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A ' WT HKLIiXM, OIUXJOX. Fill DAY, .A PHIL 20, 1907. ,: ;, ,! , NO. 0. .
NEWS OF THE WEEK
a Condensed Form fcr Csr
BasyEcsders.
HAPPENINGS CF TWO CONTINENTS
A Rum of tha Last Important but
Not Lets InUraetlnf Kvawt
of th Past Wok.
A parliament house I lo bt built by
The senatorial deadlock In Wiseonln
continue unbroken.
It In said Thaw lawyer will aak for
thang of venue fur tb next trial.
KumUiii I n.Iu(ry I bring paralysed
.y the touliuued trlk of III Mlluii
The senatorial deadlta'k In Rhode
Maud U practically where It ih 13
wkl glt.
A resolution aklng Konwvelt to ac
c-r.,t miotlirr form ha bwu deflated by
the IVtumyltsiil legislator.
Mr than a acora of foreigner ao
mwil ol twlng nuwnlwr of th ''Black
Hand" mi J responsible for a large
Dtutilw-r or crime ara on (rial at
Wllk Urre, I'a.
Krviry lart la horn irom a
month's trip lo I "ana ma anil Culm.
llu triM lh work ibtfi ty Governor
Mii,"-n iu Cult arid aay lit canal I
j.r .iiwIiik latiafwlorlly.
A i'.mmilUH) apiiuluUfcl by Uiv , l in
i. .! Irgialaiura place th value of
rnlr.ad in ll.at ttate at $218,000,000.
'I tip ir.i( niya much water kaa U n
iiijn'lp.1 into various (lock.
Knn lipoid may offer to tail Congo
to KmiHti.
Cnlil weather In TM lai gteally
damaged early frull.
Tim order of Native Hons til Call fur
ma have misted Ktief.
Vi ha bcon renewed In Central
Aiii. ri.a am) an aim tent Into Huti
durst.
lire partly dralroyed
hii,TrJ at Genoa, Italy.
the Urgent
Ths Iim la
placed .1 $WO,000.
Hcvritl prominent Ohio lumber I -rni
davit Uvn ImlloUxl for vloUting tha
auli tiut li ot that alate.
A tliw-ajfu boy 17 yeaii oM bat ill
..rl 7,0UU wlilt'h Ita k
tak to a laink lor bia uiiloyrra.
Tli Miniiata rcnata hat tahlr! a
rnfilntitiii jauMwi by Ui biiiM wliich
hfinl.ir.ra lUcvolt in bia aland
.iint llarriiiwn,
Fir irpt over 100 acra ot Manila,
thf l atiiuuntlng lo I2W.Q00. Tli
Kn-nUnt lt ol 111 diwtmyvd n'tiiMl
m cinjujrd ot nativ liou-.
A iIix'IihiiihI uiiiiy ot Ui New
Yoik, Nrw Haven A llartfonl railway
lm xtii amtHt fr aiteniplnit to
wtvk a nnnger ttaln on ilia I toad.
A St. Ijiui cmiple will ba marrlixl
i'ii at the ai(ta o 101 and 100.
Ohio, Pitunaylvanla nd New York
have Iwii vlalleil by a anowatorm.
Fjirly liult lu Tnnw in rrporliol
to he (evuiely damyod by cold wwther.
A ulifc'lit 'oartlupjaka thock at Charlr.
ton, H. C, tlnew the rxmple Into a
llk
Thrrw 1 no rlianre for tha lotlim of
a urimtoT f i om Ulioilo lalaud tit prewuit
Binn of tha leuiiilatuia.
t'hltiraa fiimlna auftoref ar dying
ly liun.lirtU ami Uiore la dltnculty In
n'tiriiiit tha dnad aultahla burial.
The Aimtrlan premier declare every
c l"ny of thn varioti nations ahould bo
made an Independent government.
l'r.niiloul IdHieerelt haa alxnit ntade
up hia mind that tha beat way out of
the ntttlnnnl campaign trouble La for the
government to pny the legitimate
petmeaof all candidalo.
Han FnnKiloo atmet railway employ
e an. rwelvlng bat k pay. The arhltra
ti'.n buard grnntwl tha men art increase
'"mi the time tha trouble bi'gan lwt
'U and now $415,000 la being diatrib
UIinI. lr. Konnard, an Aniorloan aent In
nuaalB, my the auffedrlng theio fioui
'umine la appalling. Not lea than
ono, ooo aia depoudont on aid until
another liar vent. Kplduuik of diamine
ld lo tli uffrlng.
