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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY. S2?&S. I Consolidated Feb., 1899. COKVAIiLIS, BENTOH COUNTY, OEEGON, FREDAX, JULY 4, 1902. NO. 28. EVENTS OP THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week. Presented in a Condensed Form, Which Is Most Ukery to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers The gunboat Marietta has been ordered to Hayti to protect American interests. Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, made a lengthy speech on .the annexa tion of Cuba. Earthquakes in Asia Minor destroyed many lives and demolished the greater part of 20 towns. Marine engineers on the Columbia and Willamette rivers ask for a raise of $10 a month and will strike if they do not receive it. General Cronje, the I oer commander, j has taken the oath of allegiance to King Edward. Many of the remaining; prisoners are following his example. I Many of the miners and other strik-i ers in the anthracite coal fields are willing to return to work, and it is not likely that the trouble will last a great while longer. Senator Bailey, of Texas, assaulted! Senator Beveridge, of Indiana. The southerner declared he was insulted and! demanded retraction, but the Indiana senator said he had meant no insult ancfl had nothing to retract. Congress held a session last Sunday the first time in 91 years. Chicago street car men will go out if tbey do not receive more pay. One was killed outright and 30 m-f jured in a railroad accident in Col or ado. The house decided the Missouri con tested election by declaring the . seat vacant. With the exception of iron and steel our exports this year will beat anJ previous record. No great anxiety is felt in Washing ton official circles regarding the situa tion in Venezeula. Tt Tina hmn awartained that the marl killed at Whatcom, Wash., in mistake! for Tracy, was insane. Kins Edward's health continues td improve. V His toronation haa been se for the end of September. Ouoan Alexandra received Whitelaw Beid, the special ambassador of the United States, and Mrs. Reid in a very courteous manner. Fighting has been renewed in Hayti. The situation is complicated as there are several candidates for the presi dency and each has an army fighting the rest. A heavy hail storm in the vicinity of Greeley, Colo., destroyed much small fruit, broke windows and did other damage. Boer prisoners, who have been con fined on various British islands for some time past, are being sent home as rapidly as possible. The American and British mission buildings at Ten Ku Chao, China, have been destroyed and a missionary killed by a mob of Chinese. At a continuation of his testimony before the senate, Admiral Dewey says Aguinaldo was after loot and his own personal gain, and not the independ ence of hid people. A bill has been passed by the senate extending the time for making final proof in desert land entries in Yakima county, Wash. The bill has not yet passed the house. Six firms in Paterson, N. J., have complied with the strikers' demands and the men have returned to work. This will most likely break all oppo sition to the union. King Edward continues to improve and will be out of all danger in a few days. Canadian troops in South Africa are being sent home as fast as transports can be had. Senator Mitchell made an impressive epeech befoie the senate in iavor 01 me 1905 exposition. The seventh week of the coal miners' strike in the East sees no material change in the situation. The Union Pacific has discharged its entire force of macninists at the Omaha shops with the exception of 10 men. An amnesty proclamation to Fili pinos will be issued July 4. This will release all political, but not criminal prisoners, including Aguinaldo. The Carnegie Steel Company has voluntarily raised the wages of all of its unskilled employes 10 per cent. This will affect nearly 15,000 men. The bill providing for the sale of a portion of the Umatilla, Oregon, re servation haa been passed by both nonces and is now ready for the presi dent's eignature. TVxas rattle will be shipped to re stock Boer farms; 650 head have been shipped from Fensacola. New York university has confeired the degree of master of letters upon Miss Helen Miller Gould. The American shipping syndicate is teported to have offred the Cunard line 55,500,000 for its tleet. Viiorv T.iu Kun Yi insists in pay in? the Chinese indemnity in silver against the wishes of foreign nations BIGGEST IN THE WORLD. Cotton Mffl to Be Bunt Near Kansas City $10 000,000 to Be Invested. Kansas City, Mo., July 3. -The Star says: The largest cotton mill in the world