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VOL. IX.
HILLSBOllO, OUEGON, THUIISDAY," JANUAltY 29, 1903.
NO. 46.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES
Comprhnlv Review of lb Import'
at Happenings of (h l'at Week,
Preaented In Condensed Pom, Mix
Likely to Prove Interfiling to Our
Many Reader.'
Wllhelm Jordan, tint poet, died tin),
drnty at Haden-Baden.
A lmllolln from HmUm 'aUte that
ei-Keorwtaiy ol the Navy Long shew
ill(bt ItiilUilluii of pneumonia.
Tho conference ol printing In. let
union at Indianapolis reached mi
nitrHa:it to M'lriU under run t ml
bly.; ,'
The widow ot Theodore II. Fajardo
ha bm awarded 110,000 ur the
death of her hu-lnd In Iho New York
Central tunnel accident,
Tito Mexican tobacco and cigarette
corporation, o! Trenton, N. J.,-Incur-,
purat4 two week ago, will) an author,
ml ciapilat of $100,000, Iim filed pa
per Intimaaii g It capital stock to(l'i,
000,000.
Poor man mMum Ida Clllwm' bank
of Waterloo, la,, and t-aHd with
$3,1100 In ca.lt, oarlianitliig a fusillade
with a d.imn citixent aa they drove
away In a stolon buggy.
Major Lewis II, I.atn, of the Judge
advocate gcneral't department, haa
ma retired on account ol disabilities
received dorlng tho Chinese campaign.
Ho wa promoted prior to retirement,
In lecognllion of hi gallantry. '
A wltnoat In tho murder trial of Wil
liam Hooper Voting, In Now York, aya
ho haa rwlved an anonymous letter
threatening him with death It ho Iwatl
flan. It contain exrerpta from tho
Mood atonoittrol doctrine of tho Mor
mon church.
An American steamer baa been
5 ockod on tho Welsh coast.
Tba plaguo at Maaatlan, Moiloo, con
llnaee to claim four to olght victim
dally. -
Oregon' delay In reeom mood ing Ir
rigation scheme may loao her aharo ol
the funda.
A mob at New Orlean bnrned a
NergO at tho stake who had ahot and
killed sheriff.
A new freight rate haa been etab
liahad between tho Pacific coot and
blianglial, Vhln.
Proaldont Rooeevelt haa appointed
Judge William R. Day, of Canton, O.,
to a era! on the an promo bench of the
United Blatoa.
The governor of Minnesota baa g
preened himself In favor of the Lewis
and Clark fair and twya be will Jo ail
In II power for It.
The new high achool building at
JMoomington, 111., haa been destroyed
by firo. Lou, 1630,000. It waa one
of the Bnl achool building In the
a tale. , -r,
A question fie boon tabled In eon
great aa to the power hi tho Colombian
milliliter, Tbonma llwrran, to algn the
canal treaty lor hit country, The
Colombian oonatltutlon aaya congrons
muit act.
The flood at tba headwater ol the
Willamette are atibHkllng, but along
the lower river they ate atill ' railing.
Much damage haa already resulted and
more may follow.
The coal strike com minion ban near,
ly completed ita work.
The trlaljof Malar Glenn ia nearly
over and It ia likely the court will
acquit bint.
Marconi will charge one cent a word
for the tranamUalcn of wireless nice
sages aoioaa the ocean.' ,
Teller baa been elected to congreaa
by Colorado Democrat, but the Repub.
licani will not oppoae it.
The house has passed theagrlcul
tnral bill. It Carrie an appropriation
et $300,000 for free seeds.
The coal minora' convention, In ae
Inn at Indlanauo is. voted down a
proposition to.emiome socialism.
Bowen li eonOdont that he will loon
be able to roach aatitdactory term
with Great Britain and Germany. ,
Senator Mitchell wa 111 for cevoral
day; the latter , part of laitjweekand
miauls to attend to ma routine uutiea.
Great Britain hai entered a protoit
againit the Cuban reciprocity treaty,
claiming it will hurt the sugar Indue
Tins Fuh filana haa been proclaimed
emperor ol China In opposition to the
rrAaent ruler and will begin war to
kill off all foreigner. "
After three yeara delay, the treaty
nrovldlng for the filing of the Alaskan
boundary, haa been iignd by the
United Status and Great Uritaln.
