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CORVAIililS, BENTON i COUNTY, -OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1904;7
CKION, Kstak. July, 1897. '
OAZKTIK, JCatab. ., 1868.
Consolidated Feb., 1899.
VOL. XXXXI. NO. 2.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Jerome Sykes, the well known actor,
is dead.
W. J. Bryan's European trip failed to
change his free silver views.
Roosevelt and the cabinet have con
sidered the protest of Colombia and
will answer it soon.
Secretary Root is conducting negoti
ations with General Reyes during the
illness of Secretary Hay.
President Roosevelt has ordered an
inquiry into the conditions atKishinef,
where Hebrews fear a second massacre
Senator Fulton has shown, the land
commission that the present national
policy is working to the injury of Ore
gon.
One report says Russia is slowly mov
ing troops toward Pekin; another that
Bhe is more willing to make concessions
to China.
The senate committee has outlined a
probable action if Senator Smoot chal
lenges the authenticity of the charges
against him.
Japan has outbid Russia for two war
ships nearing completion in Italy.
' Postmaster Bancroft will not be re
moved from the Portland postoffice.
Whatcom and Fairhaven have united
and will be known as- Bellingham in
the future.
Santo Domingo has now two revolu
tionary governments and foreigners fear
they will suffer.
The Japanese commissioner to the
St. Louis fair says Japan will make no
eoncessions to Russia.
Ghouls robbed many of the dead in
the Michigan train wreck. The death
list has been swelled to 21.
Russia is not prepared for war and
may await a more favorable time, al
though she is buying large quantities
of stores.
The Colombian charge at Washing
ton has little hope of receiving a favor
able answer and is preparing to close
the legation.
During the present session of con
gress the navy will be materially
strengthened. When the additions al
ready authorized are completed the
United States will have a more power
ful navy than any other nation except
Great Britain.
Italy has recognized the new republic
of Panama.
Japan will send a large force to Corea
to end rioting.
A severe cold wave has swept the
East and Middle West.
Russia will probably modify her de
mands rather than go to war.
Japan is buying large quantities of
lead for the manufacture of bullets.
The United States has ordered a gun
boat to Corea to protect the American
minister.
Efforts are being redoubled to have
China ratify the trade treaties with the
United Sfates.
The Colombian charge will quit
Washington if Secretary Hay ignores
Colombian demands.
Large patent medicine manufacturers
will, the first of the year, take meas
ures to establish uniform prices.
Chief Newell, of the reclamation
service, will visit Oregon and confer
with the people about irrigation pro
jects. The Far Eastern situation is very
threatening.
Britain will aid Japan if she goes to
war with Russia.
The Coolmbian force which landed
on the Island of Pines will have to go.
A lone masked man robbed a gambl
ing room at The Dalles of about $1,000.
Chicago liverymen have decided to
fight the union hearse drivers to a fin
ish. The bakers of Paris have gone on a
strike and the situation has assumed a
serious aspect.
General Reyes has warned Colombia
that war on Panama means war on the
United States.
The Yosemite national park cannot
be used as a storage reservoir for San
Francisco water supply.
Governor Taft has left Manila for the
United States. He was given an en
thusiastic farewell on leaving
Rear Admiral Walker believes force
of marines now at Panama is sufficient,
but two more batallions will probably
be sent.
Colombians at Bogota are holding
nightly warlike demonstrations.
The contract has been let for the
Alaska building at the St. Louis fair.
It is to cost $13,897.
European powers will endorse Amer
ica if she refuses to allow Panama mat
ter to be submitted to The Hague tri
bunal. Senator Hanna will retire as chair
man of the national Republican com
mittee and Roosevelt wants Root to
succeed him. V
Rockefeller has just given Chicago
university $1,580,000.
ARMY TO PANAMA.
Qeneral Staff -Gives Orders to Prepare
to Qo to the Isthmus.
