CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
QUICK AOTION OR STRIKE.
Told in Brief.
Bituminous Coat Miners In East Will
Fight fop Raise.
Cincinnati, March 30. Only Imme
dlatc increases in wages will prevent a
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UOingS 01 the nOna at Large widespread strikes in the bituminuos
coai mines, according 10 action taxen
by n special committco of tho United
Mine Workers here late today, follow
ing tho final disagreement and dlssoliv
tion of tho joint confcrcnco of the cen
tral competitive field.
Tho terms proposed by tho miners
for tho continuation of work after the
expiration of tho prcsont agreements
at midnight Thursday will admit of no
compromisa so far rs wages aro con
ccrncd. On other questions thcro 1
room for agreement and tho general
trend of opinion Is that no lengthy bus
pension will bo tho result except in a
row fields.
ino most threatening aspect over
shadows Pennsylvania and Illinois sec
tions. Briefly, tho miners demand that
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
EXTEND PORTAGE ROAD.
I HOLD WATERWAYS CONVENTION
Fl-
tienerat Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Snow storms and blizzards aro
weeping tho cntiro Rocky mountain
region.
Senator Allds, of New York, Is con
victed of bribe-taking and resigns his
seat in congress.
Coal miners of tho Enst demand an
immcdlato increase in wages or a
strike will follow.
Tho Supremo court of Californln has
decided that oral betting is not lllegnl
under tho Walker-Otis anti-betting
law.
Tho English house of lords will not
glvo up their privilege of tho veto pow
er and a flght is on with tho Irish
party ind tho Laborltcs.
A United States altorneyJatTacoma
declares ho Is certain that smuggling
of Chincso is practiced continually by
trans-Pacific steamship lines.
A brilliant meteor struck tho earth
in tho neighborhood of Ravalli, Mon
tana, and tho Indians on tho Flathead
reservation aro terror stricken.
Mrs. Joseph Jefferson, wlfo of tho
noted actor, has been Bucd for $200,000
by James Morrlssy for malicious prose
cution, fatso Imprisonment and slan
dor. Andrew Carncglo passed through
Trinidad,, Colo., cn route East, where
Stato .Commission Arranges to
nance Project at The Dalles.
Tho Dalles Work will bo commenc
ed on tho construction of the extension
of tho state portage road from Big
Eddy to Tho Dalles as soon as the
contract can be signed up and tho con'
tractors get their plant on tho ground.
Judgo W. J. Marrincr, member of the
stato portogo commission, and Mr,
Newell, of tho cnignccring firm of
Newell, Clossctt & Walsh, who at tho
suggestion of the commission has done
tho engineering work on the extension,
had a meeting (with the city council
and arrangements wcra made that in
surcs ttho speedy completion of tho
road.
It was explained by Mr. Nowcll and
Judgo Marrincr that tho cost of tho ex
tension would bo about $70,000, and
that only $60,000 of tho appropriation
mado by tho last legislature is avail
nblc. Therefore tho commission would
bo short about $10,000. This stato of
affairs was anticipated by the city
council some time ago, and nn ordln-
nnco was passed authorizing the sale
of $10,000 bonds, the money to be ox
ponded in building bulkheads nt tho
lower terminus of tho portago road and
the Inclines leading to it.
Tho oxtension of tho portago to bo
built commences at Dig Eddy, some
thrco miles above Tho Dalles, and
reaches navigable water and a safo
harbor . at tho foot of Washington
street. At tho terminus will be bulk
heads on which freights may bo
vcnlcntly transferred from
Meet
Willamette Valley Delegates to
in Albany April 14.
Albany Tho improved waterway
convention which will bo held at Al
bany on April 14 for the purposo of so
curing the co-operation of Willamette
valley towns in organizing a syste
matic campaign for tho improvement
of the Willamette river, promises to
bear early fruit. Tho United States
government will be asked bv the con
vcnlton of all commercial bodies in the
volley to make a $3,000,000 approprta
tion for river improvements. Follow
ing the action of the joint meeting of
tho Albany Business Men's association
nnd tho Albany commercial club, held
hero recently, Invitations to attend tho
convention havo been issued by tho
commercial club to the following cities
una towns: Corvnllls, Brownsville,
Canby, Dayton Dallas, Estacada, Eu
gene, Harrishurg. Hillsboro. Indepen
dence, Jcuerson, Junction City, Lnfay
cttc, Lebanon, McMinnvllic, Mount
Angel, Newbcrg, North Yamhill, Oro
gon City, Salem. Sclo. Sheridan.
Springfield, Now Era, Stayton, Wll-
I imotte, Qcrvais, Brooks, Turner, Hub
bard, Ilalscy, Aurora and Sllverton.
JOHN DAlJiEM,
Senior memlwr of the houM committee on ruin
steamers to whorl boats or onto cars
that may bo run in on the incline, or
may be discharged from cars directly
into tho steamers.
