Heppner Gazette
Issued Thunday of Each Week
HEPPNER OREGON
LONE ROBBER MAKES A HAUL.
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Bus
Readers National. Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Rides Over 100 Miles In Mail Car on
Great Northern.
Spokane, Wash., March 17. As
suming all the airs and authority of
a veteran postoffice Inspector, a dar
ing highwayman boarded the Great
Northern westbound Oriental Limit
ed train just as ft pulled out of Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho, early this morn
ing, and holding the two mail clerks
at bay at the point of a revolver,
locked one of them in a clothes
closet and tied the other to a chair
with ropes, after which he rode a
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
worst storm of winter.
FREE r F SCAB.
Eastern Oregon Sheep so Healthy
That Dipping Will Be Omitted.
Pendleton. At a called meeting of
the board of sheep commissioners
held in this city, a proclamation was
issued declaring the annual dipping
FIND FILTHY PUS IN MIL K.
Startling Report After Analysis at
State College.
Corvallis Samples of milk received
Railroad Traffic Stopped Throughout
Pacific Nortnwest
Portland, Mar. 15. While no ser
ious property damage has been re
ported, the heavy storm of wind and
rain that has been raging without let
up since Friday is by all oddB the
worst of the past year. There are
no prospects of early abatement and
great destruction of property
throughout the northwest may re
sult, for the storm is general
FLEET WILL KEEP
ON GOING WEST
A deadly epidemic of grippe is sweep
ing over London.
Night riders in Kentucky burned
three tobacco barne.
Boers boaet that they a least gained
a moral victory over the English.
Panama extended a most enthusiastic
welcome to the American torpedo fleet.
The kaiser wishes an American mili
tary title, that he may have another
uniform to wear,
A gas explosion in Natchez, Miss.,
destroyed a five-story building and
killed at least eight people.
Russia is disappointed because (he
trip of the American war ships pre
cludes any possibility of a war with
Japan.
A street meeting of about 200 per
sons who had assembled to hear Emma
Goldman, the anarchist leader, in Chi
cago, was dispersed by the police.
The senate committee has reported
favorably on postal savings banks. The
banks will pay 2 per cent interest and
deposits will be limited to $1,000.
Taft's enemies admit he is practical
ly sure of the nominaion.
A great fire swept the port of Bahia, I
Brizil, causing a loss of $1,000,000. j
f,.. 4.1. . . I. .4. BUIL. l'
.u .....jra a uuciis bua pni wrei . throughout this entire region,
the baoteiiolngical department at the . paS8enKer traffic on the O. R. &
distance of 109 miles into Spokane, fn iha ' . f f I college have been unusually noticeable Ni nna bot.n completely tied up since
spending three hours and 40 minutes aud that u need not be observed' fo1 nltn- yeven of them from various ; Saturday afternoon as the result of
i iuuig regiBiereu man, luauiug auu According to the report made by ! raris 01 me Btaie oncainea pus. une an enormous landslide at wyein. ino
unloading mail sacks along the route gtate sheep Inspector Lytle and Dr held the foreign matter in Buch quan-jeast or westbound trains have been
and purling complacently at a cigar g w mcClure, head of the bureau titles that it is estmiated to have con-1 sent through in 36 hours, and the
the while. gnnii in,,,,.-! in ..k.rU tainaA nna.fanfh nf i m Pm. truck will not be cleared before to-
The lone robber dropped off the the state ,s practlcaly free from . fessor Pernotfs attention was attracted as ,huSe. massf8 of soft earth
nuiu ui a, liiiuuuu tiuosiug iudiuc scab. A few cases
me cuy limits, carrying wun mm, it tne Willamette
is nenevpii. iiiucn v:iiu;iiiie uiiimier ill ...i... ..... 1.
a satchel. Just how much he ob- t T i,tinn Z , v . and ascertained that there was a large nassenger trains tried to get through I
gQ Dovcim iiauuco iu umiiicin uu uno smce 6 o clock Saturday evening, dui
actically free from i feasor Pernotfs attention was attracted aa'- as nuSe masses or sou eu u.
ses were reported in by the unusual amount, and he made . keep "z ng d0n Ure mi f "f't
Valley early in the : uiriea of the 0 'f th flI.imal as rapidly as the steam shovel is
3e have allbeen at- I HTll ,11 1.a tlT LL !' ?i clearing it away. Four eastbound
Greatest Naval Undertaking In Ills-
tory of the World.
