Heppner Gazette
Issued Thursday of tech Week
HEPPNER
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I siKu!iii-u i'v saiuie ui jj guns, at Kickreall, Saturday, May lt. .J. u.
General Review of Important Hap- there is tension in the diplomatic rela- Ackerman, superintendent of public in
penings Presented in a Brief and tions between the United States and Btruction, and Ueorgo II. Himes, of Port
Comprehensive Manner for Busy Venezuela was shown in the fact that j, win i,0 tn0 principal speakers.
Readers National. Political, His-
torical and Commercial.
Chicago street railway men are to
vote on a general strike.
There is an increase of tippling
among English society women.
Indications point to Taft men con
trolling the Oregon republioan conven
tion. Vw YV,rV 'a unemTilovpd have formed
an association and will hold a national
convention.
The Union Pacific reports an increase
in earnings, and is putting shopmen
back at work.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
is to investigate the proposed increase
of freight rates,
A French mob tried to lynch a woman
who had murdered many children, but
was prevented by the police.
If the weather permits the battleship
fleet will stop off Coos Bay on its way
from San Francisco to Seattle.
A number of senators are preparing
to denounce Roosevelt as a usurper be
cause he claims supremacy over the
army.
Methodists have called on Speaker
Cannoa to aid prohibition.
Heinze has been sued for the losses
of the Aetna Bank, of Butte.
There have been several serious out
breaks in Ohio against the tobacco
trust.
The man who blew up the Burlington
train at Butte has proven to be only
half-witted.
Prince PhiliD zu Eulenberg, once fa
vorite of the kaiser, has been arrested
for perjury.
Japan has issued a peremptory de
mand that China stop the boycott of
Japanese goods.
Roosevelt denies the power of con
gress to restrict authority over the
army and navy,
Kentucky continues to have trouble
with night riders, who ars burning to
bacoo warehouses.
The Buef bribery trial is the scene
of many threats and almost open fights
among the lawyers.
California people have drawn up a
memorial to congress asking for the
promotioa of Rear-Admiral Evans to the
grade of admiral
Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, wants
thA D-overnment to survey all unsur-
veyd lands in Idaho. Washington, Mon
tana, Oregon and California.
Great Britain is considering an old
age pension.
Japaa denies, the report that the Co
rean emperor is to be banished.
Japan has filed another protest with
China against the boycott of Japanese
goods.
Emma Goldman, high priestess of an
archy, will give a series of addresses
in Portland, commencing May 23.
The cashier of the Allegheny Na
tional Bank, of Pittsburg, has been ar
rested for embezzling $429,000 of the
bank's funds.
Great Britain's financial budget, just
issued, shows conditions to be in such
good shape that the duty on sugar is
to be reduced.
The senate has confirmed the nomina
tion of "William R. "Wheeler, of Cali
fornia, to be assistant secretary of com
merce and labor.
President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, has written a let
ter to congress urging the passage of
many bills of interest to labor.
While at San Francisco, Rear-Admirai
Thomas, second in command of the At
lantic fleet, will preach at least onj
sermon in one of the leading churches.
Oklahoma enjoyed a holiday Thurs
day by proclamation of the governor,
who asked tee people to auopi, iwu
tions calling upon congress to pass leg-
;Uf;nn Tirnviriincr for tne selection oi
"United States senators by direct vote.
Heavv rains at Madison, Ind., did
much damage to property
Many of New York's officeholders are
facing trial on indictments charging
graft.
Another uprising is reported in Peru
The last disturbance has been but just
subdued.
The paper trust is accused of making
publishers pay lor speculations in Can
adian timber.
Parkside real estate men are endeav
oring to shield P.uef in his trial for ac
cepting bribes.
Utah sheepmen will store their wool
rather than accept the price offered by
the wool combine.
Ovr 100.000 people from outride
San Francisco will watch the arrival of
the battleship fleet.
