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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1909)
oregotTmist M frMar I . I EVENTS OF THE DAYi Kenj tena torn AU Parts of tfte World. " UM Important but Not Laae nter anting Happaninga (rffl Pont i lPr 1 Outside - , V , ...i.....' Cans Spreckles left an estate i . itn .ul (inl at aoom ... The American battleship fleet nit entered the Red iea. , . . ki imoroved so much that he has seen several caller. A movement has been started in Ok lahoma to disfranchise negroes The county treasurer at Woon socket, S. D, was robbed of S,000. The Vaqui Indians and'the Mexican government hive arranged terms ot Pce- . . ...vi..s scientist Geneves me ereater Dirt ot Sicily wiU sink beneath : . he sea. a mr.rrl in EnnUnd has tied up railroad traiiic. Several persons have frxien to death. A storm m the KocKy ,.nouJ"f"" .. alone the line cf the Canadian Pacific has tied up trafnc. There remains little doubt but that the American consul at Messina and nis wite w ere killed. CaWornia shippers may appeal to the government to aid thera in light ing increases in freight rates. Teddy Roosevelt, Jr.. is not on g jod terms with his father because he has ,tone to work in a carpet weaving es tablishment. The trial of the Pittsburg grafters is to be hastened. Miss Ethel Roosevelt has made her defcmi in Washington society. Germany w-iI be the first to ask the, benefit of a minimum tariff. Robbers secured $00,000 worth of jeweiry and $S.uK cash from a New York jewe:ry store. Yeterans of the civil war will be come extinct in 1950, according to Paw Commander G. F. Bassett. The Indian congress has approved Lord Mcrley's reforms in government and condemns the present agitation. Dr. Wiley, head of the pure food department. U said to have angered the president to such an extent that he will be removed. St. Petersburg still continues to suf fer from Asiatic cholera. New cases and deaths are reported daily, though not in large numbers. Two men were seriously injured and the lives of a score of men, women and children endangered by a fire in a New York tenement. The torpedo boat destroyer Fox is on the way to Mare Island navy yard to go out of commission- The crew will be transferred to the Rowan, an other destroyer. Many political exile of TeaezBtla ar returning t their homes. Booaevelt uy the only thing about kia African trip he fear ia the fever. It ia beiiered American Ambueado 6naeom will resign hia post at Hume. Henry W. Poor, a leading Wail itreet broker, has assigned. His Liabilities will reach t5,mQQQ. Castro has witnessed what to him is a aniqaa spectacle a snowstorm and skating on natural ice. Governor Hogae has appointed t eommissioa to investigate tn .ve York produce and eotton exchange, j Chicago contractors who have beea ia the habit of giving present to ity officials at Christmas time this year: had their gift returned. j Gomes' pow?r as ruler of Yeaeiuel ia finally established. Many suits ksv been eomraMieed a;n Castro snd h will lose 2W0,JO by the torn ef ai j fair. ! Plan are ail complete for the arrest of about 40 more Pittsburg grafters.' The railroa'is are aiding the movement, as it is eheaper to oast them than to pay their pries. The bank at Monrovia, Ca' has lost $23,000, which my:erkms':y dis appeared. One man was killed and three per sons iniured in an automobile wreck in California. Christmas was celebrated all over the L'n.ted States by lavish gifts and feasts to poor. The bribery of Pittsburg council men by barkers has been taken op by the government. A crazy French Roya!ist tried to pull President Fallieres' beard, and was prompt.y arrested. An appeal may be made to Taft to pardon Gompers, M-.tchell and Morri son in case their appeal fai's. Clans Spreckels, the sugar king, is critically ill at his home in San Fran cisco, and it is feared he canuot sur vive. The Chicago saloon question may be put to a referendum vote next April. The anti-saloon element is gaining in streng-h. Oklahoma prisoners, who are con fined in the Kansas penitentiary, com plain of cruel treatment and an inves tigation is to be made. A bov of 15 is under arrett f Vnnni Clement, Mich charged with stealing ai least iu,iji) trom p.jstotiice boxes He i caught while cashinz a check Express companies were swamped : . i c, ' wiin vunsinsas ousmess Cosgrove has so far recovered that Be is able to walk a little. Count Eoni de Castellane lost hi sou tor possession of bi children. Mamman ha been reported ill, but hi physician says it wa only a "a"i univis aiiacic. The monitor Wyoming, now at Mare