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COR VALLIS -GAZETTE Ouatta PabUthhfO. OORVALLIS. . . .OREGON NEWS OFJHE WEEK h a Condensed Form for Our Bnsy Readers. PORTE -IS MUCH WORRIED. " A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Russia plans to restore prestige by gobbling Turkey. An Italian cruiser set fire to a Guate- The Russian fleet is coaling 08 Hai nan island, which is Chinese territory The Russian government has ordered Tillages to pay for the damages done by peasant mobs. Representative Pinckney and four others were killed in a prohibition riot at Hempstead, Texas. ' Nan Patterson broke down on hear ing the case opened against her and the trial had to be postponed. Neboga toff's squadron has been sight ed and it is believed will join Kojeet Tensky before there is a naval battle. Five ' thousand employes of the Na tional Tube works,"pf McKeesport, Pa., have had their wages increased from to 10 per cent. Frank G; Bigelow, president of the First National bank of Milwaukee, has confessed that he stole $1,450,000 and lost it in speculation. The gasoline motor car, intended for the Southern Pacific for use between Portland and Forest Grove, is being tested on the hills at Denver and Chey ' nne. Joseph Jefferson, the eminent actor, is dead. Secretary Hay's health is steadily improving. Abitration has been rejected in the Chicago strike. Russia has increased internal taxes for war purposes. Bryan predicts' government - owner ship of railroads. The New York building trades have adopted arbitration. The battleship Oregon is to be sent to the Puget sound navy yard to be overhauled. . ' The transport Sheridan has arrived at Portland from Manila with the Four teenth infantry. The Chicago grand jury has subpoe naed a number of bank officials to , testify against the beef trust. The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe - systems are fighting to secure control of the California fruit freight. De leasee has finally agreed to remain head of the French foreign office, which means resistance to Germany in Mo rocco. the Russian fleet has left Kamranh bay, sailing north ward, where Togo is awaiting it. Chicago teamsters threaten a general strike. ' Secretary Hay's health is much proved. The Rock Island system is trying to obtain control of the Union Pacific Hitchcock has dismissed eight offi cials in the Indian service for corrup tion. The Italian government is reported to have ordered a nmber ol warships to Santo Domingo. The Chicago beef trust'grand jury has turned its attention to the investi gation of the sausage business. Foreign Minister Delcasse, of France, threatens to resign because of the pol icy towards Germany and Japan. Senator O. H. Piatt, of Connecticut, is dead. Although sick for some time, .. his death came rather unexpectedly, . He was 78 years old. Japan boils with anger at the French violation of neutrality, claiming' she has positive proof that the Russian fleet uses Kamranh bay as a naval base Great Britain may be called into the trouble, and her Hong Kong, fleet is in -readiess to go to sea. The Panama canal commission has purchased a number of big locomotives and cars for the railroad and will equip the line with new and modern rolling stock throughout. ' ' The Japanese army is advancing northward, preceded by cavalry. The teamsters' strike , in Cbiciago may affect air department stores. A run on a New York trading stamp store has caused its being closed. The Union Pacific railway will build more gasoline motor cars and run them on all branch lines. Irrigation committees of congress will tour the West and visit Portland Senator O. H. Platfis in a very seri on s condition, having had a relapse. : The strike in. the Arkansas Valley smelter- at Leadviiie, Uoio., Has been settled and work resumed.; Five miners were killed in an explo- ' sion in the Cabin Creek mines 30 miles from Charleston, West Virginia. The beef trust has-been caught in the act of sending witnesses away from - Chicago who might tell too much Afraid That Italy Is About to Seize Tripoli and Bengharzi. .Constantinople, April 25. The Sub lime Porte and the - Turkish council of ministers is greatly wrought up over the report that Italy has her eyes on Tripoli and Bengharzi in Africa, and is making ready an expedition to make good her claims of possession. This information comes from a trustworthy source. It is known that the Turkish council of ministers has been for some time dis cussing the question, but the Porte's ad visers are all at sea in the matter until the atittude of Great Britain can be as certained. While Turkey has the troops to place in Tripoli and Ben gharzi to