Heppner gazette., April 18, 1901, Image 3

The Heppner Gazette
THURSDAY, APRIL IN, 11)01.
STEEL TRUST
Two Hundred Workmen Go oo
a Strike.
LI WANTS OUR PROTECTION
China Suspicious of Other Foreign
Troop' Intentions.
I'eklii, April 15. General Chaffee
has been appealed to by Li Hung
Chang to leave hdiind liim suflkient
troops to do police duty in the city.
Karl Li Hays the Chinese fear that the
fjreign troops will not take proper
care of the district if the Americans
leave. Five thousand German and
.'WOO French troops will leave l'ao Ting
Fti tomorrow to drive several thoUHand
lawless Chinese out of ttio province.
RIPLEY PROSECUTION
CLOSES ITS
CASE.
A LABOR ASSOCIATION INVOLVED
0 -
Advisory Board Ha; Call on All tbe Com
bine's Employes ' lo Join In
ihft Walkout.
Pittsburg, April IS. Two hundred
workmen at Dewee's Wood, a depart
ment of the American Sheet Hteel com
pany of McKeesport, struck today, de
manding tlio reinstatement of men who
had been discharged, it in alleged, be
cause they had organised a local union
of the Amalgamated Association. All
is quiet in that vicinity, but the situa
tion may become serious any hour
The Amalgamated officials seem to be
determined, and made the demand
that the advisory board exercise the
power to HiiKpend work in every depart
mcnt of the gigantic Hteel corporation
and also to close all coal mines sup
plying the mills with fuel.
ANOTHER ALASKA
Has a
COMPANY.
and Three-
Capital of Two
Quarters Millions.
Trenton, April 15. The Northern
Commercial company of Han Francisco
wai incorporated todav with a capital
of 12,750,000. It will" construct and
operate vessels and carry on mining,
manufacturing, mercantile, telegraph,
telephone and railroad business. The
Northern Navigation company wasxin
corporated by the same men for the
same purpose.
Big Cannery Fire.
Oakland, Calif., April 12. The can
nery of J. II. Hunt at Ilaywards was
destroyed bv fire early this morning.
The loss is between $Ul)0,000 atid $100,
000. Kighty cottages occupied bv the
employes burned, and $70,000 worth of
tin plate and $50,000 worth of new
machinery recently received were de
stroyed. The Houtliern Pacific depot
was partially destroyed. The origin is
supposed to le incendiary.
Wharton Golden Goes
Colorado to Testify.
From
HE WAS THE STAR WITNESS TODAJ
Swore to i
and
Plot to
Gave
of tbe
Kill Governor Goebel
Particulars
Affair.
Northern Pacific Betterment.
St. Paul, April lS.-Prosident C. K.
Mullen today authorized the announce
ment that the Northern Pacific will
this season expend 10,25O,O()0 on
betterments. The sum of $6,250,000
will be sent for rolling stock and
similar equipment. It is the largest
equipment order ever placed by a rail
road company west of the Mississippi.
me ouier j,uuif,uuij w;n i,e spent in
permanently improving the road bed
from Kt. Paul to Portland. The expen
ditures are the logical result of the
rapid development of the northwestern
and extreme western country.
Butte a Moving City.
Butte, April 13. A rortion of Butte.
Ielieved to embrace the larger part of
the big hill upon which some of the
Anaconda mines are located, has made
a very perceptible movement south
westward during the pant lew days. At
the foot of Anaconda hill the" slide
pushed tiie tracks of the street railway
line about six inches for a distance
of about 300 feet along the road.
ENGLAND AGAINST
AMERICAN MEATS
Dressed Beef for Army
Longer Bought Here.
No
Question of Servlee Decided.
Washington, April 15. By decisions
in several cases from New York and
New Jersey the supremo court of the
United States today declared that de
crees obtained m one state Ijy service
upon a defendant in another state are
valid. Justices Fuller and Peckham
desented.
MRS. NATION LEAVES TOWN
A Kansas City Jgdge Says Pay a Fine of
$600 or Go.
Kar.sas City, Mo., April 15. Mrs
Carrie Nati.n was lined $500 by Police
Judge McCanley this morning and
given the alternative of leaving town
before 0 o'clock. She was arrested on
the charge of blocking the streets
Addressing Mrs. Nation, the judge
said :
Missouri is no place for vou.
Missouri is not a good state for short
haired women, long haired men or
whistling girls."
Mrs. Nation poured verse after verse
of hihle quotations in the court's ear,
ami, alter the close ol the officer H
testimony, she said :
'these olllcers are liars, perjurers
and paupers Mho receive pay lor doing
nothing." The judge stoped her
tirade and she said she would leave
town.
Spanish Robbers' Work.
Madrid, April 15. Kobbers today
held up an express train between
Orhisula and Cabasa. firing a volley
into the carriages, and seriously injur
ing one passenger. They compelled
all to disgorge their valuables, escap
ing without identification. The troops
are now pursuing them.
