Heppner gazette., April 16, 1908, Image 6

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HEPPNER
.OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap-1
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National. Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Anna Gould has sailed (or Europe.
Nearly 5,000 acres of hops have been
plowed up in England.
Several Mexican towns have been
shaken by an earthquake.
At the Los Angales hearing Santa Fe
officials have admitted rate discrimina
tion. A new copyright treaty has been en
tered into by the United States and
Mexico.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, ex
premier of Great Britain, is growing
weaker.
The Portuguese premier has offered
his resignation, but the king has re
fused it
Miassachusetta Republicans have
elected uninstructed delegates to the
national convention.
Roosevelt may send s special mes
sage to congress on the question of the
number of battleships to be built.
German building trades employers
have disagreed with their workmen and
50.000 of the latter are out of work.
Chicago has juet received $863,340
as its share of the net earnings of the
w -7 7. liZ T.f c Northwest, also established a
street railway companies for thepastmark wUh a crop of nearly 1Q
year
Clerks and other officials in the var
ious government departments at Wash
ingtno, D. C, have been warned not to
mix in politics.
The American government is not
likely to intervene in Hayti.
The Republican National convention
will have two Taft delegates from New
York.
Another record breaking year for
trans-Atlantic passenger business is in
sight.
Harriman has secured control of the
Erie railoard, giving him an ocean-to-ocean
line.
The Olive Street bank, St. Louis,
having a capital of $100,000 and de
posits of $350,000, has been closed.
A Chicago grand jury is inquiring
into charges against doctors and law
yers of working up fake damage suits
against the city.
The Navy department Bays at least
three war vessels will visit Portland
during the rose carnival and a battle
ship will be included.
One of the largest grain firms in
London is in trouble from over-speculation.
Its liabilities will exceed its as
sets by nearly $500,000.
The American consulate at Mukden
has been invaded by Japanese and a
Chinese Bervant assaulted. No apology
has been offered and an inquiry is to
be made.
The Navy dpeartment is considering
the establishment on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts of home bases for the
fleets, where the enlisted men will be
afforded an opportunity to puicbaee
their own homes and where the ships
will call at regular intervals.
Anna Gould says she will not marry
the Prince de Sagan.
The South Dakota Republican con
vention elected Taft delegates.
In Minnesota Taft has carried all but
two counties and those are for La Fol
lette. A New York grand jury could not
find sufficient evidence to indict the ice
trust.
Canada is arranging with the home
gcvernment to stop immigration of
Hindus.
France prefers Russia's scheme for
reforms in Macedonia to that of Great
Britain.
Admiral Evan is much improved
but will be unable to join the fleet at
San Diego.
Wisconsin Republicans have elected
La Follette delegates to the national
convention.
There is no change in the Venezuelan
situation. The cruiser Tacoma is at
La Guayara.
In Michigan only four of 14 counties
which voted on the liquor question de
cided to continue saloons.
The South Dakota Democratic con
vention elected delegates instructed to
vote for Bryan "first, laet and all the
time," and to "vote for no one else."
An enlieted man with the battleship
fleet says that the efficiency of the navy
has been doubled by the cruise.
King Edward is severely criticised by
his people for leaving his post at a
crisis.
Naval experts say many new records
were made by the battleships fleet at
Magdalena bay.
Howard Gould is suing his wife for a
divorce. Drinkine is her worst onense,
according to his story.
Oliver C Dallas, under arrest at Hel
ena, has admitted making many false
reports on mineral surveys.
FORTY MILLION BUSHELS.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Make
New Record for Wheat.
Total 1907 Grain Crop.
Bushels
Wheat 58,000,000
Barley 10,000.000
Oats 12,000,000
Total 80,000,000
Shipments b Water to p-il I
Wheat 37,700,000
Barley ' 1,057,000
Sh Dments East by Rail to April I
Wheat 100,000
Barley 2,724,000
Oats 500,000
Stocks on Hand pril I.
Wheat 11,250,000
Barley 1.S50.000
Oats 2,240,000
Portland, April 14. With the de
parture this month of seven char
tered ships now loading at Portland,
and five loading on Puget Sound, the
greatest season in the history of the
North Pacific grain trade will be
practically over. There are a few
straggling ships coming along for
May-June loading, and at least two
more steamers will load wheat for
'the Orient, but the movement has
been so rapid this season that May 1
will find the business nearer cleaned
up than in any previous "big crop"
year. When the returns are all in
jfor April, it will be found that Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho for the
! first time in their history, have
shipped (flour included), 40,000,000
bushels of wheat, and still have some
on hand to tide over the dull season
until the new crop arrives.
