The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, February 26, 1909, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON MIST but tt 'rWev ST. HELENST.. -OREGON EVENTS OFTHE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts ol the World. Let Important but Not Les Inter esting Happening from Point Outside the State. The governor of New Jersey de nounces atate infringement of treaty rights. A new bunch of anti-Jap resolution have appeared in the California legis lature. . Germany ho four battleship build ing which are said to be more power ful than the British Dreadnaught 1 Montana robbers after securing the savings of a couple 85 yeara old, mur- j dered them and set fire to the house. Toronto officers arrested a clever schemer just in time to save $1 OS, 500 about to be paid by banks and express companies. Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis was robbed of jewel worth $6,500 while crossing the Atlantic from New York to Liverpool. Great Britain haj launched her sev enth battleship of the Dreadnauht type. The vessel will be ready for ervice by the end of 1909. Judge Dickinson refuses to deny or affirm the report that he is to be Taft' secretary of war. He says he is still a Democrat and did not vote for Taft. Honorary degree of doctor of law was conferred upon President Roose velt, Governor Hughes, of New York, and Bishop Alfred Harding by George Washington university, at Washing ton, D. C, on Washington's birthday. Carroll D. Wright, the noted econ omist, is dead. Mrs. Yerkes accuses her executor of paying her income with talk. Harriman announces that lie will spend millions on railroad extensions in the West. English surffagettes are still busy in an effort to secure recognition before parliament. J.'M. Dickinson, of Tennessee, is said to have been selected as Taf t's secretary of war. The Utah senate has turned down a drastic anti-saloon bill for a more con servative measure. A new branch railroad is to be built from Spokane to connect with the Crow' Nest Pass line of the Canadian Pacific Report says Ethel Roosevelt is on the verge of becoming engaged to Willim Phillips, third assistant secre tary of state. King Alfonso witnessed a flight by Wright in his aeroplane, but the ruler was forbidden to accompany the fam ous aeronaut. Fire at Lvoelock, Nev., destroyed property valued at $40,000 and for a time threatened destruction of the en tire town. The lives of 30 people were endangered. The courts have decided that the Snell fortune shall go to a niece. Castro ha left Berlin on account of the large number of beggar bothering him. The United States sent $1,000,626 in cash to the Italian earthquake suf ferers. Prince Ferdinand has asked the pow ers to recognize the independence of Bulgaria. Guardians have been appointed for a German prince of the royal family be cause of his extravagances. A number of the Danish royal fam ily were on the cruiser which was rammed by a freight Bteamer. Fifty villages and 50,000 acres of land are under water in Prussia as a result of the Elbe river being out of its banks. Train cannot get across the Rocky ! mountains in Colorado on account of the heavy snow. All roads have large gangs of men at work. Grand Duke Vladimir is said to have been involved in a conspiracy to ap point a regency for the czar and an in-1 vestigation had just started when he died. An immense irrigation scheme is planned in New Mexico which will water 500,000 acres. The largest dam in the world will be built to store the necessary water. Hill has incorporated a company to build a railroad in Canada. Governor Gillett will sign the bill closing all California racetracks. Three San Francisco firemen were injured while rescuing Chinese from a burning building. A permanent tariff reform organiza tion has been formed at Indianapolis. English and Soctch suffragettes started a riot in an attempt to inter view Premier Asquith. The Kansas legislature has passed a bill prohibiting the sale of liquor by druggists except as used in prescrip tions. The California senate has gone on record as favoring election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. The International opium conference is in session at Shanghai, China, in an endeavor to devise plans to stop the use of the drug. Frequent quarrels betwen opposing attorneys mark the progress of the Calhoun trial in San Francisco. The jurjr is not yet complete and 12 special venires have been exhausted. The opening of the Portland gate way, so that passenger traffic from the East could go to the