THE
OREGON
MIST.
VOL. XXIV.
NT. lIHLLUftj, OREGON, FJtJDAY, MAJICII 22, 1907.
NO. 15.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
la a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A IWluma of lh lets Important but
Not Less Interesting Event?
of the Past Wwk.
Salvador has Jollied iloiiilurtu against
Nicurngua.
Ihirrlnmii hna bought tlm Hull Lake
rnlliixid Itom the Clark syndicate.
A New Mexico grand Jury lm Indict
od nix curpoinlioil employe for lulu)
fraud.
I'lenidenl Ripley, (if the Santa IV,
miv Komi'voII lii to lilttiim ur lliu null
inilrmnl agitation,
The ll-hcili-a agreement Indwoen lln
United Hate" mill Great Britain In Inr
iug .ll4 ul dy Urn house of coininoiin.
(icnnntiy i' I Au.lrln nm said Ui
Intve thniigod front awl now favor din.
ini..n of ilimriiuiiui'iit nl Tli I Infill'
jKH i (OtlferolirM.
There ro nlgn Ihnt ll.Mivi-lt mill
tlii rnilrund pienidnitn will reach sn
iindorntiin.lliig mi the in In', Ilit
Intler allowing n stronger desire Ui
oliey.
Tin' Nilnnkn Inn. I thieve who have
Ihvu mi trial for some twin lmvo lawn
luiiiul guilty mill widenc Ui pay n line
of II, Alio null mill remain In jnll
yvr.
Sylvoolrr It. Itn.li, ( Nebraska, lin.
Iin appointed a inl nn'ilniit lo t lit
United Mul' ntl.irtiry general, lie Im.
reputation ul iM'iiint o rtlllilim a M
ivntor an Honey.
Thaw ia alincal certain ti go lo the
mivluiti whether ai-qultled ir con lifted.
Am 1 1 tnxiiM woman Mill orgnulio nn
nrmy of drunkards' wive ti entry lotal
!) l .it.
I'lcilhnt Roosevelt in mill ( bo Ink
n n in.. vo lo atari a Umiii (ir Tail lor
president.
I'rixii'li'iit itmwrvtilt has appointed a
mmiiiliiill oil tlio Improvement of
waterways.
Attorney General Thin.mn, of No
l.rwdia, nays the now 2-wul cngrr
ritlf law It roiiintitutioiinl.
( irriiuiiiy ami A unit la have combined
to rtHi i-nimlili'mtluii of ilimriiuiuii'iil
nt Tim Ilnguo ja-nce conference.
litivi'itmr Johnnm, el M i nenn-.In.
Inimn a ii'iifi'li'iuv of g. vornmeiil
ii. I cUiti tiilk-mU im rnilnn-l Ihwh.
Tlio iiilntiintiun wrvli-t' linn iim-Uiinr-I
Kntflm-cr ltiw, ul Malm, wivimk
tin' rlmriti'ii nri lii imiiII ul rk lij
ilmK'rtntt .1 iniitnii tir.
Tim IIkkI ltw nl I'ilUliorn iapi-Uil
to umi ii ul lnu.t $ I O.IHlil.lMlll, nml mnliy
utliiT towiii in lliu pal h ul tlu IiIkIi
iit'rnu rr'iil iii( Iiwimi tnntt inn
iilcly nn liixli. At WIiwIimk, V, Va.,
in (MH'lf lmvo lt their llvw.
Tillinnii nuyii tliirl term will lw tlie
lh.utt in IIMIH.
An AiiMtinin nltWr prolii-Unn Ami'i
lriii) Juiitnii wnraiiil AmtTunn dffcat.
TIip InltTnlnt.' tViiiitnclw romininniiin
in alltr Uia in lornU of llliiuii" uml
lii'liuna.
IjiihIuii womun Buff rnii'ti iliu'ltirr
Uii'iiiM'lvi rivtily to wvur tluitl liair U
in llii. r rauao.
Tin (i. A. It. tinllonal (iiifniiiiin'iil
ill lx Imlil at SiwuIiikh, N. V., tin'
-k of Kil(iiiln'r t).
In n cliu.li ln'twmin AiimtIihh tro
nn.l (,'nlnn rnml gimriln nt Hnlntii
t'lnia, Dubn, tlvo wire tTitui"ly in
JiiriMl. ikluliomn' mmtitiitlun hi t"n
c )lt.tl. Tlio Initinlivii mill iiilcniii-
iliiiu ami iliiot't jirliimry ln of lnKni
lmvo IxtHi (.opii'tl.
ltniwv(ilt linn tlfmiamlttl IFurriiimn'a
ili.piinitiiin nml liin Imfki'm will Inko
away inntiol (mm lilm Im will lu'
all liin milronilM.
Tim riiilroiiil inwiilciiln lmvo cmi-
I'liiilixl tlicj lmvo no iiinmlulv to ir I
to lliti lirtmi.ltiiit mid havt dwiili'd llii'J'
wnnt to iiUy tlio law.