The 1907 wheat crop of the three
states was a record-breaker by near
ly 10,000,000 bushels, reaching a
grand total of 58,000,000 bushels,
and on account of the good prices
prevailing throughout the season, it
moved more rapidly proportionately
than any of its predecessors. Not
only was the wheat crop the
largest
on record, but barley, which has been
steadily increasing in prominence as
one of the great staples of the Paci-
new
000,-
000 bushels. Oats, exclusive of the
crop grown in the La Conner
trict on Puget Sound, is credited with
a yield of 12,000,000 bushels in the
three states.
These figures which show a grand
total of 80,000,000 bushels of the
three leading cereals, are compiled
from accurate statistics, kindly sup
plied by the railroad companies,
which moved the big crop and by
prominent grain exporters in various
parts of the three states. The figures
fall short of some of the earlier esti
mates made on the crops, and natur
ally are several million bushels
smaller than the government figures
on oats and barley.
Washington's 40,000,000 bushel
crop of wheat dwindled to about 35,
000,000; that of Oregon was slightly
under 18,000,000, and Idaho's was
somewhat over 5,000,000 bushels.
WILL GO ABROAD.
President Will Leave Matters Entirely
To His Successor.
Washington, April 14. Should
President Roosevelt's present desires
be realized, he will spend the first
year after his retirement from office
in traveling outside the United
States. Mr. Roosevelt's itinerary,
however, has not been determined.
His plan is to see some of the rugged
and little frequented portions of for
eign lands, as well as to travel the
beaten track of the tourist. That
the president will indulge in his
fondness for hunting big game is be
lieved by those to whom he has con
fided his intentions.
It was at the recent dinner of the
Boone and Crocket Club in this city
that the president last told of his in
tentions for next year. He was told
of the opportunities for hunting in
Alaska, and urged to arrange for a
trip there. This, he said, would in
terfere with his plan for foreign
travel and would have to be consid
ered, if at all, at some future time.
Mr. Roosevelt is quoted as adding
at this time:
"If WTilliam H. Taft is nominated
and elected President, which would
be very gratifying, it would make im
possible criticism if I were abroad,
to the effect that I was dictating to
him and being followed, or that I
had dictated arid had been turned
down in my suggestions."
New Emblem for Democracy.
Denver, April 14. A monster
tiger, constructed of papier mache,
will welcome the delegates to Denver
when they come to the Democratic
National Convention July 7. This
emblem has been selected instead of
the prosaic donkey, as the striped
king of the Jungle lends himself
more reaany to tne purposes oi or-
imentation. A special committee of j
tizens is at work devising plans
na
citizens Is at work devising plans
for the suitable decoration of the
city. The decision is to erect a mam-
moth figure of a tiger at Sixteenth
street and Broadway avenue
Last Link to Atlantic.
Birmingham, Ala., April 14. The
official announcement by the Illinois
Central Railroad that the new Bir
mingham division will be opened for
traffic April 19, calls attention to the
completion of the last link in the
great Harriman transcontinental 0f governors and other officials to dis
route, for by controlling the Union . cu?s the question on conservation of na-
Pacific, Illinois Central and Central
'of Georgia, this system will extend
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from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
Populism Wined Out.
Topeka. Kan., April 14. -The Pop
ulist party in Kansas Is officially
dead. The Republican state canvass
ing board has refused its candidates
a place on the official ballot because
Jhe party at the last state election
I did not poll 1 per cent of the total
vote of the state, as provided by the
new primary election law passed In
January. The party in 1906 polled
fewer than 1200 votes.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
INSTRUCTS ON AMENDMENTS
Miss Cornelia Marvin Gathers
Data
on Both Sides.
Salem Miss Cornelia Marvin, secre
tary of the Oregon Library commission,
i has been a very effective worker in
I spreading information regarding the 19
initiative and referendum laws which
have been submitted to the people for
.approval or rejection in June. She has
gathered all the published material she
can find on both sides of every question
submitted, and has been loaning this
material to granges, debating societies
and other organizations that will make
I good use of it. Ibis work has been
1 taken up as a part of the system of de
bate libraries which Miss Marvin es
tablished nearly two years ago. The
plan is to provide debating societies
with material for discussions of all
public questions. In gathering the
material Miss Marvin shows no par
tiality, but includes in the collections
everything she can find on either side
of every question. The debate libra
ries are loaned for a period of two
weeks, and when returned by one or
ganization are immediately sent out a
another.