A "holy war" seems probable in
India, and Great Britain is making
preparations to subdue it.
The Kelton. which encountered a se
vere storm off Newport, has been towed
to Astoria. Her lumber cargo kept her
afloat.
American in China are angry at
Minister Rockhill. It is understood
that he advised the administration
against sending the Atlantic fleet to
China.
Fastern railroads are to raise all
freight rates.
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NONE SAY GOOD-BYE.
Venezuelans Show No Courtesy to
Minister Russell. I
Willemstadt, May 12 W. W. Russell,
the American Minister to Venezuela,
sailed from here today on the steamship
Caracas for the United States, where ho
will spend his vacation of two months.
The American Minister arrived here
'from Puerto Oabello. sailing from that
Prt yesterday afternoon after a visit
to the United States gunboat Paduach.
i His departure from Puerto Cabello was
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n. Lnu .hi, iiuwvu (iTOi-ujc, sports ana games, mo committee on
Thomas P. Moffatt, the American Con- arrangements is under the direct super
sul at La Guaira, is still in that city vision of Superintendent II. C. Sevmour,
without mea-ns of communication bo- of Dallas, C0Unty school superintendent,
causo of the plague, and it is feared The principal attraction of the day will
without necessities of life. , h0 the unveiling of a suitable moiiu
It is thought that the United States Iuent to mark the site of the first school
may send a gunboat there for the pur- opened in Polk County. This historic
pose of transferring the consul, because gp0t j9 0n the road between Dallas and
at present there are no American in- Kickreall, and about half a mile west
terests requiring his presence. I 0f the latter place. The first school was
President Castro's decree shutting off opened in the spring of 1845, with J. E.
La Guaira may be prolonged indefinitely Lyi0) a former Polk County pioneer,
or until a full week passes without new now deceased, as teacher. Mrs. Jose
eases of plague appearing. There is phino Boylo, one of tho first students,
crp.it distress amonc the miemoloved. of ,t;h n..;i mmmnnt fin,,..... H
. or until a full week passes without new
whifh the number l9 large. Merchants
in La Guaira are doinR little business,
an(j are no longer able to support the
P"or. An appeal has been made to the
chamber of commerce in Caracas for
help. A second relief train was sent to
the isloatod city yesterday with pro
visions. The death list is growing, and
the whole town seems to be infected.
QUIET IN THE ISLANDS.
Basilan Moros Lay Down 'Arms With
out Serious Trouble.
Manila, May 12 The disarming of
the Basilan Moros is progressing with
out serious trouble. The Lanao dis-
triets are quiet. The trouble against
which the troops were recently, operat -
ing wag sporadic and neither general
no r serious.
Ma.ior-General Weston, who has re- 'como to tho Salem tair and capture the
turned to Manila from an inspection of , best of the prizes in competition with
the entire district, reports that con-1 Willamette Valley growers. Last year
ditions are quieter than usual. Hoprv;30 silver cups and as many diplomas
nounces tho recent operations to have were offered as premiums. This year
been police rather than military. (the number will be considerably in-
The government is being urged to creased, an effort being made to offer
secure a loan for the purpose of install- ,a premium for every class of fruit ripo
ing an extended system of irrigation. ! at that season of the year. Special at
The islands must purchase 10,000.0)0 , tention will bo given to cherries in coin
pesos of foreign rice this year, making mercial pack. The Salem Eioard of
a total purchase, during the past ten ; Trade has taken charge of the prelimi
years, of 100,000.000 pesos worth. It nary arrangements, and has commit-
is believed that irrigation will restorj
the crops.
FLEET VISITORS VICTIMS.
Petty Swindlers Sell Bogus Tickets
for Trips to Warships.
San Francisco, May 12. The thou-
sands who wished to visit the warship
today furnished a rich harvest field for
a number of petty swindlers. Bogus
tickets were sold without interference
irom tne police oy venders wno repre-
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sented no launch company whatever.
ixone dui invitea guesis were taKen on
the iflagship. although .thousands bought
tickets which they thought would en-
able them to board the Connecticut, and
many of the excursion steamers did not
land passengers on any warship, but
me'rely cruised among them.
