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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1910)
THE MADRAS PIONEER Issued Eocli Week MADRAS OREGON EVENTS OFTHE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from AH Parts of tbe World. Hess Important but Not Loss Inter esting Happenings from Points Outside the State. Taf t will speak in Chicago March 17 The University of Washington at Se nttle, will try vegetarian djet for one week. Hamilton made a new speed record for aeroplanes of one mile in one min uto and 27 seconds. The Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry got into a bad tangle and will be gone over again from the start. The Alaska Steamship company'i steamer Farallon is four weeks over due, and no trace of her can be found, Damacres of $70,000 have been awarded a hat manufacturer in Con nectieut. who sued the hatters union for boycotting. A Los Angeles man willed his body to anv nhvBician who wished it. for scientific Dumoses. but no one claimed it and it was creamated. For the second time in two years the medical supply department of the U S. army at New York was burned out, with a loss of Sl,000,p00. A sinkine steamer off the Atlantic coast sent wireless calls for aid and her captain and crew of 46 men were rescued just as the ship went down. A San Francisco cornice worker fell from a three story building, broke a 2x4 scantling on his way down, and landed on his feet without serious in jury. The Supreme court of the United States reached its 120th birthday A mine explosion in the Coahuila col liery in Mexico caused the death of 68 miners. Commander Peary is trying to or ganize an expedition to seek the South Pole. Cook county, III., (Chicago) struck for - i x . i: mcreaseu pay lur uvauiuc. Demands will bo made for increase in wages of mechanics and shopmen on 27 railroads throughout the Southwest. A shipment of 46 boxes of prehis toric hones has arrived in Berlin from the German East African exploring ex pedition. Harriman's holdings in the Wells Fargo Express company have been sold to the American Express company for $23,450,000. Prospects for the passage of a bill to raise additional money for the comple tion of government irrigation projects now under way grows brighter. The United Mineworkers of America in convention adopted a new clause in their constitution providing for the dis missal of any delegate who should ap pear intoxicated on duty. Sir George Drummond, senator, president of the Bank of Montreal, president of the Canada Sugar Refinery company and one of tbe foremost cap tains of industry in Canada, is dead, aged 81 years. Of the 1,000 Chinese living in and near Seattle, more than 600 are stock holders in the syndicate beaded by Goon Dip, the Chinese consul, which is building a new Chinatown near the two railroad BtationB. A state law prevents Chinese from owning property as indi viduals. Looters in Paris are being shot on eight. Nine bodies in all have come ashore from the wreck of the Czarina in Coos Bay. A Bchooner was driven ashore in nn Atlantic gale and her crew of 14 are missing. It is rumored that the stork will vis it the royal house of Spain in May. All kinds of Oregon lumber have ad vanced heavily in price in California markets. In the coming English parliament the Liberals will have. 274 and the Un ionists 273. Thirty-one men were killed and many others injured by a mine explo sion in Kentucky. President Tatt has pardoned a full blood Umatilla Indian chief who was serving a life sentence at McNeil's Is land, Washington, for murder. A big cereal trust is being formed to include all the principal breakfast food factories, and it is thought many large flour mills will also join it. Cattle on Eastern Oregon ranges are too weak to be driven to where they can be fed, and in some cases are being offered for Bale at S5 per head. After going four days without meat, a Chicago sign-painter bought a huge beefsteak, cooked it himself, and be gan eating so ravenously that