INSPECTOR DOtS THE WORK
Owner of Orchard Must Pay fcr the
Spraying, However.
Salem County Fruit Inspector E.
C. Armstrong has begun a new phase
of war upon San Jose scale by hiring a
gang of men to go into the orchard of
Rev. F. M. George, near Liberty, and
spray the trees. Heretofore enforce-
', ment of the law has consisted of chop
ping down diseased trees,
: COurse is Dursued onlv in tae
but that
trees that have been rendered valueless
by disease and neglect. The George ,
ifs! I the vicinity of Liberty, but has become ?ar ?UD(?'. 0 accoul of,h,8h. ate.r
SI 1 infested with scale. Mr. George spray- The Columbia jis now free rom imped.-
orchard is one of the most valuable in
ed 10 acres, but left 20 acres unsprayed.
Mr. Armstrong will have it sprayed
and charge the cost to the owner.
When the work in this orchard is com
pleted Mr. Armstrong will put the
gang at work in other orchards in the
vicinity.
Set Out Many Grapes.
Grants Pass One of the largest ship -
meets of Tokay grape cuttings wan un-; report, which was read and approved
loaded at the depot this week that has ' at the meeting of the board, consisting
ever been received in one lot in South-1 of Governor Chamberlain, Secretary of
ern Oregon. One hundred thousand State Benson and State Treasurer Steel,
cuttings were consigned to W. B. Sher- shows mere are 116 pupils in the insti
man, who is setting out 80 acres in the tut ion. There were 108 on January 1.
foothills just outside of the city limits
overlooking town. Several other con
signments of small amounts have been
distributed to various other fruit grow
ers. Growers feel jubilant over the
outlook for grapes and are hustling to
get well rooted vines to plant and in
some instances Willamette valley nurs
erymen have been unable to fill more
than half the orders.
Market Day is Big Success.
Baker City Baker City's first month
ly market day was a pronounced suc
cess, hundreds of farmers having
brought in stock to be sold. Between
11 and 12 o'clock there was a band con
cert by the Baker Concert band and at
1 o'clock the horse show was held.
Hundreds of horses were in the parade.
Immediately after the parade was held
the public wedding, which was one of
the chief attractions, took place. The
crowds then went to the public auction,
where thousands of dollars' worth of
stock was sold. The merchants of the
city did an immense business, having
made special reductions fcr the day on
all of their goods.
May Manufacture Sugar.
Engene The promotion department
of the Eugene Commercial cluo has re
ceived a quantity of sugar beet fceed
from the Pacific Sugar Construction
company, which a year ago built a big
sugar factory in Glenn county, Califor
nia, for the purpose of testing the soil
of Lane county as to its adaptability to
the raising of sugar beets, and if the
test is satisfactory steps will at once be j
taken to induce some sugar beet manu-:
facturer to build a plant in Eugene. J
The seed will be distributed among a
number of representative farmers.
Mileage Book Hearing April 26,
Salem In accordance with a stipu
lation between the parties to the con
test, the Oregon Railroad commission
! has fixed April 25 as the date for the
hearing upon the application
Travelers Protective associatio
of the
Travelers- rrotective association lor es- i
tablishment of a straight 2-cent rate
fcr mileage books on the principal
roads in Oregon. The hearing will
becommeoced at the office of the corn-
mission in the state house at 11 o'clock
a. m.
Invited to Visit President.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has .
received an invitation frorr President
i Roosevelt to attend a dinner at the
I White House on Tuesday evening, May ;
12. when there will be an assemblage
1 vi I
tional resource?. Governor Chamber
lain hopes to be able to attend, but is
afraid that he will be unable to do so,
owing to other pressing matters.
Build Larger Grandstand.
Salem 1 he state fair board has or
dered an addition to the grand stand at
the fair grounds race track, increasing
the seating capacity 60 per cent. The
grand stand will be exended forward
from the present front so that the front,
row of seats will be on the line of the
race track. W. E. McElroy was chosen .
musical director for the fair of 1908. J
WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVOR
Fruit in Willamette Valley Promises to
Do Unusually Well.
Salem Climatic conditions during
the past winter have been exception
ably favorable for all farm crops and
! the present fair
weather is considered
The cold spring has
ideal lor iruit.
kept the fruit trees back, thus protect
ing tbem to a large extent irorr danger
of injury from frosts and late rains.
