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HEPPNER
OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, HtS'
torical and Commercial.
A total of 54 counties in Ohio have
voted out saloons.
European nations approve the Araer
ican-Japanese treaty.
A hierh official of Germany says the
Balkan situation is gloomy.
Great Britain is alarmed at the
growth of the revolution in India.
The head of the St. Petersburg po
lice is to be prosecuted for grafting.
Russia and Italy are said to have
signed a secret treaty on the Balkan
situation.
Haytian rebels have routed the gov
ernment forces and are marching on
the capital.
Los Angeles school girls are to re
ceive regular instruction in getting off
and on street cars.
An explosion in a coal mine near
Pittsburg caused the death of 275 men
who were at work in the mine.
Holland refuses to negotiate with
Venezuela, saying that government
must first recall its hostile decree.
A Chinese official now in this coun
try says that in 10 years there will be
none of his countrymen in Canada or
the United States.
Reports from various states show
that at least 50 persons have been
killed this season by being mistaken
for deer, bear and the like.
Admiral Capps says the navy needs
more colliers.
Austria declares she will crush Ser
via if reed be.
Andrew Carnegie has just celebrated
his 73d birthday.
Austria threatens war with Turkey
unless she comes to terms.
Cholera has again broken out in
Russia and is causing much alarm.
If Austria and Turkey should fight,
Bulgaria would probably invade Mace
donia. A steamer struck a reef off the
island of Luzon and 100 Filipinos were
drowned.
Taft has offered Frank H. Hitchcock
the position of postmaster general. He
will accept.
Kaiser Wilhelm, who has been suf
fering from a nervous collapse, is re
covering. Italians in California fought a des
perate battle with dynamite, knives
and guns. Two men will die.
The national organization of loco
motive engineers will build a $1,000,
000 labor temple at Chicago.
It is reported that Montenegro has
mounted heavy batteries on the heights
commanding Cattaro, one of Austria's
commercial seaports.
Holland is much interested in Cas
tro's visit to Europe.
Heney is so far recovered that he
took an auto ride Thanksgiving day.
A storm off the California coast
caused all vessels to run for shelter.
An effort will be made in Tennessee
to arrest the lynchers of three negroes.
A 13-year-old Healdsburg, Cal., boy
shot his step father in defense of his
mother.
Admiral Sperry has granted shore
leave to some of the battleship crews
at Manila.
Assassination and bomb throwing by
Hindu revolutionists have caused ter
ror in India.
Gladstone Dowie, son of the prophet,
denies that he intends to marry or that
he was ever kissed.
Four persons were drowned in a
Bteamer collision off Sandy Hook. One
of the vessels sunk.
Demonstrations at Rome against
Austria continue and the populace is
in a very ugly mood.
A monument to Indiana soldiers who
died in Andersonville prison has just
been unveiled by governor Hanley, of
Indiana.
The governors of Pennsylvania and
Virginia kidnaped the governor of
Rhode Island while he was on his hon
eymoon trip.
A heavy snow fall is reported
throughout Colorado.
The Morse steamship lines on the
Atlantic coast have been reorganized.
A severe electrical disturbance par- I
aiyzea teiegrapn lines in Illinois, lowa
and Wisconsin.
AUSTRIA-TURKEY AFFAIR.
Austrian Ambassador Threatens to Go
Home and Tension is Sericus.
London, Dec. 1. A dispatch to the
Times from Constantinople says that
the tension between Austria and Tur
key is becomirg more serious. The
departure of the Austrian ambassador.
Marquis rallavlcini, will mean the
complete rupture of negotiations. It
is difficult to see how this can be avoid
ed by Turkey while Austria maintains
her demand for suppression of the boy
cott by active interference of the
porte. Under the new regime this is
impossible, as even if the government
issued orders to that effect they would
not be obeyed.
The heads of the guilds concerned
have told the grand vizier that the boy
cott will be persisted in so long as Aus
tria perseveres in her present attitude.
A dispatch to the Times from Vien
na says the emperor's determination to
maintain peace is a hopeful sign.
There are rumors that Marquis Palla
vicini is not likely to leave Constant!
nople and there is much speculation
concerning the long audience which the
emperor granted today to Count Julius
Andrassy, the Hungarian minister t
the interior, in view of the fact that
Count Andrassy was the only Hunga
rian minister with the courage to op
pose the policy ot the annexation oi
Bosnia and Herzegovina and predict
its probable consequences.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
WATER FROM MALHEUR,
CHINESE CUT WAY OUT.
