Heppner Gazette
Issued Thursday of Each Week
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.
The British war scare against Ger
many is condemned as hysteria.
French seamen have gone on strike,
tieing up shipping at all the principal
ports.
The government has disproved the
charges that Heney is in its pay while
prosecuting grafters.
A big Eastern syndicate is said to be
preparing to operate a string of 30 dry
goods stores in the West.
A San Francisco chemist claims to
have discovered a method of making
whiskey non-intoxicating, but exhiliar
ating. Evidence is being gathered that ex
plorers from Sweden came to America
in 1362, more than a century before
Columbus.
It is said that the reforms demanded
by Great Britain and the United States
have not been put into effect in the
Congo Free State.
The Criminal court of Veenezuela
has dismissed the charge against ex
President Castro of complicity in a plot
to murder President Gomez.
Because the senate refuses to con
eider legislation aside from the tariff
measure, many river and harbor im
provements are being held up, includ
ing those of the Northwest.
France has decided to materially in
crease her navy.
A change in lumber duties is likely
to be adopted by the senate.
The bill against big hats has been
rejected by the Illinois legislature.
Prominent New Yorkers have been
indicted for coal land frauds in Wyom
ing. Abdul Hamid is said to have turned
over $5,000,000 more to the Turkish
government.
Celestino Castro, brother of the de
posed president of Venezuela, has been
ordered to leave Curacoa.
Great Britain will start construction
on four more Dreadnaughts before the
close of the present fiscal year.
Jap strikers on the Hawaiian planta
tions are to invade Honolulu and par
ade. It is estimated there wlil be
from 3,00 to 4,000 in line.
President Taft has nominated
Charles D. Elliott, of the Minnesota
Supreme court, as a justice of the Su
preme court of the Philippines.
Railway freight troubles have just
begun. ActionB are to be commenced
against roads operating into Pacific
coast terminals demanding the same
treatment as Spokane.
Everv employe of the Standard Oil
comnanv suspended work two hours
durine the funeral of H. H. Rogers,
vice president of the company. There
are 67,000 on the payroll.
Wheat has reached $1.30 at Chicago
and $1.53 at Cincinnati.
A controlling interest in the St
Paul Pioneer Press has been sold to the
St. Paul Dispatch.
William Adler, the New Orleans
bank wrecker, has been given six years
in the penitentiary.
More Jap laborers on Hawaiian
plantations have gone on Btrike and
6,000 men are now in vol vied.
The Philippine general assembly has
passed a resolution declaring in favor
of the independence of the islands.
Allen Parker, a member of the Brit
ish parliament declares that the race
to build dreadnaughts is crazy and sin
ful. Evidence is being secured at Chicago
that various labor leaders called strikes
in order to levy blackmail on employ
ers. The members of the Turkish cham
ber of deputies have taken oath to sup
port the new sultan and uphold the con
stitution. Mrs. Longstreet, widow of the Civil
war general, was awakened by a burg
lar. She took six shots at him, wound
ing the man.
CaBtellane hs lost his appeal to gain
custody of his children.
Funds are being raised for a $100,
000 statue of Grover Cleveland.
A plan has been presented to the
British parliament for the care of the
unemployed.
Three Nevada men tried to send their
mother to the insane asylum in order
to get her money.
Many moneyed men of the East are
visiting the Northwest in search for
suitable investments.
Authorities of Westminster abbey,
London, have refused to allow the
body of George Meredith to be placed
there.
Bank robbers secured $6,000 from
the Cairo, Neb., State bank. A local
election was being held and the explo
sions were thought to be part of the
celebration.
WAR AT SEATTLE.
Fair Exhibitors Will Resist Efforts to
Deface Grounds With Shops.
Seattle, Wash., May 25. War to a
finish with an appeal to the courts,
through injunction proceedings, if ne
cessary, was decided upon Sunday by
the A. Y. P. exhibitors who are re
sisting the efforts of the exposition
company to erect booths on grounds al
ready allotted to various states, Ore
gon being the first to precipitate the
fight against the unseemly disfigura
tion of its beautiful grounds.