Sound over Harri man lines to Portland and from there over Hill roads, would affect railroads throughout the United States, RIOT AND PILLAGE. Score Injured and Home Burned or Wrecked at Omaha. Omaha. Nob. Feb. 3. Following a harrangue at mass riveting in the city hall, South Gmuha, yesterday, at which two members of the state legia .., an attorney were the prin cipal tpeakor, a wild nob of S00 to 1,000 men gtariexi lor me urn- gar ter to avenge the death of Pat-olman Edward Lowery, who was shot and killed Friday niRht by a Greek whom he had placed under arrest. i.,f.,r,. th,.ir thirst for blood had been satisfied, more than 30 building were burned, wrecked or badly dam aged and probably .a score of person injured, halt tnat numoor aerioueiy. By heroic work the police prevented actual loss of life. The rioting con tiliued far into the night. ilnvrnnr Shallenbercer was consult ed and expressed a willingness to call out the troops if necessary. No such demand was made last night, however. Fifteen arrests had been made up to midnight. The South Omaha police continued n rnt Btrai7irlers until late in the night, the station being fil'jjd to its capacity. About 50 Greeks received medical attention and were given quar ters at the police station f. r the night. About 400 ureeks were removea u a place of safety in South Omaha and ,r. turner inianli'd in a bod v. A simi lar squad is being eared for in Omaha. QUAKES FRIGHTEN SPAIN. Drive Out Worshipper. Who Trample Women Undar foot. Alicante, Spain, Feb. 23. Severe earth shocks were experienced this morning throughout the whole district of Elche. The first occurred about 4 a. m. The most serious, which came while the people were in the village church, caused a panic among the con gregation, which rushed to the doors, trampling under foot a score or more women and children. The furniture in the houses was overturned and crockery and windows broken. At Orevellente, a town of 10,000 in habitants about 19 miles from Ali cante, two severe shocks were felt be tween 8 and 8:30 a. m. Houses rocked and swayed at an alarming angle and people ran to the countryside in terror. They are now camping in the open fields. CUPID IS LOSING HIS HOLD. Divorces in Canada Show Rapid In crease in Recent Years. Ottawa, OnL, Feb. 23. One of the most noticeable features of the legisla tive program at the present session of, the Dominion parliament is a long list, for Canada, at least, of divorce appli cations awaiting hearing before the senate. They are as many in number as were granted during the 20 years after the confederation. The average divorce application pre sented to the senate costs upward of $1,000, and this is a good deal more than the aggrieved husband or wife can ordinarily afford. .Between 18S8 and 1900, a period of 12 years, the number of divorces granted was A3, and at this session of parliament, if all applications are successful, the num ber will be 24. Kato Denies All War Talk. London, Feb. 23. The newly ap pointed Janar.sese ambassador to Great Britain, Count Takahira Kato, today said that be saw no reason why Japan ese relations with the United States should not remain excellent in the fu ture. Count Kato declared that there could be no dominant power in the vast waters of the Pacific. "We have no interests there," he said, "that can clash with the United States. We mean to have our own sphere of influence in our own part of the Pacific, but not to the detriment of a single power." Chinese in Boxcar. San Luis Obispo, Cal., Feb. 23. An organized p!an to smuggle Asiatics in to this country may be unearthed as a result of the discovery of 22 Chinese in a boxcar in this city today. The most peculiar feature ol the discovery was that the Celestials were in a bond ed car, sealed with the government stamp. The car was billed from Al giers, a town near New Orleans, which it left February 10, through to San Francisco. Owing to numerous land slides and washouts, the car was de layed on the Coast division. Clerk Spend $500 a Day. Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 23. After a five-dayB' sojourn in Fairbanks, dur ing which time he threw money around like a drunken sailor, Private William Lane, clerk to the paymaster at Fort Gibbon, departed tetween two suns, leaving a record of expenditure that beats anything the camp ever saw, and Btarting an invest:gation that has dis closed the fact that the army funds at the post are short by about $10,800 and everything riot accounted for yet. Doctors Desert Patients. NfeW York. Feh. 23. Th atpsimKhin Prinz William IV brought reports of great distress at the hospitals at Cara cas. A short time ago the physicians and nurses in he hospitals went on strike because the authorities had fail ed to furnish sufficient supplies of food and medicine. Three hundred patients in the hunital were starving. The passengers of the Prinz Wiihelm IV include U. Faulus Sannon. Havtien minister to Washington. Town Plans Greeting. Oyster Bay, Feb. 23. A reception will be tendered to Theodore Roosevelt when the ex-president returns to his home. Fireworks and illuminated decorations on houses and store will, it is expected, form part of the cele bration. Mr. Roosevelt and his son Kermit are expected to leave here on March 13 for Africa. Ex-Vice President i III. Chicago, Feb. 22. -Adlai E Steven son, ex-vice president of the United States, is ill at his home in Blooming ton, 111., according to reports received here today. His activities in the re cent camnaicrn ar ha id in Lvn nrMrA r r. - .v. -J Jit ICU a severe strain on his 74 yean. ..j. xj L J. , J H1JJ..L -JW I' ' PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Saturr'ar, February SO. Salem, Feb, 20. Both house of the legislature cleared away all accumu lated busint ft before adjourning, but It was nearly 11 o'clock before all were finished. Appropriation bills amounted to $1,100,000 mora than the session of two yeara ago. A number or law needed by the state were paused and several of the new measures will in crease the revenues. The house bill appropriating $210, 000 for new buildings and improve ments at the Agricultural college pass ed the senate by a unanimous vote this morning. The Weston, Ashland and Monmouth normal schools were all left in exist ence, but both houses refused to paaa appropriations for their maintenance. The house passed the game code practically as it came from the senate. Both houses passed a tuberculosis sanatoria bill carrying an appropriation of $45,000. The dairy inspector bill, which had been killed Wednesday, was reconsid ered by the house and passed. Only 12 members of the house voted for the bill creating a state highway commission. Whether or not Oregon shall have a constitutional convention will be de cided by the voters of the state at the election of 1910. By a vote of 16 to 9 the senate re fused to saiictii n the bill providing for an additional bank examiner. Repeal of the grant to railroads of valuable tide lands in Lincoln county was voted by the senate this afternoon. Only four members opposed the meas ure. Friday, February 19. Salem, Feb. 19. The senate thi af ternoon, on recommendation of the ways and means committee, killed in succession house bills appropriating $106,000 each for Weston, Ashland and Monmouth, by indefinite postpone ment, rejectei minority amendment" to the Monmouth bill appropriating $10,000 each for the normals for the rest of the school year, and $70,000 for permanently continuing Monmouth. Both houses have adopted the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment for the division of the state into 30 senatorial and 60 representa tive districts, with one member from each district. The armory bill, practically the same as the people voted down last June, has passed both houses. During the evening session the mem bers of the houe presented Speaker McArthur with a fine gold watch and euard. County division fights will not bother the legislature hereafter, a bill having been passed leaving the matter to the voters of the district affected. The hou3 passed the bill raising ap propriations for state fair premiums from $20,000 to $39,000 lor two years. The bill had already pasted the senate. The renate bill for an experimental farm in Eastern Oregon has passed the house, carrying an appropriation of $7,500 per year. The water code bill was passed by the house with only one vote against it. The insurance bill, creating an insur ance commissioner, has passed the house. The measure will bring a net income of $20,000 a year to the state, it is estimated. The senate passed the house bill for extension of the portage roa.l with only five votes against it. At the 1910 election the people will have a chance to vote on tbe L'astern Oregon asylum, both houses having passed the bill. The game and fish laws of the state are to be published and 10,000 copies distributed free, according to a senate bill passed today. The bill abolishing secret societies in high schools has been passed by the senate and received the approval of the house today. Thursday, February 18. Salem, Feb. 