The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current, April 09, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextNEWS fWli ..rnncnri Fnrm for Our Til a PENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS .t th Loss Important but h . . uf Lais imorow.. oftho Paat Wcok. i.ii, In llnmo lias follow ...... i .. i.inr nil to a inai nao jtaers ""J" . ...of rillncli Thfl Brnriilon crulflor iJorgauim uon i I. In vlHIL IIUi.i'" Andrew drncglo Iim Rlvon 0,uou, mi n,,l(ln un vorfllty profoflB rt. . i il... In air u'pnbfl thn eav r.nu win" . . . . rini-itiniit Ih abovo noou n in j i v Hard time havo forced Helen Gould Xch her olwr ,. Two nd. e to cloao. hoiiflo certificates of honn sold to A caruiwuru imwt dieducod to pulp. Charles Flehef, agpd 17, dropped wd !n io streotn of Bedford, Ind. Ho l ftddietCMl to mo oignruuu iihi. u done n uta inotun whuuuwmwi umu. TbepropoalHon to Imlld a now nub- i.1 .., Vnrlr Irnrn tlm littttflrv lo T ill ill n .v. - n- uniiiir iirnniiwnv nnu r.HX- .i.. .nnn in p.tvu. inu.uuu.uuu una .i ippruvuui . 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"ne In his illiH-SH and recovery now iiiii "ooBovelt has i "I I as ninb iHBiidor to rer ban rmiiitnn.i 'iSi.vili nppolntod Germany. '8 ''""tod that ChlcnKo lma lo8t W,U00 throiluh thn nnnnlnllnni. water dopartinont. Mn8 ManilOl. flf lnrln..l I... .Wl.l - i -- 'mi.hui, una ituuiu- niariy fliiiiiH. Hi min..a .,n.i ...m 1 ii iviii iiiq unit Y 1 t I Inpm Im m i . . . . "u ruyui I1OI1B0IIOIU. lmlral Kvans 1uh nrrivnd nf, Rnn ,u U10 ol HprinKS to un -vnuwu-ii lor ma rhoiimatlam. U llt nnl.. . .1 . i. 1. 1. Iu,,iit I'-'mwriua nnow inni 'tvplllj ciinH win u mtj. ii DO. I I tlt.l.,,.1 i a . h -hiiu v UltVUIIUIlll wmeni Jtoosuve t. praiBo 0 mnrn I...H i . ii : . ""Vo Doon rooovorod . --..w iiuvu iinnn ninaoil In ' lull lllnwn manias niiw i...t... . v.t iiiiiiiiiir rnmnonii una " i'm a lino of $18,000. - awvnrfl mi t hn.l HKIIIU I1HU - l'VHl llllllflil AH I . . . . . - r-vu uu umniinr, nr rnalinlral. Haytlon t K censplrutora against Ida govern. lino of flrgt ni OH bfttu'nH nl. 1 T V UI J null M va Mrtlnnn ME88ENQER 18 KILLED. Robbert Then Loot Expreii Safes o 1 Valuables. Nowton, Knn., March 31. A. I). Jlnlloy, an oxprniiH iricHoonKcr of tho Wolla-l'ivrKO company, wan killed by un unknown pornon on Hanta Fo train No. 110, botwooti Floronco arid Nowton, early Htinday tnornltiK. Tho murder wan vory bridal, with robbery no tho oujooi. Jjom tno local and tho throuuh iwfoH wcro ranimckod and at least fl,- uuu in monoy ana sotno jowplry taken. Tho amount tho robboru Bccurod is not known. Tho dead body of Messenger Jlalloy was found at 4 o'clock Buuday morning when tho train reached Nowton. It was atrotched on tho lloor of tho car, tho head beaton to a pulp and lying In a pool of blood. Tho book of tho skull was oruBhod and tho end of tho car whoro It was lying wafl Bpnttored with blood. Tho plood spatters reached to tho coiling. Thoro was no ovldonco of any atrug glo, tho Indication pointing to tho oommlBBlon of tho murdor whilo tho mosBCngor was asleep, boforo ho could offor reslauinco. Ualley was soon allvo at Strong City. At i'eabody somoono opened tho car door just onough to throw out a paokago of waybills and thon clonod It (ulokly. Tho custom of tho meflsengor has been to go to s'oop noon after leaving Flor- onco and it is poaaiblo that ho did this Hunilay night. Aftor lwlng struck whllo slcoplng, and rondored 'uncon- Bclous, liln body rolled to tho floor, and tho robbor, after beatini him on tho head, covered It with tho dead man's! coat. Ono blow was struck at tho man's" faco with some sharp instrument. apparently a hatchet, which broke the Jaw bono. From thi dead man's pock oUi thn koya wuro removed and tho antes ranracked. Then tho keys wcro nut back Into Dal toy's overcoat, tho coat foldod and put In his grip, whoro It waa found lator. W 'I IIIII I a?