Twenty-One Make Easy Escape From
Detention Shed.
San Francisco, Dec. 1. Twenty-one
out of 116 Chinese held at the Pacific
Mail dock, pending the decision of the
mmigration officials as to whether
not they were entitled to enter the
United States, escaped from the de
ention shed at Second and Brannan
treets about 12 o'clock last night
Four of them wTere recaptured in China"
town today and returned to the shed
Immigration officials, the local police
and the officers of the Pacific Mai
Steamship company are prostcuting t
vigorous search for the others.
Ihe Orientals cut the heavy wire
netting over one of the windows, sawed
through two iron bars and slid down s
water pipe. A nightwatchman discov
ered the open windows a few minutes
after the Chinese had "landed" with
out the approval of the immigration
officers.
This is the second time that Chinese
have escaped from the rickety old de
tention shed. Last September four of
them awaiting deportation, sawed
their way to liberty through the roof.
Sensational charges made at the time
by a petty officer of the liner Mongol a
that Chinese were being landed by the
process of substitution, led to an inves
tigation, which, however, did not dis
close anything tending to support the
charges.
TRY ALL CASES AT ONCE-
Move to Consolidate Hearing of 35
Springfield Rioters.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 1. If plans
now under consideration by public
prosecutors of Sangoman county a
realized, one of the biggest cases in
the history of the country will be call
ed for trial in the Circuit court here
earlv next vear. It is probable t at
the courc will be asked if all the cases
against alleged rioters in the August
outbreak in Springfield may be tried at
once.
If the court consents, indictments
against the 35 defendants, chargi g
conspiracy, will be asked of the next
errand iury and the cases w 11 be tried
in a consolidated hearing with 35 de
fendants, a score of lawyers for the
probably three or four
The plan is off ere i in the
economy. Five cases al-
been tried without a con
viction and it is estimated that s pa-
rate hearings will cost the county
$10,000.
defense and
prosecutors,
interest of
ready have
Marquis Renews Protest.
Constantinople, Dec. 1. TheAustro
Hungarian ambassador to Turkey,
Marquis Pallavicini, in an interview
with the grand vizier on Saturday re
newed his protest against the Austrian
boycott instituted by Turkey, and de
clared that hia government could not
wait many more days for a solution of
the difficulty. The ambassador stated
that, failing this, it would be neces
sary for him to proceed to Vienna, and
he hinted that his absence might be
prolonged unless the porte remedied
the situation.
Storms have blocked the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific lines in
Montana and North Dakota.
A Coeur d'Alene millionaire has an
nounced the purchase of old mines near
Barcelona, Spain, which he will operate
under modern methods.
A Tennessee mob waited until three
negroes had been tried for murder and
eentenced to receive the death penalty
when it took the three from jail and
lynched them.
Jury Frees Telegrapher.
Thompson, Mont., Dec. 1. A ver
dict of not guilty was brought in last
evening by the jury in the case of the
state against G. A. Mitchell, a tele
graph operator charged with criminal
negligence resulting in t :e fatal wreck
at Olive last September, when pas
senger train lo. o ana ireig t train
No. 58 crashed tog ther on the North
ern Pacific. Mitchell has leen in
jail h re since the time the wreck
curred.
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Farmers Petition Department of In
terior to Revive Project.
Ontario The movement to revive
the Malheur irrigation project is meet
ing with unanimous approval from the
landowners who will come under the
project. At four meetings held within
the past week at schoolhouses in Mal
heur county, practically all the land
owners in the neighboring vicinities
expressed themselves as heartily in
accord with the movement, and signed
petitions which will be prresented to
the secretary of the interior, asking
that the government resume the pro
ject as soon as possible. These four
meetings were held at the Slide Bot
tom, Jefferson, Mesquite and Apple-
gate schoolhouses, and the landowners
who have signed the petitions repre
sent about 10,000 acres of land which
the owners wish watered. A water
users' association has been formed,
with headquarters at Ontario.
HUGE GRAND RONDE CROP.
La
is
of
Grande Apple Shipping Season
Nearly Over.
La Grande The final estimates
what the apple crop in the Grande
Ronde valley will be can now be made
with some degree of accuracy, as the
shipping season is far advanced. With
90 per cent of last year's extraordina
rily large crop in the La Grande vicin
ity and about 75 per cent in the Cove
districts, it appeais that when the ap
ples are all shippped out, 325 cars will
have been drafted into service, to han
dle the output.