is to be built within 20 miles of Kan sas city. Ten million dollars is to be invested, $3,100,000 of which haa al ready been subscribed by Eastern and Western men. The mill will have 500,000 spindles and 12.000 looms. It will employ 4,800 operatives, and have a payroll of $2,450,000 a year. The capacity of the mills will be 170,000 bales of cotton a year, with an output of 75,000,000 pounds of finished cloth. The value of the annual output will, it is estimated, amount to $12,750,000. Electricity will be used as the motive power, and several new devices will be installed. There will be four mill buildings, covering an aggregate of 2, 000 acres of ground. The mill was promoted by V it ten McDonald, formerly a banker of Kansas Cityand later editor of the Kansas City Times, who recently haa been interest ed in mills at.Mammoth.Sjrixigs Ark. 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A detachment of United States marines and a force of the native constabulary have had an engagement with a large body of la drones in Morong province, Luxon. Many Idle Men at Dawson. Victoria, B. C, July 3. Arrivals from Dawson who reached here on the steamer Amur today report that there are a large number of idle men in the Klondike capital, many of whom have been attracted there in the hope of se curing work on . the Klondike Creek Railway. The majority have not the means to outfit to prospect or go to work on the creeks, and are lingering about Dawson. JfJJWS QF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS -OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of lav portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. Thieves bound and gagged a man at Astoria and relieved him of $200. The Eastern Oregon Baptist Associa tion held an interesting meeting at La Grande last week. Plumbers and carpenters of Astoria threaten to go on strike if they do noi get an advance in wages. The Red, White and Blue mine, in Malheur county, has been sold to East era capitalists for $25,000. The vote afc-the state election June 2 for senatorial candidates stood, Geer, The Big Bend WaTerDitch Company, with headquarters at Joseph, has filed articles of incorporation. Capital. $4,000. The president hag nominated Edward Hirsch to be postmaster at Salem, B. WT. Johnson at Corvallis.and Lot Liver more at Pendleton. The Southern Oregon District .Agri cultural Association will hold its second annual fair in Roseburg October 7-11, inclusive. Many attractive features are promised. Piew York is to have the most mag nificent hotel in the world. It will be 20 Etoiies high and cost $10,000,000. German experts, after two years test on four men, declared borax in the human system retards assimilation of fats and albumen. It is reported that Andrew Carnegie gave his second cousin, Miss Harriet Lauder, of Pittsburg, $1,000,000 when she became Mrs. J. C. Green way re cently. ANTHRACITE COMBINATION. Prcridcnt Roosevelt Wants to Know II It Is v n Trart. ; .- New York, July 2.- President Roose velt haa requested Attorcey General Knox to submit an opinion, - says a Washington dispatch to the World, as to whether the combination controlling the anthracite coal output constitutes a trust within the meaning of the Sher man anti-trost act and the decision of the United States supreme court there on. In making this request the presi dent gave Attorney General Knox the report recently prepared by Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, after a careful investigation of the differences existing between the coal operators and the miners, the facte forwarded by President Mitchell, of the United Mine workers of America and alt other data in his possession bearing on the subject. It will be the duty of Attorney Gen eral Knox to formulate an opinion for the president, making a definite decla lation that the anthracite combination does or does not constitute a trust. His present instructions did not requite him to go farther and express an opinion as to the probability of success ful prosecution under the Sherman anti trust act. The president will, it is believed, de termine on his subsequent line of action after Attorney General Knox has ren dered his opinion. --"5 TREATY OF ALLIANCE. Renewal of the Dreibund by the Three Powers in Its Original form. Berlin, July 2. The treaty provid ing for the prolongation of the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (the dreibund) has been signed in Berlin by the imperial chan cellor, Count von Bulow; the Austrian ambassador, L. von Szogyeny-Marich, and the Italian ambassador, Count .Lansea di Busca. The alliance was renewed in its original form. Upon the