Because his indignant passengers do-
, foiin,i tn , , rV, ' m Vl,in
, , tv, "': at
ixiscn, or tho excursion steamer St.
Helen, drew a revolver and threaten?!
i,4. tv, -nvi, n, rvT,nDmn
of the protesting excursionists. Police
f ti;..
Aw,- rv,..i rn-,,.1 l,;.,,. t,
dock when the trouble began, and hd,? enienameu .me iiarrurm. party
lost no time in disarming the steamboat ;
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Joaquin Miller Is Coming.
Portland, May 12. One of the pic
turesque attractions of the Portland
Rose festival during the week June
1-6, will be the appearance here of
Joaquin Miller, the "Poet of the
Sierras." Miller is a native of Ore
eon, and when the reouest and lnvi-
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would be typical of the life, habits
and customs of the ear y days of the
vicBuii uucuD, -"o -mica
which ue was a conspicuous ugurr.
This parade will symbolize the ad
vancement of civilization in the
Northwest from the earliest days
down to the present time. Many
cities of Oregon will be represented
by beautiful floats in the line of
march.
Children in Factories.
Richmond, Va., May 12 Dealing
with the world-wide topic of children
ffcoi WaHnn Inln or,,! tfco z,;i
of driving them under steam pressure
at the wheel when their frail limbs and
bodies are too weak to stand the terri
ble punishment and strain, the session
nf the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections at St. Paul's Church
tonight aroused the public to the im
portance of adequate laws to protect
adequate i;iws io protect , . . . .. . . -,
the evils of tho factory maI complaint, alleging that the Cor- e Valley, 45c per hundred ; East Mult
ssor W. IT. nand, of the vft.1!'9 & Eastern, through lack of enter- n0mah, 55c; Clackamas. 55e per hun-
them from
work. Profe
Fnivprsity of South Carolina, pointed
out the imperative demand for compul
sory education.
Long Walk for$2,ODO.
Kansas City, May 12 Across the
continent and back in eight months for
a purse or $2,000 is the task chosen by
Charles Moyer, an Indian of the Sioux
tribe. Mover is in Kansas City on his
return trip to San Francisco. He left
there October 29, 1907. and arrived in
Dying by the Hundred.
Kiev. Russia. May 12 A frightful
epidemic of exanthematous tvphoid is
raging in me city prison. More thaa
200 deaths so far have occurred, and
practically all of the inmates are infect-,
ed. The authorities are withholding do-
tails. -be
pw nrV nn .Tannarr 3 TIa haa
until June 29 to complete his trip back rlanting season put out squirrel poison,
to Ssn Frneis,0. He rxpeets to reach of the,C"" fattn'nl? 9
San Francisco two or three weeks ahead Ve to one of tho town butchers,
0j tjrae i L. .larman, the hogs having broken into
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
WILL UNVEIL MONUMENT.
To Mark Site of First Public School
i.i Polk County.
Dallas lho first school menu1 in
polk c'ouuty for the year will be held
rno attornoon will ue given over to
now deceased, as teacher,
Uimes win deliver an address at tho
unveiling, dealing with early Oregon
history. Kickreall, known in early
years as "Dixie," was tho homo of
Colonel J. W. Nesmith, former Indian
fighter and politician. The house in
which he died still stands about half a
uiilo east of this old and historic town.
PREPARE FOR CHERRY FAIR.
balem Exposition to Surpass I hat or
Last Year.
Salem Extensive preparations are
being made for the annual cherry fair
to bo held in Salem about the first of
' July, and from information, received
, it is apparent that tho fair this year
! will surpass that of 1907. Cherry-
growers at The Dalles are planning to J
tees at worK.
New School for Cornelius.
