Heppncr Gazette
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HEPPNER OREGON
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General Review of Important Hap-' over half the month, and then the of- J n,,t Overs' association, shows too goes steadily on. xne ireightnouse nas tation of hompi for tho encouragement
penings Presented in a Brief and ,1("s nt mpn will resume the usual fruit crop in the Umpqua valley will shown a congested condition for somo j of its producers in Yucatan. Tho soc
Comprehensive Manner for Busy routine of man-o '-war life. Orders call bo very good this year. The straw- time, several Eastern families bringing . retary padded: "In reality, our economic
Readers National, Political, His-
torical and Commercial.
Head of tho paper trust denies its
existence.
All indications point to an immense
Canadian wheat crop this year.
A street car st r ko is on nt. O eveland
Ohio, lhere has been much rioting and
some bloodshed.
Good conduct marked the stay of the
sailors and marines of tho Atlantic
fleet at San Francisco.
Two men, who are accused of robbing
the New Mexico express office of $35,
000, have been captured.
No appropriations will be made for
rivers and harbors this session, accord
ing to leaders in congress.
Secretary Taft's managers claim he
has the assurance of support from 592
delegates to the national convention.
Discord has sprung up in the inter
state commerce commission. Some of
the "confidential clerks" may lose
their places as a result. Two members
have given employment to their sons,
who are charged working hardest when
drawing their pay.
Grover Cleveland is rapidly gaining
in health and strength.
Trouble is brewing between China and
Russia alo'ng the Manchurian-Siberia
border. r
A $50,000 memorial to Abraham Lin
coln is to be erected at his birthplace
in Kentucky.
Latest estimates of the dead in the
recent Louisiana tornado place the
number at 50.
Commercial bodies all over the coun
try are protesting against the increase
in freight rates.
Both sides in the Dimond-Hyde land
fraud ease being tried at Washington
claim a victory.
Russian troops will destroy the Per
sian villages near the border, where the
recent trouble occurred.
Hindus at Calcutta attempted to blow
up a number of whites by placing a
bomb on the car tracks.
No liquor will be sold or brought into
the republican national convention hall,
according to a decision of the leaders.
In an encounter with Arabs the
French troops lost 13 killed and 65
wounded. The Arab losses are de
scribed as heavy.
The old plant of the Omaha Packing
company has been destroyed by fire,
together with 3,000,000 pounds of meat,
involving a loss of $500,000.
Montana republican delegates have
been instructed for Taft.
Another woman now figures in Sen
ator Piatt's domestic affairs.
The governors' conference plans to
form a permanent organization.
The Oklahoma house has passed a bill
providing that the state shall fix wages.
Minnesota democrats have declared
for Johnson, and refused Bryan as sec
ond choice.
Proceedings in the endeavor to re
lease Thaw from the New York asylum
for the criminal insane are in progress.
In ease Bryan receives the demo
cratic presidential nomination, his
daughter says she will take the stump
in several Western states for him.
French and Spanish soldiers making
up the allied army in Morocco had an
encounter in which several were wound
ed on both sides and one Spaniard
killed.
The national convention of Socialists,
in session at Chicago, chose Eugene V.
Debs for presidential candidate on the
lirst ballot. Benjamin Hanford, of
New York, was chosen for vice-president.
A street ear strike is impending in
Chicago.
Tonopah, Nev., is rapidly recovering
from the effects of the recent fire.
Railroad company officials admit they
are charging wheat farmers all the traf
fic will bear.
The thousands of visitors who gath
ered at San Francisco to see the fleet
are returning to their homes.
The grand dnchy of Mecklenburg
Schwerin has ceased to be the only state
in Germany without a constitutional
government.
Awards have just been made for sup
plying the battleship fleet with pro
visions for its journey across the Pa
cific. After 11 years of military occupation
Great Britain, Russia, France and Italy
have decided to withdraw and turn the
government over to Greece.