Tho construction of this oxtonsion
Ten Acres Bring SI 0,000.
Hood River An Indication that the
$2,000 mark for Hood Rivor orchard
land is not far away was shown recent
ly when ten acres were sold for $19.-
000. Tho highest price for Hood Riv
er orchard property was paid by Felix
vnn Ifnkn Vnnamir. raalrtnnt nf Tn.
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river dianapolls, Ind., '.who will come hero
WANTS MORE BATTLESHIPS,
Representative .Hobson Says Pacific
Coast Is Defenseles.
Washington, March 28. "Our nn-
tional dcfcnsclcssncsa," was the themo
around which Representative Hobson,
Democrat, Alabama, voiced a prophecy
of disaster In the house late this after
noon. A startling array of facta as to
our unprcparcdness for war as col
lected by tho general staff of th army
was the basis for the appeal of the
hero of the Spanish-American war for
immediate action by congress. Ho
declared it was imperative that a larg
er navy be authorized at onco if tho
United States would stave off possible
invasion by a foreign enemy In tho fu
ture "Any European nation of tho first
power," said Hobson, "that has an
adequate army and merchant murine
I will take Germany merely as an il
lustration could pttf 200,000 men
aboard ships in a singlo expedition.
One-half could land on the coast of
Long Island and the other half on
tho coast of New Jersey and insido of
a few weeks they could selzo Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York wlthoutcsistancc."
Hobson said ho would probably offer
an amendment to tho naval bill calllntr
for six battleships.
"Wo need that many a vcar." he
said,' ,"to maintain tho equilibrium
existing among tho nations."
Referring to conditions on tho Pacific
coast, Hobson said :
"it is unfortunate that i cannot re
fer to oxistlng conditions on tho Pa
ciflc coast without these teaco dream
era crying out 'war and jingoism,' but
you can all verify for yourselves, you
who hare no knowledge of existing
CHURCHES JOIN
GRAFT CRUSADE
Pittsburg Ministers Make
fort Arouse Sentiment.
Ef-
to reside. Tho orchard, which is eight iTim n.Z. ATS,.fT, 2 55""? morning.
years old. Is situated on tho East side ' " r . V '7. A considerable
Many Councilman Expected to Resign
Without Protest Banks are
Called Upon to Testify.
Pittsburg, March 29. Tho Lenten
season, which ended Sunday, has been
too short a season of penitence for
Pittsburg, and it will bo continued
with promise of oven moro startling
confessions of graft this week.
In several hundred churches tho
feature of tho Easter services was tho
reading of a circular letter issued by a
civil committee, urging tho members
of every congregation to attend a hugo
Indignation mass meeting to bo held
some day thiB week. Sermons, too,
wcro designed to arouso public con
demnation of such practices as havo
been rovcalcd. Lessons in civic clean
liness were drawn by many pastors.
It having been pretty thoroughly es
tablished, according to District Attor
ney William A. Blakeley, that at least
$102,500 was used in influencing legis
lation, tho source of tho money and the
dispensers of it aro to be tho focus of
tho grand jury's attention tomorrow
. 7' i ,.' t"i"uV ""f """ who will In .11 probability Uwom. chairman of
ho mot a daughter of n boyhood friend that fommlttw. uccmlln the recently dfpoaeJ
who gavo him his first employment nt
$2. CO a month as a weaver's assistant
A 17-yeor-old boy and 15-ycnr-old
girl eloped from San Diego, Cat., and
went to camp In tho mountains. Thoy
wcro heavily armed and bout ofT n
poaso who went to enpturo them, but
fjnnlly surrendered nt tho pistol's point.
Nearly evory banker In Pittsburg
will
'Uncle Joe" Cannon.
fool tho graft probe.
A sovcn-year-old boy In Denver, shot
and killed his four-year-old brother.
Reprcsontativo McCrcdio dolivcrcd
quite an eulogy on Speaker Cannon.
A C.h I f a rrn tnallrnniA m.n nn.l aw.1.
ety loader Is undor arrest for robbing a th? waK demands.
blind man.
Over 300 persons wcro killed In a
panic at tho burning of a danco hall
in Hungary.
Associate Justico Brewor, of tho
United States Supremo court died sud
denly of oppoploxy.
ail operators agrco to pay
wages oi 0 cents a ton
screen coal, with proportionate
vanccs for other methods of mining
nnd outslda labor, as a prorcqulslto to
negotiations on tho other question.
With tho advance in pay assured, work
may bo continued In tho mines affected
pending solution of tho minor points,
provided tho National oxccutlvo board
of tho union approves action to this
effect by district officers.
