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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1905)
Heppner Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Bus Readers National, Political, Hi3' torical and Commercial. RUSH FOR PLACES. More troops have mutinied in Po land. Henev will conduct the land fraud trials in Portland. a Wyoming coal An explosion in mine killed 18 men. Chicago and Milwaukee are now con nected by an electnc railway. There has been a violent quarrel be tween the czar and Grand Duke Vladi mir. A large part of Moscow, Russia, has been destroyed by fire set by revolu tionists. V. C. Bristol has taken the oath of office as United States District attorney for Oregon. An unknown person threw a missile through a window of President Rooae- velts special train. General Corbin has declined to be chief of staff because he says he is not entitled to the rank. A number of sheepherders are miss ing in Montana and it is believed they have been frozen to death Panama and foreign capitalists are endeavoring to get permission to build a railroad across the isthmus A great swindling scheme has been exposed in Chicago in which two of Oregon s land land fraud artists were the principals. Meriwether has been acquitted of manslaughter. He and Midshipman Branch fought and the latter died as a result of the fight. Turkey will not yield to the powers and wants to fight. Coreans at Seoul are fightiDg against Japanese dictatorship. The president is behind a movement to investigate the Standard Oil. Hermann's trial has been postponed until after congress on account of the press of business. A loss of 149 lives, 70 vessels and nearly $7,000,000 has been sustained in the three great storms on the Great Lakes this season. The Washington congressional dele gation is working up plans for a united effort to induce Hitchcock to indorse some Washington irrigation project The Trans-Mississippi congress has gissued a pamphlet calling on congress to make an appropriation lor carrying on work at the mouth of the Columbia. W. C. Bristol has been appointed United Sates district attorney for Ore gon, B. L. KJdy register, and J. M Lawrence receiver ot the Roseburg land ccice. Reports of further disasters during the recent storm on Lake Superior. The last vessel reported lost is the steamer Ira II. Owen, carrying a crew of 19 men. Owing to the recent embezzlement from the Seattle assay office and a feel ing among Alaskan miners that the graft has not been stopped much of the gold from the north is likely to go to San FraneiEco for seme time. Land f aud revelations are coiaiig Nebraska. Marquis Ito says Japan does not in tend to annex Corea. Senator Patterson, of Colorado, has been fined $1,000 for contempt of court. Hawaiian sugar planters will try to secure Russian peasants to work on their plantations. Tammany is still fighting the order for a recount of the votes cast in the New York election. Several men convicted of fraud in the recent New York eletcions have been sent to prison for four years. An explosion in an oil warehouse in Kansas City resulted in a loss of $175,- 000 before the flames were extin guished. The first blizzard of the season has left its mark through the entire Middle West. Germany will appoint a receiver for the Equitable Insurance company in that country unless tJie reserve is in creased. It is feared that Russia may be forced to use paper money and a possi ble bankruptcy is also staring the coun try in the face. Minister Squiers has resigned his poet at Havana. It is said that he did bo because the United States gave up the Isle of Pines. Germany has formally announced ber intention of terminating the pree ent trade treaty with the United States oil March 1 next. Senator Bnrton has been sentenced to serve six months in the county jail and pay a fine of $2,500. An appeal will be taken to the Supreme court. A great building strike threatens New York. The entire Russian peasant congress baa been arrested. All Members of Congress Looking for Seats on Committees. Washington, Dec. 5. Senators and representatives are devoting much time to the procurement of giod com mittee places and chairmanships; that is, the vast majority are engaged in this pursuit. Some few of the old- timers who are already comfortably fixedare not bothered, but their numj ber is comparatively small. Speaker Cannon is being over whelmed bv requests for committee assignments, and is being flooded with all manner of letters from men of in fluence, who are woiking in behalf of some of the struggling congressmen. He has 40 applicants for every good committee vacancy, and he probably has a dozen endorsements of every ap plicant. But he is gradually getting to the bottom, and soon will be able to announce the slate as