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VOL. I. OREGON CITr, CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903. NO. 2. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. comprehensive Review of the Import. ant Happenings of the Paat Week, Presented la Condensed Farm, Aloe Likely to Prove Interesting to Got Many Readers. House passes the army staff bill. Bids for $25,000,000 nrth of war- snips opened. Convict in penitentiary n.akes tack on guard. at Beet-sugar men begin fight on Phil ippine tarin Din. Senator Vert makes appeal for re- iier oi coal ramlne. Boers and Brltalns 'banquet togeth er m we Transvaal. Senator Hoar makes speech In sup- pun, oi iiis trust dm. western railroads refuse to grant uuvance to trainmen. Major Glenn says General Chaffee ordered the water-cure. United States demands payment of claims by San Domingo. Floods en Puget Sound are subsid ing, and railroad traffic Is resumed. Allies answer Castro's arbitration terms, and may settle without arbi tration. Germany refuses to Join Britain In protest against opening of the Darda nelles to Russia. Attorney General Knox outlines leg islation against trusts: President in sists on prompt action or he will call extra session. "Wreckage of a steamer and schooner has been picked up on the coast or Vancouver Island, near Car- manah. The steamer is believed to have been the tug Vladimir, which drifted to sea from San Juan. The Norwegian bark Prince Arthur was wrecked on January 2, on the Washington coast, near Ozetta. Of the 20 men on board only two could oe rescued by the settlers and In dians. The Captain appears to have mistaken the lightship on Umatilla Teef for the Flattery lighthouse and sent his ship right to destruction. David Ulm commits suicide at Al bany. Cuban reciprocity treaty sure to be ratified. Oklahoma statehood bill In danger of defeat. Democrat says women dictate army appointments. Senate discusses bill to relieve shortage of fuel. SIgnor Sagasta, ex-Premier of Spain, dies suddenly. Pretender of Morocco retreats and Sultan is out of danger. Federal Supreme Court declares California margin law valid. Railroad trainmen of the West confer on advance in wages. Governors inaugurated and legisla tures convene In many states. Governor Taft will succeed Judge Shlras on Federal Supreme bench. Crown Prince of Saxony Is sued for separation, but will sue for divorce. Senators Depew and McCamas have declared themselves for an anti-trust bill. Postmistress of Indianola ' leaves Mississippi denying she yielded to threats. The supreme court has declared valid the Federal license system in Alaska Floods In White River Valley have done $100,000 damage in King Coun ty, Washington. Financial panic in Venezuela end ed; Castro defeats rebels; Germany wants more vigorous war. ' ' The Secretary of War has asked for an appropriation for the construction of a cable from Fort Lawton to Alaska. Alaska delegates condemn the pol icy of the Lighthouse Board in erect ing expensive lighthouses on the Alas kan coast. Opposition to the confirmation of Armstrong's appointment as Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury has de veloped. It is alleged that he is too young. Democrats in the House are grow ing restive under the leadership of Richardson, who Is said to be unequal to the occasion. He will be displaced In the next congress. Plans are being formed to defeat (he Oklahoma-Indian Territory state hood bill, to which the President is said to be opposed. He favors admit ting Oklahoma alone. Castro laughs at the idea of his ab dication. No direct bag ships from Calcutta this year. Oriental liner Indrapura arrives with a big cargo. Puget Sound country has greatest flood in 25 years. German papers speak lightly of the Monroe Doctrine. Colorado legislature promises a hot time over election of senator. MANQLED AND ROASTED. Awful Fate of Passengers In Tralnwreck In Pennsylvania. Pittsburg, Jan. 8. As a result of collision between a passenger train and the rear end of a freight train on the Monongahela division of the Pennsyl vania railroad tonight at Cochrane sta tion, Just above Dnqnesne, seven men are dead, one is dying and five others injured, The passenger train in the wreck was the West Elizabeth 1 accommodation train from Pittsburg. '. It was on time, and had a clear track, according to the signals displayed. At the siding at Cochrane it ran into the rear end of an extra freight, which had taken the switch, but had failed to clear the main line. The officials of the road attri buted the disaster to the failure - of Patrick Qninn, the rear brakeman of the freight, to see that his train had