Tho National board Is mado tho final
power so xar ns tho union is concerned,
out it is expressly forbidden to modify
nf th - .tt.i co cwinoi reguiaw nor own scnoois as
I '.Tirr.. .S" 0.i.'.r?" itadalMi. The legislators of Call
: vT.T.Z iT" 'ornla, Oregon and' Washington cannot
will comploto tho connecting link of Uithnsthn rfi.tim.tlnn of h.lnv h today legislate upon segregation of tho
r vcr transportation with the lower hrst nlcco of orchard at Hood River to K JMS,
river ami ino upper ,oiumoia anu son for $1,000 an acre, which was in
Snake i rivers. Since tho completion of jQOG. Later It was sold to Mr. Hills
ino siaio portago arounu tnc i ions oi for tho highest price nt that time, $1,
OOLDBir AO! ron CAT.
Feline Were Venerated by the An
cient Change In Middle Aura.
That truly was the golden ago of
cats. The slayer of a cat In Egypt
was punished severely, but when tho
felines died from natural causes thoy
wore carefully embalmed and laid
away to becomo mummies. Horodotus
writes of great numbers of pilgrims
on one occasion 700,000 going annu
ally to the city of Oubaatls to attend
the festivals of tho cats.
Even to-day in Cairo there remains
a vestige of this ancient veneration,
for money Is appropriated to feed all
tho hungry cats' of the city, white the
pilgrims to Mecca do not fall to pro
vide for the cats they encounter on
their Journey.
Tho Greeks and Romans were also
fond of cats. When the rats migrated
from Asia and Invaded tho granaries
of Europo relief from the plaguo was
found in the cats which wero import
ed. Then, too, tho Norsomon had their
cats, and so well did they think of
them that thoy Incorporated them Into
their mythology. Two cats .draw tho
chariot of tho goddess Frldja.
Then enmo a chango and In tho mid-
dlo ages, says tho Ualtlmoro Ameri
can, tho cat was looked upon as a
thing of evil, Tho day of wltchcrnft
prevailing, every sorcerer or Borccress
mado It n point to bo accompanied by
a cat, preferably a macK one, which
resulted in many of the llttlo animals
being killed bocauso they wcro so
feared.
In tho Flemish town of Sprcs thcro
was a "Wednesday of Cats," in tno
second week of Lent, which was orig
inated In 962 by Baldwin III., count
of Flanders. On this day each year
it was customary to fling cats from
tho top of a lofty tower, and many of
tho animals wcro killed. It Is said
that this custom continued until 18C8.
Tho question as to tho origin of tho
domesticated cat has frequently been
rafted. Thcro Is but little doubt that
tho first raco of cats were wild, but
thoy wcro undoubtedly well domcstt-
catod boforo tho middle ages and cor-
Inrrpnnod
on pick-mined , :!loro been a connection be- 70o nn aero. Again changing hands
rartlonato ad- ,twcon tho.uPPor nd lower river, but t it still maintains tho high mark for
uv" iniituciii u j im.Hiu- orchard realty hero at $1,000 per aero.
lira Wmn I Vt r Ulna 4 Va I M 11mm I.Honaa ' "
MUUT AlUlllb UTVI III ID IlllUe 1UtllUDU
oi no poor inciimes xor transiorring Rhododendron Fair, for Florence.
tho lnwor tormlnii.. Eugono Preparations aro bolng
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Rush Work on Coos Bay Road
That tho Harrlman Interests will
rush construction of its proposed road
across tho state of Oregon from Coos
Day to Vale, by way of Burns, is tho
latest report In railroad circles on the
coast. It is Impossible to get confir
mation, but tho news emanates from
excellent sources, leaving llttlo room
for doubt of Its authenticity.
According to thcao reports comple-
annunl rhododendron festival, which
will bo held this year on May 20. Tho
portion of the big
bribe fund Is charged to certain banks
that sought to get city deposits. They
succeeded, but It Is tho dcslro of the
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ThoiH Wt.l.tam wr ,lmn nu J" 08 pronounced in It report
that dangerous question. I will toll of Friday last, that tho bank deposit
tnlnlv before thnv were tnmorted into
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you wny. yyo are ucicnseicss on mo orainunco do rcscinaea, ana mo DanKs, Europe. At what norlod, howovcr, nono
i acme ocean. If found mi tv. ho dnnrlvn! nf tKn nn con toll, so It Is eunera y assumed
The Japancso nnvy Is rated nt 490.- i t. , .,. . thnt th Rirvminne. whor. wnrlte lmva
AAA . . . I Ul Wlfcjr IUUI1UY. lb IB itiiuwn llluL IDma i -
uuu tons, ana ours at uuo.uuu ions. ... .... . 7
All of our C0G.00O tons .uhninnUnllv representatives of tho banks aro to bo
Is in tho Atlantic ocean and has to stay called tomorrow to testify.
there. The six banks that havo boon nnmerf
"Do you think I am talking war? I lily thn rt-rnnrl iiitt la-. I. h
.M 4 .1 ..llll I miw 5tMiii jmij o latTellft Ull'll ill-
Ml VAtlllfc V 14 1 tail U I1IIB VlUlllaJilUIII
festival has been held for tho past solve the problem.
in the racinc ocean under which wo
could come to mutual concessions and
Tho reported death of King Monollk,
of Abyssinia, Is denied, but a rogency
has boon established.
