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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, His
torical and Commercial.
Western railroads are growing tired
of Harriman's dictation.
Los Angeles is preparing a welcome
for the Japanese training fleet.
Persia has sent troops to Tabriz at
the request of the United States.
Castro continues to rave at the pow
ers for doing the bidding of the United
Statees.
Cionitinued use of dynamite is en
larging the opening in the ice jam at
Niagara. .
Porctland is to be headquarters for
Northwestern construction on the Har
riman lines.
A young man in Illinois who is heir
to $125,000 has re-enlisted for four
years' service in the army.
An electric line is being projected
from Portland to Butte, to go through
Central Oregon and Baker City.
H. W. Scott has declined the presi
dent's offer as ambassador to Mexico.
Business will not allow it, he Bays.
Sultan Abdul Hamid, the central fig
ure in the Turkish trouble, was born
in 1842 and became sultan in 1876.
A big irrigation project has been
launched in Colorado which will reclaim
100,, 000 acres of land and cost $2,350,
000. Ex-Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is
dead.
P. F. Collier, publisher of Collier's
Weekly, dropped dead from apoplexy.
It is estimated that Patten has made
a million and a half in his recent wheat
deals.
Modjeska's estate had dwindled until
but $5,000 remained at the time of her
death.
The United States has called upon
Great Britain and Russia to protect
missionaries in Turkey.
Ex-Governor Taylor and several
others accused of the Goebel murder in
Kentucky have been pardoned.
A violent earthquake at Lisbon
caused a panic. Many fires broke out
but no persons lost their lives.
A . bill has been introduced in the I
Illinois legislature to limit the size of
women's hats to one cubic foot and
bars snakes, birds and other stuffed
animals.
One of the Ladd farms in Portland
has been sold and will be thrown open
for homes. There are 462 acres in the
tract and it brought $2,000,000.
According to the
Kansas state board
there is a decrease of
twheat in that state,
last year.
American women in
are in danger.
Rates are being cut
secretary of the
of agriculture,
400,000 acres of
,JlitJtl WW iKl
Asiatic Turkey
on many of the
trans-Atlantic liners.
Prairie fires in Texas have burned
over 300,000 acres and the loss exceeds
$50,000.
Berlin has inaugurated a system of
opening a bank account of one mark
for each child when born.
The American Newspaper Publish
ers' association has asked the senate
to reduce the duty on paper.
Big hats and lofty pompadours have
been censured at the University of
Chicago for scientific reasons.
In a magazine article written before
his inauguration and just published,
President Taft defends the lock type
canal.
It is believed that Secretary Ballin
ger will grant rights of way for both
roads to build up the Deschutes, but
they will have to begin work immedi
ately. The pope is opposed to woman suf
frage. Roosevelt has arrived at Mombasa,
Africa.
The Canadian Northern railroad will
spend an average of $1,000,000 a month
for the rest of this year in construc
tion work. Much of the work will be
west of the Rocky mountains.
European powers favor intervention
in Persia.
A tornado in Texas killed two people
and did much damage to property.
Much trouble is being had to secure
a jury to try Captain Peter C. Hains.
An epidemic of disease may result
from the blocking of Niagara river
by ice.
f Carnegie predicts a British-German
war and urges Taft to act as peace
maker. Mrs. Boyle, the woman in the Whit
la kidnaping case, has been identified
as Helen McDermott, of Chicago.
An army officer forced William D.
Haywood, president of the Western
Federation of Miners, to apologize for
an insult to the flag.
Massacres were stopped
Minor after 400 were killed.
in Asia
UNTOLD THOUSANDS DIE.
Efforts of Powers In Vain to Stop
Slaughter in Asiatic Turkey.
Beirut. April 27. The situaton in
Asiatic Turkey is extremely serious,
How many thousands have been massa
cred cannot even be estimated, because
the disturbances have been bo wide
spread it is impossible to obtain de
tails of the happenings,
The latest estimate of the number
killed in the vilayet of Adana reaches
ariDroximately 25.000. and thousands
have been killed in the towns of out
side districts,
The state of siege at several of the
places has brought the inhabitants near
starvation, and each day brings its
tales of further atrocities and the
depths of misery and despair to which
the savagery of the fanatics has
brought the people.
Several warships are now in these
waters, but the disorders are bo far
reaching that efforts of the powers to
restore normal conditions have as yet
hardly been felt. The cruiser Jules
Ferry arrived today and left almost
immediately for Latakia, where
swarms of refugees are pouring in
British, French and German warships
are at other ports, and marines have
been landed to auell the disorders at
the most important points.