Washington, Dec. 31. The general
staff of the army today ordered troops
to prepare for a Panama campaign
Soldiers at Vancouver, Wash., i
among those selected,' as will be seen
by the list, which follows:
First, Fifth and Twenty-fourth bat
teries of field artillery, Presidio, . San
Francisco; Eighth battery of field ar-
tillery, Vancouver barracks; troops A,
B, C and D, Ninth cavalry (colored),
Monterey, Cal.; troops I, K, L and M,
Ninth cavalry, Presidio; f ifteenth in
fantry, Monterey ; Nineteenth infantry,
Vancouver barracks; Tenth infantry,
San Francisco; battalions of the Thir
teenth infantry at Fort McDowell, Fort
Madison and Benicia barracks, Cal
four companies of Sixteenth infantry of
Fort Slocum, N. Y., and eight com
panics of the same regiment at Fort
McPherson, Ga.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Shaler,
who is a member of the general staff of
the army, and an expert on fortifica
tions, has been ordered to Panama to
inspect the fortifications, and have his
report in Washington before General
Reyes, of the Colombian army, who is
now here, can return.
These orders for preparation were is
sued today because the general staff has
been informed that Colombia can land
troops upon the isthmus much more
easily than was believed to be the case
General MacArthur will have charge
of all matters on the Pacific coast. His
return from Hawaii was hurried for
this purpose.
ON WAR FOOTINO.
Japan Is Completing Final Preliminaries
Britain WUI Take Loan.
Yokohama, Dec. 31. The govern
ment is completing the final prelimi
naries for placing the country on a war
footing. Imperial ordances issued au
thorize the government to make an un
limited issue of treasury bonds to pro
vide war funds, creating a special coun
cil of war, and fixing the imperial head
quarters. In the event of war, if a special issue
of war bonds is made, it is understood
that the bnods can be floated in Eng
land, whence it is said assurances have
come that the money would be forth
coming. The ministers and executive chief dis
cussed the situation for three hours
yesterday, but nothing regarding their
deliberations was made public.
The ordinance passed yesterday by
the cabinet council authorizing a guar
antee of the principal and interest of
an issue of 10,000,000 yen debentures
for the purpose of expediting work on
the Seoul-Fusan railway, and which
provided for all possible military ex
penses for the protection of the railway
and other interests, also authorized the
government to utilize 50,000,000 yen,
the proceeds of the Chinese war in
demnity, which hitherto has been de
voted to educational and other pur
poses, as a war fund. In addition,
authorization is given to issue treasury
notes, repayable in five years, and to
raise loans repayable in two years to
an unlimited extent.
ASKS FOR AMERICAN WARSHIP.
Minister Powell Deems the Situation at
Santo Domingo Qrave.
Washington, Dec. 31. With three
revolutions raging on the island, the
forces of Jiminez within four hours of
Santo Domingo City, and excitement
prevailing, Minister Powell thinks the
situation demands the presence of an
additional warship, and in a cablegram
dated yesterday appeals to the state de
partment for aid. In anticipation of
the crisis which appears to have ar
rived, the state department has already
taken steps to send another warship to
Santo Domingo, and at its request Sec
retary Moody yesterday cabled Rear Ad
miral Lamberton, commanding the
South Atlantic squadron, now at Trini
dad, to dispatch one of his vessels to
Santo Domingo at full speed to assist
the gunboat Newport in protecting
Americans and other interests.
Admiral Lamberton late today cabled
the navy department from Trinidad
that he has sent the Scorpion to rein
force the Newport in Domincian waters.
Soldiers Travel in Boxcars.
Victoria. B. C. Dec. Dec. 31. Num-
her 83 comoanv. Roval Garrison artill
ery, 113 strong, left for Hong Kong on
the steamer impress ot India today,
being relieved by No. 58 company,
which arrived from Halifax tonight.
The change is made in the regular
schedule of garrison changes and nas no
bearinz on the Far Eastern crisis. The
comany which came from Halifax came
in boxcars fitted with hammocks, in
structions having been given to test
that mode of travel. The men found
the arrrangements comfortable.
Canal Party Wins Oreat Victory.
Panama. Dec. 31. Heavy rains have
been falling here for several days, caus-
lg severe damage to teiegrapn lines,
o news has been received from Los
Santos or Chiriqui provinces. From
other provinces confirmation has been
received t I the overwhelming triumpn
of the mixed candidates proposed for
membership in the constitutional coh
vontion bv the patriotic committee,
which endeavored to choose men favor
ing the ratification of the canal treaty.
