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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1909)
OREGON STATE NEWS Logging camps nro resuming in var ious parts of tho state. There were 198 marriago licenses is sued in Union county during 1908. Tho Pacific Express company has filed its report for 1908 witn tho secre tary of state. Four thousand acres of timber land in tho Silctz river country has just been sold for $250,000. Wisconsin lumbermen havo purchas ed a heavily timbered tract in Tilla mook county. The consideration is said to havo been almost $1,000,000. Tho transfer involves 14,000 acres. Timbermen nro of tho opinion that Oregon timber will change hands with more activity the coming summer than ever before, and at steadily advancing prices. The Tillamook county tax levy has been fixed at 15 mills. Tho Josephino county court has fixed tho tax levy at 23 mills. Irrigation ditches around Milton and Freewater are badly choked with ice. Athena farmers are agreed that the deep snow assures a good wheat crop next year. ' The Gerking wheat ranch west of Athena has been sold for $24,000, or $100 an acre. An old water suit, which has been pending in Baker county courts for two years, has been settled. . Flour is 25 cents per barrel higher in Portland. Chinese at Astoria arc shipping Bait ed shad to China. The Coos county tax levy, has been fixed at 15 mills. Weston plans to lay crushed rocK on the principal streets. A man has been shot near Cottage Grove who was mistaken for a deer. The Roseburg Commercial club has moved into new and more commodious quarters. Eugene objects to the formation of a new county witn the seat ot govern ment at Cottage Grove. Lincoln county js anxious to have an ocean line established between the Ya- quina bay and San Francisco. An automooiie line is to Do put on between Vale and Burns, taking the place of stages. The trip will be made in six hours. T. M. Dimick, of Marshfield, has been appointed treasurer of Coos coun ty to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John B. Dully. Reports from the Umatilla Indian reservation say there is great suffering among cattle and horses because the Indians failed to provide sufficient food for the winter. The broom handle factory at Bandon is doing a rushing business. Milton fruit growers will use a bet ter system in packing fruit and thus realize more money for their crops. Thirty more births were recorded in Tillamook county during 1908 than the previous year. A new law is proposed that will pro tect China pheasants better than the one now in force. The new glass doors to the senate and house chambers are proving a great convenience to all. ANTI-JAPANESE BILLS. Measuros Before California Legisla ture Attract Attention. Sacramento, Cal,, Jan. 15. Tho three anti-Japancso bills introduced in tho assembly by Grovo L. Johnson, of Sacramento, and tho ono by A. M. Drew, of Fresno, prohibiting aliens from holding land in the state, have attracted such wide interest that the 1,000 copies of each ordered printed are already exhausted and thcro is a demand for more. Tho Johnson bills aro designed to prevent Japanese being membors of corporations ; to segregate all Japan cse by defining the limits within which they must live. Tho two first named wero introduced last session- by Mr, JohnBon, and action upon them was suspended at tho telegraphic request of President Roosevelt during the diplo matic negotiations between the United States and Japan over tho action of tho San Francisco school board in ex cluding Japaneso youths from public schools and assigning them to tho in stitutions set asido for "Mongolians.' The Japanese claimed they wero not Mongolians, and Assemblyman John son introduced an amendment specify' ing "Japanese" in tho law. It was this measure to whoso enactment tho president objected, and it was killed. lho bill relating to directors of cor porations prohibits aliens from being members of such boards, and its pur pose is to prevent competition of pow erful Japaneso concerns with Ameri cans. . The third Johnson bill is