Thorn U a doadlock In the WliiMimln
"oniitorlftl oontcat.
Jormno ia invoatlgnttng chnrgo of
taiiiKrli)g with a Thaw juror.
The vine prealdent of lha New York
CentTHl railioad favor government
control.
The llrltUh budget propoae pon
on for old age and InureumHl taxe on
I ho rich, :
The thief W,0 itole $25,000 from
'ho Not thrrn iVifio Kxpreaa eonitiany
t Ht. l'anl haa been captured and the
money reooverctl.
Houthern cotton ihanugaiilurerii com
l'lln of rate dUcrlmlnation by the
ttilroad.
CnpUiln Goorge Curry haa been In
iiguraied governor of New Meileo In
I'Ihoo of F. 0. llagerman, who renlgnoit.
The IlilnoU Supreme court haa de
eldod the mniilolnal ownerahip law in
valid and Chicago will not be able tp
own her own atrnet tallway ytm.
Heaiat I
"lrd party.
aid to be building up a
BUILDINQ8 UNFINISHED
uamtttown Eipotltlon to Open 80
Pp Cant UompUtid.
Norfolk. W. Va,, April 23. ik-ap'tut
" woorgi'no ennin ol ullicliiln nd
workmen, the Jameatown TeruenUuiiilul
eapoamon will be oiioned Uili week on
Mauly. Many of the atriu lun- that
w ion uoiiimic ana loreign coin.
mewlal ekhlhlla and ahelter tho
ai'iilf vumiioiU In the In.lii.trinl art ai
tnotuopluta. 1 et Ui iim of what haa
need done, aa eoiiirod wlih tlw un.
flnlahad work, form a tifi;tory re-
In the beauty of tho water idiow wilh
It tmailtig giUiorlng of forelun flwla.
repraeiiting the mt formldubt type
ui oavai ugiiung mai-lilne ol nearly
very power la the world, and In an
opening ptorram with l'nwident l(Kn
elt In tl.a kwdlng rile, with dlplo-
iimiir, miiiiary ami naval reiirearnta
live of great and now 1 1 foreign tialln
participating, llie public tll have Ita
rwiiiiieiiM.
The giounda and tnilluintrt at the ei
poaitlon are aUmt m twr cent flnlahid
Hi'vual thoumml of tho mol lintmrtalit
building are built roliJly of brlrk.
remenl and Iron, and tlne are Intend
o. to teinaln on the groomi a mi-
eleoa of a ureal park. KemrdleM of
llie Mrmaneiue of the work, howevrr,
lheeterli of imvt of the bnlldinga
ill he tvaAy when the epoition in
formally oM'neil on I'l l.lny net.
Hie Jauiint.'wn TrriTiiU-niiial, when
compleM, will be aliiKMt all that in
Implied in the eipremlon, "a world'n
lair," Nt it will nut atop theie. No
otlitr enpnaltlon had atteinptwl to how
the world the life of the colonUU. Iht
liardahlp of lha plime'ra who oiwiiaJ
the mo it try after civilluitlon hwl been
a I la I lied on the aeuNnrd, and the
achievement theae wiple wolknl from
the raw niaterial. Twenty-live lttt.-
III tmt-' llu-ir hlvt'itv from their rar-
liet dayii to the pre nt, and the -hlhita
will ln-H. re. hv huildincil.
Tha atate biilldlng have Ixt-ii groopiMl
along the hitric abort) of Hampton
koaile, and command an envlhuit view
of the iiaviin of the woihl.
Il i thl gieat naval display that
ill p love the crowning glory of the
eapoaition. Nothing like il haa ever
before Iwen attempted. Thoieare tew
harboi In the world that accomodate
ao large an ajoiemmage of wnJi
The thvla will ntimlier, in addition lo
aetrrwl of the Uat type of each ot tlie
loreign naval power, the Atlantic lloct
ol the I'niM flale navy, ondi'r com
mand of (tear Admiral Kvana, which i
coia-wlet lo he the flneot oiganinitlon
of fighting machine all ml.
The aeal of govenimrnt onoiKhlpj
111 le art upon tli eiptvltioti by tin
coming of thn prnideul of the I'nltod
hUtee, amtaadoni and inlniateni ol
foreign governinvnta, tb governor and
epremeniallvea of tat. and trrritorio
and delegationa rvpitaeuting ImpoiUnt
elvlc borlie.
BIG BENEFIT TO GRAIN CROPS.
Fruit Slightly Injured In Nebraaka but
Snow Did Great Good.
