Heppner Gazette
kuud Thursday at Imck Wah
HEPPNER
OREGON
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.
Thaw is almost certain to go to tho
asylum whether acquitted or convicted.
An Illinois woman will organize an
army of drunkards' wives to carry local
option.
President Roosevelt is said to be back
of a move to start a boom for Taft for
president.
President Roosevelt has appointed a
commission on the improvement of
waterways.
Attorney General Thompson, of Ne
braska, says the new 2-cent passenger
rate law is constitutional.
Germany and Austria have combined
to oppose consideration of disarmament
at The Hague peace conference. ,i
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
proposes a conference of government:
and state olheials on railroad laws.
The reclamation service has sus
tained Engineer Ross, of Idaho, saying
the charges are the lesult of work by
disgruntled contractorcs.
The flood loss at Pittsburg is expected
to reach at least $10,000,000, and many
other towns in the path of the high
water aie reporting losses proportion
ately as high. At Wheeling, W. Va.,
18 people have lost their lives.
Tillman says third term will be the
issue in 1908.
PLUNDERED BY HILL-MORGAN
An Austiran officer predicts an American-Japanese
war and American defeat.
The Interstate Commerce commission
is after the coal roads of Illinois and
Indiana.
London woman suffragists declare
themselves ready to wear short hair to
win their cause.
The G. A. R. national encampment
will be held at Saratoga, N. l., the
week of September 9.
In a clash between American troops
and Cuban rural guards at Satnta
Clara, Cuba, five were seriously in
jured. Oklahoma's constitution hs been
completed. The initiative and referen
dum nuu -uucm jniinm-jr mna ui oitrgun
nave Deen copied.
Roosevelt has demanded Harriman's
deposition and his backers will Lake
away contiol from him so he will Jose
all his railroads.
The railroad presidents have con
cluded they have no mandate to present
to the president and have decided they
wane to oney the Jaw
So great has been the Japanese im
migration through El Paso, Tex., that
Mexicans have been displaced by the
brown men after assisting them to en-
te this country.
Dowie's funeral sermon, written by
himself, cursed his enemies.
Harriman wants railroads excepted
from Sherman anti-trust law.
Finland has just held its first
tion under universal suffrage.
The Japanese agreement has been
carried out in San Francisco and Washington.
Schmitz and Ruef, the San Francisco
Attorney General Asked to Air
Northern Pacific Scandal.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 19. Re
dueed to the form of affidavits and of
documents, the authenticity of which
have been proved in legal proceedings,
revelations concerning the wholesale
plundering of the rights of stockholders
in the Northern Pacific railroad are
about to le presented before Attorney
General Bonaparte. At the time of the
Hill-Morgan reorganization of the
Northern Pacific railroad, Brayton Ives,
then a prominent New York banker,
W:is the president of the old company .
In February of 1890 Mr. Ives, .as
president of the Nothein Pacific, ap
pointed from his board of directors a
so-called "protective o:nmit'ee,"
claiming authority to proceed with the
work of reorganization. Morgan it Co.
were not only reorganization managers,
contracting with themselves as syndi
cate managers, but they were also syn
dicate subscribers, and thus appeared
in a three-fold capacity, wing joined
as svndicate subscribers with Mr. Ives
and other directors of the old Northern
Pacific company. Millions of dollars
were collected in assessments levied
upon the stockholders of the old North
em 1'acihc companv, winch it was
thought bv the public were to be used
to rehabilitate the company.
Instead of being so appropriated they
were gathered in and divided among
the syndicate a commissions ar.d pro
fits. This is one thu of features of the
"sell-out" of the old Northern Pacific
company and is one oi trie many amaz
ing things connected with this remark-
aide reorganization lor which a com
plete investigation is being demanded
of the authorities at Washington.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
ROCKEFELLER MAKES WILL.
Plans to Give An Immense Fortune to
Use of the Pubiic.
New York, March 19. The Herald
will tomorrow say that according to a
member of John P. Rockefeller Jr .'s
bible class, and who is also a personal
friend of John D. Rockefeller and in a
position to know of his affairs, the lat
ter proposes to make a princely gift to
New York City. It will amount to at
least $50,000,000. It will be partly
charitable and partly educational. The
Herald will add:
"This man said that when Mr. Rock
efeller was conferring with his son at
Lakewood, N. J., a fortnight ago, the
meeting was not for the purpose of dis
cussing any immediate gift, but was on
the subject of Mr. Rockefeller's will,
which document the oil king was then
completing with the aid of his son and
his lawyers. It was said that this doc
ument will astonish the world when it
is made public.