Island navy yard, will be ensned to trie Cheyenne. Fire in Brooklyn drove h into the treet, destroying an entire Dioca oi property, valued at 1 1,000,- vo. NEW LIGHT ON HISTORY. Stanford Wo.Va.or Find Kty to An- r- rUnt Wrttint m . ;A t Staaford rlwtV, Oat, Dee- SMI'1 . kT whiek tares the .aret H" 5b Tk. V .. - 1... Ust breB dlf Italic uu-ni-ii covered by Professor Oeorgs Hempl. the holder of the philological thair t Stanford ontversity, snd the manners, custom and history or a people iosiav j fBmllf-iw",".r " rP'1 " lth future ar ia a bk. Kxperirneed ia bis investigations of .VI lr,.n inscription and, rule. - afctevr Hempl wa bl ,0 eni AlUa ia single "itfUt the feat uader- I taken by science ago ud nave before pushed to a successful eoaciu IJluo. .c-u.-'- v. . wtur. of Dr. Hamrt b p.x . Ifors the Stanford Poililcgieal assoeia tioa todsv declared that th discovery . . w ...4 avilt klta is a rentaDie inumu result. It wiU ... . ,sitinir of ancient Roman hia- ;rv and it will throw a fiod of l'Bhl on "many difuti-d faota of Latin gma It hat bea the gaerally aeepteii ir amoBj! h'.-Knn that ae Ltru eacs were an element entirely forpiifn xa Jh1,r neighbor, the Komat . . ,,,..!-. -...t .sinelusivelv 1 uia over- -. p-.f, Hempl. ,ti An nrtr a sral aiauUrity twtweea the Kwmaa ami Kuyn 1 Vage, ad make pibl oaly oat con- e:unn that the Ktruscans and Roman i utmf from race, which, nuww tM o!d i.B.l. waadere.1 to Italy irxm Troy after the fail of that great e:tr. Thus Vircii t.wid i nOrn tia'ted by scientirie prauf. Pr. Hempl's diseoverv is yet in its infancy. Out of 5,'X0 inscriptions he ha read but 50, vet tie little work he has done has been sctr.eu-nt to eoavine h'm that tke ni idea ot distinet race i entirely erroneous. QUICKSAND IN FOUNDATION. Unstable Soil Add S500.000 toICot of Northwestern Depot. CVieajj. Dee. 2S A stratum of treacherous quicksand underlying the at. of the new r.u.uw.wu siaiion ot the Cai'o Northwestern raalroa.1, now under eon: ruction, will add about $5JO.tA0 to the (- of the structure, owini to the increased difficulty of sinking the f-adatiua pillars. This information has Deea given to vac railroad eviaipany by tae txeorge A. Fuller company, which has in turn been u.ld t ahead with the eonsrtructicin of the building at any cost. Interesting paeumatie processes are sow te;n used to overcome the diSi calties presented l-y the unstable soil. Engineers say that Chicago anil is aiive w-.th qrii-ksand ia the terriwry about the river tasks. Two engineering ex pert who handled the situation in New York at the laying of two big nver usnei tit tise subway, when qnieksand -i,,,. fn-the irravtwt enirtaeerinz problem of" the kind in the history of America, were called hy telegraph and : are t worn oivg ine preuicm sented. RtiSlia Approve Deal. St. Petersburg. Dee. F-weign Minister Iswulsky me: with a favora vi. ........ m . k, jRma t.aiav when ICVrL'HU M . " j - he presented tae annual statement or.Ju.e uxes of lw9 by multiplying Ruasia foreign poliey. H referred i 2-. bv Jf j ra.j0 The ratios with warm approval to tae Japanese-1 Aamcan agreement, wtiiea te sa.ui . . 1 , . . AKn A.T in th V. r I garjjiiTr-j vt- .- ilast an-1 tiie integrity of Lmna, ana the term of which were eomnronieated to Russia before it waa signed. The rest of M. Iswolsky's speech shed no light on -j.K.te.1 qaesuots, nor gave anv substance cf the Bussiia prorxsa rezsrdX2 the annexation of Bosnia i'l Utrrieg'jvica by Austria. New Geyser May Reuit- Virzinia City, M int., Dee. Si. Thirty eanh-juakes have le-a felt in this see ; tion since last Sanday aft-raoon, toe last tremor b-isg reeirded at 4:10 yes-; terdar morning. The ground ha treta-; ble-1 very perceptibly, with the earth- J wave apparently coming from the ; south, which has" lent color to the the- j orv that a big new jt?yer is about to burst f-vrta ja tne eaowsxo P"r , hiea lies 75 miles southeast ef I ifinia City. No damage has realte"l ijtner than eoci.ierab.e p-vster navmg t"en thrown down. Congressman Daved Dead. Kew Orleans, Dc. Representa tive E'Aert C. Davey, of the seeond nirr.-ssiosai district 01 to-aisiaa. dil Satar lay of aj .f iy.- He had served continuously at Washington slice the fftv third eotgras, with toe exception of one term, when he de- lined the nomination. iavey was bora in New Oriam in 13, srve-i several vear in the state sttate of Luiiara. was e!"rtH a jo'ige ia lw and in l-s was defeite.1 for mayor ot Xew Orleans. He was re elected to the sixty -first congress. Picked Guard for Regent, Pekin, Dee. 2. An imperial edict j issued today or :-t' 1 Princ Taj Tao an-1 Yu Iang and Grand Couneillir Tit-h Liang to form an imperial guard f pieked rr..