Uuiftha, Neb., April 23 An a re
aull i f uuprKCtdcnted wcaUier that pro
vailixl during the greater art of the
month ot March, and the freeUng
weather and heavy uoliill of the al
few day, early triiitu, aoch am prat-liee,
plum, apricota, chcrric ami black lar
rie In thii eection have leen Injured,
bol the general opinion among I hone
who have tlie lat nicaiiit of information
i that the damage ia not aa great a
hiw lieen reporteil. IiuIchhI, many are
ofllie opinion that, while tHy fruit
have been injured and In rotiin In
ataiice completely kilhl and rawribly
aome' of the later varfet lo have been
bmt. the lienellt nnulting to the grain
crop fioiu tho iiowatorni more than
offiet the damage.
"Heport from point along Die line
of our railroad are not unfavorable,"
eulil G. W. Looinl. atltaiit general
manager of lha Durllngton, today.
"The fruit In the aouthern part of
Nrhntaka. which the umimuit warm
weather in Mnri'li had biotight to an
advanced alate of development, la I
ported to have been pretty badly dam
aged, bill little or no uainagu n rrrv
cd fioiu olnl north. The mow, how
ever, did a vniitamoontol good to wint
er wheat, and haa put the ground in
fine condition foi other farm crop."
Hllmllar repoit liava been received
at the general ollioo fo the Noithw out
em tond.
To Defend Harrlman Line.
T.ipeka, Kan., April 23. It waa ru
mored hero today that N. II. Ioml,
general aolieitor for the Union Pacific
ml 1 1 oiid In Kanaaa, waato be inailo gen
eral coumiellor f' 'l 'be Hiirrinmn
line in ciuw before the Intoratnto Com
men'e comuilHalon. Mi, Ioml totliiy
admitted that atK'h a plan wiia nndei
ooiialdniNllon. In cane the position ia
crentotl, Mr. Loomia will move to Chi
cago, where no win nave Hll '-
of aiwlatunla. i no poaiuon ia new
railroad circle and i made nwiwuaiy
by the paHMge of the new rate law.
Snow Flurry at El Pao.
El ruo, Tex., April 23. Snow foil
hero thl morning at a lively rate for
more than an hour. Thl la the luteal
nowfall ever known hem, Mid the teni
iioniluie, which win 30 degree, did
damage to the email fruit and truck gnr
dons in the valley, variously estimated
at from 150,000 to 1100,000. r roat 1
predlctwl by the local wenther bureau
lor tonight. The doldon Slate limited
on the It.wk Wand rond I alx and one
half hour lute on account of the anow.
""
Pray for Rain In Cuba.
llavaim, April 23.-Prayeri for rain
were offered In churohoa thrcughout
the Uland Sundny. No rain ha. fallen
lu alx mcntha. The country la parched,
many cattle are dying and forest Area
are devaaUtlng vast area.
I .
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
8AYS ESTIMATE 18 TOO HIGH
U'Hn Compllei Cot of 8ubm!tt!ni
Legl.lallon to Popa.
Unon City William 8. U'Ren, the
falher of the initiative and referendum
tnkiw Inane with the atatitmenlji that.
have la-en published regarding Die coet
of voting urxlci that law, Mi. C'Ken
hal tnrefully uompilml the coat of inlti.
atllig and !f!llg legliilative meefuree
Ui the ueonlu under thaarLofl(Ml7
which ieKled tho act of 1103. Ho
admit thai the poetage exneim In
ndlug printed matter all over tl
Ute to IW.tiOO voter will be IU.000
bill he aay that the coat of printing
wonni D f j,o;jii lor U liuiic of nieaa
tiiea, figuring on 1 00,000 eoplea, which
one tninl mot than nave ever len
printed. In aay the binding will coet
l.i.noo awl Die iiM r ll,ii3.
I lie fttierience ol Mr. V 'lien allindx
him in good atead In figuring on thin
mutter, lie bare the nwt of addreea-
ing and Oiling 100,11(10 envelope at ft
pr tlioiioantl, totaling ituo. Thoen
vel( K can lie aupplied and printid fot
f a per HhmimiikI, or i00, and he le
llevea Uiat the cont of aecuring tho
iiame and poetoflice addieaaea of UK),
OMI votuia will not ec-ed ll.oOO.
Tlic juihlication of proclamatinna it-
no! ieoired by the new law of 1U07
anil the Item o .r),000 lor that pur
pose iiinal be eliminated from the
coet. Mr. t" Ken U-lieve tluit hia en-
timate in cuimervative.
