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THE OREGON MI ST V() 1,7 XX VIII. " " " :z::: - rr ... ' , ST. HKLKNH, OREGON, Fill DAY, MAIICJI 19, 1909. NO. 16. I " " . . M. -.,., - , ,. II III 1 3 EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from At Parts of the World. PREPARED FOR THE BUST READER L Important but Not Ls Inter ling Happening from Polnta Outsid lh Slat. Part uf Moxico ar suffering from lever drouth. Th ' tit ha defeated local uptlun In California by vol of 12 hi I!6. Dry mi Imp hover again to run for prrttilnt, but may run fur senator. The (.ouivian Kupreme court ha ile tided that anti-betting law la valid. Taholat'd figure show that Chicago hu 710 inspectors) uf different kinds on the payroll. The Standard Oil company haa been IWI IJU.OOU In New York fur accept li:g rta(r and a nw trial refused. Ijo Angel again haa mayor, the council having pier tod William 1). Stephen! to hold until lh special lec tiun March SO. Ilarrlman aayt groat railroad lm prvwn.nU will be made if congrrea ciflu. poling and plana great tranaomtiiwfiUi merger. Th Krupp. of Germany, will at one tgin th manufacture uf gun puwder In Mexico. The government will lend much assistance. Chiragu'a new charter propose to five the peupla a recall ijfiUm. Servi la buying gunpowder and Car many I uneaay over th situation. Three Chicago boya ran away to join Kuuaevelt on hi trip to Africa. Persia I again the km of Internal ttrife and Kuwla ia sending troop. Th government only await word from Mas tea to Intervene in Central America. Ceneml W. T. Palmer, founder of Colorado Spring and a great railroad but liter, I dead. Dr. Starr, of Chicago unWeraity. de clare that Kooeevell wilt nut wrvlve hi trip to Africa. Th lieaker of th Tela lower houee haa been compelled to resign on account of charge, of graft. The California legiatatur ha paal a hill requiring railroad to have three brakenwn on freight Uralna of over 60 car. Indiana In Northern Canada have offered greatly from? cold thi winter and many have froaen to death. Their supplies are also nearly eihauated. A Milwaukee grand jury ha found a plumbera truL Keiarocwratdui at Manila recurded a heavy earthquake. Uwr.rt in the Calhoun trial are till battling over juror. Civic chana ha followed th rig nation of Mayor Harper at Lo An (elea. Anthracite miner and operator nave disagreed and th conference ad Journcd. Secretaries Hallinger and Wilaon will Mraonallv inauett Irrliratlon and fureat work. The Ilrltinh naval plan for the com. I"g year contain plana for four mon ter battlrahtp. A Montana holdup man robbed aix Jape and then made thorn ait him to escape on a hand car. Tho American mlnlater to Nicaragua haa bn recalled and joint Interven Ion by Mexico and th United But l threatened. A landslide, at Java haa almost com pletely burled three village and cot hundred of live. IhT dead are tl mated at over 1,000. C antra haa engaged berth on a ve l aalling fur Veneiuela March l!0. A Cuban woman haa Just given birth to quadruplet, two boya and two girl. Tho Minnesota hou ha turned down two bill favoring woman suf frage. Th house eommltte ia receiving "iny protest agalngt rroposed tariff change, A Chicago pastor and $6,000 have disappeared and th police are looking for him. Mayor Harper, of IO Angeles. h resigned under th threat of exposure of grow Immorality. An attempt waa mad to wreck a Burlington passenger train near Peoria, II-. by throwing a switch. Tho Nevada leglalatur i consider '"gan antl-gambllng bill which even prohibit! th playing of whlat or other gamee for price. Anhraclt minor' demand have been refused by th operator and both Ido are preparing for a atrik. Japanese figure ahow that 94 mor Jspaneae returned home during Kcbru ry than cam to th United State. CONVICT TOO FAT. Mltaourl Warden H.i No Aceommo dallons for Prlionar, JelTeraon City. Mo.. M.reh i Matt W. Hall, warden of the penlte tlry. admit that he ha a hard t,rob. Iin to discover aorne mean of handling uie necker, of 8L Louis, a form. member of the huuae of delegate, who we pn-evcuted