Corvallis gazette., June 26, 1903, Image 1

GAZETTE
WEEKLY,
...ICeiisoliiated FeD., 1899.
COBVALiLiIS, .BENTON COUNTY, OBEGOU", FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1903.
VOL- XXXX. NO. 27.
TO TANANA BY RAIL.
Project to Open Land of Vast Richness
In Alaska.
Chicago, June 23. The gold output
of Alaska, now $30,000,000 per year,
will be greatly increased by the early
building of a new railroad from the
southern coast of Resurrection bay
northward to the Xanana river, definite
announcement of which was made here
today. The Reward construction com
pany. of Chicago, has secured the con
tract of the building and equipping of
413 miles. of Alaska Central railway,
from Resurrection bay northward
tniough the Cook inlet country and up
to the Sushitna valley to tne Tanaoa
river, 150 miles above its junction
with the Yukon.
The company has placed an order for
70-pound steel rails, which will be
shipped via Seattle and Vancouver.
Locomotives and cars have also . been
secured, and will be forwarded with
the rails. Construi tion must start be
fore July 15, and be pushed with all
possible speed. The new railway is
projected by prominent . men of the
Pacific coast. Th headquarters are at
Seattle and the financial office is in
Chicago.
The terminal of the Alaska Central '
is open every day of the year. Owing
to the influence of the Japanese cur
rent, the weather there never falls to
zero in winter weather. The toute of
the railway, which was surveyed last
summer, is through a valley heavily
timbered, and opens a vast country rich
in gold and copper. The northern
terminus is in the , midst of the new
Tanana gold fields,' many times more
extensive than the Klondike. The road
will make interior Alaska accessible
every day in the year and . save three
weeks of travel now necessary to inter
ior points by the circuitous routes up
the Yukon river. The projectors say
that the building of the Alaska Central
will increase the gold production of
Alaska from the present output of $30,
000,000 to $200,000,000, ; and attract
an increased immigration of scores of
thousands.
In addition to the resources of gold,
'coal and timber, the new railroad will
penetrate a copper belt, which has
been pronounced by government and
private mineralogists to contain the
most extensive and highest grade cop
per deposits known in the world.
ENTRY IS ESTOPPED.
Nearly Two Million Acres Withdrawn in
Harney and Malheur Counties', Or.
Washington, June 23.- On the re
commendation; of irrigation engineers
of the geological survey,' who have been
examining proposed irrigation sites in
Southern Eastern Oregon, the secre
tary ' of the interior has ordered the
temporary '., withdrawal of 1,080,000
acres of land lying in Harney valley,
along the Silves river, and along the
Malheur river in Malheur county.
The engineers who have been in the
field since early spring, are convinced
that in both of these localities the gov
ernment can well afford to undertake
the construction of storage reservoirs,
with a view of reclaiming large areas
of fertile but dry lands.
The engineers convinced , themselves
from preliminary examinations that
the Silvies and Malheur rivers 'afford
plenty of water to irriagte considerable
areas. Now that the lands have peen
withdrawn, they will hereafter be ex
amined in detail to determine just how
great an acreage can be irrigated at
reasonable cost, by impounding the
waters of these two streams. '
The Harney valley project lying
eouthwest of Burns and north and east
of Lake Malhenr, 1 embraces 622,080
acres, as follows: Townships 22 to 26,
ranges 31, 3 and 33; township 22, R.
32 ; townships 23, 24 and 25, ranges
33 and 34; township 26, ranges
33 and 31, all south and east.
The Malheur river project proper em
braces about 415,000 acres lying on
either side : of the Malhenr river and
around the town of Vale, extending
from the Snake river westerly half way
across. In addition , there has been
withdrawn 51,000 acres lying just west
of this main tract, and directly on the
liver, which is to be utilized as a reser
voir site.
The main Malheur withdrawal in
cludes township 16, range 46; town
hip 17, ranges 44, 45 and 46; town
ship 18, ranges 43. 44, 45 and 46;
township 19. range 43; fractional
townships 16, 17, 15, 19 and 20, range
47, lying west-of the Snake river;
township 16, range 48, all. south and
east. -
Canada Rises to Protest.