8evere ; earthquake 'abook fiouth
Carolina and Georgia, - ,
Governor Chamborlaln , hai signed
the Cortland charter bill.
I' M
Germani aay Veneanelana began 'the
recent fight at Fort Han Uarloi,
A .driving mow itorra in Central
Kanaai hai demoraliaed buainen.
An explosion of dynamite In a tunnel
t Pittsburg resulted in lour deaths
A wealthy Jeney City nroduoe meroh
ant waa doped and robbed ot 111,000
Ei-Governor Charlei R. Ingeraoll, of
Connecticut, la critically ill. llo la
81 yeara old. (
FIFTY PliOPLB BURNED.
Inmatea ol Big London Asylum PtrUh In
Smok and Flamta.
hmdon, Jan. 29.-lllf a hnndred
iimatio patlimU were burned to death
by a ore at the Colnoy Hatch btwpital
thii morning. The outbreak occurred
in the Jewliih wing of tho lntitution.
The llama ip'ead with great rapidity
and lieforo tliey could be got andur con
tral Ave woodun hulldinga wore gutted.
All the effort of the official were
directed to removing tho Insane pa
liont, but the latter laame wild with
eti itonieiit and no panic itricken that
not only were they unable to help
thematdvi, but greatly inieded the
oration fo thomi trying to aavethem.
Thrre ao'e nearly (100 wsroen In the
hiiriilng annei at the time tho fire wa
diMxiveied and moiit of them were safe
ly traufnrrd to the main building,
which wa uninjured. Koine, however,
eacaped and are atill at large, render
ing it diltltolt to awertain the exact
miiiiInt of thoee burned to death.
The otliiiuU admit that about 60
bodin Iiivi Iwn recoveml, but it i
feared that the full extent of the diaa
tor 1 not yet known. All the victims
were lunat ita. Their charred remains
prtnUd a horrifying rpwUcle. The
a)ium wa bfneigeil by anx ion rela
tive and friend ot the patient who
arrived form all qutrter. Pitiable
aceno were ttne-ed a weeping men
and womon tett the premiee, altei
anoprtaining tliat relative and friend
bail perUhed in tlio flame.
The nurne had a terrible experience
in trying to elt the inaane people
who aero an panic stricken that they
had liUnatly to I driven to a place of
afety.
The circumstance accompanying the
deotrtirtion of the imane asylum at
Conley Hatch have excited much indig
nation us I nst the authoritiea. It I
lleged taht, In addition to the lark ol
sufficient water supply and of adequate
Are department, the complex system
of lock, rrqniring niaster key, which
could not be found when wauled, wat
responsible for the terrible ecene en
acted. VICTORY FOR SHEEPMEN.
Federal Judge Den In Hitchcock' Power
to Make Rules,
Salt Lake City, Jan. 29.-Jodg
Marshall, of the United State District
court, today (tints ined the demurrer of
tho defendant In the rate of the United
State against Frank Martlnut, who
wa charge-l with running band of 3
000 sheep on the rln Lake forest re
serve, in violation of tho rule formu
lated for the protection, of foreit re
servea by the secretary of . the interior.
Judge Marahall state that congress ha
exceeded it legislative power In en
powering the secretary of the Interior
to make rule the violation of which
would be a criminal act, and held that
the law waa unconstitutional. The de
ciaion ia regarded aa one of the greatest
ni port a nee to Utah sheepmen. A
numl( of tending similar caeaa will be
thrown out of court.
The effoct of Judge Marshall' de
cision will Ite to throw open to sheep
and cattle interest more than 1,000,
000 acrea of the choicest graxing land
In the state, which tor tho past few
year haa been carefully guarded by tbe
Kovernment. Ai toon aa toe situation
become known, It 1 believed hundred
of thousand of sheep will lie brought
acroca tbe line from adjoining itates,
and the forest reserves will be covered
with aheep.
COAL COMBINE ENJOINED,
Detroit Dealer Try to Dodge Law by
Repeating Illegal Rule.
Detroit, Jan. 29. The Wayne clr
cult court today issued the preliminary
injunction asked for by Prosecutor Hunt
agalimt the Detrlot coal exchange, an
organisation of 30 local coal dealers.