-n from the Maaeho regi ments for the use of Pnaee '.nun, the K.:u-iit of t.hi&a. Prme.fi Tsaa Tao and Yu Lang an-1 Grand Counemor Tifh Liasg were reeeatly iatntated with he Uk of guarding toe paiaee gate leaiiing article pufitn ywtenay th newpaf-r controlled by loan Sn i Kai. the grand councillor, advise the rg-ut to remain in the pa. ace. Clau Spreckle Tend. San Fraceisco, Dee. 2. After as u.n-s ot le man a weex nitration, Clau Spreeklea, widely known a the 'Muir Kir.g of the Pacifie Coast," ie-1 at hi home in this eity hwtnrday. Mr. S; re.-kles was aO year of age, and was taken ill with a severe cold early his week. This developed into pneu monia, nt during tae iat two aayi the veteran ngar reiner ank rapidly, his deata oeeurnng at 4:30 e'eloek Sat- unlay morning. Through From Chicago. St Paul Dec. 29 The Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads, through the Burlington, will establish through service from Chicago to Se attle. Tacoma and Portland before the opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expos tion. Thit was made known at the offices of the two Western linei yesterday. The official announcement of the arrangement will be made in s few day. I liRFfinN JffMlTrlS-ORiNTERESTil S TATE TAX LEVY. Rtvanu to B Raittd for 1009 E- CMd TKat of I0O8, Salera One miltiou i h(lt4 iad . ev.tn:ftv t JLb!nsLjli3!.!.ar ..it. :he totat approximate amount of rev- ena to b raHed for state purple for t0 ' Fof hundred thousand dol lar of the sum win be; den-d from indirect source, leaving lt.?TsfHW to be apportioned among the several counties. This amount' is $U5.0O0 greiter than the levy last year and iiJO.OOO sre.ter than the levy two year ago The increase this year is due tn pan to the holding up of the Univetsity of Oregon appropriation bill last year, by reason of which the levy (or 1'jos was at the rate of l7,W0 per .. . . n.-ivi.t J hv laws then in ex isten'ce. Since the appropriation bill has (tone into effect, carrying an p propriati"',n daring back to January I'M- it will be necessary, in m the iMia kevv tv include a tniver sitv oi Uregoa dehcit oi about IISV ixxi The 1 levy will include 1100. mw for the purchase of the Oregon Should the lesisliture re peal the locks appropriation bill, this tlO0 ooq will be in the treasury ub- ie,ct tLi atsnroDrtauon k- DOses One installment already bcn lcvitvl. fbe levy win not ie early in January. l!0, but the total amount cere uiuicatca. t...j,wu, ck.se enough to the actual amount, that will be levied so that county courts may act upon it in computing their share of state taxes. Already a number of counties have been ana luusiv mnutring what the state levy ill be. Cnder existing laws, the ap portionment among the counties wn! be made at a fixed ratio which has been m force a number of years, la making the apportionment tor the state board will be con- frentcd with the problem ot mating in apportionment between kiver and Wasco counties Hood vithout any law prescribing how the appor tionment shall be made The act creating Hood Kiver county con tained no provision upon this suoject The state board passed the question up to the attorney general and that official has advised the board to di vide the Wasco county ratio between Wasco and Hood Kiver in proportion to aessed valuations Thus the law prescribing the ratio f apportionment ot state taxes re quire that Wasco county pay .0234 ot the whole amount. But since then Hood River cuntv has been carved out of Wasco The assessed valua tion of Wasco county t now $3, 42:..343 and that of H(d River j;0 20 Dividing the apportionment jaccor iins'y, W ave be 015 and th-. Wasco s new ratio wn. of Hood K:ver mi'A Ifcnnert tnere 15 no pres!y authorizing such an appor tionment, the attorney general ex ree the opinion that this is equita h and should be adopted. The board I will fvllow his advice. Each county can ascertain approx- t77. itelv the amount ot its snare ot me . . ,everaj counties are as follows. County Pet .023 1 ,'p,l.,r j."-' , fnton jUackama . J:"tK'P " , Co.nmDia Loos .02-12 ,0-ili .0212 .01X5 .0203 01J0 ,(40 .034 0 .utihT 0140 .00T6 .0314 .OOftO .OKJ .0107 .042 .00 S3 .032 .00 .06 1J .'JOT 3 .3123 .0307 .07 .007 .04 SO Curry Douglas Gilliam Grant ifirnrv .1..4 R;er j3l.io jotephine jjti, ... jJjie ...... j3ne; j jncoln" ! ' " . Lina M alhenr 1MOri Morrow ... Multnomah Polk Sherman . . Tillamook . Umatilla . -Union .... Wallowa . . .0221 ' .0073 .013? .0301 j Wasco . . . . .Washington Whee;er .0 Yamhill 0V1 Total l.QQQO Banks Giva Out Figures Salem. State Bank Examiner tm-i Stre! his completed his c-.mp'eted a state I The condition of the 132 state and private banks in Oregon at the date of the last call. November 27. 