The Oregon mist., May 15, 1908, Image 6

OREGON MIST
NONE SAY GOOD-BYE.
Ium4 tack rrMay
ST. HELENS OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
HAULS DOWN FLAG
. r r i fl.'t the I'tiited Statu
la a lunacnsuu rurui lur uur.iiis departure fr..m iwto chriio
' Venezuelans Show No Courtesy to
I Minister Ruttell.
' the Anr'ioHn M mitter to' Vtu,ouel! ' yjJflS 01 VCS Up HIS COIUIDtllUl Ol
e,aiien iiviui uri w iiimiiv wii vnv
Caracas for tho I'tiited Suites, where bo
will spend Ms vacation of two mouths.
Tlio Aiuoriciui Minister arrived here
from Fuorto Cabollo, Bailing from Hint
H.rt vo,,.r,lHV ft.rnon ultor a visit nlT,nx! HV CIV nM'.r.!r.fl
gunboat i nuuacn. ijiij f 1 1UI1 Ul !'' "Hl""v"
Atlantic Battleship ncuf.
Busy Readers.
. Raauma of tha Lata Important but
Not Lass Interesting Evanta
of tha Past Weak.
Chieaco street railway wen ara to
rot ua a general strike.
There Is an Increase of tipplisg
among English society women.
Indications point to Taft men son
trolling the Oregon rcpublioan conven
tion. New York's unemployed 'have formed
an association, and will hold a natioual
convention.
Tha Union Taeifla reports an increaas
in earnings, and ia putting auoputen
tack at work.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
is to investigate the proposed increase
of freight rales.
A French mob tried to lynch a woman
who had murdered many children, but
mat prevented by the police.
If the weather permits the battleship
fleet will stop off Coos Bay oa ita way
from aUa Francisco to Seattle.
A number of senators are preparing
to denounce Roosevelt as a usurper be
cause ha claims supremacy over tbs
army.
Methodists have called oa Speaker
Cannon ta aid prohibition.
Heine has been sued for the losses
of the Aetna Bank, of Uutte.
There have been several serious out
breaks ia Ohio against the tobacco
trust.
The man who blew up the Burlington
train at Butte ha proven to be only
half witted.
Priaee Philip au Eulenberg, once fa
vorite of the kaiser, ha been arretted
for perjury.
Japan has issued a peremptory de
mand that China stop the boycott of
Japanese goods.
Roosevelt denies the power of eon
gress to restrict authority over the
army and navy.
Kentucky continues to have trouble
with night riders, who are burning to
bacco warehouse.
The Buef bribery trial i the scene
of many threats and almost opes light
among tha lawyers.
California people have drawn up a
memorial to eongress asking for the
promotion of Kenr-Admirsl Evans to tbs
grade of admiral.
Seeator Heyburn, of Idaho, want
the government to survey all nnsur
sreyd land ia Idaho. Washington, Mon
tana, Oregon and California.
Great Britain i considering an old
age pensiea.
Japan denies the report that the Co
rean emperor i to be banished.
Jarian ha filed another protest with
China against the boycott of Japaness
goods.
Emma Goldman, high priest of an
archy, will give a senss of addre
in Portland, ommsneing May 23.
The eahier of the Allegheny Na
tional Bank, of Pittbur, ha been ar
rested for embezzling 42,000 of th
bank's funds.
Great Britain's financial budget, Just
issued, shows conditions to be in such
good shape that the duty on sugar is
to be reaneea.
The senate ha confirmed the nomina
tion of William K. Wheeler, of Cali
fornia, to be assistant secretary of com
merce ami labor.
President Gompers, of the Amerir.ar
Federation of Labor, has written a let
ter to congress urging the passage of
many bills of interest to labor.
While at Ran Francisco, Kear-Admirai
Thomas, second in command of the At
lantic fleet, will preach at least ona
sermon in one of the leading churches.
Oklahoma enjoyed a holiday Thurs
day by proclamation of the governor,
who asked the people to adopt resolu
tions calling upon congress to pass leg
islation providing for the selection of
United States senators by direct rota
Heavy rains at Madison, Ind., did
much damage to property.
