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VOL. COXJN' II OREGON PUBLISH CONTRIBUTIONS. Taft and ’Bryan Favor Passage Such a Law by Congress. In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Mrs. Carrie Nation has been arrested at Pittsburg. Chester, Pa., is having trouble with street car men. Two cruisers and five torpedo boats have left San Francisco for Portland. A company of militia is to be organ ized at Honolulu, the first for the isl ands. Senator Bailey, of Texas, will go to the democratic national convention as a delegate. Two Utah mining companies are fighting over a silver mine said to be worth $1,450,000. i Senator Foraker is favoring Roose velt for another term, as he dislikes him less than Taft. A man has just been arrested in Michigan for a murdt committed in Colorado 15 years ago. An ex-member of the United States secret service is in trouble at Flagstaff, Arizona, for trying to extort money. The troops of th? pretender to the Morocco throne have looted all the gov ernment buildings and houses of the sultan. While preparations were in progress for the funeral of a Kansas City man, the supposed corpse sat up and asked for a dyink. Mrs. Harry Thaw has withdrawn her suit for divorce. It is thought this is a move to gain control of any property he may have. Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt has secured a divorce. President Fallieres, of France, is visiting King Edward. A Seattle woman sent her _ daugh- „ ter for a doctor and then i-ommitted suicide. W. T. Hamilton, the last living of General Custer s scouts, has just died at Butte, Mont. The Presbyterian general assembly ■will seek a closer union of the Pres byterian churches. Thaw has been declared still insane, but he will try to avoid returning to the Matteawan asylum. Senator Slayden, of Texas, is op posed to the Seattle fair and says the country is tiring of expositions. There ii a desperate effort in con gress to pass a currency bill by hold ing up the public building bill. Fully a quarter of a million men employed in English shipbuilding yards ljave accepted a cut in wages. More than 100 government meat in spectors held a conference in Chicago on the enforcement of the new meat inspection law. The Oklahoma legislature has passed a law which provides for a penitentiary term for any employer who refuses work to a man because he is a member of a union. Pinkerton detectives are also barred from the state. Peter Daly, the actor, is dead. Good progress is being made on the Seattle fair buildings. The Northern Baptist convention for 1909 will meet in Portland. A statue of the late Senator Hanna has just been unveiled at Cleveland, Ohio. Eastern railroads will resist the In terstate Commerce Commission’s rates for accounting. Thousands of people are swarming to the Puget Sound cities to see the Atlantic battleship fleet. A HoboTten, N. J., justice of the peace says he married Anna Gould and Prince de Sagan before they left for Europe. The airship White Wing, built by Baldwin, is making successful flights in New York. Baldwin was the in ventor of the airship at the Lewis and Clark fair. A Chicago woman brought back to life after being pronounced dead is sorry she was revived She says her soul traversed a beautiful country in spirit land. Crop failures in British East Africa is causing much loss of life among the natives. More than 40.000 deaths have been caused by starvation and the government is feeding 50,000 people. Rishops in the Methodist general con ference passed the lie. France may have to recognize Mulai Hafid as sultan cf Morocco. The late Governor Sparks, of Neva da. was a great cattle breeder. Before the battleship fleet leaves for the Orient it will be reorganized. Inability to get a board of arbitration is continuing the street car strike at Cleveland, Ohio. 1908. MARK PACKAGES IN FULL. of Railroads Put Additional Burdens on Small Shippers. Washington, May 26.