request of the imperial chancellor, the text of thenew driebund treaty will be kept secret for the present, and it is not certain whether its ; publication will occur later. ' I The announcement of the signing ot the dreibund did not cause surprise, as the renewal had been taken as a fore gone conclusion since Count von Bulow was in conference with the Italian and Austrian ministers during' the Easter holiday. German officials have never evinced the' slightest concern at the many reports emanating from Paris and other diplomatic centers reporting the prospects of a renewal of the dreibund to be gloomy, and they knew all along (hat Italy's flirtation with France was ot intended to bd disloyalty to her ?eutonic allies. WAS NOT ACQUITTED. ourt Martial Found General Jacab 11. Smith Guilty of Violating Rules of War. - Washington, July 2. It is an- ounced by the war department that the case of General Jacob H. Smith will ihot be acted upon before the end of the present week, at the earliest. Judge jdvocate General Davis, has completed liis review of the proceedings of the ourt martial and the papers are now a the hands of Secretary loot, who is io busy with other matters that he has ot yet had time to give the case the t ten tion it deserves. It has been generally understood that General Smith was acquitted by the urt, but it transpires that such was $ot the case, the court, it is alleged, having found General Smith guilty of violating the rules of war and sen tenced him to be reprimanded by the reviewing authority, which, in this case, is President Roosevelt. Inas much as the case is considered strictly confidential until finally acted upon by t he president, it is impossible to obtain tiny official information in regard to it. i SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE. Two New Steamship Companies Start a Scr 1 vice From New York. S New York, July 2. Actual and pros pective trade with South Africa has as sumed buch proportions since the term ination of the Anglo-Boer war that two steamship companies have inauguiated service between this city and South African points. It is the intention of the agents to maintain a bi-weekly service. For the last few years the carrying trade between this port and South Africa has been in the hands of -j, combination consisting of three lines 'The new service has already resulted in a reduction of rates. "The demand." said an official of ione of the new lines, "is mainly for lumber and building materials, for j which cable orders are coming to this country every day, and also largely for supplies of grain and agricultural im plements of all kinds is very large and is rapidly increasing." Trolley Car Overturns. Denver, June 2. At 11 o'clock last night an electric street car loaded with people returning from a suburban re sort, jumped the track and overturned at West Thirty-eight avenue and Homer boulevard, and 11 persons were seriously injured and four of them are likely to die. About 80 persons were on the car and all ol - tnem were more or less injured. Cholera in Philippines Manila, July 2. According to official reports there have been in Manila op to date 1,740 cases of cholera and 1,385 deaths from the disease. The same re ports for the provinces shows 9,444 cases an 7,038 deaths. Lieutenant Col onel Louis M. Maus, the insular health commissioner, says that there probably have been 2,000 deaths from cholera in the provinces, of which it is impoeai ble to get records. W0KK OF CONGRESS SESSION NOW CLOSING WAS A VERY ACTIVE ONE. Canal Appropriations Were the Largest Ever Made for a Single Purpose, Except for War Reduction of $73,350,000 in War Revenue Taxes Also Largest Ever Made Many Other Important Acts. Washington, July 3. The work of the first session of the 57th congress ha 8 been marked by exceptional busi ness activity, with many questions of far-reaching importance and general interest engaging" attention. With the exception of the Cuban reciprocity bill, most of the larger subjects of gen eral" legislation have been enacted as laws. .Notable among these larger measures is the isthmian canal bill, which consummates the efforts of half century to link together the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. Aside from its national and international import ance, this bill probably involves a larg er sum of money than that covering any other single undertaking by the govern ment, outside of war ex)-enditures. The Philippine civil government bill is another measure of far reaching import ance, extending to our remote Pacific possessions a system of internal govern ment together with coinage, currency, banking, corporation, timber