Many of New York 's officeholders are
facing" trial on indictments charging
graft.
Another uprising Is reported in Peru.
The last disturbance has been but just
subdued.
signalised by a salute of 15 guns. Tint
there is tension in the diplomatic, rota
tions between the t'nited States an I
Yonoxuela was shown in the fact that
none of the locnl olueinl was oil baud
to bid Mr. Kuasell good byV.
Thonwis 1'. Moffutt, the American Con
sul at l.s Ounirn, is still in Unit city
without means of communication be
enuao of tho plngne, and it ia feared
without necessities of life.
It is thought that tho I'nitod States
may send a gunboat there for tho pur
pose of transferring the consul, because
at present there are no American In
terests requiring his presence.
President Castro's decree shutting off
La Gnnira may be prolonged indefinitely
or until n full week passes without new
cases of plague appearing. There Is
great distress among the unemployed, of
which the number is large. Merchants
in Ia Gunira nre doing little business,
and are no longer able to support the
poor. An appeal has been made ta the
chamber of commerce In Caracas for
help. A second relief train was sent to
the Isloated city yesterday with pro
visions. The death list is growing, and
the whole town seems to be infected.
QUIET IN THEIISLANDS.
Basilan Moros Lsy Down 'Arms With
out Serious Trouble.
Manila, May 12 The disarming of
the Itaailnn Moros is progressing with
out serious trouble. The I.anao die
tricts ara quiet. The trouble against
which the troope were recently operat
ing was sporadic and neither general
nor serious.
Major Uenernl Weetnn, who has re
turned to Manila from an inspection of
the entire district, report that con
ditions are quieter than usual. He pri
nounce tho recent operation to have
been police rather than military.
The government is being urged to
secure a loan for the purpose of install
ing an extended system of irrigation
The islands must purchase Ioodoiuhi
pesos of foreign rice this year, nanking
a total purchase, during the past ten
years, of lOo.nfln.omi peso worth. It
is believed that irrigation will reston
the croi.
FLEET VISITORS VICTIMS.
Loved Admiral Say Farewell at Ban
quet Given In His Honor at
St. Francis Hotel.
Petty Swindlers Sell Bogus Tickets
for Trips to Warships.
San Francisco, May 12.Th thou
sands who wished to visit the warship,
today furnished a rich harvmt field for
a number of potty swindlers. Bogus
tickets were sold without interference
from the police by venders who repre
tented no launch company whatever.
None but invited guest were taken on
the flagship, although thousands boujrM
ticket which they thought would en
able them to board the Connecticut, and
many of the encursinn steamers did n it
land passenger on anv warship, but
merely cruised among them.
Benatiao his indignant pnasenger de
mnndod the return of their money when
he failed to land them on the battl i-
shin Vermont toiler. t'nntain Ilenr
Friach, of tho excursion steamer Ht
Helen, drew a revolver and threaten 'I
to shoot John Itahrnck, the spokesma-i
of tho protecting excursionists. Police
Officer Charles Wodcking was on the
dock when the trouble bejran, and hi
lost no time in disarming the steamboat
captain.
Jorqjin Miller It Com!'
Portland. May 12. One of the pic
turusquo attractions of the Portland
Hose rentlval durlnir the wo-k Junr
1-6, will bo the appearance h"ro of
Joaquin Mlllor, tho "Poet of tho
Sierra." Millar Is a nntlvo of Ore-
gun, and when tho request nud Invi
tation was sent to him by thn fentl-
val manngoment to tnko part in thn
spectacular street nit gen nf. "The
.Spirit of the, Goltlnn West," he roud-
ily accepted, agrwlng to appenr In
wmo feature of tho cavalrinle that
would bo typical of thn life, habits
and cimtoniH of tho early days of tho
urcnon pionews, In tho tinnn in
which he wa a constiloiious flirur
This parade will synibollzo tho ml
viinrement of civilization In the
Northwest from the enrllont days
down to the present tlnifl. Mniiv
cities of Oregon will bo riprmitii1
nv raulliul flouts In tho linn of
march.
Tho paper trust is accused of making
publishers pay Tor speculations in Can
adian timber.
