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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1908)
OREGON MIST Back ST. HELENS OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Oar Busy Headers. A Rmum of th Ls Important but Not C lntertlng Event of th Past Wk. LONE ROBBER MAKtS A HAUL. A deadly epidemic of .Hpt ii sweep ing over London. Sigh rider In Kentucky burned thiee tobi co ban Boer bout that, they let gained moral victory onr th Englih. Panama ait ended a moat entbuaUvstic welcome to the American torpedo Bart. The kaUer withea an American mili tary title, that he may hare Mother uniform to wear. A gaa eiploalon in Natch, Mi., destroyed a flfe-atory building and killed at lea eight people. Boaaia ia diaappolnted because the k i mrirn war ah Id Ir elodea any pcaeibility ot a war with Japan. A atreet meeting ol about 200 per aona who had aaeembled to hear Emma Goldman, tbe anaichlst Itader, in Chi cago, waa diapewed by the police. The aenate committee haa reported favorably on poetal saving bankt. The bank will pay 2 pel cent interest and deposit will be limited to 1,000. Taft'a enemiea admit he ia practical ly aure oi the nominaion. A gieat fire ewept the port ol Baiiia, Briiil, caoaing a loea of 1.Q00,000. The town ot Big Timber, Mont, waa three-fourtba deatroyed by fire. Loea about 1400,000. i.n.n la nnt on the list of visiting pointa lor the battleabip fleet, but may be included iier. Jour of the men Indicted for freada in the Pennsylvania atate capital scan dal have been convicted. Tk. Amor Iran battleahiD fleet haa been ordered to leave Ban Fiancirco July 6 next and complete it vovage around tbe worm. Sack containing $3,800 In gold were atolen from the paymaster I aaie on uie rrniaer Milwaukee, ana mm effort to diacover the thief have failed tk. niMulmt of tbe Bntte, Moot. u :-.. ;nn mmvm ft fino men are out jumai wM.vM j - i of work, notwithstanding circulars which have been sent oat by tbe mine owner advertising for more help. The Roxbury Carpet worka, of Boa- ton, employing vw nanoa, nave cioaeu Indefinitely. Prince Lnitpold, of Bavaria, cele hr.t.t him 87th birthday. lie is In rjerfect health. u.dnuiti OTitsin mills have made a 10 per cent reduction in the wagea of 25,000 employe. The forest service haa authorized 17,- 000 cattle and 152,501) sheep w graze on the Blue Mountain reserve mis sea son. The American auto in tbe New York to Paris race reached Uranger. wyo., March 12. The eeconu car, tue itai ian, waa at Cbeyenne. rr,ir, Pacific stockholders have turnel on Harriman and sued him fcr the 140,000,000 be made dealing in the stocks of other road witn union r cine capital. A conference was held between Prea i.i . DawmII and nrnmlnent men I'JOUI ii'Anr. . ii . " r looking to legalizing railroad poo., ex empting labor union and making all corporation deal public nnar.l d'Amadn. commanding the French force in Morocco, ha received a letter from Mulal Hand, trie o- it.i .nitn M tha Hnnth. and leaders of his army, asking that hostilitie be upended pending peace negotiations. An insane man tried to kill King Haakon, of Horway. King Alfonso was received with much enthusiasm at Barcelona. have been lynched in MiaaitelPDl for incendiarism. Bpsyilsh anarchist are said to be after the premier, and not the king. The Mother's' congrea is In session at the White House, Waatilngtoc, u. v ti, TTnitarl Rl lwava comnan v of Han Francisco is about to go into the hand of receiver. t .i.iionlMi the idea that naval preparations are being made for an at tack on unina. n.H.ln haa aant a note to J JSVBkW . . . , pan advising