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Hcppncr Gazette
Issued Thursday of Each Week
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.
Stanford students want to remove
President Jordan.
The German wants Grlscom for am
bassador instead of Hill.
The National and Mexican Central
railroads of Mexico have merged.
There is no material change in the
condition of Senato Penrose, of Penn
sylvania.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannermann,
British premier, is in a very critical
condition.
Many Japanese are being caught at
San Diego making their war into this
country from Mexico.
The auxiliary cruiser Prairie ran
aground at League Island navy yard
. No damage was done.
The absconding teller and auditor of
the Pittsburg Farmers' Deposit Nation,
al bank are held in $250,000 bail each
Twenty Toledo, 0., lumbermen have
been sentenced to serve six months in
jail for violating the city's anti-trust
laws.
A Russian anarchist tried to throw a
bomb at the police of New York during
a riot of unemployed. A companion
was killed and he was fatally wounded
The assassin of W. D. Stevens has
pleaded insanity.
Secretary Taft will deliver the Me
morial day oration at Grant's tomb,
New York.
President Jordan defends the Stan
ford faculty and denounces the students'
movement as a revolt.
Congressman French, of Idaho,
prophesies that no immigration meas
ure will pass congress this session.
A score of persons were hurt by i
heavy wind in the vicinity of New
Boston, ilowa, and Mdison, Illinois.
The largest Hock In the world will be
put on a eoap factory at Thomaston,
Conn. Txe dial is 28 feet in diameter
Pitts burs bankers admit that the
paying teller and auditor of the Farm
era' Deposit National bank have stolen
$1,105,000 during the past three years.
The British house of commons has
passed a bill providing that all clocks
be advanced 80 minutes in order to use
more daylight by promoting early ris
ing.
The general assembly of Virginia has
adopted a resolution removing Judge J.
W. G. Blackstone, of the Eleventh cir
cuit, from office on grounds of immor
ality and gross neglect of official duty
Indana Democrats have declared
themselves for Bryan.
Rhode Island Republicans will send
uninstructed delegates.
Tramps are causiDg much trouble on
all Pacific coast railroads.
Iowa Democrats have indorsed Bryan
and the Nebraska platform.
The Illinois Republican convention
has indorsed Cannon and declared for
tariff revision.
Admiral Evans has answered the
critics of the battleships, saying the
armor belt is not too low.
Rai Iroads have decided to attack the
rate laws of Illinois and Missouri un
der the Supreme court decision.
The condition of Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, is said to be very grave
and little hope is held out for recovery.
A severe earthquake in the City of
Mexico greatly terrified the people,
cracked numerous walls and stopped
clocks all over the city.
Williams, Democratic leader of the
house, has offered to Eupport some of
Roosevelt's measures if he will secure
some Republican votes.
The State department is without de
tails of the reasons for Emperor Wil
liam refusing to receive Dr. Hill as
amassador from the United States to
Germany.
Ruef's bail has been reduced from
$1,115,000 to $790,185.
Louisiana's state primary law has
been declared unconstituticnal.
The fleet at Magdalena bay is making
rapid progress with its target practice.
La Follette says Standard Oil and
Morgan control the money of the na
tion. United States Senator Penrose is
critically ill at his home in Philadel
phia. China has invited the battleship fleet
to visit her ports. ,
Drury Lane theater, one of the most
famous in London, has been completely
destroyed by fire.
Six firemen were hurt while fighting
a fire at Seventeenth and Valencia
streets, San Francisco.
San Francisco police have stopped a
play called "Millionaire's Revenge,"
founded on the Thaw case.
John W. Stewart has been appointed
United States senator from Vermont to
succeed the late Senator Proctor.
MESSENGER IS KILLED.
Robber Then Loot Express Safes of
Valuable).
Newton, Kan., March 31. A. D.
Bailey, an express messenger of the
Wells-Fargo company, was killed by an
unknown person on Santa Fe train No.
115, between Florence and Newton,
early Sunday morning. The murder
was very brutal, with robbery as the
object. Both the local and the through
safes were ransacked and at least $1,
000 in money and some jewelry taken.
The amount the robbers secured is not
known.
The dead body of Messenger Bailey
was found at 4 o'clock Sunday morning
when the train reached Newton. It
was stretched on the floor of the car,
the head beaten to a pulp and lying in
a pool of blood. The back of the skull
was crushed and the end of the car
where it was lying was spattered with
blood. The plood spatters reached to
the ceiling.