Offers Him Dawson Consulship.
Washington, Dec. 31. Louis A.
Dent, register of wills of the District of
Columbia, called on President Roose
velt today, and talked over the recent
action of the ' president in displacing
him, and naming Corporal Tanner t as
his successor. The president has ten
dered to Mr. Dent the position of con
sol at Dawson City, Yukon.
TOSTAYMURDER
5 S.rf 't
Jewish Societies Fear for Peo
ple in Russia ,
THEY WILL APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT
Second Massacre at Kisbinef Very Prob
ableJan. 7 Is the Date Mentioned
Seattle Club to Their AM.
Washington, Dec. 30. With the
view of enlisting the immediate and ac
tive interest . of the United , States
against the reported contemplated mas
sacre of Jews in Russia on January 7,
the Russian New Year, Simon Wolf,
representing the United . Jew societies,
tomorrow will lay before the. Btate de
partment an appeal in behalf, of his
people representing to him thus to . be
threatened. -
Following his visit to the state de
partment, Mr.. Wolf will be received by
President Roosevelt, at which time the
whole subject of the status of the Jews
in Russia will be discussed.
Seattle Club Makes Appeal.
Seattle, Dec. 30. The Harmony club
of Seattle, composed of 314 of the most
prominent Jews in this city, has sent
messages of appeal to President Roose
velt, the members of the Washington
delegation in congress and William R
Hearst, of New York, asking aid and
intercession in behalf of the Jews who
are in danger of a massacre in Kishinef,
January 7. The text of the telegram
to the president which is indorsed by
Oovernor McBnde, of Washington, fol
lows:
"The Harmony club, consisting of
314 Jewish citizens of . Seattle, appeal
to your excellency to intercede in be
half of Jews of Kishinef, threatened
with massacre January 7.
"Harmony Club.
"By M. Summerfield, chairman."
AQAINST REPEAL OF LAND LAW.
Mondell Argues for Amendment of the
Timber and Stone Act.
Washington, Dec. 30. Representa
tive Mondell, of Wyoming, chairman of
the irrigation committee, today ap
peared before the public lands commit
tee and presented an argument in favor
of a modification of the timber and
stone act. He stoutly opposed the out
right repeal of this law - or its radical
modification, for he showed it was the
mainstay of the national irrigation act
and afforded the great bulk of money
that is converted into the reclamation
fund. He furthermore asserted there
has been no such extensive frauds, per
petrated under . this law as has been
represented by certain department offic
ials and in the newspapers.
Mr. Mondell believes the timber and
stone act should be amended so as to
permit the government to realize a
higher price for its publictimber land
in Oregon, Washingon and California,
where this land is worth more than
$2.50 an acre, but he stoutly objects to
having the price raised on timber lands
in the inter-mountain states.
Chairn an Lacey, of the public lands
committee, also addressed the commis
sion. He is opposed to the repeal of
the timber and stone act but is willing
to see the law amended so the govern
ment will derive a reasonable price for
its timber lands. He thinks a fixed
price per acre cannot be agreed upon,
owing to the varying value of timber
lands in different parts of the West.
TO AID AMERICAN SHIPS.
Strong Effort Will Be Made for Bill Con
cerning Philippine Trade.
Washington, Dec. 30. Unless there
is some unforseen opposition, it is
more than probable that the present
session of congress will enact some leg
islation for the protection of American
vessels trading with the Philippines.
It was said today by an officer of the
Newport News shipbuilding company
that Senators Frye, Lodge, Hanna . and
other powerful leaders intend to push
the bill ' recently introduced by the
Maine senator providing for Buch pro
tection. The bill is radical in its pro
visions, and inflicts as a penalty to for
feituie of any cargo brought to the
United States from the archipelago ex
cept in American vessels. The bill, if
passed, is to go into effect on July 1,
1904.