and convlcteil of buod ling and sentenced to the lienltoiitlary for five yeara. Decker came here larit Thursday ami .i.ii. iiu. i.hi, j eveninif he una de. nvereu w me warden of the peniU nary, jhen the trouble atarkd for mo wanirn. It wan diecovered that there waa m a auu or clothe in the nrln larve enough to fit the priaoner. and thut Mio cell ilixira Were too amall to adm mm. uecner up the icalea at 320 pound, and i by far lite haviet i.ri uner ever recciveil at the jwnitenliery i neon rnyalcian t;hatam wacalle in lor counel. He aid he twlieved place could be fixed up in the hoapita nuiKimg Where Pecker could be kept The warden at once accepted the prol ueltlun and Decker wa taken there and ha been confined there since. PLOT TO FORCE INTERVENTION Haiurned Traveler Sara Federation ot Stale it Object. C ity of Mexico. March 16.- Accord Ing to J. II. Graham, an American traveler who haa recently returned here after vimtlng the Central American cap Hal, the trouble fomented by I'rrai dent Zelaya, of Nicaragua, I the reault of a definite iirtiirram to enforce the intervention of the United State. Holh Hondura and Salvador have already appealed to Washington to in tervene, and elaya i cooirating with tnem, according to thi authority .eiya and the other ( vntral Amer lean executive cannot retire, aa that might mean a forfeiture of life. intervention will bring about the fede ration ot the five republic, allowing the prearnt ruler to atep down and enjoy in aeefylly the furtunea they all hive amaMftl, the purpwui of ! and hi alliea will have been accoin pluhed, according to Mr. Graham, If Et Africa la making great prepar ation for Kooaovalt'a hunt. Th prealdent of th German Fir In surance company haa been Indicted at Toledo, Ohio, for perjury nd mbei-lement. SERVIA PHEPARES FOR WAR. Eapsct to Have 250.000 Man Ready tor Field by April, Vienna, March 16. According to in formation fr m the beat of aource, Servl" military preparation are being puthed with haute and energy which Irongly belle the protestation of the ate memorandum aa to the deeire of the country to remain at peace. lleginning in rebruary, the entire rat line of reserve wa placed on a war footing and it ha been drilled for three week. At the end of January 30,000 recruit were called up, a com pared with (he u.ual number of 17,000, In the la tt few month the. second re serve ha been called out for two Week a' exercise. Ileirinnlnsr In April. Scrvia count on beinir able to blace 2&0.000 men in the field. Au-tria-Hungary is fully prepared fur action and la inclined to force an immediate solution of the present crisis, Aeroplane Is Christened. New York. Msrch 16.-Whst is said to have been the first christening of an aenurian In the history of the world took place lodsy at Morris park under the austiicea of the Aeronautic society Virtually alt of the ceremonies which attend th launching of a ship were performed., including the breaking of a bottle of champagne on one of the steel bars of tho machine. The sponsor named the new craft "New 1 rk No. 1." Ship Sinks, 20 Drowned. M.,tier,lMm. Msrch Ifi.The Norwe in aieamer Mascot, for Sunderland, collided today with tho Gorman ship Marreth. from Itimuuo, for Ham hue, alintit 20 mile west of Mann liirhlshlp. The Margretha sank almost i..,M,.lii..lv. Twenty of tho Jib mem !,. ,.r Hi., crew were drowned. Tho MaHCot returned hero with a big hoi in her bow. The Margretha whs com manded by Captain Woethro. Cost Strik Is Prsdicted. Phlladuttihla. March 16. "Thoanth racito miners will strike." Secretary nf II Strict NO. V, OI Hie United Mine Workers of America, .....i. n,u i(,.mi.nt last nicht in flis .7 V.i... ..n,ni with the cussing me union mine owner. He based the prediction upon th sppnrent Inability of the op- . . . . A I ,1k.. posing SHIt S -.o gev WK"'"" Mor Fortun All Qon. New York, March 16 -Mr. Charles W. Morse, wir i '""""""" and ice company promoter, -confirnuul the report that her husband s fn tune had been entirely d.s.ipstod and that she had to sell her furniture lewcls to m-ct th. obligations