new. It gives municiapalities power to pre scribe the limits within which "unde sirable, improper and unhealthy per sons, or persons whose practices aro dangerous to the public morals and health of a community," shall live. ONE JUROR PASSED. Difficulty of Securing Talesmen to Try United Railroads Official San Francisco, Jan. 15. Patrick Calhoun, traction magnate on trial for alleged giving of a bribe, adopted his expected defense today, when Attorney Stanley Moore, by his questioning of August Hansen, attempted to show that the indictment was the result of plot hatched by Rudolph Spreckels to make out a case against the head the United Railroads. Other frag' mentary evidence of Calhoun's scheme of defense has been brought out in the examination of prospective jurors, touching on the late car strike, tho granting of immunity, and the juror ; general sentiment in the matter of unionism. The third day of Calhoun's trial saw the first juror in the case temporarily passed. He is Joseph Dixon, a sales man for Marcus Hart, a haberdasher. He sits subject to peremptory chal lenge. Dixon was passed by the do fense last night, and after a brief eX' amination this morning was accepteud by the prosecution. During the exam ination the clerk said he could try th case thoroughly and squarely. The juror said he knew Abe Ruef, but did not care to comment on his conviction, that he favored Calhoun stand in the last car strike, and that he was at one time a union man, but withdrew because of the hours he had to work. Before the prosecution finished the examination of Dixon the juror made complaint to Judge Lawlor that an agent had approacted his wife yester day afternoon and questioned her in re gard to her husband's feeling in the graft cases, Mtb. Dixon said the man claimed to be a real estate agent. FLAY FORESTRY POLICY. PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Wednesday, January 13. bnlom, Jan. 13. Memorials to con g?e83 adopted by tho legislatures of other states caused quito a t tingle in tho senate. They dealt with almost every subject and wore finally referred to a committee. A resolution providing for a commit teo to prepare for a eclobration of Ore gon's admission day was passed by tho senate. Abraham, of Douglas county, object ed to the word "graft" in senate docu ments and it was changed to "waste." For the first timo this Session the senate today opened with a prayer. Senator Abraham introduced n bill that will do away with directed ver dicts if it becomes a law. Any county or city having over 10, 000 population is to be given power to establish a free sanitarium for tho treatment of tuberculosis by tho pro visionsof a senate bill. Those measures of the last session which received tho governor 8 veto after the legislature adjourned will bo taken up next Monday by both houses, A house bill provides for the codifi cation of tho law3 of Oregon. Representative Dimick has a bill which makes highway robbery punish able by life imprisonment. A joint resolution was introduced in the house this morning protestintr against the removal of tariff of timber supplies. Although tho houso adjourned until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, the senate was more saving of timo and will meet it 11 o'clock on that day. President Bowerman will then be ready with his committee appointments. tion in tho liouoo. Tho opening of tho Bcsaion wns do void of incident, and any bitterness of dofoat was hidden under tho surfneo in a desiro to invoko harmony. With tho execution of Libby. of Marlon, who refused to go into tho houso caucus, and Farroll, of Multnomnh, who was culled homo by reason of his father's death, all of tho Republican houso members participated in tho caucus, Sollinir. of Multnomah, did not nrrivo in timo to go into tho caucus of tho senate. Kollahor and Abraham signed the call, while Albeo went into tho meetintr nnd cast hia vote, but had it understood that ho was not to be bound bv tho action of tho organization un less ho so wished. Both houses met early and proceeded to temporary organization. They took