Disgusted with the California dele
gates to the governor's conference,
Roosevelt has appointed ex-Governor
Pardee to represent that state.
General Bliss, as governor of the
Moro province, Philippine islands, de
clares the effort to establish a judicial
system in that province a failure.
The father of Mrs. Howard Gould,
eldon Perry Clemmons, has left bis
daughters but $1 each, because they ,,
did not care for him in his old age.
Little progress is being made in the
Parkside trolley trial of Abe Euef.
Nebraska railroad employes will aid for the first time his commanding Hag .caught by tho frost, lhe cherry crop ning through to government section tor- "
the railroads in fighting rato laws. !of blue. Renin iunior in lineal rank rt"d. A'l kinds of berries aro ox- . .-Jo
n , , . (V to Admiral Davtrm. Admiral Sperrv client. The crop in general was not V.1 " . ' "': ', a lf torv char ! 1
Bryan is being shadowed by an officer, , compo0(1 Vn. nuva, rC4fiaf lo)8 to damaged to any notioeablo extent, and ""'L b ? . k1 h
as mere nave i.een tureats or vio.enco. fl ft su,lor,linato fl pf ml K0 , tho fruit growers are greatly pleased ",,v ' ,V;,.;1' y i L tNnt N '
! BIG FLEET BREAKS UP.
I
i Atlantic Battleships Start North, Oth
ers Go South.
San Francisco, May 19. The. Atlantic
fleet of battloabips," after 12 days of
naval pageantry anil merrymaking in
San Francisco, sailed yesterday mom
jiug at 10 o'clock for Puget Sound, ar-
of ' the MP . will dock : aVBreVerton
une-nnir
nayy 'ard whi,e at tho north Rnd th0
others will return here for repairs and
painting beneath tho water lino,
i'lay days in Puget Sound will be
k i, u u Li niii w
or tn. reassembling of the fleet in ban
lunJuW
lulu, and after a week's stay there will
go direct to Auckland.
The Pacific fleet of armored cruisers,
under command of Roar Admiral Day-
ooii.i Ciin.ii,, ,.;,. '
' , ' k , 1 A.iniiril Snerrv in
command of the Atlantic fleet, hoisted
I ns the Pacific, fleet, remaned nt this
i station
isers,
Tlie long line of armored cruisers
which sailed for Santa Barbara, was
beaded by the flagship West Virginia,
una incliu.'eit the Colorado, Maryland,
Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Washington
and California. The protected cruiser
( tiarleston, flagship ot Hear Admiral
Swinburne, also sailed with the fleet,
but her destination is Monterey.
IMPROVE IN COREA.
j Conditions Are Growing Better Under
Prince Ito's ?ule
Seoul, May 19 Conditions through
out Corea are improving. The deter
mination of Prince Ito, the resident gen
eral from Japan, to suppress the dis
orderly element, so that the peaceful
farming population may do their work
in the outlying districts, where armed
bands are harrying the farms and vil
lages, is shown by the prompt arrival
of reinforcements of gendarmerie num
bering about 5,000, who will be scat
tered throughout Corea.
Prince Ito has issued strict instruc
tions to Japanese soldiers and civilians
that they must not treat the Coreans as
a conquered people, which they are not,
but that all the rights of law-abiding
citizens must be respected under pen
alty of severe punishment.
Four thousand Corean police, under
Japanese officers, will be enlisted and
trained. .Four hundred new telephone
telegraph offices will be established in
the districts infested by revolutionists,
so that easy communication may be had
with the soldiers and police.
Tho crop prospect through Corea is
excellent.
Prince Ito todav attended the cele
bration of the 25th anniversary of the
opening of Chemulpo to foreign trade.
lemulpo to fore e-n trade.
