oi l.a Grande, and I. W. Shenlmn, of Enterprise. Crawford w ill serve under this appointment until July, 1908. Big Option on Timber Land. Atsoriu An option covering the sale of 0,040 acres of timber lands, 3,200 acres lieing located tn mo nonnern iviri ol Tillamook count v and 5.8-10 neren in the southern Dart of ClatHop county, nt 2(1 per acre, has been filed fur record in the county clem a omce. The hinds ladong to A. AV. Priest and the option for HO ilnys was given to H. V. Jones and H. F. Fox, of Portland, and sold by them totlodfrey von Platen. Race for the Land Office. North lU'iul Tho announcement by the land department that contest filings would be received in a milliner ot In dian allotment claim bus caused many horse races from point ") I urry county to the land ollico in Kosoburg. It i alleged only such Indians and half- breeds as la-long to trine or nvo on reservations are entitled to allotment L'luiins. Much Wheat at Weiton. Weston It is estimated that about a lotni'ter of II ill illlon bushels of wheat are stored in the warehouses in this vi- inity. The local market lias been nil, awaiting a solution of the cur ' sit uation. It is thought that nearly flve- Ixtbs of the crop is still in the hands f the grower. COAL MINE OPENED. Company Find Eighteen-Foot Vein Near Athland. Ashland There I no little Interest and enthusiasm in this section of the state over thu oeiilrig up of what ap pears to 1 jH-rmancut coal deposits. Coal cropping have Itecn discovered for 30 or 40 miles, along the Cascades from the statu line northward, hut no depos its of sulllcieiit extent to justify devel opment have been found in the pro IMTting heretofore. Home lime ago the company that Is opening the lilue Lead (upper mines in this section, after He curing leases on a considerable area of laud, began prospecting on the Furrey pi uce on the east side of Iteur creek, alsmt seven miles from Ashland. They began by running two tunnels into the mountain. One of these is now 270 and the other 240 feet Into the mountain, and an lH-foot vein of coal has been opened up. The foul has been tested and apjieani to be of excel lent quality. The. tunnels are seven feet square and run parallel 70 feet apart. They are well timbered and are being connected by cross cut every 75 feet, fur ventilation and to extract the coal. They extend into the moun tain from the west to the east on a 7 er cent Incline. Alsmt 25 men are being employed and the work is lieing pushed night and day. Other crews are employed in building coal bins, scales, grizzlies a:d screens for sorting the coal. To Improve Federal Property. Salem Francis W. Grant, superin tendent of construction of public build ings of the I'nited States Treasury de partment, has been in the city to in njs'ct tho plans, limk over the grounds and draft prosHH'tive plans, sj.ecilica tions and make cut i mutes upon the nn mused imnrnveinent of the irround surrounding the Federal building in this city, w hich have remained in an unfinished condition ever since the erection of the building, three years ago, and fur which improvement con gress has appropriated a fund of $10, 000. Pin Faith to Cherrie. Ij Grundi' Cherrie, of the ship ping varieties, have proven one of the most profitable pnxlucta of the Grand Hondo valley, and for that reason there will be many new cherry orchards put out in the spring. George Thomas, of Cove, will plant 1,000 trees. Mr. Thomu is one of the most extensive cherry growers in the valley, and now has alsmt 20 acres of cherry orchard in full bearing. During the past season these trees yielded at tho rate of $325 per acre. Halaey Real Ettate Higher. Ilalsey Hulsey has slept long and well while the great, busy world about it bus lieen making rupid strides, leav ing it fur behind. Nowhere in Linn county has thcie la-en so little demand for real estute as in and about Hulsey, hut witliin the lust six months things have changed. Heal estate is higher than ever In-fore known in the history of the town. The noise of the saw a:d hummer has awukeued the citizens from their peaceful slumbers. PORTLAND MARKETS. AVheat Club, G4c; bluestem, 67c; valley, title; nil, 01c. Oat No. 1 white, $24.50(rJ25.50; gray, $.M.oOC-'4. liurlov Feed, $21.50 per ton; brew ing, $22.60; Ml led, $-3. Kve $1.40(1.45 per cwt. Corn Whole, $25.60; $20.50 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 12 per ton; Eastern Oregon cracked, 1, $H timothy, $14(810; clover, $7(S8; client, $7.50 8.50; grain hav, $7.508.50; alfalfa, $11.50; vetchbuy, $77.50. Fruits Apples, common to choice, 50(3 75c per box; choice to fancy, $1(3 2.50; grapes, H0cC'$l.