The Stayton mail., May 29, 1908, Image 2

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NEWS OF THE WEEK
I d
a Condensed Form for Our
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* Resum« o f the Less Im portent but
Not Less Interesting Events
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Railroads Put Additional Burdens on
Small Shippers.
Chicago, May 20.— 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
sam e m eeting at which the rate in­
creases were decided upon, the repre­
sentatives of m ore than 400 railroads
agreed that after July 1 they will not
receive for shipm ent any packages in
less than carload lots which are not
m arked plainly with the nam e of the
consignee, the station and state of
consignee, the station, city and state
of destination.
It is estim ated'that this action will
save the railroads in the territory east
of the Mississippi River and north of
the O hio River to the seaboard, at
least $2,000,000 annually in loss and
dam age claims. On the other hand, it
will cost the shippers of package
freight probably as much, or even
m ore, to perform the actual work re­
quired in m arking the shipm ents as
prescribed by the railroads. It is
also stated by the shippers that it will
m ake im possible any secrecy reg ard ­
ing the identity of the custom er» of
any business house.
O n the contrary, any business house
may, after the new rules go into ef­
fect, station men at railroad w are­
houses and learn in detail all about
the shipm ents of com petitors, to
whom shipped and in what am ounts.
T hat this will have a trem endous ef­
fect upon this class of business is con­
fidently asserted.
It has been the custom of the ship­
pers to m ark 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 tim e and labor of the
shipper and throw a certain am ount
of secrecy around the conduct of his
business.
01997830
Congressional Committees Agree
on Seattle Appropriation.
SPEND $650,000 FOR EXHIBITS
W ashington Delegation Highly Elated
at Result U seless Expenses
Are Stricken Out.
FAVORS BIG FLEET.
Qre.it Lesson Taught by C ruise, 8ays
Admiral Evans.
W ashington, May 23.—Adm iral Ev-
atts, in an interview with W. S. Mcri-
w eathcr, told of the results of the
cruise of the Pacific and its benefit*
and the future policy and prospects of
the American navy.
"W hat, in your opinion," he was
asked, "is the m ost vital question af­
fecting the navy today?"
"The shortage of officers and men,
particularly officers," Adm iral Evans
replied. "W e have not a battleship in
com m ission today with a sufficient
nim ihrr of officers properly to look
out for her battery. Those we have
are excellent, but they are so over­
worked that they are giving way un­
der the strain. Men can be trained
for duties on shipboard, as has just
been shown in the cruise of the A t­
lantic fleet to the Pacific, but not so
with officers.
"In case of a sudden outbreak of
hostilities, we would find ourselves
seriously hatnlicappd from this cause"
T he Adm iral was then Asked what
was the chief lesson to hr draw n from
the cruise of the battleship fleet
"T here are tw o," he replied. "F irst,
the absolute necessity for tw o fleets,
one on the A tlantic and one on the
Pacific; second, that we to n k jlie fleet
to sea with one-third of th r men tin
trained and arrived at the Pacific en
trance to the S traits of M agellan arid
M agdalena Bay absolutely in condi
tion to go into an engagem ent "
"W hat should hr our future naval
strength, and how distributed?”
"Forty-eight battleships with the
necessary cruisers, torpedo boats, tub
m arines and auxiliaries They should
he distributed 24 on the Pacific and
24 on the A tlan tic”
FIRE ON OLD VESSEL.
SEEN BY THOUSANDS
Atlantic Squadron In Sight Two
Hours Off Astoria.
6ET.SPLENDID VIEW OF PARADE
Excursion S team ers Salute W arships
as They Round Tillamook Head
C olors Dipped in Reply,
Astoria, O r., May 21.—From every
W ashington, May 23.—The conle?-
Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt has secured
point of vantage on diiurs and head­
a divorce.
encc committee on the sundry civil bill
lands brtw rru Willapa H arbor ami
yesterday agreed to give $650,out) to the
President Fallieres. of France, is
Tillamook Head yesterday the pa­
visiting King Edward.
