R A IL R O A D T R A F F IC S T O P P E D .
Entire State o f Montana a Vast Waste
o f W ater.
T O P U R IF Y C A M P A IG N .
C IT IZ E N S T A K E
IN IT IA T IV E .
C o rru p t Practice* Act Restricts C an Plan Bonds to Raisa Money to Im
prove Siuslaw Bar.
didate*' A c t*.
Hitli-m.. The adoption of the corrupt
practice* a r t fiy the people at the elec
tion June 1 will make the next political
<aiii|*tigii a vastly different one from
those which have been »cun in Oregon
in the lust few year*.
For one thing, the advertising plan
of making a campaign, which Senator
liourno made popular in O regon, will he
lee* extensively lined in the future.
Two feature* of the corrupt practice*
act will tend to aecompliah t It in end -
one a limitation on expenditure*, and
the other a requirement that paid ad
vertining he *o marked. Undoubtedly
the m*B*uro will have a salutory effect
in purifying eleeUou*, though *ome of
it* provisions teem unnece*»arily *c-
vere.
I’uhlieitv in the m atter of campaign
expenditure* i* one of the most import
nut requirement* of the law, and tiere
after it will he nccuinirr for candidate*
and party mnnager* to keep nn account
ot all expense* and file it within 15
day* after the primary or general elec
tlon, allowing contribution* to cam
puign fund* and the purpowc* for which
all money wan Npent. Candidate* are
permitted totiNe one page of u pamphlet
to lie i*»tied hy the mate for the pur
pone of giving the voter* information
concerning them, each candidate to pay
fur the Rpacc occupied, and in exce*» of
th a t each candidate may *pend in a
primary campaign 15 per cent of one
y e a r ’* *alarv, and in a general ram
pign 10 per cent of one year'* »alary,
though any candidate may *pcnd a*
much a* $100 if tho percentage *hould
lie I ck * than that. A candidate fur
governor will hereafter he limited to
an expenditure of $750 in a primary
campaign and $500 in a general earn
Posse Chases Horsethieves.
Eugene.—T he citizens of the S ius
law valley, on the coast of Lane c o u n
ty, are becoming tirrd waiting for
the governm ent to improve the bar at
the m outh of the Siuslaw river so ves
sets can pass out or in without delay,
and a plan is being discussed to raise
fund* for the undertaking in an o th er
way. It is proposed to bond that
part of the county lying west of the
Coast range of m ountain* for 30 or
40 years, and use the m oney thus
raised in building jetties at the m outh
of the river. It is thought by the
prom oters of the scheme that $100,000
could he raised easily in this way, and
that with this sum considerable start
could |>e made tow ard constructing
the jetty. It is hoped hy the time
this sum is expended the national g o v
ernment would he ready to take up
the work and push it to completion
T o meet the interest on the bonds
each year, it is proposed to col!<vct a
toll of perhaps 35 cents per thousand
feet on the lum ber and a p ro p o rtio n
ate sum on o th e r articles exported
from the tow ns at the mouth of the
river. Later a sinking fund could be
raised in the same way to pay off the
bonds when they become due. In
this way the expense of building the
jetty would he borne by the in d u s
tries directly benefited by the work
•IN C R E A S E P E N D L E T O N
Wisconsin
PLANT.
Company Negotiating
Woolen Mills.
for
I’cndleton.— A gents of the Racine
woolen mills, of Racine, Wisconsin,
arc here looking over the P endleton
woolen mills with a view of p u rc h a s
ing them and making them a p art of
the great Racine industry
It is p ro
posed to employ at least 300 men and
women in the plant and to increase
the capacity hy m ore than three times
and make it the biggest woolen mill
in the northw est. Pendleton, being
on a main line of tran sp o rta tio n and
in the heart of the sheep district, has
been selected as the m ost favorable
location for the branch of the Racine
industry.
If purchased the mill will he de
voted exclusively to the m anufacture
of high grade Indian robes, blankets
and similar lines of goods.
