The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, April 09, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON MIST vol. xxvm. EVENTS n DAY Netty Items Gathered from All Parts of tbe World. PREPARED FOR THE BUST READER Lsis Important but Not Ls Inter filing Happening from Poind Outsltl lh Stat. A Krntm'ky Judf baa dacldwl Bt'rt dty t. alinK lllrfal. A ciuw atorm ha juat sw.pt ov.r 0r'". Kiyttt to Un inch. fall, tha saloon U.atlon will probably pr U ba tak.n Into court for aatlla PMnt In Mirhlgan. A tidal wava aarapt ovar th Now llvbridra lalarola March 29, octroying practically all crop. I'rwuient Comal haa wamad Cubana srainut tha graat tatultmry toward rsvolulluna In that country. 8ral member of tha Japan dirt will visit th Pacific count to study Hi" ailuatlon at firat band. A rotiiwl raotaln of tha army rum milled suield at Naw York Uxauaa ha hadn't noU)b roottay for hlmaalf and Rather Mltchatl, rantral flgur in tha "llulr Holler" murder at rieatlt. in ISo, ha boon released, from tha any I um on parula. Smuggled fura war brought In on tha natal miiva laying ahipa which tnade (ha trip from Naw York around th hum to San Diego, Tha Coluralo legislsture haa ad journed without pualng direct pri mary law, railroad rorhmlaaion law or an Initiali and refreendum measure and tha governor will rail apeclal arwion. Naples haa mala great preparations to (tflcuma ltuuaev.lt. Portland'a naw city diraetoy plare tha population at 2&&.000. Thara la a Civil war veteran living is Missouri who ia 110 year old. Fir. at Ihtlla. T.S., destroyed ptuj-rty worth I2&0.0OO, warty all ltiI.nres. A big (Chicago grain brokaraga com pany baa failed bacauae of tha advanc ing whrat market. Canadian miner on atrlka believ. lha fuel ahortag will furea tha mina owner to gtva in. Studenta of Kuk In College, Oiford. England, hava atruck agalnut tha ra awval of lha principal. Admiral Cerver. on of tha Spanish aatal commander during tha war with tha Unitad Stalea, la dead. There ia a report that Fairbanks haa been offered tha ambaaaadorahip to Great llritain, but h refuse to diacuaa th proposition. I'hiiip Caina, a couain of tha novel ist, la dead. II bad .slated for year by selling aho laces. Ignorant or the fact that he was heir to 160,000. Roosevelt and party bav arrived at CibralUr. A conteat ia Imminent on th aetata of "Lucky" Baldwin. Roosevelt deniee that an attempt was wade on bia Ufa white crossing the ocean. The leader of Chicago fllack Hand society haa been trapped and informed on his confederate. A New York broker haa been arrest d for swindling investor out of f 160,. 000 In mining stock. The French government may make formal protest agalnat aom of th pro visions of the tariff bill. It l said Harrlman will make chang es in the Union Pacific I in and invade Ui Eurllngton territory. I'rrsuLnt EHot. of Harvard univers ity, has declined th appointment of ambassador to Uceat Britain. Every coal mine In Waetero Canada, except th Crow Neat collieries, are tied up by a atrika of th miner. One hundred and fifty thousand Chi cago women hav signed a petition protesting against higher duties on gloves. King Victor will meat Roosevelt on an Italian warship. Thousand of man ar going to the ly discovered gold field near Phoe nix, Ari. Professional gambler ar giving officer of tha trn-Atlantle liners treat trouble, A llsltlmor cb rk, only 28 year of Jo, haa been arrested for mbeilln 1100,000 from th city. jJot of tha oil wall in Oklahoma HI shut down for four month on ac "it of overproduction and advers Ut law. Harrlman saya th government jould set th statea an xmpl by "Pealing repressive railroad law. General Kurokl, commander of the t Japanese army In th fiald against ia, haa rtird, owing to th -Pwlun of hi military term. Paris student, who had been sent to Pflson for misdemeanor, took revenge th convicting officer by sending lton load of merchandise to hi ST. JIJ5LEN8, OltEGON, FRIDAY, A PHIL 9, 1909. NO. 19. ACTION OF CHEAT IMPORTANCE Suit to Dlasolva 8l.nd.rd. OH Will Qo to Supreme Court, Washington, April 8.The hearing lit (111 (tauM at. w aana in i naa i n iiui ua a... v-ina. ilia NUm