Heppner gazette., May 28, 1908, Image 2

Heppner Gazette
Tlwitat of Cadi WaeJl
HEPPNER
OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap -
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Bwy
Reader National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Teter Daly, the actor, is dead.
Good progress is being made on the
Seattle fair buildings.
The Northern Baptist convention
for 1909 will meet in Portland.
A statue of the late Senator Hanna
has just been unveiled at Cleveland,
Ohio.
Eastern railroads will resist the In
terstate Commerce Commission's rates
for accounting.
Thousands of people are swarming
to the Puget Sound cities to see the
Atlantic battleship fleet.
A Hoboken, N. J., justice of the
peace says he married Anna Gould
and Prince de Sagan before they left
for Europe.
The airship White Wing, built by
Baldwin, is making successful flights
in New York. Baldwin was the in
ventor of the airship at the Lewis and
Clark fair.
A Chicago woman brought back to
life after being pronounced dead is
sorry she was revived. She says her
soul, traversed a beautiful country in
spirit land.
Crop failures in British East Africa
is causing much loss of life among
the natives. More than 40,000 deaths
have been caused by starvation and
the government is feeding 50,000
people,
Bishops in the Methodist general con
ference passed the lie.
France may have to recognize Mulai
Hand as sultan of Morocco.
The late Governor Sparks, of Neva
da. was a great cattle breeder.
Before the battleship fleet leaves for
the Orient it will be reorganized.
Inability to get a board of arbitration
is continuing the street car strike at
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Presbyterian general assembly
wants congress to pass a law making
Sunday an absolute day ot rest.
Baron Takahira, Japanese ambassa
dor to the United States, says critics
of his people are hasty and that war
rumors are unfounded.
Admiral Evans has called upon the
president and received congratulations
on the successful trip of the battleship
fleet from the Atlantic to the racinc.
The government has started a suit
for a dissolution ot the iew naven
m'c mcrcrpr with the Boston ana
Maine and New England trolley roads
In ait address before the Bankers'
club, of Chicago, Bryan said unless tne
people were assured their deposits were
fully secured the government wm nut
to start banks.
Tli Mexican government has start
ed proceedings against Martin Jacoby,
millionaire and head of a large mercan
tile house. He is charged with misap
propriating between $3,000,000 and $a
00,000.
In a speech at Harrisburg, Pa., Bryan
said he favored tne direct primai;.
Governor Sparks, of Nevada, is very
low, and hia physicians say he cannot
live.
Major James F. Mclndee is to suc
ceed Colonel Roessler as government en
gineer at Portland.
Arbitration of the street car strike
at Cleveland, Ohio, has been, arranged,
but soma riting continues.
One man was killed and 10 injured
in a big Chicago fire, which destroyed
$400,000 worth ef property.
A tornado passed through a farming
section near Clay Center, Kan., destroy
ing much property and killing three
people.
The steamer Lusitania, from Liver
pool for New York, has beaten her for
mer record for crossing the ocean by
several hours.
Oklahoma's state guaranty law has
stood the test. A bank failed and in
side of an hour the depositors were be
ing paid ia full.
Roosevelt is preparing to veto the
public building bill if eongress don't
pass an aati-injunetion bill, and the
senate's mail subsidy provision.
May Wood's suit against Senator
Plat for divoree has been dismissed, and
she has been arrested on the ground
that she was never married to tne sen
ator. Bryan says Alabama primaries were
a victory over the trusts.
Senator Denby, of Louisiana, has been
re-elected by the legislature.
The republican national convention
will open each day with a prayer.
A federal grand jury has begun an
investigation of the New York cotton
-exchange.
Night riders continue to do much
damage by burning tobacco barss in
Kentucky.
A man has been arretted in Chicago
for obtaining money while posing as a
I'nited States army officer.
Returns from the citv election at !
Denver indicate that the democratic
candidate for mayor will be elected.
It is said Bryan will support Culber
eoa for the democratic presidential can
didate if he cannot get the nomination
limnelf.
Th pupils of one of New York's
schools have been appointed sergeants t
to report misconduct by the regular
patrolmen.
MARK PACKAGES IN FULL.
Railroads Put Additional Burdens on
Small Shippers.