in curred by him In hla rocent trial. Plan Timber Pickling Plant. s.,n,la Mont. March 16. E. F. Sherman, chief of the timber preserva tion divl Ion of the forstry bureau ha. c hid contract In this city for the in Stlonof timber pIcklinK P it Shit of this city. ly the ?ic ling proccs tho rr "i ;;.. able to preserve ine mo u, Wreck Hurts Seventeen. Sun Antonio, Tex., March 16 -Sey. entecn p.seng,r. were mju seriously, and two pe -" the collision last i - - , fa Pacific pasesnger train nd a swiicn OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST THE SPECIAL SESSION. Salem, March 16. Tuesday after noon will end the business of the Ore gon legislature, after a special session of about 30 houra. The house tonight adopted a resolu tion for adjournment at noon Tuesday. Speaker McArthur aaid it might be necessary to turn tho dock back. Kach house continued the organiza tion of the regular lesslon thi morn ing by adopting resolutions declaring President llowerman and Siieaker Mc Arthur th presldinir ollicers. Three bills have paimcd both houses, one by Kenresentative Bones, ainiro- priating 7,fo0 for expenses of the ecial session, one curing a defective emergency clause in the act creating a board to eliminate duplications in cur ricula of the Agricultural college and the state university, and one appropri ating funds for improvement in statu inatitutions. The house voted to submit the nor mal issue to a vole of the eop)e. A hill has also been introduced appropri ating $40,000 for oach of the three schools to carry them until after the election of 1310. In the senate there is a disposition to ignore the normal question entirely and it is doubtful if any action is taken furthe than to submit tho whole thing to a iN.pular vote. Iloth houses have refused to take up any of the bills vetoed by Chamber lain. Salem, March 16. No appropri tions for normal schools were made by the Oregon legislature, which ended its special session at' 8:40 tonight The lawmakers quit the rapitol, leaving sd in the house a aenate bill grant ing the schools $H,000 each for main tenance until next Juno. The normal forces repudiated the bill and it cup. porter could not muster the two-thirds neceasary to advance it to second read ing. Tho vote on auspenaion of the rules was 2ri ayes to 16 noes. Because the gross earning tax lawa enacted by the initiative in 1906 were killed by implication by a tax act of the legislature in 1907. the ad valorem tax act of the regular session of 1909 was not touched by the special session An unsuccessful attempt waa made to render inoperative the dairy inspec tion act of the regular session. Hills passed during the special so. sion cure defects in those passed at the regular session and all efforts to ntroduce new business were Voted down. The work of the special ses sion comprises the following: Appropriation for improvements in state institutions; appropriation lor experiment station at Union; opening duck season in Willamette valley Octo ber 1 innteadof October 15; protect- ngdeer; prohibiting night hunting of deer; protecting elk; rope tire escapee in hotels not to apply to town having fire regulations; salaries of Supreme court baliff. clerk and stenographera; act creating curricula board; requiring doors of public buildings to open out ward; new code; appropriating 7,&uu or special session ; reimbursing George Small. Liberty Bell at Festival. Portland The grand triumphal jour- ncv of the "Liberty Bell" to the I'aci tic coast, a movement which was start ed bv the Portland Rose festival, is as sured almost beyond any doubt Not only is Portland working to secure the historic relic as a special attraction for tho floral carnival hero, but Seattle s bending every energy to secure it for the A.-Y.