FARMING PAYS AT WOODBURN
Actual Crop Ditpoaad ot Show Ea
tr Good Profit
Woodlmrn If the true farming con-
litioli of till acvtion were more wide
ly known In the Kant there would be
lliooranila more coining lo Oregon re-
gardleaa of whetlier there are special
railroad rate or full fare. Here i" on
ly a few inatunce of how (arming in
hia vicinity paya, reference being made
U; recent ali- tl lUOQ croi:
P. J. Anderaon, ten acnw of pota-
t(M . old lor 11,04.1.
Martm hvrgan, ix aero of potatoee,
aold for 1 700.
Ilonncx Bro., one and three-fourtlw
acre of pohibaw, sold for :1I7.
Ilciiu-horn lid'., lour acr ol on
;on, told for $S0O.
Innumerable instance can be given
cf big profit being made by producer
in puiiitiH onion, hop, clover atod
and other output, and the future look
.i exceedingly bright that our farmern
ate preparing to Incrco-e their acmige
The mnrkti are all that could be dc
ainnl.
Marlon Fruit Propect.
8alem Fiultgrowcra ol thl section
of tlie Willamette valley are looking
forward to aplcndid cmim in all vane
tit of fruit, especially in quality, and
in conMHiueiH'e of the dcetructlon being
wrought to the cro in part of the
Kant by the recent severe frtwl ami
other deli iinontal condition of weatli
er, there in alao a fine prospect for good
price for Oregon frutta, both gieenand
evaporale.1. Although the spurs on
the pruiio tree are not o thickly set
aa laat yi-nr, grower are pleaaed be
caused what U lacking in tpiautity will
bo more than nutdo up lu tpmlity and
tho pi ice btiaii w ill be increased in pro
port ion . ,
Elgin I Going; Ahead.
Elgin Klgln Is one among tho many
Oregon town that are growing with
rapid Kindt . Several thousand Uollais
are to lie expended the pietent season
f.ir public improvement, chief among
which will bo the erect nm ol a new
and modem school building, which will
iwt when comDletft :'0,oou. ine
structure will lie construclcd ot native
etone ami brick and will have H-n
room. The building will bo healed
hyateaiii and will have every modern
convenience. School Clerk Weiss is
now receiving bids fur the structure,
and it will be completed thl season.
Adopt Interstate Regulations.
Salem With the exceptitn that the
lierlod of posting notices is fixed at ten
days instead of 30, the Railroad com
mission haa adopted tlie rule of the
Interstate Commerce coramirslon bod
ily, regulating tho serving of notice
upon the commission and posting of
same in waiting rcoms of railway eta
tlons when it is proposed tc make a
change In the regular schedule of rates,
mileage, ooiunmtntion, pn'yi excursion
and found-trip rules. Notice of the
adoption of this rule bus been forward
ihI to all railioad companies In the
state.
Expects B g Gathering.
Hood River Mumber of Hood River
valley's grange societies are preparing
to make arrangements for entertaining
their fellow member ftom other partte
of tlie stuto, who will mett here in con
wniiim Mnv 24. Letters iweived in
dicate that between 000 and 800 mem-
Iwra will be iiresent. as societies Irom
several dlsti lets have already signlllcd
their Intent ion of sending large delega
tions. Multnomah county ia expected
to be icpresontcd by 150 to 200.
Paylrg Off County Debt.
Oregon City The aeml-anuual rtato
tnent of the financial condition of Clack-
amn county, Just complotodby County
Clork F. W. Oreenman, shows that the
net indebtedness of the county has been
decreased by one-half during the past
year. The Indebtedness March 31,
100(1, was 4a,0(S.i, ami mis yer
is only 120.671.80.
INSPECTION MAY BE CHEAP.
State Sheep Commission Inclined to
Make Burdan tight at Possible.
Kalem One of th most serious prob
lems the Oregon Shecpcomralalon will
have to solve is the schedule of rate to
Ihj cluirgi-d by county inspector for the
inspection of thick for scab or other
contagious infectious disease. It Is
probable the solution determined on
will he to turn the duty of Inspetcion
""i ki ine.goveriimeiii inspeciois, 0
pcctaily easl of the Cascade, and con
flue tlie duties of the deputy state in
spectors to supervise the dipping, with
their compeneation fixed on the basis
of V per day and expenses.
in otder lo make the expense as light
a possible upon the sheepmen the com
mission first decided noon a minimum
cluirge of 26 cent and a maximum of 1
'cut per head per ' flock, wbeie the
number did not exceed 1,000 head.
