Heppner Gazette
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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.
The battleship fleet has passed
Magellan straits and Is now in the
Facific ocean.
The Swift Packing Company has
completed plans for
plant in Portland.
A Yale graduate and
been found to possess
outfit of burglar's tools.
Premier Franco, dictator of Por
tugal has not left his room since ar
riving In Bordeaux, France.
Roosevelt says the charges that he
is using his influence to help Taft
along are false and malicious.
LIABLE TO FINES OF $80,000,000
Clear
Re-
a $3,500,000
athlete has
a complete
Claims of alleged illegitimate heirs
of Alfonso XII are creating consid
erable trouble for the Spanish gov
ernment. One child was killed and many
persons injured in the crush at the
funeral of the" dead king and prince
of Portugal.
Members of the royal household
declare that the Portugese crown
prince rose and fired twice at the as
sassins before he himself fell dead.
California railroad commission has
evidence to convict the Southern
Pacific of rebating on about 4,000
serrate counts, the fines for which
iwill amount to $80,000,000.
King Edward and Queen Alexan
dra, the Prince and Princess of
Wales, Princess Victoria and many
government officials attended the
memorial services for the late King j
Carlos of Portugal and the Crown !
Prince.
The battleship fleet has turned to the
north.
Germany has reduced the import
duty on sugar.
A leader of the Black Hand has been
captured in New York.
The senatorial deadlock in theKen
tucky legislature continuea.
The Pennsylvania railroad has just
ordered 55,000 tons of steel rails.
Seattle ministers have 'started an
Agitation against Sunday theaters.
Governor Pennypacker has been im
plicated in the Pennsylvania capitol
Case Against S. P Paid
bates for Years.
San Francisco, Feb. 11. Penalties
unprecedented in the history of the
prosecution of corporations in Cali
fornia, or a complete revision and
vitalizing of the laws applicable to
railroads, will be the outcome of the
investigation to be instituted this
week by the State Railroad Commis
sion, in the rooms of the Chamber of
Commerce, in thf Merchants' Ex
change building.
Assistant Attorney-General Ray
mond Benjamin said today that 4,000
cases of rebating have been perfected
against the Southern Pacific Com
pany, practically through its own ad
missions. These cases will be pre
sented to the Railroad Commission
by Attorney-General IT. S. Webb, Mr.
Benjamin and O. K. Cushing, special
counsel for the California Traffic As
sociation. Should convictions be ob
tained on each of these cases, and
the Maximum penalty of $20,000 be
imposed for each violation of
law, the Southern Pacific will face 000 bushels.
an aggregate tine or $su, 000,000.
In each case the evidence practi
cally is conclusive, from bills of lad
ing to the indorsed checks issued by
the company to the shipper, in reim
bursement. When the Slate Board of
Railroad Commissioners requested
the Southern Pacific to submit its
books to Mr. Benjamin, Peter F.
Dunne, counsel for the railroad, re
plied that the railroad's books would
be available at any time. The com
placency with which the railroad cor
poration greets the investigation
foreordains that it will not fight the
action of the Railroad Commission
on merits but rather upon the law
involved.
Section 222 of the state legislation
which creates the State Board of
Railroad Commissioners, with their
power to fix rates, provides:
"Any railroad corporation or
transportation company which shall
fail to conform to such rates as shall
be established by such commission
shall be fined not exceed
ing. $20,000 for each offense. '
In 4,000 cases the railroad com
pany iaiied to contorm to the rate
set by the Commissioners. The prac
tice is of long standing, but the only
records available are those subse
quent to May, 1906. In some of these
rebates the railroad refunded 53 per
cent of the original charge to the
shipper.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
HOLDS WHEAT RECORD
Condon it Largest Primary Distribut
ing Point In Country.