Reception to Royalty.
Colombo, Ceylon, April 12. The
roval steamer Opher, with the Duke
and Duchess of Cornwall aboard, ar
rived here today, en route to Australia.
A magnificent reception was tendered.
Frankfort, Ky.. April 13. Wharton
Golden was a star witness today in the
closing hours of the prosecution's side
in the case against Garnett Kipley,
charged with complicity in the Goebel
murder. Golden came from Colorado
to testify. He said that Governor
Taylor told him that Representative
Hail and others were preparing to
settle the fight in the legislature, and
asked if he and his men would stand
by them. Golden said they would. On
January 20, witness and Caleb Powers
took a walk to the cemetery. Powers
said Goebel would have to be killed,
and that Taylor would pardon the
assassin. Powers said that the moun
tain army would have to he here when
it was done. Golden saw Kipley in
Adjutant-General Collier's office just
prior to the assassination. Coolier
told Kipley that he could furnish guns
for the Pleasureville company, and
Kipley said that he would buy them
Winchesters, if thev could not do
better.
Judge Brace, of Henry county, tes' i-
Ilecl that no application was made
the county for the formation
Ripley's company, and that it was
mustered in contrary to law.
The prosecution then closed.
The court overruled the motion of
the defense for preemptory instructions
to the jury, and Attorney O'Neill made
the opening statement for that side.
PORTER TALKS TRUSTS.
Found the Missing Cold.
Bremen, April 13. It is stated here
on good authority that the bars of gold
that were missing Irom the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm Grosse were discovered
here this morning by the steward in
the second cabin of the steamer, while
the vessel was being cleaned.
Deported 200 Burled by Avalanche.
Denver, April 13. No verification
'can be obtained here of the reported
loss of life in Taylor Park. Two hun
dred persons are there, hut it is said
to lie a physical impossibility that all
were buried by an avalanche. The
place is inaccessible. -
Sold Government Flour to the Bakers.
Manila, April 13. The commissary
trials began before the military board
today, Commissary Serjeant Weston
being the first arraigned. Witnesses
swore that quantities of flour were
taken from the government warehouse
and sold to bakers.
WASHINGTON INQUIRES ABOUT IT
-o
Packers Allege It Will Hake Little Difference.
England Explains That ft Is to
Protect Her Industries.
A Seattle Defaulter.
Seattle, April 13.-1'. H.
chief clerk of the Seattle and
lo tional railway here, has been
of: some time. Examination shows that
mi. siav iG.TUda tai Cv iciui in
to 13000.
Logan Takes Troops.
San Francisco, April 15. The trans
port Logan sailed this noon for Manila
with troops of the Ninth and Tenth
cavalry and the First and F.levcnth in
fantry on board.
TIIE CROWN PRINCE FETED
Vienna Festivities Continue-Brilliant
Dlnnee This Evening.
Vienna, Apiil 15. The festivities
connected with the visit of Crown
Prince Frederick William, of Prussia,
to Vienna continued today. The prince
spent the morning in visiting the
notable sights of the Austrian capital.
This evening he attends the imperial
dinner at which the emperor and two
hundred of the leading nobility will he
present.
Anxious for the Garonne.
Washington, April 15. The trans
port Garonne is now a week overdue at
."an j-rancisco and anxiety for her
safety increases each hour.
A Carllst Uprising.
Barcelona, April 15. Troops have
Is'en sent to liorg in the northern part
of Spain to check the rising of Carlist
harms under Don Grandia.
A Chinese Disaster.
Hong Kong, April 12. Uv a collision
of two boats on the river, both being
sunk, seventy Chinamen were drowned.
Thirteen persons were rescued alive.
WASHINGTON STATE.
REPORT KRUGER IN DANGER
His Villa Guarded Against Assassins
Who Would Get to Him.
Amsterdam, April 15. A reort that
an attempt had been made to assas
sinate President Kruger is declared to
le untrue. Notwithstanding the de
nial, it is evident that the authorities
are apprehensive that he is in some
danger, as two pol icemen and two de
tectives are guarding the villa in which
he is residing.
v Denies French's Capture.
London, April 15. The Rritish war
otlice olliciallv denies the report of the
capture of General French and five
hundred men by the liners.
k DEATH OF A. C. M'CLURG
Civil War Veteran and Prominent
Publisher.
Chicago, April 15. General A. C.
McCiurir, head of the publishing house
of A. C. M.lMurg A Co., died this
morning in St Augustine, Florida, of
kidney trouble. He was a veteran of
the civil war and was prominent as a
publisher for thirty years.
Rifle Inventor D'id.
Anxerre, April 15. General Gras
inventor of the well known riile, died
today from congestion of the brain.
Death of a Paymaster.