Forest Grove The school board
of Cornelius has decided to build a
anno KrinL- Cr.hr.i,n in ihn near
I future. According to the plans which
U,o,-Q hn aiaa r, ty nAf,-
wH1 be a two-story structure with
5asement and will have four racita-
tlon room9 jt will be fitted with a
modern heating plant and the rooms
will be supplied with automatic ven-
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tn,(inn t,o hr,i ,-. nhtnincH
jece Q'f property near the encamp-
mon( .4, nr Hrhnnl -
'Klch? when 'Smptete" will
be tne begt jn the county in the mat -
ter of modern conveniences.
Improvements at Pelican Bay
Klamath Falls Work has already
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1 Pelican Bav. owned by E. II. Harnman,
plant has been installed, and hot and
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i cottage.
be erected. J. S. Holabird, brother of
v-oio
Colonel W. II. Holabird, of Los Angeles,
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provements. C
s in cnargo or ine lm-
provemenis. v oionei xioiauiru, wuo jb
now in aiexico, is expecieu to arrive
here the latter part of May to take per-
sonal charge of the resort.
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Frost Nips Prunes.
Portland. Advices being - received
daily by Secretary Williams, of tho
State Horticultural Board, show that
tlst rt rtnfc f PAflf T rj rt I n A t ! TTA ff tfT.
m
djuerauie uama8e ui tuu uuo uup ul
the iNorthwes mis state, it is now
esiimate.1, win nave oniy aooui iwo-
ttllr(ls tne qantlty or Prunes proaucea
lasM-ear. This, however, win mane tne
crop fa1 but ittl0 less than normal,
bpcaus0 ,ast yearB production was
more than ordinanly large
Dipping rVlangy Uayuses.
1 l t 'U'i ic mil. .-v cdiii'ai
Pendleton A carload of crude pe
troleum has beeri ordered by Indian
Agpt McFatridge, to be use! in dip
ping the ponies on the Umatilla resor-
vation, in an effort to eradicate mange,
Lumber for the great dipping vats is
now on the ground, ana the worK or
rounding up tne iew inousanu umujiy
cavnses will soon no starred. Many
adjoining randies nave annexed norse,
hut thc government men cannot compel
these oer to dip. The state officials
could, however, if they would.
Ask for FreightDepot.'
Ralem. Citizens of Lyons, on the
Corvallis & Eastern Railroad, have
sented to the railroad commission a for- l
priMi-, iin-i iirjji'v.iw'i io uund a iri-ipm.
shed at that station and will not main-1
tain an agent there. Freight is left
exposed to the weather, and all articles
must bo shipped prepaid, which is an-
noying sometimes. Tho complaint is
signed r v several persons, j-ormni an-
pwer mnqt be filed by the railroad com-
pany witnin iu oays.
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Hogs Get Poisoned Grain,
NORTH POWDER O. A. Caspar, a
prominent farmer close to North Pow-
der, as usual with farmers in grain-
the Caspar field.
Bright Prospects in John Day.
Prairie City. The weather in this
valley, the Joh- Day Valley, could not
no more favorable. It is warm and
pleasant, with sufficient rain to make
vegetation grow, and prospects for bnm-
per crops of hsv and rrain could not
excelled. Stock is doing well.
CROPS LOOK WELL.
Conditions Are Excellent Throughout
Josephine County.
GRANTS PASS The general devel
opment and progress of farm work in
Josephine County has been far-reaching
during tho winter mouths, and the open
ing of spring has found mauy acres
reauy ior iruit trees and berries, which
will bo set out. A splendid rain has
been falling, and this will incrcaso the
hay crop and late-sown grain, and gives
assurance of heavy yields. A trip over
mo county snows that an enormous
amount of work has been going on in
clearing land and planting out orchards,
besides much has been accomplished in
other directions toward developing the
farming communities.