Shipments are rapid, though in small
lots, and mostly by consingment. Fsw
direct sales are made, and the largest
sales are confined to local dealers.
There is no organization in this county
and the growers have to rely on their
own judgment a3 to when to let go.
Brick Clay on Coos Biy.
Marshfield The successful manufac
ture of brick in Coos county has been
accomplished, and the result of this
feat means much to the builders, who
expect to erect large structures in the
Coos bay cities. A little over a year
ago brick delivered at Coos bay cost
$20 to $22 a thousand, and these were
not of a very good quality, it was al
ways thought that there was plenty of
clay in the county with which to make
brick, but the supposition was that
there was too much sand in the clay,
and that it could not be made to con
geal. By the successful experiments
this idea has been exploded, as excel
lent brick are being turned out at sev
eral yards.
Josephine County Growing.
Grants Pass The general growth of
Josephine county was never better than
now; all of which has been accomplish
ed by constant united effort and push
of its citizens. The fruit industry of
Rogue river valley has been greatly
aided by the organization of the-Rogue
River Fruit exchange with headquart
ers at this place. The exchange is dis
posing of this year's crop of apples at
top figures to buyers in Chicago, New
York, London, Liverpool and Honolulu.
The grading and packing is being done
on the most scientific basis. The man
ager of the organization states that it
is impossible to supply the demands
for good fruit.
SHEEPMEN ANGERED.
Do Not Believe Their Range Allotment
Should Be Reduced.
Pendleton "The Forestry depart
ment is simply trying to drive us out
of business," declared William Slush-
er, ex-representative from Umatilla
county and a prominent sheepman,
when told of the big cut to be made in
the number of sheep to be allowed up
on the Wenaha forest range next year.
Announcement of the cut, which
amounts on the average to about 8 per
cent, has just been received from J. M.
Schmitz, the supervisor in charge.
Three years ago a cut of 20 per cent
was made. Last year it was 12 per
cent and the new cut brings the total
reduction for the years to 40 per cent.
"The reason they give us is that the
range will not stand to be pastured so
heavily as last year, but I have been
in the sheep business long enough to
know something about the range and
what it will stand. I have run sheep
in the Wenaha forest for a number of
years, and I never saw the range in
better condition than it was this fall.
This, too, despite the fact that the
present summer was one of the driest
in the history of the sheep industry in
Eastern Oregon. I certainly cannot
see any real need for reduction. Neith
er can any other sheepman who is using
the range in the Wenaha forest."
This year's cut affects the large
sheepowners more than the small, ones.
Flocks of over 3,000 will be cut 20 per
cent, while those of under 2,000 will
be allowed on the range without any
reduction.
Expanding at Chemawa.
Chemawa The Chemawa Indian
school is making many improvements
which will complete the efficiency of
the institution. A $16,000 addition to
the engineering department is nearly
completed. There are over 40 Indian
young men taking the course at the
school of electrical and steam engi
neering. The institution has sent
many young Indians out who have
taken this course and are holding their
own with their white brothers. Sev
eral graduates hold chief engineer
licenses on vessels plying in Puget
sound and Alaskan waters.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.
Rapid Rise of Oklahoma River Causes
Great Damage.
Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 30. As a re
sult of a 48-hour downpour in the val
ley of the Cottonwood river and its
tributaries, the Cottonwood overflowed
here yesterday afternoon. Several
hundred homes are partially under
water in West Guthrie, and 3,000 per
sons are homeless.
The river at 6 o'clock last night was
one foot higher than ever before in its
history and rising 12 inches an hour.
Hundreds of people who refused to
get out of the flood district, believing
that the river would not rise as rapidly
as it did, fired shots of distress during
the night, and hundreds of boats with
rescuers brought the tardy ones to
places of safety.
It is believed that a few persons are
still in their homes.
So rapid was the rise in the Cotton
wood that 20 head of cattle in the
affected district were drowned before
they could be got out of the waters
Streetcar service is completely at
standstill. The city's water plant is
under water.
Five thousand dollars' worth of cot
ton belonging to the Farmers' Oil mill
was washed away, and 2,000 bales are
still in the water. The Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe roundhouse and shops
are inundated.