One of the missionaries at Alexan
.dretta, Mr. Kennedy, with 450 Turkish
troops, has gone to the relief of Deury
tel. an Armenian village on the coast,
where 10,000 persons within the walls
are besieged bv immense bands of
Kurds and Circassians.
QUAKE KILLS MANY.
Thousands Are Homeless and Starv
ing in Portugal Towns.
Lisbon, April 27. Although Lisbon
was shaken from end to end by an
earthquake Friday evening, there were
no fatalities here, but the outlying dis
tricts Buffered. Benevente, Samosa
and Sante Estevan were almost com
pletely destroyed. Already 39 dead
and 100 injured have been taken out
of the ruins, and 120 persons are re
Dorted missing. When the news
reached Lisbon doctors, nurses and fire
men. taking medical and other stores
set off for the devastated towns,
King Manuel, the Duke of Oporto,
minister of public works and minister
of marine went to the scene and found
some 4,000 persons homeless and with
out food. The king sent to the capital
for supplies. Carloads of general pro
visions and bread were dispatched and
distributed to the famishing popula
tion. Two thousand blankets and 100
military tents followed. The refugees
are now camping under the tents on
the hillsides. A hurriedly conveyed
council of ministers voted $100,000
for preliminary relief. Hospital trains
are now coming in laden with injured.
Lisbon is recovering from the panic,
which was extreme on Friday.
SURVEYING TO LOLO PASS.
Northern Pacific Fighting for Posses
sion of Missoula Cut-off.
Missoula, Mont, April 27. The
Northern Pacific is prepared to resist
the Harriman invasion of the country
west of Missoula, in the Clearwater
country, in Idaho. A party consisting
of 20 Northern Pacific engineers from
Portland arrived yesterday under the
direction of William Mayer, locating
engineer of the Northern Pacific.
The outfit left today, equipped with
supplies for a long jaunt. It is believ
ed that the corps is headed for the Lolo
river, and it is likely that the survey
will be along the line of the route se
lected by the Northern Pacific years
ago for a right of way between Mis
soula and Lewiston.
On the Idaho side of the Bitter Root
mountains both the Northern Pacific
and the Union Pacific have had con
tending parties in the field for two or
three weeks.
Wrecks Historic Church.
New Orleans, April 27. The famous
old St. Louis cathedral was shaken to
day by an explosion believed to have
resulted from a bomb exploded in the
south tower of the building. The ex
plosion was heard for many blocks and
created wild excitement. A priest, a
woman and a child were the only occu
pants and none was injured. The dam
age amounted to about $2,000. The
cathedral, one of the most noted Cath
olic churches in the United States, was
built during the Spanish regime in
Louisiana.
2,000 Dead at Constantinople.
London, April 27. The Standard's
correspondent at Constantinople esti
mates 2,000 men were killed in the
capital and the losses were heaviest on
the Bide of the Constitutionalists, who
did all the attacking and offered good
targets in the open. At the time of
the surrender the sultan had with him,
besides the grand vizier and the war
minister, two of the nearest heirs to
the throne, Mohammed Rechad Effendi
and Yussif Izzedine.
Cruisers to Go On to Manila.
Guantanamo Bay, April 27. It is
understood here the American cruisers
North Carolina and Montana, which
left yesterday for Turkish waters, will
after the settlement of the Turkis'i
troubles, continue on the Manila via
the Suez canal and finally join the arm
ored cruiser squadron of the Pacific
fleet.
Taft Given Invitation.
Montrose, Colo., April 27. President
Taft will receive soon a formal invita
tion from the Gunnison Tunnel Opening
association to attend the opening of
this great govenrment irrigation pro
ject. The exercises will be held three
days in August or September according
to the convenience of the president.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
OLIVES GROW IN OREGON.
Trees Thrive in Southern Part of
State as Experiment.
Grants Pass That olives can be
grown in Southern Oregon at a profit
and are adapted to this climate has
been fully demonstrated by the city
park superintendent, who has had sev
eral trees under his care and supervi
sion. Olives have always been a profit
able fruit in California and are raised
there extensively. The trees in the
city park are thrifty and growing ex
ceedingly well.
A man from California who saw
them remarked they were as good as
any he had seen growing there, and be
saw no reason why much acreage here
could not be devoted to the industry.
He concluded that before next spring
he would set out five acres in olives.
Olives bear well and find a ready
market and become of commercial val
ue along about the fourth or fifth year.