---- i i . . wammmmim DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS I EXPL08ION IN MINE. Friday, April 3 woHnington, April 3. Tho Bonato committco on Judiciary epont somo hbiirH considering tho varloim bills in wiHlen to rolluvo prohlbltoln stateB from Federal Interference in dealing wmi liquor traflio within tho borders . i. ..ii. ui Hiiun Biaien, out no agreement wi s reached, ft was determined, howover, to voio on tho measures on Monday. From the discussion today there ap pcared to bo a chanco for tho reporting or somo meanuro dealing with a part of mo questions, ut least, that havo been agitated In a number of Southern etatofl, which havo been prevented by Supremo court rulings from exorcising their pollco powors for tho control of Intoxicants, ORDER RATE8 CUT. Commission Finds O. R. & N. Tolls Are Exco.slve. Portland, March 31. It la under stood tho Oregon Railroad commission will sustain tho complaint of tho Port land chamber of commerco against tbo O. It. A N. company and will lnsue an order this week requiring a material reduction in class rates ovor tho main and branoh lines of that road through out tho state. Tho oxtont to wliloh existing tariffs will bo affected by the ruling of tho commlHalon cannot bo learned, but the oflcct may be to dlnturh transcontinent al rates and, proUibly, to require nn ad justment all along tho lino in tho inter- out both of tho railroad and tho shipper. If tho decision of the commission Is at tacked by tho Ilnrriman Interests it will bo BBaailcd undoubtedly on tho ground that its enforcement would necessitate not only a wholesnlo revision by tho railroad of its tariffs but would eorious- ly disturb interstate business. It in expected that tho findings of the commiflsion will bo mudo tho basis of ltigatlon on tho part of thu railroad company positively to test tho powers of tho railroad commlHalon which, un der tho act by which it waB cicatcd, is authorised to fix ratea. Tho members of tho commission wore cautious and thorough in tholr Investigation of tho complaint of oxcchbIvo freight charges. It In said tho commissioners feel confi dent that their findings will bo found to 1)0 fair and reasonable and nuch as cannot bo considered an abritrnry exer cise of tho authority with which thoy aro clothed. Closely Quard Adams. Toilurido, Colo., March 31. Ah. the result of tho attempt to murder Geno ral IJiilkloy Wells, general manager of tho Bmugglor-Unlon mines and mills at Pandoru. Sheriff Fltzputrick Is taking precautions to guard the jail in which Steve- Adams, charged with tho aseass natlon of Arthur L. Collins, General Wells' prodecesfior, is confined. The foellng against Adams Is becoming mora bitter from day to day. Fcoling against Adams lias also been engendered, it Ih raid, because of tho fact that miring tho past two wcexs ini ly a score or more of minors and others who wero doortod during strike days mvo returned to tfio district. Qolng Out of Business. Victoria, ii. C, March 31. Nowa yraa brought by tho Empress of China today that of tno i'a emigration com panies in tho business in Japan last voar. but thieo remain. Tho Morioku company 1b arranging to Bond emigrants to Callao, Uio nrst shipment oi i.uuu being embarked Just boforo the Empress of China loft ; tho MolJI company will sond BOO Japanoso to Peru in April and tho Kokoku company is arranging to Bond 1,000 to Hrar.il. Tho Morloka company has charted a atoamer to carry 3,090 Japanese to umio. Washington, April 3. When tho house of reprtBontativos adjourned late today, tho breach between the majority and minority parties was, if anything, wider than evor. Tho leaders on both Bides arrived on tiio scene early, appar ently none tho worse for the parliamen tary Btrugglo of tho night boforb. The DemoctatB resumed dilatory tactics and kept it up through ut tho day, notwithJ Bin. .ill.... ,1 ..lli ...I.W ing tho gag law to general debate ou thn District of Columbia appropriation: hill, which wuh In order for considora tion. The rule was adopted amid up roar and after tho Democrats has ox nausuu every parliamentary move which they could mako to obstruct its final disposition. 1 huraday, April 2. Washington, April 2. Tho executive session of tho senate today was largely consumed by discussion, without pas sago of a bill to reorganizo tho public school system in the District of Colum bia by placing it under the control of a director appointed by the national com missioner of education, superseding tho control by tbo board of education com posed of citizons of tbo District. Tho bill rotating to tho settlement of claims of states on account of tho dis position of publio land was again taken up and tho Uacon amendment for Bot tling tho accounts of ownors of cotton solzed by the government during tho Civil war, amounting to $5,000,000, waa considered, but without results either on tho bill or tho amendment. Washington, April 2. Carrying a total of 11 608,800, the agricultural appropiiation hill was paaeed by the houBu Into today. It had beon under discussion for nino days and from the time its consideration began until tho Toyr end its provisions were attacked at every turn, with tho result that it underwimt many change. Juet bofore its