Qorge la the Alleghany. :
Pittsburg, Dec. 30. The recent cold
snap has made dangerous the ice in the
Alleghany river. At Rosston the gorge
is an immense affair, being packed to
the bottom and extending 15 miles up
stream. It was formed during a thaw
and the ice, breaking into small pieces,
has packed all the way to the bottom,
offering resistance that can scarcely be
overcome. The water is now backing
up -and spreading over the lowlands.
The gorge at Springdale still holds and
but little ice is floating in either the
Alleghany or Monongahela rivers. : .
Purchase of Tacoma Site Urged.
Washington, Dec. 30. Representa
tive Cushman today appeared before the
general staff of the army and urged a
favorable report on the project to pur
chase the American lake .camp site,
near Tacoma. He was assured his re
quest would have early consideration.
Cushman also urged the interior depart
ment to reconsider its ruling that there
is no authority of law for erecting new
buildings at the Puyallup Indian school.
This will be taken under advisement.
Japan Trying to Bay Warships.
London, Dec. 30. Japan is negoti
ating for the purchase of the Argentine
warships Moreno and Rivadavia, now
building at Genoa, Italy, but the Jap
anese legation has not heard of the com
pletion of their purchase. - . -
LOOT UNDER FIRE.
Daring; Robbery f ' Bank, at Kiowa.
.- -f.s i tit laOian Territory.
South M'Alister, I. T., Dec 30. A
gang of five bank rpr bers, looted the
bank in Kiowa, a small town 6 miles
north of here, at 3 o'clock this morning
and escaped after several hundred shots
had been exchanged between the rob
bers and a posse of 50 citizens of Ki
The robbers dynamited the safe and
secured $2,800 in cash, some of which
is believed to have been mutilated by
the explosion. The bank building was
partially wrecked, the damage to the
building being about $1,500.'
An entrance to the bank was gained
by the use of crowbars through a rear
window. While two of the men did
the work of blowing up the safe, three
stayed outside as guards A The first ex
plosion was a failure, making a loud re
port but doing little damage. The citi
sens heard the noise, and arming them
selves with revolvers and shotguns,
hurried to the bank. v v
At the command of a leader of the
citizens a volley was fired at the robbers,
who were visible through the shutters.
The fire was returned by the guards
secreted on the outside.
While the two men ton : the inaide
worked, the three men on the outside
kept up a steady fire with the posse of
citizens.1;? It took three explosions to
open the safe. After the last explosion
the burglars gathered np their tools and
leaving through the front of the bank
got away in "the dark.
The posse followed the gang for a dis
tance but lost the trail. While some
of the citizens believe one robber was
injured not one of the citizens was
struck. The latter were protected from
the fire of the robbers by stock pens in
the rear of the bank building.
A posse of United States marshals is
in pursuit, with little chance of im
mediate results, as the men had several
hours' start.
OUTLOOK OMINOUS.
War Party Qalning Strength In Japan
I China Would Be Neutral.
Pekin, Dec. 30. The "opinion enter
tained by the best informed diplomats
in Pekin, that war between Russia and
Japan is probable and almost inevit
able, remains unchanged.
Nothing has been received here to
corroberate the special dispatches from
Tokio which said that - the Japanese
government was adopting an impera
tive tone in pressing for speedy reply
to this last note. The report is not
believed. ., .-;-,.
Official communications .received
here from high sources say that the
Japanese . war party is growing in
strength and is bringing all its influ
ence to bear upon the government.
The Chinese board of war has ordered
the viceroys to furnish full information
as to the numbers of foreign trained
troops available for active .service.
The viceroys , of three of the central
provinces in response have reported
that 90,000 such troops' are in readi
ness. This unquestionably, is a re
markable exaggeration, as the great
majority of the foreign trained troops
exist only on paper.
The dowager empress has issued an
edict at the request of Prince Ching,
appointing several unknown and
probably inexperienced officials as
heads of army departments. One such
has been appointed director of training,
another has been given command of the
department of instruction, while a
third has been put in charge of the de
partment which has to do with the sup
ply of ammunition. '
JAPAN WILL SAFEGUARD COREA.