arbitration of the China- Japan difficulties. The president has sent to the senate the nomination of John McConrk to be district attorney tor uregoo. Rldea Over 100 Mile In Mail Car on Great Northern. a..L... U'-.h March 17. A- -.. i.,.. .11 h. air ami authority ot a velerau postofflee luapector, a dar ing highwayman ooaraeu mu ui Northern wt'Blbouud Oriental Llmlt- ir.ln In ul aa It nulled out of 1IU- uera Ferry, Idaho, early this morn ing, and holding tno two man cin. at bay at the polul of a revolver. locked one or tnetu in a closet and tied the other to a chair with ruin's, after which be roue distance of 10 ml1' ,uto Spokane, spending tbree hours aud 40 minutes lifltug registered mall, loading and unloading mall ck along mu ruuiv and puffing complacently at a -Ir the while. .. The lone robber dropped on tue train at a railroad crosslug Inside tha rltv limits rarrvinir with btlll. It is believed, much valuable plunder In a satchel.- Just now muca uu v talned la not definitely known. Miill-i-lurks Mentamln Hi u 1111) ( and John W. Nysteuui, who were held at the mercy ot tne rouuer, ten a n markable story of their exerlnce. WtrkMl In I ha small closet, bnrdly two feet aauare. the latter aluumt tainted from auffocatlon after the train had pulled into Sand Point. 3 4 miles west ot Uonner Kerry, and rapping on the door pleaded with the robber to allow him some fresh air. Tha hanilll mnnnriail WllllntflV Slid leaving the door ajar about au Incb, secured It witn a piece or rope, i wico later on tne way into diiokbus ms rnlih.r rau.rf hla work Of rlfllDK the mall aacka to go to the door of tbe closet to inquire aa to now .-sysieuu was feeling. IVhon Ktumnr remonstrated wun his cautor that the cords bln bound htm were cutting luto his wriaia. the aenteel rubber aeneroua- ly loosened tbe fetters and made, every effort to make things a com fortable aa poaslble lor nis victim. Whila riuiiififf onen the rettuttered sacks the pudo-lnjector cut one ot Dls lingers ana mnuy ui iuv i'ir of mall were blood-stained. Hlxl hounds were put on the trail ot tbo robber, taking the scent from one of tbe bloody packages, and followed a trail several blocks through the resi dence district to a carllne, where tho scent was lost. It Is believed thut the highwayman boarded a car aud rodo downtown. AROUND THE WORLD Amerlcm Battleship fleet Ml Make the Circuit. LEIVE SIN FRANCISCO JOLT 6 reappointment on Coast-Fall Targtl Practice In Philippine Wsieis Jspsn Not on Route WOH8T lQn0 WIMflH. Rsllrosd Tratlic 8topp thrwoghwl Pacifle Nortrtwesi. .. - i i While o r- damage ha ben re Ky:, .U storm of . .M rain t lint n ", " ""'"" , , , i, uu aiw- rrlday is by worst of the past y'- 1 rt n V. 1 .....i..!. tlou of property . . ihet my re- .lltrougnoui ' .- -.Bi m.H for tn storm throughout this eur "'"". . .. i,.m.. mi Ih t. S. C eoii.ple.eiy tied UP ..ee Iho result "I U,ri,i L." I' V n t Wvrlh. NO an eniM"i"- n.. . ,..t or westbound tram ... .k-.....'ii ih SB noura. m - i... -i.,..r.',l Itvtole to iruik ni " r .,. .k,lh i..... miiiuitta ll ait ' ' " NEW HILL Rollj Driving Bl -.Idea SpifctY-J icujjiciisu di norm ku, EXCURSION BUN f ROMTJUtdnu Csremon Took Piece (t Paint, Wt of liveM., It of OW Blockhouu, San Diego. Cal.. March H - News ii,., American battle nee i i. ..i,.. i.mr ot the worm within to months utter It arrival lm-n on MaV 9 as HI win r !" K flashed by wlrelea telegraphy to ltl; .d t.ni..d .ia .it Aiiniirti riHww .1 Manila on. Itaj liiat nluht by the government station .. ! h.,r la everv rea- on I'oiiu i,Miwi. sun to believe that 11 as recei.. on board the veweis by officer and crews alike with the greatest urr of satisfaction. Admiral Kvnns. wno win r-....