Then it was' thought a maxamuro
charge of f 1 per flock would be suffi
cient, inasmuch a there waa not much
work connected with the ins wet ion
which com ista principally of taking a
liinlm-ve view of the dock and looking
for outward symptoms of scab and
ticks, and requites only a few minutes'
work.
Mutt Put Up Tim Tables.
One of the rule of the state railroad
commission is that bullttlns giving the
hour of the arrival and departure of
all trains, be potted in every station.
rractically all stations have for years
been supplied with these bulletin boards
but liecauite of the carelessness or indif
ference of agents, time cards have not
been posted for the Information of the
public. Newly painted bulletin boards
are being sent tc station agents for the
0. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific,
wiimpiinicd by a letter from the office
if (teueral Manager J. P. O'Brien, in
which the atleution of agouti is called
to the p)tiii of bulletins.
Train Service Bad.
Members of the elate railroad com
mission have addreesed a letter to Wil
liam Mc Murray general cawtsenger
agent for the O. R. & N., informing
him that the local train service be
tween Iliggs and Pendleton ia Inade
quate. In the absence of a necessary
local service U'twcen these points, the
coiumlssioD arguo that tlie heavy
transcontinental trains hae boen
obliged to look after this tiafflc with
the result that these tiaina are fre-
piently several hour late reaching
Portland.
Commission Houta Changes Hands
La Grande An important real estate
deal was consummated this week when
W. Damon and lr. M. K. Hall pur
hweil the fruit and comruiwion husi-
nos foimcrly owue.1 by the Parr-Simmons
company. The present owners
will enlarge the facilities for handling
butiiies and will proliebly add a cold
storage plant during the summer. Mr.
Pumou will be the active manager.
The price paid for the business was
16,000.
Banner Clover Crop.
Oregon City What is said to be the
banner clover crop of this part of the
Willamette valley lias been raised by
W. P. Herman, of Molalla. He har
vested 21,300 pounds, mostly alalke
and red clover. Mr. Herman sold the
red clover for 11 Si cents and the alsike
for 11 cents, getting a handsome piofit
from his crop.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 75c; bluestem, 77c:
valley, 72c j red, 74c.
Outs No. 1 white, 129.00; gray, $28
(?.29.
Ryo 1.4Sti)I.50 per cwt.
Barley Feed, $22.60 per ton; brew
ing, $25; rolled, $23.6024.50.
Coin Whole, $25; cracked, $26 per
ton-
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $1516
per ton; Koatein Oregon timothy, $17
clover, $0; cheat, $9; grain hay,
$U10.
Apples Lonin on, 76cfe;1.25 per
box; choice, $1.602.
Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per
sack; carrots, $11.25; beets, $1.26
60; horseradish, 78c per pound;
cnullllowcr, 75(jft$1.2S per doxen ; let
tuce, head, 35(45o per doxen; onions,
10(ii)12o per doxen; radishes 20c per
losen; asparagus 6c per pound; rhn-
baib 45o per pound.
Oni ma Oregon $3.50C)4 1 r owt.
Potatoes Oregon Burbank iancy
$1.40(31.65; extia fancy, $1.75(32;
No. 1 choice, $1.26(91.40.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25
27 S)0 per pound.
Butter Fat rirst grade oream 2fic
per pound; second grade oieam 2c lees
per pound. ' v
louiiry Average ohi neng, idooiuo
tor pound; mixed ohickens, 1615Xc;
prillg Iryera nd broilers, Ti W26c; .
old roosters, 1018c; dressed chick many's decided attitude in opposition
ens, 1617c; turkeys, live, 13015c; to It, was made public today. It does
turkeys, dressed, choice, 180200; iot greatly affect France's position rel
goese live, 8c; ducks, 1618o. I at ive to the limitation of armament.
KggS l0o per doxen. I
Veal Dressed. 5ka8We oer nound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 33jjc per bly all efforts to advance the Idea,
pound; oows, 6Gc; country steers, '
l7o. Volcano Erupt In Andes.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 1010H'o Valparaiso, Chile, April 19. News
per pound; ordinary, 8(j0o; spring has reached here lhat the Ron ihue vol
lambs, with pelt, 1213c. loano, in the province of Valdlvla, Is In
Fork Dressed, 69o per pound. violent eruption. The eruptions are
Hops 710u per pound, according accompanied by awful subterranean
to quality. , 1 rumblings, earthquakes, lnteuse dark-
Wool Eastern Oregon average beat, neesa, electrical displays, ashes and
1318o ter pound, according to shrink- boiling water. The flowing lava haa
age; valley, 2022o according to fine-
nest; mohair, choice, 2929)lo.