—The first big sensation of the presidential campaign came today when William Jennings Bryan sent a telegram to William How ard Taft suggesting that thev join ill* urging congress to pass a bill mak-ng compulsory the publication of campaign contributions. This move byI Bryan is looked upon as one of great wisdom by the demo cratic leaders, who say it shows his sincere determination to conduct his campaign without the aid of great cor porate influence. Bryan's message reads as follows : "Hon. William Howard Taft, secretary of war, Washington: "I beg to suggest that as the leading candidates of our respective parties, we join in asking congress to pass the bill requiring the publication of campaign contributions prior to elections. If you think best we can ask other candidates to unite with us in the request. "W. J. BRYAN.” Secretarf Taft replied to William J Bryan’s telegram, suggesting that they unite in asking Congress to pass a bill providing for the publication of cam paign contributions, as follows : “William J. Bryan: Your telegram received. On April 3(1, last. I sent the following letter to Senator Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections : “ T sincerely believe that it would gieatly tend toward the absence of cor ruption from politics if all the expendi tures for the nominations and elections of all candidates and all conti ibutions received and expenditures made by po litical committees could be made public, both in respect to state and national politics. For that reason, I strongly fa vor the passage of the bill now pend ing.” _________________ Chicago, May 26.—Besides deter mining to increase freight rates 10 per cent, the railroads in the "official clas sification” territory have agreed to add considerably to the burdens of the shippers of package freight. At the same meeting at which the rate in- creases were decided upon, the repre sentatives of more than 400 railroads agreed that after July 1 they will not receive for shipment any packages in less than carload lots which are not marked plainly with the name of the consignee, the station and state of consignee, the station, city and state of destination. It is estimated that this action will save the railroads in the territory east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River to the seaboard, at least $2,000.000 annually in loss and damage claims. On the other hand, it will cost the shippers of package freight probably as much, or even more, to perform the actual work re quired in marking the shipments as prescribed by the railroads. It is also stated by the shippers that it will make impossible any secrecy regard ing the identity of the customers of any business house. On the contrary, any business house may, after the new rules go into ef fect, station men at railroad ware houses and learn in detail all about the shipments of competitors, to whom shipped and in what amounts. That this will have a tremendous ef fect upon this class of business is con fidently asserted. It has been the custom of ’he ship pers to mark their packages with an initial or some hieroglyphic, the key to which is to be found on the bill of lading It was the theory that this would save the time and labor of the shipper and throw a certain amount of secrecy around the conduct of his business. OKLAHOMA FLOODS RECEDING. Property Loss Estimated $10,000,000 —Eight Lives Lost. Guthrie, Okla., Mav 27.—The sun is shining in Oklahoma today, and the flood waters are fast receding. No ad ditional loss of life is reported, and the homeless are beginning gradually to return to their homes. The death roll remains at eight. With miles of tracks washed out and bridges damaged or destroyed, the rail roads are still demoralized; train serv ice on many lines must remain annulled for several days yet. while on others only a partial service is possible. The damage to crops and railroads can, of course, be only roughly estimated, but a conservative figure places the aggre gate at close to $10,000,000. It marks the costliest disaster ever sustained eith er in Oklahoma or the Indian Terri tory or by the new State of Oklahoma. At Muskogee the Arkansas river con tinued to rise up to last night, but this morning began gradually to lower. At that point 2,500 consumers are still without gas as a result of the princi pal main breaking In West Guthrie, where more than 5<>o houses were submerged, the water drained off fast today, and conditions began to assume a normal aspect. Around Shawnee, Sapulpa. Tulsa, Jenks and other points hundreds of railroad laborers are at work repairing tracks and bridges. At Stigler the Ca nadian river has made a complete change of course, and railroad bridges that formerly spanned that stream arc* rendered useless. HORRORS INCREASE. INVESTIGATE EXPRESS RATES. CHEAP FUEL IN SIGHT. State Railroad Commission Has Fancy Figures to Start With. If Choppers Can’t Sell to Trust They Will to Consumers. Salem. Of., May 26.