To carry this determination into
effect, an organization to be known as
the Exhibitors' club, was formed at
the Oregon building. Colonel J. A.
Filcher, executive commissioner for
California, was elected treasurer-
chairman, and W. H. Wehrung, presi
dent of the Oregon commission, was
elected secretary. Attorney General
Crawford, who had been summoned to
advise the Oregon commission as to its
rights in the controversy, took the po
sition that the exposition authorities
had no right to erect booths on the
Oregon grounds, or on any other
grounds assigned to different states,
counties and the government Encour
aged by this view of the situation a
resolution was unanimously adopted at
the meeting firmly protesting against
locating any booths ipn anyj grounds
without permission.
Meanwhile the exposition authorities
. xl Ml
are standing pat ana say mey wui
erect the 100 booths planned. Ihey
promise to incur as little friction as
possible, but declare their authority is
supreme, and they must have their
way.il Should the Exhibitors' club be
upheld in the courts, and it now seems
sure the case will reach the courts, it
will devolve upon the exposition au
thorities to establish a special place
for the booths, as the exposition au
thorities themselves declare that the
booths should not be installed in the
court of honor, thus marring that
bright feature of the grounds.
CUT GOVERNMENT EXPENSES
Taft's Policy of Economy Being Car
ried Out in All (departments.
Washington, May 5. Secretary
Meyer ha3 cut off $10,000,000 in Navy
department estimates for the next fis
cal year. This is a sample of what
may be expected on the part of other
cabinet officials.
It may not be possible to reduce ex
penditures in all departments to as no
ticeable a degree as in those pertaining
tcTthe army and navy branches of the
military service, but the thing that
will be accomplished in all directions
is a more intelligent idea of the rela
tions between, or rather harmonizing
of, estimates and appropriations.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
expects to have in hand by June 1 esti
mates of all heads of departments.
Between then and the time for the
meeting of congress in regular session
in December, painstaking study and
investigation with a view to ascertain
ing the exact requirement of various
bureaus embraced in different depart
ments, or just what work each is per
forming and a detailed analysis of re
sults as compared to expense involved,
will be carried on.
REVOLUTION IS ACTIVE.
Santo Domingo Republic in Throes of
Another Strife.
Cape Haytian, Hayti, May 25. The
revolutionary movement is spreading.
General Camacho, the ex-governor
of Monte Christi, who is working in
unison with General Quirito Felice for
the overthrow of the government, has
attacked and seized Guayabin and Da
jaboii,' which are on the Haytian fron
tier, the Dajabon river being the north
west boundary between Hayti and the
Dominican republic.
There has been fighting between the
revolutionists and the loyal forces at
Monte Christi.
The fate of Jose Bordas, governor of
Puerto Plata, is not known, but it is
reported he is either dead or a prisoner.
Communications are interrupted, and
government troops are expected to
reach the disaffected districts by sea.
China is Standing Firm.
Lisbon. May 25. The dispute be
tween Portugal and China over the
possession of the dependencies of Macao
has become acute. The Portugese gov
ernment is sending General Jose Mach
ado to induce China to come to an ami
cable agreement, notwithstanding the
fact that the government has received
word that China absolutely refuses to
enter into negotiations with the Portu
gese delegates unless Portugal an
nounces the dependencies, including the
neighboring islands.
Dreadnaughts to Grow.
London, May 25. Reginald McKen
na, first lord of the admiralty, in reply
ing to criticisms on the government's
naval policy, said today that the bat
tleships to be built under this year's
program would be at least 30 per cent
superior to their immediate predeces
sors. In what way that superiority is
to be obtained has not been entirely
disclosed, but at least two of the im
provements to be introduced have been
made known.
U. P. Orders IOO Ermines.
Dunkirk, N. Y., May 25. It is re
ported that the Union Pacific railroad
has placed an order for 100 engines
with the American Locomotive com
pany and that they will be built at the
Schenectady and Brooks plants.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
EXTEND RAILROAD.
