Heppner gazette., November 22, 1906, Image 2

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Heppner Gazette
lataed Tkarsdar of fach Week
HEPPNER. .
.OREGON
TO END CHILD LABOR.
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
President Roosevelt hails started for
Porto Rico.
Jerome says insurance grafters cannot
be prosecuted.
The loss in the Yakima valley is es
timated at $400,000.
America and Britain may unite to
etop Congo atracities.
Bank robbers secured 1,700 from the
bank at Lohamia, Okla.
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, Also
Has Meat Inspectiod Measure.
Richmond, Ind., Nov. 20. At a
meoting here today of representatives
of the Young Men's Christian associa
tion of Indiana and Ohio, Senator Al
bert J. beveridge stated that on the
opening day of the coming session of
congress he intended to introduce a
bill prohibiting the labor of children
throughout the country and a bill to
make more rigid the present meat in
spection law. He said the child labor
liill will nroviilu tli:it no railroad.
steamboat or other carrier of interstate company on its mining property up the
commerce should transport or accept for .Grand Ronde River. These assays show
transportation the product of any fac- values ranging from $2-5 to $250 to the
tory or mine that employed children ton, with a loss of about 15 per cent
under 14 years of age. in the waste. The recent run of the
The bill, he said, would provide that mill shows that the ore will run $15 or
every carrier of interstate commerce 'more per ton, and when the machinery
should require an affidavit from every, 18 placed in nrst-elass working condi
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
SUCCESSFUL STAMP MILL.
Five-Horsepower Plant Opens New Era
in Mining Industry.
La Grande Assay returns have been
received by the Aurelia company from
concentrates turned out on the trial run
of the mill recently installed by that
factory or mineowner shipping its pro
ducts that it did not employ children
under 14 years of age, the form of the
affidavit to be prescribed by the depart
ment of Commerce and Labor or the
Interstate Commerce commission, with
heavy penalties, both civil and erim-
tiou from 90 to 95 per cent of the val
ues can be saved.
The mill installed is but small. Only
five-horsepower is required to run the
crusher and other machinery, and but
'one man is needed to superintend the
entire plant. Mining men are enthusi
astic over the success of the mill, and
believe this character of mill has solved
tel tire at Goldtield, Nev.
inal, for violation of the law. The bill,
if it becomes a law, he believes will the problem of how to handle the ore of
Three persons were cremated in a ho- 11111 practice of ruining future citi- jtue Grand Ronde district. A few years
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zeiisiup uv woriung ciuiureu oi lenucr i "S" ' "f""" .
i ue up-river country ores couju uoi ve
worked with small capital; that not less
than $50,000 or $100,000 would be re
quired to install a suitable plant for
the treatment of the ores found there.
The trial of the Aurelia company has
proved that the ore can be handled on
Refugees in the flooded valleys
Seattle are in dire need of food.
near
age in lactones and mines.
There is no other way, said the sena
tor, to reach this growing evil. A Fed-
John Barrett, minister to Colombia, statute cannot Do passed directly
will spend the Christmas holidays with controlling the factories and mines ill
friends at Portland. the states. That is the province of the
, ,. T states. But congress has absolute
Hearst and Joe Pulitzer, Jr. engnged ' . nvp tlip rilrn!,, Uv,u Bhhls
in a list right. Neither will say any
thing about the affair.
The Cowlitz river is falling fast and
reports show that the damage in that
rich valley will reach $250,000.
The Hawaiian sugar crop for 1906
promises to be the biggest in the histo
ry of the territory. It will probably
amount to more than 450,000 tons.
A Black Hand society in New York
has exploded several bombs in the
Italian tenement district, shattering
windows and blowing doors from thier
lunges.
Idaho people will ask Federal aid to
relieve the coal shortage.
Governor Magoon, of Cuba, denies
that he is dissatisfied with his position.
A big dock fire at Naplse destroyed
property valued at nearly $1,000,000.
Mrs. Maud Creflield has been found
dead in her cell at Seattle from heart
failuie.
Statndard Oil stock has gone down
rapidly on account of the government
inquiry.