The injunction restrains the exchange
from acting aa an organisation to fix
the minimum price at which coal shall
be sold.
The tact was brought oat today that
14 of the largest coal dealers of the city
have resigned from the exchange, leav
ing the smaller dealers to settle with
the law. January 9, at a meeting of
the exchange, one of the larger dealers
bffered a resolution , reaciuding the
clause In tho by laws providing for the
fixing of minimum price for coal. , It
is on thia by-law that I'rooecutor Hunt's
case is principally Daxeu. mere was
opposition to rescinding the by-law,
and when the resolution was voted
down the 14 laVge dealers promptly re
signed from the exchange.
Crisis Coming In Acre.
Washington, Jan. 20. TheBraxiHan
minister and Bolivian charge here,
called separately on Secretary Hay to
day to acquaint him with the position
ot their respective governments in tbo
dispute over the territory cf Acre. ;; It
appears that the situation is really
critical, but both diplomats assured
Secretary Hay that under no condition
would American interest In Acre suffer
beyond the happenings absolutely loci
dent to warfare. . , . . . "
Cuban Treaty Extended, '
Washington, Jan, 20. The president
today cent to the senate an agreement
with Cuba extending the time for the
ratification of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty. Under the terms ot the Cuban
treaty ratification waa required by Jan
uary 31, and It has become apparent
that the time limit was too short. The
president also transmitted the Canadian
I boundary treaty to the senate. .t
THE LEGISLATURE
WHAT THE LAWMAKERS OP 0RE00N
ARE DOING AT SALEM.
BUI of Importance That are Being Intro
lucsd and Acted Upoa la Both Houses
Msaure Signed by the Oovsrnor
Progress of the Balloting for United
Stales Senator.
Tuesday.
Tbe vote today allowed no change,
excepting tho appearance of George L.
fiakor In the fluid. Tbe result was as
follow: Fulton 32, Geer 17, Wood 17,
tinker 6. scattering 16, stent 8, total 90.
Tbe House Hale's bill providing a
line and Imprisonment for persons do
faulting a hotel bill with intent wa
deieated.
Representative Both' bill to relocate
the county at-at ot Columbia county
wa passed this morning.
Representative Murphy introduced a
bill creating the Eastern Oregon agri
cultural college, appropriating $40,000
(or buildings and f 10,000 per annum
lor it maintenance.
Tbe Senate Knykendail has intro
duced a bill providing the following
flat salaries: Governor 1 1,600, secre
tary ol state 1,600, state treasurer
(HOO, superintendent ol public instruc
tion $3,000, attorney genetal $3,000.
By request Brownetl introduced a
bill to create a state board of examiners
lor the pnrpose of examining and li
censing the practice of osteopathy.
Marsters bill, to provide for execu
tions at the atato penitentiary, waa
passed by unanimous vote.
1'rice mil apptopriating $20,000
for an Kaatern Oregon agiiculttiral col-
ege as paseed.
Representative Gill' bill for a spe
cial library tax of 1-6 mill In Multno
mah county passed both boiite today.
Governor Chamberlain appointed Al
bert Toiler, of Portland, to be expert
ta measure and examine printing in
the otnue ot the state printer.
Monday.
The vote today stood as follows:
Fulton 21, Geer 13, Wood 14, scatter
ing 18, absent and paired 21, total 90.
In the Houe A concurrent reaola
tion waa introduced today appointing
a committee to endeavor to have the
H aslilngton legtalatuie raise It Lewis
and Clark appropriation to $100,000.
Murphy, ot Union, introduced a bill
to establish an industrial college at
Union. Other notable bills appearing
In the hones were: By Shelley, of Lane,
to'exiend the Australian ballot to ail
city elections; By Johnson, of Grant,
(ot a portage railroad above The Dalles;
by Robbins, of Baker, tor a mining
bureau.
A bill providing for creation of the
office of state Inspector of hops, and to
tlx tbe rate ol tare on bops, has been
introduced bv Mulkey in the senate,
and La Follett in the House.
A joint memorial was adopted asking
congress to rail a convention for the
purpose of framing an amendment to
the (edaral constitution providing for
election of senators by direct vote of
the people.