Seattle exposition. Fifty thousand dol­
triotic people uf tlie Pacific N orth­
west waved their welcome and fare­
lars will be cut off from the expenses
A Seattle woman sent her daugh­
well to the battleships of the Atlantic
ter for a doctor and then com m itted
of the government board, which is re­
licet as they steamed up the coast.
suicide.
duced to three members, and uninter­
Ten
thousand throats cheered the im­
W. T. H am ilton, the last living of
esting features of the government ex­
posing
pageant of the nation's naval
General C uster’s scouts, has just died
power; hats were flung high hi the air
hibit
are
eliminated.
There
was
no
cut
at Butte. Mont.
and tears streamed down the faces
in the appropriation for buildings or
of many spectators in an excess of
The Presbyterian general assembly
the
Alaska,
Philippine
or
Hawaii
ex­
patriotism, as the imposing file of
will seek a closer union of the P res­
hibits. The conference report will be
monster fighting ship rounded Tilla­
byterian churches.
agreed to today. The compromise is
mook Head and came in sight of the
Thaw has been declared still insane,
waiting multitude
highly
satisfactory
to
the
Washington
but he will try to avoid returning to
It was a magnificent sight, such as
delegation._________________
the M atteaw an asylum.
the Oregon coast has never before
witnessed In the lead, flying Rcar-
Senator Slayden. of Texas, is op­
GOVERNOR SPARKS DEAD.
Admiral Sperry's blue two starred
posed to the Seattle fair and says the
flag, was the Connecticut, the splen­
country is tiring of expositions.
did
type of the navy's latest fighting
Nevada
Executive
Killed
by
Oveawork
T here is a desperate effort in con­
machines.
The vessel that led the
at
Extra
Session.
gress to pass a currency bill by hold­
squadron
on
its historic voyage from
ing up the public building bill.
Reno, Nev., May 23.—*’I dou't fear
Hampton Roads, with “ Fighting Bob"
Evans on the bridge, still stood at the
death. I have done my best. I am
Fully a quarter of a million men
head of thr column, which was made
em ployed in English shipbuilding
tired and am ready to go. Good-bye."
up of the following ships:
yards have accepted a cut in wages.
Surrounded by his wife, three sons
First suiiadron, first division -C on­
M ore than 100 governm ent meat in­
and a daughter, Governor John Sparks, Sensational Naval Experim ent Will be necticut, Kansas, Minnesota and Ver­
spectors held a conference in Chicago
T ried bp Navy.
mont.
conscious to the last, sank to death at
on the enforcem ent of the new meat
Second division—Georgia, Nebras­
8
:30
yesterday
morning,
after
uttering
W
ashington,
May
25.—T
he
most
inspection law.
ka,
New Jersey and Rhode Island.
sensational naval experim ent ever at­ Second
the above words.
third division—
The O klahom a legislature has
tem pted by this country will take Louisiana, squadron,
The illness which culminated in the place
Virginia, Ohio and Mis­
passed a law which provides for a
today
in
Chesapeake
Bay.
when
governor's death was directly due to
penitentiary term for any employer
m onitor Florida will be subm itted souri.
division—Wisconsin, Illi­
who refuses work to a man because WHOLE STATE STORM SW EPT overwork and nervous strain attend­ the
to bom bardm ent by big guns a u j tor- Fourth
Kearsargc and Kentucky.
he is a m em ber of a union. Pinkerton
oedocs to dem onstrate the effect of nois,
ant
upon
the
extra
session
of
Nevada's
the war vessels was
detectives are also barred from the
m odern projectiles upon the internal the Accompanying
late last fall.
hospital
ship
T exas Suffers Untold Damage From legislature
state.
Mr. Sparks was born in Mississippi, fittings and the structure of the fight­ As the fleet relief
rounded Tillamook
Wind
and
Rain.
August
30, 1843, and came to this state ing craft of the Am erican navy.
Peter Daly, the actor, is dead.
Head at 11:30 in the morning, the
The
Florida
is
so
constructed
and
in
1868 , engaging in stockraising. He
Good progress is being made on the Austin. Texas, May 26.—A terrific owned large cattle ranches in Nevada fitted internally in such a way as to battleships, which were steaming
of each other in a straight
wind and rain storm swept T cxfs and Texas, as well as a large cotton have practically the same strength of abreast
Seattle fair buildings.
line
stretching
to tlie horizon, swung
from
the
Panhandle
to
the
Gulf
early
resistance
as
the
latest
type
of
Am
er.
plantation
in
Texas.