The San Francisco grand jury is still
probing into the alleged stealing of re
lief funds.
Harriman and Gould may be indict
ed by a grand jury at Salt Lake in the
coal inquiry.
President Penna in his inauguration
at Rio Janeiro advocated increased
armament for Brazil.
Thomas C. Flatt is said to have made
out his resignation as United States
senator from New York.
and other agencies of interstate com
merce, and unlimited power under the
constitution to provide that they shall
not carry the products of factories and
mines that employ children.
BOMB IN ST. PETERS.
Crowd in Cathedral in Rome Rush in
Panic for Outlets
Rome, Nov. 20. A bomb was ex
ploded in St. Peter's Sunday. The
edifice was crowded, and an indescrib
able scene of confusion followed. There
were no fatalities.
As soon as the echoes of the tremen
dous roar had ceased a canon sought by
reassuring words to quiet the people,
but in vain. They fled in all direc
tions. Women and children screamed
and tried to protect their families in
the crush The church is so large,
however, that there was ample room
for the crowd to scatter, and no one
was injured. No trace of the perpe
trator of the deed has leen found.
Since Saint Anacleutus, who was or
dained by refer himself, erected an
oratory in 90 A. P. on the site of the
present basilica to mark the spot where
the remains of St. Peter are buried, no
such dastardly occurrence is noted in
the history of the church.
Sunday was the anniversary of the
dedication of the basilica to St. Peter,
and it was beautifully decorated for the
occasion.
a very much smaller scale, with high
percentage of profits, or even higher, to
the ton than with heavy stamp machin
ery. It is the intention of the Aurelia
company to put in another mill next
vear. Other owners of mining property
in the same district will follow their example.
STRIKE A RICH VEIN.
Large and Weil-Defined Ledge Discov
ered at Cottage Grove.
Cottage Grove A flattering find is
reported from the Bohemia mining dis
trict. It was made recently in the
claim known as the Big Maud, owned by
Colonel W. II. Blair. The ore is said
to be high-grade and the ledge is large
and well defined. The usual degree of
activity prevails throughout the camp,
ana good results are in evidence. The
Oregon Securities and Vesuvius i in
full operation, employing large forces
ui men. i lie annual assessment work
for this year is nearly completed on the
large number of claims held by private
parties.
Activity in the lumbering business is
constantly on the increase, notwith-
standing the operators are unable to
move their products. The car shortage
is seriously felt by the 18 mills in this
locality. one company alone has about
100 carloads on the docks, and ia simolv
unable to secure cars. This is the case.
uowever. with all the mil s. Tha lum
oermen are advocating the enactment
of a law makinjr it a penalty for a rail
road company when it fails to furnish
cars within a specified time after the
oruer is placed. They contend that
they are not dealt with fairly in the
matter, as the railroad company iin
poses a demurrage of $1 a dar when i
car is not loaded within 48 hours after
the time it is spotted. The railroad
company, on the other hand, takes its
own time and pleasure to furnish cars.
With about $250,000 worth of lumber
cut and ready to move, th lumbermen
are Hopeful that they will soon get re
lief. They ars running full capacity
and orders for more lumber are pouring
in, ana 11 cars are not furnished soon
they will be compelled to close their
plants.
DIX SUNK ON SOUND.
Citizens of Honolulu have subscribed
monev to return the Roval Hawaiain
band members to their homes.
The trial of the sugart rust, charged
with accepting rebates, has begun in
the United States Circuit court in New
York.
President Roosevelt is seeing the
inacal at its worst, as he desired. A
pouring rain has fallen since his arriv
al on the isthmus.
The government has legun a suit to
dissolve the Standard Oil company.
A San Francisco grand jury has in
dicted Ruef and Schmitz for extortion.
A civil war among the Moqui Indians
in New Mexico has been suppressed by
Cavalry.
Both pacrties in Colorado are re
solved to work for the repeal of woman
suffrage.
The Southern Pacific will add a third
through train between Portland and
San Francipco.
The high water wrecked the ware
house of the Western Idaho Sugar com
pany at Nam pa.
