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WEEKLY EDITION. Co les of the SEMI-WEEKLY EAST Cannot be battar spent than by sub OREGONIAN will be sent you In scribing for th* WEEKLY one year for only $2 00 OREGONIAN the news of the interest you. It prints world VOL. XXVII FORGERY FOR $57,000. All the Houses on Palmyra Island, Near Vicksburg, Are Swept Away CHURCHES HOLDING SPECIAL PRAYER MEETINGS TODAY Mtss ssippi River Falling Much Slow Than Was Break* Threatened Expected—Many and a year. EAST Just think, 2140 givaa you all th* news Try it. Convict* Are Being Worked Night and Day to Strengthen the Levees. New Orleans March 23.—There were thre«' new breaks in the levees this morning, The Southern Pacific to the west, cut their overtopping levees along the lsaquent county water front. The inhabitants are be- ing moved to a pia« e of safety- as fast as possible. All the houses on Pal myra Island, near Vicksburg, have been swept away. The people were saved. Pray That Levees Stand. Memphis, March 23.—The river is falling much slower than was expect • d. The only breaks reported are ue«r Vicksburg, where several thous and acres of land have been flooded, and many homes washed away. Mil lion's land loop is threatened. Two hundred and fifty convicts were sent there this morning. A special prayer meeting is being held in many of the churches in the threatened district today. GANG COLLECTED $40.000 FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. J. Pierpont Morgan’s Name Used Secure a Big Fraudulent Haul. London. Mai ch 23.—A met'llng Is I eing held of the creditors of Count Maurice Detosdari. who is charged with having forged J Pierpont Mor gan's name to large amounts. The meeting is in the bankruptcy court. The petitioning creditor is Sir Alfred Rickman, a prominent member of parliament, who claims to have ad vanced $57.000 to the count ou a bill purporting to be signed by J. Pierpont Morgan, but which proved to be a forgery. The count’s liabilities are shown to be $100.000, largely raised by this method; his assets. $5.000. No trace of the missing count has been dfscovered. neither has any con firmation of the suicide story been i::*de . DISMISSES CHARGES. Ail of General Woods' Actions Rela- WILL PROBE LAND FRAUDS Government Will Use New Law to Compel Witnesses to Talk. Washington. March 23.-The In t«'rior department is preparing to take advaniag«* of the law iiassed at the iccent session of congress. com|>eil- Ing the attendance of witnesses In hearings before kx-ai land offices, and will make the first tests In Investiga tions that are being «-»inducted In Ore gon. Washington and Calltornla. to determine the extent to which hand ulent entries art' being mad«' under the timber and stone act. The investigations heretofore have been somewhat hampered txx-ause of inability to procure witnesses but under the new law there will be no wore difficulty than it had In procur ing witnesses in esses being tried in courts. The department is depending to a considerable extent upon testi mony which can be brough» out under the new law to establish its case and to bring to Justic«' those parties who are willfully violating the law tive to Postoffice in Cuba. Approv- ed by War Department. E E CLARK SELECTED Washington. March 21—Secretary i’.oct today officially dismissed the charges made by Major Rathburn W'll Be Assistant Secretary of the New Department of Commerce and against Brigadfor-General Wood, de claring them to be without founda Labor. tion. as all of Wood's action* rela Washington. .March 23 —It Is semi tive' tu the postoffice «ase in Cuba, officially announced that President were taken with the full knowltxlge R.iosevelt has under consideration the and approval of the war department. appointment of E E. Clark, of Cellar Rapids, la . as assistant secretary In STRIKE AT TACOMA. the new department of commerce an«! labor Clark's position at the bt'ad of Stieet Car Men A sk That Non-Union the railway conductor* and his nota Men Be Discharged and Their bly good work as a member of the an thracite commission makes hl« sele< Union Recognized. Tatoma. March 23.—The street car tion almost certain Will Not Interfere strike continues today A few cars aie operated by non-union employ«* Washington. March 23.—A dispatch The company still refuses to recog from Rome indicates that the red nize the union or discharge the non- hat can com«' to Archbishop Ireland :.r ion men. The company has given only on Roosevelt’s request It is re the employes until 4 o'clock to return garded as extremely unlikely that th« tc work president will make any suggestions, as he is pronounced against any in FERNIE STRIKE SETTLED terfereme in church matter* Increase of Wages Given Miners and Union Is Recognized. Victoria. B. C.. March 23 —The Her nie strike has been settled by a com- mitt«* of the Provincial M ning Asso ciation. The terms have not been made public. An increase in wages was given the strikers It is believed that the miners are satisfied with the settlement. for a year. PENDLETON. UMATILLA CO. OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 