Leave San Francisco July 6 Disap
pointment on Coast Because of
Short Stay Japan Not On Kouie
buc Plan Mar Be Changed far
got Practice in Philippines.
tained is not definitely known.
where two years ago there were l0,
Mall-clerks Benjamin sturnpr anajnoo v,paH of srnhhv Bhim, thoro i ouy oi tne cow, near the udder, it all were stalled, and had to
John W. Nysteum, who were held at not a singie case Qf scab todav The , waa supposed to have developed from .brought back to Portland
me. mercy oi me ruuuei, ten u i e- oniy case rep0rted latelv in Eastern an injury received irom tne horns oi
markable story of their experience. Oregon was a band of 176 bucks in another cow, and had developed into an
Locked in the small closet, hardly . Lake county, and these have no abcess. It was. of course, the explan
two feet square, the latter almost been dipped. ! Hnn nf the, ,B In fh milk Thmiii,
fainted from suffocation after the. The commission made a regulation wftS in UHe when th samnln wh sent ' wlu succeed in getting through, be-'
train had pulled into Sand Point, acquiring railroads shipping sheep J. th llhorlto?! OMhl smother cauBe a number of heavy slides have .
miles west of Bonners Ferry, and int0 the state to notify the secretary J IhiJh A i occurred on that road between here
mpping uu lue uuur pieaueu nu me 0r the board of sheep commissioners v.. , r v ,ana lacoma.
robber to allow him some fresh air. s0 the animals can be inspected. A quiEy was mucn smaner. in meBe
The bandit responded willingly and resolution was also nassert fnvo'rine the history of the cases was not learned.
leavine the rinor aiar ahont an inch. i.n,.i.ii. i.w fr. Some timfi a on at t.h Inhnrntnrv I biw
o - j ci uuuuij i nr tut iuu outlet; yj i cguu, o - j . . ....... . . . , - - , , . .
secured it with ft niece of rone. Twice Vir.iinT that- u la noa.t. f, tha snmnloii nf rrom nf?orui1 at. an (Iroonn illuminated hv kprosene In thus. Ian- CISCO, and wno goes Oil me retired
later on the way into Spokane the protection of the sheep industry. The creamery were analyzed. They had a terns and ancient tallow dips. The list- yven he attains the age of 62
robber ceased his work of rifling the commission will use its best endeav- strong 8mell that was carried into the Ugrit and power plant was put out of yjjf.1" "g""'
mail sacks to go to the door of the ers to secure the passage of such a butter product. Analysis disclosed that j8lneBB early in the storm and no official v,ord fr0m
wa0sefeenngnqUlre " t0 " Sure f the 8"betanCe W89 ta,n fiHh' d ' ?hfteet ! and ll VX " 0 thl.
When St'umpf remonstrated with1 AU the members of the commis- due to probable uncleanlineRS in milk- The v61ume of water rushing down l to enable the department to pre-
his captor that the cords which sion were present at the meeting, : A report resulted in changed con- Hood Rlver is greater than at any P" its program that he sent the
bound him were cutting into his President T. F. Boylen having ar- d'tions in the dairies from which the time since its power was harnessed. ?essag,e the night of his arrival off
wrists, the genteel robber generous- rived from Denver a couple of days cream was shipped. lOnly an intermittent telegraph and Magdalena Bay, to the effect that
ly loosened the fetters and made aso. and W. H. Steusloff cominc in telephone iservice was possible and l" t, ll''f lu" u HUir,1 " aiy "sio
San Diego, Cal., March 14. News
that the "American battle fleet" is
to undertake a tour of the world
within two months after its arrival
be i at San Francisco on May 5 was
flashed by wireless telegraphy to the
Manv nf th nasHencpra who had 1 16 battleships of Admiral Evans
left on one or the other of these command at Magdalena Bay late
trains were routed via the Northern last night by the government station
Pacific, but It is doubtful if they j on Point Loma. There is every rea-
Ijg. ison 10 ueiieve wiai u was receiveu
on board the vesseis by officers and
crews alike with the. greatest degree
of satisfaction.