There was no evidence of 'any strug
gle, the indications pointing to the
commission of the murder while the
messenger was asleep, before he could
offer resistance. Bailey was seen alive
at Strong City. At Peabody someone
opened the car door just enough to
throw out a package of waybills and
then closed it quickly.
The custom of the messenger has been
to go to sleep soon after leaving Flor
ence and it is possible that he did this
Sunday night. After being struck
while sleeping, and rendered uncon
scious, his body rolled to the floor, and
the robber, after beating him on the
head, covered it with the dead man's
coat. One blow was struck, at the
man's face with some sharp instrument,
apparently a hatchet, which broke the
jaw bone. From the dead man's pock
ets the keys were removed and the safes
ransacked. Then the keys were put
back into Bailey's overcoat, the coat
folded and put in
was found later.
his
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where it
ORDER RATES CUT.
Commission Finds O. R. & N. Tolls
Are Excessive.
Portland, March 31. It is under
stood the Oregon Railroad commission
wlil sustain the complaint of the Port
land chamber of commerce against the
O. R. & N. company and will issue an
order this week requiring a material
reduction in elass rates over the main
and branch lines of that. road through
out the state.
The extent to which existing tariffs
will be affected by the ruling of the
commission cannot be learned, but the
effect may be to disturb transcontinent
al rates and, probably, to require an ad
justment all along the line in the inter
est both of the railroad and the shipper.
If the decision of the commission is at
tacked by the Harriman interests it will
be assailed nndcubtedly on the ground
that its enforcement would necessitate
not only a wholesale revision by the
railroad of its tariffs but would serious
ly disturb interstate business.
It is expected that the findings of the
commission will be mado the basis of
litigation on the part of the railroad
company positively to test the powers
of the railroad commission which, un
der the act by which it was created, is
authorized to fix rates. The members
of the commission were cautious and
thorough in their investigation of the
complaint of excessive freight charges.
Ib is said the commissioners feel confi
dent that their findings will be found
to be fair and reasonable and such as
cannot be considered an abritrary exer
cise of the authority with which they
are clothed.
Closely Guard Adams.
Telluride, Colo., March 31. As the
result of the attempt to murder Gene
ral Bulkley Wells, general manager of
the Smuggler-Union mines and mills at
Pandora, Sheriff Fitzpatrick is taking
precautions to guard the jail in which
bteve Adams, criargetnitn the assass
nation of Arthur L. Collins, General
Wells' predecessor, is confined. The
feeling against Adams is becoming more
bitter from day to day.
Feeling against Adams has also been
engendered, it is said, because of the
fact that during the past two weeks ful
ly a score or more of miners and others
who were deported, during strike days
have returned to the district.
Many Days to Reach Bodies.
Salt Lake City, Uta March 31. A
special to the Herald from Hanna,
Wyo., says: Seventy-one men are
known to have lost their lives in Mine
No. 1 of the Union Pacific Coal com
pany, although 54 names are obtaina
ble. Seventy-one coffins have been
rushed to Hanna. The rescuing party
is working heroically, but the bodies
will possibly not be reached for several
days, as it will be necessary to close
the west stope and smother the fires be
low the tenth level and then draw off
the large quantities of gas.
Exiles Purchase Grave.
Paris, March 31. The body of the
late Gregory Gerschunin, the Russian
terrorist leader, who died recently in
Switzerland, was buried today in Mont
parnasse cemetery in a grave purchased
by Russian exiles in Paris. Four
thousand persons followed the hearse.
The procession was headed by a car
carrying a mas of huge wreaths tied
with red ribbons, which were sent by
American Socialist organizations, who
were represented by Anna StrunBky.
Knottier Plot Discovered.
Port Au Princr, March 31. A fresh
conspiracy against the government has
been discovered in this city. The leader
of fhe plot, General Larraque, who was
arrested on Man h 14 on suspicion of
conspiring against the president and
who was released with fonr others on
March 24, took refuge this afternoon
in the French legation.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
INFORMATION IS COSTLY.
More Than $10,000 Expended for
Enlightening Voters.
Salem The sending out of the pam
phlets containing the measures to be
voted upon at the general election in
June, together with the arguments for
and against them, has been begun by
the secretary of state. Already over
60,000 have been sent out to voters
whose names have been submitted to
the secretary of state.