Two were killed and two others are
dying as a result of a battle with rob
bers in San Francisco.
Japanl has just launched a battleship
of 19,000 bins. It is equal and perhaps
Euperior to anything afloat.
Three Americans and six Mexicans
were killed by a premature explosion
of dynamite at Douglas, Arizona.
Finland authorities have seized aliout
5,000 rifles and 1 1 8,000 cartridges in
tended for Russian revolutionists.
All railroads in the United States are
ready to give employes a raise of 10
per cent in order to prevent trouble at
the present time.
President Roosevelt lias nearly
reached Panama.
Witte has returned to Russia and
will visit the czar.
Attorney General Moody ha' ordered
a rigid enforcement of the eight-hour
law.
STORM IN SOUTH.
Five Lives Lost and Much Damage lo
Property by Wind.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 20. Eight
persons are known to have lost their
lives, scores of others are injured and
property and crops suffered great dam
age, the extent of which, because of the
meager reports yet obtainable, cannot
be estimated at this time, as a result
of a terrific wind and rain storm Sun
day. The storm, which originated on
the gulf, swept northwestward through
portions of Alabama, Central and
Northern Mississippi and Western
Tennessee, in its onward course razed
scores of substantial buildings, partial
ly demolished hundred of others,
caused complete demoralization of rail
road traffic and cut off telegraphic com
munication with many points in the
affected territory.
Cotton in the fields blown down bv
the wind was beaten into the ground
and badly damaged. Besides the loss
of life and property damage which is
known to have occurred, a number of
points directly in the pathway of the
storm cannot be communicated with,
and complete reports are received it is
feared that the loss of both life and
proterty will Ik? greatly increased.
SUGAR OUTPUT IS LARGE.
La Grande Factory Will Turn Out Over
50,000 Sacks.
La Grande The new track of the
Central Railway has reached the Hunt
grade opposite Cone, and a spur for
loading beets has been put in. This
reduces the hauling distance from the
Cone beet fields materially, as the end
of the track is now about three miles
and a half from the farms. Most of
the Cone beets remain to be delivered
and the harvest in that locality has
been postponed as long as possible,
awaiting railroad facilities. Superin
tendent Barnwell says that ten days or
two weeks will be required to get all
the beets to the factory.
The factory has been running most I through with the work
satisfactorily, without a hitch or halt, Chinook salmon spawn at
from the time the season opened. In
addition to the fine output of beets, the
sugar percenage is higher this year
than ever before. It is estimated that
the sugar output this season will be
between 50,000 and 60,000 sacks,
from 250 to 300 cars,
WORK OF HATCHERIES.
Season's Work Has Been Satisfactory
in All Coast Stations.
Salem The report of Master Fish
Warden H. G. Van Dusen for the month
of October shows that the season's
work has been satisfactory in all Coast
stream hatcheries, but not so good in
the hatcheries on tributaries of the Co
lumbia. Regarding hatchery opera
tions the report says:
With the exception of a few more
salmon to spawn at Ontario, we are
of collecting
our different
hatcheries tributary to the Columbia
River, and from reports received the
following collections have been made:
Steamer Goes to Bottom Carrying
Down 39 of Her Passengers.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 19. The steam
er Pix, Captain P. Lcrmon, bound
from Seattle to Port Blakeley with pas
sengers, sank two miles north of Alki
point soon after 7 o'clock last night,
after a collision with the steamhip
Jennie, Captain P. H. Mason, of the
Alaska Coast company.
Thirty-nine passengers and members
of the crew of the Dix are missing and
38 were saved. The Dix is a total
wreck. The Jennie was not injured in
the least and no member of her crew
was lost. The master of the Dix
was saved. The collision occurred
while the sound was almost as smooth
as a mill pond, and after the boats had
been steaming within sight of each
other for a quarter of an hour.
The Jeanie was backing when she
collided with the Dix and the impact
was very slight. The Dix was struck
abaft of amidships on the starboard
side. She listed heavily to port for a
brief period, righted herself, then sank
stern first. There was hardly time to
launch life rafts or boats before she was
almost entirely submerged. Passen
gers jumped from the decks into the
water, women screamed and officers
and men, called orders that could hardly
be heard above the din.