Chicago, May 26. Besides deter
mining to increase freight rates 10 per
cent, the railroads in the "official clas
sification" territory have agreed to
add considerably to the burdens of the
shippers of package freight. At the
same meeting at which the rate in
creases were decided upon, the repre
sentatives of more than 400 railroads
'aKrced that after July 1 they will not
receive for shipment any packages in
less than carload lots which are not
marked plainly with the name of the
consignee, the station and state of
consignee, the station, city and state
of destination.
It is estimated that this action will
save the railroads in the territory east
of the Mississippi River and north of
the Ohio River to the seaboard, at
least $2,000,000 annually in loss and
damage claims. On the other hand, it
will cost the shippers of package
freight probably as much, or even
more, to perform the actual work re
quired in marking the shipments as
prescribed by the railroads. It is
also stated by the shippers that it will
make impossible any secrecy regard
ing the identity of the customers of
any business house.
On the contrary, any business house
may, after the new rules go into ef
fect, station men at railroad ware
houses and learn in detail all about
the shipments of competitors, to
whom shipped and in what amounts.
That this will have a tremendous ef
fect upon this class of business is con
fidently asserted.
It has been the custom of the ship
pers to mark their packages with an
initial or some hieroglyphic, the key
to which is to be found on the bill of
lading. It was the theory that this
would save the time and labor of the
shipper and throw a certain amount
of secrecy around the conduct of his
business.
WHOLE STATE STORM SWEPT
Texas Suffers Untold Damage From
Wind and Rain.
Austin, Texas, May 26. A terrific
wind and rain storm swept Tex?s
from the Panhandle to the Gulf early
Sunday. The destruction to crops and
vegetables, trees and shrubbery was
the greatest reported in years.
In numerous places houses were un
roofed and small villages and hamlets
in many instances were inundated by
the terrific rainfall which, in the space
of four hours, reached seven ii;ches in
many sections. Austin was in the
path of the worst of the storm, and
for hours the streets were impassable
for either man or beast, electric light
and telephone connections were dis
abled beyond immediate repair and
many houses were unroofed.
The agricultural sections of Central
and Southern Texas have been im
measurably damaged, according to
general reports received here, badly
demoralized wire service occasioning
slow and unsatisfactory reports from
many sections that are known to have
suffered from the storm.
OKLAHOMA TIED COMPLETELY
Muskogee is in Sorry Plight Without
Heat or Light.
Muskogee, Okla., May 20. Not a
railroad in Oklahoma is in operation,
as a result of the heavy rains and
cloudbursts that have occurred in vari
ous parts of the state during the past
three days. The last road to suspend
operations was the Missouri-Kansas
& Texas, which was forced to quit at
noon Sunday, when the bridge on the
mpin line at Etifala went down.
To add to the disaster, the main
supplying natural ga4 to the' Indian
Territory part of the state was rnr-
ried away with the Cfarksville bridge
me Minday, and the supply of pas
for Muskogee and several othpr r'itips
in the southeast part of the state has
been entirely cut off. Officials of the
gas company say it will be a week
before repairs can be made so that
the gas supply can again be carried.
As natural gas is used for light and
heat, business will be suspended.
Elevators have been forced to stop
running, and hotels and restaurants
have practically been put out of busi
ness.
Scale is Agreed Upon.
Kansas City, May 26 After more
than six weeks of negotiations, the
last details which have been standing j
ni me way m signing tne nnai agree-;
ment between tb miners and oppnt
ors of Kansas City. Missouri Okla
homa and Arkansas coal fields wer
ettled Sunday to the satisfaction of
both iHes.
Monday morning a ioint meeting of
the operators and miners ivs to be
held, when the signatures of the prop
er offiehls were to be affixed to the
scale and-the agreement and the ac
tion ratified.
West Guthrie Under'Water.
Outhri Okla.. May 26 All West
Guthrie is inundated with from seven
to ten fret of water rushing through
the streets. Train service on all roar's
I !n and cittt of Guthrie i nt a standstill
' l. - , r 1 r . , .
i-i ;.;!.- hi Tuiics or pm i)cin!! minor
water :nd dozens of b'ifVes imnasea-
b'e. No attempt is being made to j
wftc trains east and wes from
GntV.rI( vH!p fh Atchison. Topeka
K' S-"a Fe south of Guthrie is im-
riec-.l,l, pf cward, between here and
Oklahoma Citv.