a recess to 2 o'clock, in tho meantimo hold i tier two caucuses. ' At 2 o'clock tho houses reassembled, the committeo on credentials submitted 'its report, tho membors wero Bworn In and tho first business of tho session was transacted with the introduction of resolutions and tho first reading of bills. Rcsoluions wero introduced in both houses this afternoon calling for n par ticipation by tho members of tho legis lature in tho proper observation of Lin coin's birthday, February 12, and the 50th anniversary of the odminsssion of Oregon to tho Union on February 15. Honov Thinks Trial Will Bo Shortor Than fluof'a Lnit. San Francisco, Jan. 13.--PntHck Calhoun, president of tho United Rail roads, flanked by his corps of nttqr noys. faced Judgo Lnwlor today at tlio opening session of htH trial on n charge of offering n bribe of $4,000 to Super visor Fred P. Nicholas. Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Henoy, standing at tho prosecution's desk for tho first timo since lio wns shot down durinurtho trial of Abo Ruuf, began tho preliminary motions of whnt promises to bo tho most renownuu trim in tho history of California. Twenty months huvo oiupscd buico Calhoun wns first indicted on chorgos of offering bribes to tho men who corn- nosed tho hood nc bonrd of euporvls ors under former. Mnyor Schmltz. Durimr thnt timo throo supplemented nd ctmonts wero roturned ngnitiHt the traction mnEnnto nnd on ono of thorn ho now f nces tho bar of justico. Tho court's ban huo been placed on dclavB. The nrosccuiion has nnnoune ed that no further contlnunncos will bo nsked nnd tho defense hna professed .a ii n h in i ui ji rain liha T ft fit nr. P-Ilt t wiiiie on Dbiivpm, U.UMUU in Loiorado. THIRTY PERSONS ARE Westbound Pn,n. . ",u rro,BfDSct( nnd Nurn i D. In Glonwood Spring, Colo t a collision Iu.SL.'' .u n -vu. ucMe,., .HUuuiiLrii- irniH T M1U ill ufiiHfirn inn H .. .i w. iiu...i ... .i nrt t " :r w icnmn As soon ns tho iV.J?f,M ton rnsru unit n wrt l. mm . m null ftPfHK..i Bpocmi wns mndo un n.i ..P."'". nolo doctors nmi" :""."& in ina """""7 pressed into scrvien n,i ' J,".uj .1 I l.In ,l,.nln fn.nl "VHIVIIl. Inl. 1 . iiuiiiLiin. itiiiiuuij. ill ilia uvaiiu w I mn. ..... .i .... ! ui I u inrni'VN in iiiv luiiuii ..ii li uiiiiiLiii lull n. i ..... . . - luiniMi JI LU11 lit) VB IJllLilUb lb IT III ItinV IfUbl hAfA.n .1 . . I I " llOLnPU. f uu.ua. . ' i , i , ir A I... 1 . ... I . . w . . . .1 I...4. ' IWO Wt'UKH U) DUUUIU JUIJ Will UUk nnothcr two weeks to put in nil tho evidence. Should this bo tho enso, tho henrin will not equal In length the Ruef trial, which consumed four months. are Meager details of ii, , .. ii -v n irrr mo oiroct thnt t). f,.C . ' -.. . . . ""-'Biinran unvmpung to tnko a siding, 7. imani-UKUr IIUBS, UUt hml nl.7... PORTLAND MARKETS. Barley Feed, $2727.50 per ton; brewing, $28. Wheat Bluestem, $1.05; club, 92c; life, i)zc; red Russian, 90c; 40-fold, Sue; valley, 95c. Oats No. 1 white, $33 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $14 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $1718; clovre, $12; alfalfa, $1213; grdin bay, $1213. Fruits Apples, 75c$3 per box; pears, $11.75 per box; quinces, $1 1.25 per box; cranberries, $14.5015 per barrel; persimmons, $11.25. Potatoes $1.501. 65 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 2c per pound. Onions Oregon, $1.50 per hundred. Vegetables Turnips, $.150 1.75 per sack; carrots, $1.251.50: par snips, $1.501.75; beets, $1.501.75; horseradish, etfClOc per pound; arti chokes, $1,40 per dozen; beans, 2214c per pound; cabbage, 2Jc per poundj cauimower, $l.ou per dozen; celery, $4.505 per crate; cucumberB, $1.75 z.zo per cox; eggplant, lie per pound; lettuce, $11.25 per box; par sley, 30c per dozen; peas, 20c per pound; peppers, 1520c per pound; pumpkins, llc per pound; radishes, 80c per dozen; spinach, 2c per pound; sprouts, 10c per pound; squash, l(glc epr pound; tomatoes, $1.752. Butter City creamery, extras, 36 37c; fancy outside creamery, 32fj35c per pound; store, 1820c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 4750c : Eastern; 3740c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 15c per pound; spring, large, 1415c; small, 1617c; mixed, 1414c; ducks, 19 20c; geeBe, 10llc; turkeys, 3820c. Veal Extra, 1010fc per pound; ordinary, 78c; heavy, 5c. Pork Fahcy, 8c perpound; large, 77c. Mutton 68c per pound; lambs, 8 8c. Hops 1908, choice, 7c per pound; good prime, 67c; fair prime, 6 6c; medium, 50c; 1907, 22c; 1900, llKc Wool Eastern Oregon, avorage beat, 10i4c per pound, according to shrinkage; valley, 1516c; mohair, choice; 1819c. Work Is Total Failure, Gooding Tells Sheepmen's Convention. Pocatello, Idaho, Jan. 15.