The passengers from the Dix who
could swim made their way to the sides
of the Jeanie and were dragged aboard.
The Jeanie was not moved until after
all who had reached her had been
hauled alioard. Then she cruised about
picking up several who had managed to
stay above
GOAL FAMINE
MAY FOLLOW
Little Fuel To Be Had In the Flooded
Sound District.
Loss From H'g" Water Is Over One
Million Railroads Will Lose Most
Heavily, and Farmers Come Next
Crops in Ground Ruined, but
Little Livestock Lost.
water. It was after
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17. The floods,
in the great river valleys south of Seat
tle, at their height yesterday morning,
are today subsiding. In the central
part of the White River country about
the towns of Kent and Auburn, dry
land is appearing and the people, driv
en to tne surrounding nign land lor
refuge, are returning to their homes.
The outpouring waters maintain a high
level, at the mouth of the Duwamish
on the north and the mouth of the Puy
allup on the south where they are
backed up by the tide.
The property loss will be heavy,
probably exceeding $1,000,000. The
destruction of the Northern Pacific rail
way grades and trackage involves a
loss of $.'500,000. The Interurban elec
tric road between Seattle and Tacoma
will have to spend $100,000 for re
pairs, and the individual losses of farm
ers and dairymen make up the remain
ed The loss of live stock is not as-
10 heavy as at tirst teared, liemg prohalily
o'clock before the Jeanie left the scene
of the catastrophe and steamed to the
Virginia street dock, Seattle, with the
30 survivors.
The cause of the collision is unknown
as the mate, who was in the pilot house
at the time, was drowned.
ROBBER OF SUB-TREASURY.
No. eggs taken.
Salmon River hatchery 875,000
orMcKenzie River hatchery sta
tion 5.970.000
The factory will probably run f our I Wallow a River hatchery 598,000
Teller Dyer Is Indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury.
St. Louis, Nov. 19. The Federal
grand jury returned an indictment
against Receiving Teller 1). P. Dyer,
Jr., son of United States Attorney D.
P. Dyer, Saturday in connection with
the shortage of $01,200 in the local
sub-treasury. The charge against Dyer
is embezzlement.
within $50,000. The loss on crops still
in ground and in cellars and barns is.
about $300,000.
Hundreds of houses and barns were
swept from their foundations, but com
paratively few were actually broken up
or carried any great distance. The
damage to furnishings in homes and
merchandise in stores by the water
formed the heaviest item of loss.
Floods in the White, (ireen and
Stuck River valleys are subsiding rap
idly, but the IUiwamish river, whose
waters empty into Ptiget sound at this
place, is a mighty lake, four miles
wide by 12 in length, hacked up and
held in leash by the tide from the
sound. When that, goes out late to
night, great havoc is looked for from
the pent-up waters. A similar condi
tion exists at the mouth of the Puyal
lup at Tacoma.
The floods found the citv already
hurt
The Federal grand jury was convened ' "rt ot ,-o:l1 11,1(1 temporarily cut off
iioiu ueccss in an sources oi supply.
The
weeks longer.
Ontario salmon hatchery 2,130,000
HAY SHOETAGE ON COOS BAY.
Total 9,571,000
to
Delegates Appointed by Governor.
Salem Governor Ckamberlaia has
appointed the following residents of
Oregon to represent the state at the
annual convention of the National Riv-
Newcastle, yet nearly every je" and Harbors Congress at Washisg-
ron, v. uecemoer o anu i : n. a,.
Hoge, J. N. Teal, W. D. Whselwright,
Portland; John 11. Smith, Astoria; ra
ter Loggie, Marshfield; J. D. Peters,
The Dalles; L. A. Lewis, Portland;
Henry llahn, Portland; J. A. Smith,
Portland.
it is prohaoie a lorce oi l.oou ma
rines will be kept in Cuba f.r some
time.
Philadelphia Jews will honor the
late John Hay by placing a memorial
window in their synagogue.