Sentence Four to Death.
.r"r'ii of elevn revo'i'tioniste. in-
I rtjifUnfr foiTr wnmffl, v1itrV bojran a'0 ne wealth of Gilliam and adjoining
few Atv rxro ba rosn'tpd in tVn n. I counties. The weather is warm and the
- ni? of four of tb acmsed to!
,nfi C;T to nn'orts of nrn.il
.servitude. One was acquitted.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
OREGON WOOL GOOD.
Secretary Smythe Praises Compulsory
Dipping Law.
Portland Secretary Dan P. Smythe,
of the Oregon Woolgroipers association,
passed through Portland recently on his
way to Salum, where he represents the
third district of Oregon at the annual
meeting of the state sheep commission.
Mr. Smythe says the wool clip this year
is as large us usual, -and that the wool
is of exceptionally fine quality.
At this session of the sheep commis
sion the eastern Oregon men intend to
take some radical action to prevent fur
ther encroachments of Washington
sheepmen in tho Vcnaha forest reserve
Mr. Smythe, who is extensively en
gaged in she-epraising himself, is em
phatic in praise of tho compulsory dip
ping law passed at the last session of
the legislature. Ho says Oregon sheep
are now practically free from disease of
every kind, and tho wool is of a much
higher grade than in former years. "
The administrtion at Washington has
favored the wbolgrowers in the Ever
green State, to the detriment of Oregon
stockmen. Just what action will be
taken Mr. Smythe was not prepared to
say, but he thinks tho commission wil!
make recommendations that the for
estry department at the national capital
will not dare to overlook.
LEASE BIG TRACT.
Sheepmen Gobb!e"IOO,000 Acres as
Overflow to Forest Reserve.
Pendleton One hundred thousand
acres of fine range land has just been
leased in Baker county by Morrow, Gil
liam and Umatilla county sheepmen as
an overflow range from their forest re
serve allotments. The land is logged
off timber land, and lies in a strip 50
miles in length between Austin and
Pleasant valley, in Baker county, and
belongs to the numerous lumber com
panies of that district. It was leased
for five years by Dan P. Smythe, of
this city, and A. K. and A. Smythe, of
Arlington, William Smith, of Arlington,
and A. C. Whittier, of Baker county.
The sum of $8,000 was paid for use of
the tract for five years. Over 50,000
head of sheep will be held in the terri
tory during a portion of the summer.
It is well watered and contains fine
grass.
Hslt inTimber Land Buying.
Klamath Falls J. W. Alexander, of
the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company, is
in this city on business for his com
pany, lie states that he is not here to
buy timber, but that he expects to buy
when special inducements are offered.
There is but little movement in timber
in this section, and none is expected un
til after the presidential election. While
the price of farming lands in this sec
tion has increased in the past six
months, timber land has decreased from
$1.50 a thousand to 75 cents and $1.
However, those holding claims are not
worrying over conditions, as they feel
sure the slump in timber is but tem
porary. Whipping Up on Tule Contract.
Klamath Falls It is stated here that
Chief Engineer Hood has given impera
tive orders that the dredging on the
marsh for the railroad grade must be
rushed or the contract will be forfeited.
The contract consists of a grade four
miles along across swamp land, now rank
with tules, and the agreement now is
that crews must be worked dav and
night in order to throw up the grade
at the earliest possible date in order to
allow it to settle and dry before the
track is laid.
Open Reserves June I.
Pendleton. Sheepmen of .Umatilla
county have received notice that sheep
may be taken upon the Wenaha forest
reserve June 1, instead of June 15, the
date originally set. For ome time
sheepmen have been asking for the use
of fhe reserves on the Blue mountains
earlier than usual, because of the dry
weather prevailing this spring. Dan P,
Smythe, secretary of the sheepmen's
association, has received notice from
Supervisor Sehmitz that admission
would be granted June 1.
New Fly Destroys Aphis.