Timbermen File on Mineral Claims.
Medford A concerted effort seems
to have been instituted on the part of
the timbermen to put the mining in
terests of Southern Oregon out of busi
ness. Locators, presumably for lack
of suitable claims eslsewhere, have
been busy placing investors on min
eral claims, on many of which paying
mines have been worked for years.
Timbermen are after practically all of
the mining claim in Southern Oregon
that have any timber upon them. By
its rulings so far the Roseburg land
office has held that the land is more
valuable for timber than for mineral.
In one case suit has been brought to
set aside a mineral land patent issued
eight years ago.
Governor Benson Invited.
Salem Governor Benson has re
ceived a copy of the official call for the
17th National Irrigation congress to be
held at Spokane, August 9 to 14, 1909.
Oregon will be entitled to 15 dele
gates, each city of more than 25,000
population ten delegates, and cities of
less than 25.000 five delegates each.
The board of contol of the congress has
sent an urgent personal invitation to
Governor Benson, President Bowerman,
of the senate, and Speaker McArthur,
of the house.
Wool Sells at 20 Cents.
Pendleton In contracting to sell
180,000 pounds of this year's wool clip
at 20 cents a pound, Montie B. Gwynn,
of this city, president of the Malheur
Livestock association, has probably
made the largest and best wool sale of
the season in Oregon. The news of the
sale ha3 caused gene'ral rejoicing among
local growers, as it is taken as an indi
cation of what they can expect. It is
also reported here that several hundred
pounds of Montana wool has been con
tracted for at 22 cents.
Mohair Pool Sold.
Lebanon The Sodaville pool ot mo
hair wool, which was sold some time
ago, has been delivered, Desiaes many
others. The Sodaville pool was bought
by a Brownsville firm. Nearly $5,000
was realized dv the larmers at tne
wool sales here. It was paid out in
sums ranging from $100 down. Near
ly all the farmers in the foothills keep
a small flock of goats to keep the brush
down, and the wool and increase in
the flocks more than pays their keep,
Await the Iron Horse.
Klamath Falls Citizens of Klamath
county will celebrate the completion of
the railroad in a fitting manner at a
date to be definitely fixed, but which
will be about June 1. While train ser
vice is being extended as rapidly as
the track is laid, the handling of heavy
excursion trains cannot De expected
for a few weeks. Rapid progress has
been made in grading the yards at
Klamath Falls and preparations for
the terminal here.
Pacific Express on Sumpter Line.
Baker City It is rumored that the
Eastern Oregon Express company,
which handles all express on the
Sumpter Valley railroad, has been pur
chased by the Pacific Express company,
and that the old company will go out of
business May 1. It is presumed that
the Eastern Oregon Express company
has had a prosperous career and that
this led the Pacific Express company
to acquire it.
Clatsop County Renigs.
Astoria The County court has made
an order directing the clerk to draw a
warrant for the first half of the state
tax as levied by the state board on Jan
uary 2, 1909. This means that the
County court will not recognize the
$4,000 increase which the state board
at a later date made in Clatsop coun
ty's apportionment of the state tax.
Fruit Crop to Be Large.
Chemawa The orchardists of this
vicinity are congratulating themselves
on the indications for a large fruit yield
this year. The apple, cherry, pear,
plum and prune trees nave Deen in
blossom for more than a week and they
have so far advanced that damage from
frosts and cold spring rains is not
feared.
Courthouse to Be Beautified.
La Grande Through the efforts of
the county and city jointly the barren
land about the courthouse is to be park
ed and made a place beautiful. An
engineer has been set to work to ascer
tain the expense of such a project and
he will report to the council next week.
LUMPY MILK CAN'T BE SOLD.
Washington Dairy Commissioner Puts
Ban on Oregon Product.
Seattle The lumpy condensed milk
which a broker recently sought to
bring in from Oregon and sell in this
city cannot be sold in this state, ac
cording to a decision made by State
Dairy and Feed Commissioner Davis
who has received a report from Profes
sor Charles W. Johnson, dean of the
school of pharmacy, at the University
of Washington, who made a chemical
test of samples of the condensed milk
The report of Professor Johnson
stated the lumps in the milk were
composed of butter fat and that .there
was no other trouble with the milk,
l he test showed that the milk was
light in solids, although not to any
marked degree.
"I shall tell the broker who wanted
to bring this milk here that he must
not attempt to dispose of it in this
state," said Mr. Davis. "I have per
sonally seen condenseries in tnis Btate
throw away lumpy milk rather than
can and attempt to dispose of it."