filly cleared. Up to a late hour Quinn had not been located. In the collision the tender of the passenger tiain was forced back upon the combination baggage and smoking car with terrible force. . Thel3paseen gers were jammed against the rear end of the car into almost a solid mass Three of the victims were apparently killed outright, two of the other four were literally roasted to death, and the two who died on the way to the hos pital were so badly burned that recog nition le impossible Almost immediately after the impact nre irom the stove in the smoker com' municated to the wreckage, and the imprisoned victims were tortured be yond description. All of the victims badly burned. Conductor Cook was found unconscious under the char red body of Baggageman Stroud. Strange to say, not a truck,' except these of the tender, left the track, and the only passengers injured were those in the smoker. LUCK FOR BRITISH MINERS. American Demand for English Coal Saves Them a Cut In Wages. New ork, Jan. 8. The year has opened with excellent prospects for the North of England coal trade, says the Tribune's London correspondent. The conditions which applied at the close of 1902 still obtain, and are even accentuated, as it is abundantlv evi- aent tnat tne American demand Is destined to continue for some time yet. The West Indies are now under the necessity of obtaining coal from this country and positive orders are In the market for Havana and Cien fuegos in addition to bose for New York, Boston and Providence, for which steamers are being regularly nxeu to loaa in tne Tyne. The American demand for Enellsh coal has had an unlooked for effect in preventing the expected decline in the Northumberland miners' wages, the average selling prices during the past tnree months having been so well maintained that a conciliation board has agreed that wages shall re main unchanged for the succeeding uiree momns. TURKISH SULTAN WORRIED. England Protests Against ' Russian War- ships Entering Black Sea. Constantinople. Jan. 8. Great Brit ain has vigorously Protested to th Turkish government against the per mission granted In September last to the unarmed Russian torpedo-boat destroyers to pass through the Darda nelles and into the Black Sea, under the commercial flag of Russia. These vessels were about to start on the pro posed trip. The British note says the passage of the Dardanelles by the torpeao-Doat . destroyers would be a violation of the existing international treaties, and that if Russian warships are thus allowed to use the Darda nelles, Great Britain will reserve the right to demand similar privileges. The protest has caused irritation in Russian circles, and concern on the part of Turkish authorities, who fear that other powers will follow the ex ample of Great Britain. JOY KILLED OLD MINER. He Struck It Rich After Prospecting for 17 Years in the Black Hills. Chicago, Jan. 8. David Thompson, one of the best-known prospectors In the Black Hills over which country he has hunted gold for 17 years, struck a ledge of great richness, and after 10 minutes demonstrations of delight fell dead, says a dispatch to the Trib une from Roubaix, S. D. An exami nation made later by physicians showed a blood vessel in the brain to have been ruptured. Tortured by Thieves. New York, Jan. 8. Levi Eicher, aged 59 years, and his wife, residing in Springfield township, have been tor tured by masked thieves, until they told where their money was hidden. The robbers held a lighted lamp to Mr. Etcher's feet and burned them un til the flesh fell off before he would consent to show them the strong-box, where $225 in bills was hidden. Then they bound the victims to the bed and left them, taking a horse and saddle from a barn. Eicher, it is said, re cognized the thieves. NEWS OF OREGON rrFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Move to Tax Corporations Holding Valu able Franchises Horsethievea Still at Work on the Ranges Mining Prop, erty Bonded Creamery Men Object to Pure Food Laws. The First M. E. church of Albany ceieura:ea its sota anniversary. The Marion County Bar Associa tion has prepared a bill for the com ing legislature taxing telephone, tel- egrapn, express and oil comnanies. ana otner corporations holding val uable franchises. George McKimmen, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George McKim men, who reside Just north of Grant's Pass, died as a result of the severe burns he received by falling Into a tub of boiling water. The Brownsville-Sweet Home staee met with a mtshan recentlv after leaving Crawfordsviile for Browns ville. It was very daik and the driver ran Into a stumD which uDset