Heppner Gazette
TWuiar f Cadi Wck
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.
More mines are being opened at Gold
field. Council Bluffs, la., has started a war
on gambling.
Great Britain is alarmed for her nav
al supremacy.
The kaiser advocates the study of
English in Germany.
The fire in the big New York sky
scraper showed an insufficient water
supply.
Mulai Hafid has been proclaimed
sultan of Morocco and he has started a
holy war.
The new Japanese ambassador to the
United States declares that all trouble
will soon be over.
In a mad rush to get seats at a the'
ater in Barns ley, Eng., 16 children
were trampled to death.
The colors of the American man-of-war
Chesapeake, captured by England
in 1813, have been offered for sale in
London.
General Manager Mohler, of the Un
ion Pacific, declares the prohibition
wave now sweeping the country will
stop expansive railroad work.
A strike of 200 newsboys in Boston
created quite a disturbance. Three po
lice officers were assaulted, stripped of
their badges and one officer and a by
stander seriously injured.
The jury in the Thaw case has been
completed.
The battleship feet has arrived at
Rio Janeiro.
Warsaw, Russia, terrorists are busy
again and the city is in a turmoil.
T. C. Becker, of New York, is to
assist Heney in the Oregon land frauds.
France may insist on arbitration be
tween the United States and Japan to
prevent war.
Alton B. Parker attributes the re
cent financial panic to Roosevelt's "at
tacks on property."
The steamship Aki Mara, from the
Orient, has just arrived in Seattle with
1,200 tons of fireworks to be used by
Coast Chinese in celebrating their New
Years.
Heney has been stirred up by the
decision of the Appejlate court in the
Schmitz case and says he will push the
other indictments against Ruef and
send him to prison for life.
Four policemen were killed and fire
nearly 30 injured in the burning of a
New York skyscraper. The fire started
on the fifth floor of a 12-etory building
and the structuie is a total loss. The
monetary loss is placed at $5,000,000.
Only seven jurors have been secured
in the Thaw case. !
Fire at Green Bay, Wis., caused an
estimated loss of $60,000.
Fire at Minneapolis destroyed a fur
niture warehouse. Loes $125,000.
Abyssinians have captured an Italian
town and exterminated the garrision.
Bcnaparte Fays he will soon start a
suit to dissolve the Harriman merger.
Rev. Johnston Myers, of Chicago,
has fed more than 2,000 hungry men
in four days.
Trains in the new Brooklyn subway
are not well patronized and have not
relieved the crush on the bridge.
A large increase of the national guard
Hawaii is urged by the War depart
ment in ji communication to terriotrial
authoiities.
The round house and other buildings
of the Lake Shore railroad, at Elkhart,
Ind., have been destroyed by fire.
Loss. $125,000.
There has been such a large reduc
tion in the arrivals of immigrants that
many of the 500 employes at Ellis
Island, New York, have nothing to do
a reduction in the force is prob
able.
Three jurors have been finally ac
cepted in the Thaw trial.
F. Augnst Heinze has been arrested
for falsely certifying his brother's
checks.
New lork rent strikers threaten to
burn the tenements if they are forcibly
ejected.
Officers of the Chicago Great West
ern railway deny that a receiver will
be asked for their road.
A monument has been erected at
Point Loma, Cal., in memory of the
dead of the Bennington.
New Mexico is working to get a
statehood bill through the senate.
Union with Arizona is not wanted.
Members of the Mineownera' associa
titon at Goldfield have agreed to pay
an increased wage to specially skilled
workmen.
A grand jury has uncovered gross
f rand and graft in the affairs of St.
Joseph, Mo. A number of indictments
have been returned against city officials.
TO RECA L TROOPS.
Nevada Must Net Shirk Responsibil
ity, Says President.
Washington, Jan. 14. President
Roosevelt has determined to withdraw
the Federal troops from Goldfield, Nev
shortly aft r the legislature begins its
special session tcday. This intention
was made known at the White House
today, when the report of the special
investigation commission was made
public, together with a letter from the
president to Governor Sparks, dated
January 4. The president says he
shall be governed by the recommends
tions in the report unless the governor
can show that the statements of the re-
port are not in accordance with the
facts. The report says:
"The conditions did not support the
general allegations In the governor's
request for troops, nor were his specific
statements established to any such ex
tent as to justify his use of these state
ments for the purpose of getting Fede
ral troops."