Boost Eagle Valey.
Richland Eagle valley has caught
Oregon s boosting spirit and organized
the Eagle Valley Commercial club to
advertise the resources of the region
Officers have been elected and a plan
of work arranged. A fee of 25 cents
is charged for membership and month
ly dues to defray expenses. 1 he motto
"Eagle valley, the home of the New
town Pippin, the begt in the world," is
to be printed on all its literature, and
all farmers of the valley are requested
to name their farms and place these
names on all their mail and boxed
fruit.
Big Sale Near Lebanon.
Lebanon The largest land deal ever
made in this section was consummated
here a few days ago when a tract of
land consisting of about 1,800 acres
was sold for a consideration of $100,
000. The identity of the purchasers
and their object are not known. The
tract is situated about six miles north
east of Lebanon, and is excellent agri
cultural land. Among those selling
were C. H. Vehrs, 640 acres; tho Rube
miyeu estate, 04U acres; a nomas ilw
ing, 240 acres; D. C. Price, 200 acres;
Tilforde Paul, 150 acres.
Size of Bread Loaves Cut.
Albany Operations in the Chicago
wheat pit have increased the price of
bread in Albany. Two weeks ago the
five local bakeries reduced the size of
their loaves from one pound to 15
ounces, and they have now announecd
an increase in the price. The whole
sale price has been raised from 3 to
4 cents a loaf The retail price yet
remains at 5 cents a loaf, but has been
increased in that the rate of six loaves
for a quarter has been abolished.
. CoquiJIe Gets New Mill.
Marsbfield There is considerable
activity in the Coquille valley of Coos
county right now. A new coal mine is
to be opened at Riverton and a new
sawmill is to be constructed by one of
the Coquille mill companies. Capital
from Michigan is to start a new mill
on the Coauille river and open a new
logging camp.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.27
1.30; club, $1.201.22; valley,
$1.15.
Oats No. 1 white, $40(341 per ton.
Barley Feed, $34(335 per oton
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley.
$14(316 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17
(319; clover, $11(312; alfalfa, $14!
14.50; grain hay, $13(3:14; cheat, $14
14.50; vetch, $13.50(314.
Apples, 65c(3$2.50 per box,
Potatoes $1.40(3;!. 50 per hundred;
sweet potatoes, 2K3c per pound,
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per Back;
carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
$1.75; horseradinsh, 10c per pound;
artichokes, 65(3,850 dozen; asparagus,
Oregon, 75c per dozen ; cabbage, 4
4 .c per pound ; lettuce, head, 4050c
per dozen; onions, 40(350c per dozen;
parsley, 35c per dozen ; radishes, 35c
per dozen; rhubarb, 24c per pound;
spinach, 6c.
Butter City creamery, extras, 21
, a nc.v
(fliZifC, lancy ouiaiue creamery, i.onj
29c: store, 18(320c. Butter fat prices
average 1 cents per pound under reg
ular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 223i23c per
dozen.
Poultry Hens, 16(317c; broilers,
25c; fryers, 18(322 J.ic; roosters,
old,
10(311c; young, 14(3;15c; ducks,
20(a)
20c;
22 J c; geese, 10(31 1c; turkeys,
squabs, $2.50(33 per dozen.
Veal Extras, luc;ordmary, 82(r.c;
heavy, 738c.
Pork Fancy, 10c; large, 8(3c.
Hops 1909 contract, 9c per pound,
1908 crop, 67c; 1907 crop, 3c; 1906
crop, c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 13(3 18c per
pound; valley, fine, 20c; medium, 19c;
coarse, 18c; mohair, choice, 24(f25c
per pound.
Cattle Top steers, $5.25(35.50; fair
to good, $4.75(35; common to medium,
$3.25(34.60; cows, top, $4.25; fair to
good, $3.50(3,4; common to medium,
$2.60(33.50; calves, top, $5(35.50;
heavy $3.50(3,4; bulls and stags, fat,
$3(33.50; common, $2(32.75.
Hogs Best, $7.25(37.50; fair to
good, $6.75(37; stockers, $5.50(36.60;
China fats, $6.75;.
Sheep Top wethers, $5(3,5.75; fair
to good, $4.504.75; ewes, c less on
all grades; yearlings, top, $6.50(37;
fair to good, $6(3,6.25; epnng lambs,
$77.60.
LIVE STOCK SHOW.
Largest West of Mississippi to Be
Held at Seattle This Year.
