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ST A Y T O N ...................... OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
I d a Condensed Form for Onr
Busy Readers.
A Resum e o f the La»« Im portant but
Not L e s t Interesting Events
o f the P ast Week.
Nan Patterson has been expelled
from Pittsbrug.
The czar is entertaining President
Fallieres, of France.
Harriman is endeavoring to secure
control of the Gould roads.
Governor Norris has cleared the
Montana land board of fraud charges.
Hearst opened the Independence con­
vention by denouncing the old parties.
The Interstate Commerce commis­
sion has decided that shippecrs may
lump shipments in order to get a lower
rate.
Two people were killed and two
badly injured in a collision at New
York between a train and an automo­
bile.
Cotton growers of Mississippi have
formed a combination to hold their
product off the market until prices are
right.
A forest fire in Santa Lucia moun­
tains, California, has been extinguish­
ed after burning more than 100,000
acres o f timber land.
Taft is reported to have become
wedged in a telephone booth at Hot
Springs, Va., and a carpenter was
called to saw him out.
An important conference is being
held by officials of the Justice depart­
ment regarding action to be taken in
the Standard Oil case.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians
will meet in Portland in 1910.
Ruef accuses Burns of tampering
with jurors and has started contempt
proceedings.
Great Britain is already beginning
to be sorry she entered into an alliance
with Japan.
Roosevelt is planning a hunt in the
mountains of Southern Oregoon before
he goes to South Africa.
The Italian cruiser Puglia is visiting
California ports and will also call at
Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B. C.
L E S S E N M IN E
DEATHS.
E u r o p e a n E x p e r t s to V i s i t A m e r i c a
and C o n d u c t E xp e rim e n ts.
RESTORE 0L0 RATES
Washington. July 28. In response
to an invitation extended by the Unit­
ed States government in behalf of the
geological survey, Great Britain, Ger­
many and Belgium will send to this
country next month their leading ex­
perts in the prevention of mine disas­
ters, to aid in the inauguration of the
work here.
The negotiations were
conducted through the State depart­
ment.
S e c u r i t i e s P u t U p by M ill M e n N o w
The three experts are Captain Des-
R e le a se d — S u b m it O n ly for
borough, inspector of explosives under
the Home office, Great Britain; Herr
T i m e B e in g .
Meisher, head o f the German mine ser­
vice, and Victor Watteyne, engineer-
in-chief of the administration of mines,
Tacoma, July 25. It is officially an­
Belgium. It is expected that the ex­
nounced
by the Northern Pacific Rail­
perts will reach New York about the
end of August, and proceed to Pitts- way company today that consideration
burg, where the United States Geo­ given by the trans|>ortation lines to
logical survey is engaged in erecting a
the recent decision of the Interstate
plant for the purpose of conducting in­
vestigations into the cause of mine Commerce commission on the question
of rates on forest products has termi­
explosions.
In company with the expert in nated in an announcement by railway
charge of the technologic branch of the lines that rates recently fixed by the
survey, they will visit the fields of commission will, as soon us |>ossible,
Pennsylvania, the coal fields of Illinois, be put into effect by the railways
Wyoming, Colorado, Alabama, West J not that they think the rates are just,
Virginia and Ohio, in order that they but they submit for the time being to
may learn the conditions under which the Interstate Commerce commission’s
order.
coal is mined in this country.
No application for temporary injunc­
Experiment stations for the preven­
tion of disasters have been in opera­ tion against the order will be made,
tion for a number o f years in each nevertheless the railways expect to
country represented by the experts, bring suit urging that the rates are
and there the death rate in the mines unreasonable and asking u determina­
tion in the courts to that effect.
has been reduced to a minimum.
This determination cannot, of course,
With the knowledge that mine acci­
dents have been increasing and the be had until final hearing and decision
death rate constantly becoming larger in court; in the meantime it is under­
the Unied States government authori­ stood the only legal rate will be that
ties are hastening to begin the investi­ fixed by the commission, and even
gations which it is believed will great­ should the suit be determined in favor
ly reduce the loss of life. It is ex­ of the railways in the end, that deter­
pected that the advice o f the foreign mination cannot be retroactive, and
will operate only from that time on.
experts will be invaluable.