Osewgo, N. Y., June 23. Theyisit
of Secretary of War Root to this city
and the announcement of plans for the
rebuilding of historic Fort Ontario and
its conversion into a battalion post have
been the subject of unfavorable com
ment by the Canadian press. An Ot
tawa paper says "That fort can only
have one object the protection of the
harbor in case of war with Canada and
1 "the providing of a stronghold from
whi h vessels of war can issue to prey
upon' Canadian lake commerce and
cities."
.. . Lightning Works Havoc.
Cambridge, O., June 23. -Lightning
-struck a house stored with 3,000 pounds
of dynamite at the new mines now be
ing opened near Senecavilie, 12 miles
from here today daring a storm and
iilled six men and injured a score of
others, besides raining the mine shaft
and breaking nearly all the windows in
Senecavilie, a mining town of 300 peo
ple half a mile from the mine. - The
men killed and "wounded were car
penters.' . v.-' - '
Venezuela Pays Qennany.
Caracas, June 23. 'The Venezuelan
government has paid to Germany $60,
O00 due this month as stipulated in the
protocol in partial liquidation of the
-German claims against Venezuela. -
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import-
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Oar
Many Reader.
2 Frost and rain have ruined thoneands
of acres of potatoes in Ireland.
Ashes from the volcano Sangay, in
Ecuador, have been falling for sevual
days.
Three days of rain have helped to
dispel the fears of a crop failure in
China.
" Ex-President Arias, of Spanish-Hon
durea, has been placed in a dungeon by
the successful rebel party.
The shipping traffic at CienfuegOB,
Cuba, is tied up by a strike of lighter
men for higher wages.
The large wholesale boot and shoe
firm of Lamkin & Foster, cf Boston,
has been attacked by creditors.
Wall street will make an nnceaseless
campaign against the get-rich-quick
concerns centering in that district.
A Chinese mandarin at Linchow has
been executed for high treason, in sup
plying arms and ammunition to rebels.
Ludwig Levoi, formerly a member of
the Hungarian diet, has been appoint
ed emigration commissoiner for Hun
gary.
The scaffolding of a bridge in coarse
of construction near Rome gave way
with the result that five men were
killed and 20 injured.
A buoy thrown out by the Baldwin-
Ziegler polar expedition at Franz Josef
land, Jane 11, 1902, has been picked op
on the northeast coast of Iceland.
The people of Servia take offense at
the new king for promoting assassins.
Whitelaw Reid says the Monroe
doctrine has been carried too far by
patirotic fervor.
Eight cars broke waay at Rawlins,
Wye, and collided with a freight train.
Four men were killed.
Ex-Representative Load, of Cali
fornia, is plaeed in an unenviable posi
tion in new postal scandal.
A Wilmintgon, Del., mob burned a
negro at the stake to avenge an assault
upon and murder of a -17-year-led girl
Four men were killed and another
fatally injured in a wreck on the Mis
souri Paicfic near Jefferson City, Mo.
Convicts in the Colorado state peni
tentiary captured the warden's wife,
and using her as a shield, made a des
perate break for liberty. The two
leaders were killed and the rest cap
tured.
President Diaz, ef Mexico, is sure to
be renominiated.
The sultan of Morocco lost 6,000 men
in battle with rebels.
Five men were killed in a mine ex
plosion at BlodsDurg, N. M. -
Servia is indignant over the with
drawal of the British minister.
The 1904 supreme lodge A. O. U. W.
will meet at Chattanooga, Tenn.
The amount of relief money received
at Heppner now totals ovet $8,000.
More troops have been sent to Du
buque, Iowa, to prevent rioting by
strikers.
A tunnel being constructed at Boston
caved in, killing two men and fatally
injuring a third.
One man was killed and another in
jured in Arizona in a dispute over cat
tle grazing grounds. -
When Prince Henry of Prussia visits
the United States next year he will also
tour the Pacific coast states.
Bolivia has agreed to allow Brazil
until October to settle the Acre dispute.
Wales had two severe earthquake
shocks, but no great damage was done.
The head camp of Modern Woodmen
has refused to admit Texas and New
Mexico.