iM rut of New Jersey, which will be bVgun wiure wit iiiiiuHi n .r. i i. .. .... In til, Uuis tomorrow, Is one of the nioei imixirunt and fer-rt.!.,.. i..n actions that has ever mn ., r... , ... - H, trial In this country. The Mil .,i ,...,..i..i... n ine pari or the UnlUcd 8uts, charging a violation of the Bherman anil-trust law. was flli u m,.u.i.. iwu, in Bianuanl Oil company, of New Jersey, the barent onniili, Ugether with ita various subsidiary vr, ..Lu on.; jonn l), Korkefeller, Henry M. Flairler. Ifenrv K John U. Archbold. Ollvi-r P. I'ayne ami vnarivs m. rrsil are charged with hav Ing entered Into an im.n,1,i ,., blnation and conspiracy to restrain iraue anu rommerre among the severs! states, to monopo!it trade and com merce in me purchase of tetroleum anq in in Ulstrlbulion, sals and ship nirnt of the tirolucta of tM-trolum. The UnltH Statea seeks rH.lually to enjoin the defemlanta from doing any act looking to carrying out the al leged combination or conspiracy and to ut.eoive we MamlanJ nil coniblnation. The t'ovcrnnu nt ronrloilnl iu rrxwiy on January 21, l'Jiia. About 400 wtinessr were examined, appruxi malf.lv 2(H) atiwariittf for parh aiilii. The issue la ao lniirtnt thai whatever mav be the result of the trim! by the Circuit court, the case certainly will be appealed to the United 5taU-s nupreme court. SYSTEMATIZE NOTE DESIGNS. Government to Do Away With Many Now in Use. Washington, April 6. Assistant Secretary of the 1'rra.ury Gxlnlge has appruvrd a plan for sy.tematiilng de signs fur United States notes snd coin certificate, thus securing uniformity in portrait and general dt-eifrn. At prent there are 10 diff.rcnt de signs for United .Stairs notes snd coin certiflcatr of various denominations, leading to confusion and uncertainty. Under the new p an there will he but nine. The ft ailver certificate will carry the portrait of Washington, the 12 ail ver certificate the portrait of Jeffer son. Die Jj note, wnrttter silver cer tificate or greenback, will carry the portrait of Lincoln. The $10 gold and silver certificate and United Slates note, thst of Cleveland; the $20 that of Jackson; the f.'.O ihat of Grant; the $100 that of Franklin; the $.101) that of Salmon P. fha.e; the $1,000 that of Alciandi r Hamilton. The portraita of llillegas, Monroe, Sitae Wright, I-ewle W. Clark, Mans field and others will be eliminated. The eagle, the buffalo and the Indian head, which have proved to be easily coun terfeited, also will disapar. All duplirationa will be done away with. INDIANA ASHORE IN FOG. Msg- Pacific M.il Unr Founders In d.lena Bay. 5n t-Vftneiara. Anril 6. According lilvlnM received liv the Pacific Mail Steamship comany, tha steamer Indi ana, bound from Maiatlan to San Fran Cisco, went ashore during a heavy fog in Msgdslena bay last night and is still on the rocks. Tha passengers and their personal baggag and the mail were removed by the cruiser Albany, of the Pacific fleet, and the tug For tune and Navajo. The passengers have been placed aboard the shis of the fleet and will be picked up by the City of Sydney, which leaves Acapulco for Megdalena bay tomorrow. The statement issued by the Taciflc Mail company says that the Indiana is ashore on Cape Tosco, the Southern ex tremity of Sent Marguerita bay. She ia resting easily on a rocky bottom and protected from the sea and westerly winds, , The Indiana sailed from Matatlnn yeatenlsy and carries a valuable cargo for this port. The messsges received by her owners say that the water Is 14 feet deep in hold No. 1. 15 in hold No. 2, 12 feet in hold No. 3 and 14 feet in hold No. 4. The company estimates tha value of the ship and cargo at $(.00,000. All Nations Present. Slt Lake City. April 6.