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. ,fc?' HELENS, OK'EtlOX, FRIDAY, DEC EM J J Ell 24, 1900. ...... NO. 5.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Ifess Catterctl fro All
Parts cltfcj If crld.
PREPARED FOR TEE BUSY READER
Lss Important but fto Law Jntw
King Happening, fram Paints
Ovtsld th mi.
Twenty soven person wr drowned
by vllnpte of wooden bridg iff
Humi. , '
Two negro nil an whit mm were
killed and mi negrovt wounded In a
rnr war 1 I.oulslann,
Th probation officer of th alvht
court la Hum York say th whit slave
Irml li on Increase. .
IWUIoiul i'lesldeat K.lniU, of
Nicaragua, baa ru,utnd oftlclal teeog.
mlliiB fiqiu tb slat, department.
A -final appeal In th of Job
II. Wkl.lt, roavieled banker, hat bees
rutd la tb United Bute uprm
court,
leader of th American Federation
of IjtUvr urg Heeretary Nagel to inak
a tboruugh investigation lata tha varl
u. phase of Industrial education, 1
MIm Anna klurga, daughter of J. I.
Morgan, and Mm. O. U. I. tfaliuont
have lakes up the cause of tha striking
shirtwaist worker of Jitm Turk ;iiy.
Ir. Ilrashear, a noted astronomer of
Ik university of IMttshurc, tars be
does aut trtliev either Cook or Varjr
raa furnish any good proof of having
rrnfd me pule.
Kavanl of Ik InnWb university are
ilrvply niUnrraaaml by their former
rhampianship of I'r, Cook, a. they are
nnaul la Anil any acceptable proof thai
he rmirlie.1 k pot.
A parly of American etplorere r
ported la bar own devoured by eaonl
bait on Hi lnd of Tiburoo, In lb
gulf of 4'alifurnia, kvi arrivad aaf
al a small town on Ik Mexican coast,
Oraad Dnk Micbuul, of Kuuia, I
d.d.
Tk I. W. W. of Ppokana hat given
p la igkt fa ira lWk, , ; .
A-tlvf loving cup k bo ortMnt
4 to Prby .New Yrk frieud.
i. TM U lk tk gtif f Wii4, na
tb railroad, art vatvg mow ptowi.
Many ntw eafe will 0n la Han
Kranciwio unJer tha mla of Mayorlt
McCarthy. . .
Iani.k aoirnti.U at Cnpnhagn re
Mwh iMliamt to tblnk Cook 'a allrgnd
rororda are falao,
ra railroad rlt In on woak
rauw Unalh of S and injury of ovr on
kuadnd poopla. .
A flow of 150 barrel, of oil pr Uy
in roportri to bv boen tirurk in Cow
Hollow, in Knutrrn Oregon. ;
llri-n Kivor, Wyotnlug. ha 33 tie
ra btdow ern. Tram, are lai and
bp are djing by thouand o lb
rang.
A anrlra of antl alrik lawa baa bean
eoaelml by the legialalur of New Zea
land, but labor laiera deelar tbey will
! no bmitraar to alrikea.
(luvernor Haakell, of Oklaknota, open
Iv aeruava Attorney Henoral West wltb
being fMponaibl fnr tb two reent
bank fallurra In that alal.
Haronea Vaunhn. th legal wlf of
tk lata king of flelgiuro, will puak br
eon' dniin to tb inron in orner ir.
rerur. th bulk of Leopoltl' fortune.
A aegro bandit ahot and killed tb
niotorman and eomluetnr of a Hi. looia
airontear, robbed the conductor, and
than let the ear run will through th
heart of tha city.
J. J. Hill aaya kit roada r prepar
ing to handle a heavy Immigration to
tb vt rlont year.
U Follelta, la bin wekly niagaalne,
aharply eritlelae I'realdent Tafl and.
hia rnt moaaag.
Trine Albort of Flumlera, a nephew
of th lata King Leopold of Belgium,
will occupy th throne.