27.1903 I t' for PRESIDENT APPOINTED SHOOTING AT ELGIN. Findings of Strike Commission, Taken as a Whole, in Favor of the Mine Workers. Washington. Mar, h 21. Th«* report «>i the anthrtclte comnilhsion »as made public this morning. It provide*. In general, for an in- cteaae of 10 par cent in the rate of v.agea paid to contrac t miners A re- ■ i:; tlon 'n th«' hours (>er day for other •aneworkers Waler hotstfoj engln «•era will work hereafter in «Ight- hour shift* at n lo per cent lncr«-ase »here they Lav« lueii working here tofore in such shift*, Other eugin- it rs and pumpmen are given 5 per c«ut incroase. Firem«-n are given eight-heir shift» only, without any increase Other mine worker* are to be pall the sarte wages on a basis of a nln<- hour day that they have beeu re«-elv- ing for fo hour*’ service Board of Conciliation. A Imaid ot conciliation is provided to settle any disputes arising out of any interpretation or application «>f the commission awards It consists ■it three sele«-ted by the operators three by the miner»’ organization and an umpire to be chosen In case of dis- «nenient by one of the circuit jedees of the th(rd judicial district No strike* or lockout» are to take pla e v hlle such adjudication Is pend ing The < ommission de- lii-es to rec ogi ize the l'nit«*d Min- workers of America as such, by compelling the «■(»■ratora to enter into aa agreement with the organization, but notifies this in the mar ner abov«- stated, and by providing that the or radiation hall have a har.d in th - machinery whereby- the findings of th« comm's non shall be put into «tf«ct the <outentlou 1» not fujiy Justified I that the wages paid are lusuflleler t to maintain an American »tatidaid ot llv- 1 ing During the last 2" years theie La* been a steady improvement in the miners' bom«* The- social conditions are good Mining >s Dangerous, The wage* ot the anthracite miners ate not lower than those paid the bi tuminous miners and the average dally rate earnings «-ompare favor- ally with other induatiie* n-quiriug • -qua! skill and training The annua! earnings of the coat rm t mirier are be tween $S5-> and fGQO a year. Mining »hould. however, be claswd a» a dan gerous industry ranking »itb the most hazidous. Regardlug law'.*»ri«*ss. It tcaya :be governor »*» jurtified in calling out the troops .but the mine workers of the teriun are. az a whole well disposed and I good citizens. It cnaracterizi -t i the boycott as Im moral anti-social, . cruel and coward- ly. wheie applied I to defect-«!'*» wo- It say-i the black men and children list h equally h >*.d and should be frowned down by honorable men It condemn* the practice of employing deputies u; ou the request and at the rip« n»e of the employer* It Irritates the men and secure* the services of many unprinciple«, mea. ar.d is against th" doctrine that the «ouaty zt.d state fficer* ar« ¿bunHotly ahfo to prewerv, the peace and protect property The employment of coal sud Iron pciice I* consider d unw'ae Rotert C French Appointed Head of Eastern Oregon Normal Schcol. Each Ont Was Fined $500—Sapp Weston. March 23 — (Special to the Fcrced to Retire Soon After Rocs- East Oregonian !—At 3:30 o’clock Compulsory Investigation this afternoon Professor Robert C. evelt Became President—Created a The comml»*ion cannot see any French, of Monmouth. Or. wa» ap Political Sensation at That Time. »ay to recommend compulsory arbi pointed president of the Eastern Or Third Demand Refused. tration. but doe* L«"l!eve. however, Louisville. Ky.. March 23.—Former egon Normal School, to succeed Pre* Tae thin’ demand of the mtn«-ra tbit the state and federal government Revenue Collector Sapp. Chief Dep Iclent Martindale deceased by the (hat «roil be paid for by weight wher should provide mathinery for what SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION. uty Parsons and Potoningen. the fo board of regents, now In session at ever practicable «as retuaed. the nay be called compulsory Investiga al republican boss, this morning Twenty Thousand Member» in Line that place commisjfon refusing to tneke an nb- tion of any controversy when It at Buda Pe»t Today—Each Wore a pleaded guilty in the federal court of Itgatorv «let ision They de< tin« to fix an»«* Inferentially. it condemns the FREIGHTS COLLIDE. Red Camat on—Opposed to Cleri s si tandatd ton »here the coal is paid ci-erator» for not agreeing to arbttra assessing federal employes for polit calism. for by weight and from imposing on tion when they first decided, they ical purposes. They were fined $5"" in Tennessee th«1 1 owners «•! of col Herl«» -vhere <-oal could not *<-•• their way to make any each. Sapp was forced into retire Buda Pest. March 23.—A monster Engines Demolished ment scon after Roosevelt became meeting of socialists was held here ! Wreck—One Fireman Killed. is now mined by car atiy obligation concessions president, and created a political sen today. Twenty thousand member», Knoxville. Tenn.. March 23.