Growers expect fair weather through
the blossoming period and with such
conditions prevailing a full crop of fruit
will "set."
Apples in the Willamette valley were
a short crop last aeason and with even
fair conditions this year the trees should
bear an immense crop. Cherry, pear
and prune trees are apparently in per
fect condition and there seems to be no
reason why a bumper crop should not
be realized. Tne high prices secured
in recent years for fruit has encouraged
the growers to do more extensive prun
ing and spraying that ever before, with
the result that the quality of fruit har
vested will be exceptionally good. Tne
coming of fair weather has set the plows
going in all orchards and cultivation
will this year be unusually thorough.
Clears Columbia Channel.
The Dalles The Portland contract
ors, Wakefield & Jacobsen, who have
been dredging and otherwise clearing
the narrow channel of the Columbia at
what is known as Three-Mile rapids,
near this city, have completed their
work and brought the dredge to The
Dalles, where it is now moored. The
removal of the rocks and reefs from this
' Prt'on of the Columbia has coBt the
. anrfammanT. nnnnr s 1 1 hj mill ann nay rv..
cupied several years, though it cculJ
have been finished sooner but for the
fact that it could not be carried on the
menis w me rig r.uuy,
where it con
nects with the portage road.
Pupils at Reform School.
Salem The report of D. L. Looney,
superintendent of the state reform
school, shows that during the past
quarter there has been expended as
general expenses, $7,024.93, and from
. the improvement fund $114.30.
The
Since then 25 have been admitted and
! 15 discharged. One has escaped and
one is on leave of absence.
The Dalles to Have Float
The Dalles At a meeting of the com
mercial club it was decided that this
city shall be represented at the rose
show in Portland by a float to be de
signed and constructed by J. W. Har
per, of Portland. A committee has
made a canvass of the business houses
and obtained $600, with the promise of
an additional $100. The float will be
decorated with the products of this vi
cinity and will be one of the features of
the spirit of the Golden West parade.
Eugene Buys Flags to Decorate.
Eugene The Eugene Commercial
club has arranged to purchase 60 Amer
ican flags and 60 rennants, to be used
as decoration on Willamette street on i
special day occasions. The merchants
also will add their quota of decora
tions. The first use of these new flags
and pennants will be for the spring
festival of music, to be held in Eugene,
April 14 and 15. The flags will belong
to the city, and will be displayed on all
public occas'ons.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 84c; bluestem, 87c;
valley, 85c; red, 82c.
Barley Feed, $24.50 per ton; rolled,
$2728 per ton; brewing, $27.
Oats No. 1 white, $26.50 per ton ;
gray, $26.
Corn Whole. $33.50; cracked,
$34.50.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17 per
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $17.50:
clover, $14; cheat, $15; grain hay, $14
15; alfalfa, $12.
Fruits Apples, $13 50 per box,
according to quality; cranberries, $8
1 1 per barrel.
Vegetables Artichokes, 7590c per
dozen : asparagus, 9c pound ; beans, 20c
pound; cabbage, l4lo pound jcau-
nnower, oucii ; i-eiei, .uuu por
crate; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 10c
pound; peppers, 20c per pound; rad-
ishee, 25c per dozen; rhubarb, $2(2.25
'per crate; spinach, 85c crate; sprouts,
10c per pound, squash, Hdklc pound.
Onions Oregon $4.254.50 per hun
dred. Potatoes 4555c per hundred, de-
hvered Portland.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27c per
pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 1415c
per pouna; mixed cnicicens, jac;
mixed
spring chickens, 1620c; turkeys, live,
1516c; dressed, choice, 17(3; 18c:
geese, live, 9j; duck. 16rl7c;
pigeons, 75c(?$l ; squabs, $1.502.
Eggs Fresh ranch, Ific per dozen.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 89c; 125
to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds.
56c.
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7
7c, packers, 536c.
Hops 1907, prime and choice, 45c
per pound; olds, ll$c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average Dest,
1216c per pound, according to shrink
ape; valley, 16 lte, according to qua!
Jty; mohair, choice, 25c per pound,
Caacara Bark 3c per pound.
FLAMES DEVOUR CHEP-8EA.
Boston Suburq Swept by Fire Four
Bodies Found.
Boston, Mass., April 13. Fire yes
terday devastated the manufacturing,
tenement and retail sections of Chel
sea, burning over one square mile of
territory and leveling many of the
city'B best structures. Late last night
four bodies had been recovered from
the ruins. The fire started at 10:40
a. ni., and was not under control un
til 9 p. ru., notwithstanding that half
of tho Boston fire department's
strength and steamers from a dozen
other cities and towns went to the
aid of the Chelsea brigade.