Russia Must Modify Her Answer at Once
to Avert Such Action. '
Tokio, Dec. 30. An - extraordinary.
meeting of the privy council today ap
proved the issue by the cabinet of an
emergency ordinance authorizing the
guarantee of the principal and. interest
of an issue of 10,000,000 yen debent
uers for the purpose of expediting the
work on the Seoul-Fusan railway,
which is expected to be finished by the
end of the year. The ordinance also
provideslor all possible military ex
penses for the protection of the railway.
and other interests. -
Russia Clvsely Watching China.
New York, Dec. 30. The Russian
government is noting with the closest
attention and keenest interest the un
common energy now being shown by
the Chinese in making warlike prepar
ations under the guidance of a 1 large
number of Japanese instructors, cables
the Herald s St. Petersburg correspond
ent. This-has grown so serious as to
come into the first line of Russia's cir
culations, broadening out the situation
on new lines. " Such a complication
would bring, into place the Franco-Russian
and Anglo-Japanese treaties. .
: For Three Cent Car Fares. :
Cleveland, Dec." 30. Two ordinances
were introduced in the city council to
night pertaining to a 3-cent fare on
street cars in this city. One was to the
effect that the Woodland avenue fran
chise, expiring September 20, 1904, be
given to the new 3-cent fare company,
and a like transfer to occur when the
Central avenue' line franchise expires.
The second ordinance was to the - effect
that the rate of fare on streetcar routes
shall be made 3 cents.' , '
Panama's Stand on Debt. .
' .Washington, Dec.' 30. The state
ment of M. Bunau-Varilla, the Panama
minister, that his government is will
ing to assume a portion of the Colombian-debt,
has been received at the
British embassy and transmitted by
cable to the London government for its
consideration.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN0REG0N
RECORD IS COMPLETE. -
Governor Files Last of Acts Passed by
the Legislature
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
filed the last of the acts passed by the
last legislature, and the record of - that
body at its special session is complete.
Only ten of the bills seem to have effec
tive emergency clauses. A number of
others . have emergency clauses which
merely- declare that an emergency ex
ists, but under the referendum amend
ment it is necessary that in order to put
an act into effect at once the legislature
must declare that the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace, . health or
safety so requires. Those acts which
contain the emergency clause "such as is
required by the referendum amend
ment, are marked with an asterisk.
All others will take effect 90 ; days from
December 23.
Senate Bills. i
S. B. ' 2, Smith of Umatilla To
amend charter of Adams. ' -
S. B. 3, Carter To incorporate town
of Gold Ray.
S. B. 4, Dimmick To mcroporate
Beaver Hill. .
S. B. 5, Dimmick To incorporate
North Bend.
S. B. 6, Dimmick To amend charter
of Marshfield. ..
S. B. 7, Miller To amend charter of
Lebanon.
S B. 8," Wade To provide for dep
uty district attorneys in eighth district.
S. B. 9, Smith of Yamhill To fix
salary of judge of Lincoln county.
S. B. 14, Carter To amend. law pro
hibiting killing of elk.
S. B. 17, Rand Correcting law re
lating to executions at penitentiary.
. B. 18, Pierce Fixing time to give
notice of tax levies in 1904.
S. B. 19, Rand, Fixing time of hold
ing circuit court in ninth district.
S. B. 21, Marsters Appropriating
$2,500 for Soldiers' home.
S. B. 22, Carter Placing limit of 10
per cent on interest on tax sales.
S. B. 23, Brownell To prevent as
signees from bringing suits " to recover
recorders' fees. '
S. B. 25, Tuttle To amend charter
of Seaside.
S. B. 26, Mulkey Granting life di
plomas in certain instances.
8. B. 27, Wehrung, by request Pro
viding or condemnation of water rights.
House Bills.
H. B. 1, Kay To repeal the tax law
of 1903. , .- . .. -
H. B. 2, Kay To re-enact the old
tax law.
H. B. 8, Carnahan To correct the
law relating to recorders' fees.
H. B. 15, Adams Amending charter
of Athena.
H. B. 16, Hale Fixing salary of
judge of Josephine county ,
H. B. 20, Edwards To incorporate
Cottage Grove.
H. B. 21, Whealond To appropriate
100,000 for Celilo canal right of way.
H. B. 23, Shelley To revive the
$300 tax exemption. . .