An ao.lt ion eooiiiany baa been In
enrporalad la 8 a Franelaeo to wl
brat th eompUtloa of lb PMm
rannl. j
Th United Stal 8ll eorporatlon
la preparing to abandon I'ltUburg and
eatnbliah lliwlf t Oary, Indian, -cuitnt
of labor trouble.
Th Monarch Oil company of Ckli
forttln owned by J. D. nd A. tt Bpreek
ela will itabliah northweat refinery
and attributing atatlon at Portland.
Striking twllehmea in flpokan iy
every tiiilim railroad mil In that elty
will be eallod out If th roada do not
gre to arbitration befor ChrUtman.
Hnrou Bhtbnaawa, who hn reeenUy
returned to Toklo from a vlait to Amer
lea. any Americana ara Japan a beet
frinnda and at the fain time her dead
lieat euemlea.
A boiler exploalon at th Royal Clay
work., at New Philadelphia, Ohio,
killed two men and wrecked tb ntir
plant. A third man ia miaalng. On
body wa blown 800 yard, .
J. J. Hill declare th itrlk of th
witehmon I over, o far a th Hill
roada are concerned.
A aenaatlonal attack upon Becretary
Ual linger on th floor of tbt boua
mnkea It pructlcally certain that a
thorough Inveatlgatlon of th general
lund otll.'o will b made oou after
Chrlatma. '
Carncglo will give 100,000 for a pub
lic librury building in Honolulu,
Mora oaU ara raited than any other
kind of grain, the world' rop for
U8 being 8,SOQ,OUO,000 blithe!.
Th Hut tiiprem toart of Indian
lint declared th county local option
luw of tuut ttut to be conatltutional.
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MONEY TBUBT IN BIGHT,
Could Cripple Ooveriim.Dt by Eefuilng
. to Buy Boudi.
New York, Ik..' 81,-8,, e,0 i1Bve
beeom the alliance and amalgamation
of leading nuancial iitl.ire.la In Wull
lret during the Itiat three month, tbnt
Imo.t the ahaolut control of the coun
try i flnanclnl affair l now entrali.d
In the hauda of a few men, who are
acting In concert. A money trout Im.
Com Into eiliteoce, will, J. p. Morgan
at ID head, tit moat gigantic combina
tion of enpltal I th world.
There la no concrete r1ia,ili
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u una niu'ii inn; do legal Incor
poration, no elected director, no liat of
tockholdera. To u.e the dearrlptivc
phraae of th financial world, It la aiut
ply a "eoianiunlty uf lutereat." v . ;
Jlnprtaiflnlnlive membura of thla com
mually of Interect, men who would be
director of an Incorporated eompnnyj
re: J. Plerpont Morgan, private
onnxer, na unqtte.tioneil leader; George
V. linker, chairman of the hoard of
direclora of the Klr.t Nationnl bank;
Jam flnllman, chairman of the board
of direetor of the National Citv bank;
William Rorkefellcr, vie pre.i'.lent of
the Htnadard Oil eompanv; Henry C
Vikk, eapltaliat; William' K. Vander
bllt, a repretentative of bla family
ihlereat.
It would be impoialhte to figtir the
total of direct and Indirect capital nn
eentraliaed in thin money Iru.t To be
gin with, the banking firm of J. Pler
pont Morgan A Co., being a private eo
lartner.hip, make no nuhlle renort.
yet report place It. dopo.ita at iliw,.
Otyfluo, which Hi director can utilix
to advaaUg In financial otwrntloaa.
The aat of he three inanraaee coin
panic controlled by the group. Invented
inrgriy in bono of railroad and nd
trial empani agttregate eonaiderably
more man l W.ouu.
Here are ton of tb thlnga tb truai
ould dot
It could rati .:'fK),000,000 of loam
over aigbt and ruin any advertaty.