passage, Scott, of Kansas, chairman of the agricultural committee, made un unsuccessful fight to havo stiickon tut tho amendment adopted yesterday con siderably increasing tho appropriation for soil investigations. During tl.e debate today a brief flurry was created by Harrison, of New York, Democrat, characterizing as socialistic the bill of tho mlnoritJeador, Wil liams, providing for tho utilization of tho treasury surplus in the construe tkn and Improvement of roads in tho seve ral ttatea. lloyburn declared ho would maintain his position, even if satl'flod that by bo doing ho would imperil his scat in the Benato. No voto had been reached when the Benato adjourned. Washington, March 31. After hav ing undorgono many changta, tho para graph of the agricultural appropriation bill relating to tho bureau of fAestry waa finally passed by the house of rep resentatives. An amendment by Humphreys, of Wisconsin, to increaso by $103,400 tho apppropriation for soil investigations provoked a long debate. After many flvo-minute speeches had been made for and against tho proposition, it was car ried, 100 to 88. Tho bill was laid aside less than half completed, and tho house adjourned. Exles Purchase Grave. Paris. March 31. Tho body of the ato Gregory GorBehunln, tho Russian torrorlBt loader, who died recently In Switzerland, was burled today in Mont.. parnasso comotery in a grave purchased Russian exiles in runs, rum thousand persons followed tho hearse. The procession wbb headod by a car of hutro wreaths tied with red ribbons, which wore flont byl Amorlcan Socialist organizations, who wero repreaontod by Anna btrutiBKy. Knottier Plot Discovered. Pn-fc An Prince. March 31. A freBh conspiracy against tho government has been discovered 111 tniaoity. xno ienui of tho plot, Gonoral Larraque, who was arrestod on March 14 on suspicion of coimplrlng lagainBt tho prosldont and who was released with four others on March 24, took refuge thla afternoon n the Vrench legation, Wodnotday, April I. Washington, April 1. Senator Hoy burn's threo-day filibuster to defeat Representative Jones' bill authorizing tho Benton Water company to dnm bnuke river nt Three-Milo rapids onded in utter rout this afternoon, tho eenato turning him down by a voto of 47 to 4. The piiBsago of this bill and tho con sideration of a measure for adjudicating tho clniius of stntes against tho govern ment on account of the disposition of the proceeds of publio lands occupied nearly tho entire session of tho senate today. Washington, April 1. Dobatoon tho agricultural appropriation bill Was do void of the oharges and imputations which marked Ho consideration on Monday and Tuesday. More progress was in ado with the measuio than on any provlous day, and tho indications aro that It will finally got through to morrow. Today's discussion dwelt on a propo sition for an increased appropriation for tho farmers' bulletins, whloh, however, was refused, and tho subject of inquir ies into road-building, etc., by the de partment, tho trend of opinion boing that such work should be encouraged. Tuesday, March 31. Washington, March 31. Tho alleged tendency of the gonoral government to override tho powers ol tho states of tho Union and to Jgnoro tho reatrictions of the constitution was tho aubjeot of re marks by Tollor, of Colorado, in tho sonato today. Ho declared that thoro had grown up a practice of attempting to justify nny act by the Federal author ities, whother there was authority for it or not, bo long as It waa ascribed ,to the public interest. Tho romnlndor of tho day was dovot od to discussion of the Rentcn dam bill on its morlts. lloyburn and Rorah, both of Idaho, took opposing sides. llAvburn onnosInK and Borah favorlmr. , , Monday, March 30. Washington. Maroh 30. The objec tion of the president to the construe tion of dams across navigable rivers b; private companies, except when tl public interest Ih fully guaranteed, fig ured in tho consideration of a house bill in the sonato today. Thla bill pro poses to authorzo tho Benton Water company to construct a dam across Snako rlvor, in the state of Washing ton. . ' Tho urgent deficiency bill, appropri oling $2,000,000 for armor, etc., for vessels heretofore authorized, was passed. On motion of Warren, $50,000 was added for mileage of officers and contract surgeons of tho army when au thorized by law. A bill regulating the sale of liquor in licensed taverns in Alaska waa passed. It forbids gambling in places in which liquor is v sold. Perkins said that in tho dajB of prohibition in Alaska there