he intends it shall stand during the Fifty-ninth con gress. In the senate, where committees are appointed by a special committee, yet to be selected, there is no such on slaught as is in evidence about the speaker's office. Senator Fulton is the only member of the Oregon delegation who is in line for promotion, for he is the only mem ber who is at liberty to participate in the work of congress. As previously in dicated in these dispatches, Senator Fulton will probaby be made chairman of the committee on claims, and theie is a long chance that be will Become a member of the committee on commerce, the mighty committee that handles all river and harbor bills, as well as other legislation relating to commerce, other than interstate commerce. Senator Piles, being a member new of the senate, will probably not get very good committees. New members are never given desirable committee places. It is a rule of the senate to give tiie best positions to men of trie longest service, and this leaves little that is desirable for the new senators. It is quite impossible to tell what places Piles will get, though he would be pleased with membership on naval affairs, because of the Puget sound ,vy yard. Senator Ankeny is almost certain to secure the chaimanship of the commit tee on irrigation. This is a very desir able place for him because he is thor oughly familiar with irrigation, and understands the subject. Moreover, as chairman of that committee he could doubtless do much to aid the state of Washington in getting better recogni tion under the National reclamation law than it has received up to this time. Over at the house end there is not much change in sight for the Washing ton members. Cushman has one good commmittee place, on interstate and foreign commerce, where he will get an earlv chance to go on record on the railway rate question, and he has one other committee, private land claims Representative Jones is a member of the river and harbor committee and is perfectly satisfied to remain in that one place. He don't want anything better. Mr. Humphrey fared very well for a new member two years ago, get- NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON AID FROM STATE. Is Necessary in Road Construction, Says Convention. Corvallis The voice of the Good Roads convention is unanimously for state aid in the construction of public roads. No resolution to this effect was adopted, but throughout the two days' session the idea came to the front at unexpected times and always with the apparent approval of the delegates It was injected into the proceedings tiy an Alsea farmer, who declared that there ought to be state aid, so that Portland would have to help pay the price, because all that Portland is or all that stie hopes to be has come or is to come from the products of the farms, mines and mil .a in the territory of which she is the commercial mistress. This brought Judge Webster into the open, and he declared his approval oi the sentiment expressed by the Alsean, and announced a belief that state aid should be vouchsafed in road construe Hon, the state to pay about 50 cents every time a certain community strug gling with a road raised 50 cents. ELABORATE PREPARATIONS. HAILEY ON SUPREME BENCH ting a place on merchant marine and fisheries, together with two lesser com mittees. Senator Heyburn, of Idaho was one of the most unfortunate new senators in the matter of committee assignments two vears ago. He secured the chair manship of the committee on manufac tures, his most important committee. He will be given better committee assignments than he had in the last congress, but it is impossible to state what places he will get. Senator Dubois, being a Democrat, is on the minorit) side of several im portant committees, but is chairman of none, for minority senators have no chairmanships. His most important place at this time is on privileges and elections, the committee that will re port on the Smoot case. On that com mittee Dubois is considered the most drastic anti-Mormon member, and he will probabiy be prominently identified with the fight against Smoot. Governor Chamberlain Will Appoint Pendleton Man. Salem Governor Chamlierlain has announced that he will appoint T. G. Hailey, of Pendleton, to succeed Jus tice Wolverton on the supreme bench. This appointment was expected, but came much sooner than anticipated, for there is really no vacancy as yet. Governor Chamberlain has been con sidering the matter of an appointment to the supreme bench ever since it be came probable that one of the superior judges would be appointed to the Fed eral bench. He had therefore weighed the qualifications of available men aud was ready to make, a selection. By announcing the appointment at once, the governor has saved the trouble