Heppner gazette., September 13, 1906, Image 2

Heppner Gazette
Issurd Thursday of Each Week
HEPPNER OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
peninf s Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Building in San Francisco is progres
ing rapidly.
Repairs to tbe steamer Elder are al
most completed.
Tbe Hill railroads will increase tbe
rolling stock 8 per cent daring the next
year.
Robbers at Vladivostok secured
$107,000 from a bank intended to pay
troops with.
The cruisers West Virginia, Colorado
Maryland and Pennsylvania have left
for tbe Asiatic station.
A bomb thrown into a street car at
Riga. Russia, killed one man and
wounded a number of others.
secretary Koot, on board the cruiser
Charleston, has left Chilean waters and
is now stopping at various places along
the coast of Peru.
The Ilarriman lines have two more
steamers which will be put on the
Portland-San Francisco run if trade
warantB the increase.
An extra session of the Cuban con
gress has been called by President
Pal ma to consider the disturbed condi
tion of the country and devise means
for ending the situation.
During tbe last seven months the
eale of vodka in Russia has increased
greatly. The receipts were $183, 750,
000, an increase of $25,550,000 over
the corresponding period of 1905.
Moorish rebels
trouble.
TOPEKA ON ROCKS.
are again causing
Two Great Holes Torn in Vessel at
Point Arena.
San Francisco, Sept. 11. The Facific
Coast Steamship company's steamer
City of Topeka dragged her way into
port at noon today, two great holes in
her side and the men at the pumps.
Tne steamship had run on the rocks at
Point Arena in the early morning and
had come within an ace of going to the
bottom.
It was 3 o'clock this morning when
the vessel, bound to San Francisco
from Eureka crowded with passengers,
was cautiously feeling her way through
a thick fog near Poini Arena. For some
reason yet unexplained, the lighthouse
whistle was as silent as the grave. A
strong current was running and the
greatest caution was being taken aboard
tbe steamer.
Suddenly with a crash the steamer
impaled herself on the rocky reef
which juts out from the land at this
point, the rocks wbic'i have sent
many good vessel to the depths. In an
instant the passengers hurried in thei
night attire to the deck, but Captain
Swanson with quick orders prevneted a
serious panic.
The vessel paused a moment in the
rocks, and then, caught by a great wave
rose higher in the air and settled high
er up on the rocks. The situation
looked desperate, and life preservers
were seised and the lifeboats swung
into pceition.
Another great wave caught the ship
and threw her clear of the reel. The
captain manned the pumps, reassured
the passengers and brought the vessel
safely into the harbor. She shows two
gaping wounds and will be out of com
mission for a considerable period.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
BIG SHIPMENT OF LAMBS.
ANFLOOS KNOWS NO SULTAN.
Russian peasants are destroying crops
to cripple the government.
Secretary Shaw has forbidden banks
to loan government money for specula
tion in Wall street.
There is fear that Stensland'will
commit suicide or escape before he is
returned to the United States.
Tbe United States has authorized the
release of five Japanese arrested for
seal poaching in Alaskan waters.
Major Rose, of Kansas City, Kan.,
had resigned. He was in favor of sa
loons and his resignation beats the li
quor element.
The trial of Esther Mitchell, the Ore
gon girl who killed her brother in Se
attle, has been set for September 24.
Mrs. CCreffield will probably be tried
in October.
The American minister to Chile has
cabled the State department that there
is much suffering as a result of the re
cent earthquake and urges the Ameri
people to send relief.
Railroad officials say the new rate
law will work hardships on the North
west, as "homeseekers rates" can no
longer be given without establishing it
as the regular rate and .this they can
not afford to do.
Terrorist agitators overrun Southern
RusBia.
Cannon says Roosevelt may be presi
dent till 1912.
Steneland's extradition from Morocco
bas been ordered.
Both parties in Arizona have united
gainst joint statehood.
i
The government is investigating de
feet s in tbe grain inspection system.
Arrangements are in prosress for the
trip of tbe president to Panama this
fall.
Mexico has prepared a warm recep
tion for any revolutionists who may
eatrt trouble.
Berber Chief Gives Short Redv to
British Consul's Protest.
London, Sept. 11. The Times' Tan
gier correspondent says there is consid
erable anxiety at the foreign legations
and in official circles regarding the
events at Mogador, from which there
has been no news since the dispatch of
September 4, asking for assistance,
were received.