Tim JupniiiwiO nttrtwiiioiit liiw been
rnrriml out In Hiiii FrniioinK and Wiinli
IiikUhi. lovli''n f unt-ral fcrinnn, written hy
liiniMi'lf, iin-Hi'd liin fiii'inim.
lliiriiinnn wiinlH riillnnnln cii'oplwl
from Hlii'i'innn uiili-lriiHl lnw.
I'inlmi.l line JuhI hold ita Hmt tdw
tion uiiiIit univiT-iil miflriiKi'.
Ho Krcnt Iiiin Ih'iui tho Jiipnnrw Im
nilnrulion through Kl I'nao, Ton., Ilml
Miulcuni! lmvo burnt dinpliii'od by tliP
brown imn Bltor nrinltitiriK tbom to (in
to I bin country.
HehiiiiU and Ituof, tho Hun IViiiii'Ik-o
Kritftiim, lmvo loat uvcry point au fur In
the eourln.
Tho tnliil doathn dun to the dliuiHtcr
on tlio Knuu'li wuriihlp Joint him now
rctu'hoil 103,
Hpimkor ('nnnon and oilier nicinhi rH
ol tlm i'iiiikicnhIiiiiiiI pui'ly nt I'liniunii
nxpreHH mirpriNO at tho amount of work
thnt bun been dono on tho cm ml.
Homer Diivouport will aend on of
bin Arubiiin lionrH hitosh tho voullneul
to provo tho atroiin eiuliirinK pnwpra ol
1 1 ml brood. A coiinIii of tlio ciu'toonlHl
Will rido tho uniiiial.
HLUNDtRED BY HILL-MORGAN
Allorn.y Qanaral Atkad to Air
Norlharn Pacll'ic 8candal.
riiliiulelplila, I'll.. Mure h . lln.
bleed to tho form of nllidnvlla and of
ilocuium ta, Ibo nuibentleity of which
lmvo ihhui proviKl In Ii.khI priHeediiiK.,
ri'Viihitionii coneernliiK tho wholewtlo
plimderiiiK of tlm rlnbta of ntm klmlilem
In tlio iirlhern I'neille rnllrond nr.
aUmt lo Im preneulcd lu forn Allorney
(itiln r.il lt..iiiii)trli. At the tune of the
llill-M.irttun rnorKiinirjitloii l ib
Kortliorii PiifilleniilrnMd, llmytou Iven,
then u prominent. New York bunker,
win wo iircHHlciil ol tlm old c.iiiiMny
ui i i'iirunry in inou Mr. Iven. ttr
prmidi'iit of tho Nolbein rai'lllc, Hp
puinli-il ir.uii lint bu. of illr,-.:ior n
..i-mllitl "prottx-tlvo to iiuiltloe."
rliiliiiliiK niithoilly to prtKtf.l with the
work ol rmrKiiiiiuitloti. Moiimn A t'o.
were not only rcoiKiiiiiuiUon iiu'inxi rn,
eoulriit'tinu with tlieiimt'lviii an nyinli-
enle iiiununi'iH. but I hey wtru alno nyn
dilute MiibacrilKim, mid tliun apiMtinxl
in a liirev loiu citp.ii ity, U-Inx j.ilmil
a yiulli'iile nulocrilierii with Mr. Ive
it nd iiIIht dirt't'torn of tlm old Northern
I'lii'illc ttiiupiiuy. Million of tlolluro
weie rollitttil In aMi'muiieutn levied
upon the ntinkboldern of the old North
em I'lii'llh' t tiinjMin v, which it wan
(hoiiuhl by I he piiblle were to I at untl
to rehnblliliili' lint coiiiputiy,
limt.'nd ol bt'lnx o nppropriutod they
wero unthtn-tl in and divided mnoiiK
tho nyndicule n. itmiiiiliwtloim nl d pro
lila. Thin I. olio the of fentures of the
"coll-out" of the old Noithi-rn I'ueiltt:
coiiiuiii)- nnd Ik one of the iiiuuy aiilnx
llil! thiiiit" t-oiiiiet titl with till, ruiiinrjc
al.lo rTH.rk'iiuiitiilloii fur which a com
plete Invcnlipilioii l U'iiiK ilt'iutiiitltHl
of tin1 aul lior it ten nl Wuithiiilon.
ROCKEFELLER MAKES WILL.
Plana to Civa An Immama Fortuna to
Uia of tha Public.
New Yoik. Mnrch l'i. Hie Herald
will tomorrow ray tl.ut niturtlinn to a
ih'IiiIm r ol John I'. It'ickcfeller Ji.'n
bible i how, and who In alno a pciMilial
friend of John I. Kockefeller nn. I in a
iii.m to know of bin aflnim, tlm Int
ler probivii to iiwkn a princely Ktft to
New York Cily. It will minium lo nt
leant T'O. 000, OOO. It will ltirtly
rbitritiible mid antl) tiliittitiouiil. The
ll.-mld will n.l.l.