- One thou sand sneepmen attended the opening session of the National Woolgrowers convention in this city yesterday and listened to a bitter arraignment of the Federal forestry bureau by President F. W. Gooding, of Shoshone. Declar ing that the government in its admin istration of the national forests and the reclamation service has failed woe fully, President Hooding urged that congress be aBked to name a commit tee of Western men to intesvtigate and report any needed changes in the rules and regulations governing these two bureaus. From nearly every Western state delegates are present. The biggest single delegation arrived from Boise, Idaho. It included Governor Brady and a number of state officials, also about half the members of both houses of the state legislature. ine iorenoon session oi the conven tion was devoted entirely to the1 mid winter sheep show. More than 600 sheep are entered. Predicts Tree Famine. Washington, Jan. 15. "The time is coming in this country when trees will be as scarce as diamonds, unless im mediate steps are taken to preserve our forests." ThiB was the dark picture painted in an address by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson at the 29th annual meeting of the American Forestry as sociatfon. The secretary declared our forestry growth id getting scarcer and scarcer and we are using three times as much wood as we are growing. Japan Takes Slight Notice. Tokio, Jan. 15. Though certain of the Japaneso newspapers are seriously exercised over tho anti-Japanese bills before tho California legislature, others style the matter as a tempest in a teapot. There is no tendency to find sinister design in the increaso in the American navy, newspapers gene rally expressing tho opinion that America's growing interests in the Pa cific demand a stronger navy. Tuesday, January 12. Salem, Jan. 12. Governor Chamber Iain's biennial message to tho legisla ture was read in the hou3o chamber at 30 o'clock this afternoon, the scnato and house being in joint session. Tho chief points of the document are: Strict observance of tho direct pri mary pledge in tho election of a United States senator. Uniformity of county taxation to make the state levy equit able. Use of convicts on roads, earn ings to go to their families' support or to the state. Conveyance of convicts to tho penitentiary by officials of that institution. More money for State Fair premiums; more money for im provements on tho grounds. Repeal of $50,000 insurance company deposit law and creation of an insurance depart ment. Permanent settlement of the normal school problem. Payment to Indian war veterans for horseB used or lost in the campaigns. No repeal of the railroad commission law. Earnest consideration of the needs for expan sion of the state s national guard Appointment of a commission on the conservation of state resources, with a small appropriation for it. Protection of the fishing industry instead of pro tection of the individuals engaged in it, A complete code of water laws. Re servation of the unappropriated water powers for tho benefit of the public. An employers liability act to protect employes to the fullest. Restriction of sale of deadly weapons.