resist the forces of the Italian government, if it should try to take possession, it has not the means of con voying them to the African coast, the Italian naval forces standing in the way. It is declared that Italy three years ago turned a covetous eye on Africa, but that the Turkish government's pro tests were backed up by ' England and the protest was received by Italy and recognized as valid. The fact that Great Britain has just entered into a secret treaty with France and Italy is the alarming feature of the situation from the Turkish standpoint. It is 'said that the secret treaty with France allows her complete freedom in regard to Morocco and it is feared here that there is a secret paragraph that gives Italy the same freedom in regard to Tripoli. If this condition is fomnd to exist, Turkey will be unable to op pose Italy in her action towards Tri poli. . RUSSIA IN TERROR Massacres by Wholesale Feared - at Easter. Socialism Causes a 'Panic in Poland, Where Poles are Being Driven From the Factories. Preponderance of Male Wildness is Very Marked. New York, April 25. Although the population of the county of New York has increased 140,870 during the past three years, there has not been a pro portionate increase in crime, according the annual report of District Attor ney Jerome's chief clerk. In the detailed reports of felonies there is no marked advance of figures as compared with former years. The average number of prisoners charged with felony who were confined in the city prison, during the last three years was 176.' This is the lowest average on record. - The number of indictments and com plaints disposed of during the year 1904 was 5,039. Forty-nine per cent resulted in pleas of guilty. A little over 12 per cent of the prisoners were convicted by verdict. ' About 17 per cent were acquitted. The classified list of convictions dur ing 1904 shows a startling preponder ance ol male criminals. Only lb) women were convicted, as against 2,279 men. Of the 169 females, 126 were found guilty of larceny - and three of manslaughter. Of the 2,466 persons convicted dur ing the year, 1,610 were natives of the United States. The others were divid ed as follows: ' Germany 182, Ireland 95, England 166, Italy 176, Russia 171, Austria 62. Roumania 17, Scot land 12, Sweden 13, Greece 5, France 14, Spain 2, other countries 51. - WHEAT DIRECT TO EUROPE. NEW YORK CRIME FIGURES. OFFICIALS WILL BE THE VICTIMS St. Petersburg, April '25. The news from Poland paints a picture of verit able terror before the expected storm. A letter received here reads: You know what happened at War saw, but you only know part ol what is occurring throughout the country. All Poland is in a great conflagration of Socialism, terror of which is every where exciting a terrible panic, We expect at Easter a general massacre of the Russian government officials and the wealthy, and the blowing up of the Vistula bridge to prevent the arrival of troops from itussla. The police are doing nothing. They pretend to be blind and deaf to what is passing on around them. The existing regime is the cause of discontent, which is on the increase among the idle work men driven from the factories and rail roads because they are Poles. They say they will have vengeance." A letter from Vilna says : "Work is impossible under the ex isting conditions. ' The government's endless commissions have accomplished nothing, and the landlords, workmen and peasants are convinced that open revolt and the bayonet are the only remedies, taster may witness the in auguration of another insurrection like that of 1863, which began, as this may, with a Russian massacre.'' Commenting on the above, the Rubs declares the government must act promptly if awful carnage is to be avoided. The only thing to be done, it says, is to summon the moderates to give guarantees that the promised re- PASS INTERNATIONAL LAWS. . Congressman Bartholdt Will. Present Plan to Peace Conference. Kansas City, Mo., April 24. Con gressman Richard Bartholdt, president of the Interparliamentary union, the international body that seeks to bring about peace between nations through arbitration, spent today in . Kansas City. Mr. Bartholdt left tonight for the East and will start tomorrow for Brussels, where a meeting of the execu tive committee of the union will be held, May 15, to set the. date for- the international peace commission. A new idea will be presented by Mr. Bartholdt. A resolution will be offered to have formed an international as- semDiy which win be given the power by the respective governments of the members to pass laws on international questions. The members of the union are members of