"TliU mun mid I hut when Mr. K. k
c(.'ll. t wn conleiriiiK with bin aoii at
jtki'wl, N. J., a furlnlKht ni;o, the
iii.ftinK witit not for tho piiru' of tlin-ciiH-'iiiK
nuy iiiutiedinto ititt. but wnt on
the mil. jut of Mr. liot kefeller'n w HI,
which dot'iuni'iil the Oil kiii wan then
cnipii t iiiK with the nld ( bin mm and
bin luwyern. Il wan raid that thin doe
inn. -nt will n.touinll the world when il
la made public
It will, it In d.vlimtl, Kive no letut
limn I'.'StUHHi.OtiO, (r cIiuMhIiIc and
itiliicntionnl puren, nnd It will ho m
Imtowed Hint the It-mill tlu-ri-frin
will III nn "t be perpetual.
Rata War on the Atlantic.
bin. I. .n, Mur. h l1.). Hen llnllin, di-
rtvtor Kctu rnl of the Huuiburu Aiin ri-
an 8tfiiiiihii line, who In here nttend-
iiiU tin rhippini! confcrt'iu'e, totbiy nilid
there wan eveiv llkellh.Hi.1 ol a r wnl
of the mle wnr fur the North At taut U-
tratle wllh the Cunnrd lite. Within a
lorlniiihl he enptvl to ree 0 deeli-ion
. . . . i. ...I. . ..
one WrtV or mo oilier, runner iierr
llallln tlit'laritt the Ijerninu linen biul
a wi.rklnit nttreeiueiil with tho White
Slur line, nnd that all immobility ol
frii tioi), owiiiit to the removal ol Hull
line to Soulliiiiuptoli, hud now been ob
viated.
Ynllowi Fnvar In Port.
(inlventon, Tt., March 111. A enno
f vellow fever wan di.teovere.1 abounl
the liritinh Bl.iiinhip H.ill, which nr
rivel in innt Satuiday allvnioon nine
davnout from I'arn, llraril. Tho cato
wiih (sinveyed to the Si. Mnry'd Inllrni-
ary, wliern ino iwiieni tuti niimuiT,
and a ponlninrlem osiiniiimUon corr ib
omtfd the nnlemoiUmi dinnoniB. Tho
(hip wiih placed under mmrd anil thor
oughly fiimiitatttl by tho Hlnto tiinran-
tine nnlliorilien, no nn to tieniroy mi
liirklnK inoitiUitoen, nnd towed out by
tho pilot iH'iit into ltolivnr roiiiln.
Ditcutt Truat Problem
.M'W lorn, .liarcii n-. ..... i;..i"
. .. . .. ... wi... v..t:...,,.l
Civic Ketlemtion which culled tlio truHt
coiileremo of InlMMn t lucno, linn no-
- - .... I
cidi'tl. It wnn announced tmlny, tu at
nin.;o tor anolher conferenco ol tne
name niituro to consider Hint prolwin in
iln Inlet, iinpectn, enitcliilly tlio iiic
lion of 1'edeml mid ntiilo remiliilion oi
tho ctirioriiUonn and Iho tiuoallim of
oH'riillon ol tho Sliernmn anll-iruHt
IllW. It III propdHMI IO lioni nun emi-
(eieiicti in May.
Fl rca Gale Saepi Bay.
Han Frniiclneo, Mnrch Horfo
.south nnd until luiwt H"!' nwepl tno
iv loilnv. which dmvo biiiiiII oraii to
Bholter, eiiuHeil venioln In tho Hlienm to
seek Mnitiona of Hiifety and niiulo Iho
ferry Hteiimi'iH roll unpieiiKiiiiii.v. ...i-
Hi.K' tho licitdH tho Ktilo rntjea wnn n
volocily ol lid iiiIIch nn hour, lino, ino
.....u run n un. pmoriii viwt'.n
tminpelled to put buck, owlmt to tho
roiih I'on.iiUon (H tuo weiunoi.
Torpedo Boat Is Rammed.
Aiu.-I..,.. rrneco. Mnrch 10. Durintr
Iho ninneuvom hint nlnht wilhuut Httlila
tho torpedo boat doHtroyor Kn'o mm
mod totpedo hunt No. 2.'l. A Blemn
pipo on tho hint named, vennel bnrHt,
kltlinx twi iiicii tviul niortnlly Injurinn
another. Tho Kpoo towoil tne torpeoo
bout anlioro, whom aim was iicacneii.
, . AAAm OA Rnalmsnta.
I.., r. - --o - ,
Toklc March 11). In pursnnnfo of
iho nrogram lo Inoreitsear.imtmontH, 2-t
(lin prognui. ,.,,,.
Islos. Tho nuiln uaso win no rviiiii.i.i-.
If jl POINT AGAINST HERMANN,
UKtUUN mil llrJ Ur INItKtSl
CANNOT COLLECT POLLTAX.
Allormy Qonrral Ptet on Valid. ty
of Procedure.