It could reduce credit tn ueb a d
gree at to eatite trni money atria
geney and great cornnieMial diatreaa.
ll could tie p the ca.h holdiuga of
New York banka by demanding cert ill
cation of check) fur enormout amount.
It could depict bank renerve. la New
York by caualng ahittruent of ea.b to
anv part of th country.
It could make money rate of intercut
altuo.t at It choae, from 2 per cent to
IW" per cent on call loan.
It could cripple the financial opera
tion of th government by refuaiug to
purrbat any bond iaaue.
It could dictate Ik financial opera
tion, of tb great railway tyatemi and
eipanuing Indu.trlai concerna.
R A IXKO AOERS DEMAND INCH EASE
rroM I to 40 Per Cent Bait Atkd by
76,000 Mn.
Pitltburg, Pec. SI. The IlrothcrhiHiJ
of Railway Trainmen Monday will
aerve notice on 73 railroad companion
eaat of th Minlniiipi river that an
Inerea. in wage will be demanded of
from 5 to 40 per cent. W. O, J.ee.
notional president of the brotherhood,
tonight refuted to intimate whut action
would be taken in caae the demnml I
refuaeiL. It "i id the recent refer
endum vote of (he trainmen regarding
the demand for an' Increase reaulled in
a praeticallv iinnm'mnu. vote In it fa
vor. About 7,1,000 member of the
brotherhood are, employed on the rail
roadt affected.
New York, Pee. CI. The action of
Ike llrotherkood of Railway Trainmen
a announced In Pitt.burg today, wan
not unetpcrted in ew Jork,
Knowiuir that the referendum vote
waa being taken, railroad beadt are pre
narins tn meet the tituation, and aft
er! conferencea have been held within
the lt twn .weeka, looking to a settle
ment of the difticultiea.
Cincinnati, Poc. SI. With a refer
endum vote of tclmrraphcra in the cm
nlov of the Pig Four railway eonipleled
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lottlgiu, .1, J. terinnoy, loorm tut jur.
Idcnt of the OriUr Of Uailw.iy Telegra
nhera. nnnoiiiircd that HO per cent of
the niemliert had voted for a strike.
Permodv tald thBt while the vote wf
practically unaniinnut. the reault did
not necjeiarily mean there would bo a
atrike. lie tidmllted thnt there wat
liltle probability of future conferencea
with nfilelnlt of the Pig l-'mir, who have
definitely rejected all demand, lt tald
the iiucition of a ttrike waa now up to
the committee of teven, which, with the
national hodv of the union, would aettlc
th maJter. About lono men are in
vol veil.
Elk' Club Called Bar.
Reno, Nev., Pec. Sl.Thcre ia much
comment '.concerning the- trial of th
Kike, which will occur tomorrow nfter
nu'on.' Kverv lawyer In thi city who
la an Elk h tendered Kit service tn
the Klkt' lodge. Mure than 2.1 lawyer,
will appear to defend the Klka, who
have been arretted on the charge of con
ducting a bar without license. One
lawyer tald lodnv that the dlpenting
of iiquort in the ElkV club doe not
amount to a talc. H the Wkt own
the litinor, and whnt tticy pay mr inr
lltptor torved to lliem
pleulah ttock.
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Bntolll Seriously 111.
Rome, Pec. El. Cardinal flutolll, who
recently suffered a relapse from ne
phritis.' wits slightly Improved tin mor
ing and insisted upon n chaplain celn
bratlng mass In tho. sick room. He
also took communion. '
His condition thlt afternoon was
much worm. Alarming symptoms, de
veloped and there was tome delirium.
Grave fcan are entertained for the car
diunl's roc.very. Many telegrams of
inquiry have been received from
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liners Bwept by Oales.
- London, Pec. Sl.-lnco.mng trans
Atlantlo liners report tflrnflc wea her.
&s. which faatlniad until Sat
unlay sight.
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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
OREGON RICH IN GOOD OIL.
Reported Big 8lrik H Bn Mad
in Malheur County.