Hood River people sat in darkness Aamirai cvans, wuo win reiin-
last night. Churches, hotels, and QU"n command oi me ueei during
;h homes as were provided, were s lormcoming stay at s?an Fran-
every effort to make things as com
fortable as possible for his victim.
While ripping open the registered
sacks the pseudo-inspector cut one of
his fingers and many of the pieces
of mail were blood-stained. Blood
hounds were put on the trail of the
robber, taking the scent from one of
the bloody packages, and followed a
from Salem this morning.
PLANT NEW NUT IN YAMHILL
'conditions1 promise to be worse to- 81 a 8 notlce ana w,ere ,a rur Det
i." ju i i : ,.. ciencv of crews than on the dav of
and referendum law has won the fmt . ,.. Tt sai ne from HaniDton Roads.
Telephone Company Loses.
Portland Oregon and the initiative
Washington, March 14. Admiral
The American battleship fleet has
been ordered to leave San Francisco
July 6 next and complete its voyage
around the world.
Sacks containing $3,800 in gold were
scent was lost. It is believed that the
The town of Bie Timber. Mont., waaitrail several blocks through the resi-
three-fourtbs destroyed by fire. Loss dence district to a carline, where the
about $400,000.
Japan is not on the list of visiting
points for the battleship fleet, but
may be included later.
Four of the men indicted for frauds
in the Pennsylvania state capitol scan
dal have been convicted.
r .-r d- u- o m . V " . u , . , uy , tilla river raged like a torrent all
Fifty California Pistachio Received at Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph ,inv vtoi',hv an,i w Hdm. at tho
McMinnville company, and the Sunset Telephone ! rate of four inches an hour, threat- Evans" battleship fleet, after leaving
if.: mi. xi TTri..i -i.-u -r comrjanv. to declare the constirutioral pnintr thp town with n flood as ser- an Francisco, will visit Hawaii, Sn-
this city has received through its pen- arnndn ent permitting the initiative in-: ious as that which devastated it two
retarv W H Iatonrette a nresent of valid and contrary to the conetitution . years ago.
50 Staehic , nut trees from the eoverS ot the Unitetl State9- Jl,dge C1land j i Wil,amette vall(?' ll(,ints re aI,t to
50 pistacriio nut trees irom the govern- , . 'suffer cons derab y. though no great
.. ,wv. i .""- ."- f ovrQ-imontol farm of r"Viirn Ca IrCUH VOUTl flS PUrKUIieil 1116 (16 .' n-
highwayman boarded a car and rode ment expe.imeniai jarm ai jnico i,ai., . f. . . . . damage has been done so far and the
downtown. , for distribution to the members of the "u"e X ' o."!! L train service on the Southern Pacific
GRAFT FLOURISHING.
Police Rely on Courts to Keep Tnem
Out of Jail.
Western Asia, but is grown in England
: and France. It is believed that the
similarity of the Willamette valley cli
mate to those two countries will insure
tKa aninooafnl cr r rt tr i n i rf f da mi a rtara
man Maurice Behan and John Evatt Ihe nuts are very high priced, and are
were stripped of their stars by Chief ueed principally for flavoring the more
of Police Biggy today as the result . expensive confectionery,
of an exposure of a vast system of The Walnut club is active in intro
graft on the Barbary coast. Dives, ducirg new varieties of products to the
Last year a few
club. The pistachio is a native of tate atwinst the Pacific Sta.es com- . hag been maintained witn0llt Inter.
moa, Melbourne and Sydney, Austra
lia; the Philippines and return to
New York by way of the Suez Canal.