It will, it is declared, give no less
than $250,000,000, for charitable and
educational nurnoses. and it will le so
bestowed that the benefit therefrom
will almost be perpetual.
CANNOT COLLECT POLLTAX.
Attorney General Passes on Validity
of Procedure.
Salem Attorney General Crawford
has filed his opinion in the validity of
the polltax collection with District
Attorney John 1 1. McXary, upon a re
quest from the latter. House bill 325
which passed the last legislature, re
pealed sections 3041 and 3142 of Bellin
ger & Co'.ton' code, which abolishes the
$1 polltax law of 1854 and amended
in 1870 to exempt firemen from the
polltax roll. The act of 1885 and sub
sequent amendatory acts providing for
the state revenues cover the entire
ground of the section enacted in 1854,
providing that state revenues shall be 5
mills on the dollar of all taxable prop
erty and in addition to the $1 polltax.
1 lie attorney general holds that after
the repealing act goes into effect on
May 25 the polltax cannot be legally
collected; that the assessment would
not have the validity of a judgment un
til it is entered on the roll. As the
roll would not be made up before the
act takes effect, the assessor Mould have
no further authority to collect the tax
or make up the roll, amP that there is
no authority in future for sheriffs to
collect the tax.
PRiZES FOR ESSAYS.
elec-
Rate War on the Atlantic.
London, March 19. Herr Ballin, di
rector general of the Hamburg-Ameri
can Steamship line, who is here atrend-
ng the shipping conference, todav said
there was every likelihood of a renewal
of the rate war for the North Atlantic
trade with the Cunard lice. Within a
fortnight he expects to see a decision
one way or the other. Further Herr
Ballin declared the German lines had
a working agreement with the White
Star line, and that all possibility of
friction, owing to the removal of that
line to Southampton, had now been obviated.
Plan to Finance Normal.
Salem The maintenance of the Mon
mouth State Normal school has revert
ed to the shoulders of the board of re
gents. Under the provision made by
them at a meeting here, a regular state
ment of the contingent expenses, as
well as the payrolls, will be riled with
the secretary of state, as heretofore, and
several banks have agreed to advance
the money on them, requiring an as
signment of the payrolls over to them.
The members of the board will individ
ually stand responsible for the payment
of the hypothecated securities. This
was practically the only course they
could follow, as there are no funds
available by the state, and Governor
Chamberlain could not take any steps
towards securing assistance, even if he
were so disposed.
No Encampment This Year.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
been officially notified by the War de
partment of the abandonment of the
regular army annual encampments, on
account of so many of the men being in
Cuba, and the large number that will
ber required to go to the Jamestown
exposition. The department, how
ever, calls attention to the fact that
during one week to ten days in July,
camps of instruction for coast artillery
will be held, and the members of the
Oregon National Guard are invited to
participate. Assistant Secretary of
War Oliver asks that preparations be
made, together with a list of men who
intend to attend, and forwarded to the
department.
Sons ot American Revolution Want Es
says From Pupils of Oregon.
Tne Oregon society of the Sons
American Revolution offers prizes
uie pupils of the public schools of the
state of Oregon, for essays on subjects
connected with our war for indeoend
ence. Prizes of $30 and $20 will hi
given for the first and second best essay
respectively, written on any of tho fol
lowing subjects: "Joseph Brant am
tne Indians of the Revolution," "Pub
i ;.. I , .. r . . . . .
mi; cvimms hhh means ot Americanizing
tne ini wren ot Aliens," "Separation
oi cnuren arid state in America."
The essays are limited to three thone
and words each, must bo written in the
student s own handwriting on one side
only of the paper, and accompanied by
a certincate ot tiie writer's teacher
stating that tho writer is a pupil in
ucsiKiuiirii ciuss, anu mat the teache
believes the essay to bo the pupil's own
unaided work. The essav must ho
signed by the writer, giving'also his or
her postollice address. Thev should be
forwarded to Mr. A. M. Smith, Feriton
building, Portland, Oregon, and shouh;
reach their destination not later than
the 25th of Mav, 1907.
In awarding these prizes the commit
tee will he governed by considerations
of: Originality, accuracy of statement.
, - j
manner of treatment, orthography, svn
tax ami punctuation. These prizes are
ottered to encourage love of our country
and tne study ot its history.
Additional information mav he ob
tained by writing to General Thomas
M. Anderson, care of The Buckngham,
1'ortland, Oregon.