"But we must firmly believe that
upon the assembling of the legislature,
or within a few days thereafter, the
troops should be removed, regardless of
any request for their retention that
may be made by either the legislature
or the governor of Nevada, it being es
sential that the state of Nevada shall
understand this situation completely
shall recognize the fact that there will,
at that date be thrown upon it, and it
alone, the primary responsibility of
keeping order, and that, recognizing
this responsibility, it may take such
action as is the duty of the state and as
will be sufficient in the premises."
LAND OFFICE FORCE SHORT.
Commissioner Says Department is
Handicapped in Efficiency.
Washington, Jan. 14. Commission
er Ballinger, of the general land office,
has completed his annual report for
submission to congress. He asks an
appropriation of $500,000 to carry on
the field work of his bureau in the pro
tection of the public lands, an increase
of $250,000 over the current appropria
tion. During the fiscal years of 1895-7
there was recorded for investigation
24.459 cases of all kinds; of these the
agents investigated and disposed of 12,-
104 cases, and 12,355 cases remained
for examination July 1, 1907.
There were 2,243 land entries relin
quished after the case was in the hands
of special agents for investigation, 353
entries were cancelled after hearings
had upon special agents' charges; 367
unlawful enclosures of public lands
were removed restoring 1,940,120 acres
to the open range. There were 27 con
victions connected with these cases.
The total of moneys recovered by the
government in all special agents' cases
was $386,251 and 2,372,224 acres of
land was either freed from fraudulent
claims to title or released from unlaw
ful enclosure and occupancy.
MOROCCO FACES CRISIS.
Sultan Abd El Aziz Is Forced From
Throne by Reports..
Tangier, Jan. 14. There is conster
nation among Moroccan officials at the
sensational news from Fez announcing
the proclaiming of Mulai Hafid as sul
tan and the dangerous conditions now
pre "ailing in the city. Couriers who
have arrived here announce also that
the people of Mequinezhave proclaimed
Mulai Hafid sultan. According to the
latest information from Fez, the Ule
ma8 or wise men, were forced to decree
the overthrow of Abd El Aziz, the sul
tan of record, and proclaim Mulai Hafid
sultan in his place, by the attitude of
the people, who were greatly excited
over reports that Abd El Ariz had sold
the country to France.
The announcement by the public
criers was received with irantic joy.
Mulai Hafid was proclaimed sulian un
der certain conditions, which he must
accept together with the title. Among
these are the following:
That he reject the A lgeciras act, ex
pel the French troops from Morocco,
prohibit access to the interior for Euro
peans, who with the Jews, it is set
forth, should be allowed to occupy only
quarters in the ports reserved for them;
prohibit Moorish subjects from placing
themselves under the protection of for
eign consulates, secure Morocco's rights
in the frontier question with Algeria,
and suppress taxation.
Storm in East.
Chicago, Jan. 14. Chicago and its
environs were cut off for several hours
yesterday from wire communications
from other points by a snow and wind
storm which began before dawn and
raged without a break all day. Snow
continues to fall. A northwest gale
drove blinding masses of wet snow be
fore it. The warmth of the atmosphere
caused the heavy flakes partly to melt
and stick to whatever they touched.
As a consequence overburdened wires
and poles were put out of commissipn
in all directions for hours.
More Defensea Needed.
Seattle, Jan. 14. "We realize the
desirability of providing additional de
fenses for Puget sound as rapidly as
possible, and when I get back to Wash
ington I Ehall lay the facts before con
gress and recommend additional fortifi
cations," said Lieutenant Colonel Fred
erick V. Abbott, assistant to the cheif
of the engineer corps. United States
army, having charge of fortificitions of
the United State, hvt night, who ar
rived here from Manila Wednesday.
Japanese Sends in a Bid
Honolulu, Jan. 14. The award of ;
bids for material for the construction of 19
improvements for Parl harbor has
been held up. because the lowest bid
der is a dummy for some Japanese con
tractor, it is
will be rejected.
probab e that all bids
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NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
NEW KLAMATH INDUSTRY
Stockmen Organize Company to
Op-
erate Packing House.
Merrill The organiation of the Kla
math Packing A Commercial company,
incorporated is about complete. The
capital stock is $500,000.
The company has purchased of N. 8.
Merrill ten acres of land at the foot of
Front street, bordering on Lost river.