"The troops were only persuaded to
embark from here, tbe correspondent
declares, by promises of an opportun
ity for deserting on their arrival at Mo
gador. "A resident of Mogador, who arrived
here by steamer, says that the Berber
Chief Anfloos h?s captured the town.
has forced all the Jews into the Jewish
quarter and is putting his own people
into tbe vacant houses. One British
subject protected a Jewish merchant,
who had refused to abandon his house
and had been forcibly evicted. When
the consul protested and asked Anfloos
if he had tbe sultan b authority, An
floos replied that he acknowledged no
sultan. This passenger reports that
the entire garrison of Mogador went to
Anfloos, but that apparently no lives
bad been lost.
Polk County Stock Brings Top-notch
Prices for Breeding.
Independence There were loaded
and shipped from Independence one
day last week 700 buck lambs and 20
bead of thoroughbred Angora guate.
I he buyer ot this blooded stock was
Alexander Donaldson, of Sheridan, Wy
oming. The seller was W. W. Perci
val, of this place
The lambs were principally from
Polk county, although there were a few
in the shipment from Yamhill, Benton,
and Marion. The goats were raised by
Mr. Percival. It required seven single'
decked cars to carry the shipment. The
lamDB are Lincolnshire and Cotawold
breeds, for which Polk county is be
coming lamoua. A tew carloads were
shipped to Wyoming by Mr. Percival
last year, and this year he received an
order for double the amount.
For breeding purposes the Polk coun
ty lambs bring fancy prices, which tbe
butchers cannot pay, and owners of
sheep are naturally turning their at
tention more to the raising of thorough
bred stock. The shipment included
lambs from the J. B. Stump and Wil
liam Riddell farms, already known
among Eastern stockmen as producers
of high grade sheep and goats.
One lamb from the Riddell farm, one
year old, sheared &6 pounds, and
weighed 270 pounds. The fleece at 28
cents brought $6.44. At the market
price of lamb, it would have brought
$10.80, which, together with the
fleece amounts to $17.24. For breed
ing purposes the lamb sold for more.
There were a number of lamba in
tbe shipment which shear 21 to 23
pounds.
FORTUNES IN DAIRYING.
GOOD FRUIT NOT COSTLY.
BOARDED BY MEXICANS.
Efforts at peace in Cuba may result
in the placing of Vice President Capote
in President Palma s chair.
Opinion differs as to the possibility
of saving the transport Sheridan from
becoming a complete wreck.
The Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria
which Btruck a reef in tbe Hawaiian
islands, rests easily and it may be the
vessel can be saved.
Nearly all the strikers on the San
Francisco street car lines have returned
to work pending a settlement of differ
ences by arbitration.
The commander of the battleship
Alabama may be courtmartialed for
mismanaging his vessel and causing a
collision with the Illinois July 31.
During August the national debt wes
decreased a little more than $3,000,000
An Anglo-Spanish alliance is likely
in the near future.
Governor Johnson has been renom
inated by Minnesota Democrats.
Thousands of strikebreakers are being
Bent to San Francisco to work on street
cars.
Fletcher D. Proctor, son of Senator
Proctor, has been elected governor cf
Vermont.
Bankwrecker Steneland declares that
Cashier Hering is responsible for bis
downfall.
Governor Chamberlsin is being boom
ed for president of the National Irriga
tion congress.
Master of American Fishing Smack
Compelled to Show Cargo.
Wsshinston, Sept. 11. The State
department has received a dispatch
from the manager of the Gulf Fisheries
company requesting that action be tak
en for the protection of the American
vessels fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
Upon the arrival yesterday at Galves
ton of the Hatteras, a fishing smack be
longing to the Gulf Fisheries company,
from American waters, her commander
stated that he was held up by a Mexi
can gunboat August 25, while several
miles off the triangular reef in the
middle of the Gulf of Campeche, thit
armed Mexican marines boarded his
vessel and required him to show his
papers, and to display a part of bis
cargo of fish, which he said he had
caught in the open sea.
It was said at the State department
tonight that the case would be referred
to the solicitor for an investigation and
report.
Gale in the Bermudas.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Sept. 11.
Gieat damage has been done by a gale
that has beeu raging over the island
for the past 48 hours. The wind is
blowing 70 miles an hour and many
buihdngs on the outskirts of the city
have been damaged. Fifty Email crafts
have been wrecked and up to the pres
ent time two lives are reported to have
been lost. The tug boat Carona caught
fire today and burned to tbe water'
edge. The fire spread to the docks and
for a time it was feared that tbe city
would be destroyed.
Small Outlay Will Eradicate Codlin
Moth and Other Pests.