Condon The latest estimate of the
amount of-grain already shipped and
that remaining to be Bhipped from Con
don is 1,300,000 bushelB. According
to this showing, Condon is the largest
i primary grain shipping point in the
United States and, as far as can be
learned, in the entire world. The
point which has heretofore claimed the
honor of being the largest primary
erain shinoinz noint in th wm-ld in
iRitzville, Wash., its supremacy beina
the claimd on the basis of shipping 1,250,-
From figures obtained from the best
authorities on the subject 1,100,000
bushels of wheat and barley have el
ready been received by jhe warehouses
and mill here. And to this must be
added the large amount that is yet scat
tered over the country waiting to be
hauled to town before spring. It is
safe to say that there remains in Con
don's territory 200,000 bushels yet to
be brought in, making a grand total of
1,300,000 bushels to be shipped from
Condon alone.
No less remarkable is the estimated
output of grain in every section of Gil
liam county, the total of the estimates
of the different stations exceeding the
mount to be shipped from Condon. It
must also be taken into consideration
that many thousands of bushels of grain
harvested along the borders of the coun
ty are shipped from nearby ' railroad
pointa in the adjoining counties. The
total of the number of bushels shipped
irom these points added to the amounts
shipped from different stations in Gil
liam ccunty places the enormous out
put of Gilliam county at 2,750,000.
OREGON GIVEN PROMINENCE
200
DRAG OUT SKELETONS.
frauds.
Franco, the deposed premier of Port
ugal, has arrived in France, fearing
murder but defending his policy.
The Elgin National Watch company
has closed its factory for an indefinite
period on account of dullness in trade.
Government troops will be removed
from Goldfield March 7, at which time
the Nevada police will be ready to take
charge.
Warren Oliver, a member of the elec
toral college which named Lincoln, is
dead. He was a pioneer 'of CaliJornia
and 93 years old.
Associate Public Printer Bram has
assumed contol of the government
printing office. W. S. Rossiter will
continue the inquiries into the conduct
of the office.
Woman surffagists are making a
hard fight in New York.
Judge Hargis, a leader of Kentucky
fuede, has been killed by his son.
Florida Republicans are holding Taft
and anti-Taft conventions and having
fist fights.
has paid the bandit
for the release of Sir
Great Britain
Raisuli $200,000
Harry Maclean.
The Western Bar Iron association, of
New York, will advance the price of
bar iron $5 per ton.
The house committee on naval affairs
oppoees four new battleships and the
president has prepared to fight.
A greyhound has returned on foot to
its old home at Oakland from Western
Montana, a distance of 1,500 miles.
Franco, former premier and dictator
of Portugal, has arrived in Madrid.
He wa9 driven from home by the many
threats of assassination.
By an agreement of trans-Atlantic
steamship companies the rate war be
tween Europe and the United States
has come to an end.
Owing to opposition to the erection
of a statue to the late Senator Q'iay on
the capitol grounds at Harrieburg, Pa.,
it is proposed to put the question to a
popular vote.
Alleged Illegitimate Heirs of Alfonso
Making Trouble.
Madrid, Feb. 11. The question of
alloting a pension of 250,000 pesetas
to the Infanta Alfonso, the son of
Don Carlos of Bourbon and the Prin
cess of Asturias, who recently mar
ried Princess Louise of Orleans in
England, has received the approval
of the Council of State and now goes
before the Cortes. But it has raised
many complications, not the least in
teresting of which are suits for sim
ilar allowances brought by the na
tural children of Alfonso XII by
Elena Sanz, a former well-known
Spanish actress, and a natural cous
in of the king named Carlos Allen
Perkins, a second-rate but popular i
actor in the music halls of the can-
ital. I
Perkins claim goes back to his
great-grandmother, the famous In
fanta Carlotta, who provoked the
Carlist war by obliging Ferdinand I
v ll to admit trje principle of the
Salic law. It was she who slapped
the face of Calomarde, the Premier.
and drew from him the historic retort:
"White hands are not offensive."
Perkins' birth is not recorded in
Gotha ,but he insists that his real
name is Don Francisco Carlos Pio j
Rose Alfonso Luis Fernando Allen !