Sul Attorney (icncrnl Cinwford
ban lili-1 bin opinion in thu validity of
tho iHilltitx eollwUon with Ditrit;t
Attorney John U. MeNnry, upon a r
ipient fioin tho lulter. Holme bill '.12'),
which puKced tho hint leuinliitiiro, ro
M'ulod mrlion. 31 H I nnd .'11V.' of Hcllin-
Kei A Colbm' code, which uholifhia tho
f I fmlllnx law of IHH and ainondt-d
in IH70 to t-tetiipl liremeii from the
pollliix rnll. Tho net of 1HHQ nnd Hllb-
ne.uent nuieiidutory m'U providliiK for
liio nlulo rovenuen covet tlio entire
Kroiiud of th mrtioii rnueled In 1KA4,
provliliiiK Hint ttalo rvveiiucn nhull be 5
uillln on the dollar of nil taxable prop
erly and In addition to tho $1 olltnx.
Ilie attorney Keuenil bol.ln Unit after
iho reeuUiiK net (im into offivt on
May H.'i tlio polltiix cnmiot bo h-pilly
colli cU'.l; that tho nimnrHiiieut would
not have tho validity of a judgment un
til it in itntertd on the roll. An the
Mil would not ( iiui.li! up Indole the
net tukin effi't, the nrnennor would have
im (iitlhci Hiitl.nritv to cillivt the tax
or innke up the roll, nndkthnl thero : in
no nutlioilly in future for nherilln to
ll.vt tho tin.
Plan to Flnanca Normal.
Snleni The iiminlennni-e of I he Mon
mouth State Normal achool ban revert-
o-l to the thouldi-D of tho lrd of re-
ir.'iiln. I'lidi-r the provinion made by
(hem at a meeting hero, a rciiulur ntuto-
ilient of tho contiiitieiit oxH'iineH, hi
well nn I he pavrolln, will lie tiled with
the mvretnry of ittalo, a. heretofore, and
m-verul bniikn have iit.-tecl to advance
the money on them, reipilrini; nn nn-
iitnun'iit of the puyrolin over lo tbein.
The mviiiU-nt of the bonr.l will individ-
imlly aland re.on.iiblc lor Ihepnyuient
of the byiM'thecaUHl nciurllit. Thin
wnn practiially the only course they
cull. I loiiow, an Wore are no minis
nvnilnhle by the fl.ilc, and (iovernt r
('ha nlierliiin could not bike any tc
ttiwiiidii nruriiu; anniBtaiM-e, even if he
wcte ro diKiM-d.
No Encampment This Year.
Hnlcin (iovenior (TiauiU'rlain him
been olliclnlly nolilii-l by tho War de
irtmeiil ol tho nhjiidotiment of the
regular nimv aniiunl encninpmeiitn, on
Htfoiint of no many of tho men beiiin in
Culm, ami the Inro numlM't thnt will
her rc.uin-d ! x to the Janicnt.n
exilion. The dcpArtmcnt, liow-
I'ver, ca I in attention to tlio (act tiini
lurlnir one wtt k to ten duyn in July,
in m of inrtruction for cmnt artillery
will Ui held, and the nienilxTS of tlio
Orti;on Natioiml litiiinl nro lnvito.1 lo
participate. Amintaiit Stfretnry of
War Oliver nkn Unit preparntionn lo
. . . ... ..... .......
uiHile, uuellier Willi a iim oi men who
intend lo nttend, and foiwnrdtd to the
l(iailuiciit.
Board of 6h-ep Injp.ctort
Siilem (iovenior Chnmlierlaiu linn
inune.t tho new Hlnto benrd of ulieep
eoinininioni'rn. the new omeinm nio:
Kiml dinirict Williiim II. Sleuidoff,
Salem, term of two yearn ; dinirict em-
I it aeon I'liitn.p, t'olumhiii, Tillninook,
W.i.-hiiiK'h.ii, Mnltn.imiih, ('Im'kamaa,
Ynnihil', I'olk, Marion, I.inn, lienton,
Lincoln, laino. Corn, IKniKhin, lurry,
Jiinephine nnd Jacknon conntien.
Svnml tltel r:t-l 1 lionuui iwiyinn, nn-
telopn, term one year; dinirict compris
en Wiim-ii, t'rinik, l.ako and Klauuith
count ien.
Thlnl tlWrict Oan T- Pinytho, Pen
dleton, term three year.-'; tlintrict com
priHcB Moimw, I'matillik, Union, limnt,
Wallowa, linker, lhirney and Malheur
count ien.
Empire Mi'.l May Reopen.
Mninhlleld What in liiken an a nuro
indicntion thnt Klijnh Smith inlendn to
iii,nin oH'riite bin Inriie hiniber mill in
Koiplrti in the fact that he ban bad the
Arago hotel leopened. Thin hotel bus
been idle nineo the clositin down of tho
lumber mill Homo yenrn ago. It in the
i.nlv h(teliv in Klijnh Smith's little
. ,' ,1W. ,,,!, Snntlit.rii Ore.
n... ,
ii.oi lilt. I DilllillilllV. tl III KIIII1I1 lltlf
iron i.iiiki (ompaiiv
In'on btiny for neveml diiys ri'imirint! the
machinery in tho mill.
Howe Succeed Williams.
Pulem (iovenior Chamberlain litis
appointed ox-Slnlo Honntur W. A.