Milwaukie J. II. Reid, of thi
place, who bas made a close study of
sprays for codlin moth and fruit peats
believes that wormy apples are not
necessary, and that it is possible for
all who raise fruit to keep it free from
codlin moth or other pests. Contrary
to the supposition that the cost of
spraying is excessive, Mr. Keid gives
aome figures to show that spraying is
not expensive.
Mr. Reid cites the apple orchard of
Mark Levy, at Milwaukie, who had a
total of 300 boxes of apples and pears
Each time he sprayed it took 18 hours
There were two men employed at a
cost of $9, one team at $6, and cost of
material was $10, making the total
coat $26. Thia was leas than 8 centa
per box. A great many of Mr. Levy's
trees are young and not in full bearing,
and for that reason the cost for spray
ing was larger than it would have been
had the trees been in full bearing.
"In a large orchard like that of Mil
lard O. Lownsdale, in Yamhill coun
ty," said Mr. Reid, "the cost would
not be more than 4 to 6 cents per box
ior spraying. When the spraying is
properly done the grower does not have
more than eight or ten per ceat loss
from worms.
Prominent Willamette Valley Dairyman
Says "Buy Cows."
Independence That the cow is the
best of money makers for the farmer,
is the assertion of K. C. Eldridge, of
this place, owner of creameries at Inde
pendence, Dayton, Jefferson, Eugene
and Junction City, and one of the larg
est buyers of cream in the Willamette
valley
"A large part of the prosperity of
the Willamette valley has come from
the milch cow," he said. "Darying
beats wheatraising out of Bight. And
three or four years of dairying on
wheat land will double the wheat grow
ing capacity of the soil. A number of
farmers in Polk are raising more than
30 bushels of wheat to the acre on such
land, which several years ago would
not produce more than 12 to 15 bush
els.
"A farmer with say 50 cows, al
though that's a rather big herd, and
with hogs and chickens as accessories
can maae more money then do many
of the country banks that ia, if he
uses brains as well as hands. It's
bonanza for him, sure enough. Farm
ers are fast coming into realization of
this; in fact, many of them realize it
already. Dairy products always can
find a market without hunting for it
at mgn prices, uut dairying requires
constant attention every day in the
year, and for this reason some farmers
are unwilling to take up with it.
One man of my acquinatance who
six years ago, owned 30 acres of land
and was in debt, by going into the
dairying business paid his debt, bought
70 acres more for $3,850, and has paid
$2,500 of this price already. The other
day he Bold 14 six-months old hogs for
$217."
MAY NOT SECURE CHINESE.
Salem Has New Industry.
Sa'.em The only sienna paint fac
tory on tbe Pacific coast and one of
the few in the United States, is now in
operation in Salem. A complete out
fit of grinding, sifting and mixing ma
chinery has been installed, but the
demand for the product already indi
cates that the plant will have to be
duplicated. The factory is being oper
ated on material shipped from the si
enna deposits discovered a year or two
ago eouth of Eugene, in Lane county.
As the deposits cover an area of 62
acres to a depth of 50 feet, there is
plenty of material to supply the factory
for a number of years.
lests have proved that the Lane
county deposits are of as high grade as
the Italian sienna and it has been
demonstrated that the Oregon materia
can be placed upon the market in com
petition with the imported article.
Construct Eagle Valley Line.
Baker City David Eccles has decid
ed to take in hand the construction of
the Eagle Valley railroad, a project
which bas long been looked forward to
by the peope of this place as of great
importance. Mr. Eccles has himself
announced that he will build the line
and has called upon the people of Ba
ker City to assist by raising a stock
subscription of $100,000. This work
has already been taken up and good
progress made.
Seaside Bath House Burned.
Seaside The large bath house owned
by E. N. Zeller, located on the beach
near the Butterheld cottages, was to
tally destroyed by fire a few days ago
There was no wind, or the surrourding
cottages would have been destroyed
Adjoining cottages were protected by
the bucket brigade. The loss is par
tially covered by insurance.
Dry Rust in Valley Hop Yards.
Woodburn Dry rust has appeared
in hopyards in the vicinity of Mount
Angel, where there is considerable com
plaint, and an immense amount of
damage is liable to be done. This is
tbe firs appearance of dry rust in this
section. It has a musty smell and ab
solutely destroys the flavor of tbe hop.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
69c;
Whaler Lost in Arctic.