Sheds and paddocks covering a vast
area on the grounds of the Alaska-Yukoru-Pacific
exposition are in the
course of construction for the live
stock show, which is to be the largest
ever held west of the Mississippi river.
F. A. Welch, who has the show in
charge, is assured of many fine exhibits
of live stock from every part of the
country. The Shorthrorn cattle show
alone will be one of the greatest ever
held in the United States.
John W. Groves, secretary of the
American Shorthorn Breeders' associa
tion, of Chicago, has notifiied the expo
sition live stock department that the
executive committee appropriated $2,
600 in cash for special premiums to be
competed for by exhibitors of Shorthorn
cattle.
Cups, cash and medals to the value
of $10,000 have been furnished by the
several breeders' associations in the
United States representing every breed
of live stock, to encourage exhibitors
at the exposition this year. This is in
addition to the classifications offered
by the fair and taken altogether makes
a very attractive list of prizes
I
POLICE AT BARGAIN RIOT.
Three ThousandJ-New York Women
in Rush for Cheap Goods.
New York, April 26.-Upwards of
3,000 women Saturday engaged in one
of the fiercest bargain riots at Broad
way and Suydan streets, Williamsburg,
that the Brooklyn police have ever
been called upon to quell. The trouble
was caused by liberally advertised Bales
by rival five and ten-cent stores, locat
ed within a few doors of each other.
These Bales were advertised to begin
at 8:30 o'clock, but long before 7
o'clock women began to arrive and
crowd about the unopened stores.
Women from every quarter of Williams
burg arrived to swell the crowd. When
the doors opened at the designated
hour, according to the reckoning of the
police, more than 3,000 were packed
into Broadway. With a rush they
forced their way into the stores.
So great was the crush from those
who were struggling to be among the
first to gain admission, that scores of
women fell in a faint and were tram
pled by women who followed. Police
reserves were called out to quell the
riot. Mounted men rode through the
crowd, and by using their clubs were
finally able to force the women back,
SULTAN GIVES UP.
Garrison Surrenders to Young Turk
Army After Fight.
Constantinople, April 26. The Yil
diz garrison surrendered yesterday
the Constitutionalists.
to
The commanders of these battalions
began sending notices of their submis
sion to Mahamoud Schefket Pasha Sat
urday night, and the troops protecting
the palace gave their formal and uncon
ditional surrender shortly after dawn.
Sultan Abdul Hamid has been per
mitted to remain within the Yil
diz Kiosk, where in company with his
ministers he heard the Btory of the
struggle between his loyal troops and
the arm" of investment, each hour
bringing word of a fresh disaster.
It has been stated, since victory
rested with the Constitutionalists, that
the sultan himself gave orders to his
men not to resist. Whether or not
this is true, it can be safely said of
the troops within the capital that they
put up a stubborn resistance at all
points and the losses on both Bides are
exceedingly heavy for the length of
time the engagement was in progress,
Nearly SI. 000,000 in Gold.
Sacramento, Cal., April 26. Gold
Diled ud in one large pyramid on the
floor of State Treasurer Williams'
office today represented payments to
the state by four railroad companies.
There were $949,406 in the pile and it
weighed nearly two tons. The Pull
man Car company is likely to be the
only transportation company delin
auent. It has refused to pay its taxes
for two years now and owes the state
$60,291. It denies the right of the
state to tax it and is fighting in the
courts.
Smith to Leave Islands.
Washington, April 26 Governor
General James F. Smith, of the Philip
pines, expects to leave Manila May 8
for Yokohama, where he will embark
on tne steamsnip Minnesota ior me
United States. He has been granted a
six monthB' leave of absence. General
Smith has indicated that he did not
desire to resume his work in the Phil
ippines. For some time rumors have
been current that President Taft might
appoint W. Cameron Forbes, the vice
governor, to the governorship.
Powers Casts Off Alias.
Pitt3birg, April 26. John Powers,
one of the men pardoned by Governor
Wilson, of Kentucky, in connection
with the murder of Governor Goebel
and a brother of Caleb Powers, is not
in Honduras, as was supposed. He is
iving in Kittanning, Pa., where he is
in charge of a business college. When
Powers learned of his pardon this morn
ing, he let his identity be known. He
has been known here as Professor J.
W. Christie.
Wters-Pierce Pays Fine.