(laker City.— In the country south
o f H untington officers arc chasing a
band of horsethieves, who have been
practicing in M alheur county. It is
claimed the thieves are headed for
ilakcr county, with the prohahlc h o p e
o f being able to reach a transconti
nen tsl railroad and get out of O regon
In the last few weeks m any report
having lost horses, and there is a r u
m o r that the gang scut tip from Mai
licur some time ago and later p a r
doned by G tvernor Cham berlain has
com pleted a new organization, and is
operating in the same m anner they
Auto Fever at B aker City.
were a few years ago, when the t a x
Baker City.—T he autom obile fever
payers of eastern O re g o n spent much ha* struck this city squarely, and in
m oney and effort to capture them.
the last week four carloads of touring
cars have been unloaded and sold to
Reject Dam Bids.
people here and in this vicinity. T he
K lam ath Falls.—T he secretary of old stage line to Halfway, Baker c o u n
th e interior has rejected the bids on ty. has installed automobiles, and in
th e Clear lake dam. a part of the the future the six-horse team and old
Klam ath irrigation project, on ac Concord stage will only be seen when
count of the high figures, together the roads are exceedingly muddy.
with the fact that land ow ners in that
Young Chosen at M ilton.
•section have still five per cent more
land to sign up to bring the total tip
Milton.—J. E. Young, recently p rin
t o the required 80 per cent. T he two cipal of M oore’s school, in this valley,
bids subm itted were by Mahoney has been appointed Drincipal of the
Bros., of San Francisco. $115,770. and Milton school. T h e directors had
Mancy Bros., of W innem ucca, $188,- previously engaged R. J. Davies, but
5(80. T h e governm ent may readver- this week he notified the trustees of
tisc for bids, or do the work by force his refusal of the position. Mr. Davis
account.
will teach at Nyasse, Ore.
Will Show Canby Berries.
O regon City.—T h e Canby S tra w
berry G row ers’ association has chosen
the following officers for the ensuing
year: R. S. Coe, president; Charles
Roth, vice-president; C. N. Wait, sec
retary; S. R. Reese, treasurer. T he
association expects to distribute 10,-
tioo pieces of advertising m a tter at
the coming rose show in O regon City.
June I'.' and 1.1. and on the last day
o f the rose show the berries that are
«m exhibition will be given to the
Rose Society to he sold. Many e x
hibits by Canby grow ers are p ro m
ised.
Bronco Bucking fo r Condon.
Condon. -C o n d o n will celebrate the
F o u rth of July in old-fashioned style,
and a com m ittee was appointed to s o
licit funds for the carrying on of the
festivities. It is planned to hold a
m arket day in connection with the
celebration, just as has been held in
Pendleton and T he Dalles. Broncho-
hucking contests and baseball will
form a part of the program m e, while
a num ber of carnival features will also
be added.
Four G raduate at W oodburn.
W oodburn. — T he com m encem ent
exercises of the W oodburn high
school graduating class were held in
the M ethodist Episcopal church, of
this city, last week. T h e church, b e a u
tifully decorated, was filled with
friends of education. T h e address to
the class was made by Charles V.
Galloway, of Salem. T h e diplomas
were presented hy Colonel J. M.
P oo rm an , of the hoard of directors.
It is the first high school graduating
class in W oodburn.
Monm outh Wants Freight Depot.
Salem__.The Oregon rnilrond eommis
•ion tins ordered th a t a hearing he had
a t Monmonth, .Tune 15. at 1:30 P. M.,
on the question of a Southern Pacific
freight depot.
Open Bids fo r Building Sites.
W ashington. — T h e
supervising
architect has announced that bids will
be opened July 16 for public building
sites 130x135 feet at Albany and La
G rande and 140x140 feet at Pendleton.
Helena, Mont., June 5.—W ith the
greatest rainfall in 28 years, M ontana
is experiencing the most complete de
m oralization of railroad traffic since
the first train crossed the Rocky
M ountains in this state.