. Alexander J. Moody, a rich Chlca
Roan who died a month ago, Is believed
to have been poisoned.
Representative Martin asks Investi
gation of attornoy general's alleged
Id to sugar trust In acquiring land of
the friars In tho Philippines,
A two-yoar-old child nt Vancouver,
B, C, foil asleep with his heud across
a awing ropo with which ho hud been
playing, and was strangled to death.
Roosavolt denounced recent tuiHassln-
ntlon of Egyptian premier, causing
quite a sensation and somo apprehen
sion Is felt for his safety while In
Egypt. '
SRNATftR Al i nS K
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FORCED FROM OFFICE, "on of the Coo. IJay-Dra h branch will
I lin niahm! ulth all nnaaihln haatn whlln
Albany, N. Y., March SO. Jonathan at ilm limn tlma inriro forces will lin
i: Aims went to his homo In Norwich put to work between Vnlo and Burns,
tonight, n privato cltlzon, branded as u thus hurrying along tho work from
bribe-taker by his former colloamios In Imth mla nf thn 11 nn. Cnnatniptlnn nf
tho senate, and. by his own act no long- U lino from Burns to Crescent City.
thrco summers, and has proven a great
success each time, attracting hundreds
or visitors from all over tho Coast
Tho water pageant Is tho crowning
icaiuro or tho colebratlon. Tho
rhododendrons grow to perfection along
tho bluslaw, and thoy aro at their pret
tiest about tho middle of May. This
year's festival will surpass all others.
"I am trying to take tho only way
to prevent war."
SENDS RELIEF TO ESTRADA.
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Two accidents jarred tho opening of S. T
or a member of that body. Sonator
Congor, who filed tho charges against
Alius, stayed hero to fight.
Tho sonato vindicated Conger today
when It voted, 40 to 0,that tho charges
had been sustained by tho ovldonco
brought boforo It.
Conger's enemies ndmlt ha is a fight
er, and tho belief is expressed that ho
will opposo any attempt to driva him
out of office as vigorously and with as
freo nn expenditure of money as ho at
tacked Allds.
Iloforu tho voto was takon In tho
sonato this morning, Allds resigned Ills
position In that body, thereby releas
ing himself from tho jurisdiction of
that body.
Tho question of what shall bo dono
Qsneral Cordon Prepares Expedition
and Defies Madrlx.
New Orleans, La..1 March 28. Tho
crisis In tho strained relations botween
the representatives of the Madriz and
tho Estrada factions of the Nicaraguan
government was reached lato today,
when uencral uoruon, who Is organic
ing an bstrada relief expedition, sud
nenr Odoll, would comploto tho lino
across tho state, as It would glvo con
ncctlon with the Natron cut-off from
Sprlngflold and Eugeno.
It la said that to tho activity of tho
Hill Interests in Western Oregon may
bo attributed tho progresslvcncss of
tho Harrlman people, as thoy will be
compelled to fortify themselves against
tho Hill invasion of Western Oregon
by means of the Oregon Electric and
the United Railways,
Work on tho Coos Bay-Drain line
was susponded about three years ago,
after an oxpendlturo of sevoral
Brick Plant at Lakevlew.
Lakoviow A. T. Zcck. who has been
engaged in tho. manufacture of brick
about thrco miles south of town for
somo time, has purchased flvo acres of
land from Roy Woodworth, on Indian denly apppoared tho Madriz
crcok. Ho Villi abandon the old works ato and entering the room where Luis
and setup a new Plant on tho now site. Coroa. Madra's minster to Wuhlnir.
'I ho ciny which will bo used Is said to I ton, and other Madriz officials were In
be bettor suited for brick making, nnd conference, dofled them to keen him
Mr. ,ook expects to turn out a much I from starting his expedition for Con
uouor uricK man no nas uccn nnio to trai America.
before. It was a dramatic scene. Corca nnd
General Altschul were seated at a table
Holds Banner for Alfalfa Seed. when Gordon suddenly entered. Ho
Valo Vaio Is tho banner alfalfa calmly told this enemies that tho report
seed point In Malheur county, shin- B was organizing an army was
nlng nine of tho 14 cars of alfalfa seed truo.
sent out from Malheur countv In 1009. "Then you are liable to a $1,000 flno
hun- Tho country In tho Vale vicinity Is un- n" throo years' Imprisonment, accord-
volvcd In tho scandal aro tho Columbia
National, tho Gorman National of
Pittsburg, tho Farmors National Do
posit bank, and tho Second National,
tho German National, of Alleghany,
and tho Workingmen's Savings &
Trust company.
Tho directorate of tho Farmers'
National has announced that it will
comply with tho district attorney's
call for information and the Second
Nnttonal has prepared a certified state
ment which Is to bo presented to tho
grand Jury tomorrow. Tho other
banks have taken no action.