He was accompanied to Chemulpo from
c..i v.. vj -i- - i .
o.-. . in uv ins suite, a numner or roreign
consuls and the Corean minister of agri-
culture. Chemulno was pn Vtv At .
banquet. Prince Ito. in his
spoke of the peaceful and friendly
velopment of Corea in order that the '
rA..n !.n -- il. . -
uiraiis HiiKiH, in iiib niture, nave inae-
penaenee under a stable fovommcrt,
ana become a rnendly and prosperous
ally of Japan.
GREAT CONGRESS PLANNED.
Delegates From Entire World Going
to London.
LlOndOn. MaV 10 Tlplnffntoi, fmm o
thousand dioce'ses scattered throughout mon occurrence for many to be unable KoinR on- ancl wil1 be Pshed to com
the world have been selected to attend to find accommodations at nicht. A pletion. Secretary Cross has expected
the Pan-Anglican congress to be held
in London in June. These delegates,
including laymen and clergymen, will
in most cases be accompanied bv their
bishops, and if the prophecy of the or
ganizers is fulfilled, the congress will
rank among the great gatherings of
rengious woriccrs
Most of the American bishons have
sent their acceptances, and, as each .
diocese in the United States will also
send one or more clergymen or laymen,
America will be well representated as
regards numbers and ability; all the
colonies will have their spokesmen and
missionaries from every portion of tho
globe will come to tell of their work
among native tribes
The programme embraces problems of
a diverse character, and in order to get
through the list of papers the work has
been divided into six sections, which
will sit simultaneously during the week
of June 16 to June 22.
Aid for the Unemployed.
New York, May 19 Alexander Law,
who was delegated to convey to Wash-1
mgton a resolution nnased nt the rocont
convention for the unemployed held .
here, reported to a gathering of unem-
ployed today in Manhattan Lyceum. He
said that congressman Fornes, of New
iorn, naa promised to introduce in tho
house of representatives the resolutions
of the convention calling for a large
public works to furnish employment for
the idle. President Roosevelt, Mr. Law
reported, had been too busy with the
conference of governors to grant him a
hearing.
Cholera Among Troops.
Simla, May 19 An outbreak of chol
era has compelled the withdrawal of
nearly all the white troops with Major
General Willcocks' first column into the
cholera camp. The intense heat and tho
9t,onco r.t ,.ut:
Her.enrlino- .ir.nn tu mA.il ii,n l,t.
tank, maV fh Aar,r f i.,.i.'
epidemic serious. On approaching Kha- asPara"s of the season raised in Klam
pak Pass todav. the pickets of Major ath county. Jbin section produces as
General Willcocks' force had a deeper- Paragus of the finest quality, and Mr.
at four hours' fight with Mohamand Car.0,1 bas .bcPn monstMtinK what
troops.
Venezuela Pays Debts.
Caracas. Venezuela. May 19 The
Venezuelan government today made its
monthly payments on account of the
foreign -laim, despite the curtailment
of revenue resulting from the closing of
tn Jir,Tt nf t r:,,. T,
- ,,., .
four days; should four more davs go bv
without a case, the port will be re-
opened. t
NEWS ITEMS OE GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
FRUIT PROSPECTS GOOD.
UmPlua Valley M" " Good
Spirits.
Roseburg. The report of President
ti xr i l i t v. i ,1 i
H. N. Cobb, of tho Douglas Csunty
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bt,rry rop is goodj anJ the hcTtcs aro
The poach
! "op is lair, ana the last frost was a
I detriment in only a very few sections,
rrll0 .u!ir cr0p jg a;Pi Apples will be
i , ... , ,
good. 'I he prune crop will also be
'good, as onlv a few of tho small sections
of the county wore late enough to be
i 10 note Iliac tms section, whuo
it was
reported to have been damaged by the
i late frost, will bo as good or even bet
the
tor than last year, and will be first in
the market with all .kinds of berries ami
I cui-iru-x .uauy i.irSu uiiimi-ui8 oi uui-
rk'8 wH b me to Portland the latter
; part of the week Several small ship-
ments have already been made. The
local markets will bo supplied with
home-grown fruits of all kinds from
now on.