Thousands of passengers are m a
rooned.
Six persons are reported
drowned; railroad tracks are washed
out in every direction. Land slides
are reported on the Great N orthern
near Kalispell and the rivers are
rapidly rising. T h is is the situation
briefly summed up;
T h e property dam age to railroads
will run into the thousands and many
of the big m ountain trestles are en
dangered. T h e re is, as yet, no pros
pect of a let up in the downpour,
l.ast n ig h t’s precipitation it estim ated
at m ore than tw o inches.
It is believed th at at least six per
sons have lost their lives as a result
of the high water.
Nine N o rth e rn Pacific trains which
were held up in the eastern part of
the state since last Sunday arrived
yesterday and left over the Great
N orthe rn tracks. T hese trains are
now stalled at G reat Falls, H avre and
other points in N orthe rn Montana.
O n the east of Helena the Great
N orthe rn tracks are washed out near
Basin and both the m orning and even
ing trains from Butte are held up
there.
W est of Garrison the tracks were
washed out several days ago and no
trains have been able to get through
for a week T his cuts off all means
of transp o rta tio n to the coast, since
the Great N orth e rn trains cannot get
through from the north.
O ne of the leading theatrical com
panies is held up in Helena now and
the probabilities are it will have to
remain here a week. The company
has cancelled all its dates for several
days ahead.
S H O O TS AT DREYFUS.
M ilitary Journalist Seeks Revenge for
Insult to French Arm y.
Paris, June 5.—Ju s t at the close of
the cerem onies attending the canoni
zation of Emile Zola in the P antheon
yesterday, when the president of
France, the prem ier and a host of
ministers of state were taking their
departure. Louis A ntheno Gregoris, a
military writer of note, drew a re
volver and fired tw o shots point-blank
at M ajor Alfred Dreyfus, for whose
liberty Zola fought and won.
Men distinguished in all walks of
life filled the P anth eo n and, when the
shots rang out, there was great ex
citement in fear that the president
had been assassinated, hut even the
attem p t on the life of M ajor Dreyfus
created a profound impression. Sol
diers speedily surrounded Gregoris
and he was aken to jail, bruised and
bleeding, with his clothes alm ost torn
from his hack.
M ajor Dreyfus was not seriously in
jured
A bullet entered his forearm,
hut did not injure the bone. At a
late hour the official statem ent was
made that his condition was very fa
vorable and th at no complications
were feared.
W ith regard to the crasons for G re
goris’ act, the opinion prevails in Paris
that there is much truth in his avowal
that he was driven to the deed by the
appeals to hatred with which the anti-
Semitic papers have been filled since
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
the governm ent resolved to place the
W heat Club, 00c per bushel; red body of Zola in the Pantheon.
Russian, 88c; bluestcm , 92c; valley,
PLANS T O H O N O R F L E E T .
90c.
Barley—Feed, $25 50 per ton; rolled,
927.50(b 28.50; brewing. $26.
Festivities in Auckland Will Continue
O a ts — No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton;
Four Days.
gray. $27.
Millstuffs—Bran, $26 per ton; m id Auckland, N. S. W.. June 5.— F es
dlings. $30.50; shorts, country, $28 50; tivities to last over four days have
city, $28.50; w heat and barley chop. been arranged for the entertanim ent
$27.50.
of the men of the American b attle
Hay - T im o th y . W illam ette Valley, ship fleet and the governor of New
$17 per ton; W illam ette Valley, o r d i Zealand, all the federal officials, the
nary, $15; E astern O regon, $18 50; m ayors and the municipal authorities
mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa. $12; are to participate in the welcome. O n
the arrival of the fleet August 8 there
alfalfa, meal, $20.
Dressed M eats—H ogs, fancy. 8c per will be an official reception and a re
pound; ordinary, 7c; large. 6c; veal, view of the volunteers, to be followed
extra. T ic ; ordinary, 6c; heavy, 5c; by a dinner to the admirals and offi
cers of the fleet in the evening.
mutton, fancy. 8(3?9c.