18. The senate killed appropriation bills today which will mean a net saving of $101,091.69 to the state. The senate bill exempting municipal bonds from taxation was passed by the house. Reform taxation amendments allow ing segregation of state and county taxation, as favored by the state grange, will be submitted to the peo ple in 1910. By a senate bill passed by the house today, minors will not bo allowed to engage in any game of cards, pool or other public amusement in a public place. The house passed the senate bill re quiring that all male persons before securing a marriage license must pre sent a certificate of health not more than 12 hours old. Owners of bank stock are not to be made liable for the mismanagement of the bank or its debts, the house having refused to pass such a measure. The senate bill requiring operators of warehouses to have storage rates plainly stated on receipts passed the house. J At the night sesxion the senate pass- Malady Kills Horse. Pendleton Some mysterious malady is killing horses in the Juniper coun try, according to a report brought to Pendleton by William Mills, a rancher, who has lost six horses. He says the symptoms of the disease are well do fined and that death always follows within a few hours. The stricken ani mal will suddenly appear sick and then lie down with its hind leg stretched out backward. These stiffen and remain in that position for four or five hours, at the expiration of which time he is Mead. Buying Gilliam Sheep. Condon Gilliam county and Condon have been visited this last week or 10 day by four or five sheepmen from Montana and Wyoming. One Montana man from Fort Benton bought 10,000 head of mixed yearling for April de livery to Condon for $4 a head with the wool on. The prevailing price for sheep is $4 a head with the woolen and $3 after being sheared. From all indication wool will be a good price thi year. ed the house bill appropriating $7,000 for claim against the Drain normal school. At the night session the house ap propriated $362,000 for improvements nt .tut.. mifiii.ia at Salem and In creased the agricultural college main tenance appropriation irom w $0,000 year. By the terma of the new military coda bill Adjutant General Finior will hold his place during good service, which practically mean life. Wedntaday, February 17. Salem, Feb. 17.- The governor sent a special message to the legislature to day urging the passage of a consittu tional amendment providing for state construction and operation of railroads. Central Oregon is the territory the governor aima to help and auch a bill is pending, but its passage i doubtful. The house refused to consider the bill providing that county assessors should asses at actual value and tlx the levy on basia of CO per cent of that amount. The senate passed the house bill fix ing a bounty on scalp of coyotes, cou gars, wildcats and wolves. The charity appropriation bill as passed by the house carries a total of $41,618.35. Two examiner of state bank and two deputies are provided fur in a bill passed by the house. The house passed1 a bill abandoning the Drain normal and authorizing the regents to turn the property over to the common tchool district of Drain. The senate passed a bill providing for a free ferry over tbe Willamette at Independence and another measure re quiring all door of public buildings and halls shall open outward. The house passed a senate bill mak ing 10 hours a day's work for female in telephone anil telegrah offices. The senate ways and mean commit tee is not in favor of three normals and further changes may be made be fore the session is ended. EXTRA SESSION NECESSARY. Blunder Kill Bill Appropriating Money for State Institutions Salem A special session of the Ore gon legislature will be necessary, or senate bill No. 254, a bill appropriat ing $350, 000 for improvement at state institutions will f-iil to become a law. Owing to irregularities the bill was not legally passed, and is invalid. The special session, if called, will merely pass the biil in the form in which it was intended to be passed by the ses sion just closed. No special cession has been called and none will be unless 20 member of tho senate and 40 members of ;he house signify their willingness to come to Salem for a special session without ex pense to the state. This decision una reached at a conference between Gov ernor Chamberlain. President Ilower man, Speaker McArthur and Senator Kay. Senator Kay has undertaken to get the members to agree to come and believes he can do so. Wheat