Oregon & Southeastern May Reach
Coos Bay Country Soon.
Eugene The Oregon & Southeastern
railway, which extends from Cottage
Grove to the Bohemia mines, and which
there is talk of extending westward to
Coos bay, has been purchased by J. A.
Davis, vice president of the Pullman
Car company, who was at Cottage
Grove with a number of other Eastern
capitalists last week. Mr. Davis also
has purchased a large tract of timber
land west of Cottage Grove and pro
poses to extend his newly acquired rail
road from Cottage Grove westward 20
miles, tapping the timber tract.
While not yet officially announced, it
is believed to be the intention of Mr.
Davis and men associated with him to
eventually extend the line to Coos bay.
It is understood that a preliminary
contract for the contruction ot the
proposed 20 miles of road has already
been signed between Mr. Davis and Mr.
Lund, chief engineer of the Chicago
Contracting company, who has also
contracts to build another road for
Mr. Davis out of Brownsville, Or., into
a tract of timber which the Pullman
magnate owns in that locality.
Brotherhood Convention in June.
Four big Brotherhood conventions of
the Presbyterian church are scheduled
for the Pacific coast early in June. The
series will include San Francisco, June
3 and 4; Portland, June 8 and 9; Seat
tle, June 10 and 11, and Spokane, June
14 and 15. Leading laymen from the
East will be present including Presi
dent Charles S. Holt, of the National
Brotherhood and an eminent lawyer of
Chicago; Dr. Ira J. Sandrith, of Nash
ville, Tenn., secretary of the National
Brotherhood; Henry E. Rosevear, of
Chicago, associate secretary of the na
tional organization; J. Ernest McAfee,
of New York, and probably the moder
ator of the next general assembly will
be present. The Oregon convention
will be held in the First Presbyterian
church, Portland. Delegates are ex
pected from all over the state.
Railroad Day Set for June 14.
Klamath Falls At the urgent re
quest of the Southern Pacific company
officials the time for the railroad day
celebration has been postponed from
June 2 to June 14. The former date
conflicted with the Portland Rose festi
val and the company was also desirous
to have the celebration at a later time
so that the road could be thoroughly
tested before any excursions were run
over it. Extensive advertising will be
done by the railroad company and low
rates will be announced from Portland,
San Francisco and all intermediate
points.
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Rich Strike at Sumpter.
Sumpter Report ha3 been brought
here of a rich discovery ot gold ore at
the South Pole mine near here. The
property is owned by John Hanson,
and is an extension of the famous
North Pole mine. In the tunnel he
now has four feet of "shipping" ore,
in which there are seams of rich free
gold ore, pieces of which show assay
values of thousands of dollars to the
ton. There is a stamp mill on the mine
that will be put in operation so.n.
Farm Sells for $23,000.
Salem Meyer & Bell have sold to
E. C. McKinney, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
the 220-acre Lake Labish farm of the
late Tilmon Ford for $23,000. This is
one of the best known farms in this
section of the valley. A large part of
it is genuine beaverdam land, noted for
its richness and fertility. Mr. McKin
ney will subdivide the place, retaining
about 40 acres, which he will plant to
walnuts.
Will Drill for Oil.
Lebanon A new oil company to
be
known as the Cascade Petroleum com
pany, has filed articles of incorporation
at Salem. The company has already
leased and bought 2,000 acres of land
about six miles east of Lebanon in what,
is known as the Beaver Creek neigh
borhood, and it is paid that considerable
more land will be leased before long.
Suit to Test Port Law.
Marshfield Members of the Port of
Coos Bay commission will put the new
port law to test in the courts by a
friendly fuit, as a precautionary meas
ure, so that trouble will not arise later
on. It is thought that the matter can
be brought up at the June term of the
court and a decision reached possibly
in 60 days.
Monster Sawlogs in Coos.