New Bedford, Mass.. Sept. 11. News
of the loss of the San Francisco whal
ing steamer Alexander in the Arctic
was received today in a telegram from
Cap'ain James A. Tilton, the com
rrander of the vefsel, to his wife, who
is a resident of this city. Tbe telegram
was sent from Nome, Alaska, and gave
no details further than sayingt hat the
crew wsa sale. The Alexander, al
though hailing from San Francicso,
was manner hv a w England crew.
Jewish Refugees Coming.
London, S?pt. 11 Two thousand
Jewish moreen and ch:llren, Russian
efugees, passed through London Sjn
Isy. They are on the war to New
York, their exnensrs being paid by
he Russian Relief association, as near
ly all are penniless. Their grown male
re'atives were nearly all murdered in
the recent Jewish massacre in Russia.
Epidemic of Hog Cholera.
beaside r.. K. wniard, who runs a
dairy on tbe Wauhama, reports an epi
demic of hrg cholera throughout his
neighborhood. Willard had ei(ht fine
porkers that he intended to slaughter
within a few davs, but the cholera beat
him to them. Mr. Thompson, a neigh
bor, who ib also in the dairying busi
ness, has lost all his hogs, and Mr.
Dawson, who lives on the Clatsop
plains, bas lost his entire herd from
the disease.
Record-breaking Prune Crop.
Oregon City William X. Davis,
who owns a 20-acre prune orchard near
Cams, reports that be will have a record-breaking
crop of exceptional qual
ity this year. He says his trees are
loaded to their capacity. Mr. Davis
trees are all of the Italian variety, he
having plowed up his acreage of pe-
tites, supplanting them with the Ital
ians which be finds more profitable.
Large Crop of Cabbages.
LaGrande Harvey Clark, from a
20-acre tract of mountain land. located
four miles south of town, will harvest
500 sacks of potatoes and 16,000 beads
of cabbage, weighing from two to five
pounds. His potatoes will bring $400,
and the cabbages $800, or a total re
turn of $1,200 from 20 acres.
Vandals Cut Hop Vines.
Salem Unknown marauders entered
the bop yard of Hing Ouong, near this
city, and cut all the hop vines on about
an acre of ground. The hops will be
of little value.
Wheat Club, 65c; bluestem,
valley, 6970c; red, 63c.
Oats No. 1 white, $2222.50; gray,
$2021.
Barley Feed, $2021 per ton
brewing, $21 5022.50; rolled, $23.
Rye $1.30 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
1214; clover, $77 50; cheat, $7
.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10;
vetch hay, $77.50.
Fruits Apples, common, 5075c per
box; fancy, $1.252; grapes, 75c
1.50 per crate; peaches, 70c$1.00;
pears, $125; plums, fancy, 5075c
per box; common, 5075c; blackber
ries. 66c per pound; crab apples, $1
1.50 per box.
Melons Cantaloupes, 10c$1.25 per
crate; watermelons, ll)c per pound;
caeabas, $3.253 50.
Veetables Beans, 5C?7c; cabbage,
l?42c; celery, 85c$l per dozen;
corn, 1520c per dozen; cucumbers,
2oc per dozen; ega; plant, luc per
pound; lettuce, head, 25c per dozen
onions, 1012c per dozen ; peas, 4
5c; bell peppers, 2bc; radisbs
1U(3 loc per dozen; epinacn, Z($3C per
pound; tomatoes, 2550c per box
parsley, zoc; squash, 91(31.20 per
crate; turnips, 90c$l per Back; car
rots, $1 1.25 per sack; beets, $1,250
1.50 per sack.
Onions New, l4lc per ponnd
Potatoer Oregon Bnrbanks, 70'3
80c; sweet potatoes, 4(4 c per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 23 27)c
per pound ;
Eggs Oregon ranch, 24c25per doz
en.
Poultry Average old hens, 13(3
14c per pound; mixed chickens, 13cd!
13c; spring, 1415c; old rooster
f3I0c; dreesed ciiickens. 1415c;
turkeys, live, 17(320c; turkeys, dresn-
ed, choice, 21 22lc; geese, live, 9
10c; ducks, 1315c.
Hops 1906 contracts, 1720c per
pound; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
15I9c epr ponnd, according to ehrink
page; valley, 20(322, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 28 30c per
pound.
Veal Dressed, 58c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls. 3c per pound;
cows, 4g5c; country steers, 536c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy. 738c per
pound; ordinary, 56c; lamte, fancy,
88Kc
Pork Dressed, 78c per pound.
Orientals Not Anxious to Help Dig
Panama Canal.