Vale Every day's boring in the
Vale oil field increatet tha certainty
that Oregon I dtlned to become on
of the greateat oil producing atatei in
country, aay prospector and oil x
pert who liav wltnettcd tha reiult
or ih well-linking now in progr
by half a dozen different cotnpanie in
Northern Malheur county.
Tha Malehur Oil & Gaa company, af
ter linking a well 1,700 feet and eet-
ting wall into a cboeolata formation.
which I regarded aa a aura forerunner
of oil, capped th well and refuaa ab
aolutely to allow vititori to approach
it. l nit action If believed by other
operating in th dlatrict to have been
prompted by th fast that oil waa act
ually (truck In tha Malheur well and
that th company prosecuting tb de
velopment work hat torn reeon -for
not allowing it to become known , that
oil baa actually been found in commer
cial quantities Th Baker-Malheur
company ia down 900 feet and hat let
a contract forainking ita well J, 100
feet deeper, having Ukn tbia action
after oil expeitt from Pennalyvania
and California had eipreteed th be
lief that oil would be atruck at depth
of 1800 to 2000 feet.
Tb Columbia Oil A Gaa company.
which la largely owned in Spokane, I
down 1200 feet with a 12 inch drill
and ia plng through tha aam form
tion that Wat found In the cel
ebrated Kern river district in South
ern California. It wa from thi well
that th tampl of oil waa procured by
tha (pedal government representative
of th geological aurvey whosa report
on th diaeovery reiulted in a recom
mendation baing mad by Secretary
of the Interior Bellinger that tba whole
diatrict be withdrawn from entry and
retcrved at a source of fuel supply for
tha futur ute of tha United State
navy.
The well being aunk by th East
era. Oregon Oil company ia down
800 feet and baa patsed through two
atrataa of oil sand. The drill in this
well recently encountered hot salt wa
ter, which Is regarded aa aura Indica
tion of oil In commercial quantities.
Tb Mammoth Oil A Gaa company I
another of th companies ainking a
ll in tho district. This company is
owned by men who have operated in
other oil fields, and they express the
greatest confidence in tha diatrict.
On of tha beat drilling rigs in the dia
trict has jutt been at up by tb Val
Oil & Gas company, which Is prepared
to expend (25,000 in developing ita
claim. D. M. Hunt, who baa had 25
years' experience in the oil fields of
Watt Virginia, Ohio and California,
and who ia now superintending th de
velopment work of on of the largest
concerns operating in the Vale oil
fields, says ;
"The Vale district is the most
promising that I have ever seen, and I
shall be greatly surprised if it doea not
turn out to be on of the greatest oil
producing sections of tba United
Statea."
IMPROVING O. B. ft N.
Contract Signed for $000,000 Worth of
Work on Des Chutes Lin.
The Pallee Twohy Proa., contract
ors, arc putting an army of 700 men
to work on the trackage of the O. K.
& N. Co. between Tho Dalles and Pes
Chutes for the purpose of removing
curves and reducing the grade to a
maximum of 15 per cent. The contract
wa signed just prior to Vice-President
.1, P. 'O'Brien's departure for Now
York a few days affo.
Tho nroiect it one of the largest put
under way for a long time, outside of
new construction, and will involve the
oiDonditiiro of at least StlOO.000.
While not admitted by the railroad
officials at thi time, it is undcrttood
that, the work means the preliminary
end essential step toward doublo track
lnir tho company's line from Portland
to Pes Chutes, which distanco will be
subjected to unusually heavy traffic
with tho completion of a branch into
cetitrnl Oregon by way or me iws
Chutes csnyou.
Linn Schools Show Gain.
. Albany Tho report of County School
Superintendent Jackson of this oity
shows thnt Albany schools this year
have n atteudaaeo of 1,378. Last year
the attendance was 1,810, Lebanon
this year ha 111 tcholars more man
the previous year. North Brownsville
show a gtln of 12, South Brownsville
5.1. Hiilsev fivo, Shcdds two, Tangont
one nnu wnsvuie iwo. unrrieuuig
Scio are the only towns showing a loss
in attendance.