parliaments and con gresses of the various signator powers of Europe and America. Three propositions will be presented by the delegates from the United States. The first is that an invitation be extended to South and Central American governments to send repre sentatives to the peace congress; sec ond, that a general arbitration treaty be drafted for submission to the vari ous governments that would cover all specific points so as to obviate the ne cessity in our own country, for in stance, of the president going to the senate for advice and consent in every instance in which international ques tions are involved; and, third, to ar range a basis of representation for each of the nations taking part. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF, INTEREST KLAMATH IS TO BE IRRIGATED. forms will be realized. GREAT STORM IN ROCKIES. Fleet of Whalebacks Will Take Big Cargoes from Chicago. Chicago, April 25. 'The Tribune says: it is reported that the "ore fleet" of ten whaleback steamers has been sold to Eastern capitalists, be lieved to be John W.' Gates and his associates in the May wheat deal, the plan being to ship wheat direct from Chicago to Europe. The fleet, which has been operated by the Pittsburg Steamship company, one of . the subsidiary corporations of the United States Steel corporation, is now in drydock at' Detroit, being re modeled for ocean voyages. Some of these vessels have already crossed the ocean with cargoes of steel rails. Mr. Gates declined to be inter viewed. T. J. Hyde, secretarry ol the Miners' Steel company, said he had not heard of the fleet but did not deem it in? probable. Big Storm Downs Wires. Denver, April 25. According to re ports received late tonight, a heavy storm of rain and snow has practically stopped telegraphic ' communication to the Pacific coast. The storm reaches from Arizona to Montana. In- Colo rado, after raining for 24 hours, it be gan to- snow tonight, and in some sec tions a blizzard israging. No rexjrts of the storm's effect on railroad traffic had been received ' at midnight, but serious interference with the operations of trains, it is believed, must have re sulted. Snow Covers Mountains and Ranges From Texas to Wyoming. Denver, April 25. The storm which began early yesterday morning contin ued until noon today. The downpour changed from rain to snow about mid night, and the plains of Eastern Colo rado were covered with about six inches of snow this morning. The precipita tion in Denver was 2.30 inches, and has been exceeded only four times 1876. Telegraph wires north, west and south of this city were gener ally unserviceable this morning. The storm extended from the pan handle of Texas to Central Wyoming. Livestock on the ranges is in good con dition, and, as the temperature is not low, there will be little loss. The benefit to grass on the range is incal culable. Even if the storm is followed by frost, as is usual in April in Colorado, the fruit trees are safe, for the cool weather of the past two weeks has kept back the buds from opening. Little damage is reported so far to railroads. Trinidad reports a danger ous rise in the Purgatoris river, which last falllwent on a rampage and washed out all the bridges for miles up and down the stream. Pueblo ie looking for a rise in the Arkansas..' The storm abated during the forenoon and the snow melted rapidly. Train service on practically all roads Colorado is delayed by the storm A slide in the Royal gorge, on the main line of the Rio Grande, covered the track and delayed traffic for several hours. In the Cripple Creek district the snowfall was extremely heavy and trains were operated with great diffi culty. Buffaloes Lose Their Range. ' Missoula, Mont., April. 25. Thirty five head of buffaloes were shipped this afternoon from Arlee by M. Miller. who sends them to a point in Oklaho ma about 300 miles south of Kansas City. The animals are from the fam ousT Forest Going Up In Smoke. Duluth, Minn., April 25. North eastern Minnesota and the western end of JLake Superior are enveloped in pall of smoke from forest fires. Scores of fires are burning in the woods and slashings, and reports are coming con cerning them from every line of ' rail communication entering Duluth. Fires are burning close to several of the min ing locations on the Messaba. The country is dry, no rain having fallen for three weeks. , Rain Needed to Save Forests. Cumberland, Wis., April 25. For est . fires raging here and spreading throughout Northern Wisconsin threat en the loss of property unless rain stops them soon. . . t. Washington, April 24. News has been received at the State department indicating that the long