New York, Sept. 10. Charles Yip
Tin, the Pierpont Morgan of China, is
in this country investigating the opera'
tion of the American railroad systems.
He is an Americanized Chinaman, who
is a financial and political power in
China, having recently been created a
taotai by the emperor. Speaking of
the plan to build the Panama canal
with coolie labor, he said today:
11 is eaay ior your president to say
the Bolution of the labor problem on
the Panama canal may be met by tbe
importation of Chinese coolies. It is
quite another matter to get coolies in
any great number to work on your
great enterprise under tbe conditions
named. Neither my government nor
my people are anxious to further this
work. The government realizes that
the coolies wouM not receive tbe same
consideration shown the laborers of
other nationalities and the common
people themselves have become thor
oughly conversant with all the details
of your exclusion laws, of the climatic
perils of Panama and of the bonding
scheme affecting coolie laborers on the
canal. I think I can sum up their feel
ings beat by saving that they will not
belp buy $10,000 worth of American
proaperity at the expense of $1 worth
of Chinese labor and suffering.
"If the United States must have la
borers' lives to sacrifice why not em
ploy a few of tbe thousanda of other
foreigners who are admitted to your
country at this port every year? We
know the value of our labor and intend
to keep it at home as much as possi
ble.
ARMISTICE MET
WITH DVNAMITE
Guerrera Blows Up Railroad Bridges
and Issues Ultimatum.
Demands Annulment of Recent Elec
tions Palma's Peace Overtures
Fail in Cuba and Insurgents As
sume Aggressive Wilh Force All
Hope of Peace Gone.
Havana, Sept. 8. All peace over
tures are blocked by the refusal of Pino
Guerrera, the insurgent leader 'n Pinar
del Rio province, to enter into any ar
rangement for an armistice, Guerrera'a
answer to the government a announce
ment of its agreement to grant a ten
days' armistice is the blowing up of
two bridges on the Western railway,
cutting railway communication beyond
Pinar del Rio city, and an attack on
San Juan de Martinez.
It ia said here tonight that San Juan
de Martinez ia in the bands of the in
surgents, and that the garrison, consist
ing of 100 government recruits and a
UNCLE SAM KEEPING WATCH.
Fear Grows That Intervention Alone
Can Restore Peace.
Washington, Sept. 10. The State
department ia keeping in close touch
with conditiens in Cuba. The feeling
grows that the time when there muet
be intervention is not far distant. If
the insurgents make any headway in
their movement upon Havana or nnni
fest any disposition to interfere with
the vast American interests in the is
land, Uncle Sam will take a hand
Officials decline to discuaa the subject.
Ihe government will act promptly in
preventing hhbuatering expeditions,
but it does not want to send forces into
Cuba until that government has plain
ly demonstrated to the world that it is
unable to cope with conditions and
properly protect foreign interests.
NEW SLATE FOR CABINET.
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Attorney General Moody Soon to Ad
vance to Supreme Bench.
Washington, Sept. 10. Political
wiaeacres who have been predicting
that Atorney General Moody would soon
retire to private life are all agog at the
report that he is to be elevated to the
Supreme bench. They now claim they
have inside information on what will
be done. This is the way they have it
for this year:
W. H. Moody from attorney general
to supreme bench; C. J. Bonaparte
from Navy department to attorney gen
eral; George on L. Meyer from St.
Petersburg to Navy department; Leslie
Shaw to retire from the cabinet and
Postmaster General Cortelyou to sue
ceed him.
email force of mounted rural . guards,
had been defeated or captured.
The fact that other leaders of the in
surgent forces are willing to agree to an
armistice can have little effect so long
as Guerrera ia determined to prosecute
tbe war, and there is Blight doubt in
any quarter that Guerrera can control
the situation in his own region. Hie
force is reported by all those who have
visited him recently as ranging
3,000 to 4,000 men, al) of them
mounted and some of them well
othe-s indifferently armed. The
ernment force opposed to him, which is'
under command of Colonel Avaloc,
comprises about 1,000 men. It was re
inforced at 7 o'clock thia evening by
Lieutenant Colonel Clewe with 1,250
men and three machine guns from Ha
vana. Colonel Avalos' force, with the
exception of Bmall detachments left at
Sn Juan de Martinez and San Luis, is
at Pinar del Rio city, but is without
means of transportation to go to the re
lief of San Juan de Martinez. Not
mo 'e than 400 of them are mounted.