of receiving and considering the flood of recommendations and ap plications that would soon have been pouring in. Books for Christmas. People who buy books for children usually take what they can get most easily, or what the clerk recommends. Everyone likes to make a good invest ment, to get value received. The Ore gon Library commission makes this possible in so far as children's books are concerned, for it has publisehd for free distribution a list of something over a hundred titles ot children's books for Christmas gifts and for the home library. There are notes on the books, and prices are given ranging from 15 cents to $3. Any one may get this list by applying to the secretary of the commission at Salem. Seven States Will Be Represented at Fruitgrowers' Convention. ia tirande Elaborate preparations aie being made in this city for the en tertainment of the Fruitgrowersg' con vention here January 3 to 5. Secretary C. 1). Huffman, of this place, has re ceived many communications from del egates, and Oregon, Washington, Cali forma, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Wyoming will be represented. The exereises will probably be held in the opera house, and the commercial club hall will be utilized for an exhi bmon room. Hood River has signified its intention of having an exhib t here and many other fruitgrowing communi ties are arousing interest. La Grande will be well represented. A largi number of growers of this valley will save their best fruits for the occasion and anyone alone is able to make creditable showing. One flouring mill is considering erecting a huge pyramid of hour reaching to the ceiling to ad vertise the grains. A strenuous campaign will be started soon and delegates from all over the valley will be asked to prepare the hibit. ex Fishing Law is Defied. Tillamook Although the fishing season for Tillamook closed on the 20th, fishing is in full blast on Tilla mook bay, and Elmore's cannery is also running to its capacity and is receiving a large quantity of fish, as there is a fine run of silversides, and the fisher men are doing well. The cannery has agreed to take all the fish, and as it has a lot of empty cans on hand that it wants to fill this season, no attention is being paid to the closed season by the cannery people. Only one or two fishermen have stopped fishing and complied with the law. Much Work for Wolverton. Salem There are 34 cases to be de ciaed hy the Supreme court, presuma bly before Judge Wolverton leaves the bench. These cases have all been argued before the court. Twenty-four of these cases were heard at the recent session of the court at Pendleton. Ten cases heard in this city have not been passed upon. Among the latter is the noted Marquam case, which the court has had under adviBement for several months. If all these cases are decided before Judge Wolverton retires, it will require at least two weeks. Big Ranch Sold. Pendleton One of the biggest ranch deals in the history of Eastern Oregon wa just consummated here, in which the ranches and sheep of Charles Cun ningham, the Umatilla county sheep king, were sold to a company composed of J. N. Burgess, J. M. Keeny, R. A. Kelsay and Dan J. Malarkey. The price paid was in the neighborhood of $200,000. The deal has been pending since October, when an option was giv en the purchasers for $5,000. About 20,000 acres, 20,000 sheep and 1,000 tons of hay are included in the deal. Real Estate Active. La Grande Since the railroad move ment at Elgin, the real estate transac tions at that place have been on the advance, as a careful examination of the county records will indicate. Dur ing one week one-third of ttie Hi real estate sales in Union county were made at Elgin. The pales consist largely of town lots, though an occasional timber tract changes hands. The prices are far in advance of those obtaining a few months ago. More Smallpox at Eugene. Eugene Two more cases of small pox have been reported to the health authorities, and the houses of A. J. Pickard and Warren Luckey are now in quarantine. Earl Luckey, son of War ren Luckey, was taken down and began to break out while in the school room, hut it is not believed the other stu dents were endangered, because the dis ease had not reached the stage where it would become contagious. Strict meas ures are in force for stamping out the disease as quickly as possible. Protest of the Seed Men. Washington, Dec. 5. Thirty of the leading seed dealers of the country have ent President lioosevelt a petition pro testing against the free distribution of seeds by congress, and urging him to include in his message a paragraph dis approving of the present practice and recommending that only the intent of the original act authorizing seed diatri bution be the future