A never-failing crop for this part of
Rogue River Valley is the strawberry,
wnicn grows evorywtiere, ana will pro
duce two revenue crops each year, ow
ing to tho climatic conditions. This is
a feature unknown to Hood River rais
ers, and perhaps to any other part of
tho state. It is not an unusual sight to
seo perries almost an the year around;
in fact, they are on the market from
May until Christmas.
"With the industrial hum and swing
felt everywhere, the prospects for the
future were never better. The lumber
season is opening well, and during the
summer there will be about 30 mills in
this vicinity sawing the sugar pine of
Southern Ore zoo. into material for the
factories,
Excited Over Gold Find."
GRANTS PASS An investigation
party has returned from Williams Creek,
the scene of the reported rich strike of
gold, and find that between $5000 and
$7000 have beeu extracted by Norrison
Bros. & Jones in three days, and they
are still pounding out rich rock. It
was found difficult to get particulars of
the full amount extracted, as the oper
ators were inclined to be reticent, fear
ing a stampede of prospectors to their
camp. This new strike is only a short
distance from the Jones Bros.' marble
quarry and about two miles from this
city.
Surveying Electric Line.
Tendletou It is rumored that Dr. n.
W. Coe, of Portland, head of the Colum
bia Land Company, which owns a half
interest in the Furnish ditch, and 20,-
000" acres of land under it, and which
j3 '""noting the colonization plan, now
, has an engineer in the field to .leterminc
upon a route for the proposed electric
ad from Irrigon to Pendleton. It is
also stated on good authority that Dr.
, P00 wil1 not pxtend the road any farther
ln t19 direction than Echo unless the
PeoP1? of tnlf cltv will subscribe $100,-
000 worth of stock in the venture.
Trout for Eight Mile Creek
The Dalles. A shipment of 10,000
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u s been received by Victor
, Marden from the United Fish Commis-
, sioner at Oregon City, and is being
placod in Lower Eight Mile Creek
Many of the trout that have been
placed in local streams previously have
4 :nt ; . . ; i ; ,i ; . v. ,i v.
the water was turned off they died.
ally notified to put in screens in their
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Strawberry Day at Milton.
Milton Milton will bnve another
8trawberry day this year,
Tli n Prnrrrno-
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chare aml committees have been an
po;nt0t and preparations will soon, be
ur)(ler wav for thft eyentj which u ig to
be bopedj win exce, all pftgt festivities
of the kind. This event will take place
early in June, and is looked forward to
with keen anticipation by all who have
attended them in the past.
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rieruy oi i rami; igr new noau
Kiamath rails. Ibe Lon? Lake Lnm-
bpr Company, of this citv. will com
mene shi)mont of boxes via tho CaH
fornia xorthwestern Railway, May 15,
Tt hns ordprq from San yT!in(.-ltt(,n, Lo!
Anf,pleg an(1 San m tfa t wi
Porlsllme 2.nno.0oo feet of lumber. The
fim nf thpse or,1or3 wiu conotitute
; tho first cnrlol shipments from this
citv via tho California Northwestern
'Railway.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 87c per bush; red Eus
gian, 84C. Muestem, 89c; vallev. 8Gc.
Barlev Feed, 24 per ton; rolled, $27
(a2n; brewing, $28.
uais io. I winro, $zt(wzl.&u per
ton: pray. 5L'o.o(l(a)27.
Aiiustutis nran, s'O per ton: mid-
dlings. $30.50; shorts, country, $28.50;
city, $27; wheat and barley chop, $27.50.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley
$17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi
nary, $15; Fastern Oregon. $17.50
mixed, $16: clover, $14; alfalfa, $12;
pre--alfalfa meal. $20.
Potatoes 70t. rir hn-nAraA tviltm.
(iren; sweet. .'2 per pound,
Apples Select, $2.50 per box: fancy,
$2: choice. $1.50; ordinary, $1.50.
Onions Texas Bermudas, $2.73 per
erate.