-Every Western state and territory, Canada ad Mexico have contributed c.t.xen. to the great crowd attending the ,i)th conference of the Mormon church which owned here Sun.lay. The thou .and. In the tabernacle at the mor n ng aervlces were of many nationalities. Thcr were a score of Indian Mormons, who came from Idaho in a tvpisal otr. There were J spaneae converts, believ er, from Hawaii, and the South... Unknown Ship Is Sunk. Boston. April fc-TM.njr.of disaster to an unknown ship at sea were brought to this port today w .th Ito arrival of the Dominion Coal com- Northcutt. from Loulsberg, C. B. Abou 200 mile, to th. '"t f Baton light late in the afl.rnoon he r.mer ,ms,l the lower m.s t d top mast of a large vessel. The spar, were .tfcklii out of the water and apparent ?" were atuched to a .unken hulk. St Paul Operates Train.. NICARAGUAi GIVES IN Ultimatum From Knox Produces Quick Result. WILL COMPROMISE OR ARBITRATE Central American Nation Exprassas Desire to Settle Emery Claim for Damage at One. Washington, April 6. Secretary r.no was given to understand today by Minister Kspinosa, of Nicaragua, that the Niraraguan government would make an early elfort to aettle either by compromise or by arbitration the claima for damagea of th 0. I). Emery com- pany, whose concession for cuttinu ma hogany waa cancelled. The minister told the secretary that a special commission would leave im mediately for thia city, carrying full Instruction for tha minister, which woulil emtKiwer him to reach a nettle- Rient. If a compromise ia not reached the minister will sign a protocol sub mitting the case to arbitration. The last communication from Secre tary Knox to the Nicaraguan minister waa in the nature of an ultimatum. BRITAIN WANTS AIR FLEET. May Establish "Two-Power" Stand ard for Dirigibles Same a. Navy. London, April 6. Great Britain seems to be awakening to the fact that the other nationa of the world are leav ing her behind in the race for command of the air. While the members of the house of commons were drawing the attention of the government to the fact that Ger many has built or ia building dirigible airships snd urging the government to take up with energy the construction of a British fleet, there was being held today a meeting in the Mansion House under the chairmanship of the lord mayor of London in support of the ssnia aubject. Among those present were Admiral Charlea Brreaford, Prince Louis of HatU-nburg, lxird Curzon, Sir Hiram Maxim and Admiral Sir Percy Scott, all of who heartily aupported energetic action. Admiral Scott advocated a "two power" standard in airships aa well as in dreadnoughts, and mentioned inci dentally that the navy had designed a new gun which at a distance of 6,000 feet could be exceedingly destructive to war airships. WISE ON PLUMS. Wiiard Burb.nk Has 617 Variatia. on Hi. Place. Santa Rosa. Cel., April 6.- That the several varivtiea of toothsome pluma now known to fruit lovera ar destined to be relegated to the list of forgotten delicacies i. the belief of Luther Bur b.nk, the plant wizard of thia city. 'I am now experimenting with 517 distinct varieties of plums," .aid Bur- bank today, "any one of which I be- ieve is superior to any pluma now known to the world. For the past few monthe I hav been working and ex perimenting with thia fruit and in tak- iff an inventory or ino result, i nave found that I have on my ranch at least 617 plums of which the layman ha never heard." Burbank ha recently evolved a five t-af clover and states that an addition al leaf will be forthcoming in the near future. Ciar Will Go Voyaging. ct P,.t..ri.liiiru Anril 6. Prelimi nary prcparationa are being made for round of state visit, by the emperor ii gi-nnriiniivian ramlals. and uoa- ,u.iu m ltiilim in the earlv Bummer.. According to the plana hi. majesty will I...... in I, um uhiMrd the imperial yacht Sundart, escorted by a division of the Baltic licet ana lorpcuo oobib, and will go to Stockholm, Christiana md Copenhagen, and pt-rnnp. inence vo England, to return rung ruwaru a i.ii ,1,,1-ino tha niimmer. Thia ia the first extensive imperial trip projected since moi. Onca China, Always On. Pekin, April 6. A new Ibw of nat sliiation wa. formally promulgated Uxluy. It provide, that Chinese may no longer adopt foreign citixenship, i i. .i..la. i hat Chinese who in the ItllU I v..... - - . . oust have become the subject or citt- r . . . ...in : tens or other Siaies are euu uuicer. Many Chinese are afTccted by this rul Ing, especially those who have regis tered at Hongkong as British subjects, aa are a number of high Chinese oln ciula both at home and abroad. Starvation or Massacre. t .....i.. Anril A A special disnatch from Teheran, describing the situation at Tabrix, say. there i. no doubt that a great tragedy iB close at hand. If Ta brix hold out against the invaaers, me ilisontch says.' thouaunuB musi nie oi starvation. IfTabri falls, probably tens of thousand, will be massacred. The re.t of the country, however, look. i with traditlunal eastern apatny. Kentucky Countle. "Dry." Ashland, Ky., April 6.