Howe, ol Carlton, a memUir of tho
statu board of agriculture to succeed
Jumper Williams, of AlUmy, deceased,
and President W. II. Downing, of
Shaw, to succeed himself. Ho alno re
nppoinlod lrn. A. C. Hmith, of Port
Inn. I, Alfred C. Kinney, of Ankiria, and
C. J- Smith, of lVudleton, on tho
hotud of medical examiners. Their
tonus had expired.
La Grands Settlers Rejoice.
in lirunde Two thousand ontrymen
in (his district, who have been waiting
for a month to two yours for patents
from the government, will bo affected
by tho president's recent Instructions
to tho genonil land ollico to expedite
Iho issuance of indents. Tho liaial land
ollico is six months behind in tho work
here, a groat majority of papers being
held np In Washington.
Mora Trout for Oregon.
. Oregon City Two hundred thotisniiit
IOiimUuu brook trout lmvo been received!
at the Clackamas United States bureau
of llshcri.'H station for distribution in
,.
Oregon, nun iiiu.uuo ininm.w uim ......
neen rocoive.i n in (. ....or......
Inhmdent O'A III lev has started a sub-
Crouk ,or B,oellu"ul,
i
PR'ZES FOR ESSAYS.
Sona ot Ameiican Revolution Want E
aaya From Pupila of Oregon.
Too Oregon ancloty of the Bona of
American Itevolutlon offera prizes to
tho pupiln of Iho public schoole of the
statu of Oregon, for ennayn on subjects
connix'll with our war for independ
ence. Priiii! of :)0 and 20 will be
Riven for the fiml und second lient eanay
ronjanrtively, written on any of the fol
lowing subject: "JtMopli llrant and
tho Indians of tho Revolution," "Pub
lic HeliooU as a Means of AmoricaniziriK
tho Children of Aliena," "Hepnration
of Church and Hluto in America."
Tho ennuys are limiUyl to three thous
and words each, munt be written in the
student's own handwriting on one aide
only of Hie piipir, and aocoinpauied by
a ccrlificulo of the writer's teacher,
staling that the writer Is a pupil in a
dctdguuUtd cIhhh, and thnt the teacher
believes the esfay to lie the pupil's own
until. led work. Tho iw-uy must lie
signed by tho writer, giving also his or
her poftollice address. They should lie
forwarded to Mr. A. M. Hmith, Kenton
building, Pottla:?d, Oregon, and should
remit their (I. Ktinntion not later tlian
the 2.1th of May, 1907.
In uwardlng thine prizes the commit
tee will lie governed by considerations
of: Originality, accuracy of t-Ulcinent,
manner of treatment, orthogmphy, gyn
tnx ami punctuation. Those prizes are
offt-ml lo encourage love of our country
and the study of its history.
Additional information may Ins ob
tained by writing to lieneral Thomas
M. Andermin, euro of The liucknghaui,
Porilnnd, Oregon.
Crop Outlook Good.
Milton 1 ar nets in this section of
I'mnlilla county are very optimsitic
over the prosHvl of a bumper wheat
nnd bailey crop this coining season.
The full wns an Ideal one In regard to
rainfall, theie being plenty of moist
ure in the ground before the setting in
i f wiult-r weather. The snowfall in
tho mountain dixtrictd this year has
been umnually heavy, thus conserving
tho water supply for Uie sunmmer
iiioiiths. With the supply aliondy pro
d iicet I by the thawing out on the low
lands or light soil districts, it loaves
little iuentioii as to the adequate sup
ply of moisture.
Elec'ric Line at rVilton.
.Milton The Walla Walla Valley
Traction company now ban ita tracks
laid down to the head of Main street
in this city, and it will be only a few
days when there will be hourly pervice
iH-tween this city and Walla W'llln,
Wash. This will lie a great benefit to
Milton nnd vicinity, and will material
ly aid the already rapid giowth of Mil
ton. This city ia now in a very pros
pcroiis condition; all tho principal
Mrvets are being brought to proper
gtade, and many changes for the better
have recently Uiken place. There will
S(Hiu ln a ll's.lHKI hotel erected.
Horse Fair at Woodburn.
Woodhum A linstock fair will le
held at W.odhurn on March 23. Six
clani'es of stallions will lie on exhibition
1'eroheron, Shiro, ltelgian, Clyde,
Sliin.latrd and Couch. Theie will also
be teams, roadsters, brtxxl mares and
colts. Many blootletl horses will be in
tho parade at 2 p. in. The prizes will
tie winded nt 10 at. ni. Among the
prizes ia a $25 silver cup, donated by
the Ihink of Woodburn for the best
home of all.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 7172c; blnestem, 73
i74o; vnllrv, 70c; ml, mi70c.
Ontn No. 1 white, 20; gray, 28.60.
llai lev Food, $22(3)22.60 Hr ton;
brewing, $23; rolled, 23.6024.5O.
Kye l.4S((f1.50 er cwt.
Corn Whole, $24.50; cracked,
$22.50 per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14
15 per ton; Knstorn Oregon timothy,
$l7Cf.lS; clover, $0; cheat, $9; grain
hay, $0iMO; alfalfa, $14.
ilutter Fancy creamery, 32s35c
per pound.