It was still unlearned tonight wheth
er Charles Stewart in his talk with DIs-
consul-1 trlct Attorney Blakeley told all ho is
bollovcd to know of the men hleher ud.
Stewart Is nn ox-Select councilman.
who was declared by tho grind jury In
Its presentment Saturday to havo been
tho man to whom $45,000 of brlbo-
talntcd money was given at tho Hotel
imperial In Now York.
ETNA MAY CAUSE TREMBLOR.
Pas-
tho International uvlittlon meet at Can
lies, France. Both nrcoplanes wcro
smashed und ono operator badly
bruised.
Tho resignation of Senator Allds is
taken to amount to a tacit acknowl
edgment of guilt, slnco it was an
nounced recently that if hu reslimcd us
Slxty-flvo members of tho class of n member of the Btato (sennto, It could
Yale '78, among them tho president of bo In effect n plea of participation in
mo uniica amies, tuneii in limine hi tho lir uo-tuk nir or wh c h ho was ac.
dretl thousand dollars, for no annarant excelled for tho production of tho finest '"K ! American laws," shouted Coroa.
roaaon extent that It was thouuht safe quality of alfalfa socd. Anavorairo "lam ready to sign a statement
to let tho work rest for nwhlle, there car holds about 30,000 pounds of alfal- "t I am raising an army hero and
bolng no Immlnont cause for fear of fn seed, which nt 16 conta per pound, that I havti chartered a ship and I defy
serious competition at that time, nut tho prlco paid for most of the seed, yu 10 a anything, "was Gordon's ro
now that tho Hill nconlo aro ranldlv makes n carload worth about S4.600. Py Ho then handed each of tho Mod-
nushlncr tholr wnv through tho Wll. or approximately $40,500 for tho nino rlz officials his card and walked out.
amotto vallov bv moans of oxtonlsons cars. Minister Coroa was angered by tho
the University club in Now York.
There wcro no sot speeches and report
era wcro barred.
John Redmond Is coming to tho front
as a loader of tho English Radicals,
cusetl by Senator Ben Conger, who
himself stated that ho had paid bribe
money to Allds.
of tho Oregon Electric, tho danger of
losing a rich field la apparently dawn
ing upon tho tlnrrlmnn people.
Railway Men Vote on Strike.
Cleveland, March 30. A
voto was ordered taken today
Lnko Shoro & Mlchlgnn Southern rail
mauds of tho men wero rejected two
nnus contract ,i.,R m.n -.,aili i, n,
Roosevelt shook hands with over 400
Americans during n reception in Cairo.,
Egypt.
Tho eruption of Mount Etna Is Bub
siding and all danger is believed to bo
past.
A St, Louis woman
v jh.iu.u mm rmu a ui- wilI ot know, ut, Aprn 8t
vorco Whllo noither side will discuss ho
Insurgents suggest n substitution of causes of tho failuro to agree, it is un-
n "pure parliamentarian" for Speaker derstood both sides wcro willing to
Cannon and will continue their fight compromise on wages.
for his removal.
Ofllclala of tho state of Washington , B10('ir n Mil,0,t
would llko to exchange school land in I BelHiiBhuin, Wash., March 30. Tho
forest reserves for lot ds of equul vuluo c?r)8 cast up Saturday on
adjoining tho reserves.
Four children In Hartford, Conn..
by the jmIIco just ns
Begin Big Logging Operations.
Klamath Fnlls Tho Long Luke Lum
ber company has contracted with W.
II, Mason for logging about 7,000,000
feet of logs on tho uppor lake. Tho
contract nrice is S22.B0O. and ft is to
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striKo. bo completed by fall. There aro 10.-
on tho . 000.000 or 15.000.000 feet of lotrs
where tho camps aro to bo established,
Addition to Madras Sold.
Madras The recently platted Boyco
audition to Madras was sold to W. II.
Taylor, of Sixkano, and Max Lucddo-
man, of Portland, for $7,000, Thero
is about 17 acres In tho tract Tho
Oregon Trunk line railway passes
through tho land. The plat lies well
for warehouse and railway siding pur
poses.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
proceeding and said ho would endeavor
to htvo Gordon Imprisoned at onco.
Local government ofllclala said they
would refuse to take official action un
til orders wero received from Washing
ton.
Later In tho day General Gordon sud'
denly wheeled on tho two dotectlvos
following him and thrashed them both.
It is bollovcd that part of tho relief
expedition will attempt to sail tonight.
Pent-Up Lava Likely to Force
sage, Scientist Believes.
Catania. March 29. Whllo tho nuan-
tlty of lava from tho craters of Mount
Etna continues to decrease, the Intern
al activity of the volcano was stronger
today than yesterday, Frank A. Per-
rot, tho American authority, believes
that tho dccrca80 in tho flow of lava la
duo to obstructions In tho now craters,
which provent Its flowing freely, and
that In a few days, the mo ten mass
will either forco a pusaaco or an earth-
Suako will result. Mr. Perret went to
ay from Nlcolosi to tho Alpine club
refuge, which is situated near the era-
A. 1 S a . a m
iers, ana later iciegrapnea down as
ioiiows:
been lost tn tho ages, aro responsible
for giving tho cat to tho present tlmo.