he chok ed to death on almost the first mouth ful. A big fight 1b expected nn the postal eavings banks bill and opponents say it will not pass. An observer at Cambridge says the new comet, known es Comet A, 1910, is traveling from tbe earth at the rate of 41 miles per second. McCarthy reigns supreme San Francisco's Mayor Swoops Away All Traco of Procedonts. San Francisco, Fob. 4. San Fran ciso is in the hands of Mayor Mc Carthy and his cohorts. Commencing with tho throwing out of office of mem bers of tho board of police commission ers and following that up with tho do capitation of the members of tho board of education, tho newly-elected mayor practically completed his reign of tcr ror tho fore part of tho week when ho lopped off the heads of 15 more of tho Taylor commissioners, and in tho early hours of the morning had 15 of his own men sworn in. Neither the ousted commissioners nor any of their at torneys knew what had happened until long after the transformation had been effected. It is not the beginning 'of tho end, but it marks what Mayor McCarthy said upon his installation into office that ho proposes to run the city after his own manner. In Bhort, ho wants to control absolutely and without ques tion, the patronage of tho city, and failing to convince tho commissioners that they should resign, ho has brought it about by more tyrannical mothods. Saloonmen, members of the Royal Arch, a liquor dealers' association, and heads of various union bodies of San Francisco, make up, for the most part, the newly appointed commissions, so that it is easy to seo who is going to rule tho roost for tho next two years, at least. It is going far, perhaps, to say that San Francisco is to be tho Paris of America, but the complete disregard that McCarthy has Bhown for the in tent of the charter, . to say nothing more, is proof positive that he will permit nothing to stand in his road. His motto might easily be "rule or ruin. Already there are indications that the ousted commissioners will not stand idly by. Some of them, it is true, have decided to quit peaceably, but others, and notably the board of education, has decided to test in the courts the right of the mayor to turn them out of office. Action in this test case was begun today. TARIFF WAR AVERTED. Agreement Reached With Germany on all But Meat Inspection. Washington, Feb. 4. Concessions by both the United States and Ger many have averted a threatened tariff war. Negotiations have been concluded between the two countries which settle the qestion of a minimum and maxi mum rate with the exception of the cattle and dressed meat issue. This was eliminated trom the present nego tiations and will be taken up later in separate diplomatic representations. Under the agreement mare today Am erican minimum rates will be exchang ed for the entire minimum list of Ger many. Tbe result is considered advan tageous to both countries. The State department today issued a statement, which in part is as follows : "By the understanding arrived at, there will be no tariff war and no in terruption of tbe enormous commerce passing between the two countries. The magnitude of this business ap pears from the statement that in the calendar year just closed the direct interchange of commodities between Germany and the United States ex ceeded $409,000,000, and, allowances being made for German importations through other countries, the actual vol ume is possibly in excess of $500,000, 000. Glare, Report; Meteor? Quincy, 111., Feb. 4 A meteor is supposed to have Btruck near here at 1 : 30 o'clock this morning. It aroused the whole city and caused buildings to tremble. Those about the streets saw a great glare in the sky, and heard a report as of an explosion immediately followed. Burlington, la., Feb. 4. Reports from Keokuk and Hannibal state that at 1 :30 o'clock this morning the West ern Bky suddenly was lighted with a great glare and a minute later was followed by a heavy shock that caused the earth to tremble. It is supposed to have been a meteor, but may have been caused by the explosion of dyna mite in a mine. Comet Gas to Envelop Earth. New York, Feb. 3.