' Robbers secured $300 in cash and
$200 in stamps by cracking the Colfax,
III., postoffice sale.
Careless smoking by miners in a Twi
light, Pa.,, powder house caused an ex
plosion which resulted fatally to three
Slavs.
A Connecticut court has made an
order which will make it possible for
the final link in the New York-Boston
trolley line to be completed. k
Mrs. Sam Bailey, of St. Louis, and
daughter and son were mysteriously
murdered. They were poor, . and a
motive for the crime is hard to find.
The 11th Eastern conference of the
Young Women's Christian Association
will be held under the auspices of the
American committee at Silver Bay on
Lake George, Jane 26-July 20.
New complications are feared in the
territory of Acre. '
Kansas City, Mo., freight handlers
have struck for a 25 per cent increase
of wages. .
The Chicago University proposes to
expend $3,000,000 for buildings and
land for secondary .schools.
The Spanish budget f or . 1904 esti
mates the expenditures at $193,600,
000 and the revenue at $200,000,000.
The National Children's Home So
ciety has re-elected all of the present
officers, and adjourned to meet at St.
Louis next year. ,
FROM MANY STATES.
Money for Heppner Sufferers Continues
to Arrive Dally.
Heppner, Or., June 25. Nearly $7,'
500 swelled the total of relief dona
tions today. It is gratefully welcomed
as the falling off in receipts yesterday
and the day before gave some anixety
to the committee, for there is pressing
need of every cent received or prom
ised. The money comes from all over
the United States,' one man in a far off
corner of Texas contributing $1, while
the city of New York sent a check for
$2,500.
Bat one more body was -recovered to
day, bringing the total found to date to
178.
Now that the town is practically
cleared and placed in a fairly xsanitaiy
condition, the executive committee has
decided that no further outside work
men will be called for. The force on
hand, now thorocghly organized, is
deemed sufficient to comlpete the
work. It is probable that the Port
land contingent will Boon be with
drawn, leaving only the Heppner force
in town. Since the rush is over, it is
felt that as much paid woik as possible
should be left to the Heppner people,
giving them the opportunity to earn
the money donated. The Portland
force, under J. N. Davis, being very
compact and as readily moved as a
military camp, with cooks, tents, com
missary and other equipment, it is pos
sible that it may be sent down the val
ley to help clear up the drifts remain
ing.
C. C. Berkeley, the well known en
gineer, has been wotking a force of 210
men down the valley today. Sixty of
these are Pendleton citizens. The oth
ers are mixed volunteers and paid men
from various points. Mr, Berkeley es
timates that with his present force 10
more days will be required to go over
the valley. The first search not being
at all thorough, many drifts will have
to be gone over again, as loose debris
was thrown on top ot unaisturDea
heaps. It the Portland contingent is
put on also, the time for completing
the task will be materially lessened.
A total of about five large carloads of
general supplies, as food, bedding.
clothes, etc., has been donated and
shipped to Heppner since the flood.
CUBAN MATTER BEFORE CABINET.
Naval Station Will Be Secured in Ad
vance of Payment Therefor.
Washington, June 25. At the cabi
net meeting today, Secretary Wilson
submitted an elaborate set of plans for
the proposed new building of the de
partment of agriculture. Considerable
modification of the plans ' submitted
will be necessary in order to bring
them within the cost proposed by con
gress.
Secretary Hay referred briefly to the
pending treaty looking "tc the acquisi
tion of naval stations in Cuba, and the
settlement of title to the Isle of Pines.
As to the naval stations, it appears
tnat the treaty wlil be bo framed as to
permit of the acquisition of the land in
advance of payment therefor, the ques
tion of price to be settled thereafter.
This is necessitated by the fact that the
Cuban government proposed to acquire
the title from individual holders and
transfer the land to the United States,
and it is unable at this time correctly
to estimate the value of the property
required. - ' 1
CHINESE CRISIS QROWS ORAVER.
Rebels Besiege a City and Will Take It
Unless Help Arrives Soon.
Shanghai, June 5, via Victoria, B.