pending trouble between Uhile and "eru over the ownership of the two provinces of Tacna and Arica, on the border line, is rapidly reaching an acute stage. It is onsidered entirely probable that, un less one side or the other yields some of its extreme demands, the next few months may witness the outbreak of hostilities between these two republics. The prospect of trouble will probably hasten the action of the president in filling the post of United States minis ter to Chile, which has been vacant since last October, when Minister Hen ry Wilson was transferred to Greece. At present the interests of the United States at Santiago are being looked after by Charge d' Affaires Ames. Recent dispatches from Peru declare that Peru is buying warships and arms and ammunition in preparation for the coming struggle. " At the same time Chile and Peru are endeavoring to form alliances. If they are successful in this, and trouble actually develops into war, as now seems likely, both Brazil and Argentine may be drawn into it. wo: we chel lovd tioi thel of tl PERU AND CHILE MAY FIGHT. Territory of Tacna and Arica is Bqne of Contention. Government Will Not Repeat Good Offer to Canal Company. Washington Sooner or later the Kla math Canal company, operating near Klamath Falls, must step aside aiid make way for a -big government irriga tion project. It is for this private en terprise to say whether it will go vol untarily or whether it will be forced out. The fact remains that the gov ernment is going to absorb private irri gation worrks in Klamath basin, and is going ahead with the construction of its own project on a grand scale. There are several private enterpuses in Klamath basin, but all except the Klamath canal company have made terms with the government and ' are ready and willing to vacate. This con cern, owned by California interests, is unwilling to move unless it can name its own price, and sell out on its own terms. The government does not do business that way. That is why the Klamath Canal company will probably be forced to vacate. Last December, when the government first entered into negotiations with this company, the officials of the reclama tion service made a liberal offer. They were willing to pay $250,000 for the works and property of the company, and to grant them navigation rights on the government canals. But the com pany held out for $500,000. Negotia tions tailed. The reclamation service was satisfied that the Klamath canal property was not worth $250,000; rough estimates placed the actual value at nearer $50,000 ; but being anxious to build the larger project and recog nizing the equities of the .case, they fixed what they termed a very liberal oner. JNo such price will ever again be offered. It is more than the facts justify. ERA OF PURE FOOD BEGINS. New Oregon Pure Food Law Will Be: Strictly Enforced. Pendleton The pure food law en acted at the last session of the legisla - ture is in effect and .from now on it shall be a misdemeanor to sell, offer to- sell or to be in possession of any article of food or drink that shall contain any- adulteration unless there is plainly marked on the label its ingredients and the quantities thereof. The law especially covers the sale and manufacture of butter and the sale -of milk. It specifies that butter must contain at least 88 per cent of butter fat, no more than 16 per cent of water. Milk must contain 3.2 per cent butter fat, 9 per cent solids and have a specific gravity of at least 1.038 per cent. The laws details the manufacture and sale of spices and condiments, cider, vinegar, preserved and jellied fruit and a host of articles of food and drink. For the violation - of this law there is a fine of not less than $25 or- more than $100, with imprisonment of not less than 30 days nor more than six months attached. The grocers and provision dealers of the city are not in the least alarmed, and many were not aware of the existence of the law. The commissioner or his deputy is expected, to visit the city in the near future and enforce the law to the letter. SEAT FOR ALASKAN NOW. Opposition by Late Senaor Piatt was Only Obstacle. Washington, April 24. The- death of Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, prob ably means that next winter a bill will be passed giving Alaska a delegate in congress. Cushman's delegate bill would have passed the last session had it not been for Piatt. When the senate committee was ready to report, Piatt served notice that it would be useless, for he would defeat the bill. Inasmuch as - he had it in his power to carry out his threat, no action was taken, though the bill had twice passed the house. As Piatt