—An investigation has been started by the railroad com mission regarding express rates en forced by the Wells. Fargo and the Pacific express companies in Oregon. Some startling revelations have been brought to light that will likely de mand the attention of the commission in the near future. Comparisons have been made show ing the relative charges on lines in Or egon and the charges in other states for similar distances and for the same class of goods. From Portland to Siskiyou, a distance of 385 miles, the Wells- Fargo express company charges a mer chandise rate, of $2.75 for 100 pounds, while f r tile same distance in Missouri a rate lias been established by the Mis souri railroad commission, which is now in force, of $2 for 100 pounds The merchandise rate in Texas for a sim ilar distance is $2.05 The rates charged by the Pacific ex press company arc even more exorbi tant according to the figures given out by the railroad commission. The Pa cific express company operates out of Portland east over the O. R. St N. For 440 miles over the O. R. & N„ from Portland to Huntington, the general merchandise rate for 100 pounds is $4. For 358 miles, or the same distance for which the Wells-Fargo charges $2.75 in Western Oregon, the Pacific express company in Eastern Oregon charges $3.75. ' ... Compared with similar distances in Missouri and Texas, the rates of the Pacific express company are extreme. For 440 miles in Missouri the general merchandise express rate is $2.10 and in Texas it is $2.30. In both these states the rates have been fixed by railroad commissions and have been ac cepted by the express companies and are now in force. The rates given arc for the same classes of goods in every instance. Pendleton.—After futile efforts to sell their wood to Pendleton and Walla Walla woodyards, ten wood choppers of Kamela have pooled their output and have placed an agent in this city and will sell direct to the consumer. They have 5,000 cords in the pool and will fill this territory with cheap wood, they , declare. The woodyards 1 have large supplies r,___ on hand, owing to the fact that the mild weather of the past winter restricted the sale, and have refused to buy the Camela pool, which is now being mar keted here. Already several cars have been ordered from the pool and it promises to demoralize the wood market in the inland empire. Keep Salmon Out of Alfalfa. Pendleton.—Thousands of salmon fry’ from six to eight inches in length arc now running out into the canal of tile Irrigon irrigation project and many of them are being stranded on the bars, where they are perishing. Deputy Game and I'ish Warden O. F. Turner will take immediate steps to have proper fish screens placed at the dam to prevent this destruction of the young fish. The dam of the Irri gon project is in the Umatilla River two miles east of the town of Uma tilla Thousands of fine salmon fry are now to be found in the river and every effort will be made to prevent them from running into the irrigation canals Other canals on the river are properly protected with screens and ladders. Wells-Fargo tc Build. OREGON WOOL GOOD. Secretary Smythe’Praises Compulsory Dipping Law. Portland__ Secretary Dan P. Smythe, of the Oregon Woolgrowetg association, passed through Portland recently on his wav to Salem, where he represents *the third district of Oregon at the annual meeting of the state sheep commission. .Mr. Smythe says the wool clip this year is as large as usual, and that the woo! is of exceptionally fine quality. At this session of the sheep commis sion the eastern Oregon men intend to take some radical action to prevent fur ther encroachments of Washington sheepmen in the Wenaha forest reserve. Mr. Smythe, who is extensively en gaged in sheepraising himself, is em phatic in praise of the compulsory dip tiing law passed at the last session of the legislature. He says Oregon sheep are now practically free from disease of every kind, and the wool is of a much higher grade than in former years. The administrtion at Washington has favored the woolgrowers in the Ever green State, to the detriment of Oregon stockmen. Just what action will be taken Mr. Smythe was not prepared to sav. tut he thinks the commission will make recommendations that the for estry department nt the national capital will not dare to overlook. Complete Elgin-Joseph Line. In the Portland mail from the East Recent Storm in Texas Cost at Least to General Manager J. P. O'Brien, of 100 Lives. the O. R & N. company, he has received Dallas, Tex., May 27.