Marshfield The largest fir logs ever
seen on Coos bay were brought from
the. Beaver Hill camp of the Smith
Powers Logging company. Each kg
was 24 feet long and measured eight
feet five inches at the small end. There
is 16,000 board feet in the two logs,
enough to build a seven-room house.
Cherry Fair in July.
Salem At a meeting of the board of
trade Cherry Fair committee it was de
cided to hold this year's fair and carni
val about the middle of July. The
show will last three days and will be
more elaborate than usual, owing to
the elimination of the Fourth of July
celebration.
Will Show Cherries.
The Dalles The annual cherry fair
will not be held in this city this year.
Instead, The Dalles Business Men's
association has arranged to exhibit
1,000 boxes of cherries in the Oregon
state building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifi
exposiction in Seattle.
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
SURVEY COOS BAY LINE.
Line to Boise Will Be Run and Right
of Way Obtained. '
Marshfield It is announced that F,
A. Hains, who was elected chief en
gineer of the Coos Bay, Oregon & Ida
ho railroad, will start out at once wit
a surveying gang to make a prelimi
nary survey for a railroad between
Coos bay and Roseburg.
Several routts are proposed, and i
is not being given out as to what di
rection the survey will work. The rail
road company is the one recently or
ganized lor the purpose of securing
rights of way and surveys for an out
side railroad or possibly for one which
may be built by local capitalists. Part
of the capital stock of $25,000 has
been subscribed. It is expected to ex
pend about $12,000 on the survey and
the rest in securing rights of way.
Looks for Splendid Crop.
Jacksonville That the crop prospect
in the vicinity of this city have not
been damaged to any extent by the pro
tracted cold weather of early winter is
the indication given by the present
condition of the fruit trees. The foot
nui orcnaras especially give promise
of an exceptionally fine crop. Apri
cots, almonds and early peaches have
suffered slightly but the main depend
ence.apples, pears and late peaches, bid
fair to show up most bountiful crops,
All is rejoicing in this neighborhood,
Dikes to Reclaim Land.
Clatskanie The Columbia Agricul
tural company, which owns over 12,000
acres of overflow lands lying between
Clatskanie and the Columbia river,
proposes to undertake the task of re
claiming this vast tract by construct
ing dikes and making the land fit for
agricultural purposes. The company
has installed the first of its dredges
the "Muskrat," and work began this
week on a cut in the Clatskanie river
about a mile from town.
Fix Canned Salmon Prices.
Astoria The Columbia River Pack
ers association at its last meeting
fixed the selling prices for Columbia
river canned salmon at the same rates
that prevailed la9t season. These
prices are, per dozen, as follows
Tails, $1.65; flats, $1.75; halves
$1.05; ovals, $2.30; n finals, $2.50
half-pound ovals, $1.50. Key cans, 5
cents per dozen extra.
Same Fruit Hurt.
Brownsville The dry cold weather
still prevails in this vicinity. Fruit
has been injured to some extent, espec
ially walnuts; the leaves on the walnut
trees being young and tender, easily
froze. Although they were not in full
leaf it is thought the cold weather has
been very injurious to them.
More
Weston G.
concluded the
Potatoes Sold.
W. . Mitchell has just
sale of $1,130 worth of
potatoes from
12 acres of mountain
land, this having been his most profit
able season. He will increase his acre
age next year.
Eugene Favors Florence Road.
Eugene The council of Eugene com
mends the effort that is being made by
Eugene citizens in their desire to build
a railroad from Eugene to Florence,
Lane county.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem milling. $1.307)
1.35; club, $1.20; valley, $1.17; red
Russian, $1,173(3)1.20.
Corn Whole, $35 per ton ; cracked,
$36 per ton.
Barley Feed, $34.50 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $41 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$14(318 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18
(3)20; clover, $113;12; alfalfa, $13
14; grain hay, $13(314; cheat, $14
14.50; vetch, $14(314.50.
Fruits Apples, 65c(3 $2.50 per box;
strawberries, uregon, Iuqizc per
pound.
