For the New of the
Whole County Read
TheMUt $1 year
SilST
Patronize Home Mer
chants. It helps the
Town Along Always
VOL. XXX.
HWS PARAGRAPHS FROM
OTHER CITIES IN OREGON
fVdvrnl tugluear at Portland bave
jtcidtHl t report against the bmpo
,1110a to aerv'ejr the U"PH' rlvwr.
,lw"U Suuttsbttrg and lloseburg, to
tttrmlnw aether the etreatu could
b, made navigable.
Arrauacmenui have bran completed
(of tba annual convention of tlio Ore-
KiIhII Merchant Association lu
fclrni, eud tbe dalee (lied a Juuu- ,
Uf 85. 26 and 27. si e. ..ta
farmer' school, to be conducted
D purvit Grove uudur the auspice
4 the Horticultural Society, the I
Guilty Vltf, Aeaoclalloo and tlalos j
OnngD Mill pa uaia
i 7.
Oregon U to have country Ufu
niBilh'lon of on- if the niova
pent nurtad by the I'matlHa county
Btnibr of tbe Keriuar' Educational
tii Cooperative Union of America
Ceu with ucce.
OiwaJd Wast, governor-elect and
tiUroud commissioner, will resign bla
lutltlou a railroad commissioner
(tout 1m ember 1, and take a abort
vacatlmi In Callf.wula before annum
tt( bu duties a govornor of Oregon
Jaeuary
The rk of raseedlng tba burned
e?r ari-ii In the Crater national for
Ht ba beou eueckd temporarily by
ibeavy fall of anow wltbln thti foreit.
If a true, should occur wlihlii the
icit few daya tba work will have to
9 oti'r until neat fall.
H. 0. McAllister, manager for tba
Buma Ruin Association, haa filed
statement of espenao Inuum-d by
(bat arganlaatlun In the luta cam
paign Total eipendlturea equaled
II.7S; 72 and tba total contribution
are $(0,m.2S.
Twdve yeara In tha penitentiary
tt bard labor wee tbe eenlence pro-luunci-il
upon Herbert Lambert for
killing hla wife, Margaret Grace
Lambert, In a tent at Portland. July
I Lambert, after ahootlng hla wife,
bat hluisulf, but recovered from the
wounds Tba verdict of the Jury waa
ggaaslatightar.
' Killing elk In Oregon wan expeu
air for K K. Slerol. of Graham, for
a November 13 ba waa found guilty
such an offense and fined $:100 by
iud Campbull at Oregon City. Tha
effena waa committed la at January,
tut owing to varloua postponements
'tte trial waa not Bold until recentfy."
An luimnnna body of timber land
aiona: the Ulualaw river. In l-ne coun
ty, hn been purcbaaod by Hun Kran
Cluco caiiltallata. Tba tract la aald
,lo conuin 1,000,000,000 feet of aaw
timber, wblch waa aoM at the rata
of $1 a thousand feet. Tbla would In
rolra a conaldaratlon of $I.0iMj,0i0,
tha latgeit that baa baen wade In
Ortfun for aaveral yeara.
A inuvtliiK of repreaentatlve Aato
Ma bualnva man waa hold to arrnnKn
for bo!illn( a auUubls celebration
aaxt funnuer of tba 100th anniversary
of tbe foundlnf of tha first wblte set
tlaiuvnt on tha Taclflc Coaat. A com
Ittee of flva wag named to aelect a
caatennlul commlaalon of 17 member
vblcb will bave tntlr charge of tbe
arraogemeut.
Tbe Kelt fund coiumlailon dl
Wnd In Oregon dnrln tha lata
aampulKn through Ha treasurer, H
W. 8t..ne. of Portland. $t3.4S4.73. Tbla
amount waa expendod In publication
f pamphleta and other literature dla
tfHiutnl among tba voter In babalt
f tax amendment to tha contltu
tlon tbat were voted on by tba people
aad oilier uiuaaurew proposed by the
Paople'a i'owor League.
Pni)itvd by Insane jealotmy, Wil
liam llaaaluK, an electrical worker,
drd two bullet Into hla wifo'a brain
Bd, turning tba weapon upon hlui
alf, aent two mora Into his own a
moment after they mat on the street
t Portland. Tba woman died 30
lnutt later at St. Vincent' Hospi
tal, where both wara taken by tba
Police after tba shooting. Homing
aa a chance to recover.