Crop Outlook Good.
Milton Farmers in this section of
Umatilla county are very optimsitic
over the prospect of a bumper wheat
ani parley crop this coming season
The fall was an ideal one in regard to
rainfall, there being plenty of moist
ure in the ground before the setting in
of winter weather. The snowfall in
the mountain districts this year has
been unusually heavy, thus conserving
the water supply for the suummer
months. With the supply already pro
duced by the thawing out on the low
lands or light soil districts, it leaves
little question as to the adequate sup
ply of moisture.
Board of Sheep Inspectors.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
named the new state beard of sheep
commissioners. The new officials are:
First district William H. Steusloff,
Salem, term of two years; district em
braces Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook,
Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas,
Yamhill, Polk, Marion, Linn, Benton,
Lincoln, Lane, Coos, Douglas, Curry,
Josephine and Jackson counties.
Second district Thomas Boylan, An
Crop Outlook in Harney.
Burns The winter in Harney county
is over and the snow in the valley has
gone off with a warm rain. There is
plenty of snow in the mountains to
keen the high water over the swamn
- i
land and make good crops of hay.
i Stockmen have turned their herds out
on the range, which is better than has
ever been known for tnis time in the
year. Farmers are preparing their
ground for spring crops and everything
points to a successful year to the farm
ers of Harney county.
TOO SOON FOR FAIR.
Sign
California Governor Will Not
Bill for Appropriation.
Sacramento, Cal., March 18. Gov
ernor Gillett will not sign tho Pacific
Coast Exposition bill under any circum
stances. No amount of influence will
tend to change his resolution in this
respect, which, he says, is unalterable.
It is not because the governor is oppos
ed to the exposition itself, nut treatise
he is fully convinced in his own mind
that the project has been sprung too
early and at a time when the taxpayers
of the state will he burdened enough to
repair the damages inflicted on the
state institutions and on California
cities by the disaster of last April. In
expressing his views the governor said:
I told these people from the first
that I would not sign this bill, that
would not Dunien tne taxpayers oi the
fate with a tax tc raise $1,000,000 at
this time. In the first place, this pro
posed fair is six years in the future, and
it will be plenty of time at the next
session of the legislature for the state
to do her shaie. Another thing, it
WORST OVER
AT PITTSBURG
Ten Square Miles Were Inundated by
Overflowing Rivers.
absolutely foolish to begin operations
now, when labor is scarce and materi
als high.
"It is foolish for a man to have a
housewarming before he builds his
house, and for the next two years, to
say the least, the streets of San Fran-
sou will be filled with bricks and de
bris. Tho bill provides that the people
of San FranciK'o must raise some $3.-
000,000 as well as the state. Let them
lo this and then the state can act.
OVER A HUNDRED DEAD.
Empire Mill May Reopen.
T . t 11 ITT 1 i i 1
.uarsuneiu wnac is taken as a sure
indication that Elijah Smith intends to
again operate his large lumber mill in
Empire is the fact that he has had the
Arago hotel reopened. This hotel has
been idle since the closing down of the
lumber null some years ago. It is the
only hostelry in Elijah Smith's little
city and is owned by the Southern Ore.
Reports Massacre of Jews.
New -York, March 19. A Jewish
morning paper tonight received the fol
lowing cablegram from Podihilo. near
Jassack, Roumania: "Terrible massa
cre since last Thursday. Town totally
destroyed. All the Jewish population
are ruined find honspa nillnirod Wo
grafters, have lost every point so far in ask help Marcus Getzel, Elias Solo-
le.ope, lerrn one year; uistr.ct cornpris- , been bu8y for BeVeraldays repairing the
es Wasco. CrooL- T nL-o am Tlo.ncfl, I ,. J .,, J 1 6
, , , macninery in tne mill
Third district Dan P. Smythe, Pen
dleton, term three years; district com
prises Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Grant,
Wallowa, Baker, Harney and Malheur
counties.
Catastrophe in Forbach, Germany,
Mine from Firedamp
Forback, Germany, March 18. An
explosion of fire damp in the coal mine
at Kleinrossein, near here, last night,
resulted in the death of over 100 miners
nd the injury of 12 others. The dis
aster occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock
n a small gallery in which 80 miners
were at worK.
As" the work of rescue progresses it is
seen the disaster was more serious than
the first reports indicated. Up to a
late hour 67 dead men had been brought
to the surface, while 40 men were still
missing. All the missing have been
given up as dead, as tney undoubtedly
ere buried under falling wreckage.