Washington, April 15. Genera! Mar-
Arthur raided today that the death or
curred Saturday of Major Monanhan,
paymaster in the I nited Mates army
THEY DON'T LIKE THE LAWS
Standard Oil Fight Shy of Texas Oil
Fields.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 15. O.lav
and Pavne, Standard Oil rcprcsAuta
tives who have been investigating the
Ifcaumnnt oil helds, are here en routi
home. They stated that the Standard
Oil company would invest t:U), 000,000
in the Texas oil property were it not
for the anti-trust laws of this Mate
As it is. thev will not come to Titxas,
lint admit that the held is the greatest
ever discovered.
SENATOR CLARK'S VICTORY
His Road Given Rlght-of-Way Over the
Southern Pacific.
Pomona, Calif., April 15. The
board of trustees this morning granted
a right of way to the Salt Lake rail
way on a strip of land contended for
by the Southern Pacific The latter
will not relinquish its claim, but will
contest the matter in court. There is
no excitement in Pomona today over
the question as to which road shall
have the preference.
torbln's Engagement.
Washington, April 1.1. Adjutant
Gincral Henry C Cor bin this after
noon authorised the announcement of
his engagement to Miss Kdyth Pattens,
of this rily. The Pattens formerly
were residents of California.
They have considerable wealth and
are of great social prestige in Wash
ington. Corhin in a widower. The
engagement hits Ihipii reported frequent
ly in the newspapers and as frequently
denied during the past few years.
Heavy Loss In Arabia.
Loudon, April 12. Romhay advices
say that the kingdom of Nejd, in Ccn
tarl Arabia, has Iteen recovered by Ibu
Uashid after a fight with the forces of
M it ha ron k. Maharonk's casualties are
said to Im 60(H) killed. He was lured
into a gorge and butchered.
Prof. Lyman, of Whitman College, Writes
an Interesting Article.
In an article contributed to the At
lantic Monthly for April Professor W.
if. lynian ol v hitman college gives a
most interesting account of the making
of the state of Washington, its won
derful resources and its commercial
prospects, which latter, he declares
are limited onlv bv the confines of tli
earth s surface. Reginning with the
explorations of Rodega, Drake and ole
Juan do Fuca, the early, or, as Mr
Lyman calls it, ' the heroic age o:
Oregon," is charmingly described. He
savs in part: Taking the three salient
features of the state the Puget Sound
country, the Cascade mountains, ami
the Columbia vallev Mr. Lvman
points out the actual and potential
resources possible for reclamation for
he use of man, pointing out how
nature, by volcano. glacier and torrent,
has prepared a soil of such marvelous
fertility that the storv of it; produc
tiveness excite the incredulty of the
listener. For descriptive purposes he
divides the state into tour zones, each
extending north and south. Shaking
of the first, the western one, conspicu
ous lor its mm Nt production, he says
miring .May ol last vear orders for
30,000,000 feet of bridge stuff and ties
were placed in Washington bv railway
companies of the cast and mid. lie west .
viosi remarKanie to eastern readers
!s the yield of an acre of Washington
timber land. A single acre has been
known to produce 500, OlM feet and one
tree has yielded 50,000 feet. It is esti
mated that within a radius of eight
miles from Sknnmkawa is standing
oOO.OOO.lMO feet of el low fir. There is
poetry in one of these snaying forests
which carry their coronals of green
300 feet aloft, with the sunlight flicker
ing through greenishly, ns if in leafy
eclipse; hut there are dollars in the
knotless steins when sanedand of the
latter feature onlv the lumberman
thinks."
THE HORSE MEAT CANNERY.
Demand tor the Product Causes Factory
to Start Again.
The horse abattoir at Linnton,
which wai shut down last fall, was
started up a short time ago, says the
Oregon i an. As conditions are more
tavorable now for its successful opera
tion, it is likely to be kept running
indefinitely. So many cay use pomes
were lelt in the country when the
abattoir shut down that stockmen
whose ranges were being eaten over
by them were very anxious to have it
resume business. As there is a better
letnand than ever for Oregon horse
meat, it was decided to recommence
the slaughtering of horses. The winter
has liecn so mild on the ranges that
the rayuses are in very good condition.
About H00 have oeensent in from the
ranges and disposed of. The cold and
stormy weather during March had a
tendency to make the ponies thin, and
no more will be shipped for the
present. Tbe abattoir will he closed
in a dav or two, and will remain
closed until about the middle of May,
by which ti:-: the ponies w ill have be
come in good condition on the new-
grass. It is probable that 10,0(0
avuses will lie slaughtered this year.
It is estimate! that there are from
500,000 to 1,000,000 ray use ponies
ranging over country tributary to this
market. As shx'knicn are verv anx
ious that these horses should be driven
away to preserve the ranges to rattle
and sheep, and as Oregon horse meat
lias found favor in Sweden and Nor
way, on account of the fact that it is
the only horse meat produced under
the same conditions that rattle and
she ,t are raised for food, it is proba
ble that the Linnton abattoir, which
so far has not proved remunerative.
may lie kept running for tome time..