Pees amounting to mora than tha
legtHlatlve appropriation covering tbe
penas of tba entire board of con
trol, were turned over to the board by
M. Saxton, uperlntendcnt of Dlvl
Ion No. J, represent Ing money col
lected In connection with water right
adjudication tor tha past lx month.
There u still a aura amounting to (
l!,2:u on band for that division, not j
Pya!le owing to contests and certl- I
8cate. for tha first si month fee j
'or tbla division amounted to 12,999 78 j
'ntiribV discontinuing !
atlons at that placa, )
company wanted him to i
them In their big tniH
According to firsl clwi !
woman of Washington ara no'
rota and are allgibla for Jury 4
ona aide of tba Columbia they
by an overwhelming majority '
people aero tha river decida
want It. Doea It not em itri
MrJ.B.Beg1e,olKetchlka;
pant Thanksgiving day with
and friend in Bt. Helena, U
the evening train for Portl
which place be went to Seattle
the itetmef for bU home.
22 GIRLS DEAD IN
NEW JERSEY FIRE
Inadequate Means of Escape
and Panic Leads to Large
Death Roll.
New York Taenty two nirig known
to bu deml, burned, autfoiut.d 01
crushed. Nome killed liiHtuntly and
othera mortally Itiju'ed; elRlit (lying
at bonpituls; 10 mUxIng, tlii-lr bodier
suppohed to be lylnK under tmiH ot
smoking d.'brlH; ;!8 more Herinuly In
jured Is the triple toll of a fire In
an antliiuuted lour story brlek fac
tory at 2H,i2H HiKh street, Newark,
N J.
Winn the Mro irnVf out it trapped
00 girl euipUiyed on one of the upper
floors. A panic ensued. Many of the
girls leaped from the windows. There
Is an enulnn house net door to the
factory, but before the firemen could
give nny HKtiMiinc.. nt Icu.t 20 of the
girlx hud Jumped.
The building lu which the fire oc
curred U u four-story structure, It
Is believed the bluzw started on the
second floor. In the rer, among a
lot of rubbish. Within a minute or
two after it was noticed It bad mude
Its way Into a lot of 'waste paper,
from which It connected with the up
per floors. In all, about 2" p;Tons
were employed In the building.
MAY CURTAIL POWER
OF ENGLISH LORDS
Loudun. With the dissolution of
Parliament, nil formalities preliminary
to the election of a now Purllument
were completed. Tbe proclamation of
dlaaolulton auinmoned the new Parlia
ment to assemble on January 31, 1911.
Among tbe first of tt member to
be elected unopposed will ba Arthur
J. Ilalfour, the opposition leador, tha
Liberals having decided not to con
teat hi aeat fur I-ondon.
On the Stock Exthauge, where reg
ular dealings h ive been Instituted In
bet on the elections, tba feeling learn
ed to anticipate a reduction in the
Liberal majority.
Ulatar Threaten War.
In Ireland the struggle Is growing
bitter. A meeting of delegates rep
rcaeutlng every l'Uter constituency
wa held In rteirast. at which a reso
lution was -adopted cn motion of a
Fresbyterlun minister to draw tip a
solemn declaration refusing to pay
ratea or taxes Imposed by a Dublin
Parliament or obey Its decrees, while
150,000 was subscribed on the spot to
organize the I'lster men into regi
ments and purchase arms.
The dissolution of Parliament
brings to a crisis the supreme strug
gle now In progress to limit the leg
islative powers of the House of Lords
and thereby permit the elective
branch of Parliament, the House of
Commons, to exert larger power in
affecting legislation, more particular
ly measures relating to Irish home
rule and tbe financial budget.
Governor Banaon to Return South.
Salem, Ore. Oovcrnor and Secre
tary of State Henson will return to
California to remain until warmer
weather conies In Oregon. It is gen
erally considered that Mr. Hanson's
prospective return to California sig
nifies that his condition of health
bas changed for the worse; that the
Improvement reported upon hi re
cent return from the south has not
proved permanent. That the Gov
ernor will be able to fulfil tho duties
of the office of Secretary of State
through the new term to which he
as been elected Is considered doubt
ful by many of his frlend3.