H. B. 25, Whealdon To amend
charter of Dalles City. .
H. B. 26, Burleigh To .incorporate
Lostine.
H. B. 29,'Maiarkey Raising salaries
of circuit judges in Multnomah county
to $4,000.
H. B. 31, Judd, by request To give
owners of stallions lein on mares,
H. B. 37, Gault Relating to com
petency of witnesses,
H. B. 40, Galloway Amending
charter of McMinnville.
H. B. 41, Edwards To protect Chi-,
nese pheasants.". .
H. B. 42, ways' and means committee'
To appropriate money for expenses of
special session. , ' :.
, Have Cash to Invest.
Pendleton Never in the history of
Eastern Oregon have the people been
as wealthy as they, are at, the present
time. The heavy crops, with the high
prices, the large herds of cattle and thet
increased flocks of sheep is the. cause.
The farmers and the business men alike
enjoy thisreign of prosperity. More
mortgages have been paid off this fall
than - ever before in the history of the
country. A majority of the farmers,
after paying themselves ' out of debt
have deposits in the banks and -are
looking' for investments.
Lumbermen Enter Protest. -
Eugene Two, of the most important
complaints to be made before the coun
ty board'. of equalization, which has
been in session this week, was made by
A. D. Hyland and the Booth-Kelly
lumber company; -. They ask for a re
duction in the assessed valuation of
their large timber holdings. Assessor
Burton has assessed timber lands at an
average valuation of $3 per acre, which
is considerably higher than they have
been assessed before. ......
Interest on Tax Sales.
Salem The new law placing a limit
of 10 per cent upon the rate of interest
to be bid at delinquent tax sales .will
not go into effect until March, 23, and
will, therefore, not affect sales that are
now being advertised under, the tax roll
of 1902. . In some counties the tax
sales are delayed, and may not be com
pleted until the new law goes into
effect. In nearly all counties, however,
the delinquent lists are short, and sales
will be conducted in January.
Sbedd Postoffice Robbed. :
Albany -A report has. reached. Al
bany that' the postoffice at.' Shedd sta
tion, in the southern part of Linn coun
ty, was broken' into and robbed one
night last week. The report is to the
effect that the robber broke in the rear
door to the building. mmm
.MONEY IN SUQAR BEETS.
Qrand Roade Farmers Get $95,000 This
5 . .: Year lor Their Product.
, La GrandeThe sugar beet industry
netted the farmers , this year $95,000,
according to the management of the La
.Grande beet sugar factory. ' ;
The beet crop this year was greatly
in excess oyer the yield of -1902. The
yield last year was 9,000 tons of .beets,
while this year it was nearly 12,000.
' J As announced earlier in the season,
there were some portions of the crop
which proved to be a complete failure
The-failure, it is said by the professors
at the experimental station at Union,
was due to the lack of cultivation " on
the part of 'some of the farmers. It ib
said the farmers fully realize how beets
should be cultivated, but some , of
them were careless about their work.
The acreage planted during the past
summer was much larger than the pre
vious year. There -are- more farmers
entering the industry now than ever be-
fore in the history of the plant, and the
indications are that the acreage for
1904 wilf be nearly double that of this
year.v ine son here is highly produc
tive.for beet iaismg, and excellent re
sults are obtained where proper culti
vation is conducted.
The labor in harvesting the beets is
not expensive, as pulling is generally
done by Indians and Japs. Sometimes
white labor is employed, but this year
it was scarce.. .
The management of the factory rea
lizes a large profit from the sugar man
ufactured. The management says one
ton of beets will produce 240 pounds of
sugar. Thus the 12,000 tons produced
288,000 sacks , of 100 pounds each.
This sugar was sold at 5 cents per
pound, making a gross output of $144,-
ooo. i -
LAWBREAKERS QET THB BIRDS.
Lane Sportsmen . Do Not Believe Law
Will Be Effective.
Eugene The new law enacted by
the special session of the legislature,
prohibiting-the killing of Denny pheas
ants for the next two years, is the sub
ject of much comment, in this vicinity,
especially among sportsmen. The law
does not appear to meet with favor.