Tells About English Combines and Their
Extent.
New York, April 13. Robert J.
Porter, who arrived from Iondon on
the Deutchsland, speaking of the Eng
lieh trade prospects, said:
"The principal industrial talk in
England during my present visit cen
tered around the great steel combina
tion which has appalled the Rritish
manufacturers. However, John Roll
will endeavor to keep up with the
keener competition. The comment has
taken the course that such trusts are
only possible with a high tariff, a!
somewhat amusing conclusion when I
one considers how honeycombed free-trade-England
is with combinations of
capital as formidable and strong in
controling trade as anv in the United
States.
"To begin with the entire railway
industry of the United Kingdom is one
gigantic combination, all rates being
the same, and the center of fiscal
management is the clearing house.
Then, in banking, nearly all tbe
smaller banks have been swallowed up
bv the big ones, Lloyds alone having
taken in over 40, while Paris ami
Barclays list is as numerous, and so in
the shipping business. Industrial
amalgamation is the order of the dav.
The price of coal is also arranged by a
trust. Turning from these basic in
struments of commerce to industrial
trusts, e find atoiit f "hi,(IOO,(oo of
capital concent rated in some recently
formed trust, while the older com-
Bengle,
Interna-
nnssing
amounting
Fishing Schooner Goes Down.
Alton, April 12. -The Polstein fish
ing schooner Emma went down during
a storm in the .North sea. J he captain
and a crew of twelve were drowned.
A Battle Raging.
Kimberley, April 12. It is reported
that a battle is raging between Jacobs
dal and Koffyfontein in Southwest
Orange Free State and that the Boers
are losing heavily.
Park Superintendent.
Washington, April 13. Captain
Jack Pitcher, of San Francisco, has
been appointed superintendent of the
tellowstone .National park.
French Premier Recovers.
Nice, April 15. Premier Waldeck
Rousseau, of France, is declared to be
fully recovered.
NO MORE MARTIAL LAW
GOVERNOR HUNT P0RCLAIMS
FACT OFFICIALLY.
THE
Gives Reasons for .thinking Coeur d'
Alenes Now Will .Observe the
Idaho 14.
Boise, April KL Gov. Hunt has
aliolished martial law in the Coeur
d'Alenes. Martial law was declared
by Governor Steunenberg on Mav 4,
following the destruction of the
Chicago, April 12. Arthur Meeker.
general manager of Armour Sc Co., this
morning connrrned the news that the
British government has decided to
discontinue the use of American
dressed beef in the army.
"The contract for dressed beef is not
very large, "said Meeker, "and the
new rule will have verv little effect
on Chicago packers. We send great
quantities of canned beef to the Brit
ish army in South Africa, and will
continue to do go, as the contemplated
change does not affect canned beef.
1 he people of England consume 300,-
uuu.ouu pounds ol our dressed beef an
nually. The proposed restriction will
have no effect on this trade."
Another packer explained that Eng
land nag oeen buying cattle in Argen
tina and shipping them to South
Africa, finding it cheaper.
Washington's View.
Washington, April 12. The action
of the British government excluding
dressed beef except the home article
for the use of the army, is believed
here to be predicated on the tying up
at New Orleans of the recent shipment
oi norses ana mules, designed for South
Africa, not as a retaliatory step, but
for the purpose of protecting the gov
ernmentjagainet annoyance and delay
in the shipment of food supplies. The
department of agriculture as vet has
received no official information from
I Kngland, and it is not known whether
u is me purpose ot mat government
eventually to exclude all American
meats, dead or alive. It is feared, how
ever, tliie instance ie a step in that
direction.
To Proteet Their Industries.
London, April 12. At the British
war office today, the director-general
of contracts declared that the order
relating to American beef was issued
in the interest of British and Irish
agricultural stock raising industries.
The 0. S. Wants to Know.
Washington, April vz. At the re
quest of the agricultural department.
Secretary Hay today cabled Ambassa
dor Choate at London asking him to
bnd out why American meats are to be
shut out from British army contracts.
The Cabinet Dlseussed It.
Washington, April 12. The cabinet
todav discussed the beef Question, and
agreed that the action in tbe New
Orleans court in tieing up the mule
shipment was a mistake. Attorney
General Knox will probably render a
decision pointing out the proper course
to be pursued.
FRANCE IS TO ENTERTAIN
Italy's King to Be the Nation's Guest
Next Fall.
I Pairs, April 12. -It is reported that
the trench government is making ar
rangements to entertain King Vic
tor Emmanuel, of Italy, as a guest
of France next autumn at the review
of the French army. Should this pro
gram be carried out, an almost im
portant international announcement
will be made at the banquet following
the review.
CATHOLICS ARB OPPRBSSBD.
Monslgnor Conaty, so Alleged, Speaking
In Chicago.