- Suit by the state to settle the controversy with tho owners of the canal and locks at Will amette Falls. Creation of a non-par tisan judiciary. Greater protection for bank depositors; perhaps by tho Oklahoma law. Relief for the Su preme court. Co-operation with the reclamation service by establishment of experiment stations. Ownership of the Oregon City canal and locks by the state, if congress will not purchase them. Appointment ' of a visitorial board to guard against scandals in pri vate aBylums. Co-operation with the Oregon Historial society to celebrate Oregon's admission as a state. Legis lation looking to the control of tuber culosis. Legislation to make the pro portional representation measure adopt ed by the people last June In the house 30 bills wero introduced today and there were 18 in tho senate. Among them are: Providing for form for printincr initi ative amendments; providincr uniform eight-hour law in factories, etc ; regu lating speed of automobiles; closed season for pheasants and crrouse be tween October 1, 1909, and October 1, 1913; appropriating $100,000 for In- Changes in School Lnw, Salem Superintendent Ackcrmnn's bill to requiro six months' Bchool in every district in tho stuto is meeting much favorable comment. It is thought tho measure will be satisfnc- tory to all, as it is ono that will in crease the educational standards of the state. It will affect the district in the remoter parts of tho stntc, and those who live in thoso diatricts ore to bo moat benefited by it. It requires that there must be six months school in overy district, and if the district is not able to moot the expense the school board may call upon the county Bchool fund, or a special tax may be levied on the county to moot the expenses in the district requiring help to the ex tent of $300 for each district. SANTA FE FINED. Rainbow to Change Hands. Baker City It is generally believed here that tho Rainbow mine, owned by rortianu capitalists, and located in the Mormon Basin, Baker City, is about to bo sold to the Newhouso min mg interests, of Salt Lake City. Ac cording to tho best information obtain able the Salt Lake peoplo are taking over the property at $700,000. Ten per cent of this amount is to bo paid in at once, nnd tho remainder is to be paid in installments, nccording to tho mine's production. This is the prop erty that is said to have produced a thousand dollars a day during the greater part of last summer. California Railroad Commission En forces Rato Lnw. Snn Francisco, Jan. 13. Tho Santa Fe Railroad company wns found guilty before tho State Railroad commission todny of carrying oil shipments be tween Bukerallold and this city nt a lower rate thnn thnt fixed by ntnto lnw nnd fined $6,000 by unanimous vote of tho commissioners. Tho com pnny was also ndjudgod guilty cn hIx other counts charging unjust rate dia crimination, but no pcnnlty wnn fixed. Tho specific charge on which tho romtnisioncrri acted wns thnt tho rail road company had carried oil shipment!) from BnkorHfleld to this city for tho Associated Oil company nt 25 cents n barrel, whereas f.lio lgnl rate fixed by the board is 37.8 cents n barrel. Tho bonnbalBO found tho Southern Pacific company guilty of rato diflcrim ination on six counts, but no penalty wns fixed, an the bonrd declared no proper legal foundation for tho pro cedure hnd been lnid by tho previous board of commissioners. imiM nninn wibir t vvui hilt iiinnrp n it mi . . n wmu rn. mu VtlUll rnr nr hn . ........ i . - i4u iniut gorwns lorn in two nnd one touS telescoped. Thu nun.nM, r?,5 II nil.. ... B U1U I. n w.. ... ... . w f MivilD! . It is fonrcd that the lint nf. u Kivutiv UUKIIieniCU Whfn fit U.i.i 4V HVVIIlUi SECOND MINE HORROR. At Laborers Hard to Find. Baker City There should no longer bo any idle men in the Northwest, ac cording to General Manager O'Dell, of the Oxbow power project on Snako river. He stated recently that he was putting every man to work who came to his camp and has plenty of work for many more. Besides the Oxbow pro ject, which is being built to harness the bnake river for the purpose of gen erating electricity, the Northwestern railroad is building rapidly down tho river, and the Utah Construction com pany, which has the contracts, reports tack oi neip. Grand Jury at Pendleton. Pendleton Though there are few criminal cases on tho docket for tho