—Two tc pay by weight and make the Pleased With Decision. sation. The gang is said to have -ach wearing a red carnation, were freights on the Southern railway col chan :e* n«*c«*sary therefore IndiarapolU Ind, Marrh ¡1.—The collected $4o.0u0 from the federal em 'n line. They have sworn to resist lide*! near Morristown early this A check weightman shall be em official jriurnal of the mineworker* ployes. ployed when requ«-sted by the major! the government military bill and the mornirg. Both engines were demol ty of the contract miners and their tcxlay »11» that on the whole, the de progress of clericalism. ’.shed One fireman was killed is (■leasing It say* that a prac war« i are to be paid by the miner* cisicn CATHOLICS IN CHINA PRE tical recognition of the union 1* made ‘ A si ding scale of wages U provided, PARE TO FIGHT BOXERS. whereby the miners may increase Will be Pa>d by May First. their earnings according to the In Wtikesbarre March 21—The in Rebel* Massing to Attack Kwangsai ct'-a-e of the twkrt pnee of coal crease granted by the strike commis Capital—Call for Relief Meets No al ore the rate* awarded, that be'nx sion to the miner» ,c back wages I P.esponse. in all case;- the minimum. amounts to nearly $lXK»f<.<M0 There shall l»e no disc riminatron coat «■©•nnanb-s hope to pay Victoria. B. C.. March 23.—The steamer Tartar, which arrived from SAYS COMVtSSION’S AWARD aralnst any workman b--c*u«e of GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN amonrt before May l*t. Yoka'.oma and the Orien;. brought rah ip in IS VICTORY FOR MINERS. ANO PARTY AT THE DALLES. n'mberahlo nor nun Well P.eased. news mat some of the Roman Cath the labor organizations nor shall there Scranton. Pa. March 21.—The mln- olic missionaries in North China are Best Feature is Advance in Wage*— On Specal Train They View the Pro be- interference by nnlon men with arming their missions because of the ton-unionists. The awards shall con era here are well pleased with the de- Award is Itself Recognition of the posed Portage Railway Rout cialon. fear of further Boxer uprisings. Na tinue in force until March 31, 1906 Power of the Union. May Not Begin Survey Until Refer, tive papers at Nankin report that reb Cheer* for Mitchell. Finding* Unanimous, els are being massed at different Detroit. Mich.. March 21—’The de endum Is Disposed of. Shamokin. Pa . March 21.—The tnln- Particular stress is laid on the fact points along the Yangtsekiang. pre cision of the anthracite coal strike The Dalles. March 21—Governor that the findings were unanimous era are enthusiastic and cheer for paring to cause an uprising, and a tel commission is, on the whole, a de of State The entire report requires 87 printed the commission and Mitchell. They egram from Kiukiang says the situa cided victory for the miners, and I Chamberlain. Secretary are planning for a big celebration tion there i* critical. '.m pleased with it.” said President Frank I. Dunbar.. State Treasurer pages and contain* 50.000 words. Ore chapter in review deals with Appear Displeased. John -Mitchell, of the United Mine Moore, and memoer* of the Portland Regarding the Kwangsi rebellion, the losses occasioned by the strike New York. March 21.—The presi some of the native papers state that workers’ of America. press reached the city on the late which aggregate approximately $100.- "The anthracite miners of Pennsyl dents of the coal carrying roads de the rebels are planning an attack on train Thursday night, and with about *•0.000. cline to dlscuas the findings of the Kweilen. the provincial «-apital. Gov- vania have reason to be much pleas- 20 leading citizens of th!« c'ty visited The amount of Irwrovro under the error Wang Chi Chun has applied to pd with the commission’s award, and the site ot the proposed Krtage rail- comr.i'ss'on. They appear displeased a; I daa to. woik dune tH-;wwn N«»v- the government for troops, but none I am sure they are." he added. Nothing to Say. The visit wan entirely ‘ mber 1st. 1902. and April 1st. 1303. In reply to a. question as to whether -o*u Friday can be spared from that province. Detroit. M'-h.. March 21.—Presi •h< miners were given as much as cr. unofficial one .but it oerhaps ha¿ Is dealt with In a separate clause bid been ’iope<1 for. Mr. Mitchell an more significance ihan :• apparent which provides that It shall be paid on dent John Mitchell today declined to or before June 1st. 1903. discus« the finding* ot the heard until ANOTHER ACCIDENT IN swered, after an instant's delibera on the surface It perhaps means for a certainty One lnter«-st>nK chapter in the sum- he had gone over it thoroughly. Hi* ILLINOIS COAL MINE. tion: “I do not care to say.” that the road will be built. jtiary is tint relative to the condition* n.annrr indicated that he was highly "The most important feature of The ;>arty of gubernaiorial sicht- of life. The commission find* that please«!. Six Killed and One Seriously Injured the award.” he continut-d. “Is of seera left The Dalles at 9:30 o'clock —Many Had Narrow Escapes—Oc- course, the increase of 10 per cent for Celilo on a special train confcist given to the miners. This will result cured at Athens. Near Springfield. in an annual increase in the wages ing of an engine and coach and as Springfield. III., .March 23.