Brownsville Adds Vehicle Facto. y.
T).,0:n T,0;nQ ., no
manufacturing enterprise. W.J.Moore, like the first valley north of the Sis- .b?re Sve 'oar of trouble. We are
a hardware dealer of the north side, has kiyou divide, in which is situated, on Mlk an, djal, who suffers an at
put in a wagon and vehicle plant, lie rich red soil which so abounds here also, ! anekof '?'''?ion which does not en
will make a specialty of wagons and the A. D. Helms Newtown apple or- j da"Ker. hl9 1,fe of health, but for the
wheelbarrows. Several men and boys chard, which, without a single failure, ! m0.cnt an.n?,s and takes away his ap
will be employed. The plant will be has yielded its owner net annual aver-, Ve ",flu,K ".n to .hl8 .stotT?h
; v,. Tf v, ' -oi ,.. f- fu rest a little. This rest is, in both
credit to the city. Brownsville has
many manufactories, but the citizens
are after more. It is doubtful if any
other city in the state of like size can
boast of as many automobiles as are
owned here.
Teacher to Visit Europe.
flilam "VfJiia "Mo AT Pnafl inctTiiplnr
in grammar, literature, English and water again this year. It is expected session ot congress, to end this week,
rhetoric at tho Ashland normal, has that 10,000 acres will be signed under . ' a record-breaker, fho appropriations
been selected by the executive com- the temporary arrangement, and if I this session so far authorized exceed
mittee of the board of normal school more is signed the rate will be reduced, ! those of the first session of the 59th
regents to take part this year in the as it is intended to charge only for congress by more than $300,000,000.
annual tour for teachers conducted bv maintenance and operation. Next year1!0 to;al appropriations made up to
the national civic federation. Each tho regular rates will prevail. Water this time aggregate approximately
year tho federation sends 500 teachers is now flowing in the main canal, and , fSo4.S44.hO'. lhis amount will be in
to Great Britain and Ireland for the out very little trouble has been experi-! "eased by he general deficiency and
purpose of observing methods in those enced With the breaking of banks. Thev ! '"n,b,,s lmhUi buildings bills and such
countries. Tho school boards recom- have settled during tho past season, and ' '1tnor 1"fa5liri f's ma.v 8 through be-
mend the teachers, and the list is made
up from those recommended.
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Commission Remedies Extortion.
ruuviir. nuumm. i
Salem. Acknowledgments of ma-
teal assistance rendered by the state
1 rnilrn-wl pnmmisainn nrn primmer tn Sec-
i T T " " : ,
lretary G.e0T Goodall daily The most
recent instance is that ot the
'. At a :cen .,n"anV.B 'V '
address, Mountain Fruit & Prodxice company, of
adly de- Cove, overcharged $33 by the O. H. &
hat the'- and $2o5 by the Atchison, Topeka &
Snntn TV r.iilrnafl. hnth of which over-
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through the offices of the Oregon state
railroad commission.
Railroad Doings at Dorris.
Klamath Falls The depot on the
California Northeastern railroad at
Dorris is now in course of construction.
Newcomers are arriving in Dorris at the
.nfa tP 1(1 nnH Alt a Haw OY1.1 it ia o nm-
.nfa rP Qfi nrJ AC a A ixr oyid it ia o nm
large force is at work just over the hill
from Dorris, and every indication points
to the completion of the road in a few
months.
Excursion to See Fleet.
Salem. An effort is being made by
thrt ftolom lnai n-P trorln tn tiaup an PT- 1
-nrinn train rnn frnm Snlpm tn Ww-
port nt the time the Atlantic fleet will
pass Yaquina bay on its northern trip,
Tho train will also carry all who wish
to go to tho coast to see the fleet from
the vallev towns alone the Southern
Pacific and Corvallis & Eastern rail-
roads. It is expected that arrangements
will bo completed for the excursion
within the next ten days.