DEEP SNOW ON PRAIRIES.
Six Inch Ruin Frull Protpact, But
Benefit Wheat.
Omaha, April 19. Five ' inches of
snow fell during the night, and the
toiin continued during the forenoon,
The fall was general over Eastern Ne
braska, and is the heaviest knewn in
April for many years. The extent of
damage is not known. Opinion as to
trie storm's eflect upon fruit and early
vegetable varies. In some cointle
along the southern and central belt
cherries, peaches, plum, and beiriet
are aaid by some authorities to have
been ruined almost entirely, while
other groweil report that fruit was not
far enough advaried to become seriously
enaangereo.
In grain cln lea it is believed the
(now will kill all the green bugs that
have been threatening tlie winter wheat
crop and spreading over the central
portion of the state.
A rtorfolk dispatch rayt Northern
ebraska, Southern South Dakota,
Northeastern Wyoming and Ihe Black
Hillt aie covered with a blanket of
snow six inches deep upon the level,
wliicn is still tailing. At Northwestern
railroad headquarters here it was said
the storm waa practically over the en
tire system west of the Missouri river,
DEATH LIST GROWING.
Mexican Earthquake Proves to
Hav
Been Mott Disaatroua.
City of Mexico, April 19. Today the
Associated Press was in direct commu
nication with a number of town in the
district a fleeted by Sunday's earth
quake. From the telegrams received it
is certain that the death list will ex
ceed 100. There are a number of small
towns yet to be hoard from, but up to
date the average number of fatalities at
these places ha ranged from 9 to 12
and the number of injured from 30 to
40.
In Chilapa 33 persona were injured
and 779 buildings destroyed. Nobody
was killed, as reported yesterday
Alter the nist great shock the sir was
filled for many miles with a thick,
sickening, sulphurous odor. This
caused great distress to the survivor
There are many speculations as to the
cause of tlie peculiar fieak of nature
and some consider it a proof that the
earthquake had its origin in tome sub
terranean explosion.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY,
San Francisco Remembers Earthquake
Year Age.
San Francisco, April 19. While
there waa no general cessation of the
work of rehabilitation, the first anni
versary of the earthquake and the fire
which left this city a mass of ruins was
observed yesterday by appropriate re
ligious services and commemorative ex
ercises by the Building Trades Council
and other organisations.
The crowning event of the day was
the banquet of the Meichante' associa
lion at the Hotel Fairmount, at which
the material and civic regeneration of
the city was amply discussed and faith
expressed in a new and grrwter San
Franc itco. The principal business
streets weie decorated with bunting
and incandescent lights. Flags were
flying everywhere and tlie dome of the
city hall, still in a partly wiecked con
dition, waa illuminated as on gala occa
sions "before the fire."
WILL GO FOR SIX-BITTERS
Frisco Policy Holders Bring
1,800
Suits for Payment.
San Francisco, April 19. More than
100 suits against insurance companies
for the payment of policies held during
the great fire a year ago were filed to
day at the county clerlrt office, bring-
ng the total well over 1,800. At 6
o'clock, when tha office closed, there
was a long line of attorneys, clerks and
messengers waiting, and it took three
clerks nearly an hour to dispose ot the
overflow.
Today was practically the last day
for the filing of such suits, although
in ome oases the year allowed will not
expire until tomorrow. Dining the
past two days the county clerk s oflice
has taken in nearly $3,000 in fees on
these case alone.
Too fVuch Executes Power.
Chicago, April 19. A plea for the
perpetuation of state rights was made
ast night by Congressman WInfield 8.
Hammond, of Minnesota, in a talk at
the 12th annual banquet of the Holland
society of Chicago. His subject was
'The Sovereign Slate." Mr. Ham
mond took a covei t rap at Pretident
Roosevelt by declaring that "In view of
recent events, one might be led to be
lieve that the legislative department of
tlie Federal government has become
wellnlgh extinct. It is a bied in us to
have the government close to us."
Proposition Is Withdrawn.
Paris, April 19. The announcement
of the withdrawal of Italy's compromise
proposition on the discussion ofl imita
on of armament at The Hague peace
oomcrwnce, owing tu annrn ami uer-
Aiiuiornuve circle ueciure uiat r ranee.
as a mattei of principle, regards favor-
set Are to the surrounding forests, and
the inhabitants aie fleeing In terror. j
FIRE IN PHILIPPINES
Ho Ho, Second Town In Islands,
Sailers Heavy Loss.