was the only senator seriously opposed to an A'aska delegate, it is believed such a measure can pass next winter Piatt's 'death will elevate' to the chair manship of the judiciary committee Senator Clark, of Wyoming. This- is the first time a Western man has held such an important chairmanship. The judiciary is the most important com mittee in the senate. Chinook Salmon in Fraser River. Vancouver, B. C, April 24. Spring salmon ol a variety never before seen in the Fraser river are now running in .large numDers. They are pro nounced to be Columbia river chinook. They are supposed to have missed the Columbia river in their northward journey and to have come on north to the" Fraser. They feed in the vicinity of Monterey Cal., every winter. Their appearance in the Fraser river this year is being watched with much in terest by canners and others in salmon fisheries on this coast. ' . 1 Poisoned Bullets for Police. Pueblo? Colo., -April 25. Fire to night almost totally destroyed the en tire stock of Bergerman Bros.' store, one of the largest furnishing establish ments in the state, and greatly damag ed the building. The stock was valued at $125,000, fully insured. The fire is supposed to have originated from a gas oline power engine blowing up. There were several narrow escapes from tie flames, several women being carried from the building. Move for Municipal Gas. . Chicago, April 25. Agitation to es tablish, municipal ownership of gas works as well as street railways in Chi cago was inaugurated in earnest today by a public meeting in the city council chamber which took steps to hasten the passage of the Chicago gas bills. . i-etersDnrg, April Z4. in all re- t attacks on the police and adminis- lve officers in Poland, their assail- P have used poisoned bullets and Igers. At the popular theaters and bic nans periormers are arousing lit demonstrations by singing revo- onary verses." These are intro duced as encores, which must be passed by the theatrical' censor. Recently, the performers did not hesitate to lam poon the royal family.. ; Signal Men for Alaska. Washington, April 24. On May 15 60 signal corps men, under Captain Carl W. Hartmana, will be sent to Alaska to relieve the men who have been on - duty 1 there - for two years, Their principal work will be in connec tion with government telegraph lines. Good Loads on Schooners. Willemstedt, Curacoa, April 24. Gold estimated to amount to $1,400.- 000 and sent by President Castro, of Venezuela, arrived here a few days ago in schooners and an' Italian steamer for shipment to and deposit in New York. Logs for Paper Mill. Albany Seven thousand cords of wood are being floated down the South Santiam river for the Lebanon paper mills. Most of the wood was put into the river at the mouth of McDowell creek, and must float 12 miles to just above the Lebanon dam, where a boom catches it and turns it into the canal to the paper mills. Part of the wood is balm, for use in making white paper, but most ot it is red hr ,tor use as fuel. The Lebanon paper mills consume 7,500 cords of red and white fir wood as fuel every year. Iron Works Incorporated. Pendleton Articles of incorpora tion will be filed thid week with the county clerk incorporating the Pendle ton Iron works, with Marion Jacks, C W. Zigler and Fremont Arnold as the incorporators, with a capitalization of $20,000, Messrs. Jacks and Arnold opened a foundry at Athena, but later purchased the Mays interest of the firm of Zigler & Mays and moved their en tire plant to this place and consolidat ed. The firm intends to do general casting and repair work. Water System for Echo. tcho The city council of Echo has granted C. R. Robinson a franchise to build and operate a water works system for 25 years. Mr. Robinson recently established a similar system in lone, Ore., and promises to have the ;water turned on within 60 days. Mr. Robin son has purchased the grounds and well owned by the people who previ ously planned to build a system, but who failed in the time stated and will uMlize the scheme outlined by that company.