The state printer has prepared 100,-
000 of these pamphlets in all at a cost
of $6,373.75. Of this amount the per
sons submitting the measures aud argu
ments will have to pay $2,797.34 as
their proportion, as fixed by law. The
total amount collected by the secretary
of state from the filers of the arguments
is $2,900. An adjustment will be made
on a per page basis, and those who have
paid more than their share will receive
a refund, while the others who have
not paid their full percentage will have
to remit the difference.
The postage for the sending out of
these arguments will cost about $3,000,
and the oost of $6,373.75 will have to
be sodded to it before the actual expense
of getting out the measures can be as
certained, the amount of postage, the
cost for clerks engaged in mailing,
about $250, and the cost of securing the
names of voters.
Secretary of State BenBon, it is esti
mated, has saved about $3,000 in the
getting up of the pamphlet by his ar
rangement of the measures.
SEND PAMPHLETS TO VOTERS
Secretary Benson Has Mailed 25,000
Copies In Four Days.
Salem In four days 25,000 copies of
initiative and refererdum pamphlets ;
have been mailed to registered voters
in Oregon by Secretary of State Benson.
These pamphlets weighed over "4)6
tens, filling 105 mail sacks, such as
are used for paper mail. The postage
was $750.
The work of sending out these
pamphlets is only one-quarter done,
however, for there will be at least
100,000 registered voters in the state,
and each must receive a copv. Secre
tary Benson has five clerks engaged in
this work, addressing envelopes, put
ting in the pamphlets, sealing, etc.
They can send out about 5,000 pamph
lets a day, and at the present rate will
have the work done in 15 days, or by
the 11th of April, if the registration
lists reach the secretary fast enough.
In order to aid the postal clerks, Mr.
Benson is having the pamphlets put
into separate sacks for each commun
ity, as far as possible, thus saving
handling in the postoffice.
Weather Good for Farming.
Salem Not for many years have the
farmers of this part of the Willamette
valley had as favorable a season as
this for fall and winter work. With
scarcely an exception all the farmers
got their plowing and seeding done in
Beason and the work of pruning and
spraj ing orchards was favored by fair
weather, during the winter. The out
look now is for excellent crops of all
kinds. The winter was a mild one and
livestock came through in fine condi
tion, notwithstanding the scarcity and
consequent high price of hay and mill
feed.
Klamath at Rose Festival.
Klamath Falls Klamath county will
have a float in the parade at the Port
land rose festival, and the committee
in charge are asking for suggestions
from all citizens of Klamath county.
Difficulty is being encountered in plan
ning a float that will be fully repre
sentative of all the county's resources.
The chamber of commerce has appoint
ed Judge George T. Baldwin, John
Ellis and T. W. Stephens as a commit
tee, and they will ask the cooperation
of all in securing a significant Klamath
county float.
Must "Dip" Mangy Cavuses
Pendleton Every horse on the Uma
tilla reservation range is to be dipped
during the month of May, according to
an edict iseued by Dr. S. W. McClure,
of this city, who is head of the bureau
of animal industry in the Northwest.
The purpose of the wholesale dipping
is to eradicate mange, which is preva
lent among the Indian horses. The In
dians will be required to round
their own ponies, all other expense
ing defrayed by the department of
dian affairs.
UP !
be-
In
Trains Soon to Klamath.
Klamath Falls That the California
Northeastern is to be completed to Kla
math Falls this year is evidenced by
the rapid progress being made in con
struction and tracklaying. By the first
of April the track will be finished to
Dorris, and already two camps have
been established between Dorris and
the Klamath river, where the grade
across the swamp lands will be finished
for a stretch of 8,000 feet by the mid
dle of April.
Governor Invited to Seattle.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
received a communication from the
Seattle chamber of commerce urging
him to come to that city in June and
welcome the fleet upon its arrival
there. Governor Chamberlain has ex
pressed himself as being desirous of
complying with the request, but states
that it seems at present as if he would
be nnable to do so. owing to a number
of important matters coming up at that
time. I
COWS ARE GOOD MILKERS.
Blooded .Stock at O. A. C. Farm
Show Big Yields.
Corvallis An Ayrshire cow on the
college farm, in the milk period of a
little more than ten months just closed,
has yielded 11,679 pounds of milk. The
amount of butter fat was 466.69
pounds, equivalent of 544.47 pounds of
butter. At 30 cents per pound the
gross value was $163.84. It cost to
feed her during the period $40, leaving
a net profit of $123.34. Her diet was
alfalfa, with a very light ration of bran
and rolled oats during the summer,
and 15 pounds of vetch and oats bay,
30 pounds of kale and eight pounds of
braJBand rolled barley during winter.