' The argument is advanced that it
has not been the shooting of these birds
lawfully that has been the means of re
ducing their numbers, and that if the
old law had been rigidly enforced there
would have been no occasion for further
restrictions.
Coming Events.
Northwest fruitgrowers' association,
Portland, January 11-13.
National livestock convention, Port
land, January-12-15.
National woolgrowers' association,
Portland, January 12-15.
. Poultry show, . Albany, January
12-15.
Angora goat show, Dallas, January
14-15.
Whitman-Oregon debate, Eugene,
January 15.
Oregon Christian. Endeavor conven:
tion, Pendleton, February, 19-22.
' Vote to Form District.
;Freewater The election for the es
tablishment of the Little' Walla Walla
irriagtion district . according to state
law carried by a good vote. An at
tempt was. made some time ago to form
a district, but it was' voted down by
heavy 5 property owners living near
town. Thia time the district was se
lected so they would be left out. The
formation of this district, will stop the
endless litigation over the supply ..of
water.'' " ; ":
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, .. 71c; blue
stein, 76c; valley,' 77c.
Barley -rFeed", $20 per ton ; brewing,
$20.50; rolled, $21. Hi .
Flour Valley, $3.7503.85 per. bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.904.10;
clears, $3.55(33.75; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.204.50; graham, $3.75;
whole wheat, $4;' rye flour, $4.50
4.75.
Oats JlPi.l whtte XSn.10;
gray, $1.05 per cental. - '''
. Millstuff 8-"-Bran,; $ 18 per - ton-;-, mid
dlings, $23 shorts,--$19,; chop, $18;
linseed, dairy food, $19. , . ; , . , .
Hay Timothy,, $16 per ton; , clover,
$12; grain, $12; cheat, $12. r , ;; ; ;
. Vegetables Turnips, 65q per sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, $0;; parsnips, 85c
$ 1 ; cabbage, 1 1 c per pound ;t red
cabbage, ljc; parsley, . pes idozeg,
25c;- -tomatoes, $1J..50 per cra.te;
cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen; celery,
75c; pumpkins, lc per pound;, onions,
Yellpw Danyers, 80c$l per :: sack,
Fannos, $1, growers', prices. ; ...
Honey $33,50 per case.
" Potatoe7-Oregon, choice and - fancy,
6575c. per .sack;, common, 5060c;
sweet potatoes, sacks, 2c; boxes, 2jc.
Fruits-r-Apples, 7.5c$2 per box;
pears, $11.50.
Butter Fancy? creamery, 2730c
per pound; dairy, 2022Xc; store, 15
15Kc. . ;
r4 Poultry Chickens, mixed, ...910c
per pound jsprine, 10c ; hens, 10c ; tur
keys, .live, 1718c; dressed', 20c;
ducks,' $67 per dozen; geese, live,., 8c
per pound. -.... , . . . .
Eggs Oregon ranch, 30c ; .Eastern,
2727c, , . '., ( ;
Hops Choice, 2425c per s pound;
prime, 2122Kc; medium, i920c;
common," 1517c. - i ": ;
Wook Valley, 1.7 18c; Eastern Ore
gon,1215c; mohair, 3235c.'
Beef Dressed, 57c per pound. ;
Veal Dressed, small, 88c; large,
56c per pound.
DEATH IN WRECK, i
Head-On Train Collision la
Coats 18 Lives.
Michigan
Grand Rapdis Mich., Dec. 29.
Eighteen are dead and 31 injured, sev
eral of them fatally, as the result of the
collision early this evening of two pas
senger trains on the Pere Marquette
railroad, one-half mile west of East
Paris, about six miles east of this citv.
The collision, which was head on, was
caused, according to a statement issued
by the officials of the mad at the gen-
i eral omces In Detroit, bv the hich wind
j blowing out the red signal lamp at Mc
; Cord's, where the west-bound f train,
jso.o, snouid nave stopped and : re
ceived' orders to pass the east-bound
train at Fox. The officials deny the re-'
port that a misunderstanding of orders
on the part of one of the engineers was
responsible for the collision. , 4
According to the statement of the
officials, the trains were originally to
have met and passed at Oakdale Park,
but .to help the east-bound train'the
dispatcher issued new orders, fixing
Fox as the meeting place. The east
bound train received this, order and
the west-bound train should have re
ceived the same order at McCord's.