Secretary Metcalf announced tho
future movements of the fleet after
the cabinet meeting today. It will
leave San Francisco on .Inly 6 "for
our Pacific possessions," fis Mr. Met
calf styled it. The vessels will first
touch at Hawaii, vhere they will
coal. After that they will go to Sa-
- m r i f rl lnu'ln tr r J r ri a iriuit t r A no.
and are expected to """ "
nana. J lit. v win siu ) au me emeu
. 1.L i 1 1 ' . ..... . it .
v, y.-. .uv. ruptlon. The ramlall has been un-
the state. Notice of appeal was given . usuallv heavy throughout the valley
and the case will be taken to the Su- and all tributaries to the Willamette
preme court at Salem as soon as poeai- are leaping up their banks steadily,
ble. From there it will be taken to hour by hour, and are expect!
4-1. TTnlfswJ Ctntjia C..m..y. If l.'mt DTI 1 i 1 TI fr f fr GPVPral flllVM
li iu v 11 1 icu uuiira L'l rnic i. f L , i L ...... .... ...... 0 . . . . . . . . .... .... . . . , , . . . , , ,
being asnmed, in view cf former oe- A number of log booms in the of Melbourne and Sydney, the invi
ucing a.suneu, in view ti iormer ue . . . rii)oed loose tation of the Australian government
damns by the Oregon court, that the V'OW11" Vver ndve "fen rippeo ioobt oouptrv havintr been
ii jfi l , . n. .,!. a ....:. trom their moorings and are hurling 10 lhU U1,u. o'irj navin on.n
iujiii)( nui uc lux kiic ciaiu uiiu t'.aiuoi.
the company.
(turn cl ' hrntholc anlnrvna nnrl p-nmhlinp' iriintc or.il f f.KIa vininib
stolen from the paymaster's safe on the :hv h'n hlr, nn .ith rPo.iarttv. n.. t
cruiser AinwauKee, and ious iar an
bary coast because the big
th
profits
efforts to discover the thief have failed.
The president of the Butte, Mont.,
Miners' union says 5,000 men are out
of work, notwithstanding circulars
which have been sent out by the mine
owners advertising for more help.
The Roxbury Carpet works, of Bos
ton, employing 900 hands, have closed
indefinitely.
Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria, cele
brated his 87th birthday. He is in
perfect health.
Massachusetts cotton mills have made
a 10 per cent reduction in the wages of
25,000 employes.
The forest service has authorized 17,
900 cattle and 152,500 sheep to graze
on the Blue Mountain reserve this sea
son. The American auto in the New York
to Paris race reached Granger. Wyo.,
March 12. The second car, the Ital
ian, was at Cheyenne.
Union Pacific stockholders have
turned on Harriman and sued him fcr
0w " o , . , .... . . ,
down the river auiiJienjenieu uy a more coroiai one
Between 3 o'clock Saturday after- 'rom the British Ambassador, Mr.
noon and 6 p. m. yesterday the Wil- 13rJce.
lamette river came up five feet at I Leaving the Australian waters, tho
Thorn la n etrnnr r-nrrent Vessels are lO go lO Aiaillia, 3HO
out on tracts of land I colonists from tast
a Ti H tho nrinr?,ti'rna hannma ca hi H 1 i 1 1 1. i r ! Tin Ita Plfw TKo . AT Acit KAnnrl troina Tn.,t 1 n n c
that landlords complained that they a great many more are being planted, are beginning to be heavily loaded running and indications point to a ' " ,nnin feanheld
could not rent buildings on the Bar- Tf .oa K .w, i' with .olnnist. travnl from tb m,m steady rise for several days to come. lc'J: l v"1": .
1Use the big sums in 1?? aT v-.V tL , " T. Sl". Heavy rains have fallen throughout i'e W1" remrn to me nueci
..has are unable to carry the loads and extra flf,?d dU trlbutdry bUeams , stopping only at such ports as are
t0r0ma Pnf ni,, o..oaH a eaualed the California fitt in excellbnce. sections are run. It is not uncommon 1 nw th 01 hmim nnintr n necessary for coaling purposes. The
tcn r 'maA nnin. n.M nn. nnd vpt tha noHsihi 1 i t is of Yamhill eli- for a train comorisiniz 16 coaches to 'av at k m 1 S9 inhoa f min date of their return to the States do-
II L ill CI i nvu VUlllO UUU Vd-UUt. li. , - J i " . . VJ V V X' MXl
lhan and Evatt.