All railroad trains in and out of
Guthrie have been annulled. Near
Seward, Okla., the Santa Fe tracks are
out and the railroad bridge at Red
Rock has been washed out. The Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas and the Fort
Smith & Western railroads report
many miles of track out near this city.
The Denver, Enid and Gulf train is
waterbound at Crescent. The Eastern
Oklahoma railroad trains are being
held at Stillwater. According to re
ports reaching this city, many miles of
track on these two roads are either
washed out or so completely under
water that it is impossible to move
trains.
SECRET TREATY
BECOMES PUBLIC
America and Japan Enter Into Peace
ful Alliance.
Details of Agreement Finally Brought
Out Will Consult Each Other
Will Encourage Free and Peaceful
Deve'opment of Trade Guard
China's Interests.
Ships 27 tons of 1 urkeys
Roseburg About 27 tone of turkeys
was Douglas county's Thanksgiving
contribution this year. The prices
ranged from 17 to 21 cents. These fig
ures do not include the other poultry,
chickens, ducks and geese, which were
also shipped in large quantities. The
27 tons of birds includes five tons sent
by an Oakland firm, the remaining 22
tons being sent from Roseburg. The
number sent from the smaller towns in
the county is not yet known and
possible to determine.
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Ellis Starts for Washington.
Pendleton Congressman W. R.
Ellis, of this city, has left for Wash
ington to attend the coming session of
congress. Upon his arrival there the
congressman will immediately take up
the question of Pendleton's Federal
building. When asked concerning the
proposed establishment of a Federal
judicial district for Eastern Oregon, he
expressed the belief that such a propo
sition is hopeless during the life of the
present judiiary committee.
Rail Work Progresses.
Klamath Falls The terminus of the
California Northeastern railway has
been moved from Calor, on the state
line, to Worden, which is about two
miles from water. Track is now being
laid beyond Worden. Holland, the sta
tion on the straits, will be the termi
nus in December, where boats will
connect for Klamath Falls. A steam
shovel is now in operation in Klamath
Falls. Erickson & Peterson, the con
tractors, have established permanent
winter quarters on the outskirts of the
city.
Apple Fair is Postpored.
McMinnville The proposed apple
rair tor Yamhill county, that was to
have been held here on November 27
and 28, has been called off by the com
mittee in charge. The reasons given
for the abandonment of the enterprise
are that it is impossible to interest a
sufficient number of the leading horti
culturists to bring exhibits on account
of its close proximity to the state hor
ticultural exhibit, to be held in Port
land the following week.
Rains Help Crook Range.
Prineville Rains and light snow.
which have fallen here at intervals for
our days, are stimulating range gras
and fall grain wonderfully, so that the
outlook for next ypar, both as to graz-
ng and arming is good. A great
oal of fall wheat has been sown and
is already up and making a good
howing. Cattle are in good shape
and so far there is every indication that
they will go through the winter well.
Interest is being manifested in fruit.
Astoria Values Boosted.
Astoria A segregation of the valu
ati ns on the 1908 assessment roll has
been completed and shows that the val-
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, 95c; club, 90(r;
91c; fife, 90ft;91c; red Russian, 87c;
40-fold, 90ft91c; valley, 91c.
Barley Feed, $26.50 per ton ; brew
ing, $27.
Oats No. 1 white, $31ft31.50 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$14 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$16ft,17.50; clover, $12; alfalfa, $12fr;
12.50; grain hay, $12.50ft13.
Fruits Apples, 75cft$2 per box;
pears, $lft,1.25 per box; rgapes, $1.40
ftil.65 per crate; quinces, $lft1.25
per dox; cranDerries, lu.oumiz.oo
per barrel: casabas, 2c per pound;
huckleben i s, lOftllcper pound; per
simmons, $lft l.ztt per crate.
Potatoes 75ft85c per cwt. ; sweet
potatoes, 2(2z per pound.
Onions $lft1.25 per cwt.
Vegetables Turnips, $lft.l
sack; carrots, $l; parsnips.
beets, $1.25; horseradish,
pound; artichokes, 90ft $1
FINCH KILLS FISHER.
Oregon Bar Prosecutor Shot by Dis
barred Lawyer.
Portland, Nov. 30. Attorney Ralph
B. Fisher, prosecutor for the grievance
committee of the Oregon State Bar
association, was shot and killed almost
instantly at 1:30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon by Attorney J. A. Finch,
who had been recently disbarred as the
result of charges of drunkenness that
were prosecuted by Mr. Fisher.