Putter Fat First grade cream, 3310
per hmiu(I ; second grade cream, 2c less
per pound.
Poulliy Average old hens, 15c
Hr pound; mixed chickent, 14c;
spring, fryers and broilers, 20(S)22)S(;;
old rottet8, 10C'i)l2c; dienstxi chickens,
ltl(til7c; turkeys, live, 18(.i)15c; tur
keys, dresfcd, choice, 184(3200; geese,
lie, 8c; ducks, l(i(rt)18e.
Fggs Oregon ranch, 17)'18o per
d .ion.
Apples Common, 76c$1.25 per
Iwx; choice, $1.5l)(S)2.60.
Vegetables Turnips, $l(.i)1.25 per
sack; carrots, $K'i1.25 pet sack; beets,
$1.2(ri0i)l-f'il l r siK-k; hnrseiadith,
8t; per pound; caullllowor, $2.60 per
dozen; celery, $3. 25(j$8. 60 per orate;
sprouts, IV; radishes, 30c er dozen;
asparagus, I0(in.l2)y0. per pound; lhu
barb, $2 25(if 2.50 per box.
Onions Oregon, 76(n)00o per hun
dred. Potatoes Oregon Burlmnks, fancy,
$1.35; No. 1 choice, $1(2)1.25; com
mon, 75ctf$l.
Veal lrosstHl, 5 l(nflc per pound.
lleef Pressed bulls, 33l per
pound; cows, 6 OS (Jo; country
steers, 07o.
Mutton Pressed, fancy, 1010,isc;
ordinary, 8)o per pcund.
Pork Prenstnl, lll)o per pound.
Hops t)12o per pound, according
to quality.
Wool Kastorn Oregon average best,
1318o por pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 2023o, ttwoidlng to fine
ness: mohair, choice, 2730o per
pound.
Answered Letters, but Copies of An
swers Not Found.
Washington, Mutch 15. Evidence
decidedly damaging to ISinger Iler
uuinn was Introduced by the govern
ment today In the trial of the ex-land
commissioner for destruction of 35 let
terpress copylxioks. alltged to have
contained ofliciul correspondence.
Charles L. Dubois, chief of survey di
vision ; V. C. Shormun, formerly Her
mann's financial clerk, and John S.
Wile, another clerk in the land office,
all identified several letters taken from
the flit of the land ofiice, all pertain
ing to government business and all en
dorsed on the lack, "answered by
commiai-ioner."
They all agreed that this endorse
ment signified that Hermann himself
dictated the I ('plies and that bis an
swers were press-copied in what were
known as the commissioner's "person
al" letter-books. It wai also brought
out by the government that careful
search through the letter-books now ir.
the land ofiice failed tx disclose copies
of the answers to these particular let-t-rs,
thereby strongly Intimating thai
the letters must liave been copied in
the books destroyed by Hermann as
churgotl in the indictment, and that
the books, theiefore, contained official
correspondence.
No stronger evidence in support of
indictment hat heretofore been given
during the protracted trial. In fact,
most of the evidence submiiUed up to
this time bus been designed to thow a
motive for the destruction of the books
and bad no direct bearing upon the
actual charge contained in the indict
ment. Today's evidence is very strong
in support of the indictment, and while
it is circumstantial, yet leaves little
doubt in the minds of those who have
followed the case that Hermann's so
called "private" letter-books in fuct
contained much correspondence relat
ing to the business of his oll'tct.
MAY PROMOTE IMMIGRATION.
Government Will Not interfere With
Movement of Southern States.
Washington, March 15. Informa
tion received today renders it clear
that the immigration authorities, as
ono result of the several conferences re
cently held, in which the president,
Secretary Straus, Attorney General
Ronaparte, Commissioner of Immigra
tion Sargent and prominent men of the
South have participated, will interpret
the existing immigration law as it was
interpreted in the South Carolina case.
Tho attorney getietal has held that the
immigrants landed at Cliarleston, S. C,
last November, arc legally in Uie conn
try. They were induced to come to
America by authorized agents of South
Carolina and the passage money for
some, at least, of them was paid by
the state, and others by contributions
of the citizen?. Several other Southern
states lmve decided to seek immigra
tion along the same lines as were fol
lowed by South Carolina nnd it is un
derstood they will not be interfered
wiih.
CH ' NGE 3'CANAL BOARD.
Roosevelt Receives Resignations and
Appoints New Members.
Washington, March 15. The presi
dent today received the resignations at
members of the Itthmian Canal com
mission of Hear Admiral Endicott,
Brigadier General C. P. Haines and P.
M. Harrod, to take effect tomorrow.
To fill the vacancies he announced the
appointment of John F. Stevens as
chairman of the commission to succeed
T. P. Shonls. and as commissioners
Lieutenant Colonel Goethals, Majors
Gaillard and Siebert, Civil Enginneer
Hottseau, Dr. Gorgas and Jackson
Smith.