-Boyd county voted "dry" today by a majority oi 107. In this city, the center of the iron industry, church Delis were rmg dnrlnir the election. The victory of the "drys" here mean, that 96 of the 119 counties in me aiaw wholly "dry" under me county unu law. VETERAN AT A.-Y.-P. Various Organization. Planning for Big Tim Thl 8ummr. Th nation' war veteran, and tha on and wive and daughter of them, ar carrying out big plans for represen tation at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex position. Th military order of the Loyal Legion ha. preempted a five acre tract on th exposition ground and I establishing upon it patriotic head quarter. Th Grand Army of th Re public will be represented and so will the Son of Veteran, the Ladies of th 0. A. K. and th Women'. Relief Corp. Early in th year th Loyal Legion entered into correspondence with the War department at Washington with tha result that it ha secured a iplendid equipment and ha already established headquarter tent and a model bead- quartera encampment generally, Around the camp th government', out door exhibit will be placed. It consists of big and little ordnance, of today and in other day a, Civil war relic and relic of the unpleasantness with Spain, so that th visitor to headquarter will be confronted by big modern 12-inch rifles aa well as cannonade, of the Eighteenth century, picked up on the beach in Manila bay. Local G. A. R. post are expecting a heavy attendance at the exposition from among th nation's old time fight ing men, for the reason that the grand encampment takes place in Salt Lake City early in Augutit and the railroad. have announced lower rate than ever before from Eastern point to the ex position. Under tha tickets offered by the transcontinental roads it will be possible for tha veteran to take passage through to Seattle and atop off for the encampment without extra cost, and that thousands will do so ia already mad evident by letter received by officer of the Grand Army and Loyal Legion in thia city. It will be open house at Grand Army and Loyal Legion headquarter, through out th fair ard several special days and events have been arranged in their honor. The atate encampment of the G. A. R. take place in Tacoma in June and June 24 ha been set aa Stat G. A. R. day. August 16 haa been named aa National G. A. R. day ard it will be made the occasion of one of the biggest and most brilliant of th special cele bration at the exposition. FIRE AT FT. WORTH. Largs Section of 1 axaa City Burned and Thousand. Homeless. Fort Worth, Tex., April 6. Start ing in a barn, presumably from a care lessly thrown cigarette, fire Saturday afternoon destroyed property in the southern portion of Fort Worth conser vatively valued at $2,600,000, caused the death of on person, J. J, Newton, of Krum, Tex., and rendered several thousand persons homeless. The fire originated at Jennings aven ue and Peter Smith street, in the cen ter of a fashionable residence district, and, fanned by a stiff wind, was be yond control in IS minutes. Spreading to th south, it burned its way through 32 blocks and continued until it had swept through the yards of the Texas ft Pacific railroad, burning the railroad buildings and a large amount of rolling stock, where the fire practically burned itself out Three church buildings, the Broad way Baptist and Presbyterian arid the Swedish chapel, were among the build ings burned, as was the Presbyterian sanitarium. The patients of the latter institution were all removed in safety. The Texas & Pacific railroad suffered the largest individual loss. Fourteen locomotives