Potatoes $1.75(32 per hundred.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack;
carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
$1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; as
paragus, Oregon, 75c(3$ 1.25 per dozen;
lettuce, head, 25(375c per dozen;
onions 123(3 15c per dozen ; radishes,
15(320c per dozen; rhubarb, 2(33cper
pound.
Butter City creamery, extras, 28c
fancy outside creamery, 27(32Pc per
pound; store. 18c. Butter fat prices
average 1 c per pound under regular
butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 24c per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 15j-(316c per pound;
broilers, 28(330c; fryers. 22(3 25c;
roosters. 10c; ducks, 14 (ft. 15c; geese,
10(31 1c; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $2.50
(3j3 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Veal Extras, 8(38 c per pound;
ordinary, 7(3-7 Jc; heavy, 6(3 6c.
Hops 1909 contracts, nominal; 1908
crop, 8(3 814c; 1907 crop, 3(34c; 1906
crop. 114
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(3 21c per
pound; valley, fine, 24c; medium. 23c;
coarse, 22c; mohair, choice, 24(3 25c.
Cattle Steers, top. $5.50(35 75; fair
to good, $5(35.25; common to good,
$4.50(34.75; cows. top. $4.25(34.50;
fair to good, $3.75(314.25; common to
medium, $2.50(33.50; calves, top. $5tfr
5.50; heavy, $3.50(34; bulls and stags,
$3(33.50; common, $2(32.75.
Hogs Best. $7.50(3 7.75; fair to
good, $7.25(37.50; stockers, $6(36.50;
China fats. $6.75(37.
Sheep Top wethers, $4(34.50; fair
to good, $3.50(34; fair to good, $3.50
(at A; ewes, c less on all grades;
yearlings, best $4.50; fair to good, $4
4.25; spring lambs, $55.50.
DEMONSTRATE "MOONSHINING"
Reconstructed Illicit Still to Be Shown
at Seattle Fair.
In a romantic gulch near the Pay
Streak of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
position, in a place shaded by lofty firs
and hidden by a dense growth of vine
maples and yellow broom, will be found
a typical "wild-cat" still. This pest
of the mountain revenue officers will
be reconstructed from a still destroyed
in the Tennessee mountains years ago,
and the battered copper kettles and
rusted worm will strain be mouted for
duty.
No corn, however, will be boiled into
the "oil of joy" in the exposition
"wild-cat;" only the operation show
ing how it used to be will be demon
strated. All the settings of the illicit
distiller have been gathered from the
high hilla of Kenucky and Tennessee,
and the corn will be shelled, the fires
kept up and the trail watched by a
bunch of long bearded gentlemen,
grown grey in practicing their unsanc
tioned profession.
Thearsenal of weapons of offense is
made up largely of Winchester 44s, but
scattered within easy reach will be
seen the long barreled squirrel gun
with which "Grand Pap" got meat for
the family, and incidentally made new
jobs for governmental employment
aspirants. The "wild-catter repre
sents a class unable to withstand the
encroachments of certain brands of
progress, and his once highly respected
calling has fallen into ill repute and
the operator of the mountan still is no
longer looked upon as a prominent citi
zen. ROBBERS LOOT TRAIN.
Union Pacific Overland Limited Held
Up Near Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., May 24. Four masked
men held up and robbed Union Pacific
passenger train No. 2, known as the
Overland Limited, a few miles west of
the city just before midnight Saturday
night, and secured seven mail sacks,
believed to have contained a large
quantity of registered mail.
They evidently got on the train at
some point west of here. The holdup
occurred about five miles west of the
city limits, in a deep cut along the re
cently constructed Lane cut-off.
The robbers climbed over the tank
and forced the engineer to stop his
train, and then proceeded to the mail
car. The clerks were forced to open
the door and hand out seven pouches of
registered mail.
Once they secured the bags, the rob
bers hurried away in a southerly direc
tion, and permitted the train to pro
ceed. The passengers were not molest
ed, and as soon as the robbers left the
scene of the hold-up the train came to
this city.