VejretableqTnrnips. $1 per sack;
carrots. $1.50:1.75; beets, $1.25; pr
pnip?, $1.25; cabbape. $2 per cwt.: hed
lettuce. 6:c per dozen; celery, H;e(7r$
per dozen; artichokes. 5ne per dnz .; as-
iparatrus, 7rt?8c pound: beans. 20c per
pound; ef? plant. 2.)(7i)3nc per pound;
parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 6(7i)7c per
pound; peppers. 20e per pound; rad
ishes. 15c ner foren; rhubarb, l(a)2c per
pound; spinach, sue per crate.
RntterExtras, 22!4c per pound;
fancy. 21c: choice, 20c; storo, 16c.
Eggs 17V,c, per dozen.
Poultrv Mixed chickens, 1.1c . per
pound; fancy hens, 14(?B15c; roosters,
old. 9c: frvorn, dnren. $4: broilers,
dozen, $4.505; dressed poultry, per
pound, 1c hifher.
Drowsed Meats Hogs, fancy, 8e per
ponnd; ordinary. Ifftfiyt; large, 6e;
real, extra, 8e: ordinary. 7e: heavy, 6c;
mutton, fancy, 10c
TACOMA PLANS BIG TIME.
Wants to Outdo All the Other Cities
Where Fleet Has Stopped.
Tacoma, Wash., Mny 11. The local
fleet committeo has mado arrangements
for the review of tho 15 battleships iu
Tacoma harbor, May 27, and tho conse
quent festivities that will make their
stay of four days in this port tho most
memorable in tho history of the Hoot's
cruise thus far. Preparations aro being
made for the entertainment of thou
sands of pooplo all over tho Northwest,
who have mado known their intention
of attending tho Tacoma celebration.
This will conclude May 30 with a me
morial day parade, having in line thou
sands of marines and sailors from tho
ships, members of tho Grand Army of
tho Republic from every post in the
state, with tho uniform rank of the fra
ternal bodies.
There will be no lack of entertain
ment for visitors, who will have a fine
opportunity to view the fleet from tho
high bluffs on which the city -is built.
Massed bands of the fleet, with numer-
and trHnarro3inlZati0 fT
and the surrounding country, will play
military airs. ThHo iti, xr
York Symphony Orchestra, lod by Dam-
roach, in a four-day engagement will
give Tacoma the greatest assemblage
of musicians ever got together in any
city in Washington. In addition, there
will bo athletic contests, boat races
between the crews of the various battle-
ships, a grand illumination parade of
tho harbor craft, nightly illumination
of the warships and Japaneso fireworks
A
ADJOURN IN TWO WEEKS.
Congress Lead
ers Prepare to Rush was a'so n'8 son' lieutenant Frank Tay--l
p . ... ,lor Evans, who whoeled the invalid
gh Business. .v:
Throu
Washington, May 11. Strong efforts
will be made to have congress adiourn
not later than two weeks from tolav.
Representative Tawney announces that
tho , committeo on appropriations, of
which ho is chairman, began work on
tho general deficiency bill today, and
ho will tr ;t V,.. t m
.. ..... iv'un n ui At lues- ,
day. This is tbo last of tho big supply I
bills, and it will probably go through
tho house without much discussion.
Tho public buildings bill will bo re
ported by the committeo on buildings
and grounds as soon as Chairman Bar-
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LD.iiui is sure or a right or way for it.
It is conceded that this measure will bo
runneii inrougn tho house.
A lader in, the senate, who is an im -
portant member of the finance commit-
t'V3,-'1 , a'S "K yesterday that
he believed congress would be able to
adjourn on May 23. The only legisla-
tion which he thought probable, outside
, , tho. appropriation bills, aro a child
labor bill for tho District and possibly
a campaign publicity bill, and an emer
gency currency bilL
GATHER AT WHITE HOUSE.
Governors Confer With President on
Conservation of Resources.