the hack throwing the occupants out in the mud. There were several pas sengers, but all escaped with nothing more than a few scratches and a snaking up. Creamerymen don't like the law which prohibits them from remolding "tub butter" Into squares and selling it as "creamery butter." Much tub butter they say is just as good as the standard creamery, and some of it is better In fact, butter stored in tubs keeps better than in squares. Food and Dairy Commissioner Bailey says that he does not care how much tub butter Is remolded but he insists that the butter shall be sold for just what it is and nothing else. "If tub butter Is Just as good as creamery In squares," said Mr. Bailey yester day, "the people will soon find it out All I insist upon Is that things shall be as they are represented when sold. The creamerymen say that the brand 'tub butter' condemns their product. But why does it? If tub butter is Just as good as the regular product in squares, I ask why the brand con demns it? I do not doubt that some tub butter is just as good as any. All I contend is that whatever a man sells, he sells for just what it Is, whether it be a threshing machine, a steam engine, a paper of tacks or a roll of butter." R. W. Hathaway, a creamerv man irom uornmg, la., has located at Med ford and has. as the result of a con ference with a number of dairymen of this section, decided to put in a creamery, and expects to have it in operation by March 1. No difficulty is expected In securing sufficient cream, as there are now 22 dairymen shipping cream from this place to the Koseburg creamery. A bill has been prepared and will be submitted to the Marion County Bar Association, the purpose of which is to reorganize the State Land Board and define the manner in which It shall conduct the work of selecting lieu lands.; The bill proposes to con tinue the power of the Governor to appoint a state land agent, so that the democratic governor will not be deprived of this patronage, but the state land agent is made subject to tne orders of the whole board. The two land departments are to work In harmony, and, in 'fact, to constitute but one department, so that hence forth, if this bill should become a law, there could not recur any such conflicts as have recently caused so mucn trouble. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 70c; bine- stem 78c; valley, 75c. Barley Feed, $23.60 per ton: brew ing, $24.00. : Floor Best grade, 8.90(14.40; grah am, $3.2033.60. Mil tstaffs Bran, 119.00 per ton: middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.60: chop, $18. ' Oats No. 1 white. $1.1531.17: gray, $1.12 3 1.16 per cental. Hay Timothy, $11912; clover. $89.00; cheat, $839 per ton. .. . Potatoes Best Bnrbanks, 50360c per sack; ordinary, 40350c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets. $2 003 $2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10(5 11c: young, 10c; bens, llHKc; turkeys, live, 10 lec; dressed. 18 3 20: ducks, $7 7.60 per dozen; geese, $8 8.60. Cheese Foil cream, twins, 16 &3 17&c; Young America, 17K18; factory prices, lljc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 27)30c per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22Hc; store, 16318. Eggs 25335c per dozen. Hops New crop, 23326c per pound. Wool-Valley, lK315c: Eastern Oregon, 814)c; mohair, 26828c. Beef Gross, cows, 83Ke ner pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 837c Veal-7J,8Xc Mutton Gross, Sc per nonnd: dressed, 6c. " K Lambs Grose, SXc cer nonnd! dressed, 6 Xo. Hogs -Greet, "oMAoiat Mf Bound: dressed, 77Xc PROFITS OF STEEL TRUST. Nearly $34,000,000 Annually Employes Eager to Take Stock. ew york, Jan. 8. The United States Steel Corporation declared the icgumr quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, on the common and 1 per cent on the preferred stock. a nnanclal statement was Issued showing net earnings for the calendar year, with December estimated, of $132,662,000. The net earning fnr me quarter ended December 31 were JMa,bl3, an Increase of $1,579,700. as compared with the same period of 1DVI. From the net earnln deductions are made of 124.628.1 R3 fnr sinking funds, depreciation and re serve iunas and for a special fund set aside for depreciation and Improve ments;, or i6,zou,ooo for interest on bonds; of $3,040,000 in sinklne fund ior oonas, and ot $56,052,869 for In terest on the stocks. These Hons leave undivided profits amount ing to -33,841.565 for the vear. annll- cable to increase, depreciation and re serve fund accounts for new construc tion and surplus. The cash on hand IS 54,7Z4,106. The board approved the Dlan renort. ed by the finance