C, June 25. The crisis grows more
grave in Kwang Si. The North , China
Daily News says today:
The local mandarins have received
the following telegram from Kwang Si:
"The rebellion is increasing and
daily getting more dangerous and more
formidable. The imperial army here
is too weak to be of any use. The lat
est news is that the rebels have beseiged
the city of Chang Choa of the prefect
are of Tai Ping Fa in Kwang Si, and
that unless relief is sent at once, it
wlil certainly fall into the hands of the
rebels. Wu, the prefect, has been
sending an appeal for troops to the
governor, Wang Chi Hung, and he has
ordered a force under Ho Taotai and
Major General Pan to proceed to raise
the seige."
State Flood Relief Phm. .
Topeka, Kan., June 25. Senator F.
D Smith will introduce a flood relief
measure in the Senate, following the
lines of the precedent established in
1901, when an appropriation was made
to furnish seed for the settlers in
Northwest Kansas who had lost their
all by drouth. He would require those
to whom money is supplied to give a
note therefor, witnout interest, due
October 1, 1904, and when it is col
lected the money- shall be returned to
the state treasury. The plan will require
a K-mill levy to meet the appropriation.
Floods Wipe Out Towns.
El Paso, Tex., June 25. The Rio
Grande at Berino, N. M., is six miles
wide Santa Fe trains are coming in
over the Southern Pacific tracks. It is
reported here that the channel has
changed twice in 30 miles above El
Paso. - The current crosses . the Santa
Fe track twice in lets than a mile pf
terrtoriy. All the Mexican settlements
near ' Sierra- Blanca. Tex., has been
swept away Breino ha not been heard
from for several days. . -
Minister Will Not Return.
New York, June 24. According to
Information obtained bv the World
here, Senor Luis Corra, the Nicaraguan
minister to this country, will not re
tarn to his post, and the Nicaraguan
government will continue without a
diplomatic representative at washing'
ton because of the failure of , the Nica
ragaan canal project.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL WORK.
University of Oregon Expects an In
creased Attendance.
The year just closed has been one of
the most successful in the history of
the University of Oregon. A hearty
spirit of co-operation has existed be
tween the students and faculty, and
the work accomplished during the year
speaks for itself. The classroom work
of the students , has been above the
average, and cases of .discipline have
been few.
The athletic and other interests of
the students body have been conduct
ed according to the ideal of the uni
versity, and have been enthusiastl
cally supported. .
President P. L. Campbell has made
many friends during the first year of
his regime, and his efforts to build up
the university and to bring it into
closer touch with people of the state
have been appreciated by the regents
and by the general, public.
ine prospects ior a large increase
in attendance next semester are flat
tering.' Already nearly 100 applica
tions have been received for freshman
standing, most of them coming from
graduates of the different high schools
throughout the state. The scientific
and engineering courses will Ce bet
ter equipped than ever before, and the
facilities for instruction in these
branches will be very efficent.
The dormitory is being improved
and transformed into a comfortable
home for the young men of the univer
sity. The dormitory will be managed
in the future by the university and a
fixed rate of 3.50 per week will be
charged for board and lodging.
It Is very encouraging to note lLat
85 per cent of the students who were
in the university during the past year
were actual college students and that
the preparatory department, which a
few years ago contained more than
one-half of the students body, is
gradually .disappearing.
PRUNE QROWERS FUEL PROBLEM.
Marlon Cordwood Has Increased In Price
and Is Lcarce.
An enormous prune crop and an un
usually short supply of wood will make
the fuel question an important one to
fruitgrowers this fall. The curing of
the hop and prune crops takes thous
ands of cords of wood each year. , In
the last year or two the amount of fuel
cut has decreased, and it is very evi
dent that the supply will not equal the
demand -this fait - Every cord of wood
that comes to Salem is quickly" bought
and much ef that still corded up in the
country is already, sold. The best
quality of large far is selling at $4 a
cord, whereas it usually Drings buti
2.75 to $3. The price of small fir has
not advanced so much, as this class
of wood is in less demand and more
plentiful supply. The price has gone
up from $2.25 and $2.50 a cord to $3. It
is almost certain that as th season
passes the prices will increase and
that prune growers will find the item
of fuel adding to the cost of preparing
their fruit for .market.
Four thousand cords of slab wood
will be brought to Salem from Eugene
this summer.