and home stead laws. Among the other important laws en acted are those repealing the war reve nue faxes, extending and making more effective the Chinese exclusion laws; establishing a tariff of goods to and from the Philippines; extending the charter of national banks for 20 years; establishing a permanent census office ; restricting the sale of oleomargarine by placing a high tax on imitation butter; providing a consular and diplomatic service for Cuba ; establishing an ex tensive system by which the govern ment will aid in the irrigation of the arid sections of the west. The repeal of the war revenue .taxes has reduced taxation $73,350,000, and is said to be the largest single reduc tion of taxation ever made in this coun try. By this step the last of the taxes imposed at the beginning of our war with Spain are wiped out. The Phil ippine tariff act imposes 75 per cent of the Dingley tariff rates on articles com ing from the Philippines to the United States, and also imposes duty on arti cles entering the Philippines from the United States. The oleomargarine act results from several years' agitation. It places a tax of 10 cents a pound on substances colored to imitate butter. The irrigation act is of special im portance to the West. It creates an ir rigation iund in the treasury depart ment into which is to be paid the pro ceeds of the sales of public lands in the arid states. This iund in turn is to be used in storing water and establishing irrigation systems, the irrigation sec tions to be open to homesteaders, who are to be charged a proportionate share of the cost of the improvement. The Chinese exclusion law continues exclusion "until otherwise provided by law," and also applies the exclusion "to the island territories under thejur isdiction of the United States." The amount of the appropriations of the session will run unusually high, owing in part to the amount required to build the isthmian canal. When Mr. Cannon submitted a general esti mate of appropriations a few weeks ago, he made the total up to that time $691 ,445,000. Since then the canal bill has been passed, carrying a present appropriation of $40,000,000 for the franchise and enough more for the rights of Colombia and for beginning the work to carry the total up to $5C, 000,000. The entire cost of the under taking is approximately $184,000,000. This estimate also omitted several con tracts and other expenditures which will carry the grand total for the ses sion almost if not quite up to the billion dollar mark. SILVER TO MEXICO. Government Admits Five Million Ounces Free of Duty. Laredo, Tex., July 3. Large ship ments of pure silver in bars have been made through this city. It is from New Jersey and is going to the Mexican government mint in the City of Mexi co. One hundred and nineteen bars were shipped through yesterday, mak ing a total of 616 bars. The average weight of the bars is 70 pounds, so tne total number of pounds is 46,200. These shipments will pay no en trance duty. The Mexican govern ment, it is understood, some time since granted the American Smelting & Refining Company the right to import 5,000,000 ounces of silver bullion that has been exported from Mexico. This bullion will be coined free of charge in the government's mint and under the ruling rate of exchange will permit of a large profit. New Jersey's Treasury New York, July 3. For the fiscal year ending today, New Jersey s state treasury will Bhow a balance of $2, 698,202, which means nearly $500,000 increase over that of last year. The large amounts received within tbe last month in taxes and from the trusts chartered in 1901 make upthis increase. The taxes on big corporations foot up considerably more than $2,000,000 annually. BELIEVED HE HAD SHOT TRACY. Whatcom Officer Kills a Bad Man, but U was t Not the Oregon Convict Whatcom, Wash., July 1. Police man Frank Alvord shot a man through the pit of the stomach, inflicting a wound which will prove fatal. The man gives the name of Godfrey R. Campbell, and his home as Black River Falls, Wash. Policeman Alvord, who shot Campbell, believed at the time that he was dealing with either Tracy or Merrill, but the authorities have re ceived circulars containing an an nouncement of the reward offered for the men, and are positive that the man shot is not one of the escaped Oregon convicts. Policeman Alvord oberved a gun in the man's pocket while he was walking on the street, and as he was desperate looking, after consulting with Officer Jessup.'he determined upon his arrest. The man turned into a side street, fol lowed by Alvord, who requestedhim to halt. The stranger