-S per crate; pears, 75c($$1.25; crnnlH-rries, $10 10.60 per barrel; quinces, $101.25 per box; iH-minmions, $1.50 per box. Vegetables Cabbage, 1 '(Hil.SjC per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75(S85o per dozen; lettuce, head 20c perdoz.cn; onions, 1012bC per dozen; pumpkins, 1 He per pound; spinach, 45e per ''pound; tomutoes, 30(3l50c per box; parsley, 1015c; squash. llli'e per pound; turnips, t)0c$l per sack; carrots, 90c$l per suck; beets, $1.251.50 jht sack; horseradish, 9 10c per pound; sweet potntoc, 2(320 prr pound. Onions Oregon, 75c(a$l per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Piurbanks, fancy, 70(u)85c; common, 00 70c. llutter Fancy creamery, 2527S,'c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 35c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 10(41 lc per pound; mixed chickens, 10 lie; spring, 10lle; old roosters, 910c; dressed chickens, 13 14c; turkeys, live, 17se; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022c; geese, live, 99ic; ducks, 1415c. Veal Pressed, Ssae per pound. !eef Dressed bulls, 22.c per pound; cows, 45cj country steers, 55i'c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89c per pound; ordinary, (l7c. Pork Pressed, 68c per pound. Hops 190(1, choice, 1415c; prime, 12(31 3c; medium, 10(iM2c per pound. . Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 13,18ii per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 20(21c, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 26(n28c. MUCH DAMAGE REPORTED. Flood in Oregon and Wathlngton Destroy Home and Bridge. Castle Hock, Wash., Nov. 16. The Cowl it river lias become a ruging tor rent, carrying houses, barns, logs and oilier drift down in tho flood. Many families are homeless and have savep but few belongings from their ruined homes and are temporarily quartered with friends on higher ground. The Northern Pacific bridge across the Cow litz at Oleqna is-washed out. The town of Castle Kock is in a state of chaos. Electric lights are out be cause of the flood. The town marshal ha clotted the saloons to add to the public safety. The people are meeting thu situation in a philosophic way and are not becoming panic stricken. North Yakima, Wash., Nov. 16. After falling slightly the Yakima and Naches rivers are again rising and the damage to property of all kinds is growing worse. All communication with the outside by rail i cut off. Every county bi idge in the valley is under water and the city is isolated from the surrounding country. The fears of the poeple are that the Naches river may change its Course and come down the old river bed to the west of the city. If this happens the damage will be inestimable, as the best fruit orchards and some of the fin est homes in the valley lie direct in its course. Wenatchee, Wash., Nov. 16. The flood still rages unabated. Added to the destruction by the rain and water, the wind is blowing. The damage done by the flood between Cashmere and Wenatchee, in the Wenatchee valley, cannot Itc estimated at the present time, but it will be heavy. The We natchee and the Columbia rivers are higher than they have ever been before. The former is eight inches higher than its former record. Portland, Nov. 16. Streams through out the state which have been swollen by the recent rain storms and the Chi nook wind in the mountains are thought to have reached their highest point Some have commenced to fall and the Willamette was stationary last night. It is probable that the river at Port land will commence to fall today. Ex cept along the lower Columbia, the danger from high water is thought to be over in Oregon. RELIEF FUND IS LOOTED. Money Sent Mayor Schmltz I Not Accounted For. San Francisco, Nov. 16. The Chron icle says today: A new investigation is progressing in the course of development in the local graft scandal. It now appears that many sums of money, large and small, tliat were sent from different states to San Francisco for the relief of the suf ferers from the calamity never reached the relief committee. Some of these amounts, which aggregated a large sum, were mailed to tho care of Mayor Schniitz. F. J. Heney, Detective Wil liam Burns and about 100 government agents have been making an investiga tion. President Roosevelt is the mov ing spirit behind the inquiry, and he declares that no man guilty of diverting the relief funds shall escape justice. The cases come within the jurisdic tion of the Federal authorities because of the intorstnte character of the postal service, which, it is alleged, was crim inally tampered with. A considerable sum of money was al so sent through tho express companies and Wells-Fargo, which companies are now investigating the disappearance of $10,680 sent, in one package from the citizens of Searchlight, Nov., which the relief committee savs it never received, and which the company says was deliv ered to the representative of the com mittee to whom it was addressed. The crime of forgery is said to be included in the offense of the raiders of the re lief contributions. It is said that in the aggregate the stealings will amount to $1,000,000. New Zetland Favor Canada. Ottawa, Out., Nov. 16. The Canadi an commission reports that substantial preferences are given to Canadian goods over thoso of the United States in the new tariff adopted by New Zealand. On many classes the tariff on United States goods will be 20 or 30 per cent above that on Canadian goods. On bi cycles, gas and oil engines, gum boots, printing paper, railways and tramways, sail cloth, canvas, surgical and dental instruments United States products will be taxed a duty of 20 per cent while the Canadian products will enter free. Bodies To Bo Exhumed. Chicago, Nov. 16. Zaslaw Talovicz, who was injured in the