A municipal welcome will be given
Butter— E xtras, 25c per pound;
the following day and will include a
fancy, 24c; choice, 20c; store, 16c.
Eggs—Candled, 19j(3 20c per dozen; reception by the m ayor of Auckland.
August 12 and 13 will be devoted to
tincandled, 19c per dozen.
P ou ltry — Mixed chickens, lt(3)12c a visit to R otraqua Lake, where there
pound; fancy hens, 12(f5't2ic; roosters, will be en tertainm ents by the Maoris.
T he governor will entertain the vis
8c; fryers, 20c; broilers, 22ic; ducks,
old. 17(3M8c; spring, 20(3)22}c; geese, itors August 14 and this function will
8(3 9c; turkeys, alive, 16(cil8c for hens, be attended by the m em bers of the
14(o 16c for gobblers; dressed. 17(3)19c. legislature.
Apples—Select.
$2 50
per
box;
fancy, $2; choice, $1.50; ordinary,
Police Protect Money.
$1.25.
New York. June 5.—A New York,
P o ta to es—Old.
O regons, choice,
New Haven & H a rtfo rd train c a rry
7 0 (3 80c pet hundred.
Fruits S traw berries, O regon. 15(5? ing eight Adam s Express com pany
t7 ic per pound; gooseberries. 6c per cars, one of which contained $150,000
in cash, collided with a switch engine
pound; apricots, $1.50 per crate.
O nions—California red, $1.65(3'1.75 in the Rronx yesterday, sm ashing
per sack; Bermudas, $2 per crate; g a r both engines and derailing the cars.
A dense crowd collected about the
lic. 15(o 20c per pound.
Vegetables
Turnips, $1 50 per scene of the wreck, and the reserves
sack; carrots. $1.50(3)1.75; beets, $1.75; were called out to protect the money,
parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, $1.75(32 per which was loose on the floor of the
c'vt.; beans. 1 l(ri'12ic per lb ; head car. T h e fiolice formed a line about
lettuce, 1 2 i (3 t 5 c per dozen; a s p a ra the w re .k e d cars and held back the
gus, $1.50 box; egg plant, 20c per lb.; crowd until the money could be re
parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 5'37c per moved to a place of safety.
pound; peppers, 2flc per pound; r a d
Typhoon O ff Australia.
ishes. 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 3c per
London. June 5.—A typhoon off the
pound; spinach, 3c per pound.
H ops— 1907. prime and choice, 5(3) west coast of Australia is believed to
6}c ner pound; olds, 2(3)3c per pound. have wrecked 40 boats and killed at
T h e m eager re
W ool — E astern O regon, average least 275 sailors.
best. 1 t(q)15c p e r pound, according to ports received here concerning the
supposed sea tragedy say that the
shrinkage; valley, 10@12)c.
boats comprise the great pearl fish
M ohair—Choice, 1 8 @ l8 ic per lb.
ing fleet.
Cascara Bark—3 j(g 4 c per lb.
j NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHI1T0N, D. C.
T E S T B O A T W IT H T O R P E D O .
Demon
o f Destruction W ill be Sent
Against M onitor Florida.
P U T M A R IN E S O N G U A R D .
Uncle Sam to be Sure o f Fair Elec
tion in Panama.
W ashington, June 9.—Sacrificed
for the benefit of naval construction,
the m onitor Florida, shot two weeks
ago with the heaviest naval gun, will,
on Saturday, June 13, be punctured
beneath her waterline arm or by the
most powerful Am erican W hitehead
torpedo.
T he first dem onstration was to test
the respective strength of arm or plate
and explosive shell, also to show the
effectiveness of a new design of fight
ing mast. T h e torpedo is to be sent
into the F lorida that it may be defi
nitely known w hether a water-tight
bulkhead, specially constructed within
her, designed with all the most m od
ern ideas of construction, can be de
pended upon to save a ship from de
struction
against
this
dangerous
m ethod of attack.