replied, "Not tby a d d sight!" whereupon the officer ordered-him to throw up his hands, at the same time drawing his revlover. The man attempted to draw his revolv er, atthe same time grabbingholdjwith one hand the officer's gxin. .T he officer fired, the ball striking the man in the pit of the stomach, passing clear through. He maintained a terrible fight with the officer. Officer Jessup, who had come to his brother officer's assistance, and a large number of by standeis who were trying to render the officers aid, were fully five minutes in subduing. the man. A dozen blows from a policeman's club, succeeded in crack ing the man's skull, but not in loosen ing his grip cn Officer Alvord's gun. His hand was finally broken in order to loosen his grip. The authorities are confident that the man is a desperado of some character and wanted by offi cers. " TEXAS DROUTH BROKEN. Heavy Rains Are Reported from Dallas South to the Gulf of Mexco. Dallas, Tex., July 1. The long drouth prevailing in Texas was quite generally relieved today. Heavy rams are reported from Dallas south to the Gulf, and many sections north, east and west have received portions of the downpour. The corn crop is said to be beyond redemption, but cotton will be saved. There was considerable alarm for the safety of Galveston throughout the day, as a severe gale was reported raging there this morning, and telegraphic communication was entirely interrupt ed during the day. It was later learned, however, that no damage had .been sus tained and that the water was bat slightly above normal. At Houston, a high wind prevailed, but no serious damage is reported. FEDERAL ARBITRATION BOARDS House Labor Committee Orders Favorable Re port on the Bill. Washington, July 1. The labor com mittee of the house has perfected and ordered a favorable report on the bill empowering the president to appoint federal arbitration boards to investigate and adjust strikes, lockouts, etc., which are of such magnitude as to affect in terstate commerce. The membership of the board was reduced to five mem bers, three to be appointed by tue pres ident and one by each of the parties to the labor controversy. The duties of the board are to investigate and report the facts, the idea being that publicity of the actual facts will do much to com pel an adjustment. Furthermore, pro vision is made that the contending parties may submit their cause to the board of arbitration for final decision, but this is not compulsory. The bill will be reported at once, but it is too late in the session to expect final action. Official Trial of Torpedo Boat Destroyer. Baltimore, July 1. The official trial of the torpedo boat destroyer Truxton has been held over the Barren Island measured course in Chesapeake bay. The vessel exceeded her contract speed and the mean endurance average for an hour by 1.9 knots and 1.066 knots re spectively. Her maximum speed corrected for tidal allowances was 29.9 knots, while under forced draught she averaged 27.66 knots for one hour. The Truxton was built at Sparrows Point by the Maryland Steel Co. Bliss Is Renominated. Detroit, June 30. The Republican state convention renominated -Governor Bliss on the first ballot. A motion to make his nomination unanimous was defeated, however, by the objection of editor M. L. Cook, of Hastings, who had placed John Patton, Jr., ex-United States senator, of Grand Rapids, in nomination, and who waged - 8 bitter fight against Governor Bliss throughout the campaign. . Ninth Infantry Goes East San Francisco, July 1. The 10 com panies of the famous Ninth infantry, which arrived on the transport Kil patrick, left for the East today, Colonel C. F. Robe in command. The head quarters of the regiment and six com panies will be stationed at Madison Barracks, N. Y., and the other com' panies at Fort Niagara. Absorbing Missouri Mines. Kansas'City, July 1. The Star says All the big coal mines in Missouri-are to be absorbed by a syndicate controlled by J. P. Morgan. The Missouri .oper- a tors have had so labor unions and many good mines much trouble with with railroads that can be bought for It ie also asserted reasonable prices. that the plan to consolidate Missouri mines by Eastern capitalists was only part of a plan to form a trust to control the coal output of the United States. PBE8IDENT SIGNS IT INDIAN WAR PENSION BILL BE COMES A LAW. Pen With Which Roosevelt, Frye and Hend erson Signed the Bill Are to Be Sent to the Old Soldiers Will Be Rewarded With All Haste All Concerned Are Well Pleased. Washington. Julv 2. The Indian War veteran pension bill is now k law. President Roosevelt has affixed his signature