Ex-Senator Blackburn will have to
await the retirement from the commis
sion of Mr. Stevens about April 1.
Advance in Postal Salaries.
Washington, March 15. First As
sistant Postmaster General Hitchcock
has made a compilation showing how
I many clerks in postoltices and letter
! carriers will be affectd by the Increased
pay ucently provided for them by con
gress. The additional pay will begin
on July 1 next. The total number ot
clerks promoted at that time or as soon
afterwards as they shall have complet
ed a year's service in the grades in
which they are now serving will be
1I,00. The increase will affect 42,
433 carriers throughout tho country.
Will Enforce 8-hour Law.
Washington, March 15. Secretary
Taft has given orders to the engineer
otlieera of the War department to en
force to the letter the eight-hour law as
'applied to public works under their
direction, lilts order, which was is
sued w ith the permission of the presi
dent, will be far-reaching ard, it is pre
dicted, will gieatly reduce (he amount
of river and harbor work that can be
accomplished under the appropriations
made by the last congress.
Sell to Insurance Company.
Milan, March 15. In tho town of
llorsa.no, near this city, 2,000 poisons
were today made homeless by a fire
which destroyed the greater part of the
'village. The peoplo were indifferent
'. to the spread of the flames, because
' their property was Insured, and the au
thorities wore obliged to force peasants
, to work to check the fire.
FLOOD IS RECEDING1
Damage at Pittsburg Estimated
Ten to.Twenly Millions.
AT LEAST TWENTY LIVES LOST
Whole Business Center of the Smoky
City it Submerged When Ice
Gorges Go Out.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 18. With the
rapid receding of the waters in the Mo
nongahela, Alleghany and Ohio rivers,
conditions are resuming normal pro
portions. The approaches tc the
bridges are now clear of water and
street car service in the flooded district
has been resumed.
At 9 o'clock last night the river had
fallen almost eight feet. At that hour
the stage was 29 feet and dropping six
inches an hour.
Ten square miles were inundated.
The loss is summarized as follows:
Ixus in output of steel mills, $3,
000,000. Loss in output of other industries,
$2,000,000.
Losses in wages of employes, $1,837,
777. Damage to industrial plants, $2,
500,000. Total, $9,337,000.
Various other estimates ae being
made, ranging from $10,000 000 to
$20,000,000.
Keports from numerons Western
Pennsylvania towns are to the effect
that the flood is subsiding.
The water in this city reached 37
feet at 6 a. m. yesterday, the highest
stage ever recorded. More than 100,-
000 persons were temporarily thrown
out of employment; every transporta
tion company in the city was interrupt
ed; skiffs carried hundreds of people to
their places ot business, and the utiliz
ation of wagons and horses as cenvey
ances, which did valuable service, was
discontinued, owing to the strenuous
protests by the Humane society.
Twenty fatalities have occurred in
Allegheny county, directly due to high
water.
In a fire that threatened the entire
Mount Washington section cf the city
25 business structures and dwellings
were destroyed oi damaged today, caus
ing a lots estimated at $200,000. Many
01 the dwellings were tenements or
apartment he uses, and there were many
narrow escapes.
The structures were mostly of frame
construction and, because of a break in
the water main, the only available fiie
quenching materials were chemicals
irom extinguishers and buckets.
Two attempts were made to stop the
(lames by dynamiting buildings on
either side, but each time the wreck
age caught fire. It finally buined itnelf
out.
COLLUSION. SAYS GREENE,
Substance of Idaho Irrigation Frand
Charges by Inspector.
Washington, March 18. Secretary
Garfield is working on a report tent to
his predecessor by Special Agent A. R.
Greene, detailing alleged frauds which
he believes he has uncovered in connec
tion with the construction of the Boise
Payette Irrigation project in Idaho.
Mr. Greene, so it is reported, alleges
there has been collusion between con
tractors on the Deer Flat reservoir dam
and Reclamation Engineer D. W. Ross,
it being rumored thnt Mr. Greene
charges that the contractors, in return
for favors shown by Mr. Ross, made
him a present of 12,000 acres of land.
Oll'.cials of the reclamation service ab
solutely discredit the report, aud have
the utmost confidence in Mr. Ross. It
Is their belief that investigation will
show Mr. Greene to be in errcr.
Three Drown In Ohio Town.
Zanesville, Ohio, March 16. Three
Hungarians were drowned here as the '
result of the flood this morning. A
teoie of foreigners were living in a
house that was surrounded by the Mus
kingum river, which overflowed during
the night. When they started to wade
to land three wore caught in the current
and swept out into the river. Flood
conditions through Muskingum county
are unprecedented and growing worse
hourly. The Muskingum and Licking
rivers are out of bounds in this city and
doing much dniunge.
Edwards to Be Deposed.
Pendleton, Or., March 18. That
Major O. C. Edwards, agent of the
Umatilla Indian reservaton, will lose
his official head as a result of the in
vestigation conducted by Inspector
Charles L. Davis, is believed in Pen
dleton by everyone at all familiar with
the course affairs have taken. Before
leaving for Y'aklma today, Inspector
Davis announced that an order abolish
ing the ollice of guardian for all Indian
heirs had been issued.