Chicago. April 12. Speaking at the
convention of Catholic educators today
Monsignor Conaty said:
"We are not here by sunrance hat
we are here as American citizens de
manding our rights. We are not ask
ing for favors; all we want is justice.
We want " recognition as citizens and
taxpayers in school affairs. We believe
that no true education is possible
without religious instruction and we
have the right to insist upon our de
mands. There is no doubt that nearly
all educational laws enacted by states
are aimed at the Catholic school sys
tem. It is our duty both to ourselves
and our people to -protest and continue
protesting until our objections are
heeded."
Rio Janeiro Bank Falls.
Rio de Janeiro, April 13. Banco de
Bahia, one of the leading institutions
of South America, has suspended pay
ment.
THE WEST POINT
VISITORS ARE
NAMED.
President Selects Several for
the Position.
CHURCH CRITICIZED THE DEPARTMENT
Therefore He Wis Left Out McKelw aj tod
Other Administration Supporters
Were Honored.
RRESERVE THE REDWOODS
Great
A TRAGEDY IN PITTSBURG
Battle and Death in the Pennsylvania
Town.
Pittsburg, April 12. Trasedv held
the boards' in Pittsburg todav." At 3
o'clock this morning, Thomas D
Hunker Hill concentrator during the ! Khaney a grocer in the suburb .Mount
binations represent literally Pillions of
dollars. Yes, in England you will
find in all lines of industrial enter
prise the very same trusts as in the
I'nited States. Consul Mason of Perlin
recently showed the same of Germany.
Concentration of effort and economy of
production is the tendency of "the
times, for it is only bv such methods
that the rival nations can keep up the
great commercial conllict."
THE RUSSIAN REGIME IS
Not Improved Under the New Minister
of Education.
St. Petersburg, April 13. Hopes for
reform which attended the appoint
ment of (ieneral Vannoskv, as minister
of public instruction, have been
blasted bv the first act under the new
Iministrat ion. Two students in Kieff
university having been sent to the
military barracks for discipline, pro-
teetedjagainst punishment, and refused
to ohey ordere. At once they were court
martialed and shot. Another student
also was condemned to death.
PL ATT AMENDMENT DOWNED.
Cuban
That Way
Convention Voted
18 to 10.
Havana, April 13. The Cuban con
stitutional convention placed itself
upon record todav against the Piatt
amendment by a vote of IS to 10 on a
resolution that the convent ion should
leclare itself opposed to the amend
ment, "on account of the terms ot
some clauses and the way in which
thev are drawn and also on the con
tents of others, especially clauses III,
VI ami Ml."
The conservatives assert that this
action is emharrassim;, inasmuch as it
practically ties the hands of any com
mission that might be sent to Washing
ton.
The Navy Ranks.
Chicago. April 13. A special to the
Tribune from Washington savs: (If
special interest to officers ol the navy
is an order issued todav by Secretary
Long announcing their relative posi
tions on the naval register. Admiral
IVwey, bv the order, is the ranking
otlicer of the navy. John Adams
Howell is the senior rear admiral, W.
S. Schley is No. ft and William T.
Sampson No. 7, on the list of senior
roar admirals. Frank Wilde is the
ranking captain
anguinarv riot on tiie -tun ol Apr
The actions of the state following the
institution of military rule in the
Cootir d'Alenes are so well known as
to render repetition unnecessary.
toy. Hunt s proclamation says, in
part :
"I'pon assuming oilice I felt it my
duty first to investigate conditions in
Shoshone county. It was my object
to observe whether there was still
danger of further disturbance and riot.
My investigation bus convinced me
that the citizens of Shoshone county
are todav law-abiding and law-loving",
united in their desire for peace and
frowning on any element that would
bring again trouble and anxiety and
suffering into peaceful and prosperous
homes.
"Martial law is the spirit of force
necessary in its employment to protect
life and property, and applicable at
any time for that puprose. Its opera
tion in time of peace, after danger and
peril are over, is repungant to our
form of government and menace to our
institutions.
"Our constitution safely places the
administration of law in tbe hands of
the civil authorities,
during their abilitv
- .i: . l i- i . i
e oiiicers nave oeen elected and are
iii active performance Jof their duties
since January, 101, unopposed bv
violence of any description and out
spoken in ;.their ability to maintain
order.
"Wherefore, in consideration of the
premises, I, Frank W. Hunt, governor
of the state of Idaho, do, bv virtue of
the authority vested in me W law, de
clare that marital law in Shoshone
county shall be and is hereby
abolished, this proclamation to take
effect and lie in force immediately
upon the signing thereof."
AN EASTERN OREGON PIONEER.
Washington was shot and killed bv
one ol three burglars who entered his
: house.
: Shortly after noon, three suspicious
;cliaraters were seen in Fulton street,
j Detective P. X. Fitzgerald and two
officers attempted their arrest, ami a
running battle ensued. Fitzgerald
was shut ami killed instantly, Edward
Wright, one of the suspects, was seri
ously wounded. J. P. Wright and
Robert Wilcox, the remaining mem
bers of the trio, were finally subdued
and captured, after a desperate hand
to hand struggle-.