Big Timber Deal Made.
A deal involving several hundred
thousand dollars has just been con
summated by which H. L. Pittock. P.
W. Leadbetter. president of the Col
umbia River paper company, and W.
P. Hawley, assistant general manager
of the Crown paper company, have
purchased aoproximately a half inter
est in the Charted K. Spaulding log
ging company, owned by Spaulding
and B. C. Miles. The object of the
deal is to enlarge the scope of opera
tions of the company, which ownes a
mill at Newberg, sveral steamboats
and thousands of acres of timber
lands. The capacity of the Newberg
mill is about 30,000 feet daily, and this
will be at least doubled, as the com
pany wishes to increase its lumber
output. . I
Law for Plumbers.
Some of the larger towns in Oregon
have overlooked the . act of the last
legislature which requires that every
incorporated city of 4000 inhabitants
shall have a board of examiners of
plumbers within thirty days after the
act becomes a law. According to the
computation made by the secretary o
state as to tJe time when acts of the
legislature became laws,- the 30 days
expired last Sunday. The act also re
quires that in such towns every per
son desiring to engage in the occupa
tion of a plumber shall first secure a
license from the board, of examiners
of plumbers. Plumbers are re
quired to pay a license fee of $1 and
each shop or establishment must pay
a license feeof $5. .
Men Needed on Jetty. ;..
A' force of 170 men, who are classed
as unskilled laborers, is now at work
on the extension of the jetty, and As
sistant Engineer Hegardt, who has
charge of the work, says he needs
fully as many more, and at once. The
men receive $2.25 per day of eight
hours, and pay $3 per week for board.
The labor is not hazardous or difficult;
the only thing required of the men is
that they shall be able-bodied, of sober
habits and willing to work. .
Portland Real Estate Active.
An increase of nearly $90,000 above
the real estate transfers of the pre
ceding week is the feature of the past
week in Portland, among the realty
1ealers. The building permits for the
same period show a slight decrease,
but nothing abnormal when the ordin
ary fluctuations of the, construction
business are considered.
Organize a Fair Club.
Mrs. Emma Galloway, state organi
zer of women's Lewis and Clark clubs,
was in Monmouth last wee, where she
formed another club with a good char
ter membership.
LOANS FRO1 SCHOOL FUND.
Two District Have Borrowed iloney at
5 Per Cent.
Two school districts have made ap
plication to borrow money from the
irreducible state - school fund, under
the act of the last legislature, and
their applications have been accepted.
A number of other districts are mak
ing preparations to borrow money
from the same source, and it seems
that the state land board will be able
to put out a considerable sum in this
way. The districts whose offers of
bonds have been accepted are District
No. 1, in Clatsop county, which will
issue bonds to the amount of $35,000,
and District No. 2, in Wasco county,
which will issue bonds to the amount
of $3500. The loans will be made at
5 per cent, interest. The usual rate
for mortgage loans is 6 per cent., but
the board does not find borrowers for
the entire fund.
The act of the last legislature pro
vided that whenever any school dis
trict desired to raise money by issuing
bonds, it should be the duty of the
district to offer the bonds to the state
land board at not less than 5 per cent
interest. The board has the option
on the bonds at that rate, and if the
bonds are found to be legally issued,
may purchase them. If the state land
board declines to purchase the bonds
the distrfct may then sell them in the
market at the best terms that can be
had.
The state land board is also prepar
ing a form of bond which each dis
trict will be required to issue. Uni
formity in this respect will make it
easy to keep the records of bonds in
the hands of the state land board. No
school district can now issue bonds
without giving the state land board
an opportunity to buy them, so that
practically all the interest paid by
school districts upon bonds hereafter
issued will go into the public school
fund, thus saving this large amount
of money to the public schools.
Chemawa Graduates Five.
The closing exercises of Chemawa
Indian training school will be held on
June 30. A class of five pupils will be
graduated. The exercises Will occupy
the whole day. In the forenoon and
part of the afternoon there will be
band concerts, athletic contests and
exhibitions and all visitors will be
given an opportunity to inspect the
various departments and see the char
acter of work done at the Institution.
An entertainment will be given in the
assembly-room in the evening. '
No Celebration at Portland.