policy. This in tent, the petition says, was that the seeds should be obtained from remote corners of the earth and be known to th3 farmers of this country. Missionary Murder Investigated. Washington, Iee. 5. A cablegram received at the State department to night from Mr. Rockhill, at I'ekin, says that Consul General Julius O. Lay, at Canton, China, has completed his in vestigation into the recent murder of five Presbyterian missionaries at Lien chow, in the Province of Canton. No details of the result of the investigation are given. The report will le forward ed by the minister to Washington by mail. Long Message by Wireless. Washington, Iec. 5. Commander Beehler, commandant of the naval sta tion at Key West, reported to the Navy department that the wireless station at Key West has received a message by wireless lrom the station at Colon. The distance is about 1,000 nautical miles, and the Island of Cuba lies di rectly acroes the lines between the two points. May Replace Woolen Mills. Albany A proposition which would allow Albany to regain some of the pay roll she lost through the burning ot the Albany woolen mill last spring, has been received from an Eastern man who will remove a Eix set woolen mill plant to Albany, if local capitalists will furnish the buildings. Resides having double the capacity of the old mill, the new concern proposes to operate in con nection with the woolen mill a knitting mill and a clothing manufactory. New Road in Baker County. Baker City Private advices received from engineers in the field state that surveys have been approved for b lild ing another railroad in Baker county, connecting Union with the Cornucopia timber country. The promoters are after timljer traffic and nothing else. For obvious reasons the names of the promoters and financiers aie kept quiet for the present. The money is guaran teed in New York. PORTLAND MARKETS. Survey by Oregon Short Line. Ontario A second Oregon Short Line surveying party has left here for the interior. While they were all very reticent as to their destination, it was learned that they will camp in the vi cinity of Crane creek gap. The first party, which left here two weeks ago has been in camp near Westfall, on Bully creek. The party here now is registered at the hotel as Oregon Short Line men, so there is no longer a oues- tion as to their identity. Use Wagons in Lieu of Cars. Athena On account of the scarcity oi cars, me l'rston-Farton Milling company is obliged to employ teams to haul wheat overland to keep their mills running. The conditions are growing worse daily at the mills, which are congested with the large amount of accumulate.! flour, there being several hundred thousand barrels on hand awaiting shipment. Just when this condition will be relieved is hard to state Wheat Club, 7172c per bushel; bluestem, 7374c; valley, 7475e; red, 6768e. Oats No. 1 white feed, $20.50 ; gray, $26.50 per ton. Barley Feed, $22 per ton; brewing, $2222 50; rolled. $23(323.50. Rye $1.50(31.00 per cental Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $15(?. 16perton; valley timothy, $1112: clover, $89; grain hay, $S9. Fruits Apples, $l(ttl.50 per box; huckleberries, 7c per pound; pears, $1.251.50 per box; quinces, $1 per tiox. Vegetables Beanp, wax, 1 2c per pound; cabbage, italic per pound; cauliflower, $1.75(32.25 per crate; cel ery, YOC per uozen ; cucumnerp, ou(gnoc per dozen; pumpkins, 4lc per pound; tomatoes, $lpercrate; sprouts, 7c per pound; squash, ?4le per pound; turnips, 90c$l per sack; car rots, 65 7oc per sacK ; beets, soc(tffl per sack. Onions Oregon yellow Danvers, $1.25 per sack. Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks, 65 70c per sack; ordinary, 5560c; Merred sweets, sacks, $1.90; crates, $2.15. Butter Fancy creamery, 2527J'c per pound. Kggs Oregon ranch, 35c per dozen Poultry Average old hens, iuc per pound; young roosters, !c; springs, llc; dressed chickenp, 12I4c; tur keys, live, 16c; turkeys, dressed, geese, live CANCELS ALLOTMENTS. Malheur and Palouse Projects Have Too Many Obstacles. Washington, Dec. 4. Secretary Hitchcock has canceled the allotment of $2,250,000 for the Malheur irriga tion project in Eastern Oregon, and the allotment of $2,800,000 for the Palouse project in Washington, which means, in substance, that there ia no prospect thai, either project will be built by the government at an early day. The can celing of these allotments does not ne cessarily mean the entire abandonment of either project; it is still possible that they may be constructed at some future time, but not until other pro jects have been built in both states. The Malheur allotment is canceled because that project is involved in so many obstacles that its early construc tion is utterly impossible. The secre tary sees no immediate