Secretary .Metcalf has invited Sec
retary T aft to witness the test.
W ashington, June 1.—T he Panam a
presidential campaign, which is to
culminate in an election the first week
in July, has recently developed “rev
olutionary tendencies’’ to such an ex
tent as to cause grave concern and
the serious intention to employ severe
measures on the part of the American
governm ent to insure a fair and h o n
est election, probably the first in the
history of Centr-.l America. T he 500
American marines stationed on the
isthmus will be detailed to the elec
tion places. As some precincts will
need no arm ed supervision, and others
will need several troops, they will be
distributed where they will do the
most good.
The call for a personal report from
Minister Squiers is the result, it is ex
plained, of new developments. At the
same time, Mr. Squiers may be asked
to explain certain new spaper com
m ents to the effect th at he has al
Emergency May Not Arise.
lowed himself to become enthusiastic
Washintgon, June 6__Treasury of in favor of one of the candidates. Mr.
fieial* declared today, after a study of Squiers will sail for the United States
the new currency law, there i* nothing tom orrow.
in the measure which says th at clearing
Railroads in Fear.
house certificate» are illegal. They also
express the opinion that not a dollar of
W ashington. June 5.— Newspaper
the authorized emergency currency will ham m ering of the plan to increase
ever he issued. Should an emergency rate«? has resulted in compelling the
arise, they think that clearing house railroad«« to desist therefrom , a p p a r
certificates instead of highly taxed ently. T h e announcem ent was made
emergency currency would he resorted at the office of the interstate com
to again. The treasury department is merce commission today that the
arranging for $'*00,000,000 in emer commission had inform ation that new
gency circulation notes in blank for tariffs would be filed July 1 T he law
any hank which might apply for them compels that new tariffs shall be filed
under the regulations.
a m onth in advance of the time new
rates are to go into effect. June 1
has passed, and no increased tariffs
Fulton Leaves for Chicago.
have been filed, indicating that the
W ashington, June 3.—S enator Ful plan announced after the trunk line
ton will leave today for Chicago and meeting at New York, looking to in
remain to atten d the national conven creased rates beginning July 11, has
tion. Representative H aw ley left for oeen abandoned. T h e shippers’ vic
hom e this afternoon. S enator Fulton tory in this m atter is wholy credited
yesterday called at the reclamation to the new spaper publicity, which
service bureau to urge them to expe has been persistent th ro u g h o u t the
dite work on the K lam ath irrigation country against increases.
project. They had allotted only $400--
000 to be used this year. Senator
Big Drydock fo r B rem erton.
F ulton asked for $750,000. Director
W
ashington,
June 5.— Revised spe
Newell gave him reasonable assurance
that the latter am ount would be set cifications for the naval drydock to
aside after July 1, when new funds be built at the B rem erton navy yard,
on Puget Sound, were com pleted t o
become available.
day by Rear Admiral Holliday, chief
of the navy yards bureau. It is e x
New Postage Rates.
pected that the dock will be com plet
Washington, June 6 __ Uncle Sam can ed 18 m onths from July 1, when w ork
write to John Bull more frequently next is expected to be started. Bids for
fall, for a fte r October 1 it will cost but the construction of the dock have
2 cents for each letter instead of 5. been asked, and it is announced th a t
Announcement was made today at the they will be opened on June 18. T h e
office of the postmaster general that an preparations are being carried on
agreement has been perfected by which with dispatch, and it is not th o u g h t
the letter rate between the United th at any delay will be perm itted T h e
States. England, Ireland and Scotland need of the big navy dock on the P a
will be reduced from 5 cents to 2 cents. cific has been made clear by the visit
The charge will means a saving of of the Atlantic fleet.
much money, as the trans-Atlantic
mails have been increasing rapidly in
Cuts S h o rt T h ird T e rm T a lk .
volume.