The Fourth of July fund at Port
land has been transferred to the Hepp
ner relief committee, and no celebra
tion will be held, except a sham battle
at Irvington, for the benefit of Hepp
ner. The amount paid in is $2874.66,
and about $250 is outstanding. It is
expected Jhat all this balance will be
paid. There are bills outstanding
which must be paid, but the balance
to be transferred to th"e Heppner fund
will be at least $2500.
Muddy Water for Twenty-five Miles.
Captain Howes, who has just return
ed to Astoria from service on the pilot
schooner, says that, as a result of the
present freshet in the Columbia, fresh
and muddy water extends a distance
of fully 25 miles-off shore. This is
undoubtedly what prevents the salmon
from coming in in the expected large
runs.
. Light Plant at Fort Stevens.
Captain Goodale, constructing quar
termaster United States army with
headquarters at Astoria,, has received
authority from the department at
Washington to advertise for bids for
the construction of an electric light
plant at Fort Stevens to light the
grounds and barracks.
Old Pioneer Clone.
Captain Joseph Sloan, an Oregon
pioneer of 1850, first superintendent
of the Oregon penitentiary, and an
early chief of police of Portland, died
at the home of Dr. E. A. Pierce in
Salem last Sunday.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 70 74c; val
ley, 77c.
Barley- Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew
ing, $21.
Flour Best grades, $3.95 4.80:
graham. $3.453.85. .
Millutuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10 1.15;
gray, $1.05 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $2021; clover,
nominal; cheat, $15 16 per ton.'
Potatoes Best Burpanks, 5065c
per sack; ordinary, 3545c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.50 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10llc;
young, 13 14c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1617c; dressed, 20022c; ducks,
$7.007.50 per dozen; geese, $6.00
6.50.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 15j4
16c; Young America, 1515c; fact
ory prices, llc less.'
Butter Fancy creamery, 20 22 3 c
per pound; extras, 22c; dairy, 20
J52Kc; store, 16c18. . ,
.Eggs 1720c per dozen.
Hops Choice, 1820c per pound.
Wool Valley,12J17c;Eastern Or
egon, 814c; mohair, 3537c.
Beef Gross, cows, 3)4c, per
pound; steers, 65Jc; dressed, 8 Me.
Veal 7&8c.
Mutton Gross, $3.50 per pound;
dressed, 66 c. .
-Lambs Gross, 4c per pound;
dreseed, 7)ic.
Hogs Gross, 66Jc per pound;
dressed, 78e.
PAYNE IS SAFE.
Roosevelt Will Not Allow Postmaster
Qeneral to Resign.
Washington, June 24. President
Roosevelt is earning the reputation of
standing by his friends. Attempts
nave been made several times to wean
him from some of the friends of other
days, whom it is thought were not de
sirable to be in close relations with
him every time. Bather vicious at
tacks have been made upon Senator
Lodge, and Rnnnavnlt hH hmn H.
vised to have some other senator as his
confidant, but all such advice has
b een rejected. Vicious attacks have
been made anon General Leonard
Wooa. and Koosevelt has taken rvonm.
ion to exoresa his confidence in Wood.
The same has happened in the case of
a aozen men oi less prominence who
are close to Rooaveelt.
Now it is reported that the nreaident
intends to stand by Henry C. Payne,
ooBtoiaster general. No nronnnpiA.
. X. ' -
mento to.that effect is issued from the
White House, but those who are very
close to the president declare that
rayne is not to be removed, and the at
tacks made upon him will not canae
the president to accept his resizantion
if Payne offers it. It is said that there
is a perfect understanding between
RooBevelt and Pavne. and that the
president is satisfied with what, his
postmaster general has done, and is
not going to Dos lampeaed by the vic
ious attacks that have been made in
various newspapers upon Payne.
It is expected that when the investi
gation progresses somewhat further
the president will take occasion to is
sue a statement concerning it, giving
credit to whom due. foi tho work of in.
vestigation, and unless something hap
pens mat is not now in signs, to com
mend Postmaster General Pavne.
While thiB is quite freely discussed, it
is impossible to say how true it is, as
the president himself refused to dis
cuss the matter, and no one officially
connected with the administration will
deny or affirm the statements.