It is also announced that the railway
lines will settle for past business on
L E V E E G IV E S W AY.
the basis o f the commission’s rate,
and upon such settlements being made,
C a u s e s H e a v y D a m a g e to F a r m L a n d the security up in protection of the suit
on S a n Jo a q u in .
before Judge Hanford will be released.
Antioch, Cal., July 28.— Last night
at 2 o ’clock about 200 feet of the San
S H IP P E R S D E M A N D PA RLEY.
Joaquin river levee gave way on the
fertile Jersey island tract located east A s k P r e s i d e n t s o f E a s t e r n R o a d s to
of here, flooding the entire isand, com­
C o n fe re n c e on Rates.
prising nearly 4,000 acres. The loss
Chicago,*July 25. Shipping inter­
will be about $50,000, and fall princi­
pally upon the Jersey Island company, ests of the entire country, represent«!
although there are many small farmers by a committee especially appointed at
who hold leases who will lose every­ a general conference of the shippers
thing, as their crops were all practi­ held recently in Chicago, decided at a
meeting here today to ask presidents
cally ready to harvest.
The Jersey Island company had 100 | of Eastern railroads to meet them to
increase in
acres of the finest celery in the river : discuss the proposed
section, estimated at 8,000 carloads, ' freight rates. It was the unanimous
that would have been ready to harvest opinion of the committeemen that be-
in about two months. There was also 1 fore beginning a fight it would he wise
500 acres of potatoes, besides other to bring about such a meeting with
vegetables. Nothing will he saved. | the railroad officials, at the same time
Besides this direct loss, all the ' asking them to put no advance into
ditches used for draining the land will effect until after the conference had
be ruined. Also thousands o f young been held.
celery plants that were ready for plant­ j While action on the rate situation
ing are under water. It was intended was in progress, a long protest and
to make this one of the largest celery appeal to the Interstate Commerce
commission was being formulated by
fields in the state.
the National Industrial Traffic league,
composed of scores of influential man­
E N J O I N S A D V A N C E IN R A T E .
ufacturing and shipping organizations,
at Manitou Springs, Colo.
Railroads Accept Decision of In­
terstate Commission.
NORTHERN PACIFIC IS LEADER
J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager for the
Harriman lines, says shippers are un­
fair in their opposition to rate in­
crease.
A Los Angeles ragbuyer got $ 1,500
in jewelry and diamonds in an old over­
coat, where they had been placed for
safekeeping.
The preposition to submit a consti­
tutional amendment for state prohibi­
tion in Texas will probabply carry at
the primaries.
G e o r g i a J u d g e G r a n t s an Injunc tio n
Adlai E. Stevenson, ex-vice presi­
A g a i n s t S o u t h e r n Roads.
NEW W IR E L E S S R EC O R D .
dent of the United States, is a candi­
Mount Airy, Ga., July 28. On ap­
date for the Democratic nomination for
plication of the Macon Grocery com­ P o in t L o m a S t a t i o n T a l k s W it h Fleet
governor of Illinois.
pany, and other merchants and mer­
2 , 9 0 0 M ile s Aw ay.
W. F. Walker, who looted the New cantile corporations o f the state. Judge
Britain, Conn., bank o f more than Speer, of the United States court yes­
San Diego, Cal., July 25. A. !L
$500,000, was sentenced to not less terday granted a preliminary injunc­ Rice, chief operator and his assistants,
than one year nor more than five years tion restraining the Atlantic Coast H. V. Keefer and C. H. Randall, at
in the penitentiary on the fi :rst count, Railroad company, the Louisville & the Point Loma government wireless
and five years each on three other Nashville and the Nashville, Chatta­ telegraph station, hold the record for
counts.
nooga & St. Louis, the Cincinnati, long distance work today, having talk­
Hughes will run again for governor New Orleans & Texas Pacific and the ed with Admiral Sperry’s battleship
Southern Railway companies from put­ the Connecticut last night or rather
of New York.
ting into effect the increased rates on this morning at a little past midnight.
