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
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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 . ' '-
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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.