—As the hours |long-expected instructions i from . i New York to proceed with const!uction pass the horrors of the flood in 1 | of the Elgin-Joseph branch. About section increase, It is believed the $500,000. the amount necessary to com complete list of dead, when compiled, plete the line, has been provided. From will show at least 100 lives to have 300 to 400 men will be put on at once. For the last two months the authoriza been lost. It is estimated that 10,000 tion from Mr. Harriman for this work people are homeless, having been driv has been expected daily. As soon as en from their houses by the raging wa the effects of last year’s money strin ters. gency began to wane Mr. O'Brien made The propelty loss is estimated to be annlication for the necessary funds to at least $25.000,000 over the entire complete the road to Joseph. stricken district. The Trinity river has surpassed all Nevada’s Governor an Oregonian. records. Last night it was believed the Ontario.—Den S. Dickerson, who is crest of the flood had been reached here, but more rains in the north have sent now Governor of Nevada, vice John the waters down with increased futy Sparks, deceased, is a Malheur Conn and today the floods were greater than ty boy. aged 34 years. His parents reside on a farm five miles west of yesterday and continually increasing. Business is suspended and Mayor Vale. He left this section seven years Hay has organized a relief and rescue ago for Nevada and joined the Miners corps, the members of which have been Union in White Pine County, and when the union asked recognition on doing most heroic work. the sfate ticket he was named as lieu tenant-governor He served in the Big Clock Started. Philippine war. enlisting in Portland New York. May 27.—When Mayor Wittpcn. of Jersey City, pressed a tiny Auto to Cart y Tourists. button he set in motion the mechan Klamath Falls__ Captain J. M. McIn ism of the largest clock in the world. tyre. of the Mcfntvre Transportation As the giant minute hand began to company, has purchased an 11 passenger automobile, and will put it on the lino move the boats on the river and the between Dorris and this citv. A crow factories on land joined in a chorus of of >non ;s now wc. king on the road be whistles The dial of the clock is visi tween Dorris and Keno, getting it in ble for miles along the Hudson river. shape for automobile service, and it is It is 38 feet in diameter, with an area expected that the run can l>e made in of 1,134 square feet. The minute hand two hours from end of rail to this city. is 20 feet long and weighs a third of a ton. and the weight of the entire clock Scouring Mills to Reopen. is close to six tons. Pendleton.—It was announced a few days ago that the wheels of the Pen Hearst Wins His Fight. dleton scouring mills would be started New York, May 27 — William R turning about June 1 The uncertain Hearst won an important , .... victory _____ to- condition of the wool market is re day in his long _ fight for a recount of sponsible for the late start, but it the ballots cast in the mayoralty elec will not shoitcn the season’s run. Sev tion in 1905, when George B. McClel eral thousand pounds of wool arc lan was declared elected, and at last the now on hand and more is arriving boxes are to be opened. daily. i Eugene.—The Wells-Fargo Express Company has begun the erection of a fine brick building on the Southern Pacific depot grounds in which to handle its business in this city. The architecture of the new building will be in keeping with that of the new passenger depot, now in course of construction and to be completed be fore July 1. The Wells-Fargo build ing will be of brick and stone an ', will cost $4,000 to $5,000. It is prob- abL the downtown office of the com pany will be done away with when the new building is finished, as the location is convenient to the business section of the city. Rare Species of Duck. Klamath Falls.—Hunters on the Klamath river near Teters landing report the finding of a pair of red ducks nesting among the tules. The birds are small and supposed to be cinnamon teal, a species of duck rarely seen in this section. The pelicans have returned in great numbers this spring The rapid ’growth of the city and the settlement of the hills be tween Lake Ewauna and the Upper Klamath lake seemed for several years past to have driven the pelicans to other fields. However, they are litre in great numbers this year. Stocked With Fish. WHOLE STATE STORM SWEPT Texas Suffers Untold Damage From Wind and Rain. Austin, Texas, May 26.