Furious anti-European riots are oc­
shipments of staple products from The Connecticut answered the first call
curring at Bombay.
Western to Southern points, which the of the station, and after identifying
Sweden and Denmark are said to railroads have given notice to the In­ each other the battleship stated that
have formed a military alliance.
terstate Commerce commission will she was then in longitude 165 west and
, between 9 and 10 north latitude on
Cincinnati shippers have appealed take effect on August 1.
her way to Auckland, N. Z., from Hon­
Judge
Speer
will
hear
arguments
on
direct to the president against rate in­
July 29 at Mount Airy. The increase, olulu. A little figuring shows that
crease.
if carried into effect, the petition al­ the point is close to 2,900 miles from
England is preparing to press the leges, will cost the shippers and pur­ Ran Diego, the previous record for lqpg
claims of her citizens against Vene­ chasers in Georgia from $500,000 to distance work being 2,600 miles.
zuela.
$1,000,000 annually.
Steel T r u s t P r o s p e r s .
In a battle between Mexican troops
and Indians 19 of the latter were killed
S p e e c h e s S t r i k e H i g h N o te .
New York, July 25. That there is
and two soldiers slain.
London, July 28.- Earl Grey, gov­ a gradual, steady increase in progress
ernor
general of Canada, in an official in all lines of business was the opinion
A passenger steamer was sunk near
Christiana, Norway, and more than a report to the earl of Crewe, secretary expressed by the- presidents of the var­
of state for the colonies, on the cele­ ious subsidiary companies of the Unit­
score of people drowned.
bration of the tercentennial o f the ed States Steel corporation at a meet­
Eugene W. Chafin, Prohobition can­ founding of Quebec, says the speech's ing here today.
Mr. Corey said the
didate for president, says if elected he of Vice President Fairbanks, of the reports of the steel men present were
would use the army to enforce prohi­ United States, and the representative uniformly favorable.
He said that
bition.
of France, touched a high note of about 56 per cent of the finishing ca­
All European Turkey is in revolt and friendship and good will to Canada and pacity o f the various plants controlled
has extorted a constitution from the the crown. Earl Grey also mentions by the United States Steel corpora­
the great satisfaction felt at the pres­ tion were now in operation and that
sultan as terms of peace.
ence of the detachments of Ameircan additional capacity would be put in.
Heney is being called on for an ex­ marines in the review.
planation of $30,000 paid him by the
H e a d a c h e P o w d e r Fatal.
Contra Costa Watre company for legal
C o i n e r s in C o a l M in e .
Monrovia, Cal., July 25.— Henry
services in 1905.
Yusovo, July 28.- While clearing Canoll, 63 years of age, a merchant of
Judge Grosser'p says the decision of away the ruins of the explosion in the this city, died suddenly at his home
the Appeal court in the Standard case Ripovsky mine, which occurred early today. It is believed that a “ harmless
is practically final. Thu United States in this month and resulted in the death headache powder’ ’ hastened his end.
of nearly 200 mer, the officers today He had suffered with heart trouble for
Supreme court is the only recourse.
found a set of counterfeiting tools and some time and was a frequent user of
Thaw has been deprived o f the priv­ a quantity of spurious money. It is powders which contained acetanilid, a
ileges o f the jail in which he is con­ surmised that the counterfeiters may strong depressant, in dangerous quan­
have been responsible for the disaster. tities.
fined.
H A R R IM A N W IL L F IG H T .
Starts
S u i t to P r e v e n t Lumbermen
G e t t in g R e d u c e d Rate.
1'ortland, July 27. While the re­
duced tramimcontinental rates on lum­
ber shipments from Oregon to the Mid­
dle West will go into effect on all lines
on August 16, the Willamette valley
lumber mill men have not won their
final round, since the Southern I’ucific
company has opened fire from a new
quarter and sued in the Federal court
for an injunction aguinst the Inter­
state Commerce commission’s order
cutting down the $6 rate to San Fran­
cisco and hay |x>ints.