-P. fair. San rranciaco wants it for iU"Rohalibilitation Day" anniversary, and more inBn mo cities on tho coast and along the differe nt transcontinental railroads have passed resolutions memorializing the authori ties of the city of Philadelphia to per mit the treasured trophy to make the trin the first one it haa ever taken ... t ...... r. . West of the Mississippi river. oo widespread has the movement become that the congressioonul delegates ot every state West of the Mississippi ithbutoneor two exceptions nave been asked to use their influence to bring the sacred tocsin of American independence to the coast Marlon's Finest for A.-Y.-P. Salom W. A. Taylor, who has clmrge of the Marion county exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, is working faithfully to prepare an ex hibit thnt will be a credit to the state nd the county. Nothing but product actually grown or made in Marion county will constitute any part of the xhibit. It will surpass me exniou made by the county at 1'orliand in 1905 if Mr. Taylor's plans are not in terfered with. One carload has al- ady gone north and anotner win De sunt Uter. Frultmen to Experiment. Mrlford The Rogue River Valley Horticultural society has re-elected J. 2. Watt, president for the third term. The other olllcera are : li. i . r incuuy, vice president; Harry Tuttle. secre tary ; J. A. Perry, treasurer. Proft-ss-nr Owra addressed the fruit men. Mr. Ogara Will have headquarter at Med- ford during ine coming aumnwr nu ui rect his investigations in cross polleni- zation. Experiment win db maue hub spring, at frost prevention. French Colony for Coos Bay. Marahflvld E. Grnpln, who repre- sent a colony of French people in New York and others in raris, ia at oos Rv Investigating the place with view of possibly bringing a colony to locate in this county. OPEN SILETZ LAND. Two and One-Half Towmhlpa to B 8ubject to Entry in April. Portland Register A. S. Dresser and Receiver G. W. Bibee, of the Port land land office, announce that two and one-half townships in the Siletz reser vation will be subject to application and entry next month. Legal applica tions for the entry of sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 20, 26, 27, 28, 35 and 36, township 6 south, range 10 west, will lie received at the land office in thi city beginning at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, April 20. Application may also be made for entry on lands includ. ed in the south half of township 6 south, range 9 west, beginning at 9 a, m. two days later, Thursday, April 22. Notice that the survey of these two half sections has been approved ha been received why the local land office officials. On March 23 all of township 7 south, range 9 west, will be thrown open to entry on the same conditions, The lands thus thrown open to entry includes some of the most valuable timber in the state. Formal entry, settlement and improvement of these lands haa been held up for a number of years pending an approval of the sur vey. In the meantime many squatters have taken possession of quarter sec tion of land and have done much to wards improving the same and estab lishing a home thereon. Under the rules of the general land office regu lating filings on this land, all bona fide settlers will have 90 days in which to make formal entry on the particular tract on which they have been living At the expiration of that period the land becomes subject to application and entry by any American citizen. Nursery for Rogua River Valley. Medford Rogue river valley is to have one of the largest nurseries in the West The Yakima Nursery com pany ha leased 300 acres of land from Dr. C. K. Ray, near Tolo. Trees, shrubbery, flowers and seed of all kinds will be grown and distributed. W. D. Ingles, president of the Yakima Nursery company, and L. E. Hoover, of this city, consummated the deal. Ingles and Hoover have also purhcased the William Vonder Hellen 820-acre ranch, about three mile from Eagle Point, paying 13,250. Irrigation Dam Completed. Lakeview Mr. Elliot, who is in charge of the irrigation scheme carried out by the Elliot Irrigation Reservoir company, reports the successful com pletion of the dam there. The water now cover an area of 60 acre at an average depth of 19 feet, and 100 acres at a le.s depth. The digging of the main canal and laterals is now be ing done, and a considerable area of sagebrush land will be irrigated this year. Thorn for Insurance Clerk. Salem Insurance Commissioner Ko- zer has announced the appointment of J. M. Thome, of Roseburg, as chief clerk in the insurance department Mr. Thorne is well known in Douglas county and is an experiened banker. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem, $1.20ftiT.25;club, $1.10; red Russian, $1.07(.i 1.08; val ley, $1.10. Oats No. 1 white, $39. Barley Feed, $30dt 30.50 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $13(U6 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $16 Hi IB; clover, $12fti l3; alfalfa, $14.50 ru5; grain hay, $13di 14; cheat, $13.50 (ri.14.60; vetch, $13.50(dl4.50. Butter City creamery, extras, 36c; fancy outside creamery, 3 an: 3 5c per pound; store, 18(n20c. (Butter fat prices average 1 SjC per pound under regular butter prices.) kRR Oregon ranch, 20(i;zic per dozen. Poultry Hens, 16(16Jtc: broilers, 20(ii25c; fryers, 18ci20c; roosters, old, ll(((12c; young, 14(dl5c; ducks, 20(o,22c; geese, 10c; turkeys, 1820c; squabs, $2.50(i3 per dozen. Veal Extra, lOHC'CHc per pound; ordinary, 7((8c; heavy, 6c. Fork Fancy, 9 s (it. 10c per pound; large, 8(i8,SiC Apples 75c(if$2.50 per box. Potatoes $1.85fl.40 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 2.V'3c per pound. Vegetables Turnips, $16C1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets, $1.50(((:1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; artichokes, H0c(a?l per dozen; asparagus, 12S(a2(c per pound; beans, 25c; cabbage, 3l4((f3c per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen: celery, $4.50 per crate; lettuce, head, 85c per dozen; onions, 40(it50c per doz en; parsley, 25(d80c per dozen; rad ishes, 35c per dozen ; rhubarb. $3.25 per box. Onions Oregon, $1.75(ii;1.90 per hundred. Hops 1909 contracts, lOrJilOtVc per pound; 1908 crop, 7(i8c; 1907 crop, 3 4c; 1906 crop, !)( 2c. Wool Eastern Oregon, contracts, 1618c pound; valley, 1617c; mo hair, choice, 22c. Cattle Top steers, $5(f5.25; fair to good, $4.75(((5; common to medium, j$3.2Sr4.60; cows, top, $4.25; fair to good, $3.506J4; common to medium, $2.503 60; calves, top, $56.60; heavy, $3.50(3)4; bulls, and stags, fat, $3.(ii.3.60; common, $22.7S. Hogs Best $7.25; fair to good, $6.75(d7; stockera, $5.506.50; China fats, $6.75. Sheep Top wethers, $5.7&6; fair to good, $4.75(ff6.25; ewes, He less on all grades; lambs, top, $6.506.75 fair to good, $66.60M 8MALL HOPE IN TENNESSEE. Remaining Standard Csses Desperate Rebate Law About Dead. Washington, March 12. The offi cials of the department of justice to day again declined to discuss what further action woud be taken by the government with respect to the several other criminal cases against the Stand ard Oil company for accepting rebate now pending in the courts for the Northern District of Illinois. It is un derstood, however, that Messrs. Wil kerson and Sims, the government at torneys, will come to Washington within the next few days for a confer ence with Attorney General Wicker sham, when it is presumed a course of action will be decided on. The decision of the court in the $29, 240,000 fine case leaves still pending in the Chicago District court three double cases, in which two separate grand juries have found indictment. These three double cases are under stood to be similar, if not identical, with the case decided yesterday. Consideration already has been given by government counsel to the case of the United States against the Standard Oil company, which shortly is to come to trial at Jackson, Tenn. The indictment in that case contains 1,500 counts, the specific charges being that the Standard shipped from Whit ing, Ind., to various points in the South '.,500 or more carloads of oil on ! which concessions in rates were made by the railroads. The decision of the Circuit court at Chicago is not binding as a matter of law on the Tennessee judge, who may try the case, aa be is not in the same circuit, but it is considered likely that he may follow the Chicago court so far as the two cases have similarity. The Tennessee case probably wijl be heard by Judge John E. 