Carnahan, of Clatsop, ia In favor of
doing away with the poll tax law now
on the code of Oregon, The poll tax,
ai now provided, ia $1. which ia as
sessed on every citiitn in the state be
tween the agea of 21 and 60. Carnst-
ban a bill Is to iepeal this section in
its entirety.
In the Senate The senate spent
most ot its time on what might be
called "legislative grind", or tbe second
reading of bills.
House bills anthorixing The Dalles
to issue water bom), and authorising
Linn county to maintain a ferry at
Harrlsbnrg were pas ed.
Governor Chamberlain today signed
the Portland flreboat bill and the bill
for tbe creation of an irreducible school
fund for Douglas county.
Tho committee on agriculture adopted
a report that the "one-mile-limit"
sheep graxing bill be not paaaed. This
action kills tbe measure.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Wall Walla, 76c; blue
tern, 80e; valley, 78o.
Barley Feed, $23.60 per tou; brew
l"8..24.t,.' f , -:..) ,,i
flour Best grade, $4.30(34.85 ; grah
am, $3,253.85.
Mlilstnffs Bran, $1819 per ton
middlings, $23 24; shorta, $19
chop, $18,
Oats-No. 1 white, $1.161.17.
gray, f l.ia,gi.i0 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $11(812; clover,
cheat, $9(310 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6076o per
sack; ordinary, 40(8500 per cental
growers' prices;., Merced sweets, $20
2.25.per cental, s t :
Poultry Chlckeni, mixed, HHc
young, ll12c;hens, ll12o; turkeys,
live, 1616c; dressed, 18 20c; ducks,
$77,50 per doaen; geeae, $78.60.
Cheese-full cream, twins, W
17Ko; Young America, 17M 18s'c;
factory prices, llMc leas.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3032Kc
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20
22Ko; atore, 1518o.
Eggs 22i26 per doxen.
Hops Choice, 2626Ko per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12Vi15c; Eastern
Oregon, 8 UHo; mohair, 2(l28o.
Beef Gross, cows, 33c per
ponnd; steers, 44o; dressed, 7o.
'. Veal-7K8io.
Mutton Gross, 4o per , pound;
dressed, , ,
Lambs Gross,. 4o per pound;
dressed, 7K".
Hogs Gross, 63tfc per pound;
dressed, 77'o.
TROUBLE AHEAD IN CHINA.
Revolt Now la Progres May Prove More
Serious Than That ol 1900.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 28. Tbe steam
er Athenian and Tremont arrived this
morning from the Orient, having both
sailed from Yokohama and arrived
within an bonr ot each other.
The steamer bring further news of
the revolt In Kanio, and one corres
pondent telegraphs to the Shanghai
papers from Las Ho Kow to the effect
that anlois Tung Fob Slang is sup
pressed the powers will soon find them
selves face to face with a bigger revolt
than two yeara ago. Missionaries are
already beginning to leave the threat
ened district. A correspondent of tbe
Shanghai Mercury in Kamra write:
"A crisis is imminent, and the offi
cials are powerless to act. Tbe Taotat
is (oppressing news. There is cause
for grave apprehension unless Tung
Fuh Hiang 1 suppressed."
Messrs. Rydbog and Soderstray, mis
sionaries, who have reached Shanghai
from Singan, having come from the in
terior bocatine of the threatened revolt,
in an interview given to a German daily
of Shanghai state that Tung fuh Siang
i gaining ground, and intend to lead
his armies to Singan, where he will en
deavor to make his capital and place
Pn Chun, who has been proclaimed
emperor, on the throne. Tung is him-
eelf enlisting troops, and everything
i points to the fact that be bas gov
ernment support. Kansu and Sbenai
are overrun by Tung' spies. All pro-
foreign officials are being removed from
Singan.
l'ekin correspondent aim tell of the
threatened outbreak in the northwettt.
and credit Yong Lu, the "real ruler of
China," aa being behind tbe movement.
A Canton correspondent of a Hong
Kong paper ttatea that the rebellion in
Kwangsl i more serioti than ever
known before. The rebels, 40,000 to
60,000 in number, have taken possession
of many districta and towns, and Pak
Ngai, Pak Shek, Sishing, Siyan, Hing
ip and Lau Cbow are in their hands.