Improving Walnut Trees.
McMinnville. George C. Payne,
the
walnut expert from California, has been ;
in this vicinity ror the past several
days, doing grafting work in the
nut groves and along tho streets and
ton thn lawns, or wherever thnro nrn
walnut trees that do not seem to be up
t tro,i;t;ni w,i,,;,.ot tt i,o 1
inserted English walnut scions on a
large number of eastern and California ,
black walnut trees that were formerly '
planted for ornament and shade
Will Clear Stump Land.
Astoria. Dr. L. F. Hawlev, the ex
fr? f tvhe TT f Si LntClJ '
V V l, . , , , .7. - I
whfire.by the ""mP an,i "f -th,s BP1tl0n j
bo Pfitably cleared for agricul-
iu.ni .-..-. no urn i"; in nils i i
cinity all summer. Dr. Hawley pro-'
poes the calling of a convention of)
uHiit'ii ul an Buiinji jit hub LiirtJUiiuui1
the Northwest, which the members of
legislatures shall be invited to attend.
i,..,...., at Klamath
Asparagus at iamatn.
Klamath Falls J. D. Carroll, of the j
Henly ranch, has brought in the first
ran vn uonn neri-. neverai iarmers aro
planting celery this year on quite an
extensive scale, as no section on the
coast can rival Klamath for celery.
Fine'Float from Klamath.
Klamath Falls. Money has been an
propriated by the Klamath chamber of
nm .i. rnn u n
ri,nrpWnf TClamath ,nntw ot th Pnae
Festival in June, and a float is prom'
ised that will be the equal of any in
the parade.
COLONY IS ASSURED.
Settlers Arriving to Found New Can -
I ier of Fruit Culture.
Wolf Creek. Wolf Creek colony is
. ui , t i l
now a settled fact. Development work
... ,i
considerable of their belongings with
them, and on their great satisfaction
nousenoiu goous snippeu irom iennsyi-
vania less than two weeks beforo tlioy
started awaited their owners on arrival
tore.
For a week a surveying party has
been at work on tho outside lines, run
o ,i 1 1 '1 Oil n: Mr i ui 11 it 7K (Mta will'. .-illl. '
e u. t..
, fm. nw.1;tin,r thn
Tnn,,iriM r heinc rcpivd
. - . . , . ountrv an(j te
saloon" feature is commented on
and comnlMded' moro than an othor
.""I"1 ' '
Creek is the first valley gouth
TTmmula divide, introducing the
i. . ., , ; a" n,.
ern Pacific to the famous Rogue River
Valley. In formation, soil and climate
ti.:. ;..4i..i i; ' n ; m.i,
past seven years. ,
Recent showers have wonderfully
stimulated growing crops, and a consid-
erable acreage of corn is now being
planted,
Klamath Canal Holds Water.
Klamath Falls Klamath county land
hnllni-a will -nnv Vint ifel fifl nn np.rfi for
the squirrels have done but slight dam -
n a
Corvallis Cannery Completed.
Corvallis. The Corvallis cannery is
,onmi aa hn Wn acfPntf.) bv thn
- 'company. It is a thoroughly
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up-to-date plant, well equipped, and
r(.l(v for business. T, w. Gill, of Wis-
consin, a man of ten vears' experience,
h be'en A U J
. , , onhnd w 'K T , '
- :hp nlant. Tpnnrt, t,,ni
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sumcient quantity ot tomatoes con
tracted for the season's run, and all
together the prospect is bright for a
successful season for the new enter
prise. Chautauqua Preparations.
Oregon City The work of grading
and putting; the srround in cood condition
at Chautauqta park at Gladstone, is
tit ,
to complete the main program this
week, but owing to business during
the late session of tho circuit court,
and other unavoidable circumstances,
was prevented from doing go. The
1 program, however, will bo ready for
the l'rcss the latter part of next week.
Rains Heir) Growth.