was much smuggling and illicit selling of liquor. Washington, March 30. Charges of a serious nature against Gi fiord Pin- chot, chief of tho forestry bureau, were made today in the houso by Smith, of California, and Moidell, of Wyoming, during consideration of the agricultural bill. Smith accused him of entering into a secret understanding with the city of Los Angeles, witii a view to se curing to tho city valuable water rights in the OwonB river valley, as against tho interests of private parties having prior claims. Mondell denounced him for, as he charged, illegally paying tho expenses of forest officials in attending conventions in the West, in which tho government had no part, and alao for spending government money to boost his bureau in tho nowepapers. Mr. Pinchot waa defended by Pollard, of Nebraska, and Scott, of Kaneas. Smith, of California, denounced the forestry service lor attempting to ac quire the Owens valley in California. , Saturday, March 28. Washington, March 28 But little progress waa made in tho houeo today in conBiderlngg the agricultural bill. Tho ditoufrBion dwelt mainly upon the proposed esablisbmentof Federal stand ards of cotton grades and Federal in spection of grainB. Mr. Crnmpacker and others opposed a section providing for tho establishment of Federal labor atories for examination of eamples of seed or grain. The clause of tho section providing that the reports made as result of such laboratorical examinations "shall serve as a basis for tho fixing of definite grades, such grades to become the offi cial standards for tho grading of grains" wns stricken out on a point of order aftet a lively debate. Tho section was then adopted as amended. Cale Doesn't Like Job. Washington, March 31. Tho Hon orable Thomas Cale, delegate in con cress from the territory of Alaska, baa tho'happy faculty of knowing when he has had enough. Two years in congress is all ho can stand. The job is not to liis liking and he intends to quit. He is not a candidate for ro-olooilon, and liaB so stated in plain terms. Mr. Calo lias made the discovery that has been mado by hundreds of men before him, but a discovery which few will discuss; tint a momber of congress isn't such an awful big follow, after all. Ho is big to Ills pobplo at bone, but when he comes to Washington ho Is a pigmy; one of many. Tho job seldom measures up to expectations, and Mr. Calo is one of tho few wiio is frank enough to voice ids disappointment and get out. Continue Work In Valley. 4 Washington, March 31. The agri cultural appropriation bill reported to the house on March 11 contains an item of $150,000 for irrigation and drainage investigations, to be carried on by tho office of experiment stations, undor vt. a, u. True, director 01 that office. During the past year a largo part of til's appropriations ban boon epont in Oregon, the work carried on bolng in tho Wiljametto valley, under the direction of A. P. Stover, whoso I headquarters havo boen in Portland. Test Commodity Clause. Washington, April 1. Tho govern ment will not proaoouto for failuro to comply with tho "commodity clause" of tho railroad rato law, ponding a de cision of Uio Supremo court. Tho pres ident lias dl rooted tho Department of Justloo to bring a teat enso as Boon as possiblo aftor it becomo effootivo, tho law forbidding any railroad to transport any artlolo or commodity other than timber produoed by such road, or in whloh It la Interested. Spencer for the Netherlands. Washington, April 2. Spencor Ed dy, tho tho Chicago mnn who baa for many months beoii an attache of tho Amorlcan legation in London and who reoontly married Miss Spreckols, daugh ter of John D, Sprockets, was today nominated by President Roosevelt for ministor to tho Netherlands. His hoad quarters will bo In Luxembourg. Eddy is a brothor-ln-law of Senator Bover idge, of Indiana, who married hia tor. V Men Figntlng Flro Caught In Under ground Workings. Butte, Mont., March 30. A special to tho Minor from Hanna, Wyo., Bays: This camp was visited by another big holocaust Saturday afternoon and tho lives of 20 men were snuffed out by an explosion of gas in Mlno No. 1, of tho Union Pacific Coal company . A flro had been raging below tho 10th level slncb last Saturday, and tho force of 200 miners bad been laid off for the day as a precaution. Superintendent Alexander Brlggsand Foremen Josoph Burton, Alfred Dodds, James Knox, 0' Mines 1, 2, and 3, with a crew of 10 or 17 men, all experienced minors, with gas men and fire-fighters, wont down into tbo workings early in tho morning to