They are now mart hing into Yunnan,
armed with mode n rifle. The names
of their chief are Chan artfl Luk.
The officials at Canton are enlisting
soldiers.
MANY SETTLERS AFFECTED.
Recent Decision In Nelson Case of Great
Importance, to Homesteaders.
Washington, Jan. 28. Tbe decision
ol tbe supreme court today in tbe case
of Nelson against the Northern Pacific
railway company, to the effect that the
United States holds title to all lands
along proposed lines of land grant rail
roads np to tho time of the filing of the
map of definite location, and further
holding that no right to any lands
within the limits cf a arrant passed to
the road on the filing of the general
map, affects a great number of home
steaders who had gone on land prior to
the filing of the map of definite I oca
tion, and who later found themselves
ithin the limits of the railroad grants.
These settlers will be allowed to retain
possession of such lands, and the corn,
pany must look elsewhere lor indem
nity. James Hamilton Lewis was at
torney for Nelson.
To Devtlope Montana Coal Fields.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 28. The an
nouncement is made that the Northern
Pacific company has in contemplation
the development of 1,600 acrea of prom
ising coal land lying east of Red Lodge,
where the extensive fields of the Rocky
Fork coal company are be ng developed
These coal developments are among
the largest in the Northwest. Henry
Horn, the retiring assistant superin
tendent of the Northern Pacific, who
will assume charge ot the Northern
Pacific coal property February 1, inti
mated at Red Lodge that snch would
be the case. He would not disucss the
matter for publication, however,
Lava Duat Fall with Rain.
San Francisco, Jan. 28. Small
patches of an extremely fine white sand
or dust were seen on many asphalt
paved streets today when the rain of
last night had dried. Scientists .say
thia dust must have fallen with the
rain, as anything like it was never seen
here before. It is believed to have
come from the volcano of Santa Maria
in Guatemala, which broke out in vio
lent eruption in October, and caused
the ruin of a great area of cultivated
territory. The theory is that the duBt,
being lighter than air, was carried
2,000 miles from the point of its ascen
sion. ''' " w '
For Lewis and Clark Fair.
Salt Lake, Jan. 28. In the senate
today a bill was introduced by Senator
Lewis providing tor a Utah exhibit at
the Lewis and Clark exposition at
Portland, Or., in 1905. The bill pro
vides for the appointment of a commis
sion of three members and the appro
priation ot $10,000 A bill. was intro
duced by Representative Wilson, ot
Wasatch county, providing for the ap
pointment of a commisaioner of rail
ways, whose duty it shall be to estab
lifblieh maximum rates, prevent dis
crimination and aee that existing laws
are enforced.
Silver la Down Again.
Manila, Jan. 28. The decline in the
value of silver has forced the Philippine
government to lower the official rate
The new ratio is $2.01 silver for $1
gold, the lowest official rate ever de
clared. It represents a heavy loss to
the Insular treasury, and the commer
cial houses tear that further declines
will result in commercial disturbances;
The reports that the houses of congress
disagree on the currency question have
had a disquieting effect Lore,
HORRIBLE WRECK
EXPRESS TRAIN ON EASTERN ROAD
COLLIDES WITH LOCAL
At Least Thirty Met Death-Many Bodies
Have Not Bees Recovered -The Ruins
Catch Fir and Burn Express Waa
Running 65 Miles an Hour Twenty
Five Injured.
New York, Jan. 29. Tbo most ap
palling wreck that baa occurred in the
vicinity of this city in many ears, the
loss of life being estimated at ' not less
than 30 persons, took place tonight at
Graceland, near Weet field, N. J., on
the Central railroal of New Jersey,
when the Royal Blue Line express
wetbonnd, plonged at t tp speed into
the rear of a local train.
Seven bodies only have been identi
fied, while ltt more, almost unrecogniz
able corpses, have been recovered. t In
addition, it is almost certain that many
bodies remain in the wreck.
Immediately after the crash three of
the shattered cars of tbe local train
took firo, rendering impossible the res
cue of many of the wonnded, who were
pinned fast in tbe wreck. Man7 bodies
are believed to Lave been consumed.
On board the flyer all the passengers.
though badly shaken up, escaped unio-
u red, except for trifling bruises.
