The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current, November 10, 1904, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextCity Restaurant D. G. ROGERS, Prop. HEALS AT ALL HOURS Served to Order OYSTERS, CLAMS, CRABS And CRAWFISH EN SEASON Millet Building PRINEVILLE, OR. j. l. Mcculloch SEALER m Real Estate & Insurance AI8TRAQTEB EXAMINER OF TITLES PrlnevIIle Oregon WANTED: 200 MEN Wages, $2.25 Per Day Board, $4.50 Per Week FIFTY TEAMS $2.50 Per Day Apply or "Write to Deschutes Irrigation & Power Co BEND, OREGON riRS. JOHN CYRUS DEALER IN Watches, Clocks, Jewelry Optical Goods & Notions Repairing of All Kinds PRINEVILLE OREQON J. W. BOONE For Firit Clan Harness and Stock Saddles Repairing Quickly and Neatly Done PRINEVILLE OREGON E. H. SMITH Dealer In and Manufacturer of HARNESS AND SADDLES Bridles, Quirts, Silver-Mounted Spurs and Bits Goat Chaparejos, Etc REPAIRING NEATLY DONE Prinevllle Oregon CULVER HOTEL AND FEED BARN ?EEEY BEAD, Manajer. Good Meals Clean Beds New Buildings GRAIN AND HAY OF ALL KINDS FOR SALE PRICES REASONABLE CULVER OREGON GO TO SHANIKO And Buy Your HARNESS From FRED DAVIS Repairs Promptly and Cheaply Done Antelope Drug Co. PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT ANY HOUR Carrie a Complete Line of Drugs, Druggists' Sundries and Patent Medicines Mali Orders Promptly Attended To Main St., Antelope, Ore Wc furnish Bond's of all kinds? write Insurance of all kind's; do all kinds of Conveyancing. Blue Print township maps of all kinds for sale Prices reasonable. TIMOTHY BROWNHILL Madras, Oregon. NEW '05 PLANS Government Is to Have Only Tour Buildings. MEANS A SAVING OP $12,000 That for Porcsfry and Irrigation, Is Eliminated Monev Needed for Lighting and Incidentals. Washington, Nov. 7. It has been detorminod that tho government will erect only foui buildings at tho Lewis and Clark exposition instead of five, as originally planned. It was found Unit tho acceptanco of tho loweat bid, that of J. E. Bennett, of Portland, would leave only $16,000 for wiring nnd light ing tho government buildings nnd foi incidental expenses, etc. This amount, in the opinion of Supervising Architect Taylor, is not sufficient. The supervising architect declares it is necessary either to eliminate one building or reduce tho sixo of the main building and alter tho plans, ouair man Hills, of tho government board, and the members of the executive board in this city, today concluded the best to do would be to abandon the separate building which was to have been erected for foresty and irrigation, Baving $12,000. As this building waB to have been hidden oy tneniain uuuu. . . . I 1 1l A. I no. itn o I i mi nation will not auer mo general appearance of the group on the peninsula, ine ooara is oi mo upm- ion that with this Duiiaing eummaieu there will still be sufficient space re maining for all purposes. TO SELECT ALASKA EXHIBIT. Committee Named by Hitchcock Will Begin Work Immediately. St. Louis, Nov 7. The members of tho committee selected bv the Interior department to Belect the exhibits from the Alaskan building lor the .Lewis ana Clark Centennial exposition in Port land npjct vear are exnected to arrive at the Alaskan building and begin their labors today. The committee is com noeed of the following: Assistant Sec retary of the Interior Judge ThomaB Ryan, Edward JO., llawson, chiei c eiK of tho Department of Interior, B. F. Peters, chief clerk of the Navy depart ment, and 8. R. Burcha. In addition to selecting the exhibits, the committee will also determine the amount of space to be allotted to Alas ka. It has been stated that the citi zfiriR of the vaiiou9 cities and towns in Alaska are being awakened to tue fact that the United States government is doing everything in its power to aid them in the development oi the terri tory and to induce people to go to Alas ka and locate, and they will do every thing in their uower to aid the com mittee by forming clubs and exposition societies to make a concentrated effort to display the advantages of Alaska at Poitland in the very beat possible man ner. HELD UP IN HOTEL. San Francisco flan and His Wife Lose $2,500 Worth of Jewelry. San Frani'isco, Nov. 7. Arnold Uun- delflnger, a retired merchant, and his wife were held up in their apartments at the Hotel Dorchester tonight and robbed of jewelry valued at $2,600. According to Mr. Gundelfinger'a story, he and his wife were dressing in their room. He heard a knock on the door and, answering it, he discovered a for mer bell boy of the hotel, James..Gates, at the door. Gates said he had been sent up to look at the plumbing. He was told that Mrs. Gundelfinger was dressing and that he could not come in. He insisted and was allowed to enter the room. He then drew a re volver and demanded that