19jg The statement show total re ,.nrees 1 33 .402 213 1$. 'A which V ti :rt ri is cash on hand, and M 39.- 3227 due from banks arid bankers, j The deoosits subject to check amount to I :.674.34-s2; the on and di - counts aggregate 121 93.243 4. The statistics do not admit of comparison w.th the last report, for some banks have been nationalized and new one formed tmce the last report wa made Filtering Plant it Enlarged. Oregon City The filtration plant of Oregon City now has a capacity of I.S00.0OO gallons per day. An ad dition to the plant has just been com pleted that increases the capacity one third The addition is 36'aO feet and contams two tanks of 40,00 gallons capacity. The pumping station will . be moved from the west side of Main street to a site adjoining the filtering plant, as this new site is city property, and be present location of the pumps will be ut.nzen oy Hawley Pulp 4 Paper company. the Umatilla Lobby Namod. Pendleton A legislative erymmittee of 14 member from the county has been appointed by the Commercial as sociation to work in harmony with the Umatilla county delegation in an ef-' fort to secure from the legi!atre measure which are particularly de sired. Chief among these are the ex periment farm for the Umatilla pro ject, an increased appropriation for the W(Hi normal, a branch atylum and an amendment to the good roadt I law. SalamftS Ctierrv 'CTlff Salem -' Salem, the Cherry City of the World " i the title of the newest book gotten out under the 'commu- nitv W'"'" ot tlie, ouincru i"m id WUiMniii' the Sairtd ibnarj of trade It comprises about tH pagei onijixTio'm'e'pIu.toitraphs and iUf- estimi descriptive articles ot tuc v at- ital t,itv ire troiiupi'i r i " l,i.intiftil view of the Willattt- nvrr nhawitiii three hiiire Hr and grav a Hue to the river i ne cherry picture no are opcoaiiy ood.'a'nrl the tatitics of how inncli n.rtt ires will nrodiK'e omr ft them yield MHI pirttlids a yef lihosild make ovd reading matter lor eatrrn horticulturists Apple. tr.iiwrrir, .hrrn.- iirinies. iilums and peache pears, rasphemes and walnut are an dtM-ribed a being tound .U their hrsl in the Willamette valley nc ir .licu Uairymg live-tock. poultry, t!a, iuui ber jnd hop are alo diM Hed in l The booklet i to ).. in ihc P.Ti-if.c Northwest lit A the O K i N. and Southern Tacit'ic. Ran Stock in Fin Shape Mitchell. Weather conditions have such in this locality that ranc t,n for this time trw atoek men b.ye . tu ,t r as yet. The past ato.'k is in hue eon. vesr. and verv commenced f.t-iing as yet. The past .,n ilrv that fall urns was a ,iuppointment and many growers oM their surplus t'x-k on aeenunt of j short hav crop. Meep men M-port th:itj n.H-ks are all in the W ioibie . . - ..namon. -v iaouKu ... -j-..-y ----, mmencl femg, very xew their t.ee, uimer .uo ' diet Tt& JrV'centa U U KTX" ill ij through Th Iradiuie stock uieu 01 Wheeler and Crook counties have jut returnej from Prinevi'.le, where tliey eaie re-eentlv seeured leae for their summer range-, from the forert reserve surxrviir. Among them were K. H. Ivm. K. N. Donnelly, rr.il M'f, I Marion (Hlorn, Alex 'jvonnelly, L. I Jones, K. K. Sritfht. i K. K. I-viifihiin. tavin Kofens. vouu Proffitt, Henrv Reyes. R. Tate. K. K.w enbaum, W. B. Cnwae and tieorge ig frit. Plant for Jetty Work. Pneene I H Cuhman, .! .Wme, hi received w-fd trtm toiigressmau w- .- H ,.W Tii o the chart t engi- neers -f the. 'I'mted States anr.y hast .'"Z m.7h,r,;;'y ' i' contempt of :,1W J( ii-,c m..U:h of the Co.Su'i! 'court in vi..bimg an order enjoining 1"' .... K,!,l.. j ,o" a irttv it'tl'em irom Ucina on the iiillair or inn. i"i ..m....-- p. . - - . j -u. .v. iSe Siu L river. ml t il,ii-e time no the Lane ..itniv e.mrt made atttication tor the i soati belt'; 'CttV ,f tile p.ani. tne utiaertanon that the work ot binding the to be paid "f by b.idintf i.initv .f the neceay atoi.unt B r Klamath Land Sals. Klana; Fails V tract ot land ag egating 3au0 acres has been ..d. withm eight nine ot mis tuy. ."-i eluded m the purchase it the towositc ; if Midland. ti;c ttrst station soutu oi , Klamath Fail on the California & j Northeastern r-o. ' 1 :.c vurcti,(c price was Dctween .a.w aim "'" It i the large,, sale ever made m section The V ., .m. l.iin coiunanv. (".liiforma c .wo. .ration, made the sale fc, ic. fceauie a4 i- t. ca"Hwo, f this ci'y Wag War on Coyote. Pendleton Ten thousand coyotes are to be killed in Oregon during the month ot January by t.