Austin, Tex., April 26 The Waters
ierce Oil company Saturday paid
probably the largest fine ever paid by
a corporation, nearly $2,000,000. The
payment ends the litigation of the
, Btate of Texas against the oil company, j
RESOLVE TO
DEPOSE ABDUL
Young Turks Select Mohammed
New Sultan.
as
Army of Investment Opens Attack on
Troops Faithful to Sultan Panic
Seizes City as Troops Take Ad
vance Posts Parliament in Favor
of Change.
Constantinople, April 24. Fighting
between the army of investment under
General Mahmoud Schefket and part of
the troops faithful to the sultan began
at 5:45 this morning in the southwest
part of Pera near Yildiz Kiosk.
Constantinople, April 24. The ad
vance of the concentrated army of in
vestment was begun last night. While
the favored troops of the Constantino
ple garrison were giving homage to the
sultan on Yildiz hill, there was a for
ward movement of the Constitutional
forces to within two and one-half miles
of the Yildiz Kiosk. Cavalry went
out to reconnoiter and soldiers were
sent to picket the bridge across the
Sweet Waters.
There was a great panic. Shopkeep
ers in a large part of Pera put up their
shutters. British Ambassador Low
thers was caught in the swirling crowd
near the embassy and hundreds of fran
tic persons poured into the embassy
compound, imploring asylum. The
gates of the embassy were closed with
difficulty, but it was late in the after
noon before the refugees were reassur
ed and sent homeward.
A dispatch from Salonica declares;
that after a consultation of Schefket.
Pasha and the assembly with Moham
med Rechad Effendi, heir apparent to
the throne, it was decided to demand
that the Sheik-Ul-Islam issue a decree
proclaiming Mohammed Rechad Effendi
slutan.
SUNDAY OPENING FOR FAIR.
Directors of A.-Y.-P. Plan to Keep
Open Seven Days a Week.
Seattle, April 24. The Alaska-Yu
kon-Pacific directors today voted unani
mously to open the fair gates on Sun
day. On week days the fair will be
open from 8 a. m. until midnight; on
Sundays from 1 p. m. until midnight. -
The same agitation against Sunday
opening that every fair in the United
States has encountered was met by
this expostiiori, but as the Federal gov
ernment made no loan to the Seattle
fair, settlement of the question was
left not to congress, but to the direct
ors. Today's decision permits Sunday
opening of the "Pay Streak," which
was the chief point of attack by the
United Clergymen. Under the state
law the amusement enterprises must
be conducted quietly on Sunday, with
out "ballyhoo." The government
building will not be open, and such of
the exhibitors as desire to close will be
permitted to do so, but it is believed
all the state buildings will be open.
CASTRO SEES AMERICAN PLOT.
Says Uncle Sam Plans Conquest of
South America.
St. Nazaire, April 24. The steam
ship Versailles, with Cipriano Castro,
the deposed president of Venezuela,
aboard, arrived here at daylight. Be
fore Senor Castro left his cabin he sent
for a newspaper correspondent and,
sitting up in bed with a nightcap on
his head, delivered a long and rambling
harangue. His remarks were directed
principally against the United States
for "playing into the hands of his ene
mies in Venezuela and sending war
ships to follow his movements."
He declared Venezuela was lost if
the people submitted like slaves to for
eign meddling.
When asked regarding his future
plans, the deposed president said he
had made none, as he considered him
self a prisoner of war.
Delays in Graft Trials.
Los Angele3, April 24. The cases
of ex-Chief of Police Thomas II.
Broadhead and ex-Police Commissioner
Samuel Schenck,, growing out of indict
ments by the recent grand jury investi
gating the redlight graft scandal,
came before Judge Davis today for ar
raignment of the defendants. Techni
cal objections were entered by counsel
for both defendants, and their cases
went over until next Tuesday. Broad
head is charged with accepting a $1,
000 bribe and Schenck is accused of at
tempting to bribe the city prosecutor.
Asiatics Menace Islands.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 24. "Asi
atics now are great aids to the develop
ment of Hawaiian resources, but ten
years from now they will have become
a menace. So says J. Kudia Kalani-
anaole, better known as Prince Cupid,
Hawaiian delegate to congress, now in
this city. "Hawaiians and Americans
will not work in the fields as labor
ers, he continued, "and so Asiatics
are the only means the Hawaiian cap
italist has of developing the islands."
Cunard Line Feels War.
Liverpool, April 24. Presiding to
day at the annual meeting of the Cu
nard Steamship company. Sir William
Watson attributed the disappearance
of the dividend last year to the rate
war and the decrease in the number of
travelers. Business since January 1
bad been satisfactory, he said.