Ontario Scholars Chosen.
Ontrio-Tlio faculty of the Ontario
High school ha ehoson two debating
teams, one of which will debate with
the Raker City High school January
i td other with a team from the
Cove High school on the same date.
The six student ehoson to represent
Ontario are Herbert Williams, Eddio
Draper, Miss Margaret uunoar, ueorge
Hardmnn, Howard Mnllott, and Miss
Ethel MlUikin.; ;
Hood River Will Pave Streete.
Hood River It has been decided
that Hood River will have paved
streets before another winter. It is
estimated that it will coat between
$50,000 and $60,000 to do the project
ed street work.
New Depot at Milton.
fiinMi!fnn ds to have a 'new
depot. The present freight house has
bocome ontlrely Inadequate to accom
modate th buslnoss, and arrangements
are being md to erect a larg brick
ttructur.
BU8HINO BPBAOTJE BRANCH.
Three Hundred Men Pushing Klamath
tin to Botorvatlon.
Klamnth Fallal Andrew Erickaon
railroad contractor, hat taken a sub
contract to build th last 12 mile of
the "." niilnt of track to be built from
Klumnth Pall to Bprngua river by
Erickaon & J'etterton. Hub-Contractor
Erickaon ha already ettabliabed bit
camp on the Indiaa reservation and
ha aucut 100 men auuployed, and in
lend to-atari a steam thovel in the
near future. t-'
There aro now over 300 men em
ployed in tho railroad camp from her
to Bprague river, and thi end of th
work i being rutbod as faat as pot
time. ..
Tha track it laid on the main line
distance of about throe mile. The in
duatrial spur from the main line to the
lake la completed and the railroad can
now take the material to be used ia
construction work to the lake and then
by water to the different pointa along
the lake shore where tb men are work
Ing.
At the waterfront the Southern Pa
cific, ia building a large wharf an
warehouse. These waterfront Improve
ment will be nted in connection with
the railroad construction, and when th
work i completed ' will be need a
freight houses, etc., in eoneeetion with
hipping on the uppers lake by the
southern J'acine,
Double Milton Light Plant
Milton After a shutdown of 50 days,
during which the capacity for generat
ing electric eurrcut wat more than dou
bled by the installation' of new ma
chinery and the erection of a ateel
ttnndpipe, the Milton light and power
plant it again in service. The plant
is equipped with the latest model water
wheel and other machinery, and rep
rniuiuta a total expense of $50,000. A
wafer head of between 50 and 60 feet
i now maintained.
flood! Oct Poetofflc.
Shelburn A postofflee baa been
tftblished in tho. new town of Gooch
located on the Corvallis aV Eastern
about SO mile east of thi place, and
will be supplied with mail by tha C.
& E. trains daily except Sunday. The
inhabitants of the tows are chiefly en
gaged in logging and lumbering. Tb
large sawmill of the Fred Oooeh Lum
ber company is located at Gooch.
- Increase in School Population.
Lebanon The school census of the
l.cl.anoii diatrict has been completed
and it shows that there are 555 children
of school age in the district, of which
18 are girls and 257 are boys. Thla is
an increase of 111 over tb enumera
tion of 19ii8, the total number last year
being 4-14.
New Theater at Medford.
Medford Excavation ha begun for
the rage build. ng, the work to be nn
ished by February 1. Tho basement la
K.sxl.10 feet. The plana for the build
ing includo an up to now theater and
also storerooms and olbccs.
Big Crop Alfalfa Seed.
Lnkoview George Gerald, of the
Honey Lake valley, threshed 40,000
pounds of alfalfa seed this season,
which at the selling price of 13 cents
brought Jiiin a nice income of fsOO.
r PODTI AND MARKS TS
Wheat T'ack prices: Blues tern,
$1210.1.22; club, $1.10; ted Russian,
$1.08: Valley, $1.05,
Barley Feed and brewing, $30081
per ton.