Prospect Good. Portland Latest repo.rts received fcom the interior indicate that the Pa cific Northwest stands every chance of producing about 65,000,000 bushels of wheat during the present season. Prospects for the coming crop are in deed bright and the damage by the re cent freeze is less than had been antic ipated. In fact tho damage can scarce ly be considered at all for what little fall wheat was frozen out will be put in spring grain. The best feature of the present situation is that the entire Pacific Northwest received more rain fall to date than it did for the name perod a year ago although some sections did not receive as much as during the previous year. Fruit Company Eormed. Salem An investment of $210,000 is represented in the organization of the Hubard Fruit Farms association, which has just been formed, with A. A. Lee president, W. H. Burgnrdt, Jr , secretary, and B. F. Meredith, treas urer. The association ia compound of 207 of the leading business men of Su lem. They have purchased from L. H. McMahan something over 400 acres of land in the Miision Bottoms, 10 miles north of this city. The land will be immediately planted to peaches, apples and cherries. Revival of Hop Induttry. Salem Hop contract far in excess of the contracts for a similar period for last year, and advices received by growers and dealer here from every hop center in Oregon, indicate a won derful revival of the hop industry. The prevailing price in contracts is 10 cents, and thousands of pounds are be ing contracted for by all the dealers here. Reports from Oregon City indi cate a condition even more favorable to hopgrowers than that found here. Salem Fruitmen Organize, Salem Organization of the Salem Fruit union has been completed at a meeting held at the board of trade rooms and attended by over 100 grow ers. The following directors were elected: C. L. McNary, A. Vercler, W. J. Ball, C, J. Kurtz, C. O. Con stable, E. C. Armstrong and C. A. Park.- It is proposed to erect build ings, employ expert packer and push the production and marketing of fruit along modern approved line. To Build Two New School. Eugene The school board has de cided to erect two new building dur ing the corning summer. One is to be built in Fairmount and the other In Stewart' addition, near the fair grounds. The large increase in attend ance during the present term ha marie these new building matter of neces sity. Salem to Have Pure Water. Salem At a meeting of the Joint committee of the Capital Water com mission and the Salem council it was definitely decided to establish a moun tain water system for Salem, which Mrtll ftnltiti hif nnlv kifl nilw till , 1U1I1IBII WV VlffJ VlbJ, MUI. ll 1 of the state institutions, with a tupply J oi pure water. MANY WIRES DOWN IN EAST. Tlcgrph CompaiuM Expect Wek Of Repair Work. Chicago, Feb. IH.-ln point of dam age done, it w learned today that the storm of lt Saturday. S M Monday were the worst ever P"ri emed by the telegraph companic and railroad. Thousand upon thousand of poles are .till down, and hundred of mile of wires are prostrate. Throughout the state of Indiana, Ohio. New York, Went Virginia, IVnn njlvauia, Maryland. New Jeisey, Pe a ware and all of New England, tele graphic service is curtailed, and in sec tious discontinued. One Eastern rail road alone ia said to have Ini-t c'O mile of cable. Every repair man In the afflicted territory is still working to the limit, but resetting pule In frown ground ia low work and it Mil be weeks, it i said, before normal condi tion are restored. ENGULF PERSIAN HAMLETS. Quake Swallow Whole VilUge With Inhabitant. Teheran. Feb. 10.- The government of Hurujurd, a town in Southwestern Persia, has sent out agents to investi gate the damage wrought by the earth quake of January 23. The center of disturbance apiiirently was two day' journey from Hurujurd. Up to the present time only meaner report have reached hero. The devastation wa particularly severe in the mountainous region between Hurujurd and Lurlstan province. It hat been already estab lihed that 13 villages were wholly or partially destroyed and it U estimated that the tutal number v. ill un ioubtedly be more than 50. Only a small proportion of the inhab itants of the area where alim-ks were moat severe escaped. Some vitiate disappeared completely, and no trace can ha found of the hamlet of Bahrein and l.ehen. It appear that hot a sin gle soul belonging to Iheae rommuni tie left alive. A severe quake we felt at Up than, lull mile away, the morning of January I.'.'