Although the cases are clear ex
tortion, under the supreme court de
cision in the Schmitz case, they do
not constitute crimes
mate and soil have been but half tested.
a n f m r
Grants Pass Eitht six burros or jak8 nthr Pmst nnintB the, nmp rt thnt
The cases are identical with those for packing miners' supplies into the Baker and Ea tern Oregon twin ta re-
T ,1 I- 1 1 . lll I 1 " 1 1 TT T, '
ceive, and this of itself has a tendency
to mr'ke the coloniet go through to the
Coast, because it costs no more.
of Ruef and Schmitz in almost every hills have been received here bv E. R
particular. If one was no crime, it Stewart and George Reed. Te little
is difficult to see how the other could animals weie ehipped from El Paso,
be construed into a crime. Itw.u arA nt id Aava m tha rrri
WANTS TO DIE.
Orchard Would Refuse Pardon Were
It Offered Him.
They came through in fairly good con
dition, except in one instance in Ari
zona, where they were kept, for 90 hours
pull throngh Baker on its way to the , fell. Between noon Friday and last Pends entirely upon the amount of
itjoast. This section is getting it share i evening the precipitation was 2.82 , 'i 1,, , 1 , , .
I nf the hnmwcotofK it. ia thniwht Knt'lnphua Tho nrnmint nf rntnf.lll f,.r tlCe In the Philippines. The Visit Of
the 24 hours just passed has been lu ufett u.m .
exceeded for the month of March
three times since the establishment
of a weather station at Portland. In
1S77 the fall was 2.35 inches, in,
1883 2.25 inches in 1902 1.85 inches.
The rainfall was steady but at no
time was there an excessive down-
Sheep Coming Into Kiama h. 'pour. v '
Klamath Fall J. F. Kimball, local) The wind attained a velocity cf 52
representative of the Weverhaeueer , miles an houf at North Head and at
Lumber comoanv. has returned t3 Xla-;T"toosh Island. The general direc-
without water. The burros are consid
ered a safe and reliable animal, and are mat;h Falls from Lakevieiv, where he tion was BOUt'1 antl southwest. The
Boise, Idaho, March 17. On the exceedingly strong and well designed for has been for several week - leasing the storrn is mo?inS. rapidly eastward
rroto nf hia rocirlonno in PalHwpIl nn
the 40,000,000 he made dealing in the ,the evening of December 30, 1905,
stocks of other roads with Lnion Pa- win face jU(jge Fremont Wood pre
cine capital.
A conference was held between Pres-
pared to hear the
meted out to him.
death
pre
sentence
i . n it 1 : .
lueni nooaevem ami pruunueuu uit-u , t,on and against the urgent plead.
looking to legalizing railroad poo.a, ex-;jngg of his attorney and others, re
empting labor unions and making all fused, when arraigned March 10, to
corporation deals public. pet his previous plea of "not guilty
I ..a- J T T 1 C J i. . 1 ,1 4.n
eneral d Amade, commanding the , ,esser murder tan f,r
French forces in Morocco, has received ;rip,rpp H Ra,A.
i a i r . i Tt.i i a I i
a letters irom 3iuiai nana, me so- "i am guilty and am ready to take
called sultan of the South, and leaders tne punishment. I have told the
of his army, asking that hostilities be truth. I understand fully what must
suspended pending peace negotiations, be the consequences.
An insr man tried to kill King
Haakf n, of Norway.
King Alfonso was received with much i
enthusiasm at Barcelona.
raised the rates on citrus frniti from
San Francisco during the past vear
Harry Orchard, of his own voli- from 40 cente to 69 cents, and from
Portland for the same commodity from
16 cents to 25 cents, and on eweet po
tatoes from 10 cents to 19 cents.
Gile & Co. claim these increases
have practically ruined their trade in
California citrus fruit.