-iiutsh command of the fleet during Its forthcoming may i - clsco, and who " on tne reiireu list when he attains tne ago oi j r in Aiianat. was eiitertlilg some official word from Washington on the subject ot the future mveiiienis m the fleet, and It was In view of lhl and to enable the department to pre pare Its program that he sent the message the night of his arrival off ln...l:ile!lS lliiv. to the effect that ih.. .IiIik riuilii atari on I1V Hl!"l"H at a day's notice and were In far bel ter shape aa to macliinery ana em clency of crews than on Ihe day of sailing from Hampton Koadn. GRAFT FLOURISHING. Police Rely on Court to Keep Tnem Out Of Jail. San Franrlwo. Mareh 17. Police man Maurice ltehan and John Kvatt were stripped of their stars by Chief of Police Higgy today as tne resuu of an exposure of a vast system ot graft on the Barbary coast. Dives, brothels, saloons and gambling joints nave ncen neia up vim regumruj. anil tha rrvtlrllt (una liernmit so had that landlords complained thut they could not rent buildings on the liar- bary coast because tne big sums in nnitni-llnn Herminriefl hv the oiillce- men absorbed all the profits ot the tenants, unlet uiggy arranReu a trap of marked coins and caught Mo han and Evatt. Although the cases are clear ex tortion, under the supreme court de cision in the Schmltz cme, they do not constitute rnmes. The cases are identical with those of Kuef and Schmltz In almost every particular, if one was no crime, it is difficult to see bow the other could be construed Into a crime. WANT8 TO DIE. Orchard Would Refuse Pardon Were It Offered Him. Boise, Idaho, March 1?. On the morning of his 42d birthday, next Wednesday. In the dlstrUt court of Canyon county, Harry Orchard, th self-confessed murderer of ex-'!ov-ernor Steunenberg, who was killed by the exploHion of a bomb nt the Kate of his residence In Caldwell m the evening of Decern her iu. will face Judge Fremont Wood pre- nared to hear the death sentence meted out to blm. Harry Orchard, of his own voli tion and against the urgent pleud lni?a fit hla attfirnev nnrl rithera. re fused, when arraigned March 10, to let hi previous plea of not guilty stand. He also refused to plead to a lesser degree of murder than flm degree. He said: "I am guilty and am ready to take the punishment. I have told tho truth. I understand fully what must be the consequence." Russian Press Comma t. St. Petersburg, March 17- The Blo vo says that the return of tho Ameri can fleet aa announced Is as sensa tional as its departure for tho Paci fic. Apparently tbe Blovo thinks the danger of war has disappeared, for It adds: "While thla arouses deep satisfaction In Europe, the preserva tion of peace is due to the display of the big stick of the United States, the prudence of Japan and the good offices of Great Britain." Tho Novoe Vremya says: "Whatever the origi nal purpose, the cruise has done a useful service by a public examina tion of the American navy, Malta Will Welcome Fleet. Malta, March 17. The announce ment that the American fleet would make a round-the-world trip has been received here with great Inter est. Should the fleet visit Malta, It reception will be In the hands of the military authorities, as tne Mem Washington. March II Admiral Evans" battleship fleet, alter leaving m l-V nu-la.'