!. VON BUELOW IN CONTROL. German Chancellor A'" in Kir' Favor a Advitor. Berlin. Feb. 19.- "tm the solu tion f the finance problem dcend the wer and dafety of the nation," Theae wor.l, ipoken by Chancellor von Bueluw, in an nddrrs deliver.il before the German Agricultural win irintion, algnalim tli government' purpose to push the light fur the finance biil with increased vitfor, taken with the chancellor' lieoiaratiou that he "i likely to remain in otiice lunger than his adversaries hop." They ar thought to mean that Prince von Buelow is i;ain restore I to favor, inre It IS itr.prohabln that he would make urh a rem.irk without the authorization of the kai-u r. The fortti-omir.g f gtit in the reicM tag promise t assume an acutelv critical chaructrr, as very important feature of Prince von Huolow' plan for inrreaaing the nation's revenue Is violently opposed by one faction or an other. On the other hand, tfi steady increase in the annual dehcit in time of peace 1 creating a situation which the government feels to be imib't, Oliject to Panama Line. Sacramento, Cul., Feb, 19. By vote cf 4!1 to ;I0. th aii.erulinent by Aasemblyrnan Grove L, Johr.aon, of Sacramento, striking out all reference to the report of United Stare Senator Joseph L. Br is tow, of KanS!.. special Panama Baiiroad commissioner, in the resolution by Senator J. 11. Sanford, calling upon eon; res to establ'mh a government owned line of ten!tihip between California porta and Panama was marie thi-i afternoon by the lower house, of tho legislature. Thi place the as embly on record a being op posed to the prop. wed h plan to eniab lish a steamship line to compete, witi the llarrimaij, interest. High Honor lo Dr. Angoll. Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 19,- lir. James B. Angell Hiihinittcd his resig nation as presi Jent -of the University of Michigan today arid was offered by tho regent the position of chancellor at a salary of ? J,(iDii a year, with the continued free me of the president' mansion. The duties of the chancel lorship are to be aurh a suggested by the new president, and ns Dr. Angell may be willing and able to perform. Dr. Angell recent'y celebrated hi Hlith birthday, and has been president of the university since 1H7 1, Grand Duke VUdimir Dad. St. Puternburg, Feb, 19. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexanrlrovitch died here this evening. The liusiun court, which had just wnrgd from mourn ing over tho death of Grand Duke Alexis, has been plunged again in gloom, and the festivities of carnival week have, been interrupted by the death of Grand IniltB Vladimir, fine of the attending physician viaiu d the Grand Duke this afternoon ami spoke most reassuringly of hi condition. Half an hour Inter the duke wa aised with asthmatic spasms and died, Forty Wink Wreck Train, Billings, Mont, Feb. 19. -Alleging that Engineer Belsinger, of tho pas cnger train whirh vas wrecked at Young' Point on the Northern Pacific railway, on the morning of September 25 last, sending 20 person to death wa U8leop, while the lliujmen were trying to give him tho lgrml of dan ger, James T. lib-key and Willard F Smith, conductor of the freiivht train' were acquitted of the manaluughter Porlo Rico Given Trembl. San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. 39, Heavy earthquake wer fi k .".i. out tho island of Porto Rico at 3 o'clock una morning. i no Inhabitant were awakened by tho oicillation and their alarm wa treat. No .h.,,,... done, however. The vibration 1HtHd second, ami the move- ment wa from east tn u,uu. . , , - " -ju- Alio weainer touay u very stormy. OREGON STATE NEWS ChM Faclorio Hpoi t. ,,.! l . ..HnvMti f the ro-oiH'M tiv ,..H-lation hv md their view I'airy - South Pralrl. Fast U"vor, Hies iBcer.. K,und. of milk and the factory wh . h received the Urge.t amount of milk Maple Leaf Creamery aasm-Wtton, with S.tt,44 iHunU. Thi oel- lion carruni " unt of milk In 1907. but it I re potted that the Tillamook creamery will out distance the Maple Lrf for lUOs, The amount of cheese thee seven aseocl-ition manufactured w I 6T4.32U pound and ini w euni $l9i,44.Ol. Settler Flock to Lkvlew. i l. ft, (lreiroii ValleV Land company I now pvmliij hundred of thousand of dollar In IN vicinity of i ..t . u, in hiiue eoloiiUlpif scheme, The plan comprise the utilisation of MO.iHHI acre of the Military Road grant land ill fnfm of 10 to 1,000 acre, tho contract for Hie greater n-miheruf which re already chswd, Immigrant arc arriving daily and thousand of homesoeker re looked for the forthcoming spring and um. mer. An