prospect of an adjustment with the owners of the wagon road lands, he sees no prospect of an early understanding with other landowners; he sess no indication whatever that the governinenat could build this project for several years, even if it had the money to spend. He has therefore turned the Malheur allot ment back into the reclamation fund, in order that it may be expended else where. The secretary cancels the Palouse allotment for very different reasons. This project will cost approximately $6,000,000, and is of such a nature that not an acre of land can be irri gated until the entire project ia com pleted. It cannot be built in units, as in the Klamath or Yakima country. The secretary has not $6,000,000 which he can spend in Washington at this time, and has therefore decided to post pone building the Palouse project until more funds are available, possibly for ten years or more. ' Meanwhile, as he informed the Washington delegation today, he will go ahead and build the Okanogan pro ject, for which he this afternoon allot ted $500,000, and it ia believed that before long he will approve and autho rize the construction of the Tietan and Sunnyside projects. GRAND DUKE AIMS TO BE DICTATOR Chance Discloses Plot Against Czar by His Own Relative. His Body Guard Implicated Plan Was to Capture Whole Imperial Family All Cossacks Called Out They Are Only Troops Which Can Be Relied Upon. HEYBURN WANTS PURE DRUGS. Bill to Insure Unadulterated Foods, Medicines and Liquors. Washington, Dec. 4. Federal con trol of foods, drugs and liquors for the purpose of securing their purity is pro vided for in a comprehensive bill to he introduced in the senate at an early late by Senator Heyburn, ot Idaho. Jurisdiction of the government over these articles is declared in the meas ure when they become articles of in terstate or foreign commerce, and a penalty of a maximum fine of $500 and one year's imprisonment is pro vided for violators of the regulations set forth. It is made unlawful to sell or manu facture any article of food, drugs, med icine or liquors which is adulterated or mishranded, or winch contains any poison or deleterious substance. Its terms prohibit the introduction into the United States or insular possessions from a foreign country of foods, drugs and liquors which are not pure or are mishranded. The measure defines what shall con stitute misbranding and adulteration in the article over which it assumes jurisdiction. St. Petersburg, Dec. 2. It is re ported here that one of the grand dukes plotted to arrest the czar at Tsarskoe Selo, hia object being to proclaim him self dictator, relying on hia promises of complete reform to secure the support of the Socialists and working men. Owing to tiie indiscretion of one of the grand dtiKe's ugents, the plot was disclosed to one of the czar's aid-de camps, who promptly ordered the ar- re3t of 20 officers and 25 men in vari ous regiments. The discovery of this plot has caused great consternation in court circles, more than any revolutionary movement throughout the empire. Can't Trust His Body Guard. St. Petersburg, Dec. 2. The guards arrested at Tsarskoe-Selo Thursday night and Friday morning numbered 50, including 10 oflicera. Numerous- rumors are current, including the asser tion that one of the grand dukes is in volved in a conspiracy against the em peror, but none of them can be verified. It only seems certain that no confidence can be placed even in tne guard regi ments. Arrested soldiers are seen every day, escorted by comrades with drawn swords. St. Petersburg is swarming with Cos sacks, ttie only troops against whom, there is no suspicion of disaffection. It is understood that the whole Cos sack forces of the empire, some 650, 000, will be mobilized. A conference was held at Count Witte'a residence last night to consider the demands of the telegraphers. Count Witte has declined to receive a deputa tion from the t lcgrapli and postal strikers, on the ground that they are violating their duty to the slate, hut. he sent a note to the deputation recom mending that the strikers address them selves to their Immediate chiefs. TRY TO DESTROY TREATY. HAWAII WANTS PEOPLE. Offers Inducements to Immigrants From America and Europe. Washington, Pec. 4 Active efforts have begun on the part of the govern merit of the Hawaiian islands to induce immigration from the United States and Europe. An immigration board waa appointed by the governor. The hairman of thia board, A. I.. O. At kinson, who is also secretary of the territory, is now in this country for le purpose of attending the immigra tion session of the Civic federation, to be held in New York. Mr. Atkinson today consulted at length regarding his mission with Mr. Sargent, commis sioner general of Immigration. He has decided to present the inducements his government, has to offer in the way of homesteads to settlers both to Ameri cans and to immigrants landing in this country, as well as to the principal Eaptern countries. Large tracts of land have been set aside for settlers of this class. Japanese Torpedo Boat Makes Dar ing Attack on Commission. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 2. Tiie attempt, to murder the peace delegates and de stroy the treaty between Japan and Russia, which was drawn up by tli'e plenipotentiaries in Portsmouth, and which was being sent to the mikado, was witnessed by officers and passen gers on board the Dakota, on the night of her arrival in Yokohama. Ir. Wil liam Lopp, surgeon of the Dakota, in speaking of the incident, said: "The whole thing happened t he night of our arrival in Yokohama. We were lying in Mississippi bay, just out side of the breakwater. All the tor pedo boats and war vessels which es corted the peace commission were drawn up in a long line. The launch containing the delegation and the treaty left the warship and started for the landing. Suddenly one of the tor pedo boats, anchored near the end of the line of battleships, slipped her cub.e and started for the launch. The toipedo boat made for her at a right angle course. "Ttie people on the launch s iw the torpedo boat leave the line of craft and tluy knew what was coming. The launch was slow, ami the torpedo boat came on like a comet. Like a shot from a cannon she rushed on, and in a minute struck the launch, cutting her completely in two, and raced on into the darkness. We could see the men struggling in the water, and clinging to- the pieces of the wrecked boat. "Launches from the battleships were at once sent to their rescue, and paved all but one of the occupants. The treaty was also paved." 1905, choice, 10 choice, 18 (320c; docks, 14(?15c. Hops Oregon, 11 c; olds, 57c. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 1621c; valley, 2426c per pound; mohair, choice, 30c. Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per pound; cows, 34c; country steers, 44c. Veal Dressed, 37c per pound. Mutton Dressed, fancy. 737c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 1 8c. Pork Dressed, 67Jc per pound. To Guard Little Shipper. Washington, Dec. 4. Representative Campbell, of Kansas, who pecured the adoption of a resolution in the last con gress for the investigation of Standard till company s corporations in tiie Western oil fields, has prepared a bill to regulate ventilator, refrigerator, oil tank cars anil al' other heretofore term ed private cars, making them subject to interstate commerce regulations. Speaking of the proposed bill, Mr. Campbell says it 18 intended to protect the little shippers and the railroads against the power of big shippers. Open All Other Boxes. New York, Pec. 4. Preparations to ask the courts for the opening of 1,000 ballot boxes, for the service of 600 writs of mandamus, and for the service of 6,0(10 orders on counsel and election inspectors, were made today by legal counsel for William R. Hearst, in his contest for the New York mayoralty election. These plans were the result of the disclosures of inaccuracies shown by the oening of four ballot boxes Friday. Russian Strike Affects Mills. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 4. It is feared that many of the steel mills will lie obliged to close from lack of ferro-man- ganepe, the supply of which has been cut off because of the strikes in Russia. Two Killed in Wreck. Philadelphia, Pec. 2. The Central Railroad company of New Jersey's New York flyer, which left Scranton early lapt evening, was wreck d aliout ten miles north of Mauch Chunk, a few hours later. The latest information received by the Associated Press by telephone is that an engineer and fire man were killed and aliout a dozen pas sengers injured. The injured have been taken to St. Luke's hospital. South Bethlehem, aloiit 60 miles north of Philadelphia. Stoney creek is 50 miles, north of South Bethlehem. More Troops Join Mutiny. Paris, Dec. 2. Special dispatches, from St. Petersburg say that the cab men there have gone on strike. The government, the dispatches pay, in tends to adopt special measures to as- pure the dispatch of olhcial messages. The Warsaw correpitondent of the- Kclair says that at Grodno artillery men have tieen arrepted for the ir re fusal to puppreps popular demonstra tions. At Chenptopovo the dragoons mutinied and fought the Copsacks. Great Fire Rages at Buenos Ayres. Bnenoa Ayres, Pec. 2. A serious fire broke out here today in a warehouse ntaining inflammable merchandise, including 100,000 cans of petroleum. The fire in still burning as this dispatch is filed. The loss is already estimated. at $1,000,000.