.i li!l Visit H.lU lU. SU). moa, Melbourne and S duev . Amlra Ha: the Philippines and return to New York by ;ty of the Sun Canal Secretary Metciif announced the future movements of the Meet after Hie ralilllet tme'llli: t dav It lll leave S:in Fran- in i on July 8 "f'r our Pacific Msjwbm." Mr Met- calf styled it. Tim v.vl will net touch at llao.ill, wh-re tiny will coal. After that they will ko to Sa moa, following with tt vlult to Aus tralia. They will slop at the cities of Melbourne and Sidney, ihf tnvl- jtatloii of the Auittrnll.ui govrrnnient to visit that country havlnit been supplemented by a more cordial one from tho Urltlsh Ambassador. Mr. llryce. Leaving the Australian waters, the veKsels are to iro to Manila, ami while In the Philippine, the annua! fall target practice will he held. Thence they will return to the foiled States by way of the Suet canal, stotiulnif only r.t such Hurts a are necessary for coaling purpose. The date ot tneir return to me nunea ue. pends entirely upon the amount of time required for the target prac tice in tho Philippines. The visit of the bntllfshlim to Puget Sound will tin made sonui time between the run- elusion of the grand retlew In San Francisco Hay. on May s, and the date of the sailing over the Parlfle, Secretary Metcalf said that the battleships would remain In San Francisco until May during which time they would fill their bunkers with coal. Arrordlng to the present plan, the entire fbit will go up to Puget Hound, and some of the ships may tie sent over to Vancouver, ail returning to San Franrlwu, however, before departing for home. Admiral Evans will retire In August by oper ation of law. Secretary Metef nald that no decl.ilon hud yet been ar rived at as to who would since, ( him In command of the fleet on its voyage homeward Mr Metenlr I,, it:,- mint,, i,,iMi , copy of a letter nddrenned to .Secre tary uoot, .Marcn 2, by Ambassador llryce supplementing the Invitation extended by Sir Alfred In-akin In behalf of the commonwealth of Aus tralia for Ihn htil I leul, I riu I,, i-lulf !... country on their return to the Fnlted to.. ,... day. iiuk" i" - - ., Weep ooilng dowu the UMUtiUltt-lde s tapiuij ' ,. . i. Four tiosilHiuiid i lenriuH i ; . ,.a. nKer train, tried to get (trough since o'clork rUiturdsy evening, but ,, ...- im..,i and nau iv vt au wri - . .... 1 1. lattd. Urouani ena i' . Many of tho passengers ho had ..... .,r iha other f these ...i..- via the Northern pacific, but It Is doubtful If thy will succtid In getting through, bo- ,. ..,i...r i heavy slide have iK-rurred on that road belwer.0 here aud Tacoma. Hood Ulver people sat in ot last nlnht Ihurchrs. hotels, aud such home as were provided, were Illuminated by kerosene lamps, 10 trrn and ancient tallow dips. The n..i,i .( n.irr nunt was nut out of ....,... ..,.rii tu iha storm, and no trains went east or et during Hun- day, The vulume of water rusnmg uowu I Im ! Hiver is greater than at any time since Its power harnemi-u Only an Intermittent telegraph and t..i. ii .ervice m iiiille and coudltums promise to l urso to day. . . Pendleton Is ali til a Pad. It roi In a .l-v erloua Wa. lor tile I'tua- nth, rir.-r ri,ifnri likw a torrent all t,i enteritav and Is rUinst t the rate of lour Inches au hoof, threat eiilnie thn town with n flood ser ious as that wbkh devastated It l0 Vears aKo. Willamette vallev points ar apt to suffer considerably, though no eri-Al damage has been done so far and the train service on the Southern I'acltlc has hecu maintained without inter ruption Tho rainfall has l,-n un usually heavy throughout Ihe vallev and all tributaries to the WllUttinltn are leaping (iy their bank stradltr. hour by hour, and are rvtKitcd to keep on risliit! for several da) A number of log booms In tho Cow ltt river have