NAVY WANTS PRECEDENT.
Tying Up of Galveston by Creditors Paves
the Way for Trouble on Other Ships.
Washington, June 24. Attorney
General Knox had prepared todav a
stipulation in the nature of a bond
which, will be filed with Jugde Grin
nan, of the Chancrev Court ni Rich
mond, practically theGovernment's in
terest in tne cruiser uaiveston. This
stipulation or bond, it ia aaHArtad. will
more than cover the claims of the cred
itors . against the Trigg Company for
work done and mntnrin.1 nnnd nn tha
&hijrAttertkepaJatlon is Hied it
is believed that Judge Grinnan will
immediately release the ship to the
government.
It was learned at the navy depart
ment tndav that far crantnr intArnsfa
are involved in the decision of the
question of the possession of the cruis
ers Galveston and Chattanooga than
are represented bv the actual cash val
ue of those boats. Ic is regarded as
absolutely essential at this stage to es- I
tablish a sound precedent and deter
mine the question of title to war ves
sels unaer construction, in order to pru
toct the pnvflrnmfint's lntarnatfl in t.hn
owneiship of at least a dozen ships, in
cluding oattiesnips worm nearly f o,
000,000, each. Separate action will be
taken in the case of the Chattanooga,
building at Elizabetbport, and it is
tnereiore pro Da Die tnat no runner de
lays will be encountered in the comple
tion of the Galveeton and the Chatta
nooca. while anv show of force or dnr
ess on the part of the National govern
mnet will be avoided.
CUBA FREE OF YELLOW JACK.
Smallpox Is Unheard of, but Tuberculosis
Increases Its Ravages.
Washintgon, June 24. A copy of
the monthly report of Dr. C. J. Finlay,
chief sanitary officer for the Island of
Cuba, whieh has been received at the
Cuban legation here, containsthe fol
lowing: "The showing for 1902 is very satis
factory, not only in regard to the com
plete exemption from yellow fever and
smallpox, but also in the number of
deaths from malaria and in the total
mortality. There has been no small
pox on the island since June, 1900, nor
yellow fever since September, 1901,
and the progress in the decrease in ma
laria has continued without interrup
tion. "The condition regarding tu
berculosis, however, is not so satisfac
tory. There has been an increase of 5
to 6 per cent in deaths from that dis
ease in each of the yearB 1901 and
1902, and at the present time the pro
portion of deaths from that cause to
the general mortality amounts to over
16 per cent.
Miners Scalded by Steam.
Tamaqua, Pa., June 24. As a result
of two disastsrs which followed close
upon one another in the No. 4 and No.
8 cloleries of the Lehigh coal and navi
gation company, in the Panther creek
valley, three men are dead, one is dying
and five others are seriously injured.
Late last night, while a force of men
were fighting a mine fire, the action of
the water on the burning coal and rock
generated a large body of steam, which
rushed down the gangway, scalding a
party of seven men, who were manning
the fire hose. : :.'
Cable to Alaska.
.Washington, Jane 24. General
Greely has been informed that 580
miles of the submarine cable to be
laid between Puget Sound and Alaska
have been shipped from New York to
Seattle. The remaining 750 miles will
be shipped from NewYork in August.
This is the first long cable made in
the United States. . It is of the seam
less rubber type. Captain Edgar Rus
sell, Signal Corps, has started for Seat
tle to make preliminary arrangements.
BIG LAND FRAUD
NEWELL UNEARTHS BIO SCHEME , IN
THE WEST.
People Are Being Located on Tracts
That Are to Be Irrigated Inside In
formation la Sold Chief Hydrograpb
er Says It Cannot Be, for dovera
. ment Does Not Know.