The object of the concern will be to
pack and ship all kinds of meat. Dur
ing the past season over 25,000 head of
cattle and sheep have been .driven
through this city to Montague and
thence shipped to Sacramento and Oak
land, where they are slaughtered for
market.
There are many conditions which
make this long drive and shipment un
satisfactory. Among these are the loss
of flesh on the 100-mile drive, the dam
aging of meat caused by the goad stick
of the cat tender, the fevered condition
resulting from the close confinement,
the cramped position in the crowded
cars, and the general unfitness tor
market of the four footers upon arrival
at their destination.
The slaughter of these animals in
this county will insure perfectly health
ful and palatable meat, will eliminate
the shrinkage, and will double the
profits of the etcck raiser, as he will
receive not only his first profit as pro
ducer, but as a stockholder in the com
pany will receive a
wholesaler.
second profit as
Because of the lateness of the season,
corn paratively little work can be done
this year, but the company will be put
upon a working basis and several hun
dred head of hogs vi 11 be converted
into hams, bacon and lard. Early next
spring conveniences for the preparation
of all by-products will be installed.
MAKE WARFARE ON SCALE.
Marion County Fruitmen Learning to
Fight Dread Pest.
Salem The most practical, interest
ing and instructive discussion of San
Jose scale ever given in Marion county
was heard Jhere last week when Coun
ty Fruit Inspector E. C. Armstrong ad
dressed the meeting of the Marion
County Horticultural society. About
200 growers of Marion and Polk coun
ties were present, and it was the nnan
imous opinion that if similar talks and
demonstrations were given in every
part of the Willamette vallev this win
ter, it would be but a shert time until
the great enemy of the fruit industry
would be under control. That a very
large number of growers do not know
scale when they see it, and therefore
are in a very poor position to fight it,
was evident. Mr. Armstrong made his
address so plain and illustrated it so
fully that no one who was present wiu
ever have trouble in distinguishing this
pest.
To Develop Oregon Borax.
Burns The Oregon Borax company,
of which Joseph Gaston, of Portland,
is president, has commenced the work
of developing the soda and borax de
posits at Alkali lake, on the edge of
Lake county near the Harney county
line at Gray's Butte. A large amount
of lumber has been ordered for perma
nent buildings, and Superintendent
Zell Young, with a party of carpenters,
is on the ground to carry on the work.
In addition to these preparations, the
sheet iron for boiling and settling
tanks has been ordered in California '
and will be shipped up to the lake by
the narrow-gauge railroad from Reno
to Alturas, where the tanks will be
constructed on the grounds.
Beets Do Well In Klamath.
Klamath Falls That Klamath basin
s to become one of the leading sugar
beet districts of the country is evidenc-
ed by the results of analysis of sugar .
beets just received from C. O. Town-
send, pathologist in charge of sugar
beet investigations of the Department
of Agriculture at Washington. The
sample sent was of three beets grown
on a test patch of a quarter acre of land
a mile from Klamath Falls, on which
was produced 8,385 pounds of beets, or
nearly 17 tons per acre.
New Library Building Open,
University of Oregon, Eugene Dur
ing the holidays many of the recitation
rooms tf the university were removed
from Villard hall to better quarters in
the new library building. Occupancy
of the new building has been delayed,
owing to the fact that there has been
no 'money available for heat. The
problem was solved by turning off the
heat from the entire upper floor of Vil
lard hall and sending it through the
pipes into the library building.
Laying Out Reclamation Work.
Klamath Falls The reclamation ser
vice has several surveying parties lay
ing out next year's work on the Kla
math project. One party is now en
gaged on the second unit in the Olene
district, while Engineer Sargent has a
force on the extension of the Keno
canael, paralleling the Klamath river,
south.
Hides Take Big Drop.
Pendleton After the highest prices
ever paid for hides in Eastern Oregon,
in the past eight weeks, prices have
now dropped to the lowest price known.
Only a few weeks ago dry hides were
quoted in this city at 18 centa per
pound. Aow dry hides are worth
but
cents and green hides but 4 cents
Fulton Files Hit Petition.
Salem C. W. Fulton has filed a
copy of his petition for Republican
nomination for United State senator.
DALLAS AFTER A CANNERY.
Frultmen Believe 1 hey Will Have
Market for Crop.
Dallas A committee appointd at the
meeting of the Horticultural society
last week for the purpose of securing
the co-operation of the fruit raisers of
this vicinity in the establishing of
cannery at Dallas, is hard at work.