Washington, May 11 History will
be made at this week's White House
conference on natural resources. For
history-making conditions are remark
ably favorable. Never before has a
President of the United States con-
terrea with all the governors of the
states. Never before has the Whitn
House, with its long record of social
and state functions sheltered a large
conventiAn called for the consideration
, ... . f 'niuuaii
of a great public issue. And never be -
fore has tho whole broad question of
the conservation of this country's nat -
ural resources been brought before a
great deliberate body as the sole Bib -
ject of its consideration.
The reception accorded to thk nroi.,t
.i.i ,k '.-
will them
selves decide whether anything ought
to be done, and what. Some have sug
gested the advisability of forming a
great national organization to carry
forward the plans originated in tho
conference. The probability as that, at
the least, some basis will be laid for
future co-operation between the fed
eral and state governments in a vigor
ous policy of conservation, for one of
the things which will be shown most
forcibly at tho conference is that
neither the states nor the federal gov
ernment can make satisfactory headway
independently.
Serum for Pneumonia. I
Brussels, May 11 Dr. Hertand, of
Antwerp, claims to have discovered a
serum which will cure pneumonia, and
has delivered a lecture on the subject
to the Medical Society of Antwerp. "I
first satisfied myself of the efficacy of
my serum," ho says, "by experiment-
ng on animals. Then trials were made
this winter in the St. Elizabeth and
Stnyvenburg Hospitals, jn Antwerp.
Several of thc patients had pneumonia
n an advanced stage, and were also
habitual drunkards."
Representative MenfGather. ;
Washington. May 11. Representative
lusiness men from various sections of
the countrv are arriving to attend the
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congress Bext week of tho National
"
Draining Association. The object of
this congress is to improve and indnrso
federal help to drainage as a national
policy, but not to recommend nor at-
tenifit to dictate what legislation shall
be passed by congress. William Jen -
SIT) wako a8ddrcsXCWland
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Trover Cleveland Improv.ng.
Lakpwood, N. J., May 11 That for-
mer President Orover Cleveland is lm-
proving, and that his condition today
is moro encouraging than it has been
for the last few days, is the gist of a is
statement i-niied bv Mrs. Cleveland
expect definite result of a far-reaching ! T r I Rw 'b,pJlC
character. After hearing from experts ?ml n,an!lfac)t"('r8 have lost no tn,
the conditions tho countrv in ta,Z, J Ml. ln.-ftCcePt,ne tn BRe of combat.
iiKiii iiini tin. iii'iimn riT rno pnnnt t. .
,om,.., r 11. 1 the nrst movement in arraying tho
im, 111 ly v i n wi i n i.iJiiii-itriii'if will i n p m . . . .
from the hotel at Lakewood. .Haskell has said he will nitm tho hill
LOVED ADMIRAL
SAYS FAREWELL
Evans Given Great Ovation by San
Tranclsco People.
Brilliant Banquet at St. Francis Hotel
Hauls Down His Flag as Com
mander of the Atlantic Battleship
Fleet Rear Admiral Thomas Suc
ceeds to Cmmand.
San Francisco, May 9 Rcar-Adrairal
Evans bado a personal farewell to the
officers of his command at tho banquet
given last, night in honor of the visit
of the Atlantic fleet by the City of San
Francisco. Tho banquet was given in
th0 white and-gold dining room of tho
St. Francis Hotel, where Admiral Evans
and his family have been making their
headquarters since the arrival of tho
1,t,et on Wednesday. It had been hoped
that the commander-in-chief of the fleet,
who hauls down hls lla t0llay from tho
truck of tho Connecticut, might appear
for a few momenw but it was not
known untl1 wpl1 along ln tho progress
of tbo dinner that Le was actua11 wo11
enouKn to lio 80- Tlle A'!"'"' was
wheell"d into tho crowded dining hall
amid spontaneous cheers, in which tho
oflicers and their hosts, the citizens of
San Francisco, joined with equal on-
I tiiusiasiu. lie was in civilian attire, ua
rhnir
Rear-Admirals Thomas, Pperry, Em-
0Ty Payton, Sebree and Swinburne, the
T ' , . p iv . i.