—A pow- of 140,000 anthracite miners of Penn they passed tho Seufert place above •ler explosion in the Kin«aid coal sylvania of $6,o00,000. The sliding the city, were joined by F A. Seu- mine, at Athens. 20 miles north of scale provided for by the commission fert. who is well Informed on the sub > here early this morning. Six were I vry satisfactory, inasmuch as a ject of the portage railway and furn killed and many others are believed minimum of $4.5o per ton is fixed. ished valuable information to the to have lost their lives in the deeper With white ash coal at $5.50 per ton party, having with him maps and charts of the government survey. (•arts of the workings. at tidewater, the increase provid«'d in All the men aré now out of the the sliding scale wil be equivalent to known as (he Harts plan. The flrat mine. Twelve men in the interior had 20 per cent more in the miners’ stop was made at Celilo. where the Put (laud. March 2<> — Pr« ddent should those efforts prove successful party proceeded to the site of the ohl narrow escapes. One was seriously wa gea.” Mohler has extended the courtesies the time of arrival and departure injured. President Mitchell was asked if he O. S N. incline. Here they were of (he O R & N to President Roose- from Walla Walla must be slightly piloted about by I. H. Taff", who is was disappointed Ixx-ause the com- THE BURDICK INQUEST. mi.-sion did not recognize the union also deeply interested In the project. vel( and pa1 tv the generous offer has revised. On the return trip stops were mad«* tieen accepted, and this morning, O. R. A N. official* have also t>een formally, and he replied that he was Court Room Filled With Fashionable not. because the decision of the com at the site of No. 5 fish whwl. and through the general office of that unofficially Informed that President Women—Nothing New of Import mission and its award were in them- at Big Eddy. I hiring the entire trip company, was g!vea out the following Roosevelt has accepted an invitation clves recognition of the power of the the gubernatorial party occupied a a nee. auiiouncement of ibe presidential itin : to dine in Walla Walla at the home position from which they obtained a • ot United States Senator Levi Anke- Buffalo. March 23.—An hour before United Mineworkers. splendid view of the river and as no erary along their lines: “After the increas ■ of wages given i iiy. and if this Is a fact the stay In the Burdick Inquest opened today the The train will be received by the pains were spared to give them all court room was crowded with women the miners," said Mr. Mitchell, "the information desired, the trip has ful O. R A- N. at Wallula at 2 5u o'clock Walla Walia must be prolonged. Mrs. mo«t important awards from the min- fill'd the purpose for which It was on the afternoon of May 25, and will wearing fashionable apparel. No material difference would lx Burdick and M rs. Hull arriveyd at orf standpoint are the one fixing a Intended and the governor now has a be taken direct from that point to made to Spokane In either caae. as the o’clock, when there was a general i it o-ho’ir uay and provk’ing for a knowledge of the site of the proposed Walla Walla, where the presidential train I* scheduled to arrive there dur I os rd of conciliation. The award craning of necks. party will arrive at 4:30 in the after- ing the night and must remain until portage otherwise unobtainable. The motley crowd in front of the gives a nine-hour day with ten hours’ i noon of the day following. In shaking of the visit. Governor noon of the same day. av directly to 90.W0. and practically station house was so dense the po Chamberlain said: At 5:30 o’clock of the same even- The Presidential Train. all of the other employes of the an- licemen were compelled to clear it "While this visit is entirely an un Ing the train will leave Walla Walla The palatial train in which Presi away. The first witness was an at thiacite mines wil] get a nine-hour official one. and cannot have much and will make a night run through the tfont Roosevelt and those who are to ■lay by reason of their comrades' torney who was Burdick's attorney. significance, I am much pleased with Palouse country, arriving in Spokane accompany him will travel through Miller told nothing new He was shorter hours, "The provision for a board of con- the outlook and general aspect of at 1:15 In the morning of Tuesday. the West Is to consist of five cars, followed by the furnace man at Pen May 26. : steam heated and lighted by electric- 'lliatlon will result in a great good. things. nell’s house, who told of careing for The stay at Spokane will be until I ity. It will «xmsist of a Pullman “We find what you already know, I am much pleased with it. It will the furnace the morning after the noon of the 26th. Front the Falls City composite car. a dining car, a sleeper, compel Investigation of both sides of that the right of way Is principally murder. '■ontroversies between miner*, and owned by four persons, all of whom the presidential train will double a compartment car and the private back along Its former course to Tekoa ' car for the exclusive use of President operators and bring the employers are in favor of the project. TIMOTHY A SUCCESS. "Not being an engineer I can give branching from that junction to Har Roosevelt and the members of his into closer relationship with their This cannot help bitt bring no opinion as to whether the appro rison and Wallace, Idaho, reaching family. The same cars will be used Emery Baltezore Experiment* Suc- men. priation is adequate for the work, but the latter place at 4:5o p. m. throughout the country being *imply most beneficial results. 