- Cottage Grove Wants Fame. Cottage Grove The Commercial club is discussing the best methods of advertising the industries and re sources of Cottage Grove and Bohemia mining district, and surrounding terri tory. It ib probable that a large num ber of pamphlets and circulars will be printed for distribution at the Lewis and Clark fair. A committee consist ing of George B. Lloyd, C. J. Howard, C. E. Jones, A. B. Wood, and William B. Root was appointed to prepare liter ature. L-nk May Be Built. Eugene A crew of Southern Pacific surveyors is at work in the Eugene yards measuring the grounds and all the buildings, prpearatory to rearrang ing the building and sidetracks, which has been so long in contemplation by the company. Surveyors have also been surveying the grounds at Hender son station, and it is believed that the long-heralded and much-talked-of con necting link between Henderson and Springfield will be built this spring. May Leave Eugene. Union Messrs. Will Wright, of the First National bank of Union, and J. P. Wilkins, superintendent of the Union Woolen mills, owners of a wool en mill plant at Eugene, Or., have been in Hood River this week for the pur pose of consulting with the business men of that city relative to locating the plant there. It is understood that if satisfactory arrangements can be made the Eugene plant will go to Hood River. , ' .. - Removal Is Very Probable. Oregon City Judging from a letter- that has been received by the officers of the Oregon City land office, from Secre tary of the Interior Hitchcock, it is evident that intervention on the part of President Roosevelt alone will pre vent the removal of the Oregon City land office to Portland as ordered. In his letter Secretary Hitchcock states that a time, July 1, next, has been set, a place named tor the removal of the office, and that in ordering the propos ed change the authorities at Washing ton considered every question and ob jection that has been raised in the pro tests that have been forwarded by the- people of this city. For Big Beet Ranch. Union- The sale of Hall Bros ranch- of 960 acres, about four miles north west of Union, to the Amalgamated Sugar company, for $50,000, has been announced. This is the second large tract in the same section bought by this company within a year, and com pletes a body of over 2,000' acres now held by the Amalgamated company in this part of the valley. It is exnected that eventually the bulk of this land will be put into sugar beets. The Amalgamated company last fall bought the Nichols & Weaver tract of -1,100 acres for $54,000, so that their holdings now stand them about $104,000 for the 2,000 acres. Convicts ion the Roads. Salem In order to make a further test of the problem of using convict labor on the public highways, Govern or Chamberlain has arranged to work 40 convicts in three separate gangs on the Marion county roads for a few weeks. Marion county will bear th& expense of employing six guards to .take charge of the men while at work. The county will also pay the cost of trans porting the prisoners to their work and will pay the state five cents a day for each man to pay the increased cost of food for the men on account of their doing heavier work. The convicts will be worked, within four miles of the prison. Churns 1,500 Pounds of Butter. Pendleton The Blue Mountain creamery, recently completed in thi city, is churning on an average of three churnings a week of 500 pounds of butter each. The entire amount of" cream used in the churnings is brought over from La Grande and Elgin, as the farmers of the vicinity of Pendleton have not yet been able to supply a par ticle of cream. Many are preparing to fit up complete dairy farms on a large scale, but as it takes considerable time for this, the creamery will depend uport the supply from over the mountains. Sawmill for Albany. Albany A large sawmill will prob ably be constructed in Albany the com ing summer. The mill will be estab lished by outside capital and the prep arations for securing ground for the lo cation and establishing the plant are? being carried on through the officers of the Albany Commercial club, who are not yet ready to give out a statement about the matter, but who say con struction of the mill in this city is; practically assured." PORTLAND MARKETS. Snow Off Cascade Summit. Albany The road from the valley to the summit of the Cascade mountains, via the Lebanon wagon road route, is now open. 8. G. Dorris, proprietor of the Fish lake summer resort near the summit of the mountains, states that the snow is all out of the mountains and the road cleared for traffic, some thing almost unprecedented for this time of the year. . Usually this road is not open until late in the spring. ' Wheat Club, 8384c per bushel f bluestem, 8990c valley, 88c. Oats No. 1 white, $2829 per ton? gray, $2728. Hay Timothy,- $1416 per ton? clover, $1112; cheat, $1112; grain,. $1112. N Eggs Oregon ranch, 1818Kc per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 1720c per pound. Potatoes. Oregon fancy, $ 1 1 .60 p common, 8085. Apples Fancy, $1.752.50 per boxp choice, $11.25. Hops Choice, 1904, 23K25c per pound, v ' Wool Valley, 2024c, according td fineness; Eastern Oregon, best, 17& 18c; mohair, choice, 3132c.