fight tho conflagration, which was rapidly eating ita way through the workings. At 2 o'clock tho men abovo tho work ines, the idle men in tho homes and tho townspeople were ' startled by an awful roar, followed by a heavy boom and tho shaking of earth and trembling of buildings. All knew what had happened, and thero was a rush to the mine. Both entrances bad caved in, and the mine timbers had been blown gioat distances about the outside workings. The second explosion was more severe than the first, being felt in all parts of the town, and it is feared that 50 to 60 names have been added to tbo death list. "BOMB FOR WELLS. INCREASE IN FORCES Railroads Most Pat On Large Forces of Laborers. Attempt Made to Blow Up Manager of Tellurlde Mine. Telluride, Colo., March 30. Eluding the night guard stationed at the Smuggler-Union mine, at Pandora, two miles south of Telluride, and the searchight which ia constantly thrown about tho premises during the night from the high tower of the mill as a precautionary measure, an unknown person gained ac cess to the residence of General Bulkley Wells, genera) manager of the Smuggler-Union Mining company, Saturday night and planted dynamite under his bed. The dynamite was exploded by lighting a fuse on the outside of the building about 2 o'clock Sunday morn ing when ths intended victiml was asleep. Ho was burled against the ceiling and alighted under a mass of debris, but escaped with some scratches and bruises and impaired hearing. Although a systematic search has been made by Sheriff Fitzpatrick and deputies, aided by hundreds of citizens, no clue has been found to the perpe trator of the deed. One man who is charged with having said that Wells would be killed has been arrested. General Wells took a leading part in the suppression of labor troubles this Btatn in 1004. and 1905, and was prominently identified with the recent prosecution of the officers of the West ern Federation of Miners at Boise on the charge of complicity in the assass ination of ex-Governor Prank Steunen berg, of Idaho. HAS MODIFIED ITS RULING. Interstate Commission Will Re-open Portland Gateway. San Francisco, March 30. A tele gram was received at tho general office of the Southern Pacific company in this city today from Charles S. Fee, passen ger traflio manager, who -is at present in Chicago, announcing that the recent action of the Interstate Commerce com mission, which was interpreted as clos ing tho Portland gateway and necessi tating a higher passenger rate by the Southern Pacific to Seattle and other Northern pointe, via Portland, has been modified. The objection of the com mission, it appears, related only to the manner of publishing through ratea, and revised tariffs conforming to the commission's wishes will bo issued nn Boon as possible. This new ruling will be'received with great srtisfactlon in Portland, which was being adversely affected by the higher passenger ratea charged from the East toJSeattle via Portland than were charged to Seattle over the Great North ern. The Southern Paclcfi is equally pleased, for it has been known that Its earnings and prestige have Buffered by the ruling wbioh baa now been modi fled. Says Dunne Is Prejudiced. San Francisco, March 30. Abraham Ruef today filed an affidavit through which ho seeks to disqualify Superior Judge Frank H. Dunne from presiding in the so called Parkside trolley fran chise bribery cases, in whloh Ruof is a joint defendant with W. I. Brobeck, G. H. Umbsen and Joseph Green. In his affidavit Ruef alleges bias and pre judice on the part of Judge Dunne and sets forth many instances in which ho says Dunno showod antipathy, bias and prejudice against the defendant in for mer trials. GIVE AMERICANS FIRST CHOICE At Least! 250,000 Men Needed to Repair Ravages of Winter Labor is Cheap. English Hopmen Protest. Worcester, England, Maroh 30. A largply attsndod meeting of hopgrowors was held in this city this afternoon and a resolution was passed protesting in dignantly against what was described as the "dumping of Amorjoa'a surplus hopi in this country:" Enormous quan tities of hops are said to bo duo to ar rive hero in a few days. They are be ing offered at from 18) to 25 shillings a hundred weight, whloh is loss that half tho English price. Alabama Law Is Killed. Montgomery, Ala., March 30. Judge Thomas G, Jones, of the United States court, today hold tho Alabama penalty railroad lawa 'unconstitutional; also that the suits brnucht by tho railroads are not in violation of tho eloventh constitutional amendment, not being suits