STATES SHARE PROFITS
Nlnteen State Will Partlolpate In
Farest Returne Division.
Washington. Nineteen tate will
participate in the 35 per cant division
of national forest revenue for the fis
cal year ended June 80, 1910, accord
ing to a bulletin Issued by the forest
service. Tbe tate' portion, which
I for road and ohool purpose,
amount to 1506,194. an increase of
167,492. or allghtly more than 10 per
cent over the amount distributed lat
year.
The amount whlci will go to tne
far weetern tate are: Idaho, $66.
074 53; Oregon, 139,685.87; Washing
ton, 823.671.8J.
Columbia First In Rlvr Budg.t
Washington. If the river and bar
bor committee of the Home appro
priate all amounta recommended by
the Chief of Army Engineer for river
and harbor work In the raciflo North
west, the forthoomlng bill will carry
a total of 82,268,800 for that otloa.
the bulk of the mon.y going to the
Columbia River, the main waterway
at the Nortbweat. and under the aew
policy of the Admlafctratlea. eaUtJe.
ST. HELENS,
LEROY T. STEWARD
n - A t-;:
Chicago Chief of Police who haa
put ban on suggeatlva aongs.
WASHINGTON, D. C, NOTES
The railroad securities commission.
Of which President Hitdley of Yalo is
chairman, held Its first meeting Mon-
A fi v Tim tj . tt. . t ,i i , .......
to Investigate questions pertaining to ,he wh Sone rorwaru,
the Issuance of stocks and bonds by j t0 'eimorce him before pursuing tbe
railroads Insurrectionist. In the meantime, the
That tha increase of a few mills in : ,atter took a postlion on aDon,Pr hl11'
the freight on a pair of shoes was I "hort ",8tance away 8nd V
followed by an advance in price to ! to re"Ut an attack
tha retailer of 10 or 15 cent and of wlthln half an hour G1 Xavar-
40 cents to the consumer, was rte- 1
elated by Henry C. Harlow, of Chi
cago, before tbe Interstate Commerce
Commission,
tiecret of corporations and the In
timate details of their business are to j
bo guarded by the government under j
iua mws puHHi'u. uy iu tasi session oi
congress, providing f-r tbe filing of
returns with the treasury department
for the purpi a of assessing federal
taxes. Secretary of tha Treasury
MacVengh Issued a ruling which pre
vents perusal of the reports by the
curious or by those who might bene
fit unfairly by them.
The members of the Hoard of Army
Engineers, who rxnniln. J all tha gov
ernment irrigation pnjeitg during
tba past summer, will rr -iort to Presl-
dent Taft the first of th'j week, and j
within a few days tberea: er It Is ax-1
pected that the "resident vlll appor
tion the 20k too made available
at the lu . session of congrc-g for the
completion of these projocts.
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS
Tha ruiif.irniii rimrt nt anneals has I
affirmed the Judgment of the superior
court whereby Abraham Reuf, for-1
mer political boss, was convicted ot '
bribery and sentenced
to serve 14
years' imprisonment.
Colonel Moses E Wetmore, chair
man of the finance committee of the
national Democratic committee, who
was one of the first men of means
to support V. J. Aryan' presidential
ambitions, Is dend a the result of
Injuries received when he was run
dnn on the street in St. Louis.
Harry Orchard, convicted of the j
murder of ex-Governor Frank Stun-1
enberg, of Iduho. Is declared to have
recently admitted thnt ho declined an
offer of parole from the Idaho state
penitentiary. Orchard Is said to have
told bis friends and the prison board
that ho considered the prison walls
the best protection available for him,
as he feared violence, even death, If
released.
BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK
A sweeping Investigation Into the
rates charged by the Pullman Com
pany for sleeping car berth and par
lor car eats Is to bo Instituted by
the Interstate commerce commission
at a hearing to begin Wednesday In
Chicago.
The Tennessee supreme court held
a constitutions the act of the Ten
nessee legislature of 1909 prohibiting
the manufacture of whisky in Tcnnee
tee. A meeting of Democratic leader In
Baltimore with Democratic National
Chairman Mack and Champ Clark
resulted In the decision to hold a gen
eral conferenco of Democrat from all
tates In Baltlmere on January 17.