Of the wounded two have died, and
the doctors think that only one of the
remaining 10 will recover. I lie le
Wendels brothers, owners of the mine,
lave given $25,000 to relieve the im
mediate necessities of the afflicted fann
ies.
One hundred and seventeen others
caped into adjoining galleries. Two
undred and ten men went into the
mine at 5 o'clock hi.-t evening, and
about midnight the news was spread
to the nearby village that a terrible
disaster had occurred.
Almost the whole population of the
count rysido gathered at the month of
the shait, among them the famalies of
the men below. Rain began to fall
heavily, and distressing scenes of grief
were witnessed as the Oodies were
brought to the surface and laid out un-
W a blaze of electric lights.
Many of tho bodies were so disfigured
that they were scarcely recognizable.
The woik of bringing out tho injured
men and the bodies of the dead was
very slow, the galleries being choked
with wreckage.
The DeWendels are one of the richest
mining families of Alsace-Lorraine.
Damage Is Estimated at From Ten to
Twenty Millions Twenty Lives at
Ltast Were Lost V hole Business
Center of Smoky City Submerged
by Swollen Rivers.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
the courts.
The total deaths due to the disaster
on the French warship Jena has now
reached 103.
Speaker Cannon and other members
of the congiessional party at Panama
express surprise at the amount of work
that has been done on the canal.
mon, Shjen feterberg." The names
signed to the cablegram are said to be
those of leading merchants of Podihilo.
It is a place of about 6,000 inhabitants,
4,000 of whom are Jews. It is only
30 miles from Kishineff .
Discuss Trust Problem.
New York, March 19. The National
Ex-Senator Burton, of Kansas, will i Civic Federation which called the trust
probably stay in jail an extra month I conference of 1899 in Chicago, has de-
because of his inability to pay his fine cided, it was announced today, to ar-
of $2,500. range for another conference of the
Homer Davenport will send one of u , ?7 r uw " i p i m In
his Arabian horses across the continent'
Grain Bags at Nine Cents.
Pendleton An order for the purchase
of 500,000 sacks was made by the exec
utive committee of the Graingrowers'
association in this city. The name of
Wheat Club, 71 72c; bluestem, 73
74c; valley, 70c; red, 6970c.
Oats No. 1 white, $29; gray, $28.50.
Uai ley Feed, $2222.50 per ton
brewing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.50.
Rye $1.451.50 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $24.50; cracked,
$22.50 per ton.
the firm of importers or manufacturers 15 ton . 6 n -
and the price paid has not been g.ven c,' $9; cheat, $9; gram
out, but it is thought that the sacks ' hay, $9ut)10; alfalfa $14.
Children's Suicide Pact.
St. Louis, March 18. It was devel
oped today through testimony at the
coroner s inquest into the suicide last
night of Liebling Slocum, aged 10, that
she had entered into a suicide pact with
Gertrude Harper, also 10 years old.
Gertrude testified that she had told her
mother that she was going to take her
life, and was prevented J. P. Slinger,
tne drug clerk who sold the carbolic
acid to the Slocum girl, was atrested
today. He asserts she bore a note pur
porting to be from her mother asking
for 5 cents worth of carbolic acid.
Pittsburg, Ta., March 16. With the
rapid receding of the waters in the Mo
nongahela, Alleghany and Ohio rivers,
conditions are resuming normal pro
portions. The approaches tc the
bridges are now clear of water and
street car service in the flooded, district
has been resumed.
At 9 o'clock last night tho river had
fallen almost eight feet. At that hour
the stage was 29 feet and dropping six
inches an hour.
Ten square miles were inundated.
The loss is summarized as follows:
Loss in output of steel mills, $3,-
000,000.
Loss in output of other industries
$2,000,000.
Losses in wages of employes, $1,837,-
iii.
Damage to industrial plants, $2,-
500,000.
Total, $9,337,000.
Various other estimates ae beine-
made, ranging from $10,000 000 to.
$20,000,000.
Reports from numerous Western
Pennsylvania towns are to the effect
that the flood is subsiding.
The water in this city reached 37
feet at 6 a. in. yesterday, the highest
stage ever recorded. More than 100,
000 persons were temporarily thrown
out of employment; every transporta
tion company in the city was interrupt
ed; skiffs carried hundreds of people to
their places of business, and the utiliz
ation of wagons and houses as convey
ances, which did valuable service, was.
discontinued, owing to the strenuous
protests by the Humane society.
Twenty fatalities have occurred in
Allegheny county, directly due to high
water.