Corn W hole, $36; cracked, $36 per
ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $26 per ton; mid
dlings, $33; shorts, $28.60((29.50; rol
led barley, $31.
Oats No. 1 white,' $32.60(433.50.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$18(n20 per ton ; Eastern Oregon, $18
((121.60; alfalfa, $16ftil6.50; clover,
$ 1 5(Tt 1 6 ; cheat, $ 1 5 1 6 ; grain hay,
$15((016.
Butter City creamery extras, 89c;
fancy outside creamery, 3c(35c per
lb.; store, 22,W(i24c. Butter fat
prices average lic per lb. under
regular butter price.
Poultry Hens, 14(r14)c; Springs,
14(i14c; roosters, 9(o10c; ducks, 18
(19c; geese 14c; turkeys, live, Vlv;
dressed, 2628c.
Egg Fresh Oregon extraa,42X par
dozen; Eastern, 30(i 35c per doien.
Fresh Fruits Apples, $13 box;
pears, $lfn,1.50 per box; cranberries,
$9 per barrel. ' ' ' .
Potatoes Carload buying prices :
Oregon, 60(iis80c per aack; sweet pota
toes, 1. (it 2c per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, 75c per
dozen; cabbsge, lucper pound; cel
ery, $2.76((i3 25 per crate; garlic, 10c
per pound; horseradish, 11.50 per box;
pumpkins, 11! He, sprouts, 8c per
pound; squash, 1(((1 jc; tomatoes, oc
(.1 $1. - -.'''
Sack Vegetables Turnips, $1 per
sack ; carrots, $1 ; beets,$1.60; parsnips
$1.50.
Onions Oregon, $1.60 per sack.
Cattle Best steers, $4.6Q4 76;
fair, to good, $4(it!4.25; medium and
feeders, $3.50(43.76; common to me
dium, $2.60(1(3.75; bulls $22.60;
stags $2.50C3.60; calves, light, $5.25
5.50; heavy, $4(fJ4. 75.
Hoss Best, is uomb.to; medium,
$7.60(i8; stackers, $6 60(i(6.7B.
Sheep Best wethers, f5.OO05.75;
fair to good, $4.254.75; best ewes,
$4.60fti6.00.
Hods 1909 crop, lHMJZZH;-', J99o
crop, normal; 1907 mopt 12cj J3.Q6
crop, 8c. . - ? ' ? " " ''
Hides Dry hides, 18((SI90 per
pound: dry kip, 17(i18o per pound;
r-ry calfskin, 19(i21c per pound; salt
ed hides, lOHC'Olle; salted calfskin,
ISftlCc per pound; green, lc less.
Says Tata Was Against Him Successor
Not Chosen.
Managua, Pec. 17. Jose Santos Ze
laya haa resigned from the presidency
of Nicaragua. He placed bis resigna
tion in the hand of congress yester
dy. Apparently there was no otber course
to take. Th people were aroused at
last. Tha guns of tb revolutionists
threatened. The warships of the United
States lay in Niearaguan ports.
Managua has been seething for days.
The spirit of revolt has spread even to
the gates of th palace. . Zelaya has
surrounded himself with an armed
guard. ' Unchecked the populace bas
marched through the streets, crying for
the end of the old and proclaiming the
new regime.
Who will take up the reins no on
knows or cares. It is sufficient that
Zelaya as dictator will be known no
more. There is no doubt that congress
will act quickly on bis resignation, for
the people have demanded it.
Dr. Jose Madriz, judge of the Cen
tral American court of justice at Car
tago, who has been close to Zelaya, and
it now bis choice for president, is on
bis way here. He will arrive on Sat
urday. Madriz ha his following,
strong and influential, even among the
revolutionists, but General Estrada, un
der whose command tb body of fight
ing insurgents now faces Vasquez'
troops at Kama, will have none of him.