Tbe train which was run into left
New York at 5:45, and runs express to
Boundbrook. Beyond bound brook it
runs as a local. The Royal Blue train
left 15 minutes later, but travels at a
higher rate of speed and makes no
stops except at Elizabeth, and is sched
uled to overtake the slower train just
beyond Graceland, where the latter
aa itches from track No. 3 into track
No. 4 to permit the Royal Blue to pass.
This everting a freight train was
blocked on track No. 4, and the local
received orders to proceed on the ex
press track to Dnnnellen and there
take the outside or No. 4 track. Short
ly after receiving orders the train bad
to stop for a hot box, which -caused
such delays that when it got under way
again it was due at Dunnellen. The
train had just started and was moving
slowly, when the Royal Blue, traveling
at full spetd, which at that point
usually approximates 0 miles
hour, crashed into the rear end.
The heavy engine ol the Royal Blue
tore its way into the rear end, and at
the same time drove tbe forward end of
that car into the rear end of the car
ahead, which in turn was driven into
tbe third car, and thU in turn was
driven into the fourth car from the
rear. The fourth car was only partially
wrecked, but the last three were torn
to pieces. The engine of the Royal
Blue left tbe rails and turned over on
its side, the engineer and fireman stick
ing to their posts and going down in
the wreck. They are now iu the hos
pital at l'lainfieM. The engineer is
not believed to have any chance of liv
ing. Just as the wreck occurred, an east
hound train was approaching on track
No. 2. Before it could be stopped, the
engine crashed into the wreckage
which had been hurled on the track,
but it was light stuff and the engine
brushed it aside and crushed part of it
under the wheels. The train ran its
own length beyond the wreck, stopped,
and, after ascertaining it had sustained
no injury itself, proceeded to New
York.
STRIKE RULE IS CHANGED.
Coal Minor Make Strikes More Difficult
Wage Conference Called. '
Indianapolis, Jan. 29. The United
Minewoi Iters' convention today finished
changing and bringing np to date the
constitution and by-laws. The lm-
oprtant changes are :
The changing of the power to vote
strike from two-thirds the membership
of the national executive board to a full
two-thirds membership of the organis
ation; fixit g a uniform initiation fee ot
$10 for miners and $2.50 for beys be
tween 14 and 16 years of age; providing
free admission to the organisation for
boys that are orphans of union miners,
and placing a fine of $10 on officers of
local unions that issue transfer cards
to miners that are three- months delin
quent.
The convention adjourned this after
noon. A conference wito the operators
will be held tomorrow.
Defeated by Ladrones.
Manila, Jan. 29. It is reported here
that the volunteer force organized at
Boliano, Province of Zambales, for the
purpose of disposing of the Ladrones in
that vicinity, has been defeated and
that three Americans, including Mr
Osborne, a teacher, were killed,. The
Ladrones outnumbered the volunteers,
surrounded the latter and boloed them.
The Ameri ana died fighting. The de
tails ot the affair obtainable are at
present meager. ,
Mob Holds Up Coal Train.
Chicago, Jan. 29. A mob of nearly
500 men, women and boys held up a
Chicaeo & Northwestern coal train at
Webster avenue, on the Wisconsin dl
vision, and carried away the contents
of five cars before dispersed by the po
lice. Women led the attack, uncoiip
ling the cars and intimidating the
train crew. For three hours traffic was
suspended, while the mob increased
to more than 1,000 persons.
A WATERY WASTE.
Southern Oregon Streams on a Rampage,
Owing to Heavy Rains.
Grants Pass, Or., Jan. 26. The re
cent warm and heavy rains have canoed
the greatest floods that Sontbern Ore
gon bas known for many years. Tbe
Rogue river reached tbe highest point
in this city Saturday night that it baa
reached since 1890, when the bridge
panning it here was washed away. No
trains have been able to reach here
from the north or sooth since Saturday
mtrning, and none are expected befoie
some time today. Much damage has
been done the Southern Pacific all
through this section of tbe state. .
Improvement at Ashland.
Ashland, Or., Jan. 26. The storm
and flood situation has ereatlv im
proved in Southern Oregon the past 24
hours. Tbe temperature fell late last
night and the rains abated in the
valleys, while in tbe mountains what
precipitation there was came in the
form of snow. Streams immediately
began to fall, and they have been grad
ually te eding from their flood stage
during the day, so that little further
damage is expected to result from high
water In this section. In this county
much damage baa been suffered by
County roads and bridges. .