Perkins Guerowsky Bourbon Luth
erlan Hossen Drichma Vrichna and
Ottendorf" and consequently a blood
relation of most of the reigning sov
erigns of Europe.
Joint Passenger Tariff Mentions
Points In State.
"v
uregon receives consiueraDie Drom
inence in the joint tariff issued by the
union racino giving the one way col
onist rates to the Pacific coast from
Union Pacific territory. The tariff has
just been issued and makes the rates
effective March 1 to April 30, inolu
sive. The tariff Bets forth she rates in
detail as they have been announced al
ready in the rewspapers. The low col
onist rate is good to any station in Ore
gon and about 200 points in this state
are mentioned individually in the
tariff. The rate is $30 from Council
Bluffs, Omaha, St. Joseph, Leaven
worth or Kansas City to all main and
branch line points on O. R. A N. east
of Portland, including, points north of
Umatilla and Pendleton, via Granger,
Ogden and Huntington, via Denver
Granger or Ogden and Huntington, or
via Denver, Grand Junction, Ogden and
Huntington.
The same rate obtains to Portland
and all main and branch line points
on the Southern Pacific south thereof
to and including Ashland, as well as
all points on the Astoria & Columbia
River railroad, via Granger or Ogden
and Huntington, via Denver, Granger
or ugden and Huntington, via Grand
Junction, Ogden and Huntington and
via Denver and Billings.
WANT CHEAPER GRAIN SACKS
SWIF1 PACKING CO. COMING
Ready to Begin Work on $3,500,000
Plant at Once.
Portland, Feb. 10. In the first
and only authorized statement which
has been given out either here or
anywhere else regarding his com
pany's plans in the Pacific Northwest
Louis F. Swift, president of Swift &
Co., last night declared that the
mammoth Portland plant, which will
represent an outlay of $3,500,000
and which will be erected on the Pe
ninsula, will be completed and ready
for operation in all departments in
one year. Portland is also to be made
the center of the packing Industry of
the Pacific Northwest, and the Trout-
dale plant, near Portland, eventually
Is to be abandoned, at least so far as
the packing side of the business is
concerned. To what use, if any, the
Swift people are to put their present
extensive and valuable property at
that point was not vouchsafed.
The Swift people are ready and
prepared to go ahead with construc
tion work just as soon as the' rail
roads have indicated what connec
tions on the Peninsula they will es
tablish, and when they will be ready
to do the work. When these connec
tions with necessary terminal facili
ties have been decided upon, work on
the packing plant will be rushed to
completion.
In the official interview, II. C.
Gardner, head of the construction de-
HALL GUILTY
AS CHARGED
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iioii aucocivc, none-1 BBtiuuaiea mat ine iarmers ot this
ibe association will have a reg- county will be able this year to save
meeting in March. The raising i $40,000. The Inland Grain growers'
association is a corporation and buys
no uwu bucks uirecc mus maKing a
great deal better bargain than the
dealer can make.
Josephine Goatmen Organize.
Grants Pass The Southern Oregon
Angora Goat Breeders' association has
been organized with C. E. Harmon,
president ana unaries Meserve, secre
tary
ular
of goats has become one of the promi
nent industries of Southern Oregon. As
well as being profitable for the wool.
they are looked upon as a valuable ad
junct in clearing new land, in keeping
down the undergrowth. It is calcu
lated that there are about 5,000 or 6,-
000 of the animals scattered among the
ranches in this district, some of which
are imported stock.
Grain Sacks at Reduced Figure!
Pendleton Umatilla county farmers
will share in the purchase of 1,000,060
wheat sacks made by the Farmers' Co
operative union at Walla Walla. Over
200 farmers were present at a mass
meeting at which contracts for the pur
chase of 1,000,000 sacks from the J. Z.