Commendable Effort to Save
Trees From Destruction
Boston, April 13. The recent action
of the state of California in appro
priating tZ-W.OOO to purchase a tract of
redwood forest near banta Cruz for a
public reservation has aroused in
terest in every part of the country,
perhaps nowhere more than in Massa
chusetts, where for years an intelligent
Doay oi tree-lovers nave urged the nec
essity of some such step if any part of
trie redwood lands was to be preserved
to future generations in its original
glory.
At the Arnold Arboretum in this
city the opinion is expressed that the
Santa Cruz reservation should be con
sidered as only the entering wedce.
other and larger reservations beine re
quired if a really adequate and typical
portion oi one oi ine most remarakble
forest growths in the world-bv all
odds the most remarkable iD this coun
try is to be saved from the ravatres
of the lumber dealer.
Prof. Sargent's Views.
The director of the Arboretum. Pro
fessor Charles S. Sargent, whose work
in charge of the forest investigation of
the tenth census and, later, as head of
tbe committee of the National Academy
appointed to consider the dangers aris
ing irom the wholesale destruction of
tbe western timber lands, was the
direct cause of such national forest
reservations as we now possess. is not
disposed, however, to minimize in the
slightest the importance of the action
which has been taken. A recent state
ment of Professor Sargent sums up
what has been done as follows:
'The action of the California lesisla-i
ture, which is largely due to the efforts
of the Sempervirens Society, a body of
Californians organized specially to' ac
complish the preservation of some part
of the redwood forest, is a matter of
national rejoicing. The redwood tree
(Sequoia sempervirensl is one of the
wonders of the world. Its first cousin.
the so-called Big Tree of the western
slopes of the Sierra Nevada, surpasses
it :n girth of stem, but no other tree
in the world attains a larger size and
no North American tree grows so tall
Washington, April 13. The presi
dent today appointed the following
board of visitors to West Point mili
tary academy: Lieutenant General
John M. Schofield, retired ; major
General Daniel E. Sickles, retired: St.
Clair McKelway.of New York; Charles
M. Elliot, of Massachusetts; Benjamin
Ide Wheeler, president of the uni
versity of California: William H.
Upham, of Wisconsin; St. George R.
Fitzhugh, of Virginia. It is noticeable
that Col. W. C. Church, proprietor of
the Army and Navy Journal, has been
dropped. McKelway is editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle, which hag loyally
supported the war department. Fitz
hugh was a pronounced eulogist of tbe
administration at the ceremony last
June at Fredericksburg.
MINISTER MUSTTESS UP
Loomls to Be Required to Explain
Alleged Interview.
Washington, April 12. It is semi
officially reported that tbe minister to
Venezuela, Loom is, now en route
home, is to be relieved of office if he
does not disavow the reported inter
view in which he was made to say
that President Castro ot Venezuela has
laid op $2,000,000 in tbe last two
years, although bis salary is onlv 112.-
000 a year, and that Castro invited the
enezuelans to seize the claims ceded
to Americans to "embarrass the United
tates and force it to make armed
demonstrations such as would possibly
ieaa to trouble witn toreign nations.
President Prefers a Drive.
Walla Walla, April 15.-The follow
ing telegram was received by Mayor
Jacob Betz chairman of the general
committee on reception and entertain
ment of the president and presidential
party.
"Washington, April 13. Mayor
Betz, Walla Walla. Furnish Secretary
Cortelyou program of president's en
tertainment before April 29, and as
soon as possible. The president will
prefer a drive through the city to
receptione. He cannot receive the
reception committee before a rival.
W. L. J NES."
An Heir to Holland's Crown.
Amsterdam, April 13. Queen Wil
helmina is expecting an heir in No
vember, and has stopped taking her
customary drhres. She will be twenty
one in August, and married February"
to Duke Henry of Mecklenbery.
UTILITY OF THE BICYCLE
It Meets the
ANOTHER S. P. TRAIN WRECK
-Engine
Engineer and Fireman Killed
Down an Embankment.
Santa Barbara, Calif., April 12.
A special engine that was being
brought to assist the northbound
Southern Pacific train No. 9 jumped
the track last night at Curve Miramar
four miles east from here, and two
miles from the scene of yesterday's
wreck. The engine rolled down an em
bankment one hunrded varde. and was
thereto remain ! completely demolished. Engineer
to maintain it. timer iselew, of t-resno, lumped and
met instant death. Fireman Perry, of
Los Angeles, remained in the cab" and
was scalded to death.
Morgan Talks In London.
London, April 12. J. Pierpont Mor
gan said in an interview today: "The
Cnitod states Steel corjoratioii will
have a steadying effect on llritish and
German markets, which will not
suffer." He said no securities will be
placed in England, as all shares were
long ago allotted.