The fire originated in the rear of
the Boston Blacking Company's
works on West Third street, near the
eastern division of the Boston &
Maine Railroad, in close proximity
to the Everett City line. A terrific
gale from the northwest, which at
times had a velocity of 60 miles an
hour, carried burning shingles, em
bers and myriads of sparks to a score
of wooden buildings, most of them of
cheap construction.
The fire started almost from the
extreme southwest section of the
city, and cut a path to the end of
Maverick street at the extreme south
eastern end of the city, which bor
ders Chelsea Creek. This is about
one and a half miles from where the
fire began. The flames spread
through the heart of the retail bus
iness section, which was about mid
way between the two extreme limits
reached by the fire.
Among the structures destroyed
were 13 churches, two hospitals, the
Public Library. City Hall, five
schoolhouses, 20 business blocks,
nearly a score of factories, and up
ward of 309 tenements and dwelling
houses.
Among the places burned were:
Frost Hospital, Children's Hospi
tal, Fltz Public Library, Stanislaus
Polish Catholic Church, Chestnut
street; First Baptist Church, Central
avenue; Central Unitarian Church,
Hawthorne street; St. Luke's Catho
lic Church (old building), Haw
thorne street; First Methodist Epis
copal Church, Carey avenue; Elm
street Synagogue; Walnut-street
Synagogue; Chelsea Presbyterian!
Church; People's Afro-Methodist
Episcopal Church, Fourth street;
Universallst Church; Second Adven
tist Church; New England Telephone
& Telegraph Company's central of
fice; Austin & Young's cracker fac
tory; Chaplis & Sodden Car Com
pany's shops; Rosenfelt Bros.' three
story rag-picking factory; the Tide
Oil Company's three immense tanks
near th& east end of Margin street.
St. Rose's Roman Catholic Church,
Broadway, loss $25,000; St. Rose
Roman Catholic School, loss $40,
000; State Armory, loss $100,000;
Sacred Heart Convent, loss $40,000;
Y. M. C. A. building, loss $75,000;
Boston Elevated Railroad station and
barn, loss $50,000; County Savings
Bank, Chelsea Savings Bank, Chelsea
Trust Company, the Providence Co
operation Bank.
The funds of all these banks with
the exception of the County Savings
Bank are still in the vaults. The
money and securities of the County
Bank were taken to Boston before
the fire reached the building.
CALL JAPAN TO ACCOUNT.
Roosevelt Will Demand Facts Ab ut
Mukden Affair.
Washington, April 13. The attack
on Consul-General stralgnt and the
servants of the American Consulate,
at Mukden, by Japanese rowdies led
by a postman has stirred the admin
istration to action. It is regarded as
a mucn more serious affair than ap
pears upon the surface, and prompt
action will undoubtedly be taken to
obtain the reparation that Japan has
so far refused.
A conference upon the subject was
held at the White House late tonight
by President Roosevelt, Secretary
Taft and Secretary Root. It was as
sumed at the conierence that Mr.
Straight had made a report of the
Incident to Minister Rockbill, at Pe
kln, and that Mr. Rockhlll would
communicate the facts to the State
Department without delay.
To insure his doing so, cable mes
sages were sent tonight to both Mr.
Rockhlll and Mr. Straight asking for
all the facts. A reply is expected to
morrow. A prominent cabinet officer
said tonight:
"I don't think I am betraying any
secret when I say that the decision
to send the fleet to the Pacific was
largely determined by the insuffer
able tactics of the Japanese in offi
cial intei course."
Railroad Pays Half the Loss
Helena, Mont., April 13. Resi
dents of Big Timber, Mont., the town
which was almost entirely destroyed
by the fire last month, have been
notified by the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company that they will be
paid 50 cents on the dollar to cover
their losses. This action is taken
from the fact that the disastrous fire
which left hundreds of people home
less, was started by a spark from a
Northern Pacific locomotive. The
decision is not the outgrowth of civil
suits, but is a voluntary action on
the part of the railroad officials.
Student Slays Governor.
Lemburg, April 13. Count
dreas Potoki, Governor of the
tro-PoIish province of Galicia,
An-Aus-
was
assassinated this afternoon by a stu
dent, Mieroslap Sjoseynski by name,
while Kivinn an audience to a dele
gation of students. The assassin
fired three shots from a revolver, all
of which took effect. The Governor
died soon afterward, but first asked
his secretary to inform his majesty
at once: "Tell him," said the dying
man, "I was his faithful servant."