Thoro aro yet oxtant many rnccs of
wild cats, from tho Nubian of northern
Africa to tho bobcat of western Amer
ica, but tho link botween theso animals
and tho domostlcated vnrlcty Is dim
cult to locate, ir It docs nt all exist.
Nor Is tho cat considered as a pet
alone. It has n commercial value, for
tho skins have been found to make
excellent gloves for women, while the
hair or fur also has a value. Whlls
doallng In catsklns is not extensive
In this country, It Is a trade that has
grown to considerable proportions In
southern Europe, where cats aro bred
for the purposo.
Cats aro, primarily, divided Into two
classes, the long-haired and tho short
haired. To tho lattor dasa bolong
most of the cats that one sees, nnd
they aro known as Just "common" cats.
In tho longhaired class aro the Per
sians nnd Angoras, the aristocrats of
tho family, which aro highly prized
becauso of their magnificence, their
plumed tails being one of their great
est marks of beauty.
Tho raising of this breed of cats la
extensively practiced In this country,
nnd thore aro doxens of cntterles whero
the animals aro as carefully attended
as though they wero children. They
have Individual quarters, aro groomed
each morning, fed with the choicest
morsels and their evory action is
watched.
ii. ....... mnd civlo (Irtmlh,
No fact in connection with tho an.
nual meeting of tho Massachusetts
Federation of Women's Clubs has been
more significant than tho uniform tes
timony from all tho .Now t-ngiana
States as to tho share that women now
havo In conserving forest preserva
tion, In diminishing undue hours of
labor for women and children, In fight
ing for pure food laws, in protecting
natural beauties from defacement by
advertisers and In Inducing educators
"Tho activity of Etna today and taxpayers to standi for progressive
is stronger, but tho lava la alower.
Terrific explosions In the Interior of
the mountain continue"
way by tho olllcors of tho Brotherhood , and It Is quite probablo that Mr. Mason whoat
. " " "w wm uv givon ua coninici jor mo I si flliTM ft.
tt .tntl. urn riwl.irt,, A t.ax.. on nnn i t w t . I 9tUjuu.
v.. ty mu.p, .wnv v,i'uu mninuer ox uio wortc ncxi year, una lnn no
limn ttf.i Irtti.iiir.wl AH,...I -1.. t n ,i . I DIUIIa UUC,
"vii imu iinunviu iiw wtiiKiim uu ih rifl v inn r rue n c rnnrrnrr ihnr una I
the
wero rescued by tho
their maniac father was about to nuts-
sacru them with an uxo, Tho family
had Just been evicted by their land
lord. Several Tacoma women had express
ed a willingness to adopt a certain
promising baby which was being cared
for in u foundling Jiome, but all backed
out when it was discoverd that tho
child was colored.
Through tho efforts of their grand-,
son, Cody Bonis, a reconciliation has
been effected between Colonel W. F.
Cody (BufTalo Bill) and Mrs. Cody.
Colonel and Mrs. Cody beenmo es
tranged threo or four years ago and
since that tlmo thoy havo lived apart.
A Wisconsin man set fire to a wid
ow's house, claiming that tho Insur
ance money would do her moro good.
JIo got threo years.
Their supplies stolen by Creo In
dians in tho wilds of tho Rocky Moun
tains, and with overy ono of their 4-1
horses dead of starvation, 22 men be
longing to a Canadian Northern Rail
way survoy party, headed by Engineer
C. F. Hanington, arrived in Vancou
ver, B. C, after having fought their
contract for Installing Central Point's
water system, has received advices
from thu hast that tho plpo had been
1nmli.fl nnrl atftrtivl Wpaf. Xfi- Tin,).
- . .... ... . . . . . . WIV
beach 1 exnects the nine to ln-ein tn nrrlvn In
of I.umml Island, across tho boy from J from threo to flvo weeks from tho
tins city, was uiontltled as that of W. . tlmo it was shipped. This should
J. MoGrannhan, of Vancouver, II. C j bring some of tho pipe by April 15.
captain of tho schooner Arthur 11., 'Work will commence immediately upon
mm luiiuuvnii on tino miser mveri receipt or tno pipe.
Track prices; Bluestcm,
club, 07Ci08c: red Rus-
valley. $1.
nnl-lnvFpnfl nnH tirnivlrtrr 9.97Til
. -I. i ..... - - nt v -Ai
iu.viuiinur u uiK 27,50 pcr ton. ,
Corn Whole, $34; cracked, $35.
til. f-T r , I . . . Mil
yynier ripe vjuminB, nmetto vallov. 2fliW21 ner ton- RnU
Central Point C. B. Bade, of the orn Oroimn. 2SrW2J ulfnlfn. si7.Kn!ii
uutuuouii-nmiu vuiiinn', wiiirn nus ino 1 1H.DU! grain hoy, 17(ull).
been let, nnd Is tho
I logging operations.
sand heads March 22, A second corpse
was picked up on Son Juan Island and
is bollovcd to bo another momber of
tho crow, i ivo seamen wcro drowned
when tho schooner was overturned.