In a fire that threatened the entire
Mount Washington section cf the city
25 business structures and dwellings,
were destroyed or damaged today, caus
ing a lots estimated at $200,000. Many
ol the dwellings were tenements or
apartment houses, and there were many
narrow escapes.
The structures were mostly of frame
construction and, because of a break in
the water main, the only available lire
quenching materials were chemicals
iroin extinguishers and buckets.
Two attempts were made to stop the
flames by dynamiting buildings oiv
either side, but each time the wreck
age caught fire. It finally burned itselt
out.
COLLUSION, SAYS GREENE,.
that breed. A cousin of the cartoonist
will ride the animal.
Paper manufacturers throughout the
country will advance the price of their
products soon.
Roosevelt has told Governor Gillette
that legislation by California will pre
vent Japanese exclusion.
The strike of Portland millmen
its latest aspects, especially the mips
. ' i l
tion of Federal and state regulation of
the corporations and the question of
operation of the Sherman anti-trust
law. It is proposed to hold this
feience in May.
con-
Fi rce Gale Sweeps Bay.
San Francisco, March 19. A fierce
south and southeast srale swept the
l ay today, which drove small cralt to
jehelter, caused vessels in the stream to
close down some bueiness houses Jthat fer Reamers roll unpleasantlv. Out
have need for many boxes. ei.Ie the heads the gale raged with a
Stuyvestant Fish, who was thrown I velocity of 50 miles an hour, and the
out of the Illinois Central presidency ' eas ran high. Seeral vessels were
by Harriman, has gone to Gould
Fifteen passengers on a Los Angeles
trolley car were badly in jured by a
Southern Pacific engine striking the
car.
A Chicago grand jury is after the so-
called church and school furniture
trust. The indictments
trust with controlling 80 per cent of
the business of the country.
compelled to put back, owing to the
rough condition of the weather.
not be more than 9 cents apiece deliv
ered in this city. The contracts for
120,000 of these sacks have been signed
by Morrow county growers, who asked
for and were given permission to come
in with the Umatilla county farmers.
Howe Succeeds Williams.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
appointed ex-State Senator W. A.
Howe, of Carlton, a member of the
state board of agriculture to. succeed
Jasper Williams, of Albany, deceased.
and President W. 11. Downing nf,
Shaw, to succeed himself. He also re
appointed Drs. A. C. Smith, of Port-1
land, Alfred C. Kinney, of Astoria, and sack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets,
C. J. Smith, of Pendleton, on the $1. 251. 50 per sack ; horseradish, 7
boaid of medical examiners. Their 8c per pound; cauliflower, $2.50 per
tc"" "nu "piruu. dozen; celery, $3.25(3.50 per crate;
- . wuuuui r i . i - i 1 (, l . i i
barb, $2.252.50 per box.
Onions Oregon, 7590c per hun-
y creamery, 32(Wj,35c
per pound
I Butter Fat First grade cream, 33'4'c
per pound; second grade cream, 2c less
per pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 15c
per pound; mixed chickens, 14c;
spring, fryers and broilers, 2022)c;
old roosters. 1012c; dressed chickens,
1617c; turkeys, live, 1315c; tur
keys, dresfed, choice, 820c; geese,
live, 8c; ducks, lolSc.
Jggs uregon ranch, i(a)iHc per
dozen.
Apples common, oc(n)l.25 per
box; choice, $1.50tv.5U.
vegetanies lurnips, si()i.zd per
Torpedo Boat Is Rammed.
Ajacico, France, March 19. Durintr
the maneuvers last night without lights colts.
the torjiedo boat destroyer Epee ram
A
ir at Woodburn.
Wood burn A livestock fair will be
held at Woodburn on March 23 Six
classes of stallions will be on exhibition dred.
icrcneron, f,nire, Belgian, CIvde, Potatoes
Standatrd and Coach. There will also $1.35- No.
iraiii!., nwiMcm, nroou mares and
Many blooded horses will he in
the parade at 2 p. m.
Commission Approves Rate.
Salem The Oregon Railroad com
mission has given its approval to the
Tho
lurc .1 l .l. x- nno . " , . . .i . ...
charge the ' 1 ' "m-ue awaruea at iu at. m. Among the
i"i " me i imun-u mthi-i uursi, j prizes is a silver cup, donated by
killing two men and mortally injuring the Bank of Woodburn for the best
another. The Epee towed the torpedo 1 horse of all.