January term of the Circuit court, tho proceedings will bo watched with more tnan tho usual amount of interest, duo to tho fact that the new law makeB tho pilling of a grand jury on tho oneninrr J... - r .1 a T . . " uay oi me term compulsory and it 1b tie action of the grand iurv on vlnln. tions of tho liquor law which is exnect- ed to furnish the excitement to thosn interested. dian war veterans of 1855-56; ono board of regents for all state schools: experiment station in Eastern Oregon; prohibiting Bports on Decoration day: appropriating $75,000 for extension of portage railway; abolishing Ashland and Monmouth normal schools. Monday, January II. Salem, Jan. 11. The Oregon lecis- Inture today went into Bession for tho twenty-fifth timo. Jay Bowerman. of Condon, is president of the senate, re ceiving the nomination in caucus by acclamation. C. N. McArtyur, of Multnomah county, is speaker of tho house, having been given tho nomina tion in tho caucus by unanimous vote after the wilhdrawal of Patton, of Marion, Patton himself making the motion to make the vote unanimous, W. M. Barry, of Multnomah, is chief clerk of jho senate, and W. Fred Dra ger, of Marion, holds tho same posi- Rival Boards in Wrangle, Pendleton Following a turbulent. double meeting of tho Umatilla Water Users' association at Hermiston. the rganization iB in danger of boing per manently disrupted and disbanded by tho government. Two rival boards of directors aro claiming to bo on tho legal board and tho matter will nrob. abiyh ec nrried into the courts for flnnl settlement. The troublo was caused by the attempt of one faction trying to oust the other. Good Prune Season. Albany Tho Northwestern Fruit association, of this city, which has had a very successful season, hna about completed tne packing of its prunes for tho present year. Seventy car- loaas oi commercially packed fruit has been handled, shipped for tho most part to Eastern states. About $ 1 0. 000 in wages have been paid out this sea son, lho local business has been un der the manogoment of S. A. Laaelle. Big Irrigation Mergor. Pendleton According to an an nouncement made by J, W. Messner, president. of tho Western Land & Irri gation company, an tho ditches on tho west side of tho Umatilla river have been consolidated with his company and hereafter will tako water from the samo main feed panal, This brings 25,000 acres of land under tho ono pro- High Bounties for Varmints. iLAi9t?'ra"7;Tho county court announces uim it win pay a bounty of $20 each for cougar, $5 each for boar und $1 each for wildcat scalps. Thoso aro tho highest bounties ever offered hore, and are thought to bo tho largest In tho state. Tih? hA h""1",1 roport of tho Boy' nnd Girls' Aid society shows that 589 chll dren from 27 counties wore tnkon euro of during 007 and 1908. Tho socidty asks.ior $14,000 to carry on tho work for tho next two years. Least Ono Hundred Man Caught in Colliery by Explosion. Welch, W. Vn., Jnn. 12. At leant 100 miners were trapped by nn ex plosion in tho Lick Itrnnch colliery today, marking tho second disaster in the mine within two wooka. uciativos oi tne victims or tno pre vious explosion, when ou men wore killed, nre known to bo in tho mlno to day. The explosion this morning occurred junt after tho full quota of tho day Bturt imd gono to work und it in known positively that 250 men were in tho mine nt tho time. A relief train with surgeons nnd bud plies wus rushed from Bluofiold nnd tho buildings nbout tho shnft havo been turned into hospital. l no state mine inspector and four assistants inspected tho mino just be fore the previous explosion nnd pro nounced it ono of tho safest and best ventilated in the region. Another In spection was mndo after tho explosion, uut uid not reveal tho causo. Switchback, the Bceno of tho disas ters, is in McDowell county, in the center of tho Flat Top coal fields. Kansas Wants Roforms. Topeka, Kan.. Jnn. 13. Governor Wttltcr R. Slubbs delivered his first message to tho Kansas legislnturo thnt convened yosterdny n its lGth b on. niai session. Mr. Stubba enrnentlv