With aoclety woman In diamond
and laces, working glrle in their bast
bib and tucker, club men In "wallow
fall" coat and worklngmen In their
"store clothes" mixed In a laughing,
happy confusion, Mllwaukee'a Social
lit city government conducted the
"first municipal dance ever aeen In
America." V
1910 1 DECEMBER jWQ
$mn. ftoa. Taa. Wxl. Twa. PtU
TT 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8,9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 1 9 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 23 29 30 31
i.ilirrl'.lt'l''lif
OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1910.
MEXICAN TROOPS
PUT REBEL'S TO ROUT
.
Revolutionists Lose 15 Killed
I and Many Wounded in
i Engagement. -
Chihuahua, Mex. In Hn eng iSiment i
' Rear this city boo Kvdeial woo .. rout- I
ed a force of 400 .Malrolti, driving
', thuui repeatedly from a glroi", ponl- j
; tlon and compelling tbem to take to
the mountains.
Tne revuluticnlHtH lost 15 killed and !
many wounded. Tbere were no fatiU- j
Itita on tHo Federal side, but several, j
! Including three officers, were wolindcd.
General Navarro waa In command
of the Federal troops. He left Chi- i
1 htiabua at the head of four compa
I nles of the second buiulion and two
! squads of cavalry from the 13th regl
j ment.
i Near FreKno, 12 miles out, tne of
j the squads of cavalry fell behind to
J gnard the road. They were ainbusaed
i by tbe rebels, who opened fire from
j bills. en both sides of the highway.
Captain FloreuHno Oavlcawlth SO
troopers drove tbe enemy from their
positions. He waited for a portion of
" reacueu uie scene
try and opened fire. Again tlijs rebels
retreated, only to seek a new posi
tion, from which they were again dis
lodged. PORTLAND-SEATTLE CENSUS
Wasbington. The population of
Portland is 207,214, compared with
80,426 In 1900, and 46,385 In 1S90. the
Increase from 1900 to 1910 therefore
la 116,788, or 129.2 per cent. .
The population of Seattle is 237 194,
an Increase of 156,523, or 194 par cent
over 80,671 In 2900. The population
In 1890 waa 37,834. '
Census Director Durand scd that
until tbe complete returns for Oregon
are nubnsbed. showing tne
popula
tlon of Portland's ,suburbs, a Just
comparison of the population ot me
two cities could not be made. Seat
tle baa annexed its suburbs; a very
considerable population, similarly
contiguous to Portland, Is outside its
corporate limits.
The revision of the Portland figures
resulted in the elimination of 15,745
Humes. The number taken from Se-
attle's count was 1 1,1 83.
population of U. S. 100.000,000.
Washington. That the population
of the United etates- and Us posses
Bion now exceeds 100,000,009 Is the
estimate made from the census fig
ures thu far announced. The popu
lation of the United States, Alaska
and Hawaii Is 93,471.648. Neither of
these Include Gua-in and Samoa.
New York, Chicago and Philadel
phia are now three of the ten largest
cities in the world. The population
of eight American cities exceeds the
balf million mark.
HILL INVASION EXTENSIVE
Salem. Ore. Theodore B. Wilcox,
president of the Oregon Development
League, electrified the opening Beg
at Salem, Monday, with the state
ment "Last June James 3. Hill, the
Empire builder of the Northwest,
gave me hi word that he would not
only Invade the territory of the Har
rlman system, known a the State ot
Oregon, but gave me permission to
quote him. Tbe exa'ct words used by
Mr. Hill were:
"'More mile of railroad will be
built in the State of Oregon during
the next five year than in any state
in the Union except Montana. I would
bave done It before If I could bave
gotten tbe money together'."
Mr. L. Sehenk Pleada Innocence.
Wheeling, W. Va. "Not guilty" waa
the plea of Mr. Laura Sehenk, when
arraigned In the criminal court on
the charge of administering poison
In food, drink and medicine to her
huaband, John O. Sehenk, the million
aire pork packer. The case waa set
down for trial December 14.
Will Meet t San Franlace.
Chicago. The next convention of
the National Educational association
will be held in San Francisco. Thia
ii decided on by the executive com-
mttf.A of the association. Tbe meet
ing will be held July S to 14.
Apple 8how In Chicago.
Chicago The National Apple Show
onsned Monday morning with Z.000,
ooo specimens on exhibition. Dis
trict display are exhibited from or
chard in Wahlngton, Oregon, Ida
do, Montana and the protlnce of
BrlUeh Celumttla.
p. h. McCarthy
J.