He
was
elected
T he N orthern Baptist convention
nto
a
single
column,
the flagship lead­
Sunday. The destruction to crops and chief executive in 1902 and again in ¡can battleship.
for 1909 will meet in Portland.
ing
the
van,
and
cruised
two
by large majorities.
At first it was proposed to put live miles of the surf, affording within
a splendid
A statue of the late Senator H anna vegetables, trees and shrubbery was 1906
sheep
in
the
turret
of
th
r
m
onitor,
hut
Lieutenant-Governor
D.
S.
Dicker-
to the spectators on shore. A
has ju st been unveiled at Cleveland, the greatest reported in years.
son is now governor of Nevada. He this plan has hern abandoned because virw
fleet
excursion steamer# crossed
Ohio.
In num erous places houses were un­ came to Nevada eight years ago and it is believed th r death of the anim als the bar of early
in the day and greeted
would
prove
little
as
to
the
probabil­
went
to
work
in
a
mine
at
Cherry
Tree.
E astern railroads will resist the In ­ roofed and small villages and ham lets
the
battleships
off Tillamook Rock
ity
of
loss
of
human
life
under
similar
terstate Commerce Com m ission's rales in many instances were inundated by
with
a
volley
of
Each ves­
circum stances. The plan to tc«t thr sel was loaded to whistles.
for accounting.
EXTRA SESSIO N CALLED.
its capacity with ex­
the terrific rainfall which, in the space
ability
of
The
m
odern
ship
of
war
to
anti their cheers were
T housands of people are swarm ing
four hours, reached seven inches in
w ithstand the heavy firing of the lat­ cursionists.
added
to
the
noisy salute. The mos­
to the Puget Sound cities to see the of
m any sections. Austin was in the Philippine Assembly Needs a Month est big guns has attracted much at quito fleet escorted
the war vessel#
A tlantic battleship fleet.
U
ntion
in
official
circles
and
it
is
More
to
Finish
W
ork.
path
of
the
w
orst
of
the
storm
,
and
northward
of
the
Columbia
River,
looked
upon
as
a
m
atter
of
great
in.-
A Hoboken. N. J ;, justice of the f»>r hours the streets were impassable Manila, May 23.—The statutory time
when
they
returned
to
Astoria.
When
peace says he m arried Anna Gould for either man or beast, electric light for the adjournment of the Philippine »• irtancr by foreign officials at tlie em ­ the war vessels left the excursion
bassies here
and Prince de Sagan before they left and telephone connections were dis­
craft behind, the battleships resumed
for Europe.
abled beyond im m ediate repair and assembly having arrived with the work
their positions steaming to the north
of that body incomplete. Governor-Gen­
PACIFIC MAIL IS PASSIVE.
abreast of each other.
The airship W hite W ing, built by m any houses were unroofed.
As the squadron «teamed along in
Baldwin, is m aking successful flights The agricultural sections of Central eral Smith has called a month's extra
in New York. Baldwin was the in­ and Southern Texas have been im ­ session. Prior to the adjournment of Would Not be Benefited by Proposed perfect order, each vessel dipped it#
colors in acknowledgment of the loud
ventor of the airship at the Lewis and m easurably dam aged, according to the regular session, the radicals at­
Subsidy Clause.
general reports received here, badly
acclaim from the excursion craft
Clark fair.
tempted
to
present
a
resolution
favor­
dem
oralized
wire
service
occasioning
San
Francisco,
May
23.—The
prog­
A Chicago wom an brought back to
and unsatisfactory reports from ing immediate independence, but were ress of the postoftice appropriation
life after being pronounced dead is m slow
BOMB W RECKS TENEM ENT
any
that are known to have headed off by the conservatives under bill, now in its last stages before C on­
»orry she was revived. She says her suffered sections
the leadership of President Osmcna. It gress, is being watched with much in­
from
the
storm
.
soul traversed a beautiful country in
is believed that the attempt to present terest in this city, especially with re­ Black Hand Angered Because Effort*
spirit land.
the resolution will be renewed during gard to the ocean mail subsidy am end­
OKLAHOMA TIED COM PLETELY the
to Extort Money Fall.
extra session.