A Murderer Hanged.
Hooneville, Mo., April 12. Ells
worth Evans, a colored murderer, was
hanged here today. The rone broke
and the condemned man had to W
lifted and droped acaiu.
Decision Favors the British.
New Orleans, April 13. Judge Par
lange states that the court todav dis
missed the suit Jor an injiimi ion to
prohibit further 1 ransHrt;it ion of
mules bv tbe British on the grounds
that it was a private transactions.
Major Joseph Magone, Who Walked
From Canyon City to Chicago.
The 'any readers of the Eagle w ill !
be pleased to hear that Major Joseph (
Magone, who is known to every pioneer I
in Eastern Oregon, is still alive at the i
home of his daughter at Ogdensburg. 1
New York, where he went severai !
years ago after an absence on the'
Pacific coast for over a half century, !
says the Blue Mountain Eagle. The
major is well known in Grant countv, 1
where he resided lor vears. His iak
DEATH OF A RAILROADER
Aldaee F. Walker, or the Atehlson, Dead
in New York.
New York, April 12.- A Mace F.
Walker, chairman of the Atchison.
Topeka ; Santa Fe railway, died sud
denly at home in this city this morn
ing, aged From lSS7"to 1S92 he
was chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Railway commission, and its
successor, the Western Traitic associa
tion. In lSs3, he was made receiver ot
the Atchison, and three years later,
when the road was reorganised, be
came its head.
WAS A MURDER COMMITTED?
A New Version of the Alleged Attemped
Killing.
! Vienna. April 12. The newspaper
, "Neva Keforma," ol Lenilerg, Galacia,
prints a version of the recent attempt
on the lite of the czar. A young ot!icer
entered unannounced the roui in
i which the car was working. His
majesty, suddenly seeing the man a
grown into an acute nervous
Thinks the Russian Was Assassinated.
Berlin. April 12. A dispatch to the i
Cologne Gazette from Pekin indicates
that the death of Captain B.trsvfi. the:
Kussian who was shot, was ttie result
of assassination and not an accident. 1
Six eve witnesses have Iven arrested. '
on ine Headwaters ot Heech creek i
which nas iurnisiie.1 so niucli sport for few feet awav, suspected an attempt to
pothshermen for several years, was assassinate him. He seized a revolver
the scene of many a plessant hour for 8d. in a panic, shot the officer dead,
the aged pioneer. The many trout that . Guards quicklv removed the corpse,
have been captured therein recent j The czar, irom remorse for his hastv
vears. nere carried mere lv Mr. ; act has
.Magone irom the John Pay river in oil depression.
, ni". xt'iiii, in- ii-iiii.e int, manner in
which the product' of many hard davs
Ialxir was Uiin slaughtered by the
people, he would at oin-e polish lip his
needle tun. and return to Oregon.
It will be retneniehred that Mr.
Magone walked from the court house
steps in Canyon City to the world's
fair at Chicago in Is;'.;, leaving here
on July i. and making an average of
about thirty miles ht day during the
entire trip. He was to publish a Ux-k
on this trip, but it is not known
whether such has yet cone to the press.
Mr. Magone is nearinc the centurv
mile stone, and even at this advane,-.!
ace. his mind was yet in its prime
when he left here a few years aco.
Captain Young, of the Havana jort.
has jailed Secundum Oarcia and Julio
I'reutia, editor and director of El
Stevedore, for alleged 111 clous articles j
against Young.
Wants of the Common
People.
, , , Tt , ... .
vtenuen rumps, witn wtiom as an
orator, only Tericles of the Greeks can
be compared, and stand the compari
son, once said, speaking in Music hall
of Boston, at that time the largest an
ditorium in America, on the condition
oi the poor:
L.HI tne price ot Dread lialf a cent
a pound in I'aris, and naif its citizens
would be compelled to steal or starve.
.iiiu wnemer a tning De a luxury or
a necessity, the cost to the individual
measures its usefulness to him
Bring it within his reach financially
and he buys it and uses it, and the full
beneht of the invention or product be
comes his. Let some discovery bring
uie cosi oi a irip to Liverpool and Pack
to ;!0, and reduce the time to five
days that is. put it on the level of an
i economical outing and ten millions
'of people would take the trip ann-
any. in oriei, u is tne price oi any
thing needed or craved by man that
fixes the limits of its popularization.
Growing Popularity.
The growing popularity uf the
Dicycle is chiefly beyond doubt due to
the fact that it meets so perfectly the
wants ot tne American people of all
classes. The business man, the health
seeker, the clercvuian and nhvsiciat,
and lovers of outdoor exercise, all timi
in it what they need. No other in
vention ever had in it so many elo
ments to win popular favor. But the
price at which it is now offered to the
public removes the onlv obstacle that
ever existed to its universal adapta
tion by the people as a whole.