The tragedy occurred in Mr. Fisher's
private offbe, 322 Mohawk building,
Third and Morrison streets. Miss
Verna Burkhart, Mr. Fisher's steno
grapher, was the only witness, and she
fled screaming . from the room. The
assassin emerged deliberately from the
room where lay his victim, walked
down the corridor and was about to
take the elevator when feized by Dr.
H. F. Leonard, who detained him.
Finch was at once taken into the
office from which sulphurous smake was
still pouring, and looked down upon the
prostrate form that he had slain. He
gazed coolly and apparently unmoved
upon the bleeding figure, uttered not a
word, turned and walked out in the
custody of the officers.
"I wouldn t speak to him, and 1 11
get the rest of the bunch," Finch said
to one of the officers who rode in the
patrol wagon with him to the station.
At the city jail Finch positively de
nied the murder to Di -trict Attorney
Cameron. He had been in his own
office nearly all day, he said, and had
not been near Mr. Fisher's office. He
talked confusedly and at times unintel
ligibly, apparently under the influence
of either drugs or liquors, or premedi
tatingly preparing grounds for the de
fense of insanity.
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$1.
Mission is of Diplomacy,
BasFe Terre, Island of Guadeloupe,
Dec. 1. Presiden Castro, of Venezu
ela, arrived here today aboard th$
steamer Guadeloupe, on his way to uation of the taxable property inside
Bordeaux. In reply to interviewers, the city limits is $3,470,784, or $1,
President Cas rod clar-d that the ob- 389,860 more than on the 1907 roll,
"ect of his jourmy was to settle sorre , when it was $2,080,618. The increase
diplomatic business with the French in Warren ton is $96,469 and in Seaside
government. I slightly over $50,000.
per
.25;
8ft.10c per
per dozen ;
beans, 10ft14c per pound; cabbage, 1
ftzjlcper pound; cauliflower, 75cft$l
per dozen; celery, 40ft 75c per dozen;
cucumbers, $2ft2.50 per box; eggplant,
15c per pound; lettuce, $lft,1.25 per
box; parsley, 15c per dozen; peas, 10c
per pound; peppers, 10ft 14c per pound
pumpkins, lft L'jC per pound; radishes,
I24c per dozen; spinach, 2c per pound;
sprouts, 9J.ift10c per pound; squash,
lftlcper pound; tomatoes, 50cft$l
per crate.
Butter City creamery, extras, 35ft
36c; fancy outside creamery, 321.ft
35c per pound; store, 17ft 20c.
Eggs Oregon selects, 40c; Eastern,
27ft 32 M c per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 11c per pound;
snrinir. He; ducks, 14ft 15c; geese, lt
ft 11c; turkeys, 17ft18c; dresser!
turkeys, choice, 22.z(i2Ac; seconds,
19ft 22.
Veal Extra 8 a ft? 9c per pound ; or
dinary, Kallic; heavy, 5c.
Pork Fancy, 7c per pound; large,
5 ft 6c.
Hops 1908, choice, 8ft8?4c: prime.
Fight Safety Appliance Law.
San Francisco, Nov. 30. The North
western Pacific railroad, a branch of
the Harriman system, running 100
miles north of this city, has deter
mined to fight the constitutionality of
the safety appliance act and make the
firit test of the scope of its effective
ness. Almost all ot the railroads are
to be brought before United States
courts for alleged violations of the act
in not having safety conveniences to
lessen the chances of killing opera
tives. The company claims the law
does not apply to state traffic.
Impeach Von Buelow.
Berlin, Nov. 30. The Radical party
at a caucas today decided to introduce
a resolution in the reichstag for the
creation of a high impeachment court,
before which the chancellor could be
brought to answer for direliction in his
constitutional duties as between the
emperor and the people, or in case
when, although not unconstitutional,
the imperial acts through the chancel
lor may have caused geat danger to
the realm.
7ft 7Kc; medium, 5'ft 6c; 1907, 2ft
4c; 1906, IftilJc.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average best,
10ft 14c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 15ft16c; mohair, choice,
18c per pound.
Germany is for Open Door.
Cologne, Nov. 30. Tie Koelische
Zeitung prints an inspired Berlin dis
patch, in which it is stated that the
American-Japanese treaty will be re
ceivtdwith satisfaction everywhere.