hiO company coiuempiaire the installation of uKr factory thai will Insure the Investment of $l,Hl, nno S-v-rnl railnad survey are completed and two railroad line are projected. Another Orgamratiort Forming, Pendleton -Though the farmer of Umatilla Munty already have a strong organitatlon in the Inland t'.tangrew. era' association, a second organUallon is to l.e formed. It W to be county branch of the Farmer' Rducattulial and Co-operative union u( America which I strong in rjieUrn Washing ton. An orgamrer has been at work in thi state im-e tlte first id the year, and local tranche have been formed among the farmer in the neighbor hoods of Helix, Adm, Athena, Wee ton ami Mi. ton. Farmer' Union Grown-;. thei! The farmrre' union Idea seem to be growing In I'maltlt ewitity, notwithstanding the disap pointment that it has encountered In the pt. 11. D. (!. Cox. who ha been looking after the ordinations in this county, wa In the city a few day ago arranging for meeting In Pendleton at which all the local union are to have delegate. The union here has called a Special meeting to rlrcl delegates. Squatter Are Favored. I a Cran.lr Last unirurr s number of l.a (irandu and Portland partte tiled timber claim un land in Wallowa county upon which (uallrri had art' tie-1 and made improvement, Cm I. si were immediately Hied by the scatters, and they have won tt e firet round of the battle through a decision given out from the local lend onSre in the contest of Finley M. Newtjn against the tiling of tiuy llyrk.tt, of thi city. 36 Horn Bought, North Powder Twenty eight horse at lino each, the econd lot bouRhl her hy Cae K. I'reecolt od II. Ind well; and evrfi more, purchased by C. Todd of Pendleton, at KMJ to $312.5", II up to the requirement for United States cavalry rrvicr, were arcrpted and by the insecrtor and ehlpped a few duj ago. Pndlto Mdlt Incorporate. Pendleton The new Pendleton Wol en Mills company ha been incorporat ed an I ronslruction work will n..n be started. C. P. Iti.hop, O. M. Mi.hop and Roy T. Itisl.op are the incorpora tor. The latter, who I to be mana ger of the local Concern, la here. Chamberlain Appoint Boned. i" - ... .... ouiem - ..overnor i namt.eriain hss reappointed R. R, Wallace a member of the state board of harheb enemin. em; pr, K. H. Pickel, VV. II. Mie nd K. A. Pierce member of the state board of health. Quarantine I Hun.,. s!,,m Quarantine at the Oregon .State Insane asylum, which ha len in force fr omn time on account of several case of diphtheria, ha been raised, MOrULANDMARKETS, Wheat fllueNtem, f I.IK; club, $,oa "I.0: red Riisaiai,, IU.I.0I; valley, liarley Feed, 12Hf.i2H.60 per toll. Oat No. 1 white, .1&M.16.0 tnn. Hay Timothy, Willamette vley, l.'l''fl5; Kaib-rn Oregon, llHolH; clover, $l2fi13: alfalf. tu,.. ir., grain hay, $i:iwH; cheat, $i:i.f,(((t i t. no,- veu n, i;i.riii(.(,i.i,rit). Potatoes -11.25 per hundred; wet potatoes, 'ihc pound. Onion Oregon, $2 p,.r hundred. Vegetable Turnln. .,. carrot 1; $j.r,; t,,.,, "'. norp-raoisn, iuc pound; tirtl choke. $ir, 1.25 dozen; paragu 15c pound; rahbgo3frf.1H'c pound; bean, 2..C-; caulillownr, 12 per crate; celery, 14.60 crate; paraley. 30c down; p, Joe lb,; radish.., H'ledozon: ipinnch, Jn lb. ; sprout, 10c lb.; wllh 2i,e Apple-75cf,,$2.75 box. liuttef -City creamery, txtras, ntic; a.icy wjtairle creamery, WcUc; t,.r, HWZOc. (Duller fat ,,eM SVt,rMK; cent per pound under regular but ter price ) Kgg -Oregon ranch, 2lr22.tvc do. n ll7 lf"" lfici "roller., n, fl'yWr', 1N"'2,,"i rooster, 'd 11.M2.:; yuK. MwlCc; duck, 2ml 2!c; gocso, 10c; turkey, lRf((2llc. Veal-Lxtra, Hr.iOc pound; ordl nary, 7f.Xc; heavy, Be. r!rF"?.'y,all'! l,,rK"' Bf',H Ti( Z V,""1 "k"'"' r-26f.t,5.r,0; r:1 us 4.l;""?. .o,. 3.75 ir ?immUm' 2'2fi"" vT&lin?"fa,m 5; n"",ium. luWD.CO: mixed ah..,,.. an.., 'wea. tr.;...r. r.. T. ' . ' " u-i I ---- -i -.""vu.oui larnu. iIh7.7, llrwr 1..... " DEATHS MAY TOTAL 360. Acap"1:' DmcJ by Th!r Du to Incompeiinca, ' , Mexico City, Feb, 17. Lt ft pBlche from Acapulco, whN Flurei theater wa burned whll y,, structure wan rrowde l at pmU mice given in honor of Govern,, Di an Flore, f the tai of (lu,rrZ bring vaiylnjf etlmie of th life. They ngiee In dwlanng, hW ever, that tbe dd Will exceet) jrw. while cxime dc th figure u aao. ftlol Ol in lived Wera bgni beyond rveognUtan. Acutra I tlBed by theeaUtrtU All bunlnes at the port ha e,Z!T th hoi have clod and the pZu are erowdlnrjf the rhurche whnr tml e ar being celebrated for th deid, The lire, which apread with ItwrtJL ble rajddlly through Uie InilneiiH en and