-.e stocumcn. who are losing I each year from the devastation of the an-tnah Last January the first effort at or- ganized warfare against coyotes was ; made and it was reported to tne ooaru of sheep commissioners that fullv I ii.Otio animals were slaughtered. The plan, on an -ntarged scale, is i be put in operation again next month. Snow in Umatilla County. Pendleton Umatilla county wheat fields are covered with a mantle of snow No? very much his fallen yet. but indications are that much more will come before morning. Farmers have been wanting snow for Sonic time, and are there t'ore happy Object to Advanced Rates. Portland The implement jobbers of this city are protesting against in creases in freight rates. PORTLAND MARKETS. flirlev- Feed. 3-7 per ton, brewing. Wheat-BiucMem. 07c; club. VWa iU: fiic. Hit. red Russian. 40 fold, VJc; valley, 9tc Oats N- 1 white. :1 -Hi per ton Hay Timothy. Willamette valley, t!').) per ton; eastern Oregon. 116 30 'ol7; clover, 12. alfalfa. $12oi,lH. grain hay. 121i 13 Fruit Apple. 73c"i2 7S per bov; near. liStl74 per box: ounires. ft'o per o -x; cranrerrirv lit SO'a 13 per barrel, persimmons. I! '- I 2'i potatoes o.1i'Xsc per cwt ; sweet ootaroc. 2'rt2ic per pound. OnionsIf" 1 23 per l"0 pound j Vc(tct:-ics Turnips, II 23 per sack; j carrots, fl. parsnip. 1123, beets, ju .yj,-. horradih. ''i l per p mud; a,r;i-.hke. It'o 1 25 per dozen; beans, j. j.r pound. c.blaie. li'.r I ic per : p,mf,d; cauliflower. 1123 per dozen. celery. It :,0 per crate; cucumbers, tin 2 Ki ter b-i : egg plant. 1 Ic per pound; lettuce, TSc'flll per box; parsley, 30c per do7en. peas. 13c pound; pepper. I ; ;iv per pound; pumpkins, folic per pound; radishes. 30c per dozen; spinach, ic per pound; sprout. 10c, per pound, sn'iash, I ft. lie per pound; t-jmaroe. II V'ii2. Butter City creamery, extra. W 37c; fnncy outside creamery. 12i't.ii: per pound; store, l"i'';i ioc. Fgsi -Oregon ranch. 4c; easterns. 3H'o 3,',c per d 'ten Poultry Hens. t2c per pound; spring, large. Ilftr.l3c; mall. H'n, lic; mixed. 1 lie; ducks, Wn 17c; geese. 11c; turkey. ra.Vc ; dressed turkeys, 2V?i23c. Vea' I utra. ft'Ssie per pound; or dinary. 7(?t ac; heavy. 3c. Pork Fancy, Tiftc per pound; large, eic. Mutton rj'3 7c per ponnd; lambs, h(a t ic. Hops l'jm. choice. 7ia.7ic per pound; good prime, i'iiejjc; fait prime, '.i'Soc: medium, S'aSic; ItWT, 2fi.2ic; l'jcs? f3jic. Wool Pastern Oregon, average best, KVS.14C per pound, according to shrinkage: vtfley. 14orlc. Moha.r-Chcdce, 119 per pound.'Tier, ,mbled 131,000. ASKS FOR FRIINDSHIP. Eit Months' .Hupturt With Vsnt V,' aus I Dew to Clot. VV'TiiitoiYec. i'Vjr? After eight path, the Vil'ted Stjties has re- vUcdtau'y,EJiits with Yen.- iuel.i. and William I. ltucnanail na left on the cruiser North Carolina to viit that country, look into the itoa- tU.ii and make a report to the state .tmartmettt. This will decide whether WHhrtTTtJ-Sram-wrrt irrrwtf ityrtwtt rc.ogiiition to the government. It ha not yet been fully estao- lislicd that the, Oomrt government will retain its i'Wcf without trouble. s there are many adherents of 1 res- !..., rxiro in the country. Indeed, the possibility that disorder may arie i indicated in a request for Mnericin ship I t'Uayra. to wjiich thi government has promptly nt-ponded- . ' . Jl he general opinion that ttie w order of tlun w. ail open the way t. the pacitK settlement of cne- ailela S dlJg .... IL.It.n.f The refnil in March lat of .' Castro ailmiiusiratioil to consider trtur.it cly ihc iivuc with the Ly mtcU States nude it plain that diplomacy tl,u!d .ucouipli.il notluiitf mime, tinvaril their settlement. In 1M1 t lie VcneiueUU govern mrut. having U. U :t to a ,1) vlaiii. Umat.. H It va r,nmt P" w.f , " l.ttta it. (ici ni.iiiy and I'ai.v, UU)v n f"a i. . h . i. ..i w1 oirK 6f th.it cnnntry wun tint vie. M tli foreclntmlleitHin l tlic -debt' " 1 . ,, , ,,, eliCt1i:l.v .ippoitited , Hcibc'l W t!,ivr,r ttieti Aniefkan minisirr to Vtnic,. u- a rirnitiliter' to take th, .,s!h her if lewis gov cMr.-it'.n v.sin-rrifl-T.iriems 'iv-- . . :s und- ic sigucd piotucs.1 wiu i, ,IU,tj i rtW tt et .IMlif . Hi sjll'ljr lit. v - b' A.olitii 'power wet Tfijue pre tit'ed 'crefliror. i- ! . .t . LABOR LEADtHS SENTENCED Pnton , for Gompers, Mitchsll and Morrison, Who Appssl. Walnntoii. Dec. 24. Twelve month in jail for Samuel tiouipers, prulent; ne months lor John Mitchell, one of the vice president. land six mouths tor 1 rank jaorrisou. l,ejre!ary, a I ot trte .Mticncan iee.