Mayor Tayior; aenerB, Hf0, 0f the
army, and other notable guests crowded
about the chair and shook hands with
AJmiral Evans, who had a cordial re-
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LOSES $1,259,000 BY FIRE
Two Blocks in Atlanta, Georgia Re
duced to Cinders.
Atlanta, May 9 One million and a
quarter dollars is the loss conservatively
T
estimated tonight of a fire which early
today destroyed two blocks of Atlanta
. business property. Tonight tho fire is
1 under control with ruined buildings in
th district hm.n,o,l hv Vnr.uihn vi.
son, Madison and Hunter streets. Late
today the police and fire departments
dynamited what was left of the ragged
walls. How the fire started is a mys-
tery. There was no loss of life and no
injuries. The insurance on the prop-
erty destroyed was placed at $750,000.
One of tne heaviest losers is S. M. In
man, of Atlanta, who owned the entire
block bounded by Forsythe, Mitchell
and Nelson streets and Madisoa ave
nue. Tho Terminal Ilotel, one of the larg
est in the city, is a mass of bricks. It
had on its register 200 guests when tho
fire started a block away. Every one
escaped.
UNITE FOR DEFENSE.
Shippers Preparing for Titanic Battle
With Railroads.
Chicago, May 9 Commercial and
manufacturing interests of cities from
tl'R Mississippi River to Maine, aggrc-
V" 1-000-000-000 "Pital.
arc prepare for ft titanic struggle
'with the Eastern railroad. The m...a-
tion of a general advance in freight
1 rutcs '9 '10 Kflue- 'ue gauntlet waa
tlT0V!n ,,lown th0 railroads in the
iJTl! t'. i announcement that
P Juli1 an.1 AuR1'"' 1 general ad-
I yance of ''"Rht rates approximating
J" per cent will be made east of tho
rs
mo
commercial and manufacturing inter
ests of the affected territory in a solid
phalanx against tho Eastern railroad
systems was made yesterday by the Il
linois Manufacturers' Association. It
quickly was followed by the Chicago
Association of America. The former is
sued a call for a great conference to be
held in Chicago next Friday of all tho
commercial and industrial organizations
of tho eastern section of the country.
Tho meeting will map out a general
lino of battle.
Angers Stanford Faculty.
Stanford University, Cal., May 9 .
n account of "joshes" on Professor
clark anl President Jordan contained
in the jy)9 "Quad," the Stanford book
storo today refused to sell tho book,
after making an agreement to do so
with the manager of the book, D. W.
Hnrbank. Tim
store refused to give any reason for his
change of mind, but as the corporation
Is controlled by faculty members, it i
understood that some of the stockhold
ers prevented the sales as a means of
retaliation for thc joshes on the faculty.
Repair Dredge Chinook.
Washington, May 9. Senator Fulton
today propose,! an amendment to tho
8un,lry civil bill appropriating $100,000
lor r,T'"rlnK uie dredge hinook. Tho
O A t. 1 t ... .
a -onrcrenco with tho chief
of engineers, who is anxious that tho
(',inv i .,;. ,i,i . .
ninooK I P again placed in commission
and set to work on the Columbia River
bar. It is doubted if $100,000 is needed
for repairs, but an estimate will be had
in a short time, and if a smaller amount
is required thc-'amount will bo reduced.
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J Guthrie. Okla., May 9 Poth branches
iof tty Oklahoma " legislature todar
'spreed to the anti lobbving bill, which
provides that criminal action mnv h
had on any lobbyist who does not first
file his name and a statement of his
business with the legislature Tt, Kill
similar to a measure proposed hv
Oovernor Folk, of Missouri Oorpmnr