adobe atrueture, wa due, It u charged, to th rareleasnpM ,,,( pTieoco oi ne wraior or th rnovinf plctur machine. There wa an tfi ion, a burst of dame, which ignited th bunting uevtl fur decoration, tad bj a few minute the entire trurtur m tn flame. The exit were all tn th frmil taut of the Imildli'jf. which wa almost mediately turned into a wall of Or in) the people Wero en(ipied, The w men and children suffered moat u4 eompri a majority of the dead. A aearrh of the ruin ha Uiu far re vealed no rerogniiable human fm. Charred bwlle, from which leg arsj arm have leren burned, hav ba taken from the ruliia, and there wi no chance of Identifying them, all bir been burled In a common trench. DECLARES WAN THRIATlNtO Csblornl LegitUlor Say H as Letter to Prov It. Kan Franclaro. Feb. 17. Tkat ik . country wa on the verge of wr wuj a nava) power or me urient reeentl wa tbe aertior) of Ktsl nUn Richard J. Welch, who l here with legislative ewe. hi 1 1 tee whirh I in!), gating th Islal crtek Prelect W.lrk aid: "If you had eer the corrrerandrae that mih between Irlent ltoe veil, Uovrrnor (illlett and ttpwaaer Stanton that I have seen, vou ti)4 know that there wa only a short Mm ago tbe dnger o( a eoorlirt fctveea two great naval pnweraof the IVifk." Thi atatertaent waa made in oMwtr to the argurrseiit of an opponent of th Jilai rrmk project tltat sup.rtrr of the plan hd attempted to fin port fur it by maintaining that a fee eminent nvy yard would be eelk Hshed at Hunter point, Welch Insist ed that such a ny yard would b built within tho neat ten yr, MOMTAUA bTILL AFTtRdAPS tfUiion Memorial lapectedto Fill 8r,rgtio Fight Ahetd. Helena, Feb. 17. After having caa- rd t)i boOo thototlfhty, Herff sentatiVe Noftni, of Silver Row, a n,Hjm-.s that the memorial of whirh at 1 the author, asking that roigrt continue In f.-rce the ( hineee ttrtuiioa art and enlarge It ncope to ini lud til Moi goliaM, will paaa the house by large majority. There are many twav t-er of labor urteue. in ttie house, tni many other mr ndr w hose mnttita. ent ar largely union men and Uwy til, they dec lare, aupport the meatur. At the present time the bill 1 in tat committeo on labor, but a report will be madr th' week. jvaker Mcttowetl referml the bill whirh would exclude Murg liana from the public ik-hool b the committee oa military affair and Norton declare lie will have tt ro-ref?rred to the com mittee on education. That tht bill wtlt not as aeema certain. Argot Land Grant C. Ia Atigele. Feb. 17.- Argument In tho Oregon & California railroad and grant caao will be made nn a de murrer tn the United Jtal Circuit court at Portland on March I, Traty C. Heeker, special aaeislant to A tier ney (lerscral Honapart In the prwertr lion of the Oregon ca, ha Juat re t jrnl from the Fast and will le to morrow for Portland, 1 he c l volve about 2.300,0011 acre of rltn t)regn land, atd to Iw valued at bit 140,000,000 at a low eettmale. Mr. Harriman' California lawyer, W, f. Herrin ami p. F. Iiunno, will pr agairml Mr. Urcker and II. H. Town end, who I aaaoflated with hi in. Oil Concern Celt Reprleva Sherman, Tex., Feb. 17. Judge II, . Heap, counsel fur Chester H. Dor chester, Federal receiver of th Wt Pierce Oil conipany,lat night received a messago frotn tho clerk of lb Su preme court of tho United Htatet tut ing that a mandat in the rewnt dwb ion upholding tbotteof Texln In matter of a receiver for the eompanfi had been atay. d for 80 day from Feb ruary 18. Tho message atate th" the mandate I atayed in the matter of the fine., th atato reclverhi '"! Federal recelverahlp. . Build School In Wui St. Petersburg, Feb. 17. - The mill later of education today Intrtsluced I bill beforo tho douma providing for building fund for tht erection of 141V 179 new primary achoola throughout tho emplro within ten year. Thest choola are to )x built and mlntlnt Iry the provincial authorise on go' ernment auhaidy. A aubatltute pro viding for general compulnory w tion la to bo dlaeiiMwl a " lM agrarian debate la terminated. No Bay. to Bt "8port." Sncramonto, Feb. 17.-Thesemblf pucd a bill totlay by Grov L. Jon" on nmklng It a rnldeim'nnr fr minor to attend a cockllght, pflfl or horaoraco, and fixing Ptillv 150 fine or 25 daya In Jail for I"" owner of place whert turn eonw aro hdd to allow minor to eniut. Four Oaught In Mint. . Ilwiton, 111,, Fab. 17.-Bh of tha Doerlng Coal company, toutn I llr nton, blew up tonight The P" lon wrecked and choked tho niln , hafU. It will bo hour Uton ran reach tha four entombed men tntr Ther la little hop for their live.