Milton Local orchardists are much
interested in a new variety of fly which
has appeared in orchards in this section
recently and which appears to be an
enemy to the green aphis, a pest which
has done great damage to peach trees
this season. The new fly, which may
prove a blessing to the fruitgrowers, is
larger than the ordinary house fly and
has wings long and slender and spotted
black and whit.fi.
Will Exhibit at State Fair.
Oregon City The board of directors
of -the Clackamas County Fair associa
tion has authorized the executive com
mittee to make a county exhibit at the
state fair, which will follow the Clack
amas county fair. The board appropri
ated $50 for premiums for juvenile
exhibits, and reappointed Thomas F.
Ryan, George Lazelle and T. J. Gary as
a committee to direct the affairs of the
associtaion.
CherryjFair at The Dalles.
The Dalles. The mid-summer meet
ing of the State Horticultural society
and cherry fair will be held at The
Dalles, June 30 to July 2, inclusive.
Prizes will be offered for various ex-
hibits of cherries, and there will be a
programme each day. R. II. Webber,
A. K. Lake, and O. F. Saunders, the
committee, are now busily engaged in
j making the arrangements.
Bumper Crop Promised.
Arlington. TTeavy rains throughout
this section of Oregon a few days ago
have added many thousands of dollars
farmers happy. Every one predicts s
prosperous year for this Dart rf the
.state.
COUNTIES TO EXHIBIT.
Oregon Commission Asks Active Co
operation of All.
Portland. County judges and com
missioners of all the counties of Ore
gon, as well as all the commercial or
ganizations of the state have been sent
a letter by tho Oregon-Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
commission in which the commis
sioners ask for co-operation in making
Oregon's exhibit at the Seattle show the
greatest state exhibition at next year's
big exposition. '
The commissioners set forth that Ore
gon will have the most complete state
building at the fair, and that the co
operation of tho officials in securing
thorough and attractive exhibits of Or
egon 's resources will be imperative.
The letter which has been sent by the
commision through President Wqjtrung
is in part as follows: (
"Tho expense to j-our county in col
lecting such an exhibit will not be
large. Get a live man to take hold of
tho work and push it, bearing in mind
that it is quality not quantity that is
wanted. After you have gathered your
exhibit we will transport it to Seattle,
install and maintain it without further
expense to your county; we will als
place an attendant in charge, and will
keep in close touch with you during the
fair, so that j-our county will get all
the benefit possible in the way of ad
vertising, etc.
"The commission is also having
printed a 96-page booklet on the re
sources of Oregon, which will be dis
tributed during the exposition. Two
pages of this booklet will be devoted to
each county. We also intend to show
by moving pictues the farms, orchards,
livestock, timber,' mountains, streams
and everything of interest in each
county.
We must have your help and co-operation
in the gathering of your exhibit.
If we were compelled to buy these ex
hibts the state would have to double
its present appropriation, but with your
assistance we hope to carry out our
present plans without asking for any
further apppropriation."
Pays Large Inheritance Tax.
Salem The second largest inherit
ance tax ever paid into the state treas-
ury was received recently. It whs
the tax on the estate of Amanda Reed,
of Multnomah county, appraised at a
valuation of $l.3S5.919.89. The tax
was $7,141.40. The largest tax paid
was on the estate of Henry Weinhard',
which amounted to $15,248.54. The ap-
praised value of the Weinhard estate
was but $1,381,007.22, but was left in a
lump sum, while the Reed estate was
livided among a large number of bene
ficiaries.
Daily Snowstorms at Buckeye.
Sumpter Superintendent W. II.
Gleason, of the Buckeye mine, in the
Cracker Creek district, reports opera
tion at the property in full blast.
Crosseutting for the main ledge from
the drift is in progress, and it is ex
pected to encounter the vein in a short
while. There is much snow in the vicin
ity of this mine and it is a hard mat
d mat -
. .
ter to get supplies in at present. Con -
tinned snow storms prevail almost daily
at that altitude.
Auto to Carry Tourists.
Klamath Falls Captain J. M. Mcln-
tvre. of tho AfcTntvrft Trnnsrvnrtnt.inn
company, has purchased an 11-passonger
automobile, and will (put it on the lino
between Dorris and this citv. A erpw
of men is now working on the road be
tween Dorris and Keno. getting it in
shape for automobile service, and it is
expected that the run can be made in
two hours from end of rail to this city.