W ashington, June 4.— Because P re s
Will Send M ore M arines.
ident Roosevelt's latest declaration
W ashington. June 5.— Publication that “no friend of m ine” will continue
of the United P ress dispatch telling of efforts to nominate, the president has
the critical condition of affairs in the
republic of Panam a, aroused great in w ritten to one of W e s t Virginia’s del
terest here, and it was announced to egates to the Chicago convention for
day that 200 additional m arines have the specific purpose of heading off
been ordered sent to the isthmus at what appears to be a united effort to
once, with orders to protect A m eri revive the Roosevelt sentim ent. - M ore
can property and help keep order at than this, the president's friends, echo
the coming election. It is also planned ing his sentiment, say th at the presi
to detail on the isthmus a large body dent has expressed himself to the
of sailors being transferred to and contrary on this subject in term s
from the Atlantic fleet if conditions which admit of no uncertainty.
do not improve before the election.
Will Decide A fte r July I.
•
Held as a Filibuster.
Washington. June 6. — Complying
with the request of the state depart
ment, the minister of foreign affairs of
Honduras has ordered the arrest of F.
G. Bailey, former president of the Ex
port Shipping company, of New Jersey,
and the detention of the steamer Golds-
borough and her cargo. This informa
tion came to the department in a dis
patch from Minister Podge at San Sal
vador, dated Wednesday.
W ashington, June 9.— It is doubtful
if the decision of the interstate com
merce commission in the Pacific
Coast lumber rate cases will be re n
dered much before July 1. Several
weeks’ w ork remains to be done, a l
though every effort is being made to
expedite these decisions. It is pro
posed to announce simultaneously
the decision in all the Pacific Coast
lumber rate cases, as the points in
volved are practically the same in all.
Inquiry Will be O rd ered .
Plague is Still Raging.
W a shington. June 4.—T h e A m eri
can charge d ’affaires at Caracas has
advised the state departm ent that
since May 25, the date of the re o p en
ing of the port of La Guavra, there
have been seven cases of plague, two
of which are know n to have been fa
tal. T he g o v e rn m e r' has caused to
be published daily bulletins showing
plague conditions. T he dispatch also
reports one death from the plague at
Caracas
W orld T rip fo r Middies.
W ashington, June 4.—O f tw o hun
dred m em bers of the class at the An
napolis naval academy who will g ra d
uate next Friday, 111 have been o r
dered to report to the Atlantic fleet
at San Francisco, July 1. T h e m id
dies are jubilant over the prospect of
the trip to the F a r East and home
again by way of Suez canal and the
Atlantic ocean.
Selects T o kio Com m ission.
W ashington. June 3. — Secretary
Root has decided on the personnel of
the commission to renresent the
United States at the Tokio exposition
in 19t2. T h e com m issioners general
will be Francis B. Loomis, form er as
sistant secretary of state; Frederick
J. V. Skiff, director of the Field m u
seum, of Chicago, and U nited States
judge for the district of Minnesota.
W ashington, June 9.— T he accident
on the arm ored cruiser Tennessee, in
which four men were killed an d sev
eral injured, was caused by the b u rst
ing of a steam pipe while the vessel
was off the California coast, and will
be thoroughly examined into by a
board of investigation appointed by
Admiral Sebree. Admiral Sebree has
wired a report containing practically
the same information as the new spa
per dispatches.
Bourne Going to Europe.
W ashington.
June
4. — S enator
Bourne has informed some of his col
leagues that he expects to sail for
Europe in a short time to join his
wife, who is completing a tour around
the world. According to these sen
ators, Bourne will sail before the Chi
cago convention. Several efforts made
to locate Bourne and confirm the
story were unavailing.
Hopes to Recover Sight.
W ashington. June 3.— In the hope
that he may recover his sight. T ho m as
P Gore, the blind senator of O k la
homa. entered upon a course of treat-
men today at the Episcopal eye, ear
and throat hospital, in this city, under
the care of Dr. William Holland Wil-
mer. Mr. Gore lost his sight in child
hood. and but slight hope is held out
bv the physicians as to his recovery
of sight.