A desperate battle with knives te
tween soldiers at Cheyenne to settle an
old fued placed five men in the hospital.
The Chicago city attorney aecue the
Pullman company of bribing judge?,
congressmen and other official!!.
Blizzard in Colorado.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 20. The worst
blizzard experienced here in a decade is
now raging, ihe storm started yester
day and gradually grew in severity un
til today, when it assumed the propor
tions of a blizzard, It is almost im
possible to make headway along the
streets. The Colorado & Southern
railroad reports the storm extending
into the Panhandle of Texas. The
Santa Fe reports blizzards along its
line clear to Kingsley, Kan. In North
ern New Mexico the blizzard is the
worst .
Scholarships for Emr loyes Sons.
New Westminster, B. (.'., Nov. 20.
The Canadian Pacific Riilway company
has derided to endeavor to advance
higher education among tin- sons of
their employes, arid is. now offering
two scholar-hip to 1-e rometcd for by
employes sons under 21 years of age.
The scholar-hips cover four years tui
tion in the faculty of applied science
in Mi-Gill university. The examina
tions will lie held under the suiicrvis-
ion of the faculty of McGill university.
Kansas in Grip of Blizzard.
PTTojK-ka, Kan., Nov. 20. The bliz
zard is general over Kansas late to
night. Aeeotding to advh-ea received
at the railroad offices hen-, snow nun
mcricid falling here at a late hour. At
many ixiinN in the western part of the
State the cattlemen were caught un
prepared. So far railroad traffic in
Southern Kansas has not l.t-n affected.
Farmers Do Not Produce Enough
Supply Local Market.
North Bend Bringing hay from the
Willamette Valley to North Bend and
Marshfield is something like carrying
coals to
boat that comes here from Portland
lands a quantity of hay. Around Co
quiiie some nay is grown for tne mar
ket, but it costs nearly as much to
bring hay from that point to Marsh
field, a distance of 15 miles, as it does
to bring it from Portland. If the hay
is consigned to North Bend it must be
transferred from the cars to boats at
Marshfield, and that costs $1 a ton ex
tra. Valley grass hay can be pur
chased in Portland for $9 a ton, and it
costs $3 a ton for freight. This hay
retails for $13 a ton. There is no
clean timothy or clover hay to be had
here at any price and Oregon grass is
at a premium.
On the bottom lands in Coos County
four and five tons an acre of oat hay
can be raised, and clover and timothy
grow well on the rich bench lands.
on AVednesday and at once began in
juiry into the shortage. When the in
quiry was ajdourned witnesses had ; light
been examined. Shortly after the
grand jury convened Saturday a report
of its findings was made to the court.
Mr. Dyer was later arrested by the
United States marshal and released on
bond in the sum of $10,000.
Soon after the jury had made a re
port to Judge Finkelhery, Dyer surren
dered himself. The court named Jan
uary 8 as the date for his appearance at
which time a definite date for the trial
will be fixed.
The indictment contains two counts.
The first count recites that Dyer, as
second teller in the sub-treasury,
"wrongfully and corruptly emliezzled
and converted to his own use" on Sep
tember 27 last $(51,500 intrusted to his
care. The second recites that as an
officer of the United States government
he did this, and is merely intended to
prevent a technical evaison of the
charge.
When Dyer came into the court he
was accompanied by his father, United
Mates Attorney I'yer, l ongressinan
Champ Clark, and ten residents of Pike
county, in which is located the I lyre
family home, bond was furnished by
the ten resident friends.
Organise a Water Company.
La Grande Articles of incorporation
have been filed for the Mill Creek Wa
ter Company, with a capital stock of
$iz,:vu. L,a Grande will be the prin
cipal place of business. The incorpor
ators are George Krieger, Ambrose
Wright and August Bahrens. The ob
ject is to appropriate 1000 inches of
water from Mill Creek, above Summer-
ville, to be used for irrigation and other
purposes. lhe incorporators have re-
PORTLAND MASKST8.
Wheat Export basis: Club, 63(g64e;
bluestem, 66(o,67c: Valley, 66c; red,
6061c.