Thr animal is 6 years old, and came
frcm the farm of Mrs. Honeyman, of
Portland.
A 6-year old . Holstein from the
Frakes herd at Scappoose yielded over
13,000 pounds of milk during a similar
period, which closed in December,
making a butter product of over 520
pounds. She has freshened, and is
now giving 70 pounds cf milk per day.
Horse Show at Salem.
Salem Elaborate preparations are
under way to- make the horse show to
be held in this city Saturday, April 4,
the banner horse fair of the year in the
Willamette valley. All the citizens of
the Capital City are taking hold of the
work incident to such an undertaking
with a vim that augurs well for the suc
cess of the affair. Ibe finance commit
tee is meeting with the very best of
success and encouragement, and will
easily have collected over $500 in cash,
besides many valuable cups, etc., Ho
offer as prizes, before its labors are
Ihended. Over 23 beautiful cups are
already subscribed
by the enterprising
firms of Salem. Many of the leading
horsemen of the state have signified
their intention of entering their high
class animals, and everything points
towards a most successful, profitable
and educational meeting Salem Satur-
Five K lied on Railroads t
Salem The report just issued by the
railroad commission shows that in Feb
ruary five persons were killed and 26
injured on the railroads of the state
These are tabulated as follows: Pas
sengers, 3 killed and 23 injured: train
men, 3 inujred, and other employe,
killed. The accidents during the
month are estimated to have caused
loss in engines, cars and tracks at $3,
600. There was oae derailment during
the month.
Boosting State Fair.
Salem F. A. Welch, secretary of
the state board of agriculture, is rush
ing preparations for the state fair, to
be held here in September. Postal
cards advertising the fair have been
sent broadcast over the United States
and it is probable that a greater influx
of visitors than ever before will attend
this year. Clatsop, Columbia, Lane
and Clackamas counties have already
sent notifications that they want large
sections reserved for their exhibits.
Plan Condenser at Brooks.
Salem .Negotiations are in progress
for the establishment of a milk con
densing plant at Brooks, seven miles
north of this city. It is understood
that Portland men are back of the en
ter prise and that they are ready to in
stall the plant as soon as they are as
sured that the condenser will get the
milk from 1,000 cows. M.L.Jones.
a prominent dairyman at Lake Labifih,
has indicated a willingness to Bupply
milk from 300 cows.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 8283c; blueetem,
8485c; valley, 8283c; red, 8081c
Barley Feed, $26 per ton; rolled,
$2330 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $27?8 per ton.
Corn Whole, $33.60; cracked,
$34.50.
Hay Valley timothy, Nc. 1, $17 per
ton; Eastern Oregcn timothy, $1920;
clover, $14(315; cheat, $15; grain hay,
$14$15; alfalfa, $1213.
Fruits Apples, $13.50 per box, ac
cording to quality; cranberries, $8Tl
per barrel.
Vegetables Asparagus, 12c per
pound; beans, 20c per pound; cabbage,
1IHc, cauliflower, $22.25; cel
ery, $4.50 per crate; cucumbers, $2.75
per dozen ; parsley, 25c per dozen ; pea
pers, 20c per pound; radishes, ,5Uc per
dozen; rhubarb, 8c per pound; spin
ach, 85c per crate; sprouts, lUc per
pound; squash, llJo per pound;
turnips, 85c per sack; carrots, 85c per
sack; beets, $1 per sack.
Onions Oregon, $4 per hundred
Potatoes 4065o per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $4
per hundred.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c per
pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 1415o
per pound; mixed chickens, 12Q13c;
spring chickens, lB20c; turkeys, live,
!l517c; dressed, choice, 1620; geese,
I live, 810c; ducks, 16a)17c; pigeons,
75c$l; squabs. $1.50 2.
Egga Fresh ranch, 1516a per
dozen.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 89c; 125
to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds,
66c.
Pork Blcx-k, 75 to 150 pounds, 7
7c; packers, 5c.
Hops 1907, prime and choice, 4
6c: olds, 123.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average best,
12 16c per pound, according to shrink-
'age; valley, 1618c, according to'qual
icy: monair, cuuirc, per fuuuu.
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EXPLOSION IN MINE.
Men F'gntlng Fire Caught In Under
ground Workings.
Butte, Mont., March 30. A special
to the Miner from Hanna, Wyo., says
This camp was visited by another big
holocaust Saturday afternoon and the
lives of 20 men were snuffed out by an
explosion of gas in Mine No. 1, of the
Union Pacific Coal company .