- latton ot i-ai.tor. was sue "'"- ! nowJ hv ttniife WriEht. ot the tt- n,r tr, u ttu; Jjntrict of Co- 'We d.-n t patronue list the ISutk ! Stov e Sc Range company, of M Louis AI! of the defendants were in court lien entence was tiroiiounced and notice ot an appeal to the District ol Louinioa appellate court was lieu 4.,imi.rr hr.nr released on 13.000 t.nd. Mitchell on jl.ooo and Morn n on $3 two. Juile tight decision, which coil Mjrnct! tw.j hours and twenty mm n;e in readtiiis, W4 a cat!iiiig ar r..iirtin:ctit "I-vervwlirre," the court sjid. "ail over, within the court anl uut raintun;. ino:ent dctialitc IS her alded and proclaimed, unrefined in nlt, affront, vulvar indignity, meat .'i ,, v 1 L.V, K,, elii.e . U , . . ; i " -'j - ,P'nd. OUSTS OIL TRUST. Mutouri Supreme Court Land Body Blow to Rockefeller, Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 23 The state supreme curl yesterday handed down a ijeeisii-n winch uu.tt the Standard Oil company oi Indiana, and the Republic Oil company, perpetu ally trt.m trie utc 1 he decision also dissolves the Waters Pierce Oil company of M Louis In addition to the other fea tures of the decision, each voinpany is lined IV).o. 1 he riiiht on the Standard in this state has been waged for a number of years Attorney General Hadley, the governor elect, was the prime mover in the tight on the Rockefeller interests. He caused a b g sensation .eicr.il year ago by going to New York to take testimony and pntting the high financier of the Msndurd thrnigh one of the most trying ev animation they ever wi'hstood The Waters Pierce Oil company t'...r many -years was the represents me of the Standard in Missouri lis connection with the Standard was de nied steadfastly for years, but proof that il is 1 subsidiary hut been de veloped in both the state case and the federal uit The Krpitblic Oil company i a similar concern. The order V rlis.olve the w.iter company is effective January 13 To day's decision was the result of a suit started in I'aOS. Seven judges concurred. Judge Lamm in his in dividual decision declare the trust ought to be lined l nO'l.ooo Judge Grave in his opinion say the evi- Idence show that the water comtianv wl, taken over by the trust over the potest of the minority stockholders Mail Pouch It Stolen. Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 2t A mail porj.-h ront .iriing U) pound of regis tered ("hrit:ins p-ickage was stolen from the biggige room of the Two-nty-seeot il street and (irmd ave. tine depot of the Bent Line railroad today Although the pot,-f ficr. au thoritie refue ro make any statement it is believed to have contained much valuable merchandise The pouch was mide nr in the Kansas City post office too late to catch the Atchison, T'opeka Ar Santa I e train at the Union depot, and it s.i therefore dispatched to the Grand hi enne station, New Chief toy Bay City. San Francisco, Uec 23 Sergeant Jce 11 Cook, who for more than a year has been property clerk in the police department, with the brevet rang ot captain, w utt nignt ap pointed chief of police by the board of police commissioner, to succeed the late Chief W. J R ggy. who was drowned on the night of November 30, while crossing the bay in the po lice launch patrol. Cook hat been on the police force of tan City since Feb ruary H, 110. ' - . ' Bank Clark Get Five Yean. Pittsburg. Dec. S3. Herbert W Tiers, f'Wmerly a diteount cetk In the rirtt r annual bank, inal bank, ws ten traced to terve five yean in the p.n itentiary yeilerdiy: Party In too DEATH LIST GROWS' Victims 8 tarttijaake Estimated aTOne TlofiJreff Boosanit VHOli PROVINCES LAID WASTE Almeit Enllr Populsflon of RI0 ji ttirmlnatd Sicilian Hotala I Fllisd VVir TturUl. ; If.,,,,,,. ir,- hi t )ne iiiiinlreil llioir icld ili'i'l; Meina. on the Island o t u'm": ..." n 'I u ; ..v;,;hcime.i; IT'... , .1 region hud w.le ' """ . i .. . i ... .i... .1... e .Hlioii ike reconl so tar . . i ,Viit iteent kii..ww,11'B'iwl".'A.leti. ! tiwit In tloailug lUJILIIve tei.'lll l'.i .MKi-r i,-w.-y -;-' ' kii..ww.,1"B'lt'Aleti. vN'aVM ut piiinu l"wly iio to Koinr o(i-iv" H.'Dih Aiiwa'an rivi-rs oti rnrt ,1,-,ev,H.se,4..m..lJ ',i.,,,vh Tisi otn for rnre '''l.lX.'-'Iialmrwii fcinli.