Brownsville Warm rains have fallen
in this vicinity for several days. They
have been a boon to farmers, as the
earth was getting dry. This section
will produce good crops now without
anv moro rain, although more will be
welcome a month later. Strawberries
are eettinc rine. and roses are bloominff.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Apples Select, $2.50 per box; fancy,
.412: choice 4i1 50- nrdinnrv .481
Potatoes Select, 70c per hundred;
Willamette Valley. 45c per hundred;
wal-!Kast Multnomah, 55c; Clackamas. 55c
P"n"nnn; "weet.bv&e per pound.
"His nirawuernes, uregon, (W
' pPtr ,, e'm .
Vegetables lurnjps, $1 per sack
cafots 1 501.,.); beets $1.25; par
?,niP3' bAaC,', $2 pcr Cwt;
bea"s; J' MlSc per pound;
head lettuce, 35c per dozen; celery, 85c
(f$l per dozen; artichokes, 50c per
dozen; asparagus, 7(o)8c per pound
egg plant, 25(?30c per pound; parsley
25c per dozen; peas, 6(a)7c per pound;
PpPPers - 2c Vr pound; radishes, 15c
,n r ""en- rnuoam, -(c per pouna;
sp'naeh. 85c per crate.
Wheat Club, 89c per bushel; red
itussian, ooy2c; oiuestcm, yie: valley,
89c,.
Barley Feed, $24.50 per ton: rolled.
$Zi (('lio J hrewinff $-6
Oats No. 1 white. $27.50(7T)28 per
ton; gTay, $27.
Hay Timothy. Willamette Valley,
$17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi
nary, $15; Eastern Oregon. $17.50;
mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa. $12;
alfalfa meal, $L'0
Butter Extras.. 24c per pound; fancy,
zap.; choice, zue; store. 16c,
Eggs lg'c per dozen.
Poultry Mixed chicken, 13140 per
pound; fancy hens. 14M"fH5c; roosters,
old. c; fryers, dozen. $4; broilers, doz ,
$4.50(o;5; dressed poultry, per lb., lc
higher; ducks, IflrtDl 7c; "geese. 8tf?9e;
turkeys, alive, 17(7?18c; dressed, 19
20c.
Hops 1907, prime and choice, 4f7?
6e per pound; olds, ll4e per
pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average hot.
lltf?15c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 10fa!12,.e.
Mohair Choice, lSOlS'c per lb.
FACES FINANCIAL PANIC.
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Mexico Takes Steps to Improve Sit
uation by Adjusting Duties.
Mexico, May 18 Limantour, the sec
retary of tho treasury, being inter
viewed concerning current rumors
about tho intention of the government
to take some positive and active meas
. Hmitod hiHclt to BVL-ing thllt the only'
ures to improve tuo financial situation,
t ; i i i i a. . a i. . i t.
measures proposed by the government
for auen purpose will bo presontod
i to congress for its action, and consist
. lmf:H,liniT thn ,,,. , tlin -xnnr.
p w " 1 -
a thing of today or yesterday. It bo
ins always at the first sign of an epoch
f stringency in any of tho money con-
;rs or u e worm; ana tins constant
lgilance has never ceased. The gov-
gov
ernment, watching affairs in the money
worlil, does not believe anv extraonli-
'present situation. Tho normal con
,lition ia everywhere re-established, and
our l,anka' f1,0WinK my instructions,
";lv niamiameu a sysiem or circum
. sPoction aml caution, limiting their op
orations to affairs that offer ample se
purities. Tho solidity of our banks lis be
J'ond dub' "nd the-v ?.re in a 'TZ
to meet whatever contingency. The fact
itnat business conditions in Mexico are
""P'ovm daily is very satisfactory to
' tho government, and our financial con-
i ncciions, xnougn mere nas never Deen
cases, the only remedy necessary, effi
cacious and beneficial."
CONGRESS BREAKS RECORD.
Appropriations Now Exceed Those of
Previous Session.