The new attuck
by the Southern Pacific company will
again check the lumber industry in the
valley, as it clouds the future with un­
certainty.
Teni|>orary injunctions are regarded
as very dangerous to business pros­
pects, anil es|M*ciully so in this cuse.
Although the railroads propose to give
a h<md to indemnify lumber manufac­
turers in event of losing the railroads'
case in court, the ulleged bond does not
prove to be any protection to the lum­
ber industry. No new lumber mill is
going to start up and no old mill is go­
ing to resume business on the promise
of a railroad company to reimburse the
mill should (i lower rate ultimately he
made.
It is believed by well-informed law­
yers that there does not exiBt more
than one chance in 100 for the South­
ern Pacific company to win any inqxirt-
ant ground in the fight against railroad
regulation as a result of its newest at­
tack upon the validity of the Hepburn
law. Should the company win this
suit it would destroy the Interstate
Commerce commission us ut present
created and organized.
DOUBT
SULTAN S
GOOD
F A IT H .
People o f C o n sta n tin o p le Accept
trad e W it h Sto lidity .
H is
Constantinople, July 27. The mo­
mentous art of the sultan of Turkey in
proclaiming yersteday the restoration
o f the constitution o f 1876 has left
the (sipulation o f Constantinople un­
moved. The as|>ect of the city is to­
day perfectly normal and there have
been no manifestations o f satisfaction
of any kind. The stolid fatalism of
the Moslems, who for centuries past
have been accustomed to u regime of
|M-rsonal rule and who are not used to
|x>litical freedom, is thought partly to
explain the apathy everywhere appar­
ent.
Added to this is skepticism regard­
ing the durability o f the new era prom­
ised.
Furthermore, past experience
and the fact that the sultan conceded
a re-establishment o f the constitution
under extreme pressure inclines the
Turks to the belief that the concession
is intended merely to surmount the
present troubles and avert the threat­
en«! disruption o f the empire, and that
the earliest opportunity will be taken
again to suspend the charter o f liberty.
TOOLE
U NDER CHARGES.
W a i v e s Im m u n it y a n d Deni»-* Compl -
city in L a n d F r a u d s .
LANDIS IS REVERSED
lourt of Appeals Annuls firent
Standard Dll Fine.
GOVERNMENT IS TO TRY AGAIN
Judges
That
Render
First
U n a n im o u s
Trial
D e c isio n
W a s U nfair
R e s u lt I s S u r p r i s e .
Chicago, July 23. The United States
Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday re­
versed and remanded for re trial the
case of the government against the
Standard Oil company of Indiana, in
which Judge Landis, in the District
court, had iiii|M>*cd a line of $29,240,-
000. The government has .'to days
within which to tile a petition for u re­
hearing and it was announced thut it
will be tiled within the ulloted time.
The decision cume as u complete sur­
prise to the government officials, who
believed the triul judge would he up­
held.
Judge Grosscup, who deliver«! the
opinion, left little of the contention
that each carload at the G-rent rule
constituted u separate offense.
Even
the shipments, o f which there wore
about 600, could not he so considered
under the ruling of the court.
The
fine should have been has«! on settle­
ments between the railroad und the oil
company. Of these there were just
36. The maximum fine on this basis
would umount to hut $720,000, and the
minimum $36,000 the latter figure
being considerably lower than the
$223,000 which the Standard is alleged
to^have received as rebates on the ship­
ments in question.
In the event thut u rehearing is de­
nied, the government may go to trial
on the original indictment containing
1,462 counts an action which Mr.
Sims could he ready Ut take within two
weeks or u|xin any’ one o f seven other
indictments containing 4,442 counts.
UNCLE
SAM
AS RULER.
K a is e r 's W a r E x p e rt S e e s T h is R e ­
sult F r o m E u r o p e a n W a r .
Berlin, July 23. Showing that a
European war ut this time would «»»t
$16,000,000,000 annually and would re­
sult in the United States becoming the
undisputed leader o f the world, General
illume, the famous military expert,
today submitted a rejsirt, ordered by
Emperor William, on the probable cost
of an international fight.