A fire had'been raging below the 10th
level since last "Saturday, and the force
of 200 miners bad been laid off for the
day as a precaution.
Superintendent Alexander Brlggs and
Foremen Joseph Burton, Alfred Dodds,
James Knox, o Mines 1, 2, and 3, with
a crew of 16 or 17 men, all experienced
miners, with gaa men and fire-fighters,
went down into the workings early in
the mcrning to fight the conflagration,
which was rapidly eating its way
through the workings.
At 2 o'clock the men above the work
ings, the idle men in the homes and
the townspeople were startled by an
awful roar, followed by a heavy boom
and the shaking of earth and trembling
of buildings.
All knew what had happened, and
there was a rush to the mine. Both
entrances had caved in, and the mine
timbers had been blown great distances
about the outside workings.
The second explosion was more severe
than the first, being felt in all parts of
the town, and it is feared that 50 to 60
names have been added to the death list.
BOMB FOR WELLS.
Attempt Made to Blow Up Manager
of Telluride Mine.
Telluride, Colo., March 30. Eluding
the night guard stationed at the Smuggler-Union
mine, at Pandora, two miles
south of Telluride, and the searchight
which is constantly thrown about the
premises during the night from the
high tower of the mill as a precautionary
measure, an unknown person gained ac
cess to the residence of General Bulkley
Wells, general manager of the Smug
gler-Unit n Mining company, Saturday
night and planted dynamite under his
bed. The dynamite was exploded by
ilghting a fuse on the outside of the
building about 2 o'clock Sunday morn
ing when the intended victim was
asleep. He was hurled against the
ceiling and alighted under a mae of
debris, but escaped with some scratches
and bruises and impaired hearing.
Although a systematic search has
been made by Sheriff Fitzpatrick and
deputies, aided by hundrede of citizens,
no clue has been found to the perpe
trator of the deed. One man wno is
charged with having said that Wells
would be killed has been arrester).
General Wells took a leading part in
the suppression of labor troubles in
this state in 1904 and 1905, and was
prominently identified with the recent
prosecution of the officers of the West
ern Federation of Miners at Boise on
the charge of complicity in the assass
ination of ex-Governor Frank Steunen
berg, of Idaho.
HAS MODIFIED ITS RULING.
Interstate Commission Will Re-open
Portland Gateway.
San Francisco, March 30. A tele
gram was received at the general oflice
of the Southern Pacific company in this
city today from Charles S. Fee, passen
ger traffic manager, who is at present
in Chicago, announcing that the recent
action of the Interstate Commerce com
mission, which was interpreted as clos
ing the Portland gateway and necessi
tating a higher passenger rate by the
Southern Pacific t) Seattle and other
Northern points, via Portland, has been
modified. The objection of the com
miesion, it appears.wfelated only to the
manner of publishing through rates,
and revised tariffs conforming to the
commission's wishes will be issued an
soon as possible.
This new ruling will be received with
great satisfaction in Portland, which
was being adversely affected by the
higher passenger rates charged from the
East to.Seattle via Portland than were
charged to Seattle over the Great North
ern. The Southern Pacicfi is equally
pleased, for.it has been known that its
earnings and prestige have suffered by
the ruling which has now been modi
fied. Says Dunne is Prejudiced.
San Francisco, March 30. Abraham
Ruef today filed an affidavit through
which he seeks to disqualify Superior
Judge Frank II . Dunne from presiding
in the so called Parkside trolley fran
chise bribery cases, in which Ruef is
a joint defendant with W. I. Brobeck,
G. II. Umbsen and Joseph Green. In
his affidavit Ruef alleges bias and pre-1
judice on the part of Judge Dunne and
sets forth many instances in which he
says Dunne showed antipathy, bias and
prejudice against the defendant in for
mer mam.
English Hopmen Protest.
Worcester, England, March 30. A
largely attended meeting of hopgrowers
was held in this city this afternoon and
a resolution was passed protesting in
dignantly against what was described
as the "dumping of America's surplus
hops in this country." Enormous quan
tities of hops are said to be due to ar
rive here in a few days. They are be
ing offered at from 18 to 25 shillings
hundred weight, which is less that
half the English price.
Alabama Law Is Killed.
Montgomery, Ala., March 30. Judge
ThomHS G. Jones, of the United States
court, today held the Alabama penalty
railroad laws unconstitutional; also
that the suits bronpht by the railroads
are not in violation or tne eieventn
onstitutional amendment, not being
suits against the state. Several of the
mtnnr claims were also deciarea rx ne
invalid.