Still Rising at Salem.
Saiera, Or., Jan. 26. The Willam
ette river lat night registered 25 feet
above tbe low water mark and was
still rising. This is the higheet stage
the river ba attained tbu year, and
there ia occasion for alarm. If the
present moderate weather continues
for a few days a further rife of prob
ably fonr feet is expected in the stage
of the river. It will be at least 24
hours longer before tbe effect of the
recent rains on the river's stage will
be exhausted, and until then tbe
stream will not recede.
RAN INTO A WASHOUT.
Engineer and Fireman Lose Their Lives
in an O. R. ft N. Wreck.
Pendleton, Or., Jan. 26. Patsenger
train No. 6, on the O. R. A N., which
left Portland at 8:15 Saturday night
and passed throngh Pendleton at 4 :45
Sunday morning, ran into a washout
on a fill 2S in lies east of Bingham
Springs. Tbe engine was thrown into
Meacham creek in six or eight feet of
water and on top of it were piled the
baggage and mail care and the chair
car. ' The engineer, Thomas Patty, and
fireman, William Milligan, were killed
almost instantly. William Maxwell.
of Portland, a passenger, was seriously
injured, but aside from this the injur
ies were slight.
The wreck was caused by a washout
about two miles east of the new steel
uridge which has been built on Meach
am creek. The heavy snows on tho
mountains have been melted by a Chi
nook, and the waters were raging. No.
3 Ireight train passed over this par
ticular piece of road a few boars before
No. 6 and reported everything O. K.
RICH STRIKE IN MONTANA.
Free Qold Bearing Ledge 3,000 Feet Long
Which Yields $5 a Pan.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 27. A special to
the Miner from Weiser, Idaho, says
advices last received there tell of a
most wonderful strike of gold made on
the Big creek about two and a half
miles east of Profile gap. The nearest
settlement is a place called Golden on
the Big creek. A letter from reliable
parties at Thunder mountain says that
Edward Statuley and Edward H. Martin
and several others have located 16
claims on a masBive porphyrized quartz
dyke which measures 3,000 leet in
length and is impregnated with par
tides of gold. A ledge 250 feet in
width accompanies the porphyry dyke
and it is also highly auriferous. Bough
pan assays made of the ledge show the
poorest specimens to assay $5 in free
gold. Other specimens show yellow
metal to the naked eye. Old pros
pectors declare the discover; surpasses
anything within their knowledge and
that $1,000,000 worth of ore is in plain
sight.
Better Than Marconi.
Berlin, Jan. 27. Professor Ferdl
nand Brans, of Strasbourg university,
whose application of Leyden jars in
propagating electric waves is said to
have enabled Marconi to teleraph with
out wires across the Atlantic, has an.
nounced that he has discovered & meth
od of producin electric energy of unlim
itcd volume, and projecting It into
space in the form of electric waves, to
any detailed distance. The new method
secures greater accuracy of transmis
sion through a more perfect attanement
of the transmitters and receiver!.
Wrecked by Robbers.
Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 27. A Color
ado & Southern passenger train was
wrecked last night four miles south of
Watervillo, N. M., under circumstances
indicating an attempt at train robbery.
The train was rnnning at a high rate of
speed when the wreck occurred. The
engine, express car and smoker turned
over. Four passengers were injured,
two of whom may die. All of the pas
sengers were shaken np.
Coal Prices Tumbling.
New York, Jan. 2t. There has been
a further break in the price of inde
pendent coal, in some cases as low as $7
a ton f. "o. b. being asked, while no
dealer was willing to buy at higher
price than $8 a ton. In order to gat
the embargo, ordered a few days ago,
taken off, come of the independent
operators whose coal is carried by the
Lehigh Vailey railroad, were selling
their coal at anything above $4 a ton
at the collieries for delivery at points
between New York and tho collieries
ALLIES ACCEPT IT
MINISTER BOWEN WILL REACH AGREE
MENT WITH THE POWERS.
Blockade la to Bo Raised Immediately
Great Britain la Willing to Accept JO
Per Coat of Castotas Receipts aa
Oyaranteo for Indemnity, but Oarnuay
Wants SO Per Cent.