I'arksido real estate men are endeav
oring to shield Kuef in bit trial for ac
cepting bribes.
Utah sheepmen will store their wool
rather than accept the priee offered by
the wool combine.
Over 100.000 people from outside
San Francisco will watch the arrival of
the battleship fleet.
Children in Factories.
Richmond, Vs., May 12 Tnalinir
with tho world wide tonic of children.
their education, training and tho evil
of driving them under steam riresaurn
at me wneni wrien their frail limb and
bodies are too weak to stand the terri.
Mo punishment ami strain, the session
of tho National Conference nf Charities
and Corrections at Ht. Paul's Church
tonight aroused the public to the Im
portance of adequate laws to protect
them from tho evils of the factory
work. Professor W. 11. Hand, of tho
University of Honth Carolina, pointed
hi t the imperative demand for compul
sory education.
Dying by the Hundred.
Kiev. Russia, May 12 A frlffhtfu!
epidemic, of exnnthematoiis typhoid is
raging in tho city prison. More tliari
200 iloaths so far have occurred, and
practically all of the inmates are infect
ed. The authorities are withholding de-tails.
San Francisco, May 9. Hear Admiral
Kvan bade a personal farewell to the
officers of his command at the banquet
given Inst night iu honor of the visit
nf the Atlantic fleet by the City of Hall
Francisco. The banquet gien in
the white and gold dining room of th
Ht. Francis Hotel, where Admiral F.vana
and his family have been making Itinr
headquarters siii.-o the arrival of the
lici t un Wednesday. It had Iwcn hoped
that the commander iu f tiu-f of th lte't,
who hauls down bis Hag today from the
truck of tlie Connecticut, might appear
for a few momenta, but it was not
known until well along III the progress
of the dinner that bo was actually well
eiiouuli to do so, The admiral was
wheeled into the crowded dimng hall
aim I spontaneous cheers, in w hich the
officer and their hosts, the eituena of
San Francisco, joined with equal cn
Ihusiasm. He was m civilian attire, as
was also his son, Lieutenant Frank Tsy
j.ir Kvnns, who wheeled the invalid
chair.
Hear Admiral Thomas. Sperrr, Km
orv. liaytim, Srl.rce and Swinburne, the
captains nf nil the shia. liovernor (ill
lett, Secretary of the Nary Metca'.f.
Mayor Taylor, Heneral Funston, u( the
aruiy, sud other notable guests crowded
about the chair an, shi.'h hands with
Admiral Hvans, who had s cordial re
spouse to each m turn.
LOSES l,250,0OO BY FIRE
Two Blocks in Atlanta, Georgia Re
duced to Cinders.
Atlanta. May '.' itne iiiilli.m and a
quarter .1 .liars in tin- !' conservatively
estimated tonight f a tire winch eariy
l idiv d'-'trove-i two M'.- uf Atlanta
I if?ne-st property. T-intji-l tio flrp it
under control with ruui"d l-nii-tiiis in
the I'tltrtrt bonnde.1 by Fit !i Net
son, Miliiiin and Hunter nii.'.-ts. I.ntv
to-lay the police and fire departments
dynamited what was left of the rak-e.l
walls, llow the tiro started t mys
tery. There was in" lias of life snl no
injuries. The insuranee on th prop
erty destrovrd was placed at IT .'0,111.0.
One of the heaviest losers is S M In
man, of Atlanta, who owned the cut. re
I. lurk bounded by Korvthe, Mitehell
and Nelson streets sud Madisou ivr
nue.
The Terminal Hotel, one of the Urg
est in the city, is a mass of bricks It
had on Its register '.'m) iueta when the
firo started a block away Fvery ous
escaped.
UNITE FOR OEFENSE.
Shippers Preparing for Titanic Batils
With Railroads.