were reduced to twisted masses of steel and iron and several hundred boxcars, beside, the round house and other buildings of the road were destroyed. The Texas & Pacific estimates the loss to the road at $160,000, while the damage to the church property ia esti mated at $200,000. The fire awept area was patrolled by armed guards to prevent looting, while the owners of the burned buildings gathered what they could of their household effects and sought shelter for the night wherever it could be found. The livestock building and au ditorium at the fair grounds provided a temporary abode for many, while other, slept in vacant houses or accept ed the hospitality of Dallas and nearby cities. Harrlman Blocks Traffic. San Francisco, April S. An investi gation of the high handed action of the Pacific Mail Steamship company in re fusing shipments for New York when its Panama steamships were sailing with vacant cargo space has been made by government officials and signatures have been obtained from big San Fran cisco shippers which may result in drastic action by the secretary of war in breaking off the hold which E. H. Harriman has sought to obtain on the isthmus route to the exclusion of com petition. Loses Much Coal Land. Helena, Mont, April 6. In the United Statea court today Judge Hunt declared null and void the title of the Northern Pacific railroad to 1.200 acres of coal land in Carbon county, valued at $2,600 an acre. The government instituted suit to recover the lands be cause of their mineral character. Judge Hunt in his decision held that, though cl assified as non-mineral, it was well known that they contained coal before they were entered upon. Reyes Faces Revolution. Willemstad, April 6. Rumors hav reached here of a revolutionary out break against the administration of President Reyes, of Columbia, in the vicinity of Rio Hacha, a seaport on the Carribean, TRUCE IS EXPECTED Agreement Probable Among All Northwestern Railroads. WILL BE NO TERRITORY CONTEST Harriman-Hill Interests Mak Conces sions and St. Paul Road Enter Agreement With Harriman, Chicago, April 3. There will be no conteat between the St Paul road and the Harriman line over territory to be occupied by either interest in the Pacific Northwest, This wa decided during the brief visit of Edward H. Harriman in Chicago Wednesday. While in his private car, which stood in the Park Row station of tbe Illinois Central road, Mr. Harriman was visit ed by President A. J. Earling, of the St. Paul road, and arrangements were completed for the joint use of certain tracks by the SL Paul and the Harri man lines. Although none of the officials inte rested in the deal would say anything concerning it, it is understood tbit the tentative agreement will obviate the necessity of Mr. Harriman'a building a line between Seattle and Tacoma, as be contemplated doing as a part of bis line from Portland to Seattle. The two men had only a few moments' con versation, but it was sufficient to clinch an agreement regarding which they had talked several times before. . In this connection also it is stated that the conference between Mr. Harri man and Louis W. Hill in San Fran cisco is likely to result in a better un derstanding between the Hill and Har riman lines in the Pacific Northwest It is stated that all three interests realize the benefit which would come should there be a truce among them with respect to territorial aggression in the Northwest As the price of peace, however, Mr. Harriman i. said to insist upon the opening to his lines of the Portland gateway, and it is thought by many that concessions will be made in this direction by the Hill people. FORT'S BASE IS SINKING. Artillery Officers Alarmed at Condi tion. at Fort Steven.. Fort Stevens, Or., April 8. Recent surveys have made it apparent that land adjoining Battery Russell, the most modern and best equipped battery at Fort Stevens, in fact, on this coast, is rapidly sinking. In places it is at least one foot lower than formerly. Various hypotheses are advanced to account for this unusual occurrence. Some advance the theory that earth quakes, so prevalent on this coast, axe