General Menocal said today that
Guerrera evidently had not been in
formed that the government bad actu
ally, although informally, granted an
armistice, adding that a eecond commit
tee had been sent to him, but could Dot
reach him before tomorrow. Tbe fact
ia, however, that Guerrera refuses
point blank to accept an armistice ex
cept on condition that the last presi
dential and congressional elections shall
be annulled. That the government
should consent to this is out of the
question, and tonight prospects point
to a continuance of the war.
PLANS FOR PANAMA TRIP.
WAR MUNITIONS FOR CUBA.
Steamer Leaves New York With Arms
for Palma's Troops.
New York, Sept. 10. The Cuban
government steamer Maria Herrera,
which has been loading arms and am
munition at the foot of Forty-second
street, South Brooklyn, the past week,
sailed this evening, supposedly for Ha
vana. The veesel's departure was un
expected, as Senor Aldemo, tbe Cuban
official who was in charge of her, said
he would not leave New York before
Tuesday or Wednesday. According to
Acting Consul General Antonio Alti
miri, she was to ship 800 tons of arms,
equipment and other munitions of war.
At noon today scarcely one-fourth of
her cargo had been put on board.
Aniline Dyes Are Barred.
Washington, Sept. 10. Candy man
ufacturers all over the country are pro
testing because the Agricultural depart
ment has determined to bar aniline
dyes in candies under the pure food
law. These dyes are used extensively
in candies and the manufacturers insist
that prohibition of them will hurt their
business. Dr. Wiley maintains other
dyes will do as well, though more tx
pensive, and points out that the best
medical authorities here and abroad
have declared the aniline dyes hurtful
to tbe kidneys.
Make Sultan Take Medicine.
Washington, Sept. 18. Ambaorador
Leiehman expects to be received by tbe
mltan of Turkey at an early date. The
State department today received a die
patch from Leishman saying that the
sultan bas recovered from his illness
nd would give an audience to the
French and British ambassadors. After
receiving thi-se foreign representatives,
it is lulieved the sultan can offer no
further reason for not permitting Mr.
Leishman tn rres nt his credentials.
President and Party Will Go to Isth
mus in November.
Washington, Sept. 8. Arrangements
ar in progress for the trip of President
Roosevelt to the Isthmus of Panama
this fall. The start will be made earlv
j
in November. Three weeks will likely
be consumed. It is, of course, the pres
ident's desire to complete his inspec
tion of the canal work and reach here
before congreaa convenes December 3.
That the journey may be made safely
and expeditiously, the Navy depart
ment will provide three warahipa.
JJetailed plana have not been com
pleted, but it is likley that the presi
dent, Secretary Talt, and other gdests-
will occupy a nrst class battleship, the-
members of the Canal commission an
other, and newspaper representatives a
third, which is to be a cruiser.
This will enable the president and
party to make the trip in comfort, give
mem neaithy accommodations whil on
the isthmus and incidentally provide
against the possibility of delay through,
accident to any of the shira.
Reformed Spelling Illegal.
Washington, Sept. 10. A local law
er f tt.ht President Roosevelt's
impl ifilii.g" older may prove ille-
' over a score of years
go congress passed a joint resolution,
rm-h lt-ain- a law, recognizing Web
er's unabridged dictionary as the
fandsrd for government spelling, and
that a Supreme court decision afterward
i (firmed the art. The records are now
eing examined.
Agree on Meat Labels.
Washington, Sept. 8. After numer
ous conferences between Secretary Wil
son, Dr. Marvin, chief of the hereau of
animal industry, and about 40 repre
sentatives of the various packing bous
es, the problems which have arisen
over the question of labels which must,
be put upon meat products have been
settled to the satisfaction of all con
cerned. At the conclusion of the con
ference, the packers announced that
they would at once prepare tbe labels
and have them ready by October 1,.
when the law goes into effect.
Bring All Battleships Home.
Washington, Sept. 8. The Navy de
partment bas decided to concentrate-
all the battleships of tbe navy on tie
home stations and to replace those on
the Asiatic station with armored cruis
ers. Jn accordance with tins policy the
battleships Ohio and Wieconsin, whicli
have been in Chinese waters for several
mouths past, have started back to the
United States. Tbe Ohio railed from
Che Foo yesterday for Hampton roads
bv way of ti e Suez canal.
May Be Gobbled by Trust.
Philadelphia, Sept. 8. It was re
ported today that the Pennsylvania
railroad had concluded a deal by which
it experts to turn over to the United
States Steel corporation its control of
he Cambria Stfel works, but ai!
efforts to confirm tbe report were unsuccessful.