Hatchery Superintendent.
Oregon City W. II. Smith, of Park
place, has been appointed superintend
ent of the state fish hatcheries at Wal
lowa and Ontario.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Apples Select. $2.50 per box; fancy,
$2; choice, $1.50; ordinary, $1.25.
Potatoes Select, 70c per hundred;
Willamette Valley, 45c per hundred;
East Multnomah, 55c; Clackamas, 55c
per hundred; sweet, 51c per pound.
Fruits Strawberries, California,
$1.501.S5 per crate; Oregon, 10
lzVliC per pound.
Vegetables Turnips, $1 per sack;
carrots. $1.50(1.75; beets, $1.25; par
snips, $1.25; beans, wax, 12'l.wl3K,c
per pound; head lettuce, 35c per dozen;
artichokes, 50c per dozen; aspnragus,
m)c per pound; egg plant, 25(5)30c per
pound; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 6(a)
7c per pound; peppers, 20c per pound;
radishes, 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 23c
per pound; spinach, 85c per crate.
Wheat Club, 89c per bushel: red
Russian, 86c: bluestem, 91c: valley,
89c.
Barley Feed, $25 per ton; rolled,
$2728; brewing, $26.
Oats No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton;
gray, $27.
Hay Timothy. Willamette Valley.
$17 per ton; Willianfette Valley, ordi
nary, $15; Eastern Oregon. $18.50;
mixed. $16; rlover, $14; alfalfa, $12;
alfalfa meal, $20.
Dressed Meats Hops, fancy. 8!4c per
pound; ordinary, 7(7'.c; large, Cc;
veal, extra, 7; ordinary, 7c; heavy,
6e; mutton, fancy, 10c.
Butter Extras, 24e. per pound: fancy.
23c; choice, 20c; store, 16c.
Poultry Mixed chioken. 13(i7)14i per
pound; fancy hens, 1415c; roosters,
old. 9c; fryers, dozen, $4; broilers,
dozen. $4.507)5 ; dressed ponltry, per
pound, Ic higher; ducks 16tf?17c;" geese,
8(f9c; turkeys, alive, 1718c; dressed,
197220r.
Bops 1907, prime and choice, 5(fS
neTS"
PollSerV
6 p
Wrfo
ll(3)15c per nonnd according to ahrink-
aee- valley loXe
age
Mohair Choice, 18Q18e per posnd.
FAVORS BIG FLEET.
Great Lesson Taught by Cruise, ays
Admiral Evans.
Washington, May 25. Admiral Ev
ans, in an interview with W. S. Meri-
..!. ..,!.! .,! lU ..cnllc of till I
WaillV.1, LUIU J 1 till iwaw.k .....
cruise of the Pacific and its benefits
and the future policy and prospects of
the American navy.
"What, in your opinion," he was
asked, "is the most vital question af
fecting the navy today?"
"The shortage 'of officers and men,
particularly officers," Admiral Evans
replied. "We have not a battleship in
commission today with a sufficient
number of officers properly to look
out for her battery. Those we have
are excellent, but they are so over
worked that they are giving way un-
,1 . - A f ...... I,- fr(.n,Aj4
for duties on shipboard, as has just Washington, May 23, The confer
been shown in the cruise of the At- ence committee on the sundry civil bill
lantie fleet to the Pacific, but not so
with officers. J
hostilities, we would find ourselves
seriously handicappd from this cause."
The Admiral was then asked what
was the chief lesson to be drawn from
the cruise of the battleship fleet.
"There are two," he replied. "First,
the absolute necessity for two fleets,
one on the Atlantic and one on the
Pacific; second, that we took the fleet
to sea with one-third of the men un
trained and arrived at the Pacific en
trance to the Straits of Magellan and
Magdalena Bay absolutely in condi
tion to go into an engagement."
"What should be our future naval
strength, and how distributed?"
"Forty-eight battleships with the
necessary cruisers, torpedo-boats, sub
marines and auxiliaries. They should
be distributed 24 on the Pacific and
24 on the Atlantic."
FIRE ON OLD VESSEL.
Sensational Naval Experiment Will be
Tried bp Navy.