Mrs. Gundel finger surrender her jewels. Mrs. Gun delfinger said they were in another room, and at the pistol's point Gates compelled Gundelfinger and his wife to go into the other room. Mrs. Gundel finger then handed over a bag contain ing the jewels. GateB then made his escape. Experts Do Not Expect Battle. Berlin, Nov. 7. The Lokal Anzei ger 's Mukden correspondent claims the most trustworthy authority for the statement that 34,0000 sick and wound ed Russian soldiers wero sent away af ter the last engagement. Colonel Baedl'e, tho Tageblatt'a correspondent with the Russian army, telegiaphs that the Russian positions on the Sbakho river arc daily becoming stronger. Tho possibility of a Japanese attack, he says, is constantly diminishing, and many experts do not expect a decisive engagement before spring. Massacred by Natives. London, Nov. 7. According to in formation from the island of Perim, at the entrance to the Red sea, an ii vestigation of tho Masaira island made by the sultan of Muscat shows that the captain and a boat's crew of 21 men, which loft the British steamer Baron, which lan ashore at tho Kuria Muso islands; reached Masaira islands and were massacred by the natives. Nine of the mnrdeiers have been arrested and the rest will soon be taken. rined for Bringing In Consumptive. San Francieco, Nov. 7. Secretary Victor II. Motcalf, ol the department of commerce and labor, today imposed a fine of $100 upon the Pacific Coast steamship company for bringing to this port on September 28, as a passenger on the steamer Umatilla, from Yic toria, B, 0., a consumptive, ISSUES PROCLAMATION. President Sets Aside November 24 as Thanksgiving Day. Washington, Nov. 2. The president yesterday iBSued the Thanksgiving day proclamation, sotting aBiue -inursaay, Nnvomber 24. "to bo observed hb ft day of festival nnd thanksgiving by all of tho pcoplo of the United States at homo and abroad." Tho proclamation was issued from the state department by Secretary Hay. It follows: "By tho President of tho Unitod States A Proclamation: " "It has pleased Almighty God to bring tho American people in saiety and honor through another yoar, and in accordance with tho long unbrokon ciiBtom handed down to ub by our fore fathers, tho time has come when a special day shall be Bet apart in which to thnnk Him who holds all nations in the hollow of His hand for tho morcies thus vouchsafed to us. During tho century and a quarter of our national lifo we as a pcoplo havo boon blessed bovond all others, and fcr this we owe bumble and heartfelt thanks to the author of all blca lings. "Iho year that has closed haB bcon one of peace within our own borders as well as between us and all oUior no tions. Tho harvests In ve been abund ant, and those who work, whether with hand or brain, are prospering greatly. Reward has awaited upon honest euort. We havo been enabled to do our duty to ourselves and to others. Never has there been a time when religious and charitable effort has beon more evident. Much has been given to us and much will be expected from us. "We Hpeak of what has been done by this nation in no spirit of boastfulnoss or vainglory, but with full and reverent realiaztion that our strength is as noth ing unless we aro helpod from above. Hitherto we have been given the heart iest strength to do the tasks allotted to ub as they severally arose. We aro thankful for all that has been dono for us in the past, and wo pray that in the fnture we may be strengthened in the unending struggle to do our duty fear lessly and honestly, with charity and good will, with respect for ourselves and with love toward our fellow-man. "In this great republic the effort to combine national strength with person al freedom is being tried on a scale more gigantic than qver before in tho world's history. Our success will mean much not only for ourselves, but for the future of all mankind; and every man or woman in our land should feel the grave responsibility resting upon him 01 her, for in the last analysis this success must depend upon tho high average of our individual citizenship, upon the way in which each of us does bis duty by himself and his neighbor. "Now, therefore, I. Theodore Roose velt, president of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the 24th day of this November, to be obsered as a day of festival and thanks giving by all of the people of the United States at home or abroad, and do recommend that on that day they cease from their ordinary occupations, and gather in their several places of wo ehip or in their homes, devoutly to give thanks to Almighty God for the benefits He has conferred upon us as individuals and as a nation, and to beseech Him that in the futuio His divine favcr may be continued on