committee for prof- li-snanng ana subscription to stock by the employes. It was reported to tne Doard tnat the plan for stock sub scription was being well received by the employes, and that within three days after the opportunity to sub scribe was given, more than 16,000 snares naa been subscribed for. J. Pler'pont Morgan was present at the meeting, although It is not his cus tom to attend meetings of cornora- Hons when they are not held in his omce. PROMOTION FOR TAFT. Will Be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court-Wright to Succeed Him. Washington, Jan. 8. If existing plans carry, some time next month the President will send to the Senate the nomination of Governor Taft to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, to succeed Jus tice Shires, who is expected to retire during that month. Governor Taft will be succeeded as Civil Governor of the Philippines by General Lake E. Wright, at present vice-governor, and the latter place will be filled by the appointment of W. W. Rockhill, the present director of the Bureau of American Republics. There are al ready many aspirants for the place wnicn will be vacated by Mr. Rockhill. but so far the President has made no choice. It appears that Governor Taft was offered a place on the Supreme bench on the retirement of Justice Gray, but he felt that affairs in the Philip pines were In such a state as to re quire his own personal attendance and he sacrificed his chance. The President has not forgotten his useful ness, and feels that the work in the archipelago will be in shape by Febru ary, so it may well be taken over by General . right. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Rode 100 Feet Under Pilot of Locomotive and Had No Bones Broken. New York, Jan. 8. To be Jammed under the pilot of a hog locomotive. as the ones Cornelius Vanderbilt In vented are called, to have his legs curled over the axle of the coney wheels under the pilot and be carried along for 100 feet and yet to escape without a broken bone has been the experience of Louis Huysler, an elec trician of Mount Vernon. Huysler was found with his legs curled around the axle of the coney wheels. His head was Jammed back under the pilot itself. He was in a position that .made is impossible to extricate him without lifting the loco motive from the rails. When he was Anally removed Huysler's left knee was found to be dislocated, the right knee bruised and the leg cut. He also had some cuts on the face and 'body, but not a bone was broken. SAQASTA IS DEAD. Heart Failure Takes Away Aged Spanish Statesman and ex-Premier. Madrid, Jan, ' 7. Ex-Premier, Prax edes Mateo Sagasta died at 11 o'clock tonight in his 76th year. At 6:30 he had, an attack of heart failure and It was then thought he was dead; he rallied, however, and lived for four and a half hours. Senor Sagasta 's death was due to bronchitis and gastric trouble. His family wa at the deathbed, and for mer Liberal members of the cabinet were near their old leader. A bishop admlniatred the last sacrament this afternoon. The news of the ex-Premier's death created a painful impression through out Madrid. King Alfonso expressed profound regret. Senor Sagasta's intellect was unim paired until his last hours. He talked to his daughters, the presidents of the senate and of congress, and to the archbishop of Toledo, . King Alfonso has written a letter of sympathy to Senor Sagasta's fam ily. During the ex-Premier's illness, the Queen mother and other members of the royal family frequently sent of ficials to inquire as to his progress. West Indian Failure a Big One. London, Jan. 8. The accounts filed of the failure in May last of Park, Mc Fadden & Park, West Indian mer chants, who had a branch house In New York, represented by Park. Son & Co., show gross debts amounting to $1,295,000, and $665,000 assets. ONLY TWO SAVED NORWEGIAN BARK G01NQ TO PIECES ON WASHINGTON COAST. Eighteen Lost Out of a Crew of Twenty Indians Rescued the Two Survivors by Forming Human Chain Through Surf Captain Mistook Umatilla Lightship for Cape Flattery Lighthouse. rcrt Townsend, Jan. 8. With 18 out of her crew of 20 drowned, the Norwegian bark. Prinre Arthur. 