Pusian Press Comme
St. Petersburg, March 17 The Slo.
vo savs that the return of the Ameri-
Koil Purvey of Klamath Basin.
Klamath Falls The Klamath cham
ber of commerce has taken up the mat
ter of having a soil survey made of the
Klamath basin. These surveys have
be made some time between lb" pnn.
elusion of the grand review In Saa
Francisco Bay. on May 8, and the
date of the sailing over the Pacific.
Secretary Metcalf said that tho
battleships would remain in San
Francisco until May 22, during which
time they would fill their bunkers;
with coal. According to the present
plan, the entire fleet will go up to
Ptiget Sound, and some of the ships
may be sent over to Vancouver, all
returning to San Francl.sco, however,
before departing for home. Admiral
Evans will retire in August by oper
ation of law. Secretary Metcalf said
thnt, no decision had yet been ar
rived at as to who would succeed
him in command of the fleet on its
voyage homeward.
Mr. Metniilf tortnv mar's rmlilip n
Elma, Wash., March 16. Heavy, 'C0DV 0f a i(.tter addressed to Serro-
continuous rain has prevailed in the tary jiooti March 2. bv Ambassador
Chehalis valley for several days past. Brvce supplementing 'the invitation
The Chehalis river, running over its extended bv Sir Alfred Tionkln in
WW (Mnh iu. MMtAm Rli" an ' 3 still rising and tne nignest behalf of the commonwealth of Aus-
,V o, a 01 Dme6lem' 80C',water in many years is now expected tralia for the battleships to visit that
valley, SJc; red, sic. (and being prepared for. There was a country on their return to the United
Barley Feed, $26 per ton; rolled, j steady downpour of heavy rain all states.
$2230 per ton. 'through the night, and it continued . Orders were Issued at the navy de
Oats No. 1 white. $28; gray, $28 today unabated. partment today assigning officers to.
per ton. Not a log will be left In any of the duty in connection with fitting out
1 Corn Whole, $32.50; cracked, creeks and rivers, every driving the torpedo boats Davies, Farragut
i . . -ii , . 1 .... . .
fil fill stream win ue swcpi. uieiiu, eu bh.u aud rox.
morning 01 nis iza Dirtnday, next pacu animam in me uruisn anu mrongu innda nf tVip ..nmnnnv in TaVo nnnt u fa ia'"o u.-
Wednesday, in the district court of the mountains. d JrnnoiVLording to Se ls? CoIun,b,a- Storm rnnS8 are
Canyon county, Harry Orchard, the 1 f" LI,P,n fT m f .V'Bt,n out ovt'r coast ,,orta and Htro,,s
self-confessed murderer of ex-Gov- Obics to H eh Rates ?, ?Y ,op . 1H southerly winds are looked lor today,
ernor Steunenberg, who was killed , bjn C 8 7 "h , , f 18 "ow ready to lease the lands in Kain will continue, but not steadily
. I S.Q lorn I .Amnloinr naa hor maHa T. ? . , U y.iin - .1 truinl nn4A nn,1 . 1....
hv tho pvn no nn nf n hnmli nt thp : v- p. ... w ivinuiaLJi uuuinj. nuu ivai taiur nnu as lestLMUH',
the raiiroad commission by II. S. Gile sheep men will be given first considera-
& Co., of tins city, that tne smtnern tion.
Pacific, company has unwarrantedly
PORTLAND MARKETS.
been made in many sections of the
can fleet as announced is as sensa- country ana at no expense 10 ine locai- COrdinje to quality; cranberries, $811
tional as its departure for the Facl- isy in wrncn trie survey i ma.ie. K.nm- harr
Four negroes have been lyncned in fic. Apparently the Slovo thinks the prenensive piatB and maps are issued, Vegetables Turnips, 75c per sack;
.Mississippi ior incendiarism.