QUAKES DESTROY
CITY OF CHILAPA
Fire
Gonsumes Ruins of
Immediately.
Buildings
Great Fissures Made in Streets and
Open Fields No I Ives Lost and
Perfect Order Prevails Public
Buildings of the City Nearly All
Destroyed.
Mexico, City, March 28. Chilapa, a
town of 15,000 inhabitants in the state
of Guerrero, has been shakeu by an
earthquake and burned.
The shocks, two in number, occurred
early last evening and were followed
by,fire, which originating in a dozen
places among the tumbling buildings,
joined, in a conflagration that swept the
town.
Governor Damian Flores, chief exec
utive of the state of Guerrero, who is
at present in this city, had at 9 o'clock
this evening just received the first offi
cial advices from Chilapa. The mes
sage says that, although a number of
the buildings of the town were leveled
to the ground, no lives were lost. The
police quarters and the mayor's .office
were destroyed and the jail badly dam
aged. Great fissures were made in the
streets and open fields.
In the neighboring town of Ometepec
the jail was tJestroyed and 30 prisoners
made their escape. Troops are guard
ing the public buildings that are stand
ing in Chilapa, but perfect order pre
vails. Later returns from Chilapa show,
however, that the dispatch received by
Governor Flores waB ultra conservative.
The town j was practically destroyed,
though no lives were lost. Most of the
buildings that were .leveled were resi
dences. Thirty-four shocks have been record
ed during the past 24 hours by the seis
mograph.at the national observatory at
Tabuyaca. Most of these shocks, how
ever, were imperceptible except to the
delicat needle of the instrument.
NORTH POLE IS SHIFTING.
Making America Warmer and Siberia
Colder.
Victoria, B. C, March 28. That the
north pole is shifting and the climate
is changing, making the Northern terri
tories of this continent warmer and
Norther Asia colder, is the theory to
support which Mose B. Cotworth, of
York, England, has been gathering evi
dence in Alaska, from where he has re
turned on his way to England.
A curious effect of this change, it is
said, may be a number of boundary
difficulties between Canada and the
United States, especially in the Eastern
port'on. This boundary is fixed by
latitude, and if the north pole is really
moving, the latitudes change also, ren
dering it advisable that the boundary
be speedily marked everywhere by
permanent monuments, where it has
not yet been bo marked already.
The movement, Cotworth says, is
caused by the immense accumulatiins
cf ice along the Canadian shore of the
Arctic ocean, and especially in Baffin's
land and Greenland.
MINERS HELD IN CHECK.
Peace Committee Restrains Strikers
From Rioting.
Juneau, Alaska.March 28. Although
there has been no violence as yet at the
Treadwell mines, the 800 men on a
strike are only prevented from making
an outbreak by the commission of 20
men from the union who have been
called the peace committee.
The tension is so high that the least
word will bring about trouble. The
union leaders have neked the men to
refrain from drinking, but idleness is
irksome and the men are chafing under
the delay of a settlement, especially in
view of the fact that the company has
declared that never again will there he
any of the present leaders employed by
the company.
Cannot Deport Bignami.
San Francisco, March 28. Paul Iiig-
nami, the anarchist arrested yeeterray
for inciting to assassination and to de
struction of the fleet, when examined
before Acting Commissioner of Immi
gration Crawford, stated hat he tame
to this country from Italy in 1904. If
this is a fact it will plate him outside
t ie Federal deportation laws relating to
anarchists. Mi. Crawford has wired to
Boston to see if there is any record of
him there. More anarchists will be
arrested in the next few days in the
Latin quarter charged with vagrancy.
Tourist Rates to the Coast.
St. Paul, Minn., March 28. The
passenger officials of the Northern and
Pacific and Soo roads will make special
Bummer tourist rates of $60 for the reg
ular trip from the Twin Cities to Seat
tle, Tacoma, Portland and other North
Pacific Coast points. This puts the
northern lines on a par with the south
ern lines, which have granted special
rates to California points. The regular
trip from Chicago to North Coast ciliea
via the Twin Cities will be $72.50.
Great Strike Is Ordered.
Kansas CUy. March 28. Thirty five
thousand members of the United Mine
workers of America, employed in dis
tricts Nos. 4, 21 and 25, comprising
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas, will go on strike April 1,
following a decision reached at meet
ings of division vice presidents held
; here today.