-K.y hang from tn the imM toiii i. a.. . .i ,.1 i.iiiiiuiiii .in I'T" '. .,!.. VVI X 'M p;lux' ','he death ' 1 i MfAM.m fi ,th itli it-. adi.ut Msii.wvniu . h.iro.l aV Ml nei'llle. Illi IllOe. ai "v' "t ili. riilire noloil.itioll . ai-iaiu i""" ri'ift-'d dead, ul t'a.im. H'. at lt..eiia, S.Hi, aim ". . " ..4N'.gn. " i ' :. k hit'-' iliiii'if I. ' Movaniii. Ji ". Iltl iro and t .mnitello and all other e.iitmiiic. a"t (v)IJf0-s oii-wi f'" n ruin Winn and iiiee.i .d Italy are now t. .. . I. .. ..... . ..!.l li.ivtnit naiirn ugl.t irom NrplV "'I'VlIS'J.T 'l u. iituriAiiiiiiiiiiiHI IC L. loan l it Mtcatrst illsucs. ai me tut v ,nid he luj"t,cll wa. the lit it I wont j r - .i"ii..."' . J.iJIibui in thf rri-.el ol the alt.i. te.l Hr ittearlrtntJr'33i ioiaan -warsmpe ne steaming toward the south, aiol a! r .smiww' ' '" IJrilain and Kossu Iiavr perloriiir.i I'c seivi.e in the woiK ol rescue h I ntle is l....... ..4 Its t ,lr ;e ,r,se,,,a..ve.TwVni-M:-0)sf'I.M. t.le4 at HA the iliiMiniialic powers stationed at these iiosts, jl ih. ei, rts ilKtl'." g. r-si s i i.ioa 'eArff e!NV IN're rVvVriie MJ-T ictv le't .oi tins as.oiiiii Ilnr- is the gravest danger that- i. si.lenie will follow the desifii. lion ,,f the towns I In iti lisritlC WU 'if ll.i..- wt.illiiht. Ixidir will lie in. hiitwil 1 N divsi Slid week I hose badly inj(l'e.i. arc lu.ikmg their l) hv the ttn iM.oi.l tr1hc nraiest place i ij-iuge Their siillcriog esen now nio-t be intense, as thry are without ..r iothing Mmmcd ai the magnitude of the va ;.anutv which his i.erjkeii lel.w countrymen, all Italy nioiiri! onight or the striiLin province oi t aUliria and the Island ... Soi'y Anus iotne.l (or centuries .i ear'-hmuke.. Italy st jn ls rut til dread, but none isas prepared hi the disaster which m the t; tt so ii ot a minute yesterday de ,.,st .ted cities and lowiu .ooi caused lor death o thousand San Francisco Rsmsmbsr I0CC. Stn Irantisc.i, Dec .in Mayor Tailor issued a proclamation yfster .lay afternoon atafv .Ht ft spouse for aid f"f the siiltetiiig people ..I Italy will dotiltte be ifuisk and gmefi u(. in tins fit y, iul ti-'fsling ih. it all'citibiiti6ns be int H, Alili Knight, treasurer ol the California brain h of hc Aiurrisait National Red Cross, tot California ttteet, vS.m I ran ii. co ('ontriliutioiis will ilso be re ceive t . by lienjaoiin I. 1b Wheelre ;iie.dcwt o th.- l.ilifof ma branch f.j the ked t'ros.. .it lietk. ley Tidal Wa DettruCtiv. Koine, lire ,m- Malty hundreds ul Uvinrf-'pertAru ar? std! heticitrt the rums in I'a'ahrian towns, but it i iiiOe initx'ssible tn relieve them At KipOstn the tidal wave was terrific t first fbe ea rete.t.i for a great .lis'ance front ih sh m! then it swept ff.rwii!rl wjfh tremeiiilAus ie. 1 in re "I he water, advancing ill a huge wave, wept before it every house and building or a thousand fas-t from the shoie ime lhe waters rushed fht-oigh ihc strvcli oi hiposti, i.. a depth of Stoltl 10 to '."I feet Red Cross Will Ittus Call. i-;V,f,.y'Ca! , Dec, 3n,- Itesident i;e i.rf.if )4r Heeler, of jir uni.rt oty of l.aliloiina. who is tresi cut of the (. aiijorina branch of tile IOd I tos society, h.i Issued a .ail for a meeting oj lh s-.cn-t y " I he sieiy will maice rTmgenients f..f i nnmcdi.ite org iiiucd api.eal for lunds ..r the Italian r ai t li.jti.ils- sot lerrrs," he sjid "f ottittutti e will be aiipo.iited to undertake the sunk ill a systematic fashion, and (he funds will In- forwarded to th,- National Red (,'r .ss smiety at Washington, to be u-nl to Italy ' Optra Company to Give Benefit, l.o Angeles, Dec M Arrange mem are being made by the manage. itient of ihc Latnbardi grand opera company, which is filling jn engage ment here, to give a series of perform imev f..r t,r lienefn of i)r Italian eartli.iiake siilfeteis Several nielli the l.amliaidi coiiioanv f,.e Coiiioanv ,,e metly lived in the devastated district I oral Italian, have already started a relief fund f..r (he aid i.( tlicir suffer Roosevelt Sandt Mtag. Washing!. ,n, Dec. 11(1 President Roosevelt sent a cable mrs,igc ol ''"' " Mug Victor I tiiniaiitirl yrst. rd.iy exp;rmg the sympathy of the American people in the misfor tune thai h.i, lirliillen lt4!y H,f .resident .aid 1 1 American National Ked (.. oeir-ly would lsue an up peal for conlnliuiions, and w.nli enni niniii, ale wi'l, te .im( (,,,) fr, Nw York Pln Aid. New York. Dec. .1o .