99 1 cessfully With Cultivated Grasses The presidential party will leave delivered to the O. R & N. and turn Mr. Mitchel) was asked whether am pleased gen«Tally with the out the O. R & N. lines at Wallace and look. ” in the Mountain* , ed over by It to the Northern Pacific the portion of the commission's report In answer to a question regarding will begin the return journey East after the journey through Eastern Emery Baltezore, of Cabbage Hill, saying that the miners’ union as at is building a residence which he ex present organized offered little in- the effect of the referendum on the over the Northern Pacific at 8:50 Oregon and Washington has been o’clock on the evening of May 26. the completed. pects to have ready for occupancy ■lii< cmeut to the operators to enter l>oitage. the governor replied: "We will begin steps to secure the first stop of Importance being Helena. The finest locomotive in the em by April 10. He reports that the long nto contractual relations with it, re- Itinerary May Change. ploy of the O. R & N wil) be detail season of forage feeding has resulted forred to the fact that the United right of way Just as soon as the law goes Into effect. May 21. but I am of The above itinerary Is not definite ed to pull the presidential train, and In a shortage of feed and has been Mineworkers was not an Incorporated body, and whether It would have any the opinion that there will be no sur ly and permanently settled and rnay a pilot engine or “pacer" will be sent hard on the stock. Mr. Baltezore last season experi "ff'i-t on the possible Incorporation vey made until the referendum ques be slightly altered at a later date. over the line in advance of the presi tion Is disposed of." Little fear from mented with timothy seed. It has of the order. Pendleton, the largest city In East dential party to guard against acci been considered that timothy would “The commission does not refer to that source is expressed by our peo ern Oregon. Is endeavoring to obtain dents and to make certain that the be a failure in the mountains, though •he organization not being an incor- ple generally. recognition from the president and road is clear. it Is not known that any really seri ••orated body.” replied Mr. Mitchell, CHINAMAN ARRESTED. ous attempts had been made before "but to the fact that so many of its Mr. Baltezore’* experiment, to try by members ar<- among the miners." for actual test, its adaptability to that The commission's recommendation Held Before Commissioner Hailey Selling Whiskey to Indians of more stringent enforcement of the district and altitude. Washington, March 21.—The board ; harmony in the ranks of the associa- Jung Jack, a Chinese saloon roust A year ago he sowed 20 pounds of laws against child labor in the min- Arooflnan Dr»z4 was yesterday arrested, of »rnatoA« timothy seed and from it cut four Ing region would,” Mr. Mitchell said, about, trustees of the American Red Croat ' j (Ion ton* of hay. Naturally he doe* not "result in great good. I think that charged with selling liquor to Indians Society yesterday decided to depose Denies Report regard timothy a* an experiment any Ibis will result," said he, "in secur- and was today held by Commissioner Miss Clara Barton from the active as longer, but on the contrary, will seed 'ng the passage of a law that is now Hailey to appear before the United sociation and appoint Rear Admiral Meriden. Conn., March 21— Fran 20 or 30 acre* to it. He wishes to nending in the Pennsylvania legisla State* grand jury at Portland. Jung Van Reypeu surgeon-general of the cis Atwater, a member of tile execu- raise eioiigh to warrant baling, as the ture raising the age limit at which Jack, Brenner Ballou and Dan Hart navy as her successor Miss Barton tive committee of the Red CroBH So »••led product Is easier to handle for "hildren may work to 14 years for will all be taken tomorrow to Port- will be given the office of honorary ciety. denied emphatically ttile after- the market and command* a much l>oya In th«- breakers and 16 years land by Deputy United States Mar president for life It la announced noon the Washington report of Miss tor entering the mines." shal A A. Roberta, better figure. that thia action la taken to restore Barton's removal. PRESIDENT’S ITINERARY IS ANNOUNCED 0. R. & N. Gives Roosevelt’s Dates and Where He Will Go on His Visit in Eastern Washington. DECIDE TO DEPOSE