Caracas, Jan. 28. The Associated
Press correspondent haa just received a
communication from tbe British naval
officer at La Guayra informing him
that the blockade will be raised today.
Not Confirmed by Bowca.
Washington, Jan. 28. There is no
information in Washington to justify
the positive statement contained In the
Caracas dispatch that tbe Venezuelan
blockade will be raited today. Min
ister Bowen continues hopeful that such
a happy consummation will result from
the pending negotiations, a tbe latest
proposition to the allied governments ia
regarded by him as an eminently favor
able one. He is still waiting formal
replies to that proposition from Great
Britain and Germany, and on these will
depend tbe question whether the block
ade is to be raised.
As indicated in a Rome dispatch re
ceived last night, the question now to
be determined is the amount ot cus
toms receipt which are to be given as
a guarantee. Great Britain is believed
to be favorable to accepting the 30 per
cent offered by Mr. Bowen, while Ger
many ia soppoeed to be insisting on 50
per cent.
Minister Bowen declines to discuss
tbe question in any of ita phase, nor
will he disclose what is the actual
amount of guaranty be has been offered.
With the promptness wbicb haa
characterized all ita actions in tho pres
ent emergency, tbo Italian government
has cabled to its Beet commander in
Venezuelan waters to withdraw from
tbo blockade as soon as the ships of the
powers do so. Information to thia
effect was received by the Italian am
bassador today.
FOR CENTRAL WASHINOTON.
Possibilities of Getting Larger Supply ot
Water for Irrigation.
Washington, Jan. 28. An examina
tion haa recently been made by F. C.
Calkins, of the geological survey, of
the possibilities of increasing tho
water supply of portions of Central
Washington. Kittitas valley is one of
the areas in which irrigation ia already
extensively practiced, water being
drawn from the Yakima river and it
tributaries. Plana have matured for
the construction of ditches from the
Upper Yakima, which will materially
extend the irrigated area to the east
and southeast in the near future.
Attention as also given to a strip of
desert land just east of the Columbia
river, now used as a stock ranch, "and
also to a portion of the great wheat
growing region adjoining it on tho
north and east, which extends north
ward into the Big Bend of the Colum
bia and eastward beyond the Idaho
boundary. As the district has an arid
climate, and ita eastern portion is prac
tically without surlace streams, the ob
ject of the examination was to determ
ine the practicability of sinking deep
wells as a means of obtaining water,
and 'especially to determine whether
artesian flows could be found. Irriga
tion from the Columbia, except to a
limited extent, on ita lowest terraces,
appears to be impracticable because of
the depth and steepness ot the sides of
the canyon through which tho river
flows.
East of the Columbia river the In
vestigations include Crab creek, tbo
only perennial stream traversing the
region, but its waters were (onnd to
be no more than sufficient for the Irri
gation of its own bottom, ,
In the wheat landa, where all crops
are raised by dry farming, and where
water for stock and domestic uses waa
formerly brought from springs, some
times at great distances, the possibility
of increasing the present number ot
deep wells was carefully considered.
The information gathered indicates
that a supply of water sufficient for
present needs can be obtained by deep
drilling throughout the region examined
at depths of from 400 to 676 feet.
While there are no flowing artesian
wells, the deep waters are foond to be
under pressure, and it is believed that
in certain of the lower wells along the
Northern Pacific road an artesian flow
could be obtained by proper casing. It
does not seem that any considerable
portion of the wheat lands can be irri
gated from deep wells, or that water
from this source foe irrigation can be
found in sufficient quantities in tho un.
cultivated land east of the Columbia;
tnougn it ia believed that in thia sec
tion deep wells for stock-watering pur
poses may be profitably sunk at some
points.
Coal Tipple Burned.
Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 28.-The
tipple at the Harris-Lankylord mine,
three utiles west of here, bun, 1 1.
James Wesner was killed and foe V
en were so badly suffocated that r
recovery is doubtful. The miayi . j
only one entrance, and the work M
rescue was dangerous, owing to tho de
struction of tho hoisting machinery.
Twenty men were hoisted to the surface
by means of ropes. All were more or
; eaa Buffocated, : ., . ,
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