McGruuahan's body was picked up CO
miles from tho scene of tho wreck.
I Gun Exploded; Eight Killed.
Manila, P. I., March 30. Tho re
port that a fatal accident had occurred
on tho United States cruiser Charleston
was confirmed today. Eight men wero
killed and several others slightly in
jured. During practice at sea oif
Olongnpo, tho breech block of n threo
inch gun blew out and its flight across
tho deck cut through a steel stanchion
and mowed down the men. Seven wero
Instantly killed, while tho eighth died
whllo being taken to Cavate.
' Natives Fire on Foreigners,
Liverpool, March 80. A fight be
tween Liberinns and hostile natives
was being waged March 9 at Capo Pal
mas, according to rejxjrts brought by
tho steamer Snluga, which arrived
from Liberia today. Tho natives from
behind a stockado ut tho mouth of tl)o
raiinas river, wero tiring upon an Eng
Oots No. 1 white, $29VE30.
fresh rruits Apples, si.25fir3 per
oox; pears, Sl.oUfjDl.vo; cranberries,
WW per barrel.
rotntoes carload buying prices:
Oregon 60(.(G0c por hundred; sweot po
tatoes, .Xt-ajc per pound.
unions Oregon, -jt.Duaei.75 per
Hundred.
vegetames turnips. SiGCJ.ao per
sacK.; rutabagas, $lGCl.2o;
Wrecks Used for Fuel.
Snokane. March 29. Asldo fmm
Atlantic Fleet to Cruise Mediterranean photographers, who roaned a harvest
Washington, March 28. The secre- from sales of pictures of the snow-
A . . il . j l e m. Illl aa- r -k t
iary oi ine navy announced tnis niter- suaea at mace ana uurKe. idano. a
noon that the whole Atlantic battleship month ago, the only persons who will
fleet would, in November, proceed to benefit from the disasters are tho res-
European waters, Tho principal Idents of the canyon towns. who aro ob-
crulse will bo made in the Mcditcrran- taining their next winters' supply of
eon. It is intended to divide the fleet fuel from the timbers, many of them
while In tho Mediterranean In order of immense size, broughtdown by the
mat various ports may be visited, it avalanches. Thousands of big trees
is not hinted anywhere that the fleet or and logs aro being taken from the
any part of it will go further than the drifts and sawed ' into convenient
Eastern Mediterranean. The official
statement is that the fleet will, after
tho cruise, go to Guantanamo.
lengths for hauling.
nnori Rnid. MinW Pn Ho ck.; ruiaoagas, so; carrots,
IIon,l rHvrTh firnn Iwl.Va "l "vvl0 f'l, lo
IT,I Il. .,l......l .l l.li"'
MWll (H1VI .,V II1..IIIIIK M KIliK, nillllS 1 1).,,... r!.. t Q..
c,nplgn In the valley. . Tho oflicera , "rZZ''S
in... l.,.,t,..,l -
way to civii-iuiion uirougu midwinter llsh factory und tho Llberlan troops,
nowdrifts. I Tho lutter replied with ft machino gun.
of Pine Grove grango hnvo invited
Judgo Webster, of Portland, and Judgo
Derby, or Hood iiiver county, to ad
dress tho citizens on tho subject.
Coburg to Have Lights.
Eugene Tho llttlo city of Coburg Is
soon to havo electric street lights, tho
council having decided to put them In.
A small electric light plant has been
In operation there for somo timo, but
only residences and business houses
havo heretofore been lighted.
Increase Capital Stock, I
Central Point Tho Central Point
Stato bonk has increased its capital i
from $12,500 to $30,000. Tho growth
ui iiu uuami-aa jms ueen so great mat
tho present capital was Inadequate to
handlo the volume of business.
Many Trees for Hood River,
Hood River Sevoral hundred thou
sand trees havo already been shipped
Into tho Hood River valley this season
on account of the inability of tho threo
local nurseries to supply the heavy demands.
20e.
Anaconda Joins Copper Combine.
uutte, wont., March a. At a
meeting of the stockholders of the Boa-
ton & Montana Mining company today
it was voted to go into the recently
lormea copper merger, all or the com
pany's mines and smelters being sold
to tho Anaconda Copper Mining com
pany, tho holding company of tho mer
ger, for 1,200,000 shares of the latter
Butter fat prices average lie per I concern's stock, which has a par val-
pound under regular butter prices.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch,22i23c.
Pork hnncy, 134f!13tc per pound.
Veal Fancy, ll12c per pound,
LamiaFancy, 16.'18c per pound.