Another Naval Disaster.
Brest, March 16. There was another
accident to a French warship off this
port today. During torpedo practice
the coast defense ship Fulminant was
struck and seriously damaged on the
water line by a torpedo. Collision mats
were at once applied to the vessel's
side and sfte was towed into port in a
sinking condition.
GRAFT IN IRRIGATION.
Officials ana wvi.;.stort in Idaho
Work Suspected.
Boise, March 13. Evidences of graft
in the arid land reclamation service of
the government has been discovered
and is now in possession of the depart
ment of the Interior at Washington.
Action looking toward a number of In
dictments is anticipated. The princi
pal evidence, so far as diictoeed here,
relates to grafts in Idaho, but it is
said that similar conditions exist
throughout the service and that officials
in nearly all the Western states where
irrigation wo:k is in progress will have
to answer.
The Federal grand jury, now in ses
sion hete, will probably take the mat
ter up, so far as this state is affected,
if tbe new secretary of the interior,
James R. Garfield, says the word, and
decides to furnish evidence now in his
possession. Agents of the depatrment
have been conducting an investigation
for tome time. Their discoveries in
Maho are said to typify conditions in
other places, and a reorganization ot
the department is said to be in pros
pect. The charges in geniral are that en
gineers and other officials of the de
partment are "standing in" with fa
vored contractors in some instances,
and in other instances have thrown out
bids in order to make commissions on
the purchase of machinery by the gov
ernment and to profit in other ways.
In Idaho the Boise-Payette irrigation
project has been nnder special scrutiny.
Evidence has been secured bearing
on the rleations of the contracting firm
of Hubbard & Carlson, having head
quarters at Boise, with certain depart
ment officials. It is charged in affi
davits now on file that this firm has re
ceived many special favors and expla
nation has been asked ol tne reason lor .
this.
EXPLOSION ON WARSHIP.
All France Appalled at Disaster on
New Battleship.
Tonlon, March 13. Tbe powder
magazines on board the French battle
ship Jena blew np at 1:35 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and as a result Cap
tain Adigard, commander of the battle
ship; Captain Vertier, chief cf staff ot
the Mediterranean squadron, and from
70 to 80 bluejackets are dead, while
Rear Admiral Manceron and hundreds
of men are suffering from injuries.
Naval circles are aghast and the public
is stunned by theappallingcatastrophe,
coming so soon after the loss ol the
French submarine boat Lutin, in which
16 men met death.
The entire after part of the Jena was
blown to pieces. The bodies of the vic
tims were hurled through the air by a
succession of explosions and panic
stricken workmen at tbe arsenal fled
for their lives from the v.cinity ot the
dry dock. Scores on board the Jena
jumped overboard on the stone quays
and sustained serious injuries.
Ihe primary cause of the accident
was the premature explosion of a tor
pedo. What caused the explosion is
not known, bat the powder magazines
of the Jena were set on fire and tbe re
sulting explosions practically destroyed
what was considered one of the best
vessels of Uie French navy. The Jena
had just undergone the final construc
tion of her hull and machinery, the
latter part having been partly over
hauled preparatoiy to joining the
squadron today.
DAKOTA'S CREW PAID OFF.
Sailors of Wrecked Steamship to be
Sent Home.
Yokohama, March 12. The crew of
the wrecked steamer Dakota has been
discharged The Europeans will be
sent to America on the American
steamer Tremont. The Asiatics will
be sent to Hongkong. The majority of
the passengers left here will take the
steamer Siberia. Their hotel and other
expenses were paid by the Gcreat
Northern Steamship company, owners
of the Dakota.
The American consul has sent $150
to the governor of Chibu prefecture for
distribution among the fishermen who
assisted in the rescue of the American
passengers. No salvage measures have
yet been taken.
An official inquiry has been arranged,
steps having been taken for the preser
vation of evidence. Captain Francke,
of the Dakota, is still at the scene of
the wreck, awaiting the decision of the
under writers.
Expect Return of Cash.
Chicago, March 13. A new field In
the investigation of the subtreasuty
robbery is being explored by the Fed
eral authorities. It Is suggested that
some banking institution of Chicago
needed a large sum to tide over tem
porary difficulties, and is responsible
for the disappearance of the $173,000.
The secret service operatives are work
ing on the theory that the money that
disappeared was borrowed for a day
or two at the instance of a tottering in
stitution by some employe who now
fears to restore it.
Fatal Fall From Basket.
Eureka, Cal., March 13 Martin
Upmall, boatswain of the ill-fated
steamer Corona, was killed today while
riding in a tram basket from tbe wreck .
to the shore. The steel hook holding
the cable to its anchor on the shore
snapped. Upmall struck against the
side of the vessel and his skull was
fractured. Roberts escaped injury and
was swimming ashore when the life
boat, which put out to the rescue,
leached him.
Congressmen Arrive at Colon.
Colon, March 13. The steamer Pan
ama arrived today with 63 congress
men, who are desirous ot inspecting
the wcrk on the canal.
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