Washington. June 24. Hvrinrr.k
er Newell, of tha geological Burvej,
who has just returned from an extend
ed tour of the West, reports tha Hiamv.
ery of a new and successful confidence)
- j i - -
game mat nas grown up under the na
tional irrigation law, and which is be
ing worked in Eastern Oregon. Speak
ing of his discovery Mr. Newell said: '
"I was very much disheartened
while in the West to find that
tions for a consideration ranging from
$50 to $100 are advertising, by circu
lars and otherwise, to direct hnmfiBAot.
ers to vacant public land, which they
aiiege is to oe reclaimed by the nation
al government. These ' aaaociatinna
make the showing thaat thev
formed to represent homeseekers, and
propose to give them inside informa
tion. They have no inaidn inform.
tion. They do not know what.
the government intends to irnutA fnr '
no one knows, not even the departs
mi .
ment. j.ney are simply defrauding the
people. .
'They are sending nnonlA nntt ioni
that will never be irrigated, either by
the government or private enterprise,
and I know of instances where these
associations have sent people on to landa
on hillsides, which could not possibly
be irrigated.
I Want to Stamp theaa aaoncfg
as frauds and to warn all homeseekers
to avoid them. One of thnna
has headquarters at Omaha, and an-
osner at renaieton, Ur., but their oper
ations extend over the entire arid
West, and they are pretending to give
inside information concerning arid
lands in every state."
WILL REBUILD AT ONCE.
Leading citizens Announce Plans Funds
needed for Cleaning Up.
Heppner. June 24. Standi
streets and gazing over tnv)i th
hills, one can see dozens of tents, where
the destitute and homeless havn fannt
quiet and rest. Banker C. A. Rhea
expressed his intention of building sev
eral residences just as soon as bnilding
material can be - brought" ttry r.
Natter and Borchera expect to ' build
brick business houses on the east side
of Main street.
Already the neon am thinHr. .a
talking of rebuilding on a hnttAr ar,A
more substantial plan. W. n r,n.
will rebuild his dwelling on his stock
farm one mile away on Willow creek,
but will not rebuild hia town rAniH Anrvtt
until later. Both houses were swept
away.
Mayor Gilliam and the
- - v v a v
lief committee decided to renew the an-
If 3 ! a ? m . -
peai ior aaamonai ior additional funds
from Portland and the Northwest coun
try. The total payroll is now $1,620
daily, with a large portion of the $20,
000 that has been contributed already
paid out. The total loan
will not be lees than $350,000 upon a
conservative pasis.
DREDOE ABOUT READY FOR WORK.
Grant Will Begin Operations on Colum
bia in About a Month. ,
Washington. Jane 24. From ?-
vices received bv the chief of
today, it is believed that the pumps
ior me converged transport Grant will
be completed and ready for shipment
about the end of June. The contract- .
ing firm in Baltimore has secured a
perfect casting for the huge cylinder,
and the rest of the pump is ready for
assembling. The work of mmnrfaiino
the Grant, so as to fit it for use as a
sea dredge, is more than thiee-fourths
completed at the Mare Island nv
yard, and if the present progress ia not
k. A 1 a . - -
interrupted, tne snip will be ready to
commence operations on the Colombia
river bar not later than the first, nf
August, and possibly before.
Pay for Dishonor.
Belgrade. June 24. The
are announced of various members of
the military deputation to King Peter
at Genevra. Colonel
vrsm t VD VS
the late King Alexander's palace guard,
is created a ueneral and First Aid-de-Camp
to King Peter; Captain Lloy-
shcb, wno opened tne palace gates for
the assassins of 'he late, king and
queen, is promoted to be a major, and '
Lieutenant Gionica, who was on "guard
outside the.paalce on the night of the
assassinations, and who was a confident
of the conspirators, is made a captain.
Eating Each Other.
Pekin, June 3. via Victoria. B. C.
June 24. News has been received here
that the famine in Kwang Si is grow
ing worse by. degrees. The starving
population is estimated at 200.000 and
daily numbers of deaths occur from
starvation. The British authorities in
Hong Kong, aided by public subscrip
tions, have been sending aid for ' two
months. A Japanese report says can
nibalism is being practiced and human .
flesh is publicly offered for sale.
Election Left to People.
Jackson, Miss., June 24. The state
board of election commissioners today
ordered a state primary election to be
held on August 6. This action means
that the next United States - senator
from Mississippi will be chosen by pop
ular ballot. Senator Money, the pres
ent incumbent, and Governor Longino
are candidates, and are' now prosecut
ing an active canvass of the state.