If Germany were to fight another
European power, General Illume says,
it would cost the empire $1,500,000,-
000 a year in direct outlay and entail a
loss of $2,500,000,000 annually to the
in the paralysis of commerce.
General Illume declares that, owing
to the delicate adjustment of Kunqiean
politics, the next war will involve at
least four powers, and that his esti­
mate of cost would apply to each.
The financial drain would not result
otherwise than in the world supremacy
of the United States, he says.
Great Falls, Mont., July 27. On ac­
count of charges made in connection
with state timber land in the Flathead
valley district, an investigation has
been in progress at Kalis|s-ll before
Governor Norris, and land hoard and
ex-Govemor Toole, who was a member
o f the hoard when the sales under in­
F IR E AT P O R T L A N D .
vestigation were made. The charges
are to the effect that the commission F i r e C h i e f P i s c e s D a m a g e by F l a m e s
favored the big land companies by sell­
at $ 6 0 0 . 0 0 0 .
ing to them through dummies valuable
Portland,
July 23. Fire, supposed
timber land for h ss than it was worth.
Several witnesses today testified thut to have originated as the result o f
erosied electric wires, started >n the
dummy names were used.
When Mr. Toole wished to take the upper floor of the five-story Abington
stand attorneys for the complainants building, 106',. Third street, near
objected on the ground that to permit Washington, shortly after midnight
such testimony would grant immunity last night, ruined that building, swept
to any person so testifying.
On be­ into the Van Schuyver building imme­
half o f the governor himself and the diately to the rear, destroyed the up­
other members of the hoard, the at­ per two stories of that building, dam­
torney general waived such immunity. aged the McKay building, for a timo
Mr. Toole emphatically denied the endangered the entire block and raged
charges made by I’rodger, as did Mr. i for nn hour and a half before firemen
Galen, Secretary of State Yoder arid finally succeeded in getting it under
Superintendent Harmon. Mr. McC’rea 1 control.
The fire entailed a loss estimated at
also denied having made any such re­
mark to Prodger.
The investigation between $390,000 and $400,000. Both
will be continued and Governor Norris the Abington and Van Schuyver build­
insists he will go to the bottom of ings were ruined. Fire Chief Camp­
bell estimates the entire loss at $500,-
things.
000 .
Girls Sold as Slaves
Robbers Get Wells-Fargo Momy,
Corunna, Spain, July 27. Dozens of
Reno, Nov., July 23. The state po­
young girls believed to have been des­
tined for the white slave trade which lice are today watching every station
is said to he flourishing in Cuba, were on the main line of the Southern Pa
taken from the steamer Isla de Panay cific on a lookout for two bandits who
here today, prior to her sailing, osten­ I held up the stage coach between Like-
sibly for Teneriffe.
Embarkation of i l.v and A Burns, in Modoc county, Cal.
many young women on the vessel j The men held up tlje stage late Monday
aroused the suspicions of the authori­ ¡night about five miles from Likely and
ties and a raid disclos«! the presence secured a Wells-Fargo strong box con­
o f many girls stowed away like slaves taining $28.000. The bandits evident­
once were in the African trade. Many ly know of the box, for they stopped
o f them had been bought from their the stage and ordered the Wells-Fargo
agent, who sat on the seat with tho
parents.
driver, to throw down the box.
Wool Market Reported Active.
Fifty Japanese Killed.
Dillon, Mont., July 27.—The past
St. Petersburg,
July
22.—The
week has been very active in the wool
markets.
Sales amounted to 250,000 Bourse Gazette yesterday published a
pounds at prices ranging from 14 to dispatch from Harbin which recites
1714 cents. At Lewiston the buyers an engagement with Corcan insur­
gents on the Kusso-Corean frontier in
and growers have deadlocked over which it is reported 50 Japanese sol­
prices, and the greater part of the diers were killed. The insurgent
three million pounds will be consigned. losses are not known.