One of the Japanese warships coming boat ashore, where she was beached,
to Jamestown will have great attractions J
for naval men. It has a epeed better I Japan Adds 24 Regiments,
than any of ours and was finished in Tokic, March 19. In pursuance of
less than two years after the keel was , the program to increase armatments, 24 ' existing rate of $1 .25 r-r thousand on
laid, wnrcuis wiier ume uian is maie , inrantry regimenta have been organ- lumber in carload lob, from Astoria to age: vallev, 2023c. according to fine-
T ; , Mi-"irmr.j hi ..imru waMue on tne Astoria & Columbia ness: mohair, choice, Z730c
built by the Japanese. Isles. The main base will be Kurume. River railroad. ( pound.
Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
1 choice, $11.25; com
mon, 75c(S$l.
Veal Dressed, hQt,c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 33J per
pound; cows, 5 6c; country
steers, 67c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 1010c;
ordinary, 8(S 9c per pcund.
Pork Dressed, 6(S-9c per pound.
Hops 912c per pound, according
to quality.
Wool Eastern Oregon average liest,
1318c per pound, according to shrink
Finds 2,500 People Destitute.
Columbus, O., March IS. Adjutant
General Critchfield returned tonight
from Glocester, O., where he went at
the request of Governor Harris to inves
tigate the flood situation. The adju
tant general reported that he found
about 2,500 flood sufferers in Glocester
anil other mining towns in the vicinity
in urgent need of relief. He purchased
supplies to the amount of $1,000 at
Glocester and turned them over to the
local relief committee for distribution.
Many of the miners lost everything, the
flood coming upon them so quickly.
Burton Will Tell Secrets.
Abilene. Kan., March 18. Ex-Sen
ator Joseph R. Burton, who is expected
to return to his home here this week
from Ironton, Mo., has engaged the
local theater for March 23, where he
will deliver a public address. Senator
Burton has for some time threatened to
expose those whom lie charged with
being responsible for his conviction,
and it is said that his remarks on next
Saturday will prove sensational in the
extreme.
Substance of Idaho Irrigation Francti
Charges by Inspector.
Washington, March 16. Secretary
Garfield is working on a report tent to.,
his predecessor by Special Agent A. H..
Greene, detailing alleged frauds which
he believes he has uncovered in connec
tion with tho construction of the Boise-
Iayette irrigation project in Idaho.
Mr. Greene, so it is reported, a lieges
there has lieen collusion' between con
tractors on the Deer Flat reservoir dam
and Reclamation Engineer 1). V. Ross,
it being rumored that Mr. Greene
charges that tho contractors, in return
for favors shown bv Mr. Ii mario.
him a present of 12,000 acres of land.
Officials of the reclamation service ab
solutely discredit tho report, and lune
tte utmost confidence in Mr. Ross. It
is their belief that investigation wilfc
show Mr. Greene to be in errcr.
Three Drown in Ohio Town
Zanesville, Ohio, March lf,.Three
Hungarians were drowned here as the
result of tho flood this morn inn. A
score of foreigners were living in a
house that was surrounded by the Mus
kingum river, which overflowed during
the night. When they started to wado
to land three were caught in the current
and swept out into the river. Flood
conditions through Muskingum county
are unprecedented and growing worse
hourly. The Muskingum and Licking
rivers are out of bounds in this city and
doing much damage.
Six D e in Virginia Mines.
Norton, Va., March 18. An explo
sion occurred in the mines at Green-
ough this morning after peveral miners
had entered. The mine is seven miles
east of Ncrton. A fur as can lie
learned, ten miners have escaped
slightly injured, two dead have been
taken from the mines anil four are
known lo be in the mines and are sup
per ; posed to be dead. The cause of the ex
plosion is unknown, j
Edwards to Be Deposed.
Pendleton, Or., March 16. That
Major O. C. Edwards, agent of the
Umatilla Indian reservation, will lose
his ofiicial head as a result of the in
vestigation conducted by Inspirtor
Charles L. Davis, is Wlieved in Pen
dleton by everyone at all familiar with
the course affairs have taken. I5eforo
leaving for Yakima today, Inspector
Iavis announced that an order alKilish
ing the office of guardian for all Indian,
heirs had been issued.
Another Naval Disaster.
Brest, March 16. There wasnnothpr
accident to a French wn rub in r.n ti.ia
port today. During torpedo practice
the coast defense ship Fulminant was
ptruek and seriously damaged on the
water line by a torpedo. Collision mats
were at once applied to the vessel's
side and she was towed into nort in
sinking condition.