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"In distress, notify life-saving sta tions west south east ," is the way the message was read at Newport Another wireless station picked up fragments of a message about the same time which were in effect that a vessel was drifting in distress off the New Jersey coast The word "Trainer" was among other unconnected words received and this led to the supposition that tbe message might have referred to the schooner "Ann B. Trainer," which was reported early in the week aa drifting without masts off the Vir ginia coast BRITAIN GAINS TERRITORY. nfnfmmmnfnfmmnfnfmmnfnfmnmfmmnfnrnfnf IWe Will LOAN You money. RENT You a lock Box. SELL You real estate or farm land SURVEY Your lots or land. INSURE Your buildings. MAKE Your abstracts. SELL Your property. DO Your aotarial work. LOAN Your money. COLUilBIA COUNTY ABSTRACT AND TRUST COMPANY 3 3 Siam Cedes 16,000 Square Miles Un der Industrial Treaty. , London, March 12. Fifteen thou sand square miles of territory has been added to the British empire by the treaty signed yesterday at Bangkok, Siam, under the terms of which Siam cedes to Great Britain the states of Kalantan, Tringan and Kedah, which hereafter will be administered with the Malay Federated states. Under the treaty British capital to the extent of $20,000,000, will be fur nished for the construction of railroads south from Bangkok. These lines are to be controlled by a new department quite distinct from the present railroad administration of Siam, which is ad ministered by Gemans. There will be also a gradual abolition of British ex tra territorial rights in Siam. Death Harvest in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., March 12. Ten per sons were killed in the tornado that swept across Alabama and Georgia last night The storm plowed two miles of timber and farms near Cummine. Ga., and destroyed much property. Cuthbert Ga., reported the damage at $500,000. Nearly half the main busi ness block was damaged. Homeless persons wandered through the town searching for household goods which the wind had scattered. Life Saves by Wireless. Eureka, Cal., March 12. The oil steamer Asuncion, Captain George F. pridgett en route from San Francifco to Portland, hove to 100 miles north of here this afternoon and notified the Fort Humboldt wireless station that a sailor had fallen from the rigging to the deck. The message stated that his injuries had resulted in severe internal hemorrhages, and medical advice was asked for and was promptly given. Again on Visiting Terms. Victoria, B. C, March 12. News was brought by the steamer Suveric, which reached port today, that Japan was preparing to receive the first Rus sian warships to reach Japan since the war. They are the Korietx and Glyak, new vessels named after two o: the same name sunk during the war, and had come from Russia, to be followed hortly by the new cruiser Pavel III, Dzibuti and another battleship. Death List Now 35. Brinkley, Ark., March 12.. Thirty- ve persons were killed by the tornado here and more than 200 injured, ac cording to a statement issued tonight by Mayor Jackson. An appeal for out side aid for the homeless was made by th mayor. . SEC OCR UST . n JUiUiUlUUUlUiUUiUtiUuliUJUiUJUiUiUulJUJIUUiUe r 0 t t JOB PRINTING IS OUR BUSINESS WE have the best and most ' fully eqaippedJob Print ing Office in Columbia County And we are prepared to do all kinds of Printing on short notice and at most reasonable prices A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE OREGON MIST COLUMBIA COUNTY BANK DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS : First National Bank, U. S. National Bank. Hanover National Bank, Portland. Ore. Portland, Ore. New York Officers Wm. M. Ross, President and Cashier;' Edwin Ross, Vice President ; A. L. Stone, Assistant Cashier. Directors Wm. M. Ross, M. White, James Dart, Edwin Ross. 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