MISS CLARA BARTON INCREASE IN BU8INE8S. Firmer Shoot* a Blacksmith Over Trivial Matter. Elgin, Ore., March 21. -Arch Hal garth, a blacksmith of this city was shot four times by Wood* Gray, a farmer living five miles east of here. Friday morning Trouble arose between the m'n over a quarrel between their cuildren and resulted in a fight. Gray shot Halgarth in the abdomen inflicting a fatal wound, Wihle Hal garth was lying prostrate on the ground after being shot, Gray’s son, »ho wa» the cause of th« trouble. stabbed him in the back with a pock et kr.lfe Halgarth then becured the gun and pointed it at Gray’s head. Gray beg- ged for mercy and Halgarth »as per »'iade«l not to shoot, although oire ear- tride yet remained in the pistol. Gray 1* under art'-st and I* no»- in 'all at this place awaiting trial. He has a wife and five childron Hal- zarth I* col expected to live. He has a family of four childreu Life Insurance Issued in Oregon Dur ing the Year of 1902. Salem. March 21.—The following figur«** from the sworn reports of the various companies to Secretary of State Dunbar show the amount of life insurance issued in Oregon by the dif- ferent companies during 1902: Aetna Life ............... $ 190,250 Connecticut Mutual .............. 27,000 Equitable ................................. 918.517 Manhattan............ 309.557 Mutual Benefit .................... 155439 .Massachusetts Mutual 534.500 Mutual. New York .............. «25818 New York Life...................... 808.4OJ Northwestern ......................... 897,000 Penn Mutual............................. 1.4115.283 1 Pacific Mutual ....................... 364.6iX> Provident Saving* ................ 467.300 Traveler* ................................ 9,000 Union Mutual......................... 107,471 Union Central ...................... 37,067 Washington............................................. 707,719 Nearly all the companies show an increase of business over the previous year The two per cent tax on the net premiums realized $17.737. This in FIGHTS BUT SEEKS PEACE. < )udes old as well as new policiea. so that the largest payments on the two Uruguay Offers to Change Appoint er cent tax were not necessarily tn ment of Prefecta. the proportions of the above figures Montevideo. Uruguay. March 20 — •or they represented new business Fighting between the revolutionists written last year and government forces is reported to FOR PRISON PHYSICIAN have occurred near this city, and members of the Red Cross have start 's! for the acene Four delegate* have Several Prominent Aspirant* Looking evn sent from here to treat for |>eare. for the Place. The government propose* to call out Salem Ore, March 2Iz-Supenn rhe National Guard and declare a state tendent James of the Or-gon state of siege All telegrams are censored prison, who is to manage the Inst! The government peace delegates are •utlon I* in the city and the aspirants instructed to notify Saravania. the tor prison physician are again on th« frstigator of the revolution, that the anxious seat government, a» the basis of an agree- The democrats are pretty evenly dr t’« nt will aeree io the appointment »:ded between Dr. Byrd. Dr Mott and •nder the direction o ftbe Nationalist I>r. Shaw Dr. Shaw is the head of ; arties of new prefects in six depart the faculty of the Willamette Medi«-al meats "ille-e. and It Is stated that hl* ap pointment *111 be a valuable acquisi Washington March 20 —United on for that school, as a regular Stales Minister Finch has advised !ini< will be established at the prison the state department under the date for the students, who will be present of Montevideo yesterday ot the st u|«*r.ttions. and will also have op causes for the revolution tn U ruguay portunities to observe the treatment as follows: :n interesting case* of diseases The The white party rebelled diesati» ______ Willamette school already ha* a rep fled with the new president (OrdonezI react ration on the state board of » ho succeeded President Cuestas, and health in Dr E A. Pierce secretary the recent appointments of depart- of the faculty. r. ental prefects. No disorder in the capital. The government is hurrying NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE. troop* to meet the revolutionist« " WILL PAY TAXES Announced as a Wonderful Bit of New* That Carnegie Will Not Evade Hi* Taxes Th,* Year. New York. March 21.—The til cooimissionera have been informed that Carnegie will make no attempt to evade h's taxes like th« other con- ic-sldent millionaires, but will pay the full amount. He is as*<-ssed at a $7,- OOO.ifoo valuation Try !L Counsel Gnggs Declare* That the States Have Right to Object to Merger. St Louis March 20.—In the North ern Securities rase counsel Griggs is arguing before the United States court of appeals Today he declared that the state* through which the Great Northern railway operate* have a better right than the federal gov ernment to object to its presence and the actions of the railway’s interest in the securities company. Conference Between Trainmen and Manager of 0. R. & N. Was Short. CONCESSIONS MADE BY BOTH SIDES Settlement Reacneo on Bas« of 15 Per Cent Increase for Freight and 12 Per Cent for Passenger Train men. Salt Lake, March 21.