Poultry Hens, 2021c; broilers, 27
GJ 2Sc; ducks, 22($23c: geese, 27328c;
turkeys, live, 22($25c; dressed, 25
29c; squabs. $5 per dozen.
Cattle-Best steers, $6.25SG.75;
fair to good steers, $5.50i6; strictly
good cows, 35.50&6; fair to good, $5
(i5.25; light calves, $6657; heavy
calves, $4 5; bulls, $3.60 4,25;
stags, 54GI 5.
Sheep-Best wethers, $7.608; fair
to good, $6.507; good lambs, $812.
Hogs Top, $11.25; fair to good,
?ioiu.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1620c per
pound; valley. 2224c; mohair,
choice, 2307.25c.
Cascara bark, 4)5e.
Hides Dry hi, $16i7c per
pound; dry kip. 16wl7c; dry calfskin,
141 6c; salted hides, 71Sc; salted
calfskins, 14c; greed,' le leu.
ueof $25. The Boston & Montana
compay is capitalized at $3,750,000,
there being 150,000 shares, of which
all but 50 wero represented.
Reduces Pullman Fares.
Washington. March 28. Pullman
fares from St. Paul to North Pacific
coast cities will be materially reduced
by an order to bo issued by tho interr
state conimerco commission this week.
The commission has reached this decis
ion in the case begun by the Shippers'
league, headed by George Loftua. of
Minneapolis, It is understood the
commission will also include in its de
cision that the Pullman company must
sen upper berths ror less than lower.
Muskrat Drains Fish Pond.
Spokane, Wash., March 29. Near
Kalispell, Mont., boring a hole in an
embankment that sustained one side of
an artificial fish pond, a muskrat a few
days ago drained tho pond and caused
the loss of many of the fish, many of
which, instinctively heading up stream
when tho waters began to fall, floun
dered into a small creek that poured
into tho pond and escaped into small
marshes that lined the stream. The
pond was owned by Richard Greig,
who stocked It several years ago with
trout from a government fish car.
Gun Explodes; Eight Die?
Manila, March 29, A report reach
ed here today that a gun on the United
States cruiser Charleston exploded dur
ing target practice, killing or vound-
ing eight men. The Charleston is re
turning to Manila from Olongapo. No
details of tho reported accident have
been received here, 'foe Charleston
is tho flagship of Rear Admiral John
Hubbard, commander in chief of the
Asiatic fleet. Her commanding officer
is Commander John H. Gibbons.
Dollcies In- education, The social, lit
erary and more sentimental aspects of
women's club lite still go on, ana
should, the Boston Herald says, but
they no longer monopolize the atten
tion. Woman, whether she votes or not, la
getting ready for a larger part In clvla
life, and there are certain phases of It.
having to do with healtn, protection c C
child life, fighting evils that assail
virtue and Increasing love of the beau
tiful In nature and In art, In which
(he woman of Intelligence, leisure and
patriotism can do much.
Upfortuuate, Indeed,
Her hair looked like a stack of sea
moss with Btranda of oakum and kelj
and dried alfalfa twisted through It.
Occasionally she pushed the bunch
back Into place and It trembled like a
living thing.
'The trouble with the new fashions
In hair," she drawled, "Is the unfor
tunate fact that the shop girls selz
upon the latest arrangements, don't
you know, and grossly exaggerate
them." '
She pushed back, the stack as she
spoke and alx puffs, three short curls
and a yard of fuzzy filler fell to the
floor with a noiseless thud.
Get More Pittsburg Grafters
Pittsburg, Marci 28. Former
Councilman Charles Stewart was in
the aweat box for four hours this after
noon, tio is believed to have told
many things that will cause new sen
sations Monday when the officials "get The fight arose over the possession of
their lima out." V la bicycle. r
Ten Fight With Knives,
Walla Walla. March 29. As the re
sult of a battle with knives between
four Italiana"and six Japanese early
this morning two Italians were ser
iously wounded. Antonio Ponti, one
of the participants, may die from his
wounds. Two Japanese were arrested.
Hie Style of Burnt.
"And your husband Is a yachtsmanf
"Yes, Indeed, and awfully entbuslas.
tlo about It. He has a nice boat ot
his own."
"Is It a centerboard boatr
"N-no. From what I hear It must
be a sideboard boat." Cleveland Lead
er. Not Mcaat far Him.
Farmer Hi, the re I Can't you e
that alga, "No Fishing on Thasa
Groundsr
Colored Fisherman Co's I klu s
signs. 1's cullld, bess, but I ain't m
Ignorant as ter tteh on no ground.
I'm ftshln In do crick. Driftwood.
After a man has known, n few Jaal.
oua women, he doesn't marvel mnch
at the clevernM ot Sherlock Helatea
br OM Sleuth.
W do not admire a iog sheared ta
represent a lion. Itych a dog always
reminds hi of a by Ub yarg old
wearing eurt
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