Smith company and the Kerr-Gifford
company of Portland at a uniform
price of 7c, was made. As the same
quality of sacks sold last year at from
Growers at Athena Working Through
Association.
Athena C. A.fBarrett, presfdent of
the Inland Graingrowers' association.
. says that the principal object of the or
ganization at present is to reduce the
price of sacks. The association declares
that the prices the dealers ask for sacks
are unreasonable. They say that they
made a good, substantial saving last
year by means of the association, and
that (hey will be able to make a far
greater saving this year. Mr. Barrett
Jury Deliberates Over THree Hours
Before Agreement.
Prosecution Confident Speedy Agree
ment Indicated Conviction, ln"View
of Judge Hunt Instructions as to
Law and Evidence Result Sealed.
, in Envelope.
Portland, Feb. 8. At 1:30 o'clock
this morning the jury iu the Hall con
spiracy trial announced that it had
reached a verdict. The verdict was
sealed in an envelope, under instruc
tions .given by Judge Hunt last night,
and was returned to the court and
opened at 10 o'clock this morning.
On convening court this morning;
Judge Hunt directed that the envelope
be opened and the verdict read. The
jury found Hall guilty as charged.
Under the Federal statutes, conspiracy
such as that charged in the indictment
on which Hall was tried, is punishable
by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by
imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Portland, Feb. 8. At last night's
session, which convened at 7:4f
n'nlnftk. .Tmlon Hunt fnlivprprl ovVinnaf.
partment of Swift & Company, whontt !nt,nii. f ti,a u k.
will have direct charge of erecting ' requiring two hours for its delivery.
the plant, acted as spokesman for j At 10:12 o'clock, after Judge Webster
President Swift, and entered into a3 for the defendant had interposed ob-
full a discussion of the plans of the jections to practically every instruction
Swifts as the head of the big con-! of the court, the jury retired to deliber
cern deemed wise to give out for 1 ate on a verdict. The iurors were in-
publication at this time.
Mr. Gardner, in explaining why
the public could not be taken fully
into the confidences of his concern
at this time, said that certain plans.
such as whether the company should
secure power from some of the com
panies already in the field here, or
erect its own plant on the Peninsula,
are yet to be settled, and that there
were a number of other considera
tions which, if disclosed now. mieht
interfere with their consummation. I
It was also clearly brought out
the bulk of the Alaska trade from
the Sound cities, the merchants and
shippers here will have to establish
O flinnnf r, .n 11 1 i
Another purpose of the association is 7 ' " , ."V. e.
to force the 0.E.4N. and Northern answer' to the dirt" question as to
x iKiiuu raunuy cuiuunnies io arrange 10 whether Sw ft
amis cars irom one line to the other to enter that field, now monopolized
witnout removing the goods from one oy various Seattle and Tacoma pack
car to another. Another obiect the ers
association has in view in to radii "Swift
freight rates on large grain shinmentd. Gardner,
gtructed by Judge Hunt that if a ver
dict should be reached during the
night, they were to seal it in an en
velope and repair in the custody of the
bailiffs to their rooms, the verdict to
be returned at 10 o'clock this morning;
to which hour the court then ad
1 journed.
Judge Hunt's instructions were far
more elaborate than in any of the pre
! ceding land fraud or conspiracy cases,
j They consisted of a learned exposition
of the law as applied to conspiracy
.charges and a lucid interpretation of
the statjtes pertaining to the fencing
and homestead acts and the statute of
limitations.
When the instructions had been given
Mr. Heney expressed his satisfaction
Company intended i with them, but. Judge Webster, for the-
defendant, submitted exceptions in a
general way to the entire charge.
Will Advertise in East.
Eugene The Eugene Commercial
club has appropriated $300 for adver
tising Lane county and Eugene in East
ern papers next month, or until the
colonist rates on the transcontinental
railroads go into effect. Of the $1,375
expended by the promotion department
of the club since Manager Hartog took
charge, all but $20 75 was expended in
10 to 11c each, the farmers have made ; Eugene, thereby really turning the
& Company," declared Mr.