recent wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Woodville, Ind., died today. His death makes the total fatalities 61. Much dissatisfaction has been caused among the survivors of the wreck over the fact that tho dead, the majority of whom were Koman Catholics, hod been buried without religious rites. Local church officials have arranged with the railroad to have the bodies dug up and reburied. Total Wealth of United State. Washington, Nov. 16. The total wealth of the country in 1904 was $100,881,415,000, according to figures issued by the census bureau today. In 1890 the total wealth was $65,037,091, 197; iu 1900, $88,528,348,798. Loss From Flood On Paget Sound Over $1,000,000. CROPS IN GROUND ARE RUINED Railroad Lose Mott Heavily and the Farmer Coma Next Lumber men Lote Log and Bolt. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17 The floods in the great river valleys south of Seat tle, at their height yesterday morning, are today subsiding. In the central part of the White Kiver country about the towns of Kent and Auburn, dry land U appearing and the people, driv en to the surrounding high land for refuge, are returning to their home. The outpouring waters maintain a high level, at the month of the Duwamish on the north and the mouth of the Puy allup on the south where they are backed up by the tide. The property loss will be heavy, probably exceeding $1,000,000. The destruction of the Northern Pacific rail way grades and trackage involves a loss of $300,000. The Interurban elec tric road between Seattle and Tacoma will have to spend $100,000 for re pairs, and the individual losses of farm ers and dairymen make up the remain der. The loss of live stock is not as heavy as at first feared, being probably within $50,000. The loss on crops still in ground and in cellars and barns is about $300,000. Hundreds of houses and barns were swept from their foundations, but com paratively few were actually broken up or carried any great distance. The damage to furnishings in homes and merchandise in stores by the water formed the heaviest item of loss. Floods in the White, Green and Stuck River valleys are subsiding rap idly, but the Duwamish river, whose waters empty into I'uget sound at this place, is a mighty lake, four miles wide by 12 in length, backed up and held in leash by the tide from the sound. When that goes out late to night, great havoc is looked for from the pent-up waters. A similar condi tion exists at the mouth of the Puyal lup at Tacoma. The floods found the city already short of coal and temporarily cut off from access to all sources of supply. The great water power plants of the company providing electric power and light were flooded out of use, and the street car and lighting service of the city derjends on the meager supply of coal in the local bins of the big com panies. So farjas known, but five deaths di rectly attributable to the floods have occurred north of the Stuck river. These were F. W. Kallmer, a logger of Auburn, Pat Clance and John Viele, ranchers of Orillia, and two loggers whose names are unknown. None of the bodies have yet been recovered. From Tacoma come rumors of several deaths near the mouth of the Puyallup, but the reports are so far unverified. FINISH SOUTH JETTY. Chief Engineer Mackenzie Recom mends Continuing Contract. Washington, Nov. 17. In his esti mates submitted to the secretary of War, General Mackenzie, chief of en gineers, asks for an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the Columbia river jetty. In his annual report, however, he points out the necessity for continuous work on the jetty until it is completed. He says that, in addition to the $1, 000,000 appropriated, congress should authorize a continuing contract to the extent of $1,450,000 additional. He estimates that $2,000,000 will com plete the south jetty. If General Mackenzie's recommenda tion is carried out, $1,000,000 will be inserted in the river and harbor bill this winter and the remaining $1,450, 000 will be carried in the sundry civil bill passed at the first session of the next congress. Quits Law to Serve People. New York, Nov. 17. Governor elect Charles E. Hughes, who returned last night from a brief vacation, will, ac cording to stateiuonta made by his friends, retire altogether from tho law. From the same source came the an nouncement that he will also give up his home in this city and move with his family to Albany. Mr. Hughes, it is stated. has told his friends that he intends to devote the next two years exclusively to being governor, and he believes that he can do this best by severing all professional connections. Nine Killed by Explosion. Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 17. Three Americans and six Mexicans were killed by a premature explosion at a lime quarry nine miles east of Douglas at 9 o'clock today. The men were buried under a pile of rock. The cor oner has gone from here to hold an in quest. The quarry is one at which lime rock is secured for the smelters in this city. A gang of men has been sent from the smelters to assist in re covering the bodies. Terrorist Rob Railroad Safe. Warsaw, Nov. 17. A band of terror ists attacked the Vistula railroad depot at Suchedniow this morning, killed a gendarme, blew open the safe and es caped with a small sum of money, j marching off in military order. Cos : tacks are pursuing Uicnu " GRABBING UP OIL LAND. Federal Authorities Take Cognlzanc of Action of Standard Oil. San Francisco, Nov. 14. Tho Call today says: It became known In Fed eral circles yesterday that recent loca tions of land in Kern county by agent of the Standard Oil company have been made the subject of investigation by government officials. As a result it is asserted indictments will follow. Tho land was taken np by the petroleum combine, ostensibly for the gypsum de posits, but in reality for oil purpose. That the character of the land had been carefully studied i shown by tho fact that a flowing oil well has already been developed. The inquiry is being made through -the office of United State Attorney Devlin, of San Francisco. , Federal agents have been at work for several weeks in Kern county. From their preliminary reports it ia beiieved that the manner in which the land was se cured will warrant indictment on tho part of the Federal grand jury. The information secured by these agents will be placed in the hands of United State Attorney Robert T. Dev lin, who in turn will forward it . to Washington to the attorney generaL . SELL NO MORE ALASKA COAL. Government Stop Sale Pending Ac tion on L eating Bill, Washington, Nov. 14. The secretary of the interior today issued a general order withdrawing from entry all pub lic coal lands in Alaska. How much land it affected no one knows; indeed, no specific tracts could be withdrawn, as Alaska is still unsnrveyed and the extent of its coal deposits unknown. But this general order will shut off all entries of land known to contain coal It is issued in line with the policy re ceently adopted in the states, and will prevent wealthy corporations from cor nering Alaska's coal resources. It is probable that further effort will be made to secure legislation re pealing the coal land law and substi tuting a law which authorizes the gov ernment to lease its coal binds. A tract of 1,700 acres north of Val dez, Alaska, lying on the glacial flat below the Valdez glacier, has been set apart as a rifle range for the use of troops at Fort Liscum. PLANTERS SHORT OF LABOR, Cuban Sugar Man Ask Magoon to Aid Immigration. Havana, Nov. 14. Certain members of the Agrarian league, which is Com posed of prominent planters, accom panied by a number of steamship agents, held a conference with Gover nor Magoon today on the question of the probable scarcity of labor in the handling of the maturing sugar crop. The planters urged the necessity of making use of the $1,000,000 appro priated by the late Cuban congress for the stimulation of immigration, and pointed out that Cuba was suffering severely from the competition of other nations seeking immigration and the importation of labor to Panama. The rext sugar crop promise to be very large, and the planters expressed grave fears that the present labor sup ply would be insufficient to handle it. The governor arranged to hold fur ther conferences with the planters. Nearly Twenty Misting. La Porte, Ind., Nov. 14. Coroner Carson has received no complete list of the dead and missing in the wreck of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The tits contains 30 names, and it is believ ed nearly 20 are yet to be obtained. It will be several days before the coroner can return a verdict. . The freight crew insists that the first section carried no' lights, but the train sheet of the oper- ator at Suman indicates that green lights were displayed. As the charred bodies are taken from the wreck they are being labeled and Bent to the under takers. Allow No Silver Export. Lima, Peru, Nov. 14. Although there exists no law to the contrary, the ,' - government, tunny rvumvu ia, miiuvt n " local firm of bankers to hip 12,000 siVV -ver sols (about $80,000) to London. -' Furthermore, the authorities are seurelr'f ing the baggage of passcngets leawi' v : t the country, and all silver coin in .e . cess of 10 sol is being seued.yThe -price of silver in Pern is advanciupr, -and the ministry f flaajussha beuo . ' '- ... .vj.i.v. v..... ...... . i ' .1 1 .' i.v. i' ... ..u . finni mat-chant, nrt tii-m ttetril nf. in iMnlaHUUl. ml H nMI liulitur. . . r..., " gress to discuss action in the precise,-'"" . Would Line Canal With Concrete, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 14. Af" plan for a concrete maratime highway across ' the isthmus of Panama, to be used a a ' substitute for the ditch as at present projected, has been submitted to Prea- , ident Roosevelt by Colonel Alexander : Hoagland, known throughout the United States as the "Father o the Curfew." The plan is. now in the v ' ." hands of the canal commission. It con templates the building of a concrete highway 30 feet above sea level. . More Boer on Warpath. Cape Town, Nov. 14. According to the latest information received ' here, the colony has been invaded by . two new parties ot Boer freebooter in addi tion to the men operating under Fer reira. The police have had an Ineffect ual brush with the Ferrerai party.