been Mpped 1-Hise from their moorings and are hurling down the river llctween 3 o'clisk Saturday after noon and 6 p 111 yesterday the Wil lamette river rsme up five feet l I'orUatid. There I a strong rurreut running and Indications iH'Itit to a steady rise for several days In mute. Heavy rains have fallen throughout the valley and all tributary sttrsms are bank full. tisulhig tli" 21 hours ending Sun day at ft p. in. t S3 Inches of rain fell. Ilelwren Umn Friday and last evening 1hi prrcliiltatloti was 3 J Inches. The amount i.f rainfall fi-r the -1 hours Just patseij haa been iceeded for Ihe month of March three (lines since lint tat!shmru( of a weather station at Portland In 1T7 the fall was 2 1b Inches, 10 Is3 3.31 Imhe, it, ljiij 1 si Inches The t.iluf.ill was steady but at no time was (hero an ciccsalvo down pour, "Ihe wind attained a Velocity of 12 miles an hour at North Hi ail and at Taloosh Island Ihe federal dlrec Hon w,i south and southwist. The "'' in Is moving rapidly eastward and ihis morning Is raging o,-r Ifrit- isn i oiuuiiiiii. Wiinn warnings are '.ill out over coast oor's and strong ""U'hetly winds nr.. li.ok.-d for today. lUIn will continue, but not steadily as yealetd..). Klnlea Order were Ihxuc( at the nnvy de partment today assigning officers to duty In coniiwilon with fitting out the torpedo boats Ijavlm, Farrugtit and Fox. Kan Warships Hav Rse. Francisco. March M..Thn proti-cted cruisers Clinrlestown, ht Uiuls and Milwaukee, which arrived from Magdalena Hay today, iiiUUeil a portion of their run up the (! for nn an n ii fi I endurance tent which resulted In disaster for the Milwau kee and tho flagship Charleston. The test require n speed of 20 knot maintained for eight consecutive hours. All went well for the first few hours its the three white cruisers dashed through the, Santa llarlmra channel until suddenly the flagship dropped behind, soon to be followed In misfortune by the Milwaukee, Germany Takes Notice. Berlin, March H. The. German naval critics are commenting ,, the wonderful feat of seamanship displayed In the 1 2,0011-iiilln voyage of the American battleship fleet un der tho commtind of Hoar-Admiral Evans and Its arrival Ht Magdalena liny four days abend of Its scheduled uie mini", j """ I, ii-Mo. ,,eing fl , ,,, Maa la tt tinin ! fmm Inns Thuir .An.M... i . - - .. ' n -. 1 I I .. I U ucwmr, h , Man h 11 Heavy, In has prevailed In Ihe for several days past, I'litiii. V; ontinuous i I'h' halls valle lie I "hehulln river riKililtiif .v..r II banks. U still rising and the highest waler In many years Is now expected and being prepared for 'I here was a sieady downpour of heavy ruiu all through the night, and It continues today unabated Not a log will be left in any of tho rreeks and rivers, every driving stream will be swept clean, so great Is Iho flood ruidnu through ci,.,i,ii. county at thi time. U)Ks iU4i hay ' " ",r ears on gravel bars and nigll nanus will g,( down booms on (itays Ifarbo- to the Fir Msks 300 Idle. Trinidad, Colo., March I (!. supposed lo hnvn J,,,,.,, .They consider It proof of exceent J material as well a of personnel Fire, caused bv crowded elwlrle wires, destroyed Ihe , asher. tipple, engine house a il u orai "' 'io, euginii n ou si- cbemitiil laboratory of the Col- (IO I- tiel - 1-.... i' ,.. , .1 , ' ' ""'pany a mine at. Soprls, five me, ,.