"are in the packing busi
ness and packing business alone.
They are not in the transportation
business, nor in the cattle-raising
business."
REFORM POSTAL SERVICE.
NIGHT RIDERS ON RAID.
a great saving in purchases
year by asking for bids.
for this
State Wants Sidetrack.
Salem The state board has asked
the Railroad commission to investigate
the question of the need of a sidetrack
money subscribed back
munity that gives it.
Commission Recommends Changes in
Interest of Economy.
Washington, Feb. 8. In a prelim
inary report of the postal commission
authorized during the last congress, the
main r( commendation will be to the
effect that the office of the fourth assist
ant postmaster general shall be done
away with and that an executive officer
annnintpr? hv tha rrnalr1anf tr a 1 , n .
50 mounted night riders, masked, i u :.n.i u .: i ,
' ' i id in lot liiniAiii'ii nn i.im him ivh iihmii rii
Imprison Cit'zens and Burn Tobacco
and Warehouses.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Feb. 10.
night at 12 o'clock a band of
Last I
about
Fuel Down at Pendleton.
Pendleton An exceptionlaly mild
winter has combined with the' recent fi
nancial panic to create havoc with the
Survey for New Tunnel.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 11. Survey
ors and engineers in the employ of
the Northern Pacific have for months
been locating a new tunnel through
the Cascades. The fact became
known yesterday, when the men,
driven from their work bv the heavv
snows, arrived at Green River Hot
Springs on their way to St. Paul.
From Hot Springs comes word thtt
the big Stampede tunnel is to be
abandoned as soon as the new bore
is completed. The new bore is to
be seven miles long and will cost uu-
ward of $10,000,000.
as an !
wants the sidetrack established
aid in transporting material for the
new building, which will be started
soon.
on the Southern Pari fiV t, thp bHa A : mei situation id this city, as viewed
the proposed home for the feeble mind- i m,th standpoint of the fuel dealer,
ed, just south of this city. The rai. oai nas aroppea irom n to $7 per
road company refused the state's re-1 . n' and thou8h the wood P" is being
quest for a sidetrack. The state board i f P UP poraruy ny ine sneer torce
ui me iucai comoine, ine DOitom is sure
to drop out of it shortly.
' PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c j
valley, 82c; red, 80c.
Oats No. 1 white, $28; gray, $28.
Barley Feed, $27 per ton; brewing,
$32; rolled, $2930.
Corn Whole, $32.50; cracked,
$32.50.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1,$1718
per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $20
Paisley Wants the County Seat.
Silver Lake W. H. McColl, of Pais
ley, is authority fcr the statement that
Paisley wants to bring to a vote at the
June election the question of the re
moval of the county seat from Lake
view to Paisley. Paisley, Summer
Lake. Silver Lake, New Pine Creek and
North Warner voters would probably 2l; clover, $1415; cheat, $15;
favor the move. Paisley is many miles grain hay, $1415; alfalfa, $1213;
nearer the geographical center of the ! vetch, $14.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per
into me com- heavily armed and wearinc the in
signia of a secret clan, invaded Fre-
donia, Crittenden county, captured
James Scarberry, operator of the
Cumberland Telephone Company, and
cut all telephone connections. They
then forced Dave Potter, a cterk In a
r
drug store, to open his store, in
which they corralled several citizens
and held them prisoners
Leaving a large guard In the town.
the others galloped to the village of
View, five miles away, and blew up
Alfred II. Cardin's tobacco factory,
containing 35,000 pounds of tobacco
belonging to him and his croppers
The loss aggregates $10,000. with
$5,000 insurance
After firing volleys Into the air
the night riders returned through
tredonia and released their prison
ers. Eighty per cent of Crittenden
county farmers ave tobacco pooled
in the Society of Equity. Mr. Cardin
the department, who shall act under
the direction of the postmaster general
and hold the same relation that a su
perintendent of a railroad holds to a
railroad president and directorate.