to the bill and the pen with which he signed it has been turned over to Representative Toneue. The bill. as soon as printed as an act, will . be sent to the commissioner of pensions, with instructions to use all possible iBpatch in putting the law into effect. He will be directed to issue the neces sary blanks, which will be furnishnd tn claimants upon application, and will be ready to receive - and pass upon claims and evidence as submitted. In view of the urgency of claims under this l&w. Representative Tontme haa urged that all Indian War pensions be made special. In order to avoid un necessary delays, the department cau tions claimants to nu out positive answers to all questions that are em bodied in the blanks, and to have all evidence sworn to before a notary pub lic Deiore being submitted to the com missioner. Omissions of this char acter necessitate the return of papers to the claimant, and often occasion con siderable postponement. Representa tive Tongue will forward the pen used by the president, as well as Speaker Henderson and President Frye, of the senate, in signing the pension bill, to the Indian War veterans of Oregon. He has had applications from the Ore gon Historical Society for this pen, but noids that it rightfully belongs to the veterans, and if they see fit to turn it over to the Historical Society, he has no objection. Senator Mitchell, who introduced' the bill, Senator Foster of Washington. who reported it,, and Representative Tongue, who has been so active in the house, and accomplished so much in getting it through, are very happy that the bill is finally a law. In fact, all the Western representatives feel that a long fight has been won, and that mer itorious services are to be rewarded. MISS MORRISON CONVICTED. Again Found Guilty of Murder in the Second Degree. ' -Eldorado. Kan.. Julr 2. Jessie Mor--r rison,' in her third trial for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle, at her home in this city in June. 1900. was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The jury was out 12 hours. The case may be appealed again. Jessie Morrison killed Clara Wilev Castle with a razor in a quarrel eight days alter Mrs. Castle had been mar ried to Olin Castle, with whom both women had been in love. Miss Morri son is the daughter of H. M. Morrison, formerly a circuit judge. The first trial resulted in a disagreement. . At the second trial Miss Morrison was. found guilty of manslaughter and civen a five year sentence. She spent but two months in the ?nenitentiarv. hin granted a new trial last February. as tne foreman finished reading the verdict in the present trial Miss Morri son turned pale, threw her arms around her aged father's neck, hid her head on his shoulder and both wept bitterlv. Later in her cell Miss Morrison refused to talk except to say that she had not expected a conviction, adding: ine judge was against me from the first to the last." " Breaks All Records. Bloomineton. III.. .Tnlv 2 All weather records in Central Illinois are being broken this year. Rain has fal len steadily for 24 hours, annroaohinor a cloudburst in extent at times. At intervals last night snow fell, while the temperature fell to 45 degrees. But lor the ram there would have been frost. Excess of moisture this sum mer has given all classes of crops a ser ious backset. Another. Indiana Tornado. Evansville,lnd., July 2. Three per sons were killed and several badly in jured in a tornado that passed near the city tonight. The fatalities occurred at St. Wendell, about 10 miles from this city. The path of the storm was about two miles wide and had a fear ful velocity. Many buildings were de molished. The loss to property will amount to about $100,000. Great Fire at Cape Town. Cape Town. Julv 2. Tho fir n.-hirh Vesterdav destroyed a nnmher of larvn business houses in the heart of the city broke out again this morning, but was finally got under control and extin guished with the assistance of soldiers and DiuejacJcets. The losses aggregate 250,000 pounds. Killing Fish by Dynamite. Washington, July 1. Senator Bard of the senate committee on fisheries, has made a favorable repot t on the bill prohibiting the taking of fish, seals, etc., by the use of explosives. Last Cable of East River Bridge. New York, July 2. With an Ameri can flag fluttering from the reel, the last wire making up the four cables of the new East river bridge has been put in place. This is the end of seven months' work by the contractors arid marks the commencement on the struct- which will be the fall of next year, almost simultane ously with the completion of the rapid I transit system.