—A terrific wind and rain storm swept Texas from the Panhandle to the Gulf early Sunday. The destruction to crops and vegetables, trees and shrubbery was the greatest reported in years. In numerous places houses were un roofed and small villages and hamlets in many instances were inundated by the terrific rainfall which, in the space of four hours, reached seven inches in many sections. Austin was in the path of the worst of the storm, and for hours the streets were impassable for either man or beast, electric light and telephone connections were dis abled beyond immediate repair and many houses were unroofed. The agricultural sections of Central and Southern Texas have been im measurably damaged, according to general reports received here, badly demoralized wire service occasioning slow and unsatisfactory reports from many sections that are known to have suffered from the storm. NO. Í GANG USE DYNAMITE Ruel’s Confederates Wreck Oak land Houses of Gallagher. WOULD INTIMIDATE STAR WITNESS Ex-President of Board of Supervisors Had Just Closed a $25,000 Deal Second Outrage. Oakland. Cal , May 28.—Three large dwelling houses, built by James L. Gal lagher, ex president of the board of supervisors and the prosecution's star witness in the bribery-graft cases, at Perkins and Belmont streets, this city, were wricked wrecked by dynamite tonight shortly before midnight. The houses were not yet occupied. A heavy charge of dynamite, placed in the kitchen of the largest of the three houses, threw the building off the foundations and almost oompletely wrecked it. The houses were shat- tered, while many windows in the neighborhood were broken by the shock. John Rollins, a watchman employed by the contractor building the houses for Gallagher, was sitting in a small shack, near the houses at the time, and was thrown to the ground. He said to Captain of Detectives I’eterson that he was through the three biplditigs shortly before the explosion occurred. It is said that Gallagher was negotiat ing a deal today for the sale of the houses for $25,(100. Several weeks ago Gallagher's home in Oakland was blown up and badly wrecked at night while he and his wife and several friends were in the house and narrowly escaped se rious injury. FORT WORTH FEARS WORST. Tri ni ty River Rises Again and Condi tions Are Serious. Fort Worth, Tex., May 28.—With the waters of the Trinity river still near the summit of the banks another great volume of water began pouring from the west fork of that stream toward this city late last night. Early today the river is rising at a rate of six inches an hour, anil wilh such conditions as already prevail, the outcome when the crest of this second rush of waters reaches this city cannot be foretold, That considerable additional property loss and suffering will result is consid- ered certain. A serious situation has developed here in regard to the city water supply, The mains are filled with black, muddy water, unfit for drinking even after being boiled The city authorities de clare it may lie a week before they can restore the normal water supply. Mean while. those who can afford it are buy ing water from private artesian wells, and those who cannot are drinking the water that conies out of the mains. Thirteen men. women and children wire caught in the overflow in the Den ton river Their condition became so precarious that they were forced to liold the children upon their shoulders to keep them from drowning They stood in water almost up to their necks for ten hours until rescued. Baker City.—Thomas H Parker, of the state fish commission, received at OKLAHOMA TIED COMPLETELY North Powder the other day 31.000 trout, which have been placed in the NORTH CAROLINA DRY. lakes at the hepd of North Powder Muskogee is in Sorry Plight Without Heat or Light. river and in other streams near by. Prohibition Sweeps State From End Muskogee, Okla., May 26.—Not a to End at Elections. PORTLAND MARKETS. railroad in Oklahoma is in operation, Raleigh. N C., May 28.