-Benefit, per lorui.uices ii.r the earlli(iiakr viclim, and survivor were planned today lor early daletsjrj !JU' Melropolilas opera company. Sn M'Y of wlio.c iitiber ire from the d.tv astated regions. Sig. iior Caruso relief ite, In, intention of 'lonaiiiig in, week salary of :;WD me liliul Other o( scribed K''tlcroiily. , ul' Franca Goat to Rsfcua. r- Mec 30 .r,,,,.. ,... s. - tA.,.a .i.. ....i..i.. " . - Verit t logethe w ith XJh .. m I draught i,, aid i" ' 7.?, ? n OKcnis iittuiD ro tso.ooo. t iba Matt rlr rtwswwr. Nt I'm n w't'! iht liwir Hint I" In U iidoti l''" M xld fur f.tft,t. To ni"t peof' nu .inly liiipridmbla but ul tarty Inipoasltils that otis Hllla pll tlioiihl b worth a until furluiia, nK,r I.hiIsIiIiik f- Hl '" flr,u "f rliirlKta whb li told H fl" 4 l'T tli slinw millior plstif i wbU1 they CSfTlrtt tW1" rnatlrflfTr',-- - Ulmt iimkus urilihls ao frlglUfullj ;,ii..iiive l tit riHi'rtiiout minnniMt I, .mMr t tb rato 4MK-i, the. viiiHI UHwr'rff''') r Hint . Ims in llO lUh! of tl't i' ttl dlt. it .iiltli attfiidlii Ttirtr"imii.ii. Many Uvea ara U-l lu tU cullucilmi of ori lilds. Hwatnpy Jungles tnd n-plll liifrsliHt fort-sis r I''" hmeo f the um f son,., ami llml mraiia. 4 :mrw... tlt damer lloa.i'il T'-rr w " n. ..I il., . i .... alila " ! .iw it vwm iikww.w i.. a'i rig ot tun ntei-t nmny nflrti'i ery ilangimn, list Invest (hrf'urifiM ami Hie ,,,,,,, f M(x ,(rl ,y r,.l'liirn . .iil.le awl i-.rt.Ta. bate i.crl.lil . cult of till, mania for tM nr. rnius wn - "-- r lining rl.-h tily a few year a -lcytVi ''V ? 'Itoilth Anwrlra. Il evinlmplated - ,, ,,,, m - - . " .'Mfct fr.Sll,iMVl'ly bar. aairL!! ..LtW:Iliai.t. fc... in ws-il umoiri . -. frolwbly the tilh..t prtvd t.-. ' itwtia r nri'iiiii-w'wsiis'sii" f vf . Blr .Trets'f XrTVVs. PH"".",rm. " : ttl ftnyrt tint If ntturaf . r 4sfi- t'tt'yJLJIt.l:a. hvrV!,H ... hi plants, a lie ha t"o nnnln b'vs them. Huron K-hrilrr has a wimilrr. . .. .; a I 1 a..:..a.,.aai.. - I I Ills) llttiiliat liuiismp. '" m..-.-- '.- , deits-t jt.nr' !.-tWi-s, fl Vul-wir Bi'm'Af .irrlild tsesW-r 'gttrnh" 4 wart V lib' eJMK il "ear ta4idH) hsd a ry siran" ip-rii-a. i. ;ifhj(.rtjl acrrl;!,), .wealthy lrm mrrvhsnt for l.. amt n mnwrj m ro ha u-h a atiUndid -l'eB IhM It was sctusily dlkVvl Ant tr laris hy Its nwtter. eight ,of wlil'-h ralltsj ! toavther Il","l' rn tienting W this the firm which sold tha nrrtald In the (lrt iilai-w demimt l boy back por tion t the plant, but bad to y f.Vl for on- ainail plant. Oil! Of Hi SR UAH'S irKECUti n.w.arhbu aissallrMr r Bltla ! atwtesiw.aa'a la a atusly ul (ID Ut John Phefmab, contributed to tb tibto Htat Arch hghwl ami Hltrls-al lety public- tliatas, srce V. Itarn Hat Ukm fhs trouhle to dltaw.1 S- Vflrrd hf Vlr Nherman at 7atsstll In May, I tuft, to thow 1trt l"pll1ty of nm. truclrm'urd by thla atatewmao In lilt public uttermw--, -o when b tt dlaniatwltig t nj.t tfSrr and ; In trl'Ute aubjeet,' lay tb Nsrw l". Hun, The tddrrssa waa hor. enraslst' Ug .f about 1,030 .wcarita. aSloitnatltn pn.-r rwuns anil figure If Itia-lur5il t retrap-t of tbe history of tla 11"-pul.lb-an partJ' if! defliilttotaa uf It sttttihlo on the tariff atul nurtiry Imu- Mr. Klw-rman ul tsa all Ml diflV-r- ent wtinla M rfss tlian a tnasimarul nf ilw UUU wurda siaokco by blm "f m.m.wjl!abr and over Va were .ia sjllsbi-w. Ths article "the" ws .! 143 tlnHt, the prriltton "of" lS tlmra, lh sn)iiiistioa atul" prtj alnaVT tlnwa rieventy two srol. (Wnting with the b'tter "p" wr I time. Tb proprr omna rtnployed wt-rr ! "Atlantic. American ttwll, Aus !'!!, lu-m. rat, Purot. tlrant (twli, north, Ohio 'fsls tltnesi. P' illlts, li.-puliltmo Iswsrntrrn tlinrwl. Sherumu itwUsM. Hli-rldti. Hotlth, I'tilon. t nlte.1 Hlatea, Wlldrrw-ss" ' The flgurwn ua4 wrrs. X"X 17.1, 1hi2 and ."i4i.ii,iiti. ahbh Mr Hunt culls ! words Ten times Mr Kbe matj uaed the first i"-ron sintular pr iioiirt, but mil nrw gotlsilcally.'" this fiident of bt a oid. Mr. Ilasrn ja In bl ti-t thtit nst on Word be ginning with "J" "b- r ""'I by the siwakrr. but lu tin iBbntar analysts of the eddn we fiml llilrtiwn word uel (Ifty-ona lime, all tutlrf nltig with "h Obvl..n.ly, only siiplled effort eeitild afold tli f "b"1." ahbli Mr. hrwn employed llflllim while 'tjotior- ttwl "honesty." "htm" snd "banlhli" must appear In every political ouiguing ; ii aikr Uwlf . (iaorge lluatrd. th- N- Knnltd golfer, wa pUsjl"- ' nioiith l New liot. Ji. II. tllO WHO ' long drive tent bit boll elrn ten 'brook Into t frtK?.! vala. A III ' L ... .... r...u-.. Mr IIu-tl ssld! -What la that ultc. hoy!" "Tba euei-ry, air," wt tha rrp'r "Ah. I tee," aakl Mr. Hualeil -Mllt 't lol Oaabl to "Jiiniss list a great fbem tbnt mifht lo mak hire rl h aoma dny." "Wbtt la ur "Ho Is going to orsiiiiln- t nM(iS eoinpany to reaH.vrr btlloon" n"'1 Iw-nltig tpiiratut Hint dnn "il cen."lMr.i Pre- Prewa. na OmIiih. "(loin down to tho J Inl ilebtt" Wlio1 deballn'.- Two libmiygrtfts." - nirmlnghM Agwllerahl ' Vm h.v. fl.iallT IwirnrsJ llml w"' road train uover lenv U-Um Hit 9' polll time, but tilll ttium ' - , procession may jxiwli'7 "i,i- oerora noon. ' . ... i ., i - ... .. . Yhat a nit niatiag.-r ot no ' " ' LTZlU l tl