—After a abort ■ on terrace between the grievance ommittee of the trainmen of the Oregon Short Line and General Super intendent Calvin, several concession» • ere made on both sides. A settle meat was reached on the basis of 15 per cent Increase for freight trainmen and 12 p*T cent increase for pasaen ger trainmen, effective March I DODGED ONE TRAIN RAN OVER BY ANOTHER Horrible Accident Befalls Rhode Is land women While Walking on the Track of the New York A New Ha ven Road Philllpedaie R. I., March 2w—Three women were killed and a fourth was fatally injured on the New York A New Haven railway while walking from Pawtucket on the tracks The» stepped off of one track and were strack by an opposite going train on another track ENGLISH COMMON PEOPLE SYMPATHIZE WITH BOERS Joseph Chamberlain Not Very Popu lar—in Speech He Said Land Val ue* Had Increased to 300 Per Cent Sine* War. London. March 2>i —Chamberlain was given a dinner by the lord mayor today After luncheon he was giver ar. addre** of welcome Balfour and other member* of the cabinet were present. Hi* reception by the people was very mild There were but few cheer* There is a general feeling of Boerdom relative to South Afnca. In hi* speech Chamberlain said the value* of land had increased from 50 to 3’Xi per cent since the war. because lutside capital was feeling the sta bility of the government SEVEN DEAD. Telai Loa* to the Steamer Plymouth i* About $44X000. New London. March 21.—No more bodies have been found It is believed that one other waiter was drowned, SEA GIVES UP RICHES FROM however, as he is missing this mak GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN RE LONG-SUNKEN VESSEL. FUSES TO SELECT LIEU LAND. ing a total of seven dead. The Ply mouth is uamaged to the ¿.mount of Forty Year* Ago the Sidewheeler Was Determined That the State Shail Not $40.000. Burned at Sea. and All Aboard Per- be Further Robbed—Trouble Ahead KEENE SOLD OUT. I abed. for Base Hunter*. San Francisco. Cal.. March 20.— Salem March 20.—The lieu land Reported on Stock Exchange That Among the passengers on the steamer b usiness has come to an abrupt end. Harriman Has Purchased All of Newport, which arrived from South Governor Chamberlain has refused to Keene's Holdings. and Central American ports Wedn«x- make any more selections of lieu New York March 21.—It was re day. was Captain E W. Johnstone lands on mineral base, or «ven for the and a party of treasure-hunter*, which purpose of setting up aetecticu» here ported on the stock exchange today left here last November in the hope tofore made, but which have fallen. at noon that Hamman and Keene bad of locating the wrecks of the aide In answer to every application that settled their differences, the former wheel st«*amer Golden Gate, which has been trade the governor has de taking over Keene's Southern PaciSr was burned to the water’s edge off ■dared that he will not make any holdings at 70 cents the Meal- an coast in 1862. more selections until it has bees final MORE TAXABLE PROPERTY. The Golden Gate carried much ly determined what amount of those treasure in her strongroom, and her already made will fall. passengers individually were credited If the quantity is large be will con Over 40.000 Acre* of Land Aoded te with having immense sums of money tinue his refusal to proceed Morrow County'* RolL If the In their possession, the result of amount Is small, he will permit selec- Assessor W L. Sailing * office i* lucky strike* in the California gold liens In all cases where the purchas- now a busy place, say* the Heppnei field*. era furnish the base and pay the state Gazette. The assessor is now at The Golden Gate was botn-t from the difference between the amount work on th« pew assessment blank» this city for Panama, and was in col they have already paid for lieu lands which have just been received, in list lision with an Atlantic liner at Pana His determination is that the credit Ing the property. ma She took fire at sea and was of the state shall no longer be hawked The ownership record is about up. sunk, all on board losing their lives. about by lieu land operators for their and field work wil) be commenced After 40 years. Johnstone's expe own gam. As a consequence of Gov about the first of April. dition is one of the many de.erminc-1 ernor Chamberlain's taking this flrm The work ot bringing the ownership to search for and If possible. secure position. the lieu land operator* and record up to date has been greater the Golden Gate’» treasure Captain purchaser* are in sore straits and than ever before known in the history Johnstone reports that the efforts of are fearful of the outcome. of the county In fact the labor is the expedition met with success, it has been talked around quietly more than doubled which has beeu that the vessel, submerged in Pt in timber land circles for several days caused by so many transfers and the feet of water, has been located, and