-Camille Fiam- marion, the French astronomer, in a etter published here today, says that the vaporous tail of Halley's comet will envelop the earth on May 19. "For several hours," he says, "we will be mmersed in the gaseous caudal ap pendage whose chemical constitution is still little known. The comet will pass directly between the sun and the world at 2 o'clock in the morning of May 19. At that hour the Pacific ocean will be in full daylight, while in France it will be night. Valuable Witness Found. Chicago, Feb. 4. That the govern ment has found a valuable and well in formed witness in tbe beef trust case in the person of a former trusted offi cial of a large packing company was the report about the federal building. This man is said to be on a pension at present but has consented to tell tho ury all he knows in return for immun ty. Two more employes of Swift & Co. were subpoenaed today, and others, it is said, will follow. Body Lashed to Mast. Crissfield, Md Feb. 4. The body of Captain W. A. Bradshaw, of tho oyster boat Effie Smith, wbb found ashed to tho mast of hiB wrecked ves sel today. The crew of Ihree men are missing. HAPPENINGS FROM AROUND OREGON APPLE PROFITS GREAT. Formor Mall Carrlor 'Extols Llfo of Up-to- Dato Frultralsor. Portland One of the most interest ing addresses delivorod bofore Portland Apple Growers' association was given by I. A. Mason, a prominent Hood Rivor orchardisL Tho subject waB 'Tho Apple from Start to Finish," tho speaker giving tho largo audience pres ent a clear, conciso story of applo pro duction from tho practical standpoint. Perhaps tho most interesting part of Mr. Mason's address was that in which he gavo exact figures on tho proceeds from an Oregon applo orchard. In his Hood River orchard ho has JuBt two varieties, Newtown Pippin and Spitz enberg. In 1906 his receipts from the Spitzenbergs wore $835 an acre, nnd from the Newtowns $760 an acre. This waB the only year, ho said, in which tho Spitzenbergs brought larger returns than tho other variety. In 1907 tho average returns were $250 an acre ; in 1908, $1,200 an aero, and in 1909, $500 an acre. . This year niB ireoB aro in yearp old. "These figurcB are exact and not col ored in any way," said Mr. Mason. "It will bo seen that my orchard has brought me in gross receipts of $700 an acre as an average for five years. All expense of maintenance amounted to about $200 an acre, leaving n net profit of $500 an acre. "This, of course, is paying iu per cent on a valuation of $5,000 an acre. It looks big, but it is nothing more than any young man who gets hold or a good piece of Oregon apple land can do. It can be done in the Willaimetto val ley. If you willl only select the right land, plant tho best varieties and give them proper attention. "You will notice that my orcnara brought in only $500 an acre last year. This, I believo, was because the crop waB so heavy the year before. The ex traordinary cold snap of last winter also contributed to it. But I want to say right now that this year gives every indication of being one of the best that Hood River has ever experi enced. I believe confidently that my orchard will again bring in at least $1,200 an acre. "In raising apples it must be borno in mind that it takes time bofore tho trees begin to pay. You will get a small crop in five years, and a better yield each subsequent year. But all that time you have been paying out with nothing coming in. It will take the crops of tho Beventh and eighth years to bring you out even. Then you are in clover. It's all velvet after that." Mr. Mason advocated planting not more than three varieties in ono orch ard, and said two are better, if the right two are selected. He alBO de clared that in Oregon he doeB not con sider the elope of the ground as mak ing a great deal of difference, just bo the soil is of tho right quality. Say