Estrada's word will bear weight in
the choice of president.
Zelaya bas known, too, that Madriz
is not acceptable to the United states,
and he bas sought to learn who would
be looked upon with favor by that
government as his successor, but the
American government, so far as can be
learned, has named no man, and the
Choice probably will lie with those who
have gained the upper hand.
KINO LEOPOLD IS DEAD.
Passed Suddenly After Making Brave
Bally Prom Operation.
Brussels, Pec. 17. King Leopold
died at 2:35 o'clock this morning, his
aged and wasted body unable to stand
the strain pnt upon it. The eollapse
occurred suddenly and at a moment
when tho doctors seemingly bad the
greatest hopes for his recovery.
Throughout yesterday bulletins issued
from the sickroom indicated progres
sive improvement. Tha. bulletin posted,
at &30 o'clock gave the king's tem
perature, pulse and respiration aa prac
tically normal. Apparently the drain
age of th wound was perfect, as no
fever was present all day. The king
had been able to take nourishment.
The public at large was satisfied that
the king would recover, but within the
pavilion where the king lay, anxiety
was lore, cnieny because of Leopold's
great age. After a restful day the
patient was able to sleep for a brief
period early in the evening and the
night passed quietly.
the king s coolness and courage in
tne Heroic struggle won the admira
tion of all, for at no time did he seem
to fear the result. Now '.hat he
dead it is considered remarkable he
waa able to survive so long by the
rorre or his mentality.
When Uofnnet emerged from the high
walls of the royal garden, his pale
race startled the newspaper correspond
ents outside. He paused for a moment
and said solmnly, ''The king is desd."
Two Dynamiters Ara Dynamited.
Talsa, Okla., Dec. 17. That the in
tervention of death frustrated a well
arranged plot to dvnamite the safe of
a Tulsa bank is the belief of the local
authorities, following the discovery of
the bodies of two men terribly man
gled by the explosion of nitroglycerine,
two miles irom this city early today.
JNear the torn bodies were found com
plete kits of cracksmen's tools. A
battered receptacle that had contained
tha explosive was found on the river
bank several rods away. The police
believe the men were making their
way toward Tulsa.
Quake Shakes Mexico.
Mexio City, Dee. 17. Mexico wat
shaken by a slight earthquake this
morning. Beports at the central meter
ological department show that a mild
oscillatory movement was felt at San
Juan Beautiste at 6:30 o'clock and at
Tehauntepee, -state of Oaxnca, a vibra
tion was felt at 6:20 o'clock, lasting
live seconds, lolima reported an os
cillatory vibration lasting two seconds
at liiiliu . o'clock this morning. The
quake was not reported at any other
point.
Wind Blows Cars Eight Miles.
Sheridan, Wyo., Doc. 17. Burlington
passenger train No. 41 ran into five
cars which had been blown by the
snow storm from a snitch at Wvola
Wyo., tonight, demolishing the cars and
wrecking the engine. No ono was in
jured. The runaway ears had been
blown eight miles before the passengei
struck them. Other ears started by the
wind nave not been found.
Wheels Grind Up $250,000.
Pittsburg, Dee. 17. More than $250.
000 worth of internal revenue tax paid
whisky stamps, the property of the gov
ernment, were mutilated or blown away
today when the iron arm attached tc
mail eai on fast train failed to
connect properly with a registered mail
bag and threw it under the wheels. The
nccidont occurred at Gibsonton. near
here.
" Longer Oar Grant Loses.
Kansas City, Dec; 17. The proposi
tion fo extend the franchise of the Met
rodolitan Streetcar company which
now holds the traction rights of the
city up to 1925 26 years, or 48 years
from the present, was defeated at a
special eleetlon today by a majority of
7,001. This was tha first election held
under tk referendum law.
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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
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Directors Wm. M. Ross, M. White, James Dart,
Edwin Ross.
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