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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.
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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.
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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.