Eugene-Coos Bay Road Assured Eugene F. B. Kidder, one of the promoters of the railroad from Eugene to Coos Bay, via Siuslaw, has returned to this city from Minneapolis, where he has been conferring with people who are backing hirn. He will be fol- owed in a few days by J. H. ThomaB, a civil engineer, who has built several ines in the Middle WeBt, and John Baird, another railroad man, who will be associated with Mr. Kidder in this enterprise. All have left good posi tions in Mineapolis to take up this now work, and will make Eugene their home with their families. They say that as soon as the survey and right of way are secured a large railroad corporation is ready and wil ing to build the road. A fund to complete thia Jwork is now being sub scribed and the promoters say it can be raised in a few days. These men have come here at the in stance of the Lane County Asset com pany, a body of local business men, who have worked hard on the proposi tion for the past year, and who now believe that their work has begun to show fruit. To Establish Paper M-ll. Hood River It iB possible that Hood River will be the place selected for a paper mill. William Goodnough, who has a farm in Hood River, and who ia an experienced paper mill man, met with the board of directors of the Com mercial club recently and outlined hlB plans, and the matter was further tak en up at a mass meeting. Mr. Good nough believeB that Hood River would afford an ideal Bite for a mill of this character. $10,000 Ranch In Union County. Elgin The Bloodsworth ranch four miles Northeast of Elgin, owned by J. O. Fisher, waB'sold this week to Harry Hug for tho sum of $10,000. The ranch contained 200 acres of farm land and 40 acres of timber land. Fisher came here last fall from Washington. He bought the place from John Bloods worth, who homeeteaded it in 1875, New Company at Halfway. Baker City Articles of incorpora tion have been filed for the Pine Mer cantile company to do business at Halfway, Or., with a capital stock of $00,000. The company will also handle real estate. J. B. Wood, Isaac McMullen, J. R. Hunsacker and Frank Clark are incorporators, The Oregon Library commission will bo glad to loan program material to teachers for Lincoln's and Washing ton's birthday. Tho only charge will be poBtacre. Address Oregon Library commission, Salem. " I START BIG PRUME ORCHARD Syndlcnto Will Plant Big Tract Noar Capital City. Salom Ono hundred and sixty-fivo acreB of raw land havo boon purchased by a syndicato of Salem businoss mon in tho center of ono of tho best fruit districts in tho vicinity o'f Salem, tho Rosodalo district, and it will bo sot out at onco with Italian prunes. Tho trooB havo been ordered for 50 acres of tho purchaBo, and thoy will bo planted at onco. The land is located seven or eight miles Bouth of Salem, and will bo trnv oracd by tho Oregon Electric when that lino 1b extendod on to Albany. Tho purchaso waB mado of Arthur Ed wards by Charles McNary, Dr. T. C. Smith, Harry E. Albert ond Frank Durbin, an attorney, a dentcst, a banker and a hop grower and buyer, ft is the first tlmo that a group of men havo entered the prune business in bo systematic a way in this vicinty. Tho whole tract is not to bo set out at once. The best methods will bo , adopted and studied with a view to ( making money. Other improvements , will bo put on tho tract, including unique summer home, which may bo occupied from time to time by ono or moro of the families of tho men who aro tho proprietors of tho model or- chard. It will bo a plantation for fnrmorn nnri nrnno trrowors n Mar On and Polk countioB to emulate and as nn educational feature nlono it will be a valuable asset to tho pruno growing in dustry in those counties. Weather Bureau Discontinued. Baker City Tho weather bureau which has been maintained here since July 1, 1889, will bo discontinued, for the present at least, according to in formation received by D. C. Grunow, the observer, from headquarters at Washington. All Iho