Washington, May 18 The present
j1", 'journmeni.
I int. una ,viw t-iLiUfiinm i cl
I I Fin ciul;iwi line nlat ta . n 1. 1 . n I. n . 1 a
high record for the number of bills
resolutions introduced and considered
land for the transaction of executive
usiness. There have been 7,127 bills
r . , , . ' "."7
! "TiTho U" on ' i i
in t tie house. In the senate II I mint
in the house. In the senate 90 joint
resolutions were offered, of which 30
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,
The 'en7t
The senate considered 184 simple n
jlut.ons
lT l? this time 1 o bills and lo jo
re passed and nine have become laws.
so-
ioint
resolutions have become laws. The
senate has passed 4S4 bills, 17 of which
were omnibus pension bills.
HOPMEN ASK PROTECTION.
British Hold Great Demonstrationt Fa
voring Import Duty.
London, May 18 A great army of
men and women interested in the hop
industry in England, estimated to num-
ber more than 50,000, held a demonstra
tion in Trafalgar Square this afternoon
in favor of imposing a duty of $10 on
every hundredweight of hops imported
into this country.
Special trains brought in thousands
from Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, AVorces
ter and Hereford, the great hopgrowing
counties, while the east end of London,
whence emanate almost all the hop-
pickers, furnished a contingent perhaps
o i.,. ., 4i h ' . ,'
IW Pfi as larfe n Thn crrnvcoTa on1 lo.
borers from tho provinces.
Alter being marshaled on Victoria
Embankment, the demonstrators with
banners flying and bands nlavimr.
marched to the square, where English
men with a grievance always have been
accustomed to assemble. Speakers from
half a dozen platforms harangued the
multitude oh the ruin of the industry
through the dumnincr of American hnns
into England, and resolutions were
adopted by acclamation calling uponnis rights in dismissing the soldiers of
tho government not to delay in helping ! the Twenty-fifth regiment, inasmuch as
to re-establish tho industry and placing
a duty on ail imported hops.
Cub Bears for Warships.
Aberdeen, Wash., May 18 George
Wolff, a business man, proposed a few
days ago that when the excursion from
this city by steamer to see the battle
ship fleet leaves Grays Harbor, that 16
live bear cubs bo taken, and one pre
sented to each ship. The idea at once
took popular fancy and up to this even-
ing ten Teddy bears had been gathered
from surrounding towns, and the total ;
numner necessary is expected to im
rounded up by Wednesday next, whe.i
the excursion is promised by the cham
ber of commerce.
, . ...
Haskell Will Not Lose Power.
Guthrie. Okla., Mav 18 Governor
Haskell today vetoed the Eggerman
Davis Redwine drastic anti trust act.
Ho especially disfavored the section :
giving the attorney general more power,
than the governor, by empowering him; when tie "Katy" flyer on the Mis
to go before one supreme judge andsouri, Kansas St Texas railroad was
have a receiver appointed for any cor
poration without giving the latter no
tiee. He favors the provision for im-
pr-soning convicted trust mangers. A
bill conforming with Haskell's sugges
tions was immediately introduced.
Chicar o Employs Chinese Police.
Chicago, May IS For the first timn
in many years, tho Chicago police de
partment has engaged Chinese detec-
ivos to aid in
preserving pence- in
'hinatown.
The result of the trial of
three Chinamen of murdering a wealthy
'hinese merchant has so prerci-ei the
'hieago Chinese that further warring
between tho tongs is feared.
HOLD FUTURE
CONFERENCES
Conference of Governors Will Form
Permanent Organization.
Declare for Preservation of Natural
Resources of Country Co-operation
Only Way to Work for Best
Interests of All Results Expected
to Be Far-reaching.
Washington, May 10. Tho first c-on-fercnc.es
of tho governors of the states
ot tho American Union ended yesterday.