TYPHOON IN CAROLINE ISLANDS
On-FourthJh Population of On of
tha Island Dead and Rest
Are Starving.
Manila, April 20. Latest report
from Iloilo say the fire has been
checked. The native quarter of tho city
was destroyed. The property lean is
estimated at $100,000 gold. The buai
ness section of the city was untouched,
it being saved by the military and eon
stabulary.
Seven hundred house were destroyed
and 800 or 1,000 natives made home
less. Adequate relief measure have
been taken. The horn lees have been
housed in school and other building
The province and the city will prov'de
for the refugee and no physical suffer
ing is feared.
There was no loss of life by the
earthquakes. The shocks, while the
most severe experienced in 15 years,
were not violent enough to cause much
destruction. Dispatches from points in
several provinces report severe shocks
but little damage.
The total damage caused by the
earthquakes in the entire archipelago
will not exceed $10,000. .- ,
Typhoon Sweeps Carolina Islands.
Berlin, April 20. Colonial Director
Dernburg informed the budget commit
tee of the reichgtag today that a cable
message had been received from the
governor ol the island of lap, a
nouncing that a' disastrous typhoon
swept over the Caroline island on
Good Friday, March 29, and that 230
cf the 800 native of Ihe Ululthi group
were drowned, that the coceanut trees
were destroyed, and that famine threat
ens the surviving natives.
The steamer Planet, of the German
navy, which lias been engaged in geo
detic work, and the steamer Mani, of
the Jaluit company, proceeded to TJiul
thi islands, taking food and help. It
waa proposed to bring aa many of the
suffeiing natives as possible to the Pe-
lew and Ladrone islands.
Lata Than IOO Live Lost.
Mexico City, April 20. Communica
tions have now been opened with all
the impoitant points in the section most
affected by the earthquake. The latest
reports indicate that the .loss of life
will not reach 100, but many persons
have been injured and the property loss
u very great.
ice President Corral, in a commu
nication published here today, declare
that the whole of the state of Gueirero
haa been devastated.
Thousands of dollars are. being sub
scribed to the fund being raised in thi
city for the relief of the earthquake
sufferers.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Bryce Speculates on Result if Revolu
tion Had Failed.
Philadelphia, April 20. James
Bryce, ambassador from Great Britain,
n an address at the banquet of the
Trans-Atlantic society of America here
onight, declared that, if America had
remained ai a colonial ward of Eng
land, President Roosevelt would not
have been confronted with such world-
mportant problems aa he is now called
to solve.
Had the countries not been separat
ed, Mr. Bryce said, the development of
the United States would hare been
more gradual. He was of the opinion
that slavery would not have endured to
long and wculd have gone, perhaps,
llhout bloodshed. There would have
been fewer railroads, less internal strife
and consequently fewer big economic
problems to solve.
Fued Ties Up Whole Port.
Odessa, April 20 Srion disturb
ances have again broken out here. Yes
terday several members of the Union of
Russian People attacked workmen along
the harbor front who refused to join
the union, killing two and wounding
five. No arrests were made. The work
men at once retaliated by going oqL
strike, demanding that members of the
union be disarmed. The authorities
declined to grant this demand. Today
the railroad laborers joined in the
strike, with the result that the harbor
is entirely closed.
Forgery by Mutual Life,
New York, April 20. Abraham Ben
edict, ol the law finu f Guggenheim,
Untermeyer A Marshall, counsel to the
International Policyholders' commit
tee, called on Acting District Attorney
Smyth at the district atorney't office
tot lay and laid before Mr. Smyth cer
tain evidence by which it is alleged
forgery had been committed in the
election held recently by the Mutual '
Life Insurance company. The district
attorney's office will investigate.
Georgia Peaches Killed
Z Atlanta! Ga., April 20. State En
tomologist Smith today received report
from tlie various peach growing dis
tricts of the state, a summary of which
shows that at least 75 per cent of the
crop haa been killed by the recent cold
weather.
WILL FIGHT HENEY.
Big Corporation Hav Banded To-
gather in San Francisco.
San FrancUco, April 17. A conspir
acy which put into the shade the $5,
000,000 affair that recently aroused the
inmate of the White House has evolv
ed from the graft proceedings in San
Francisco, and, like the conspiracy In
Washington, it has ita headquarters in
Washington. Moreover, one of tha
leaders of the $5,000,000 conspiracy is
one of the chief actor in this latest
plot.