that the governor has sprung a sur entering of a large amount of land the treasure, or some of It found. prise on the land grabber*, and that which ba* been acquired from the He exhibits many sea-corroded and there Is trouble ah«*ad for the base government and state, by Individuals partly melted gold coins, in proof of hunters who have sold Invalid base Mr. Saling estimate* the increase his assertion that the treasure has It has been rumored that there is In assessed valuation at about SO per been located, and returns to this city also consternation in certain small ~ent over last year. The increase in to obtain appliances for recovering circle* where the effect of the gov land values has bad a tendency to the gold that he feels assured is In ernor's determination is likely to raise the value of cheap lands more the bulk of the lost Golden Gate prove serious In the extreme than the higher priced lands, and placing values more on an equality GREWSOME HANGING. in general. AGAINST BEEF COMBINE During the ixst year lands have Ole Oleson Meet* Death for Butcher Supreme Court of Missouri Fin«* Five ''«*n acquired tn Morrow county from Ing Hi* Daughter, the government and state as follow* Big Packer* $5.000 Each. La Grande land office, entered un Aitkin. March 20.—Through a bun Jefferson City. Mo.. March 20—Ar ler the homestead and timber acta, gle in adjusting the noose, the hang mour. Cudahy. Swift. Hammond and including cosd land purchas'd. 15- ing of Ole Oleson, the wealthy farm the Schwart*. Schilds 4 Sulzberger er at 1 o'clock this morning, was a packing companies .the five defend 864 acres. The Dalle* land office, entered un grewsome sight. He was almost de ants in the ouster proceeding* der the homestead and timber acta. capitated .drenching the nearest spec brought by the Missouri attorney-gen 17.520 acre*. tators with blood. His crime was ex era) against the alleged beef combine Purchas«'«! from the state of Oregon. ceptionally brutal. He deliberately last summer, were fined $5.000 each butchered his daughter with a knife In» the Missouri supreme court today 6.240 acre*. because she txx'ame engaged to a and ordered to pay the costs In the TO VISIT THE DALLES. neighbor and refused to k«>ep house case, which amount to $5.000. The for her father any longer. court orders that unless the fines are Governor and Party to Inspect Port paid within 30 days al) will be ousted age Site. CHIEF OF SURVEY AT ECHO- from the state. 8aiem. March 20.—Governor George E Chamberlain today will be joined D. W .Ross, of the Hydrographical ATE TOO MUCH PIE. by Secretary Dunbar and the state Bureau, Looking Over Ground. treasurer, and the three will proceed Echo. March 21.—D. W, Ross, chief of the hydrographical survey being Barnes. Who Had Flv* Knif* Wound* to The Dalles to make a preliminary In Hi* Abdomen. Broke Stitches tn survey of the situation with a view to made here by the federal government, perfecting plana for the construction accompanied by John T Whistler, the Hie Lung. □f the portage railway, authorised by California expert, arrived yesterday Redding. Cal., March 20—Lee and went out to look over the situ Barnes, who lived through the famous the legislature for which an appro- ation, Mr. Whistler will take charge knife duel In which Billy Siiverthorn nriatton of $165.000 was made. While of the work here after receiving the was killed in January, was stricken at The Dalles the officials trill meet report of J. G. Camp, who has been fatally by eating blackberry pie y«*- all parties interested in the project doing preliminary work during the terday. Barnes ate a whole pie. Vice \nd invite suggestions as to the work to be undertaken under the act of the past six weeks. lent cramps broke the stitches tn his Mr. Whistler will put two crews in lung and the surgeon says he will die. legislature. the field with the view to surveying Barnes had five knife wounds in his Sheep Nut for Salo. and cross-sectioning the most feasible abdomen and hla recovery was pro T A. 8ullvan. of Gibbon. Neb . has route . nounced the most remarkable case been In Heppner the past week or on record. more endeavoring to purchase a large LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED. band of 2-y«*r-old ewes, but he in DYNAMITE BANK. forms the Tim»« reporter that he has Roundhouse Demolished—One Killed not been able as yet. to close a deal and One Seriouely Injured. Robber* Get $5000 Thia Morning nl He wants ewoe for future delivery- Taunton. Mass.. March 21—A con Kentucky Bank. after shearing season Ho nays the solidated locomotive exploded in the Bardwell Ky. March 21 — Robbers sheepowner* hesitate about naming a roundhouse here this afternoon. One was killed, one seriously and four dynamited the deposit bank vault thia price. Evidently the sheepmen are less seriously hurt. The building was morning and got 15000. The charge holding out for a better price, which wrecked. It Is feared that others are was so strong that It destroyed $26<x> they expect to get after the sheertug In currency. season - Heppner Times underneath the debris.