Crop failures in British E ast Africa
m ent, agreed to by the conferees, but
The
Philippine
commission
has
re­
is causing much loss of life am ong M uskogee is in Sorry Plight Without jected the assembly bill providing for rejected by the House, which has New York. May 21.—The refusal
for another conference on the of a wealthy Italian physician to com ­
the natives. More than 40,000 deaths
the teaching of the various Filipino di­ asked
Heat or Light.
have been caused by starvation and
m
easure.
increased ply with the demands of Black Hand
in the public schools, and has com pensation The to proposed
steam
ship
di­ criminals for money resulted in e n ­
the governm ent is feeding 50,000 M uskogee. Okla., May 26.—N ot a alects
substituted a hill creating an institute rectly affects the com panies lines
running dangering the lives of 100 persons
people.
railroad in Oklahom a is in operation, for the studv of these dialects.
from this port to China, Japan, yesterday, when a bomb was exploded
Bishops in the Methodist general con­ as a result of the heavy rains and Manuel Qucscon, a mcmlwr of the A vessels
ustralia
and the Philippines.
in the tenement house at 316 East
ference passed the lie.
has been appointed delegate W hen asked
Eleventh street A number of per­
what
would
be
the
re­
cloudbursts that have occurred in vari­ assembly,
the navigation congress, to be -held sult should the subsidy am endm ent he sons
injured and the ocrupants
France may have to recognize Mulai ous parts of the state during the past at to St.
Petersburg. He will sail tom or­ retained in the bill, F. S. Samuels, of the were
house
rushed into the street in
Hafid as sultan of Morocco.
three days. The last road to suspend row , accompanied by his secretary, T he­ m anager of the Oceanic Steam ship panic, while doors
and beams which
The late Governor Sparks, of Neva­ operations was the M issouri-Knnsas odore Rogers.
Company, said:
had hern twisted out by the explosion
da. was a great cattle breeder.
& Texas, which was forced to quit at
"W hether we will resum e running tumbled all around them The lower
Sues to Recover G raft.
Before the battleship fleet leaves for noon Sunday, when the bridge on the
vessels to A ustralia and carry the part of the house was almost com ­
the Orient it will be reorganized.
m ain line at Eufala went down.
San Francisco, May 23.—Joseph A. mails cannot he determ ined for a time pletely wrecked. None of the injured
To add to the disaster, th r main Sullivan, a retired capitalist, who owns A ustralia and New Zealand have made was dangerously hurt with the excep­
Inability to get a board of arbitration supplying
natural gas to the Indian a block of stock in the United Rail­ other contracts for carrying the mails tion of Tony Lambarro, who was
is continuing the street car strike at T erritory part
since we discontinued, and we do not crushed hv falling timbers and in­
of the state was car­
Cleveland, Ohio.
ried away with the Clarksville bridge ways Investment Company, today be­ know at present w hether we could get ternally injured.
The Presbyterian general assembly late Sunday, and the supply of gas gan a suit in equity in the superior that business again.”
The explosion occurred when most
wants congress to pass a law making for M uskogee and several other cities court to recover the $200 000 Patrick Adolph J. Frey, assistant to the of the occupant« of the house were at
Sunday an absolute day of rest.
in the southeast part of the state has Calhoun, president of the United Rail­ vice-president and genera! m anager of breakfast. The bomb had been placed
entirely cut off Officials of the roads. is alleged to have paid, through the Pacific Mail Company, the Jap­ in the rear hall, under the stairs The
Baron Takahira, Japanese ambassa­ been
gas com pany say it will be a week Tirey L. Ford, general counsel for that anese and China line, said there was stairway was almost completely torn
dor to the United States, says critics before
can be made so that corporation, to Abe Ruef for the pur­ little prospect of the Pacific Mail a wav. every door on the first and sec­
of his people are hasty and that war the gas repairs
supply
ran again he carried pose of influencing the supervisors to availing itse.lf of any increased allow ­ ond floors was wrenched off windows
rumors are unfounded.
•\s natural gas is used for light and grant the company a trolley franchise. ance. chiefly because of th r difficulty were blown out, and plaster and
Admiral Evans has called upon the
business will he suspended Interest on the above-named amount of securing crews com posed largely of beams all over the house were shaken
president and received congratulations beat,
F.levators have been forced to stop and costs are also demanded by the Americans, as th r law would require, down. Lambarro was on the stairs
on the successful trip of the battleship running, .and hotels and restaurants plaintiff. The complaint alleges that at a rate of wages perm itting of any when the exntosion occurred. The
fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific. have practically been put out of busi­ the suit is brought in the interest of all profit.
others injured were struck by flying
timbers in their apartments.
the stockholders of the corporation.