Siwtv nine Day in Trance.
Los Angeles, April 13. Mrs. Beu
lah Hawkins, the woman who fell
Into a cataleptic trance on February
5. will tomorrow enter the 69th day
of her sleep. Her condition Is ap
parently unchanged. ,
WILL WATCH
ANARCHISTS
Thousands of Suspects Are On Gov
ernment Lists.
Widespread Growth in United States
Is Proving a Menace Is Causing
Alarm in Official Circles details
of Discoveries Are Kept Secret
by Authorities.
Washington, April 1 1 .As a result
of the work of the government, .recently
undertaken for the stamping out of an
archy and anarchists in the United
States, it leaked out today that govern
ment officials are absolutely astounded
at the widespread growth of anarchy in
this country. Groups of anarchists
have been discovered in almost every
state in the Union and in most unex
pected places. Detailed information
concerning their location and numbers
was refused by high officials today, but
it is known that steps are now being
taken by the government to get ac
quainted with the various groups and
their.individual members, and that the
Reds will be kept under strictest sur
veillance hereafter.
The clue to the location of the anar
chists is said to have been furnished by
a list containing the names of several
thousands which recently fell into the
hands of the government. Tracing
down the list, it has been fonnd that
for every name on it there are several
anarchists, ranging from two or three
to a group of 10 or 20, or even more,,
living in the same town.
According to the local police, extra
men have been assigned to the neigh
borhood in which Postmaster General
Meyer lives, and that official was ac
companied by plain clothes men when
he went to Boston to preside ever the
Republican convention today.
RUSSIA TO STATE POSITION
Will Reassert Attitude Set Forth by
Baron Rosen.
St. Petersburg, April 11. It is the
purpose of the Russian government
shortly to issue a statement in the mat
ter of the question of territorial ad
ministration that has arisen at Ilarbia
and Chailar. It is understood that
this announcement will reassert the at
titude set fcrth recently in Washing
ton by Erron Rosen, the Russian am
bassador there. This entire question,
was brought to the front about three
weeks ago by the refusal of F. D.
Fisher, the American consul at Harbin,,
to recognize Russian jurisdiction and
his insistence that he was accredited!
solely to China.
The Novoe Vremya today publishes a
dispatch from Harbin detailing the
progress of the conflict and saying that
the antagonism between Russian and
China is growing steadily. China op
poses all Russian administrative estab
lishment in Manchuria on the ground,
that the railroad concession carries,
with it only the rights of a common
carrier and does not imply government
functions.
DRAFT CODE OF PROCEDURE
Powers' Will Move to Establish Inter
national Prize Court.
Washington, April 11. Great Brit
ain has invited the governments which.
participated in the laBt Hague confer
ence to send experts to London whofe
; duties shall be to formulate a code of
; procedure for the proposed internation
al prize court, the establishment of
which is provided for in each of the
treaties resulting from the conference
The American government will be
represented at the London conference.
This conference is regarded as inform
al in character, and the participation of
the United States will require no legis
lation, except, perhaps, a small appro
priation to meet the expenses of the
American representatives. The date
for the conference has not been fixed.
It is etated here that the ratification of
the treaty providing for this court will
doubtless be delayed by the nations un
til after the report of this body.
Absorbs Cooper College.
Stanford Universtity, Cal., April 11.
President David Starr Jordan today
announced the affiliation of Cooper
Medical college, of San Francisco, with
Stanford University, and said that the
medical institution and Lane hosital
will hereafter be under the control of
the university trustees. This is the
first step towards making a real uni
verstity at Stanford by the addition of
graduate schools in the professional
courses. At present, the law depart
m"nt is the only cne having complete
graduate courses.
Great Northern is Fined.
Minneapolis, Aril 11. Counsel for
the Great Northern railroad pleaded
guilty today in the Federal court to the
charge of rebating brought against the
company, and Judge .Morris imposed
a fine of $3,000. The case was brought
in November, 1906, but was not tried,
as the Great Northern had appealed a
similar ra-e. Judge Morris tried the
case which was appealed, and in that
case had imposed a fine of $15,000.
The Supreme court sustained his action.
Protests Against Quarantine.
Havana, April 11. Governor Gene
ral Magoon sent an earnest protest to
Washington today against the quaran
tine against Cuba. His message is
supported by reports from Amecircan
officials throughout the island denying
that fever exists anywhere.