"So far as Germany is concerned,"
says the dispatch, "the principle of thti
'open door' agr.es fully with what
Germany on various occasions has de
clare! to be desirable."
Washington, Nov. 28. Despite offi
cial reticence, information from relia
ble sources has been obtained of an
agreement of far-reaching importance
between the United States and Japan,
covering the policies of the two coun
tries on the Pacific. The agreement is
based on the idea of encouraging and
defending free and peaceful commer
cial development on that ocean.
It contains not only a mutual guar
antee to respect one another's terri
torial possessions there, but defines;
the attitude of the two countries tow
ard China, binding each to defend by
every peaceable means China's inde
pendence and integrity and to give
equal commercial opportunity in the
Chinese empire to all nations.
More important still, the agreement,
in the event of complications threaten
ing the status quo, binds the United
States and Japan to consult one an
other, with a view to acting "t together.
This agreement has been drawn up
in the form of a declaration and con
sists of five articles, of which the fol
lowing is a faithful description :
The first article ives expression to
the wish of the two governments to
tncourage the free and peaceful devel
opment of their commerce on the Pacific.
The second is a mutual disclaimer of
an aggressive design, and contains also
a definition of the policy ot each gov
ernment, both as directed to the main
tenance of the existing status quo in
the Pacific and the defense of the peo
ple of equal opportunity for commerce
and industry in China.
Ihe third article contains a state
ment of the consequent firm reciprocal
resolution of each government to re
spect the territorial possessions injthe
Pacific of the other.
In the fourth article the United
States and Japan express their deter
mination "In the common interest of
all the powers" to support "by all
peaceful means at their disposal" the
independence and integrity of China
and the principle of equal commercial
and industrial opportunity for all na
tions in the empire.
The fifth article mutually pledgea
the two governments, in the case of
the occurrence of any event threaten
ing the status quo as above described,
or the principle of equal opportunity aa
above designed, to communicate with
each other for the purpose of arriving:
at an understanding with regard to the
measures they may consider it useful
to take.
CASTRO HAS TUMOR.
Venezuelan President is in Very Seri
ous Condition.
Bordeaux, France, Nov. 28. On
anding here, President Castro, of Ven
ezuela, will go straight to Paris, where
he will enter a hospital in the Rue de
Turin, fnquented by patients afflicted
with serious stomach troubles. Friends
of the president say that he is suffering
from a tumor of the stomach, compli
cated with other gastric disorders.
Reports have reached Bordeaux to
the effect that because diplomatic re
lations between France and Venezuela
have been broken off, Castro will not
be allowed to land. No confirmation
of these reports is obtainable in official
or maritime circles. There has been a
precedent for such action within the
past 20 years in the case of another
president of a' South American repub
lic, who desired to visit France pri
vately while there was trouble between
France and his country. However, it
is not believed that the government
now will take any such action.-
Produce Farm for N. P. Diners.
Billinps, Mont., Nov. 30. The es
tablishment of a farm by the Northf-rn
Pacific Railroad company on which that
corporation would raise a large per
centage of the supplies used on its din
'ng cars is the latest proposition men
tioned among the probabilities for the
immediate vicinity of Billings for the
coming spring.
Japanese Officer Dead.
Victoria. B. C, Nov. 28. News
was brought here tonight by the Tango
Maru of the death of the founder of
the Japanese navy, Visount Yenomoto,
who, after being educated in Holland,
returned to Japan in 1867 on the Sho
gun's warship Kaiyo Maru. He was
appointed minister of the navy of the
Shogun and at the time of the civil
war he commanded the Shogun's sea
forces and built the castle in which
such strenuous resistance was made
to the imperial troops at Hakodate,
where the last stand was made.
Admiral Russell Dead.
Philadelphia, Nov. 28. Rear Ad
miral Alexander Russell, of the United
States navy, retired, died of heart fail
ure at his home here today, aged 84
years. He first served in the navy on
the sloop of war Saratoga. From 1842
to 1844 he was captain's clerk under
Commodore Perry and he served with
the Texas Rangers under Captain Sam
uel Walker in the Mexican war. Dur
ing the Civil war he had command of
the powder and shell division.
Sails About Over City.
Los Angeles, Nov. 28. Ro.v Knaben
shue made a very successful flight over
this city in his airship. He was in the
air 45 minutes and circled about over
the business section at will. There
was little wind. Knabenshue was ac
companied by his assistant during the
flight