The examiners found that politics too
oft en interfered with the systematic
running of the department and that the
heads were seldom installed fot any
length of time before being retired or
placed elsewhere.
Under present conditions it is neces
sary for a mail lag lock broken on an
Alaskan route to be transported the en
tire diftance to the Mississippi valley
before it can be mended. To do away
with this and other impracticable meth
ods, the commission proposes the for
mation of divisions with full power to
administer officf within their boundar
ies. Said boundaries shall not neces
sarily follow state lines.
Of the 62,000 postoffices run by the-
government it is thought that fully 30,-
Franco Excites Curiosity.
Bordeaux .France, Feb., 1 1. Sun
day passed with Senor Franco, the
ex-Premier of Portugal, still in Bor
deaux and still in seclusion. His at work platting its property beyond
privacy has remained unbroken; the Tualatin river, near Willamette,
since his arrival Friday he has not The company has about 3,000 acres
emerged from the hotel where he is there and it is believed that the con
TLnTr itjnol. railroad connecting the
problem which the neor.le ar rli-1 rrmjiy wun roruanu is a surely in
Bryan declares that Wall
worse than Monte Carlo.
street is
cussing with curious, wondering,
even sympathetic interest, but no one
has been enlightened as to the hour
of his departure, or his destination,
ior u is certain that he is not to
main here long.
re-
county than Lakeview.
poind
Platting New Townsite. Poultry Average old hens, 1314c
Oregon City The Oregon Iron & per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c;
Steel company has a force of surveyors , ep"g chickens, 1314c; roosters, 10
,yizv; orefseu cnicKens, ic; uurKeyB,
live, J415c; dressed, choice, 1617c;
geese, live, 910c; ducks, 1820c;
pigeons, 75c$l 00; squabs, $1.502.
Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 2627c
per dozen.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 99c;
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
poundp, 56c.
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7
74c; packers, 56c,
Fruits Apples, table, $1.752.50;
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ritiyan t 5 A fw.i i "lien " manner
uv.... RO iw.vjuiijt5 null m;uiiu nil
3, and was forme
candidate for governor on the Pu
list ticket. The Planters Association
has no organization in this county.
ig offices and
do away with the too frequent issuance
of stamps and many intermediate reports.
the future, as the land is being platted
into tracts of two and one-half, five and
ten acres.
Demand Flat 2 1-2 Cent Fair.
Salem A committee of the Travel-
The national convention of the So
cialist party will be held in Chicago
May 10.
The American torpedo flotilla has
arrived at Punta Arenas, Straits of
Magellan.
French troops in Algeria were caught
in a severe snow storm and at least 28
perished.
The Japanese government will in
crease the tax on sugar, take, alcohol,
beer and keroeene.
The people of Ohio will vote on an
initiative and referendum law at the
November election.
Wreck on Wabash.
Detroit, Mich.. Feb. 1!. Thr. f'nn
tinental Limited passenger train on1
me imudsu ranway, westbound, was
derailed today by a broken rail at j
Dflhi, Ont., 150 miles east of D;;-!
troit. " None of the passengers nor i
train crew sustained anv ininrir.R.
other than bruises. Mrs. J. W. Dan
iels, of Wallace, Idaho, was taken
from the train at St. Thomas, suffer
ing from nervous shock and with this
exception all of the passengers con
tinued to their destinations.
"I 1 n c Ss tt f I
ing Men's association has arranged c,.wk,"Vi k V ! 6
with rh railrn,t -nmrni..!. Ail , $8(3U1 per barrel.
nomnlaint aaainat 11 morla ,lmn h,,.;. Vegetables Turnips
ness in Oregon and asking for a
2-cent rate on mileage books.
rate now is about 2?4 cents, and the
books sold are not mileage books, hut
'Sack; cabbage, Ucper pound;
., flower, $1.75 2; celery. $3.50
Temp-ranee Woer Dead
New York, Feb. 11. John V
Oliver, editor and principal owner of
the Yonkers Statesman, died at his
home in Yonkers today, aced 92
years. Mr. Oliver was an early lead
er In the temperance movement, and
with his brother. Isaac Oliver, found
ed the Sons of Temperance.
are coupon books, each
senting 5 cents.
coupon repre-
Adds Course in Italian.