instruments nnd records of the station were destroyed in the fire which wiped out the whole quarter block, and there is not any money available at presont for the es tablishment of another bureau. Potato Rato Reduced. ducing tho rates on potatoes and onions to tho samo eeneral level as the grain rates on the Southern Pacific road, J whlrh in nnn nf tho few roads fn the . Northwest that has charged more for of tho Montgomery & Mullin Lumber the transportation of potatoes and company, today, "Is tho heavy demand onions than for grain and mill feed. 1 of tho railroad companies for this lum The railroad commission haB decided ber. Not only in the United States is Hint, thpnn phnrtraH of tha Southern i tho demand heavy, but it extends to Pacific are unreasonable New Car Shops at La Grande. La Grande Tho Oregon Railroad & Navigation company has unofficially announced that new fhops aro to bo built here during the coming Bummer. The plans are all completed and draw ings and details aro rendy for tho be ginning of the work as soon as possible in the spring. Tides Uncover ga's. Newport Tho recent high tides have uncovered here largo areas of agate bearing gravel, and when the weather permits large crowds may be seen on the beaches searching for tho agates, which have made Newport famous. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices Bluestem, $1.1G; club, $1.06; red Russian, $1 04; valley, $1.06; 40 fold, $1.10. Barley Feed and browing, $28.50 29 por ton. Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $86. Oats No. 1 white, $31.5032 ton. Hay Track prices Timothy, Wil lamette valley, $18(20 por ton; East ern Oregon, $21(fi;22; alfalfa. $17(18; clover, $16; grain hny, $16fi0l7. Butter City creamory, extras, 37 39c per pound; fancy outside creBmory, 35(?537c; store, 20GS22&C. Butter fat prices average ljtfc per pound under regular butter'priccs. Eggs Fresh Oregon extras, 81 32c; Eastern, 17K22c. Pork Fancy, 11c por pound. Poultry Hens, 16Kft17c; springs, lG17c; ducks, 2122c; geese, 1214c; turkeys, live, 2225c; dreBB ed, 22(?:30c; equabs, $3 per dozen. Veal Extras, 1212)c per pound. Fresh Fruits Apples, $1(5)3 per box; pears, $l(ff)l.G0; cranberries, $8 9 per barrol. Potatoes Carload buying prices: Oregon, 70(,90c per sack; sweet pota toes, 2 H(Q24e per pound. Vegetables Artichokes, $11.25 por dozen; cabbage, $l-.752 por hun dred; pumpkins, lKlc per pound; squash, 2c; tomatoes, $1.502,25 per box; turnips, $1.50 per sack; carrots, $1.25; beets, $1.50; parsnips, $1.50. Onions Oregon, $1,50 per snck. Hops 1909 crop, primo nnd choice, 2022cper pound; 1908b, IT He, 1907s, 11 Kc Wool Eastorn Oregon, 1023c per pound; mohair, choice, 25c, Cascara bark, 1 c per pound. Hidoa Dry, 18C)18Kc per pound dry kip, 18(?18c; dry calfskin, 19rt7) 21c; Baited hides, 10(7)10c; Baited calfskins, 15c; green, lc less. Cattle Best, steers, $5; fair to good, $4.504.75; strictly good cows, $3 754 ; fair to good cowb, 'Aui 3.50; light calves, $5(5.50; heavy calves, $44.60; bulla, $3.503.75; stags, $34, Hogs Top, $9; fair to good, $8.60 8.75. Sheep Best wethers, $5,50; fair to good, $55,50; good gwob, $4.755; lambs, $C6.60. CEREAL TRUST FORMING. 'Twelvo Biggest Breakfast Food Mnk ors May Combine. Chicago, Fob. 2.-Tho hungry pub lic, turning from prohibitive meat nnd othor foodstuffs to cereals, in apparent ly in for another hnrd shock, as thoro is ovory indication thut ft Rreat com bino in cereals is on tho vorgo of com pletion to be followed Immediately by a general boost In prices. Snowbnl hi and sand scorn about tho only thingB loft that cannot bo cornered. Advices from MinnenpollH today and tonight aro to tho effect that n groat holding company in forming to tnKo over Bovcral of tho largest cereal lac fn-tnn In ihn Un tOl HtnlO -HI Bliori, w - - - i form a trust in breakfast foods. pnrHintf In theHO roports, theso Ac- coin- panies probably would bo in the com- bino: . .. Northwestern Coreul corporation. Minneapolis Coreal & Milling Co. Fruen Wheat Food & Milling Co. Minno-Paul Ceroid & Milling Co. Malta Vita Food Co., Buttlo Creok. Pottijuhn Puro Food Co. All Iowa plants of tho United Ceroal Co It is further declared that in nddl tion to theao concerns, seven white flour mills in tho territory adjacent to Minneapolis would bo in tho merger and that thoro wos a possibility thut linking concorns of Minneapolis also would bo included. Thomas W. Hicks, of th National Cnmtmnv. sa d today: "l hero iz coreai-prixjuuM-K '-" , this country, whore one holding con . . pnny could handlo tho entire output, j We Boek at present to comblno theso j 12 firmB and ovoid tho throut-cuttlng . WHICH hllS UOCn going Oil Jor jf:uu .w.u which has cnuBed many failures. lor instance, Battle Creek, Mich., wnicn has been tho center of cerecl-produc-ing, has been tho victim of 42 failures in three years. "Tho way things are going at pres ent, tho cereal output is a losing prop osition for the food companies. It Is a continual fight for contracts and tho result is that the jobber is tho only one who makes tho big money. LUMBER PRICES ADVANCE. Demand by Railroads Given as Cause of Riso. Los Angeles, Feb. 2. -Rough Ore gon pino lumber has advanced $1, to $22 and $20 a thousand loot, Shingles have advunced 25 cents, to $2.25 and $3 a thousand. Shakes aro up, $2, to . m im'UBunu. "Tho reason for the odvanco in rough Oregon pine," said J. F. Mullin, China, whero they are doing an im mense amount of railroad building. "The railroads use so much lumber that they practically make tho market When there iB a grunt nmount of railroad building tho price of lum ber goes up. "Tho outlook for the lumber busi ness is higher prices. Thoro has been a tendency toward higher prices since tbe slump caused by the financial de pression of u little more than a year ngo." Throe Moro Bodies Found. Marahfield, Or., Feb. 2. Three more bodieB of the Czarina wreck victima were found today. Ono was near tho mouth of the Umpqua rivor, a second at Ten-Mile creek and tho third oppo site tho wreck. Tho bodies aro not yet identified. This makes nine bodies that have been found. It was thought by some that tho hendloNS body found several days ugo was that of Harold Millis, but tha father, C. J. Millls, could not identify it, und tho remalnB were buried rh an unknown. A watch ia kept for more bodies, Pnulhan Mnkes Flight Denver, Feb. 2. Thirty thousand people Bwarmed Into Overland park to day to seo LouIb Puulhnn In an exhibi tion flight in his Farman biplane. After three preliminary attempts, Paulhan twice encircled tho mile track. That tho exhibition was not i moro Bucceesrul was duo to tho crowd itBelf. They broko down fences, Bwarmed over tho field, and the polico had difficulty in clearing sufficient space to allow tho'machino to atort. Gale Wrecks Schooner. Norfolk, Va Feb.2 With a north weBt wind blowing at 52 miles an hour, tho three-mnnted schooner Frunces, Captain Coombs, from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., was washed ashore on tho Hatternfl coast this morning and was pounded to pieces. Fourteen mon are supposed to havo been lost before tho Hfo-savors could reach tho vessel. None of tho bodies havo been washed aBhoro. Gait 41 Miles a Second. Cambridge, Mubs., Fob. 2. Forty ono miles a second is the speed nt which "Comet A, 1910" is traveling from tho earth, according to statement announced at Harvard collego observ ntory todny, from Lick obsorvatroy. Tho tolegrum snys thut Albrecht pho tographed tho spectrum of tho comet nnd found tho Hotlium lines displaced indicating tho motion of the luminary, J P C I) u. S Citizen TMMlmnrwl Vn T?l. n w,," " unuer an "l ori Iiuii r re 'wn in tho United rt of Antifula n,in.. : : in tho case of Namyo ReBupo vs. Tho United Stntos, a Japanese in law is Hthera whf.. , or n porfJon f African descont, a d theroforo Is not iwl i" HHiuralizution in this coun- try. SAVED BY WIRELES, Call of Sinking Steamer He and Quickly Answered, STEAMSHIP KENTUCKY IS Hnnlnln null Qrnw of An M w" - by Stonmor Which Picked Up Call for Holp, New York, Fob. G. Onco rnorjj wlroless has nvertod disaster, for "S. O. S." signal of dlBtreus, quuj flashing through tho other, this nj ing summoned holp to n sinking atui or und tonight Cnptnln Moon nnd I crow of 40 mon nro snfo on board fc Mnllory liner Alnmo, while tholr t eel, tho Btentncr Kentucky is at &j bottom of tho scu off Capo llntteruj It Is nnothcr enno of disaster avJ by wirolesn nnd told to tho world y inu same inonium. ' Tim k'iin(llll V n uwln .. 