11m a total wreck on the treacherous rocks two miles south of Ozette, 29 miles souin or uape Flattery. The accident which resulted so dis astrously occurred on the night of January 2, but the news was not re ceived until today, owing to the iso lated location. A private letter reach ing nere tnis afternoon with the sad news was carried 25 miles through the wilderness by an Indian courier oerore being mailed. The particulars contained are mean er in the extreme, telling simply that tne vessel is a total wreck In the breakers, while but two men of.het crew of 20 survived. These were res- cued from the surf by a human line made up of the frontiersmen living in the vicinity, assisted by the natives, and were too exhausted at the time the courier left to give any particulars of the terrible calamity. The Impression prevails that mis taking Umatilla Reef lightship for the beacon on Cape Flattery led Cap tain Markussen to his doom anions the breakers in one of the most dan gerous and exposed positions on the entire northern coast. The scene of the wreck Is where many vessels be fore have piled their bones, the reef extending far out into the sea, making the approach of assistance : Impossi ble. When the settlers first saw the op- proaching vessel, she was heading due west, which confirms the belief that Captain Markussen supposed he had passed Fattery and was shaping the proper course to enter the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The vessel is report ed to be In identically the Bame place as was the German ship Fl'ottbek two years ago, from which in daylight and a calm sea the three powerful towing vessels on the Sound had great dif ficulty In rescuing her. The Identity of the dead survivors could not be ascertained, the hardy woodsmen having no means of Iden tifying the badly battered corpses which are washing ashore at Irregular Intervals. The rescuers consequently contented themselves with giving the unfortunates Christian burial near the scene of their, tragic death. AQAIN IN SESSION. Anthracite Strike Commission Resnmes Its Work at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 8. After a re cess over the holidays, the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission resumed Its work today, hearing the nonunion men's side of the controversy in the great industrial war in the anthracite coal regions during the pant year. It is expected that nearly a month will he occupied in taking the testimony of the nonunion men, the coal operators and the mlneworkers In rebuttal. The session began at 11 o'clock. The courtroom was well filled when the Commissioners filed in and took their seats. All the prominent attor neys were present, excepting C. S. Darrow, leading counsel for the min ers, , who was delayed In the West. The first business brought up was the presentation by their counsel of the wage statements of several of the small Independent coal companies In the Hazleton region. John J. Williams, a mining engi neer, employed by the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company, was the first witness, - He told how he was set upon and beaten while on his way to work, but he could not swear that the strikers committed the assault. Sheriff Schadt, of Lackawanna County, gave In detail his eperlences during the strikes, and finally his call upon Governor Stone for assistance. The sheriff said that President Mitch ell had several times assisted him in preventing trouble. CLARK MAY COMB TOO. Famous Commander of the Oregon Likely to Accompany Roosevelt. Washington, Jan. 8. It is quite probable that Admiral Clark, who ommanded the Battleship Oregon at Santiago, may accompany , President Roosevelt on bis trip through Oregon next spring, although definite plans ave not been arranged. It Is the present intention of the President to visit Oregon sometime in May and the suggestion has been made that urlng his visit to the State the sword presentation to the Admiral should take place. It Is said at the White House that Admiral Clark desires to accompany the President on this occasion, he will be gladly welcomed by Mr. Roosevelt. The possibility of an extra session, however, makes It Impossible for the President to definitely arrange for this Western tour. No definite plans will be made until Congress adjourns. . Pretender Retreating. Madrid. Jan. 7. Premier Silvela has presented to King Alfonso official dispatches confirming the report of the retreat of the Pretender to the Moroccan throtie, thus allowing the Sultan to reorganize the army and stamp out the insurrection. CRISIS IS PAST. Washington Floods Have Ceased to Rise, but Recede Very Slowly. Seattle, Jan. 7. The flood situation south' of Seattle does not seem to bet greatly improved. Only the most meager particulars from the various points have been received. The first' casualties as a result of the rising ot ; the water are reported from O'Brien. on the Northern Pacific between Se attle and Tacoma. There the water Is six or eight feet high, and last night It was rushing past the house i with the swiftness of a mountain cur-, rent Two men, Martin Cummlngs