Instead it rushed by this station, and
the operator there, after reporting this
fact, found on going Out on his platform
that his red light, which had . been
burning two minutes' before,' was out,
presumably extinguished by the high
wind that was blowing. v
The trains met with a terrible crash.
the baggage and smoking cars behind
each locomotive being instantly reduced
to a pile of kindling wood. The en
gines were completely: wrecked, the
boiler of the engine which had pulled
the east bound train beincr torn mm.
pletely torn from the running gear and
standing perpendicularly in a ditch at
the side of the track.
'japan after warships.
Negotiations for Two Chilean Vessels are
Under Way.
London. Dec. 29. Janan is negotiat
ing for the purchase of two Chilean
warships, the armored cruiser Esmer
alda and another, probably the battle
ship Caoitan Prat, which are for sain.
It is now only a matter of price. Ne
gotiations with other South . American
governments for the purchase of war
ships are also in progress.
Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minis
ter to Great Britain, said to a repre
sentative of the Associated Press today.
relative to these negotiations :
We want more ships. Of course,
this is only a precautionary measure,
and it may be a lot of expense all . for
nothing. I have no indication of the
nature of the Russian' reply. Per
sonally I scarcely expect it will be de
livered for some little . .time. There is
no truth whatever in the report that
Japan's last note stipulated a time
limit."
Asked anent the dispatch from Ber
lin saying the British eovernment re
ported to the czar that Great Eritain
"deemed Japan's demands iust: and
earnestly, expected that Russia would
grant them,". Baron Hayashi, while he
was not aware of the precise action
taken by Great Britain and St. Peters
burg, said:
"The British eovernment is well
aware that Japan will be obliged to go
to war unless Russia modifies the po
sition sheh as taken in her last note."
At the foreign office here nothins? is
yet known of the probable nature of
the Rusisan reply.
FIRE LAID TO MOB. '
Small Blaze to Destroy Jail Causes Loss
of $35,000.
Pineapple, Ala., Dec. 29. In their
efforts to hide the lynching of Arthur
Stuart, a colored prisoner, whom they
secured from the jail here last night,
a mob is thought to have firW the jail,
which was not only destroyed by - fire,
but caused the loss of eight stores, two
warehouses and the postoffice, valued
at $35,000. On Wednesday, P. Mel
ton, a: prominent white man, had a
quarrel with some negroes, and one. of
them shot him. On Christmas day a
negro said to be his accomplice was ar
rested and placed in jail, and the
friends of Melton, it is alleged, swore
vengeance. This morning at 4 o'clock
a mob broke into the jail, and after
knocking the negro in the head poured
kerosene over his body . and set it afire;
The flames spread to adjoining build
ings. '
Troops Cannot Bnter.
Washington, Dec. 29. The following
cablegram ' reached the ' navy depart
ment today from Rear Admiral Cogh-
lan, at Colon: ."Atlanta, did not allow
an armed force in Colombian territory
at any time for any purpose. Two
officers landed as usual with swords at
invitation of Colombian generals."
Admiral Coghlan also cabled the de
partment that, he would proceed, to
Cartagena with his flagship, the Olym
pia, for the purpose of bringing Minis
ter Beaupre to Colon, " on his way to
the United States from Bogota. '
Contends Pope dot Wealth.
Paris, Dec. 29. The Rome corre
spondent of the Figaro maintains , the
accuracy of the statement that the pope
has received through Cardinal Gotti,
prefect of the congregation of the prop
aganda, several millions a of dollars
which, were held back at the request of
the late Pope Leo. The correspondent
says the money has been invested, and
Cardinal Gotti - simply, transferred to
Pope Pius a memorandum' of the invest
ments.; .- - . : -
- Ex-Governor Sharp Dead.
Washington, Dec. 29. Ex-Governor
Isaac Sharp, of Kansas", died .here to
day of an affection. of the stomach,
aged 71 years. He was a native of :
Pennsylvania, but went to Kansas in
me any nines. -
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