the active cause ; others, that the land on which this battery is located, being of such a swampy nature, sinks from the enormous pressure exerted by such unusual weight The cost of this bat tery approximates $1,500,000; hence considerable interest and some alarm are manifested as to the ultimate out come of a most unusual condition. FARM SELLS FOR $95,000. Lafollette Orchard on Snake River Sold to Lewiaton Firm. Spokane, Wash., April 3. W. L. Lafollette, "the fruit king" of Wawa wai, baa given an option on hi fruit farm at Wawawai, 14 miles south of Pullman, on the Snake river. The con sideration is placed at $95,000. White Bros. & Crum, of Lewiaton, Idaho, fruit buyers and shippers, are the pur chasers. They have made a payment to hold the option. The land consists of about 960 acres. of which 250 acres are in bearing fruit This is the largest fruit orchard on Snake river, and one of the largest in the Inland Empire. Shipments from this orchard run from 60 to 100 car loads annually. Bis; Strike Ordered. McLeod, Alberta, April 3. The In ternational Federation of M inera today ordered a strike on all in all the mines of Southern Alberta, in East British Columbia, as a result of its failure to reach an agreement with the employ ers on a wage scale. Since Hill se cured control of the Crows Nest Pass Coal company, he granted an increase in wages to his men, and the other op erators assert that this precipitated the strike. Two years ago a serious fuel famine resulted in the adjacent provinces when these miners struck. Run Trackless Trolley. Santa Barbara, Cal., April 3. The Pacific Improvement company petition ed the city council tonight for the right to construct a power line to the Hope ranch, four miles west of the city. The company announced its intention of in stalling a "trackless trolley" system on the ranch. This is a new Australian invention, never before tried in Amer ica. An overhead wire supplies power to a motor, the same as with other trolley cars, but tha cars use no track. Methuselah Dead at 1000. New York, April 8. Methuselah died here today at his home in the Bronx zoo. He was 1,000 years old. His death is ascribed to ills incidental to old age. Methuselah, also known as Rameses II, was a toad which was discovered in a rock pocket in a mine 600 feet below the surface at Butte, Mont, two years ago. His age was carefully computed by the zoologists and geologists. - DART & MUCKLE Carry a Complete Stock of the Best in General Merchandise at - i . . ii nmiummmmmmmmmmBmm Lowest Prices Consistent with Quality. Country Produce Bought and Sold. When in Need of Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware, Boots or Shoes We Solicit Your Patronage and As snre YouCourteous Treatment f T. HELENS, OREGON 8 I We Will 3 3 LOAN You money. RENT You a lock Box. SELL You real estate or farm land SEE SEE SURVEY Your lots or land. INSURE Your buildings. MAKE Your abstracts. SELL Your property. DO Your notarial work. LOAN Your money. COLUHBIA COUNTY ABSTRACT AND TRUST COMPANY s ii " " OUR '" 3 3 3 3 EE3 3 72 1'JUJM.U.UJUJttJMiUJttiUJUJM w W WW WW WrW WW TW WrV WWW TrW WWW VTW SrrW WrW SVW WWW wwS'W"PWWWWWWWW Wf JOB PRINTING IS OUR BUSINESS rE bare the best and most fallr eaniDDed Job Print ing Office in Colombia County W And w are prepared to do all kinds of Printing on short notice and at most reasonable prices k TRIAL WILL CONVINCE OREGON MIST COLUMBIA COUNTY BANK DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS : First National Bank, - - Portland. Ore. U. S. National Bank, - - - .Portland, Ore. Hanover National Bank, - - New York Officers Wm. M. Ross, President and Cashier; Edwin xs-usb, vice irrcsiucui, r. i. oiuuc, iisaisiaui vwuiu. Directors Wm. M. Ross, M. White, James Dart, Edwin Ross. New York Store Carries the only complete line of General Mer chandise, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hay, -Grain, Flour and Feed in the City. Courteous treatment, good goods, prompt delivery for all. Your palronage solicited. Ready made clothes for Men, Women and Chil dren. Crmplete line of Gent's Furnishings. H. NIORGUS St. Helens. Ore.