Washington M,v Th- mnt
sensational naval experiment ever at-'he above words.
tempted by this country will take The illness which culminated in the
place today in Chesapeake Bay, when governor's death wss directly due to
the monitor Honda will be submitted, , , . ...
to bombardment by big guns and tor- overwork nervous strain attend-
pedoes to demonstrate the effect of ant. "l'on the extra session of Nevada's
modern projectiles upon the internal . legislature late last fall,
fittings and the structure of the fight- Mr- Sparks was born in Mississippi,
ing craft of the American navy. I August 30, 1843, and came to this state
The Florida is so constructed and 111 1HC,8 engaging in stockraising. He
fitted internally in such a way as to owned large cattle ranches in Nevada
have practically the same strength of,an(1 Texas, as well as a large cotton
resistance as the latest tvne of Amer-
ican battleship.
j At first it was proposed to put live
j sheep in the turret of the monitor, but
I this nlnn lias hern abandoned berausp
, it is believed the death of the animals
would prove little as to the nrobabil
ity of loss of human life under similar
! circumstances. The plan to test the
; ability of the modern ship of war to
; withstand the heavy firing of the lat-
est big guns has attracted much at
tention in official circles and it is
looked upon as a matter of great im-t-
irtance by foreign officials at the em
bassies here.
PACIFIC MAIL IS PASSIVE.
Would Not be Benefited by Proposed
Subsidy Clause.
San Francisco. Mav 2."i The nrocr
rcss of the m istnfiirp annrnnriatinn
jKin ,,.. ;to ot.,o rv.
llli. llV'n 111 IL 11131 3li LILIUIC ' .
' b watche with much in.the leadership of -President Osinena. It
fcrest' in thisit., CSDecia,v with rc is believed that the attempt to present
gard to the ocean mail subsidy amend- resolution will be renewed during
ment, agreed to by the conferees, but tn!Lextra, sc.ssion.
rejected by the House, which has'. TI,C Philippine commission has re
asked for another conference on the J,ectcd the assembly bill providing for
mp.niirp
The proposed increased
' compensation to steamship lines di-
' red v affects the comnames- runnins?
vpssrls from this nnrt to Thinn Inn.in
Australia and the Philippines.
When asked what would be the re-'
suit should the subsidy amendment be
j retained in the bill, F. S. Samuels,
manager of the Oceanic 'Steamship
Comnanv. said:
Whether we will resume running
vessels to Australia and carry the
mails cannot be determined for a time.
A . 1 ' IX. T 1 .. I 1. . , '
at a rate oi wages permitting ot'any
profit.
Germans Angry at Frenchmen.
Perlin, May 25. Denouncing Paris
clubs as mere gambling resorts and
clubmen as card sharpers and black- j
legs, the German court and press are .
i a .i"u mw Aca.anci nave mar e Sullivan, a retired capitalist, who owns
oilier contracts for carrying the mails , , , , . , . ' T. . , .,
simce we discontinued, and we do not a b,ock of stock m thc Unitcd Ral1'
know at present whether we could get i ways Investment Company, today be
that business again." ' jgan a suit in equity in the superior
Adolph J. Frey, assistant to the court to recover the $200,000 Patrick
vice-nresident and general manager of Calhoun, president of the Unitcd Rail
the Pacific Mail Company, the Jap-1 mads, is alleged to have paid, through
anese and China line, said there was Tirey L. Ford, general counsel for that
little prospect of the Pacific Mail corporation, to Abe Ruef for the pur
availing itself of any increased allow-'pose of influencing the supervisors to
ance, chiefly because of the difficulty grant the company a trolley franchise,
of securing crews composed largely of Interest on the above-named amount
Americans, as the law would require, j and costs are also demanded by the
declaring today that it is easy enough J degree murder in killing Guard John A.
to see why Teuton members are un-!ni,;, ,i , .,
welcome-they have something better Robl"son ,n t,le course of thc sensa
to do with their time than to spend tional prison break in March. George
it at a gaming table. But for the com-j Rock pleaded guilty two weeks ago and
ment by members of the Cerclc dejwas sentenced to hang June 15. Hays'
L'Union that Germans are regardless defense proved he had not laid a hand
of French club custom, the black- j on Robinson, but he was found guilty
balling of Ambassadorial Attache of conspiracy. The jury recommended
Ilortsman might have been permitted
to pass as a personal matter.