With the exception of the berry crop,
sufficient fruit is raised within a radius
of five miles around Dallas to easily
support a cannery, and it is believed
that the establishment of that industry
in this city will result in the planting
of enough of the small fruits to keep
the cannery in operation during the en
tire season each year.
A company will be formed and the
farmers, fruitgrowers aDd business men
will be solicited to take stock in it.
Heretoforre the fruit crops of this vicin
ity weie shipped to the canneries in
Salem and Newberg.
Many Counties Represented.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
following table, taken from the records
cf the register's office, shows that the
Btudenta of the University of Oregon
come trom every county in the staie.
There are now in attendance in the de
partments at Eugene, exclusive of mu
sic, 400 students, which is the largest
body of students of college rank enrolled
in any institution in Oregon. That
: they are not from the hemes of the rich
is shown by the fa a that nearly 70 per
'cent of them are either wholly or par-
tially earning their own way. Most of
them are registered from the smaller
cities of the state that support good
high schools. The following counties
are represented: Baker, Clackamas,
Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Doug
las, Gilliam, Grant, Jackson, Joseph
ine, Klamath, Lane, Linn, Marion,
Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook,
Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Washington,
Whashington, Wheeler, Yamhill.
Cow Earns Her Feed.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis A five-year-old iloletein at the
college dairy made a milk yield of 13,
744 pounds for the year ending Decem
ber 31. The product carried a butter
fat record of 446.55 pounds, and yield
ed 520.97 pounds of butter, that at
j prices current during the year brought
' $170. She was not pushed in the ieed
I ing, but given the ordinary rations in
cident to any well-kept dairy. Her
food for the year cost $40, leaving a
nef profit of $130.
No Delegate to Dry Farming Congress
Portland Oregon is the only one of
the semi-arid states not represented offi
cially in the Trans-Missouri Dry Fann
ing congress, which will hold its second
: session in Salt Lake City, January 23-
26, and efforts are being made by Man
ager Tom Richardson, of the Commer
cial club, to secure someone from East
ern Oregon. The Oregon Development
league is willing to offer credentials to
! any representative citizen of the state
who will attend the meeting.
Big Milton Ranch Sold.
Milton For the price of $28 562.50
Henry L. Frazier, of Milton, has sold
his ranch near this place to William
H. Harder, and the deal represents one
of the biggest individual transactions
made in this section of the country for
many months. The Frazier ranch is
located just southwest of Milton, and
contains 246 acres of wheat land.
This
reei-
sale also included
dence in Milton.
the Franzier
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Butter Fancry creamery, 3235c
per pound.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 9c; 125 to
150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 5
6c.
Poultry Average old hens, 1416c
per pound ; mixed chickens, 14c; spring
chickens, 14c; roosters, 810c; dress
ed chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 1617c;
dressed, choice, 1820c; geese live, 9
10c; ducks, 15c; pigeons, $11.50;
squabs, $23.
Egas Fresh ranch, candled, 30
32 g per dozen.
Pork Block, 75150 pounds, 6
7c; packers, 647c.
Wheat Club, 84c; bluestem, 86c;
valley, 84c; red, 82c.
Oats No. 1 white, $27 .5028; gray,
$27.5028.
Barley Feed, $27 per ton; brewing,
$32; rolled, $30.
Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33.
Hay Vallev timothy, No. 1. $18 per
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $2122;
clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $15
16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14
Fruits Apples, 75c$2 per box;
peaches, 75c$2per crate; pears, $1.25
1.75 per box; cranberries, $9.5012
per barrel
Vegetables Turnips, 75o per sack;
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
sack; beans, 15c per pound; cabbage,
leper pound; cauliflower, 75i$l per
dozen; celery, $3.253 50 per crate;
onions, 1520c per dozen; parsley,
20c per dr zen ; peas, 10c per pound;
peppers, 817c per pound; pumpkins,
lOl.'ic per pound; radishes, 20c per
dozen; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts,
810c per pound; squash, lQlKc per
pound; tomatoes, $2 per box.
Onions $1.601.75 per hnndred.
Potatoes 4060o per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2 75
($3 per hundred. N
Hops 1907, prime and choice, 5
Pf pound; olds, l2c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average best,
1320c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 1820c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 2930c per
pound.
HARLAN SEES WAR.
White and Yellow Races Mutt Fight
for Supremacy.