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Hay-Valley timothy. No. 1. $17 ' . "f . T V 'I l"
18 per ton; Lastern Oregon timothj, hlnir fnr vpnrs Vft, harf4 .,
A r.n . . ..1 Ai. r l . . l 1 Air. L c- "
su(si , Clover, tmw,i.) coeai, io;
grain hay, $1415; alfalfa, $12(a,13;
vetch, $14.
fruits Apples, $i(u.i per box, ac-
high banks will go down
booms on Grays Harbo-
to the
San Francisco, March 14. Th
protected cruisers Charlestown, St.
Louis and Milwaukee, which arrived!
from Magdalena Bay today, utilized
a portion of their run un the Oo-ar.
Fire Makes 300 Idle.
Trinidad. Colo.. March 16. Fire.
. . fnr on onnnnl anrturannn i nat- n-hlnk
supposed to have been caused Dy ' V. . , j;
i , . , A , , ,1 resulted in disaster for the Milwau-
erowueu eiecinc wires, uem.royt-u inn kpp nnH thp fia,shn rhnrlonn Tl
H.nonr nf , h A iaf, nnoo rod f r ahnvina mialiktr ftf sntl tnfl tinnoronhv V , ' Crowded electric Wires, Oesi
. "" v., . . c M"". j 'fj'-r'-j nnrrnTB. imciwr hhck: dphh. i ner i. i n i s i - -
It adds: "While this arouses deep 0f the country and what localities are ,,n,ra 2Sp r nnnnd- oh. Z'Z test requires a speed of 20 knots
No charge .8 bage, xz per 5 cauliflower, Jorado Fuel & Iron Company', mine Al, went well forth'first
$1.752; celery, $4 254.75 per crate: I at Sopris, five miles west of here to- fpw as thp th .hito ,r,,iOM
parsley, 20o per dozen; peppers, 17c day, entailing a loss estimated at dashed through the Santa Barbara
La Grande After 8ett!ers nrnoiind: radishes. 30c ner dozen: $150,000 and throwing 300 men out ..h-nnpi ..ntn cdrioniv v,o fint,
r. , - --! , 1 rr-u 'I"-' f,oM'
1 e dropped behind, soon to be followed
r 1 1 i tL
BpanM sDsrcDiEH sr. Nia io m r Mtlsfactlon Jn Europe, the preserva- 8ited to certain crops
the premier, and not the king. tion of peaCe is due to the display of maje for the njgpg.
The Mother'?' congress is in session . the big stick of the United States. ;
at the White House. Washington, D. C. "if "ruf"ce n . .""'VZ
1 tyillV-vo j t. 1 i. v j 1 nui". v-ji-'v- 1 s ' a.
The United Railways company of San j Vremya says: "Whatever the origi- Ladrande At least 25 families from rhubarb, 5c per pound; spinach, 10cj"1 empiojmeui.
F-ancisco is about to go into the Lands nal purpose, the cruise has done a Idaho will arrive in LaGrande this per pound; sprouts, 10c per pound; ;i'rst discovered on tne imrn noor 01 ln misfortune by the Milwaukee,
I 1 ,.,...i v,,. mi oomino. i hi, l v, i n u muz.. j (tne iive-story irame Duiiding or tne;
CI a receiver. I u ' A u ' n. 1 n t.t u x j'uuuu acuiiiiu- nrcs . ilu a fioir crm i J 1 1 uuiuni 1 u 1 m In f 11 , xl 74U I jnjunu
Japan ridicules the idea that naval
preparations are being made for an at
tack on China.
Great Britain has sent a note to Ja-
ition of the American navy.
Hayti in Troub'e Ajr,ain
London, March 17. A dispatch ing the past winter
has been received here from Port An
the valley. A lxsal real estate firm has Onions Oregon, $2.50 per hundred,
had a missionary employed in Idaho Potatoes 40G0c per hundred, de-
and the states of the Middle West dur- livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.50
3.75 per hundred.
pan advising arbitration of the China-1 Prince, Hayti, to the effect that ser-
Japan difficulties.