- Like nla,,y of the important events of
j History, time is to reveal the epoch
which tho president and governors bo-
; iovu hi,cu Hlaj0i T,,0 c 0 Ml,, it4h
. , ,. , . , ,
ments or tho conference, which lias
been in session at tho White House for
threo days, cannot bo set forth with
mathematical precision. That its im
mediate results aro more than ample ia
tho expression of President Roosovelt,
who brought it about, and of tho gov
ernors who participated.
Tho printed record of tho conference,
which will later be available to very
American home, will be a compilation
of facts, startling in their meaning,
convincing in their universal conclu
sion, that the states and the nation must
co-operate to the end that to the whole
people of the nation way accrue the
Lasting benefits of its natural resources.
Besides the compilation of facts by tho
experts and the freely expressed opinion
of the governors, the conference loaves
as its permanent record a thousand
words of "declaration," not a "dec
laration of independence," but a dec
laration of cooperation."
Perhaps greater in importance than
all else was the determination of the
governors of tho states to perfect & per
manent organization, whereby a here
tofore unknown intimacy may bo devel
oped among the executives of tho 46
i sovereign states made strong by a com
mon purpose and made potent by pro
nouncements which may not lightly bo
disregarded.
Of tho last day the story is one of
many features. The set programme was
swept aside. Tho president presided
throughout. Ho interjected remarks
'and speeches. He brought to tho plat-
; form men who made plain tho prevail
; ing feeling that thoughtful caro must
bo exercised for the future. The pre
pared papers were not presented, but
they will be printed in the permanent
record. Their place was first taken by
tho "declaration," which was adopted
after discussion which brought to light
no serious objection to its aflirmatiou.
Then William J. Bryan was presented
by the president. He touched tho samo
chords which had produced tho vibra
tion of harmony and co-operation. A.
governors' discussion brought many
state executives to the platform, but
the product was altogether that of har
mony, and the sentiments expressed
were applauded alike by all.
PRESIDENT UPHELD BY COURT
Negro Dismissed at BrownsvilleJjLoses;
Suit to Recover Pay.
New York, May 16 The right of
President Roosevelt summarily to dis
miss a negro soldier of the Twenty-fifth
infantry for alleged participation in tho
riot at Brownsville, Tex., was sustained
today by Judge Hough, in tho United
C . v . t ' 4 ' , . ,
. States district court. Oscr W. Beid,
I
the soldier, sued the government to re
cover $122 as wages from tho date of
j ,lis. dismissal to the expiration of his
enlistment,, uisirict .ftiiorney Burnson,
contended that the president had a
right to dismiss tho soldier. Judge
Hough sustained this contention and
directed a judgment in favor of tho
government.
Judge Hough in his decision, held
that the president was entirely within
the enlistment papers and oath pro
vide that a soldier shall serve "for tho
period of three years unless soonor dis
charged by proper authority."
Chinese Revolt is Serious.
Shanghai, May 16 The Chinese gov
ernment is greatly alarmed over tho
j Chinese revolt, which is steadily grow
ing moro serious. The rebels have cut
off communication to Mengtso. It is
estimated that, tho revolutionists mim
ber 10.000. The fact that the rebels
selected Yunnan ns the scene of their
first attack convinces Peking that they
are familiar with conditions, m this
province is poorly protected. Tho gov
ernment is not hopeful of saving Meng
tso, which is at the head of the French
railway, from being taken.
Seven Killed in Wreck.
Muskogee, Okla.. Mav 16 Six or
seven passengers were burned to death
this afternoon and several were injured
wrecked a mile oast of this city, ac
cording to word just received here. Tho
report says the passenger collided with
a freight train, and that the coaches
immediately caught fire. The passen
gers who are reported dead were evi
dently caught under the debris and
roasted alive
Troops May Fight Locusts.
Tunis, Mar 16. Troops may be called
out to exterminate millions of loensts
that have invaded the district between
Kairuan and Tunis on an unprecedented
scale. The authorities have decided!
that this is the only means of getting
rid of the insects.