Washington, Jan. 13. Justice John
M. Harlan, of the Supreme court of the
United States, peered into the distant
future at the annual dinner of the Navy
league of the United States and told of
a day when the white and yellow races
will meet in a conflict that will shake
the earth. The distinguished jurist
was speaking in the interest of a mighty
American navy. He said:
"If I had the opportunity I would
vote for an appropriation of $50,000,-
000 a year for a period of ten years for
a larger navy. The great importance
of a navy is shown in the constitution,
which restricts the appropriations for
the army, but sets no limit to those for
the navy. There is no such thing as
friendship between nations as between
men. Nations make no sacrifices to
preserve friendship and do not forbear
to do certain things because it does not
meet with the approval of another na
tion. Do you think England cares a
cent for. what we think of her navy, or
Germany cares a cent for what we think
of hers?
"The trend of the immigration of the
white people in the past has been from
east to west. There has been none
from the west. Just across the water
there is a country with an immense
population whose commeice we are
seeking. We refer to the people of
Asia as the yellow race. There are
400,000,000 Chinese, as strong physi
cally and mentally as we are. There is
over there another nation whose people
are progressive and ambitious. We
may some day see a skilled army in
Japan of 5,000,000 to 10,000,000.
They will say:
'You claim Europe as your country.
This is ours. Get'out.' "
"I don't think they have any such
idea now, and we have no hostility to
ward them. But there will be a con
flict between the yellow race and the
white race that will shake the earth.
When it comes I want to see this coun
try with a navy on both oceans that
will be strong eonugh."
GREAT ACTIVITY EVIDENT.
Government it Rushing Work on Our
Coast Defenset.
Washington, Jan. 13. New coast
defenses are being installed and old
ones re-enforced at Pacific ooast points,
Guam, Hawaii and Manila. This work
of fortification is being carried forward
swiftly and upon a gigantic scale. Coal
depots are being replenished, huge
searchlights installed, harbors mined,
big guns placed and ammunition maga
zines filled to overflowing.
So quietly has this work been going
on that few outside cf the officials han
dling the work have realized the enorm
ous undertaking under way. This work
was started last May, and it is expected
that a year will see the completion of
the outlined program.
It is acknowledge that the fortifica
tions at Manila, Guam, Puget sound
and Honolulu are inefficient and it is at
those points that the greatest work is
being done. San Francisco and other
coast points are declared to be perfectly
equipped to repel attacks.
While not acknowledging any appre
hension, the administration is rushing
the work with real viuor. It waa learn
ed from an authoritative source today
that one of the potent factors in determ
ining the dispatch of the fleet to the
Pacific was a realization of the weak
ness at certain points. The presence of
the fleet in the Pacific remedies all de-1
fects and structural weakness in coast
defense points. As long as it remains
there it will make up for any short
coming in coast fortifications.
By the time the fleet leaveB the wa
ters of the Pacific it is believed all the
weak points will have been reinforced
and the defenses will bo of a modern
and approved type.
Twelve million rounds now enroute
to the Far East furnishes enough am
munition for a possible army of 50,000
men. The normal need of the army in
the Phiiirmines is about 2.000.000
roundB annually. Aside from this there 1
iB an exceptionally heavy draft of shells '
and tcrpedoes.
Not So Many Idle Workmen.
. Chicago, Jan. 13. Statistics gather
ed by the Chicago association of com
merce tend to alleviate the pessimism
felt concerning the local industrial sit
uation. In response tc letters sent out
to 616 business firms which a year ago
gave employment to 97,000 persons, it
is stated that these firms are now em-
ploying 86,400 persons, a decrease of
1 1 10 . 1 : . L art'
less than 12 per cent, and within "0
days will bae added 4,920 hands.
David R. Forgan, president of the asso
ciation, declares that the statistics were
gathered from every branch of industry.
Surgeons Forget Tools.
Red Lodge, Mont., Jan. 13. A local
surgeon who has performed an opera
tion on Charles Jcakinen, a young
Finnish minister, for the removal of
the cause of pain in his chest, found in
the cavity left by a previous operation
two pieces of rubber tubing four and
five inches long respectively. To one
was attached a safetypin, badly rusted.
The rubber tubing was nearly a half
inch in diameter. Joaklnen is recov
ering.
Vetuviut Still Spitt Ashes.
Naples, Jan. 13 Mount Vesuvius
continues to throw out ashes and incan
descent matter from its chief crater,
the cone of which, formed by the last
eruption, collapsed recently, the earth
tremblings being felt long distances.