Its moderate cost puts it within the
reach of all, even of those of a verv
limited income. The popular re
sponse to this state of things is truly
astonishing. Every manufacturer is
busy, and new agencies are being es
tablished everywhere There is no
"boom," but a legitimate expansion of
the business in response to an actual
and vast increase in the demand. The
price settles it. The people of the
whole country have disavowed that
they can afford to own bicycles, they
know there is no pleasanter, more
effective means of obtaining the
exercise they require, and that i why
the supply can barely equal the de
niand. All hail to the Wheel!
Bought No Bonds.
Washington, April 12. A rumor cur
rent in the East today, that Secretary
Gage had made another large purchase
of bonds, is denied. Secretary Gage
will buy no more bonds until the mar
ket price is lower.
Dewet Headed for Pletersburg.
Cape Town, April 12. Gen. Dewet
is reported to be heading towards
Pieterburg, the late- Boer caoitol
recently captured by the British.
PACIFIC FLORAL CONGRESS
It Assembles
Francisco on
Boers Captured.
London. April 12 Gen. Kitchener
sends a dispatch from Pretoria. s;ating
that on the 11th. Col. Mnnroe. with
Methnen's mounted infantry, after two
h.mrs of hard rightinc with the Boers,
capture,! SO men. includinc Comman
dant Bresl.i and Lieut. Finderino. of
vla.its' artillery, and eight wagons near j
I VwetS dorp. j
PLIGHT OF AN IRISH GIRL.
Detained In Boston Awaiting Her Bx
peeted Husband.
A Boston dispatch says: "Minnie
Campbell is detained on the steamer
Commonwealth and will be deported
unless her intended husband, a ros
perons ptk.mc farmer. appears or tele-
graph, as he agreed. They have never
met. She came from Ireland. Her
relatives live in "pokane. Their letters
started a correspondence, thev ex
changed photographs, he proposed and
was accepted. He sent funds for
through transportation to SHkane.
The immigration commissioner here
telegraphed the Spokane farmer, but
received no answer. The commissioner
refuses to give his name. The la is
very strict and require the prospec
tive husband's presence at the do, k or
the bride will le deported. Minnie i
2" vears of age and prettv. b,. is n , w
under i.vk and krv.
in San
May 14.
An enterprise worthy of support and
encouragement is the Pacific States
Foral congress which meets in San
Francisco Mav 14 to 16 in the Academy
of Sciences. One commendable feature
is the consideration of town and eitv
improvement, landscape gardening and
methods of beautifying cities and
homes. Low rates, have beec niven
by the Southern Pacific company.
one tare and one-third from points
125 miles or less distant
One fare and one-nfth from rjoints
200 miles or less distant but not less
than for 125 miles.
One 'are from points over 200 miles.
Tickets can be purchased for train
which arrive in San Francisco Mav 13
to IS inclusive and are good for return
.nay n to 15 inclusive.
The annual slower show of the Tali-
fornia State Floral society will open at
he close of the congress and continue
.lay fend evening until Mav IS inclu
sive. This Slower show is the most
notable floral event of the vear inCali.
fornia.
The Union Ferrv buildimr in whieh
the show w ill be held is located at the
foot of Market street, five minutes ride
from the principal hotels. The exhi
bition room is a magnificent marhU
hail, 500 x 40 feet.
Exhibits of eft tiowers.plants.de.
ice, etc., from all parts of California
and sister states are welcome.
James Wilson, secretary of agricul
ture, and several noted Eastern horti.
ulturists will be in attendance at the
congress and show.
Or-ects of the congress To advanoe
ie art of ornamental horticulture. To
promote acquaintance arid interchange
of ideas. To impart to the public 'a
definite knowledge of the Unities and
utilities of nature an.'. of "the art
which doth mend nature."
peiegates 1 tie territorial scope ot
the congress includes Oregon, Wash
ington. Nevada, Ar'ona arid Cali
fornia. All florist, seedsmen, botanists.
I horticultural writers and teachers,
i amateur rkrieuhuri-Ts. landscape and
! private gardeners and member of
horticultural societies are entitled to
seals in the congress.
.Normal and pub ie s,-!..,' i,.,-!,,
and a,l lover of nature wi!!
come.
i rogram -wmt n!tv !a.eri'e.i
ers and essayist have .nvei ted
up-ui the program.
The genera! d:vis; ns are; Impert
inent of literature. i artm.-nt t
botany: dej artment of 'and-H-a; gar
dening; department of r. t
lions ne. two, three an.) four.
t ion box will a' ! .
fornia sjvaker are litn:
minutes; speakers !mm .
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fion will U-gui at ! .
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Paris, April 12. The rilipino
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rcentative Agoncillo savs that Gen. debate from the Washington agn.-ul-Sandi.v
ha been elected to succeed tural college. Thev will next debate
Agninaldo. I against the I'niveriitv of Idaho.
lieer has ai 'ln
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the Vsti'and ii..rtn'
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regent of the I'lllVer-ojV
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