Chiciifo, My 0... Commercial and
manufacturing interests of rities fr
the Mississippi Itiver to Maine, -lififf e
gating over 1 .ooo.uuo i)i) ln capital
are preparing for a titanic stru'!
with the Kuatern railroads The ques
tiou of a general advanee In freiM
rates IS the issue. The gauntlet was
thrown down bv the railroads In th
shape of 11 definite announcement that
on July 1 and August 1 a general ad
vance or freight rales appromnating
1 1 per cent will lie made east of th
Mississippi Itiver. The great shippers
ami mnniirariurera liave iot Bo tuns
in accepting the naugs of combat
I he rlrst movement 111 arraying the
commercial nnd manufacturing inter
ests or tn ultecteil territory in a solid
phalanx against the Kastern railroad
system was made i-iterdiv bv the I
bll US M-inuf.'ietorers' Association. It
quickly was rollowe.l l,y the rUirng..
Assoeintion of America. The former i
sue,) a cnll for a great conference t, ,,
held in Chiciigo next Friday of all the
euiiiimtreiii! nnl industrial oriraiii.a' ion.
of the easier t,on ,,f the cuunim
1 ne rnei-iing will man mil
line of battle.
TACOMA PLANS DID TIMi.
Wsnti to Outdo All tha Otber Cltlet
Whsra Fleet Ma StoppaJ.
Tiicoma, Wash., May II. Th bwal
leel committee h made arrangeinenl
for the review of the 1.1 lint tleshlp In
IVomn harbor. May VT, and Ihe eons
piciit festivities that will mk their
day of four d.avt U this port th most
meiiiorall in the history of the fleet's
cruise thus f ir, I'rcpnratloii are bring
made for the entertainment ft thou
sands of people all over the Northwest,
who have made known their Intention
of attending the Taeoma celebration,
t'hit will conclude May .10 with a me
nmrial day parade, having In line thmi
son. Is of marines and sulors from (he
ships, member of the tlrand Army of
the Kepublie from every post In th
state, with the uniform rank of lb fr
lernal bodies.
Them will le no lark of entertain
meiit for visitors, who wilt have a fin
opportunity to view the fleet from the
high Hurts 011 which the city is bulll.
Mossed bands of the (tent, with e inner
uir musical erganuatioii of Taeoma
and the surrounding country, will play
military airs These, ailb the New
York Svniphom Orchestra, led y lam
rosi h. in four day engagement, will
give Ttcoina "he greatest assemblage
.f musicians ever got together In any
cilv ui Washington In addition, tber
will te athletic contents, boat race
between the crews nf the various battle'
ships, a gran I illuoiina! ion parade nf
the hsrlor rrsft, nightly illumination
if the warships and Japaiirse firework.
ADJOURN IN TWOjwriKS.
Congrts Leaders Prepr to Rush
Through 8utint.
Wsshingtnn, Mar II trng efforts
will be ma.U to have eutigresa a-tjostra
not later than twi weeks fno tn.ly.
Kcpresentalive Tawaey announce thai
the commute oa appropriations, of
which h is chairman, bcSaa work oa
the general deficiency (.ill today, and
he will Iry to repnrt it by sen Tuea
lay This is the !.! f is,, supply
till., and II w.il prolsCy fa through
the house Without n-.in-h d.scnsia.
The put he l-uil.lms I id will t- r
ported t r Ihe Ollitlilttrsi i building
and gi-uin.ls as .,.. fivrxia Par
thol.lt .ore of , t,gilt , t Wlr ,
It I. .-on-edc.) th.( Ul n,.rute will
'"heil MiCogh the t,oo.
A lider ttie selu'e. who. is m.
p."! iM n e-nter Die ftnanee cotanill
tee, 1. ,., ted as sating ter.!v thai
he lel,,ed eongre. ...UM .,,; ,
adjourn ; , T,,, nlr legl.u
tin whicl, he thought probable, wut.t-1
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cani,,ga r,. ,,,,, fmJ
gene, currency l n
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Bifl Battleship fleet J
nnito un. .
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Angers Stanford Faculty.
Stanford Fniversity, C May !,
On account uf "joshes" prf,.,Iir
Clark snd I'risi,,.i .r,u contained
in the lWd "guild," the, Hianfurd book
storo today refused to sell tl, book,
after milking nn agreeiuunt to do
Willi tin, mnnager i.r the book, I). W
Iturbank. The innniiger of the book
storo refused to giv,, iiny reason for his
change of mind, but u, enrporntinn
is eontrollnd by faculty members it ia
understood that some of the stockhnld
era prevented the sale as a mmins of
retaliiition for the joslu-s th faculty.