CRISIS NEAR IN
JAPANESE AFFAIRS
Secretary Root Sends Fair Warning
Which Stirs ToKlo.
Exclusion Law May Be Pasted by
Congrett Unless Japan Stops the
Flood of Immigrant Coolies
Count Hayathl Adroitly Evade
the Issue.
Washington, Jan. 11. Negotiations
between the United States and Japan
have reached a serious stage. While
war as an eventuality 1b not seriously
apprehended, largely because of Japan's
unpreparedness, it is known that the
historic friendly relations are strained
almost to the point of breaking. 4
The official denial given at the State
department of cabled feports of de
mands having been made upon Japan
are literally true in a diplomatic sens).
but the denial, in a measure, is an,
evasion,
and the
The "oral representations
exchange of "memoranda,"
to plan English, mean just
reduced
this:
Ambassador O'Brien, acting under
instructions, lias, since reaching hia
post last October, been attempting to-
secure Irom the Japanese government
satisfactory assurances that under the
pledge given at the time of the passage
of the immigration law last February
the Japanese government wuld assist
in restricting the emigration to this-
country of objectionable Japanese
labor. Twice has he communicated
to Secretary Root replies obtained from
Count Hayaski, in which the Japanese-
government attempts adroitly to dodg
the issue.
Mr. Root has submitted to the Jap
anese government, through Mr. V
Brien, statistics prepaied by the de
partment of commerce and labor, show
ing that the immigration of the unde
sirable class of Japanese since the
Japanese government gave its promisee
has been monthly at least twice as
larite as before the promise was given.
and during some months four times as
large.
The presentation of cold statistics
showing laxity, coupled with the inti
mation that congress may adopt more
si ringent measures, possibly an exclu
sion law, broguht from the Japanese
government the second reply, which
reached Mr. Root a few days ago in the
form of a cablegram which cost several
thousand dollars.
Mr. Root is now preparing an an
swer, with the assistance of several ex
perts in Oriental affairs. The Japanese
government will be Informed that
'assurances cannot be given that an ex
clusion act will not be paesed,
but that the administration
will exercise its influence to prevent
such legislation, if possible, pending
negotiations.
The issue in official circles in Japan
has caused acute agitation, and btcause
of the strained condition of aflairs, Mr.
Root will not unnecessarily precipitate
matters, with the battleship fleet so far
from its base in the Pacific.
Estimates Too Low.
Washington, Jan. 11. Because cf
chanced conditions from those existing;
in 1905, when the minority of the board
of consulting engineers of the Pana
ma canal submitted its report, it is now
admitted in responsible quarters that
the fptitnarfl mmin liv that, romri tnr-
building the canal was far too low and
that the cost may approximate $200,
000,000. Thia includt-s various inci
dental items, such as administration,
sanitation and improvements aggregat
ing several millions of dollars in Pana
ma and Colon, which, however, will be
refunded by the Panama government,
and the expenses of the zone govern
ment and various expenses incidental
to the relocation and acquisition of the
Panama railroad.
The estimate of the board in 1905
was that the cost would be $139,
765,200, but this estimate did not in
clude expenses on account of interest.
during construction,
zone government.
sanitation and
Rent Strikers Evicted.
New York, Jan. 11. Eighty evic
tions of East Side rent strikers took
place today, and Monroe street waa
filled with a picturesque litter of dis
placed furnishings. It is believed that
the Btrike situation is now near a solu
tion, and claims of victory are being-
made ny Doth sides. The ind cation
are that the honors are about even for
- wi , . . . '
although most of the tenants paid the
rent asked when they saw that eviction
was inevitable if they longer refused,
others obtained concessions from land
lords. Convicted of Illegal Fencing.
Omaha, Jan. 11. Perry A. Yeai-t, a
prominent cattleman who has been on
trila for conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment in land entries, was today
found guilty and recommended to the
clemency of the court by the jury.
Yeast bad many thousand acres of the
North Platte forest reserve under ille
gal fence. However, the count nnon
which he was found enilty was of con
spiring with old soldiers and widows to
obtain land fraudulently.
Withdrawing Troops From Muncie.
Muncie, Ind., Jan. 1 1. Major Gen
eral McKee issued orders this afternoon
for the return to their homes of three
comapniea of militia now in Muncie.
Street cars are now tanning on normal
schedule.