990 gross tomngo nnd 203 feet lc was bound from Now York to thW cllic count tor usa uotweon Seattle id Alntikn porta for tho AJaaka.Pi Steamship compny. First nowa of tho Kentucky'j fj tress was received nt the United Wbj less company's station nt Capo m terns nt 11:30 o'clock this morntaj Thoro tho oporntor henrd the "S.1 S." nnd quickly followed by this b2 sage: "Wo nro sinking. Our latitude 23:10; longltudo 70:30." Almost simultaneously thoopmti heard the stvumship Alamo reipodl the Kentucky's cnll for help, Informs Cnptnln Moora that tho Alnmo vv making all speed to tho sinking vol eel s unatHtnnco. Therenfter no mcssago wns rewlrd from tho Kentucky, indicating til wntor had interferred with tho po& puttiny her wireless apparatun oat 6 commission. The navy department nt Wanblngts in tho meantime flashed wireless m sages along tho Atlantic coast, 6J patching tho battleship Louijiiaj which was on a 24-hour spctdra cruise, nnd two rovenuo cuttert, ty Yumncraw and Semlnnlo, to thoicaj but at 5 o'clock word camo from 6 Alnmo thut sha had arrivod first ia hud taken off all hands in nnfety. This is tho message as recofriiJ New York by tho United Wirtld company from its Capo Hnttcnu rtj tion: "Latitudo 32:46; longitudo Steamship Alnmo has just taken Cm tain Moore and crew of 4G men in the sinking Kentucky. Water bad i ready ronched tho fire room and & steamer will sink beforo midnigL fij Alamo is now proceeding to M West." COAST ASKS PROTECTION, Seaports Need CO Submarine in Oefance In Timo of War. Washington, Fob. 5. Ten eubw ines a vonr for tho next fivo yeari i the program of naval construction li the Pacific Coast defenses that li been propared by tho mombors of ej irreBfl from tho states of tbe F$i Const. This. will bo insiiitd upon stronglfi nn early dato before tho house come tee on pnval affairs. Delegations from Oregon, Wnshk ton und California havo organized I press this claim. RcpreJenUti" Haven, of Californlu; Ellis, of to Ron, nnd Humphrey, of Washing wore appointed by tho Pacific Cc delegntion to luy tholr plns tf tho naval committee. Mr. HJ strengthened his position in his tjf nu-nt by quoting from tho report of 6 nnvnl board of ntratogy nnd other m eminent documents. "Tho Puclfic ConBt is in n defe: less condition," declnred lU'prcsec tivo Hayes. "In Sun Frnncleco thu currant fn nn c.f rnnir that it IS P' to ImnoHHihlo to nrotect tho cntn to thu harbor with mines." Bod Finds no Takers. r.na An(T.,ina VaU. f. Contrary tho expressed wish of Moses A. I'n mon. as contained In his last win, ' linriv nf thu frai linnrrlit. advocate . i i . vf..... Vnrk iiul iiu iiirnmi nvr id nun it.i . i i, m it,. Iriarmr ui (MUHHftH in uniunrnv. iuipu Ifnrmnn uihn nrrivnrl from ClliCOgO day to attend tho funeral or ins iriinnrlnn nnlrl Hint no nhvslclsn uxpresBpu u cloture 10 iuau oj mo Biranco ueauoBi, cuii-, 1UIICIUI DUi VllUB Will UV liwiw nnd tho body will be cromuteu. Sugar Onto Complicated, Now York. Feb. 5. Tho tangle Liiu nil if nr unrmrwniiriiinir lit" ' m . I J nNlin 1 . . .. 1 1L...1 KU Circuit court hero todny. Counael Chfirlmi Vt Ihilkn. niicrotary 01 Whilo anxious to nress tho claim fLinurii!HM nniriir iihiiiiiiiu w imtnun tv for his c ent on mo . mat no nnn tmtiiind to iniuuu' - trs before tho grand jury, wlflh to imporll his caeo, cti..- f rt.Ua la 03 Q...tii n-i w. u K Tho BV - - - - .I. unnvriiv, vuii. I'Diii " -r i oi a girl waa reported tociny cott. Tho father is a votoran oi Civil war and 88 years of off8! mother ia 28.