against the state. Several of tho minor claims were alaodeolared to be invalid. Chicago, March 31. In the next 60 days the railroads of tho United States will havo to find between 250,000 and 300,000 men to mend their tracks and roadbeds and another large army to go into tbeir shops and repair their cars and their locomotives. The railroads centering in Chicago alone will, between April 1 and June 1, require more than 100,000 laborers, who will be employed in remedying tbo ravages of the winter months, which, with tbeir frosts and their snowa, havo made many miles of shaky track and an many more of softened roadbed. The past winter has not been as hard as the season usually is on roadbed and track, and physical conditions are not as bad as usual for the further reason that tho traffic haa not been so heavy. No renewal work, however, ia being done this winter, and after the frost comes out of the ground in the spring there is bound to be settling of the roadbed, sagging of bridges und a score of things which go to prevent efficiency of operation. In the employment of iabor the rail roads seek to procure Americans when I they can get them at the price which Is fV rr j t I 1 1 oueieu lur moor. ab a xuie, nowevei, the railroads are glad to get men wher ever it is possible, the only stipulation with the labor employing agencies be ing that the men shall be competent to do the work for which they are em ployed. MANY MINERS QUIT. Men Lay Down Their Tools Although No Strike. Indianapolis, March 31. The union miners of the Fields company will lay down picks and shovels tonight. Al most 250,000 of them will stop work in Western Pennsylvania Missouri, Iowa, Kaneas, Arkansas, Texas, Michigan, West Virginia and Kentucky. The conditions under which they are work ing expires tonight and, except in Cen tral Pennsylvania and Indiana block district, no conditions have been made, nnr have the miners entered into dis trict agreements providing for the oper ation pending the April 1 agreement. Technically the minora will not go out on strike, but in reality they stop work because the operators, except in Indiana and Illinois, show no real in tention of meeting and treating with them, though no question of wages or principle is at stake. ALWAYS LIKED HIM. Kaiser Says Gossip Greatly Exagger ated Hill Incident. Washington, March 31. With a view to bringing to a close the gossip connected with the reported disapproval in Berlin of the appointment of Dr. David Jayne Hill as ambassador, and terminating the incident. Baron von Sternberg, the German ambassador,. called at the White House today by appointment to Bee President Roose velt and Secretary Root. Assistant Secretary Bacon was alsq present At the conclusion of the copference tbo following statement was given out: "In addition to the communication already made publio from the Foreign office, the German ambassador has also conveyed to the American government the assurances of the emperor that thero haa never been any change in his atti tude toward Mr. Hill, and his cordial willingness to welcome Mr. Hill to Berlin. The emperor's favorable opin ion of Mr. Hill waB communicated to the Washington administration last November, and his attitude has never changed since." Defraud United States. Helena, March 31. What promises to be the most sensational case tried here in many years was begun today in the Federal court, when Oliver C. Dal las, John D. MoLeod and A. S. Hovey were placed on trial on a charge of conspiring to defraud the United States. Three overt actions are allowed in each of tho two counts that falsified notea wero forged; that affidavits purporting to be that of deputy mineral surveyors wero forged, and that the notes and affidavits were presented io tho sur veyor general fcr official approval. Harriman to Resume Work. Ogden, Utah, Maroh 31. The Utah Construction company has been in Btrucetd by the Harriman officials to resume grading a lino from Huntington to Homestead, Baker county, Or. This work was halted last fall at tbo begin ning of tho financial flurry, and the order to commence activity is looked upon as an enooura?ing sign of return ing confidence in railroad quarters. Tho road to Homeatead is the first link in a cutoff into Lewiston, Idaho. Cut In 60,000 Millhands' Wages. Boston, March 31. The general re duction of 10 per cent in the wages of New England cotton mill operatives whloh waa recently decided upon, be-, came effootivo yesterday in mills em ploying 60,000 persons, Next Monday the movement will apply to tho pay of many more.