In short, the big corporations, which
have lighted the specter of indictment,
have banded together against the com
mon toe. Combined, they represent
one of the most powerful forces that
America has known, and they are pre
pared to expend a large share of the un
limited capital they control. Tha
United Railroads, an $80,000,000 cor
poration ; the Pacific 8tte Telephone
4 Telegraph company, the Home Tele
phone company, and lastly the South
ern Pacific company, have joined hands
to fight down the graft prosecution.
The bead and front of the plot are
reputed to be Patrick Calhonn and E.
H. Harriman. It la no secret that
above all other it is Ihe desire of Mr.
Heney to direct the fire of the prosecu
tion against Calhoun and the men who
occupy tho seat of the mighty in the
councils of the Southern Pacific. Har-
riman's representative on the Pacific,
w. r. Hen in, is one of the chief . ob
jects of Mr. Heney's investigation. Mr.
Herrin has always refused to come into
the open and even now, with public
attention centered npon him, he re
mains in the background.
MEXICAN SHOCKS CONTINUE
Destruction Grows a R sport Coma
From Outlying District.
City of Mexico, April 17. Heavy
earthquake shocks continued on the
west coaat until 4 o'clock this morning.
Late news of the earthquake shows that
the devastation wrought was greater
than at first supposed. Beside the de
struction of Chilpancingo and Chilapa,
it i now said that Tixtla also waa lev
eled. Messenger reaching Chilpancin
go aay the town of Ayotla and Omete-
pre nave been wiped out.
The population of Ayotla is small.
and it is thought the loss of life there
will be insignificant. Ometeprw i a
town of about 4,000 inhabitant and
the loss of life probably is large.
Tlx pa, near the bolder line of the
state of Oaxaca, ia also reported to be
wiped out. A report from Chilpancin
go says the whole of the west coast
from Acapulco south of Salina Crux has
been badly damaged.
The damaged places are remote, and
news from the stricken district conse
quently is incomplete. Only one wire
is working to Chilpancingo.
Standard Dodge Taxes.
Chicago, April 17. Taxing authori
ties of Lake county, Indiana, have in
stigated an action against the Standard
Oil company ot Whiting aa a result ot
investigations in charge of County As
sessor William E. Black and his assist
ant, Towns Assessor Bert Escher, of
Hammond. They have discovered, they
say, that the company for four yeata
baa sequestered millions of dollar'
worth of . valuable property from tax
duplicates. It ia estimated by the
officials that the Standard Oil company
anouid be paying taxes on $40,000,000
worth of property when . it is assessed
on the tax duplicates for only $3,000,
000 worth.
Will Test tha 16-Hour Law.
Butte, Mont, April 17 A Helena
special to the Miner states that Attor
ney General Albert J. Galen in an
opinion rendered today state that he
bold tbe recent enactment by the leg
islature of the statute limiting tha
hours of employment of railway em
ployes to 16 hour to be valid. Wil-
1am Wallace, Jr., counsel for the
Northern Pacific, baa served notice
upon the board of railway commission
er that tbe company will Ignore the
new statute. Mr. Galen has advised
the commissioners to at once begin a
test case against the railways.
Accused of Taking Briba.
Chicago, April 17. Perry L. Hed
rick, chief sanitary Inspector of the
oity Health department, was arrested
today on charges of soliciting and ae
cepting a bribe. It is alleged the $200
paid to him by Georgt A. Beckway, an
inventor, waa found in his pocket when
he was arrested. Hedrick was released
on $10,000 bonds. According to the
charges made against Hedrick, ba
agreed with Beckway that on . payment
of the money he would recommend
Beck way 'a invention to the Health de
partment. Boston Haa 1 00,000 Firs.
Boston, April 17. Millions of dol
lars worth of property was endangered
today by a fite that broke out in a Cen
tral wharf warehouse, but owing to lha
fact that the wind was blowing in tha
diiection ot the harbor, the firemen
were able to confine the flame and pre
vent their spreading toward the oity.
The fire waa started in the oil refining
plant ot Howe, French dc Co., and was
caused by the explosion of an oil tank.
The property losa is placed at $100,000.
Wiaconsln Central Is Guilty.
Minneapolis, April 17. A Jury in
the United State District court last
night found the Wisconsin Central rail
road and two ot its officials guilty of
rebating. Burton Johnson, general
freight agent, and G. T. Huey, hi
assistant, were convicted on all tha 17
counts named In the indictment,
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