us. "In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caueed the Real of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington, this 1st day of November, in the year of our lord, one thousand nine hundred and four, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "JOHN HAY, Secretary of State. "By the President." China Refuses to Let Russians Sail. Chefoo, Nov. 3. The officers and crew of the Ryeshitelni, the Russian torpedo boat destroyer, which waa cut out of this harbor August 12 last by the Japanese, went on board the German steaaer VorwaertB tonight, bound fox Shanghai, where they wore to join the officers and crew of the Russian cruiser Askold. Before the vessel, sailed, however, the Russians suddenly re turned on shore, the government at Pe kin having at the last moment rescind ed the permission fihich had been granted them to proceed to Shanghai. Cone of Crater Palls In. Naples, Nov. 3. The cone of tho crater of Mount Vesuvius, which formed during the late oruption fell into the crater today with a tremendous roar. There immediately issued ex plosions which shook the whole moun tain, followed by the emission of a black column which gradually spread, falling in the form of ashes over the surrounding country within a indiua of 25 miles. The disturbance lasted but a short time. Caught Trying to Smuggle In Drug. New York, Nov. 8. Custom agents in Hoboken have arrested a longshore man in tho act of removing from a dock a bag containing 380 ounces of a drug used in the treatment of consump tion, which is said to be worth in this country $160 an ounce. The prisoner declared the bag as handed to him ovor tho side of a steamer just in from Eur ope, and that he was told to carry git immediately to an address in Manhat tan, where he would bo well paid. Depot Contract Has Been Let. Seattle, Nov. 8. J. D. Farroll, as sistant to President Hill of the Gieat Northern railroad, returned from St. Paul today with the news that the con tracts for the union depot in this city and extensive improvements to tho Great Northern's docks had been lot. He refused to give out tho contract price. The depot will be built by a Chicago firm. NINE DROWNED City Suffers by Breaking of Great Reservoir. SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE INJURED Disaster Occurs at an Early Morning Hour and 200,000 Gallons of Water Escape. Charlotte, N. 0., Nov. 4. A leseivoir of tho Municipal water works, located near tho center of Wineton Salem, N. 0., broke at 6 o'clock this morning, causing the loss of nine lives and tho injury of four or five persone. The north Bide of tho reservoir, which is 30 feet high, tumbled ever, railing upon the home and barn of Martin Peoples. There woro about 800,000 gallons of water in the reservoir, and tho stream rushed to Boloa pond, a distance of nearly half a nillo. Four tenomont houses woro washed soveral hundred yards. Tho reservoir waa built in 1881 by 60 citizens. Ton years ago It and tho entire water plant woro sold to the city. Soon thereafter ten feet waB added to tho hoight of tho rocorvolr. The city had just had a large stand pipo comploted. It ia full of water and the town ia prepared to supply all demands. Tho thousands of gallons of water that flowed from tho reservoir formed a pond in the vicinity and it was thought that several pcoplo might have been drowned in this. Tho city council met and decided to drain the pond in order to recover the bodies. Tho rceervoir waa Bituated about five blocke from tho center of tho business district of the city and waa surrounded by a number of residences and small stores. It is understood the structure had been condemned, but tho city authorities had failed to remove it. TON OP DYNAMITE EXPLODES. Earth Shaken fo Five Miles, One Man Killed and 40 Injured. Mount Vernon, N. Y, Nov. 4. Tho explosion of over a ton of dynamite under the Bond street bridgo at 1 o'clock today shook tho city and the sutrounding country within a radius of five miles, probably killed at least one person and injured nearly 40 others, two of whom may die. The man sup posed to havo been killed was an Ital ian in charge of tho dynmaito. Ho waa seen at his post of duty juat before tho explosion and no traco of him has since been found. There wero 2,300 pounds of dynamite stored at tho side of the deep rock cut running from the western limits of the city fo tho New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad station, which was UBed for blasting a path for additional tracks. The explosion tore a hole in the ground 80 feet deep that ia now full of water from a hidden spring, wrecked the Bond street bridge over the railway hacks, and broke all the windows within a quarter of a mile. The force of the explosion, as is usual, waB down ward, but the upheavel along the sides