Will Make Lobbyists l?,.gtP,
"V 7 '"My--Hotli branches
nf the Oklahoma legislature todnv
agreed to the ant. lobbying bill,
provides that criminal action may be
had on any lobbyist who do,. t" first
fllo his name and a stateim,,,, i.:.
busiriess with the Ingisluhire. The bill
Hovernor Folk, nf Missouri, (lo.-erno.
naskell ha. .aid he will sign the bUL
GATHER AT WHITE HOUSE.
Go.srnar, Coof.c With rc.d.c on
Con, .ry. lion of (sour.
Washing,,,, M,r ,, ifT w)
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history making .,0,M0 . m,rh.
bly favor.),!, Nf Mnff
l'r-deni nt ,s , B1(M HU(M can-f-l
with .11 ,u. g,ar, t ,h,
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lonvcntio f fc jll0
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f ire hs. th. whole broad ,,..,.
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thev havt errr known T
vi pt.nnrd sslwiff in wieisJ
'ne tiert, the ships th.-srlvn
ing abing in virymg kftmi
really prr.cn, ,he n uf Cat . J
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FREIGHT RATI W
great del.lerate I
jerl nf I, ennsldef all...
re,-e(,,n aecr.ird 1,1 II,
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'raeler After hear.ng frn ,
to ,b,B . .. - ' "trn
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k'"at iu,,n
Harrimar. 0ctrt CsVi b1W
Bl or LowsrJWafst,
Chi.- go. May 7 TU
which 1 ragin. beiarca tkt n
and the thipprrt pforoisr tnkti
trr one
In Cbicagri die fight tssifnt
retire t, freight fairs still kt la
prim i,isllv ,y th, ('hirst Aw
ton nf Cosimcn e. whK-k ,
"'arly all tae rotnmrrrul Itimf j
whit w,.'.. 1. j j nr or,finiMnr(i iu
; mrru" I" pb-aji
o m ., '"f"'"if a t,, ,,e increase in , f u f
ami ,., pjc ihc way nf iiiiu!j('i
wnrn the ratrs go up ill !
miintry,
ll is said 1 hat F. H. Ifirrrr"
lares it is cithrr t&tt el fci
rales ,r rutting ihc salirinnfl
railroad rmplnyrs. Tl railrJ
tire that the increase, under tw n
cut tiinnage, will net thrill tfl
IMIII
forward ,h. '"T
1 fl
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ronference i. that
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future
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neilher (he
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ndependentlv y
Serum fr neumrnl.
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I', have discovered
s.-ru,,, whirl, will ,, ... .
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he Medical .Society f A,.l- ...
"' satisll-d myself , rm '
"-"'"i." ha ...ys. ",y e.erl.e,
"K on animal,. Then trUl.
1 winter in thn Hi t:ii,,.i.i. ....
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1,n kewo
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"r Clevel,,r m)rovlri(r. '
!'; ".I, May 1 1... That for-
"'"t (.riiVflf f Mai,tssH.f I 1
l-'Ving, an,, ,ht f ;
statement I L I ot
Tronpt Star Iniurj"
Lima, May ? Closfly pMsms'
giivernmriit triMips, !! liisifT
win, rne last wrrk l 0''rt '
neiihburinir towns and aha"
dcr Ihe leadership id Vt. Ml
retiring mt the intfrK'r "i
riiiimrcil here lhat MWW'f "J
progrrss in (sirco, the tpK"
department r. that inrnf. "'J
insiiritenis hold th citv ".""" ,
and have srurd the trml "" !
nili.in of the riflr fliibi,
inland rririoit ul of ill W1, i
hat a piipiil.ition (.( JO.Wft
nn.e,,.e Is DsUH'
u..,.i uu -A eta11!
(lie order ifovrrning Ih m"?f
ihe tvieifie roitiman" j
Kear-Admir.l Duyton, ""'""i.
at the Navy l)aj.artml &
by the operation ol 'zJZi
will remain at Sin F""c (Ti
May 11. when they will " "
tonthorn crulst.
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