( t hern to- ""), 'nraimii a Ions If.'), 1100 in,, fir ot I estlmulod at 'owlrttf iliin M .,111 fir '"" "'""" wer building of tho coke washer Ihe other spread I tin rnnlillv to Mt rnet ,, -l.u ..Ml... was saved after dosperm. fighting; Corgrtu.oni prom Ki.,r. r,nt,h,",l"n;,M".r''h I" A " m . L lV'''l!y M"" ,rom r"n n..rl, , h" K"'l'ror sent warm i n. V r,,l""'"l'Hons to IT-.I- f.w w " V" Ui" rriTi or tno Vncotim, Wait,, Mreo 11 th prnc4) of 600. churla. jajau who travels,! Ui) uiilos to alls-.,,. eeremoti, tl guld.o spik M niMl I- V.ulk tl.k . A .... . I in ims i'ww ms iinii yweriMftll,' noun. Th (nits WstshsMal lkm-1 Id' Point, Ure mils asatttfg' no, Weak., sl llloighlhf osW . .ti i i QSt W WW WV1W llliafj Th driving ham of th coklst was rgardd by Ut spsrlatwi at1 nallilng th da ot a ntw ty J i. I 11 , a., I to iurcsm buhoij ot n l"sriait,' Tlx grsv old mounlalns that Wig down on lb onralni of th tint a)t of Ut iiul Clark, ov.t 100 tssasy 1 land til rowed Ih cpot hitaigj spiav w mm wins jvwivfisty, aiS4 o th vary plae whsr th last K was laid, no old btorlthooM, mtrH plor, wlibstond th iMls4 lay as oi inuiana bust ii aa sjrtg tu purpos. w waalrfsd assjrbjitg in the Colnrubl rlvwr. I rie special train that sr) 1 yl ymUidsy over th use Rpitta. IVKllaml A rllls isllssy n a. up at v ansxrtivsr, ni in tmp tkj tlmndstl Ih rersnioriy cl Jitvlcg (, spik ( ivwts ol th busissM kn. sal el Vaneoovsv and tlw Bwni!rm Th driving ut tb ril.lsa ipitttH ptcw on th Ulp op th rivst.lUk Unit halted at Kbsridan' fviat h tho puriswwv. K. V. (Ward, titet the VatwOtvst Oilun.biao, was ul r ere toa is sod held tbtildMIa' that lo h th final td litiV lb inland Knipli with Hay (ilistt Ih srstssvfd, II tnti. dursd Vt iircrn, ot Vancoover, who 03alj. laik. ( o go II. Hint, iter 4rf j h (iig'm liuisirk-si culy, duevd knit dH on th hit.s-'tl. oanr of driving U gok'sa spdnli now rod wUsvt th pinostn M. rrfuge from th IUrk l th ItsM t'Uilvw II, trr. o Part!, sol for th Hill lino In thi Wvtttj, was rllsd a poo tad rispavM tlk ll i.b. 1 TIk fol.lon spik iu th tm Judgo Usr7 l'c-k th Btst Wo. I.nd I the (Ihlast hammsf svw M.yo-Urwwo, who, in ufa,fsJ lotievarg If. Him. HoptrtttraM mifl, of in new roaa; u. iuro rrtirooanting Uotwrtv Mad, of fa Instnfl. who was una bis to b Www: C. T. tttsntnnf, .litor ol ibrs ..spro, rj rswling th prsssv minu ol th Neilh Hank rosdi tl Adam, fen era I freight nd tsai nl foe Ih n lire; Mabi Ulehlln, of Ih lnltdllaiisrr, kielurd rrtt. 1 1 Ihe r.ntatiat k of pnrtof Prcai, A Wtlch, stiurt! th nw line; Jaa f."f tun, hf Vaneoiiver, lopf-l lh If- turn, ra n. i. Miner, mi i w ealltwl Ojvoa lo .!flv bonis. A a ha it 1,1 IO ha t '! clieerwl. nd lit nw r.asd b? complelecl, m The trck w enmplrtvi I.uik.l.s I,.. I iha soldt? "-r - r.sukf was driven at the point nri.--ralt wa laid. TU hn. will fcer for Iraitte ( ifondav nwialnjil Vaneonver to Pareo, a .lists f mile. Work I now r"ni at It ft a flm. dtA skftfl HE(M&' If 19 1 1 riH WlWffVII awjsa w r , mk.nlitoUl tnth of HJ who ermipitt!, fo mii-. i ... tv. a . n- i..t nit HnnuM " th end ol U pnl yr. over th road will h raruilal PoilUnd, It I iperUd. hj nrmn ooitipUtlon of hrldi"" Columbia nd wiimmrtw n.w.-. . . , I! .lS. nW Uifl in v..-- . I.rsj Anseles, M.frh 11-WTa, Incortiorallon ol Ih U Anri Krsnclseo Bhort Mn .Z pen, with capital ' J1, v i sin .... flls.1 her twtdf. miipriM ol th ooniny 1 ' "Ji tin to Han IWisro, m.siIOOlle.f,o, h.0.--. ere.1 Djr n oi in n"" m, .l between l.r nd th th lln ha already " "IV i asid that tjuivm i'",;;M(,s) 1.1-1 .L. ..... 1 1 Inn. US"1 with th Wetrn I .oH' ''J""" flague Ag.ln i Prsnfllaeo. MarVb ' vet I an t. ' tail pterwutlon Ukn to P'T a, Hn Pranclsoo, waron - plagu ease wer. dlscord L7 . ..II drflned J"J M .?!. subject Id oin doubt. 1IjTwv wei lmmlltiy iol"'. fa0 livuamsiuu - r prsd ol Ih onUglon H timt of in ai.