—North Car as a result of the heavy rains and olina was carried for state wide prohi Wheat—Club, 89c per bushel: red Russian, 87c; bluestem, 92c; Valley, cloudbursts that have occurred in vari bition Tuesday by a majority estimated ous parts of the state during the past at 40.000 to 42,000 on reports received 89c. Barley—Feed, $25.50 per ton; rolled, three days. The last road to suspend up to midnight. The prohibition ticket carried 78 out $27.5057 28.50; brewing, $26. operations was the Missouri-Kansas of the 98 counties by overwhelming ma Oats—No. 1 white, $27 50 per ton; & Texas, which was forced to quit at jorities The prohibition ticket hat car gray, $27. Hay—Timothy. Willamette Valley. noon Sunday, when the bridge on the ried 20 counties by majorities approxi mating 5,600. This calculation is partly $17 per ton; Willamette Valley, or main line at Eufala went down. To add to the disaster, the main based upon estimates anil the prohibi dinary, $15; Eastern Oregon. $18 50; supplying natural gas to the Indian tion leaders say that it is possible for mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa. $12; T erritory part of the state was car the prohibition majority to reach 50,000. alfalfa meal. $20. .. ............. .. with the Clarksville bridge ried away The election passed off very quietly, Dressed Meats Hogs, fancy, 8c per pound; ordinary. 7c; large, 6c; veal, late Sunday, anil the supply of gas no disturbances of any importance being for Muskogee and several other cities reported. extra 7c; ordinary, 6c; heavy. 5c; mut in the southeast part of the state has The total vote cast in tile state was ton, fancy. 8579c. been entirely cut off Officials of the al> out 175.000 Butter—Extras, 25c per pound; company gas C ““ . say ......... it will be a week Every large town in the state except fancy. 24c: choice, 20c: store. 16c. Eggs— Candled. 195/2oc per dozen; before repairs can be made so that Wilmington and Durham went probi- the gas supply can gain be carried bition uncandled, 18Jc per dozen. Under the regulations of the prohibí- Poultry - Mixed chickens, 1215713c As natural gas is used for light anil per pound; fancy hens. 13?5/11c; heat, business will be suspended tion bill submitted to the people there roosters, 8c; fryers. 2215/ :.’5c; broilers. Elevator* have been forced to stop will be no manufacture or sale of intox 2057 22 Jc; ducks, old. 1657 17c: spring. running, and hotels and restaurants icating liquors in the state after Janu ''Ti25c; geese. 8579c; turkeys, alive. have practically been put ont of busi- ary, 1909. ________________ 165718c for hens. 145/ 16c for gobblers; ness. dressed, 1757 18c. Vehicle Falls Down Mountain. Apnlcs—Select, $2 50 per box: fancy. $2: choice. $1 50; ordinary, $1.25. San Jose, Cal., May 26 Twenty- Potatoes—O1<1 Oregons. choice, 70 one students, half the graduating class s0c per hundred; sweet. 5}c per of the Santa Clara High School, were pound. carried 200 feet down a mountain side Strawberries Oregon. 1057171c per when a carry-all toppled from the pound. Mount Hamilton road at midnight Vegetables Turnins. $1 50 per sack; carrots, $1 50571.75; beets. $125; Saturday night. The vehicle broke up when it started in its descent and parsnips. $1 25; cabbage, $1 75572 per most of the young people slid in safe cwt.: beans, wax. 75/ Rc per pound: ty down the mountain side in the head lettuce, 1245115c per dozen: cel cover of the vehicle. News of the ac ery, R5c per doz/tn; asparagus, $1 50 cident reached this citv early Sunday over per box: egg plant. 20c per pound; and a ohysician and nurses were dis new parsley. 2"c per dozen; peas. 557 6>c patched to the scene in an atitomo per nound; peppers. 20c per pound; bile. radishes. 15c per dozen; rhubarb. 3c More Plague Appears. per pound; soinach, 3c per pound; Sentence Four to Death. Willemstad. Curacao, May 28 The cauliflower, $2 50 per crate. St Petersburg. May 26.—The court- report that the Port of I ji Guayra Hops—1907. prime and choice, 557 6}’ ner pound: olds, 2573c per pound. martial of eleven revolutionists, in would be reopened in the immediate fu Wool—Eastern Oregon, average cluding four women, which began a ture is considered here to be prema best. 1l5?ir,e per pound, according to few days ago, has resulted in the sen ture. as it is unofficially stated that an shrinkage: Valley, 1057 12*c. tencing of four of the accused to other case of bubonic plague ti** oc Mohair—Choice. 1R5i IRjc per pound death and six to periods of penal ctirred there since the issuance ti f Pres | ident Castro's decree. servitude. One was acquitted. Cascara Bark—3fi§.4c per pound. i V