Oats No. 1 white, $24.5025.50;
gray, $23.5024.
Hurley f eed, szi.ou per ton; Dr sw
ing, zz; roueu, szj.
liye 9i.35(i.4U per cwt.
Corn Whole, $25.50; cracked, $26.50
per ton.
Hay valley timothy, ino. j, ii(gjis
per ton; Eastern Oregoa timothy, $14
16: clover, S7(aS; cheat, f.ourai.ou;
grain hay, $7.508.50; alfalfa, $11.50;
vetch hay, $77.50.
Fruits Apples, common to ehoice, io
(5;5c per box; choice to fancy, 75e
$1.50; grapes, $1.401.65 erate; pears,
75c(a$1.25; cranberries, $10(a)10.50 per
barrel; quinces, $11.25 per box; per
simmons, $1.50 per box.
Vegetables Cabbage, ljwlje pound; oflice, if not with its connivance and
cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75 ' Were known, if not tacictly assented to
great water power plants of the
company providing electric power and
were flooded out of use, and the
street car and lighting service of the
city depends on tins meager supply of
coal in the local bins of the big com
panies. So farfas known, but five deaths di
rectly attributable to the (1ok1s havu
occurred north of the Stuck river.
These were F. W. Kalltner, a logger
of Auburn, Pat ( 'lance and John Viele,
ranchers of Orillia, and two loggers
whose names are unknown. None of
the Irndies have yet lioen recovered.
From Tacoma come rumors of several
deaths near the mouth of the Puyallup,
but the reports are so far unverified.
FINISH SOUTH JETTY.
Land Office Involved.
Washington, Nov. 19. Affidavits
are on file with the government here,
and nave tccn railed to tne attention
of President Roosevelt, charging that
the gigantic land frauds whereby the
Union Pacific railroad company and
the Union Pacific Coal company se
cured illegally coal lands in the state
' of Wyoming valued at many millions
of dollars were perjK'tnrated with thf
full knownledge of the government land
85c per dozen; egg plant, $1.50 per
New Cement Tester at XT. of 0.
r.ugene mere has been installed in
the Government timber-testing station
standard cement-testine machine
with a capacity of 1000 pounds. The
machine is a neat affair and makes a
valuable addition to the apparatus al
ready in the plant. J. B. Knarin, the
Government expert, who is in charge of
the timber-testing station is a very
usy man, as samples of Oregon tim
ber are constantly being sent here for
the purpose of being examined and
tested.
cently become interested in large tracts ate. iettuce, head, 20e per dozea;
of land and some extensive improve- onionH) iO(D12Je per dozen; bell pep
ments are to be made. r. -..nHn. tj. nr nniil- r,i.
1" - J "i C - ' I I r "i
ach, 45c per pouad; tomatoes, 3050
per box; parsley, 10(ffil5c; squash, ljs
per pound; turnips, 90c$l per sack;
carrots, 90c($l per sack; beets, $1.25(tt
1.50 per sack; horseradish, 9(;lUc per
pound; sweet potatoes, 22Je per
pound.
Osions Oregon, vocfasi per hundred.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
85(ri90c; common, 60(7; 5c,
Putter Fancy creamery, 25(g27J
per pound.
j-;pgs uregon rancn, dj(ajoc per
dozen.
Poultry Averssre old hens, 12(tl3c
per pound; mixed chickens, 12iTO12Ac;
Spring, 12(o)i3c; old roosters, 910c;
dresed chickens, 13(al4e; turkeys, live,
16tfi!l7J; turkeys, dressed, choice, 21fo
22Je; geese, live, 99Je; dueks, 14
15e.
Veal Dreseed, 5JeT8e per ponsd.
Beef Dressed bulls, t(a2i frf
pound; cows, 4(a0e; country steers, 5(g)
5Je.
Muttos Dressed, faiey, l9e per
pound; ordinary, (a!7e.
Pork Dressed, (ittiie per pouad.
Hops 1906, ehoice, 1516e; prime,
13(14c; medium, 1212Je per pouad;
olds, Bomiasl.