, Sparks' Secretary Dead.
Carson, Nev., May 2"). V. R. Davis,
private secretary to the late Governor
Sparks, died at his home in this city
Saturday of stomach trouble. Davis
better known as "Riley" Davis,
He served as secretary to Governor
Sparks sinre be first took office. He
vs a resident of Davton. Nev., where
he held a number of important posi-
tions. Through the death of the late
Governor and his secretary business
in the f to and federal buildings is at
a standstill.
F""T Jcef in Serious Condition.
Vienna. Mav 25 Emperor Franz
Jospf his caught a fresh cold and gen
audience, h?Ve been suspended,
"' '"-J'J' wim.. uiidui m-
l'"' -b,,t ' m"ch vn".w '
Icermng him owing to his age and
continued ill health.
SEATTLE TO GET
MONEY FOR FAIR
j . . . .
Conference Agrees on Appropriation
of $650,000 for Exhibits.
Uninteresting Exhibits Omitted and
Number on Government Board
duced, Cutting Down the Ex
penses Washington Delegation Is
HighlyElated With Compromise.
yesterday agreed to give $050,000 to the
Seattle exposition. Fifty thousand dol-
j la" will be cut off from the expenses
of the government board, which is re
duced to three members, and uninter
esting features of the government ex
hibit are eliminated. There was no cut
in the appropriation for buildings or
the Alaska, Philippine or Hawaii ex
hibits. The conference report will be
agreed to today. The compromise is
highly satisfactory to the Washington
delegation.
GOVERNOR SPARKS DEAD.
Nevada Executive Killed by Oveawork
at Extra Session.
Reno, Nev., 'May 23. ''I don't fear
death. I have done my best. I am
tired and am ready to go. Good-bye."
Surrounded by his wife, three sons,
and a daughter, Governor John Sparks,
conscious to the last, sank to death at
8 :30 yesterday morning, after uttering
pianiauon in lexas. lie was elected
chief executive in 1902 and again in
l'JOti by large majorities.
Lieutenant-Governor D. S. Dicker
son is now governor of Nevada. He
came to Nevada eight years ago and
went to work in a mine at Cherry Tree.
EXTRA SESSION CALLED.
Philippine Assembly Needs a Month
More to Finish Work.
Manila, May 23. The statutory time
for the adjournment of the Philippine
assembly having arrived with the work
of that body incomplete, Governor-General
Smith has called a month's extra
session, rnor to the adjournment of
the regular session, the radicals at
tempted to present a resolution favor-
"g immediate independence, but were
headed off bv the conservatives under
tne t(-'aciung oi tne various i-iiipino di-
.a';c' in the public schools, and has
s.lluwuullu l "m i-reaimg in insiiiuie
.'or the StlldV of these dialects.
Manuel yuescon, a member of the
assembly, has been appointed delegate
to t"e navigation congress to be held
,at St- Petersburg- He will sail tomor-
ro.w- accompanied by his secretary, The-
wUU.c ivUBu.
Sues to Recover Graft.
San Francisco, May 23. Joseph A.
piatntitt. i tie complaint alleges that
the suit is brought in the interest of all
the stockholders of the corporation.
Conspirator May Hang.
Deer Lodge, Mont., May 23. Will
iam Hays, a convict in the state prison
here, was today found cuiltv of first-
hanging. Two others are charged and
are yet to be tried. These are C. B.
loung and Orell Stevens.
s Big Power Project.
San Francisco, May 23. A
deal
which will ultimately revolutionize the
price of eVctricity throughout the state
of California, will soon be consummat-
ed in the investment of an additional
$25,000,000 in the" $12,000,000 power-
house that is nearing completion on the
north fork of the American river. The
plant will be ready for operation in
October, but in the meantime mstrrn
capitalists are making arrangements to
advance thc enormous amount of ran.
ital.
Eight Perished in Fire.
Chicago. Mav 23 Allhonirti .V1
men are believed to have perished in
!h destroyed the Wintermayer
no iaciory yesteraay, only two bodies
been recovered at midnight, when
the search was abandoned until tomor-
row.