and F. Shaughnessy, were In a boat rescuing people from second-atm-v windows, and on one of the trips the ' boat capsized and Cummlnar. unit' Shaughnessy were both drowned. ' ' From Orillta cornea the news thnf the - water has receded a.hnt ir Inches, but that half of tha town to still Indoors or compelled to go about In boats. Many head of cattle are im prisoned In barns standlnsr In two nnt three feet of water. No trains are running through the flooded districts, the Northern Pa cific making no effort to resume oper ations between this city and Tacoma. ' The wagon and railroad brides across Nesqually River were In dan gerous condition, but it is thourht they will be saved, as the flood Is sub- -Biding. No train has reached Olympia from Portland since Friday. Deschutes River Is raelnir and thn ' highest volume of water la nourln- over the falls known In years. The greatest loss by the flood ha been the bottling works belonging to the Olympia Brewing Company, wrecked Friday night, and damaged to the extent of $20,000. Fine weather today will probably avert anv further calamities. A lake of water 20 miles lone anil from one to five miles wide, and vary ing in depth from three to 20 feet, covers the entire White River Valley between Seattle and Kent. The lika was never known before in all the history of King County. W. H. Al vord, a farmer living near Kent, who settled here over 40 years ago. said tonight that never In his experlenca was there such a flood as prevails : today. The damage done by the waters In , King County alone will reach at least $100,000, and In all likelihood when all the facts are known It will reach double this sum. At least 300 faml- ; lies In the valley have been rendered practically homeless by the floods, and their household goods have been well-night destroyed. : Hundreds ot head of sheep and hogs have been . drowned, while other livestock has suffered,., " CASTRO'S ARMY DEFEATED. Rebels Won a Decisive Victory Only Eight Miles from the Capital. New York, Jan. 7. According to the Herald's correspondent In WI1 lemstad, the revolutionists are ad vancing In three columns on General Castro's army. A desperate fight oc curred within eight miles of the City of Caracas, resulting favorably to tha revolutionists. They are cutting all the telegraph lines, tearing up tha railroad tracks and are hourly expect ed In the Immediate neighborhood of the city.- A condition of . extreme pan ic prevails among those who have heretofore believed that Castro was Invincible. A committee of the most prominent citizens has gone to President Castro and made representations of how hopelessly untenable Is his posi tion. - But he insists on holding on un til his forces are defeated In a deci sive battle. It seems that this cannot be far distant. President Castro is already planning what he shall do when the Inevitable comes, but ha will make a desperate fight before quitting, as he has no chance to es cape. The only alternate is imprison ment. The correspondent add that no at tempt Is. now being made by the allies to conceal the fact that they are af fording assistance to the re vol u- . tionlsts. Washington, Jan. 7. The response of the allied powers to Castro's last proposition to submit ' Venezuela's case to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal have not, yet been received,, but It Is believed that the answers will not be much longer delayed, as & continuance of the present state of affairs on the Venezuela case is not ' viewed with satisfaction. The block- ade Is believed to be working Injury to American interests, therefore the de sire is strong to see the protocol, which. will include a provision for the ter mination of , the blockade, speedily agreed upon. Mr. Bowen's advices from Caracas show that conditions there are very much disturbed: that internal revolu tionary , troubles have Intensified and that President Castro Is Barely beset. Blockade Still In Force. Berlin, Jan. 7. Great Britain and Germany came to an understanding' four days ago to enforce the blockade of the Venezuelan coast precisely as though the negotiations for arbitra tion were not going on. It was doubt less In consequence of this under standing that the vessels at Porto Cabello were taken, though both the foreign office and the navy depart ment are yet without advices show ing that vessels were taken or ma rines landed. . Commodore Scheder telegraphs that the Germans on Saturday seized a number . of large Venezuelan Bailing; vessels at Porto Cabello. The prizes were . towed . to Los Reques, where they Remain under guard. Otherwise, there have 'been no developments at Porto Cabello.