Wool Eastern Oregoa average best,
13rtSlSe per pound, according to shrisk-
gge; vaney, suiaiic, arenraiBg i us
sees; Mohair, choice, 2628e.
Bandon Enjoys Prosperity.
Bandon Bandon is enjoying some
thing of a real estate boom, and lots
that might have been purchased for
$10 each last Spring are selling for
$100 and finding a ready market at
that price. Activity in manufactur
ing accounts for the boom. The sal
mon cannery, broom-handle factory,
wood-ripe plant, brewerv mafk f.
tory and foundry are running full time
and the Bandon woolen mills are run-
ning day and night to keep up with Or-
ters. ine shingle mills are runninr to
their full espsoify, and the Cody Lum
ber Company is building a mill that
will have a capacity of 75.000 feet a
day.
by the department of the Interior.
Peter's Heir la Maniac
Vienna, Nov. 10. Crown Prince
George, of Servia, is declared insane
according to reports from Belgrade to
day. "Nor is this the worst," said
well informed Balkan diplomat, "Ser
via is drifting hopelessly into bankrupt
cy. Civil war, too, is highly probable
King Peter seems powerless to restore
or maintain order. Anarchy prevail
everywhere. There are more political
murders throughout N-rvia in a year
than in Macedonia."
Raise Wages Voluntarily.
Chicago, Nov. 10. The Chicago
Northwestern railroad has voluntarily
offered the railway station agents and
telegraih i.jx-rators on the system an
increae of wages. Fleven hundred
agents and approximately 500 telegraph
operators w ill mine in for a share in
the advance. The averafc increase in
wages a" announced hv General Manager
. A. Gardner tonight will lie $5.
Trust Is Good.
New York, Nov. l!l. The directors
f 11. e Standard Oil company issued an
.ther circular tiday to the stork hold res
if the company, saying that the com
pany s Mition is unassailable from
both a legal and a moral Htandnoint.
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Chief Engineer Mackenzie Recom
mends Continuing Contract.
AVashington, Nov. 17. In his esti
mates submitted, to the secretary of'
War, General Mackenzie, chief of en
gineers, asks for an approprial ion of
; $1 ,000,000 for the Columbia river jetty,
j III his annual report, however, ho
! points out the necessity for continuous
work on the jetty until it is completed.
1 le says that, in addition to the $1,
000,000 appropriated, congress should
authorize a continuing contract to the
extent of $1,450,000 additional. Ho
estimates that $2,000,000 will com
plete the south jetty.
If General Mackenzie's recommenda
tion is carried out, $1 ,000,000 will be
inserted in the river and harbor bill
this winter and the remaining $1,450,
000 will be carried in the sundry civil
bill passed at the first session of t ho
next congress.
Send Immigrants South.
Washington, Nov. 17. The recent
arrival at Charleston, S. C. , of an im
migrant ship carrying more than 1,000
immigrntnfs, marks a new era for the
whole South. The lalsir problem has
Is-en a very serious one in the South,
and the attention of the people of that,
section has been for some time directed
toward inducing immigration. Not.
alone as laborers are immigrants want
ed; hundreds of thousands of t illablo
acres have been left uncultivated that
make one of the richest agricultural
sect ions of the world.
Nine Killed by Explosion.
Ifcniglas, Ariz., Nov. 17. Three-
Alnerieans and six Mexicans were
killed bv a premature explosion at a
ime uarry nine miles east of louglan
at ! o'clock today. The men wero
buried under a pile of rock. The cor
oner has gone from here f hold an in-
pu-st. The ou.irrv- is one nt whieli
lime rock is secured for the smelters in
this city. A gang of men has Ix-en
sent from the smelters to assist in re
covering the liodies.
Terrorists Rob Railroad Safe.
Warsaw, Nov. 17. A hand of terror-.
ists attacked the Vistula railroad deimt.
at Suchedniow this morning, killed a.
gendarme, blew oix-n the safe ami cs.
rapod with a small Hum of money.
marching off in military order. l'
sacks are pursuing them.