Harrinmn In Harney
Tl X. 1 XT 1L1 - n
HiBturhanr-pa havf. nofiirreH at "urns r . A. orLiiuigioii.
iiiaL jnat-e. several j,rrariiM nie ic- hprp filinff at
ious
Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per
pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 14015c
and
n Eastern railroad, per pound; nixed chickens, 1313H,c;
the United Strtes ,prjng chickens, 1618; turkeys, live,
n have ., i 7 T IT 1415c; dressed, cho re, 16(ai7c;
n nave rajroad survey and location through .. uric,
1 SUm- ll.lhdi.p ht A Hot-
ssured that a !marr executions, the dispatch says, he c,aimg to know nothing of the in- pigeons, 75c$l; squabs, $1.50(J2.
torriedo boats '?re ,n circulation, but at the hour of tentions of the Harriman company. Eggs Freeh ranch, J717)c per
ported killed in street fights
many arrests of prominent mer
been made. Rumors of several
The president has sent to the senate
the nomination of John McCourt to be
district attorney for Oregon.
Portland has been a
unmUr n( n1 Ifnn Vt. " " i ii t. u let nun, u ii l d i me mm i ui tpnt nns nf thp ITarrlman rnmnanv
will be sent there during the rose car- fi,in,f th disPatch this had not been his presence gives rise to much talk dozen.
njvgi luuuiuieu. of earjy construction
Schmits has been released rom jail
and be and Ruef have patched up their j
differences. In the remainder of the
trials they win stana together. make
King Alfonso will visit E
defiance of bomb throwers.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 99r;
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
pounds, 66c.
Pork Block, .5 to 150 pounds,
Mt w;l WMcoma FUet. Mom Water for Vale.
Malta, March 17. The announce- Vale The newly elected members
ment that the American fleet would of the city council were sworn In 7iz. rwisn fi(tz
aake a round-the-world trip has Monday night. The city irrigation iinn:oii7 nrim nrl nhr.re, az
King Alfonso will visit Barcelona In been received here with great Inter- system was Investigated and a new. . r.. nonnH
est. Should the fleet visit Malta, steel flume across Bully Creek or- r ' ' r r V" "
if. roMn .in v. v.A t a-a ti,. i, i . v. it Wcol Eastern Oregon, average best,
Mavor Buee. or Chicago, has taken tho mintorv ai,hnritio u, uuii. u).i in tom .m 18a20c per pound, arcording to shrink
steps to keep all anarchists out cf the terranean fleet is absent from June sufficient water at all times for the ge; valley, 1820c per pound, ac ord
cltT to October. proper supply of the city's needs.
cone wasner, spreading rapidly to Cruisers to the Drvrtock.
the other structures. The office! .,...
was saved after desperaU fighting stan4 Francisco March 14. The
'protected cruisers Milwaukee and St.
, (Louis, attached to Admiral Swin-
Ch.ns values JP" s FlrK. .burne's flet, arriving at this port
Tokio, March 16. A satisfactory today, are to be placed In ordinary
settlement of the Tatsu affair was nnd will leave within a few dys for
,, , , v,, i rv,. ,., the Bremerton navy yard. This ac-
announced this morning. China has ., ,,, .. : ,
tion will mean that only 75 men, a
conceded all the Japanese demands. ,lne 0fl5Cer and some of the machin-
16(3,1 7c; i She will purchase the arms and am- ists and engineers will be left on
munition on board the Tatsu and each of the two ships, and they will
will hoist the Japanese flag over the all but be placed out of commission
vessel. While the flag is being re- In the north.
hoisted a Chinese warship will firei
a salute. There is a general feeling
of relief in consequence of the set
tlement of the incident.
Germany Tes No'ici
Berlin, March 14. The German
naval critics are commenting upon
'the wonderful feat of seamanship
displayed In the 12.000-mile voyage
"ne:r tt'airn, Prom Kaisr.
London, March 16. A special dis- of the American battleship fleet un
patch to the Daily Mall from Berlin der the command of Rear-Admiral
says that the Emperor sent warm Evans and Its arrival at Magdalena
personal congratulations to Tresl- Bay four days ahead of Its scheduled
dent Roosevelt on the arrival of the time without a ship being disabled,
fleet at Magdalena Bay ahead of They consider It proof of excellent
. ing to fineness; mohair, choice, 29 30c. schedule time. material as well as of personnel.