of the cut- hurled largo stones for block. Many houses weto shifted from their fondations, walls were stripped of plaster and furniture was splintered. MINERS DASHED TO DEATH. Carriage Carrying Them to Work Gets Beyond Control. Wilkesbarre, Nov. 4. Ten men were killed and three seriously Injured oy an accident at No. 1 Auchincloso abaft at Nantichoko early today. The men were mostly all upon the mine carriage to be lowered to workings be low. Tho signal waB' given to tho en gineer who began lowering the men. The carriage had gone but a few feet when the engineer lost control of his engines, owing to tho reverse levers failing to work, and tho carriage, with its load of human souls, ten in all, waa dashed beyond tho Ross vein, landing nearly 1.100 feet below the surface, and from there they were precipitated 300 feet lurther into a sump. Those who may hot have been killed outiight wero undoubtedly drowned in the sump, which ia fully 60 feet deep with water. Up to 8 o'clock tonight no human aid could reach them. It may require two or three days be fore any of the dead can be recovered. Torpedo Boat Missing. Algiers, Nov. 4. It ia stated that one of the torpedo boats oi Admiral Rojestvensky'a squadron la missing, the torpedo flotilla baving put in at thia port. Thia dispatch, if found to be founded on fact, would seem to bear out the reports which have been cur rent tor several daya past that Admit al Rojeatvenaky fired ou his own boata. The admiral, in his explanation of the Doggor Bank tragedy, stated that one of the torpedo boata which he fired on disappeared, and that may bo the boat now reported missing. Supplies Reach Vladivostok. Vladivostok, Nov. 4. Great excite ment has been caused here by tho ar rival in port of a numbor of commercial vessels with much needed supplies. There was a heavy snow storm today and winter is setting In. MoBt of the naval attaches have already left Vladi vostok. Goneral Artamanoff, chief of division, who has been quartered here, left today. The general ia popular here and his frlenda turned out and bade him a hearty farewell. Russia Again After Fleet. London, Nov. 4The Chronicle has a dispatch from Paria stating that the Russian government has renewed ite efforts to buy Ohlean and Argentine warships through William R. Hint 4 Co., of New York. -. .. . ,-r I W. BOLTOI BOLTON Sb CO. PXALXRI IK Hardwire, Woodcnware, Stives id Ruges STOCKMEN'S SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY Carrying a Full Lino of everything needed, by a Farmer and Stockman. Agonta for the Bain Wagon, Bealela Clipper Plows, Drills, Harness, Etc. ANTELOPE, OREQON H. GLENN & Dealers in Paints, Oils, Glass and Wall Paper, Doors, Windows, Lath, Lime and Cement, Room and Picture Mould ing:, Shingles and Building; Material of All Kinds. Write for Price List and Discounts. Next Door to Landoflfo HALL'S SOLD ONLY BY TBI Norris Safe Agent for the Pacific Coatt. The oaly firm tfut cxa xll a Safe mAtt Hall's Brand. Exclusive tile for Use oaly MANGANESE BANK SAFE. Agents for the OLIVER TYPEWRITERS. 1332-4 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash. 412 Pine St., San Francisco, Cat. 114 Washington St., Spokane, Wash. F. N. WATT CONFECTIONERY Dealer In CIGARS, TOBACCOS, Smokers' Supplies, Fruits, School Books and Stationery Public Station Local and Long Distance Telephone AGENT TROY LAUNDRY. " SHETLAND'S " ICE CREAM DELICIOUS SODA WATER Antelope, Oregon SUBSCRIBE FOB TUB HUMS PIONEER ni the FARM JOURNAL Pioneer one year, Farm Jour nal five years, all for $2. Bend your order to the Pioneer. If you want the beat there ia yon will call for WHITE RIVER FLOUR If your merchant doesn't carry it send your orders direct to headquarter! and it will be filled from our nearest agency. I Wasco Warehouse Milling Co. Dealers In all kinds ol hay and grain, seed, flour, bran, aborts, wool, etc. THE DALLES, OREGON EASTWOOD & DEE SAW Carries a full line of rough and dressed lumber, shingles, etc. Call at mill on Willow Creek or write to us for prices at GRIZZLY aJTIEV ltvAlJtSHC MILLINERY MISS HAVEN, Latest styles, lowest prices. Largest and best selected stock ia the Inlssa j Empire. Moil orders promptly filled. Washington Street, between Second aai ! Third, back of French & Co. 'a Bank. THE DALLES CENTRAL OREGON BANKING & TRUST COMPANY INCORPORATED. ) Capital Stock $26,000. Goneral business accounts solicited. W. G. Guorln. president; F, 0. Minor, cashier. BENO,oREao. GO. THE DALLES- H SAFES and Look Co,! 84 Third Street, Portland, Ord Livery and Feed Sfabld A. 1IIXSON, Proprietor. Horses Given Best of Care and Attention. Prices Reasonable ANTELOPE OREOOftl WATCH THIS SPACE Referred for THBO. LI EBB Practks! Kstduaaktr aaa Jttrekr Till DALLS3. 0RB00N MILL OREGON Proprietor. OREQON i bankin?