The government has started a suit ness.
G erm ans Angry at Frenchm en.
for a dissolution of the New Haven
Scale is Agreed Upon.
C onspirator May Hang.
road's merger with the Boston and
Berlin, May 23.—D enouncing Paris
Big Deal in Oil Land.
Maine and New England trolley roads K ansas City. May 26.—After more Deer Lodge, Mont., May 23.—W ill­ cl.ubs as m ere gam bling resorts and T.os Angeles, May 21.—The biggest
In an address before the Bankers’ than six weeks of negotiations, the iam Hays, a convict in the state prison rlnbm cn as card sharpers and black­
deal in the history of California
club, of Chicago. Bryan said unless the last details which have been standing here, was today found guilty of first- leg«. the Germ an court and press are oil
lias
been closed hy the purchase of
people were assured their deposits were in the way of signing the final agree­ degree murder in killing Guard John A. declaring today that it is easy enough
1,200
acres of oil fields in the heart of
fully secured the government will have ment between the m iners and operat­ Robinson in the course of the sensa­ to see why T euton m em bers are un­
ors of K.ansis City. Missouri O kla­
to start banks.
welcome—they have som ething better the Coalinga district by the Am erican
and Arkansas coal fields were tional prison break in March. George to do w ith their time than to spend Petroleum Company for the sum of
The Mexican government has start­ homa
settled
Sunday to the satisfaction of Rodk pleaded guilty two weeks ago and it at a gam ing table. But for the com ­ $2,000,000. W ith the exception of the
ed proceedings against Martin Jacoby, both sides.
was sentenced to hang June 15. Hays’ m ent hv m em bers of the C crclr de Southern Pacific holdings this land
millionaire and head of a large mercan­ M onday m orning a joint m eeting of defense
proved he had not laid a hand 1.’Union that G erm ans are regardless represents all the undeveloped ground
tile house. He is charged with misap­ the operators and m iners was to be on Robinson,
was found guilty of French club custom , the black­ in fhe best part of the Coalinga field.
propriating between $3,000,000 and $5,- held, when the signatures of the prop of conspiracy. but The he jury
recommended balling of Am bassadorial Attache Early operation and the production
000 , 000 .
<*r
officials
were
to
be
affixed
to
the
hanging.
Two
others
are
and H ortsm an m ight have been perm itted of an enorm ous nnantity of oil are as­
In a speech at Harrisburg, Pa., Bryan scale and the agreem ent and the ac­ are yet to he tried. These charged
are C. B. to pass as a personal m atter.
sured. as the Am erican Petroleum
said he favored the direct primary.
Young and Orel! Stevens.
tion ratified.
Company
is capitalized at $10,000,000.
Governor Sparks, of Nevada, is very
Franz Jo se f in Serious Condition.
low, and his physicians say he cannot
Sentence Four^to Death.
Eight Perished in Fire.
Italy Protest*.
V irnna. Mav 23 — F.m prror Franz
live.
St. Petersburg. May 26—The court- Chicago. May 23.—Although eight Tosef has caught a fresh cold and grn- Rio de Janeiro. May 21—T he m in­
Major James F. Melndee is to suc­ m artial of eleven revo’utionists, in­ men are believed to have perished in <-n| audiences have been suspended. ister of Italy has delivered to the m in­
ceed ('okinel Roessler as government en­ cluding four women, which began a the fire that destroyed the Wintermaver The court r>hv«ieians say they do not ister
affairs a protest
gineer at Portland.
few days ago. has resulted in the sen­ box factory yesterday, only two bodies -onsider his m ajesty’s condition alarm ­ against of the foreign
conduct
of the coffee
Arbitration of the street ear strike tencing of four of the accused to had been recovered at midnirht. when ing. hut there is much nneasiness eon
of San Paulo, who oblige
at Cleveland. Ohio, has been arranged, death and six to periods of penal the search was abandoned until tomor­ eerning him owing to his age and planters
Italian lahores to become naturalized
Imt eeme rieting continue«.
servitude. One was acquitted.
continued ill health.
row.
citizens before they will em ploy them.