Mayor of San Francisco wlia wants
hi official acta investigated.
McCarthy WanU Probe.
San Franclfco. In a letter to the
grand Jury Mayor P. II. JlaCartby j
has called upon that body to begin i
forthwith nn investigation of his oln
clal acts, with a view to determining
whether any foundation exists for ru
mors which he says bave been per
sistently ciiculated by political ene
mies of the present union labor ad
ministration, and that be recently ac
cepted two bribes of 110,000 and
$00,000, respectively.
Hankers for Balllrger's Job.
Washington. Representative En
glebright of tbe First California dis
trict, who was defeated for re-election
wants Secretary Balllnger's job in
the cabinet, according to a well de
fined rumor. Englebright Is reported
to have written to several senators
and congressmen concerning tbe mat
ter, giving his opinion that Ballinger
will soon resign.
When told of the Californian'a re
ported prediction, Ballinger mado his
usual denial regarding hla possible
resignation.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
UPHELD BY LABOR
r ' if
; i : 4 it I
St. T .Mi.i-w-Tlty .SicrU".-FcOraraw
tlon of Labor closed tbe 30th annual
convention by choosing Atlanta, Ga.,
as Its meeting place for next year.
The entire list ot officers, including
President Gompers, Secretary Morri
son and Treasurer Lennon, were re
elected. Tba Western Federation of Miners'
application for charter was referred
to the executive council with author
ity to act.
The convention by unanimous vote
Indorsed woman suffrage and later
placed itself on record as favoring
the organization of all classes of la
bor lu this country, including negro.
Some of tho Pacific Coast delegates
objected to the proposition to Include
the Asiatic races and It was suggest
ed that the remedy wa the exclusion
of Orientals.
Battling Nelson Knocked Out.
San Francisco. For the first time
In bis fighting career Battling nel
son, a shell of the once great pugi-
lirt who proved such a terror to men
In hi class, was knocked out beyond
all dispute. Owen Moran knocked
Nelson 6ut In the 11th round of a
scheduled 20-round event, his victory
being clean and leaving no room for
argument as to his complete mastery
over the one-time champion.
Income Is Three Billion.
Washington. The net income of
the 262,490 corporation of the United
States which are subject to tax un
der the corporation tax law wa 3,-
125,470,000 for the year which ended
on June 30. According to returns
made to the Internal Kevenue Bureau,
the capital of tbe corporation wa
$52,371,626,572 and their bonded and
other indebtedness waa 831.133,9o2,696.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 82o;
bluestem, 83c; red Russian, 78c.
Barley Feed and brewing, 21.
Oats No. 1 White, $28 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Wilianvtte Valley,
820iS22 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
123?24: alfalfa, $13316.
Butter Creamery, 87c; ranch, 24o.
Eggs Ranch, candled, 42c.
Hod 1910 crop, lie 13c; 1909,
Cc: olds, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon 1317o lb.;
Valley. 17lo lb.
Mohair Choice, 3233c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluettem, 78c; Club, 76c;
red Ruasfan, 74c.
Barley $20 perlon.
Oata $27 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $26. per ton; alfalfa.
$19 per ton.
Butter Wasblnston creamery, Slo;
rone, 22c .
EtTt leleofkd focal, B2o.
! one of
ONES who do their
Christmas Shopping
early.
-vaarycsB .Ceom tills section have always been inclined
to go to Portland wlien the Holidays came around, for
the reason that up to the past year or two they could
not get much of a variety of goods from the local
stores, but that day is past. No matter what you want
we have it. Before going elsewhere at least look otst
the fine assortment of
Christmas Goods
which we have now on hand a line of seasonable
merchandise such as was never before placed on dis
play in a Columbia County store From the Toys,
etc., for the little ones to appropriate articles for gifts
to the older folks not an item has been left out.
Don't fail to drop in and see what we have.
a
A COMPLETE STOCK OF
Groceries,
Furniture,
Shoes,
Men Women
An up-to-date and
Gents' Furnishings
J. H. Wellington
St. Helens, Oregon
NO- 2
the WISE
Dry Goods,
Stoves and
Ranges
-FOR-
and Children
serviceable line of
ta grit eMlieerauwB.