recommended tno ennctmont of n pub lic utilities law: nsked tho loglalaturo to pass certain amendments to tho pres ent primary election law tn miikn It still moro effective, nnd urged enreful consideration or Bomo safe bnnk guur- nnteopinn; demanded n flnt two-cent passenger rnto lnw, nnd said nn nnti- pass statute nhould bo pnssed. Mnyor Would Sond Bell. rhilndolphln, Jan. 13. Cnmmnnlcn. tions iron) of lc a B and clnhn nf tm chief cities of tho Pacific const ntnten requesting Mnyor Roybuni nnd tho members of tho council .1 t . . . . ----- - nunu mo Liiuerty Uell to Snn Frnnc bco. Portlund und Senttlo during tho com ing summer nro nrrivlng every day nt u.u my nun. nq ropiiea havo been bu it, out tno mayor has declared him- sou m rnvor of Bonding tho boll if It cun saiciy no done DENOUNCE FOflEST SERVICE naios nave I oo Much Power, ft 1 -11. r . ond Hriv'rt ho no inn it ii.. , . in Linn lilv wriH mnrvm .--ii.. , UI1 LI111 I Iiri'HL HfirtHltA u n liiu t& i ii ii ii ii in . i i r nrnii ihi i inn MMAnnmin rr tl., lir.i J . . (HVtUiMJ L'll ministration or the range control. . - " "" "nvtw iuivi thiDiij. uremaiuiM kiui v iiutu uuuiuu in inn nnmin tr. tion of tho national merves. A f rk Inn ilutuM if Ailijiiu ..J .. .(.Linn iii i mi iiiiii-i ni m ea r i n T in Ill f t ri MAflUnttl sm nIII . vW iu VKfll VlifclUtJ Will BUKVIS, Slllf l.nlfn hfttt UUlf htfrflirn in fin Otfden, which city Is now inthetol KiiNi ii r iiniriii'i inrr inr n nn vw .1.1 1 x t 9 . . t 1 wfiuin wnrif rrrnnt ininrv nn rrut m " w m.mmw j Mm vw ImlUBtry in America, C. II. tluSrt of Philadelphia, ex-prcaident of the Nutionot Atmociation of Wool oictuti- turew. addressed the convection. E A 1 A.t. A. ( I . u iiiiiioLiui Uliu 1 n u Hvwv v " congressmen us end men. NO TRAINS RUNNING. Overland Traffic on Canlril Pwe Stopped by Floods. San Francisco, Jan. lC.Be)cdtle compnny'fl brldgrs nt Sacramento ui tho Western I'ncinc crossirg thorn ihn ilnmntrn rc-BultlnST from V irront rain storm which has delugd tie . . ,i f . i rnfrnl ntirt nf iorn aiur over, nowevcr, ii inu ram wn LlllfUltll Ulll HIW1IMJ aavpr------ . So fnr very little or mc grain In t. Cnnrnm.mn nrtd Kn III bllU UUVI lllll.li - . vnllegys has been inundated, m v crest of tho flood has passed evenl thu most dangerous points. Tho principal danger ib 18,"vT. ramento nnd Stockton, wnw-r menso snrcad of farming una ' " i if Vin fnvpfi E e ... ..... nAtflflW reassuring. 1J. . .... D.ln. In ncuvr iiii i" i f i .. Tnn 1 i rt L Ui- " ' or buronu in this city low "if i...i i.wiini..i1 that floods nigl ? expected at Stockton nnd on vwr In the delta of tho Sacramento " Joaquin rivers, on accounts i . rainfall along tho wtenW "J Calaveras river nnd other t ' . VTIT IliL Ing In tho Sierras. Stea ; from tho north this morning fi" I.mly In (hn OVC0 On UW Kio, uoiow wiiii - i . u,d. hero. Tho brcnK ib u ....Li. e..lrhl BurM Vancouver, B. C., Jon. 16 .1 r n...in n i ir i ruin " . valued nt 11,000,000, which by tho Empress of Chln, iimu iiikiii" - .,i.h UK) In not closlnfr ..tboi awltcj . i.i a 1 - - im aifiiiiu .. i. f for Oil Caio. 13,- Judgo Albert Find Judge Chlcniro. Jan.. Anderson, of IndlnnapollB, will prostdo at the next trial of tho canes ngnlnst tho Standard Oil company In which ooB,nILM' Lan(1,B Imposed n flno of 0,240,000. Judgo Andorson will bo In chargo of tho enso Mondny nnd will conveno court to sot tho enso for trial. Turkey Agrens to Soil Soil, dispatch from Constantlnoplo Btatos Z .rr" v,z,or Klttipl) PnBhn hn ndtlfled Austrinm Minister Pnllavjnclnj ft'iHV XUinUV UCCimiri Aim v n'a fnr nm. nityolfor of $10,800,000, train una wku w -r- - tmattwi nnn i nnr '1 IlO W" ,,. ...InlPI caught tiro tod four cars w. " freight wore totally destroys .ii.iImiI. . . n.,i,Vn V ti"-"- UOIOnilO w"""- " . . Jl IJ Hi 1'iiriu .1 1111. - ...um i T.7. 1 ""i.in.nn and oW? nn ituimn jtuuiw....... ,yer ID estates along tho Mlskjygst; Ida. will throw open to , naa ... . . ji. - HnMiin imnv - .ni tituto uy "i """,-.!tnn ninip t I II 1 V A lw m it. nu - the duke Is thnU'achltl two farms, cuhivuvm-b . hoIvcb and the other for him-