University of Oregon Eugene A
courpe in beginning Italian has been
announced by the department of mod
ern languagems. Dr. Timothy Chloran
is at the head of this department.
Cannery Puts Up Beef.
Brownsville The Brownsville can
nery has been experimenting in the
canning of beef and it will probably
put up a large amount in the near future.
75c per sack;
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1.00 per
cauli
50(34.50
per crate; onions, lo2Uc per dozen;
parsely, 20c perdonen; peas, 10c per
pound; peppers, 17 c per pound;
pumpkins, llWc per pound; radish
es, 20c per dozen; spinach, 6c per
pound; sprouts, 8c per pound; squahh,
per pound.
Onoions $2 50 per hundred.
Potatoes 40f60c per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.25
(33.50 per cwt.
Hops 1907, prime anl choice, 6(3,
per pound; olds, l(32c per pound.
Wool F'astern Oregon average heft,
13'3,20c per pounds according to shrink
age; valley, 1820c. according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 2930c per
pound.
Blow Up Bank.
Joplin, Mo., Feb. 10. Four men
early this morning blew open the
vault of the Bank of Sulphur Springs,
Ark., and secured over $1,300 in
cash, besides notes and other val- j 0f a coaling
uables. The citzens of Sulphur j8 now jn f
.springs were aroused ny two explo
sions, but by the time the officers
reached the downtown district, the
work of the thieves had been com
pleted and four men were seen to
mount their horses and ride west
ward. The mountains in this direc
tion are filled with many gorges and
it is believed that the men have made
good their escape.
Demand to Show Hard.
Paris, Feb. 10. The recent fight
ing in Morocco, as well as the protest
Mexico Grants Coaling Station.
Mexico City, Feb. 8. The concession
by Mexico to the United States grant
ing the privilege for the establishment
station at Magdalena bay
force and it is expected that
the two barges provided under the con
cession will be anchored in the bay be
fore the arrival there of the fhet. Fur
ther negotiations are pending for &
large target range and permission to
land marines fcr small arms practice.
Previous requests of like nature were
not favorably received by Mexico, but
this one may be granted.
No British Squadron Coming. "
London. Feb. 8. The Associated
Press is officially authorized to declare
which Abd-el-Aziz, the Sultan, is re-' that there is absolutely no truth In the-
report telegraphed Irom Halifax that
the British Fqnadron in the Pacific is
to be materially increased. No changs
whatever are contemplated in the Pa
cific squadron and the British govern
ment has not the slightest intention of
replacing the old Pacific fleet, which
formerly had its base at Esouimault..
B. C.
ported to have submitted to Germany
against French occupation and ag
gression in that country, has led M.
Juares, the Socialist leader, to formu
late a new interpellation on the sub
ject. In the Chamber of Deputies
tomorrow he will formally demand
from the government another ex
planation of the Moroccan policy.
Archbiohop Returns.
New York, Feb. 10. Archbishop
Patrick William Klordan. of San
Francisco, whose recent mission In
Rome was both for rest and to advo-i
cate the appointment of Rev. Edward
Smuggles Arms Into China.
Hongkong, Feb. 8. Chinese imper
ial customs officials this afternoon seiz
ed a Japanese steamer near Macao,
which was landing arms on Oh mono
Hanna, of Rochester, as Coadju- territory. It is alleged that the arm
tor Archbishop of San Francisco, re- were intended for revolutionist under
urned today on board the steamship Dr. Sun Yet Sen, the leader of the rev-
Cedrlc. j olutionary party in China.