The chief mail clerk was singled out
by the robbers and ordered to point out
the registered mail. This he did,
and the robbers gathered up seven
pouches. The leader then remarked :
' This is all we can get into our au
tomobile."
HAS NEW FORMULA.
Major Nichols is Successful in Color
Photography Experiments.
Spokane, Wash., May 24. Major
Nichols, U. S. A., of Fort Wright, a
veteran student of photography, has
been successful in
reproducing colors
by developing the
negative with a
formula of his own.
For years he has devoted considera
ble attention to color photography and
ha3 studied the discoveries of Lumiere,
of France, founder of the system. He
recently sent to New York for some of
the Lumiere plates, which have met
with little Buccess by the photographers
of the country.
"I tried a little experiment of my
own, with the result that 1 have been
able to produce some negatives which
show the colors of the object in detail,"
said Major Nichols this morning.
He showed some plates which were
taken on the military grounds and con
tained the most minute detail in color
ing. "My side line is devoted to the mak
ing of lantern slides," continued the
major, and it is my intention to take
a quantity of plates of this kind to the
Islands in August and to devote consid
erable of my spare time to making
pictures of tropical scenery."
Big Mine Fire Spreads.
Tamaqua, Pa., May 24. Despite the
fact that hundreds of thousands of dol-
ars have been spent in an endeavor to
extinguish the fire burning for 50 hours
n the Lehigh Canal and Navigation
company's mine at Summit Hill, the
fire is spreading toward the Spring tun
nel workings, and 30 of the Reading
company's carpenters and masons were
sent from the Ashland district to aid in
erecting concrete walls to check the
pread of the flames. It may be neces
ary to fill the shafts with water in
order to continue the battle.
Honduras Sends Apology.
El Paso, Texas, May 24. Official in
formation has been received here that
one of the more recent causes of fric
tion between the republics of Mexico
and Honduras, the violation of the
Mexican consulate at Teguicagalpa, a
few weeks ago by Honduran soldiers,
has been smoothed away. President
Datvilla, of Honduras, has apologized
to Mexico for the act of his soldiers.
The Honduran troops invaded the Mex
ican consulate to arrest a fugitive.
Porto Ricans Cool Off.
San Juan, K. R., May 24. The full
text of President Taft's special mes
sage to congress on Porto Rican affairs
has been received by mail, and after
reading it carefully, the Republican
leaders praise it highly as a states
manlike document.
SWING PORTLAND
GATE BOTH WAYS
Roads Ordered to Sell Through Tick
ets to East and West.
Northern Pacific Objects to Joint
Traffic With the Harriman Lines,
Which Are Required to Make Like
Concessions the Other Way Will
Appeal to Courts.
Washington, May 22. The first de
cision in the Portland gateway case is.
in favor of opening, but this is only
tjhe beginning of what promises to be
a long contest. In a decision rendered
by Mr. Prouty the Interstate Com
merce commission today ordered the
Harriman lines and the Northern Pa
cific to join in the sale of through tick
ets and the through checking of bag
gage between Eastern and Pacific
coast points via Portland. Chairman
Knapp and E. E. Clark dissent from
the decision.
The commission sustains the com
plaint against the Northern Pacific for
refusing to sell through tickets via
Portland to points on the Union Pa
cific and Chicago & Northwestern, in
cluding Omaha, Kansas City and Chi
cago, and sustains also the complaint,
against the Chicago & Northwestern,
Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and
Oregon Navigation company for refus
ing to sell through tickets via Portland
to points in Washington.
By the terms of the decision, which
is highly important to the traveling
public and to the Western and North
western railroads, the Northern Pacific,,
the Union Paciific lines and the Chica
go & Northwestern railway are ordered
to join in the sale of through passenger
tickets between Seattle and other
points in the Pacific Northwest and
Eastern destinations, via Portland, Or.,
and to accord through facilities, like
the checking of baggage, over this
route. The commission found in the present
case that a substantial part of the en
tire body of travelers moving between
these points in the Northwest and
Eastern destinations reasonably desire
to travel via Portland, and that there
fore the commission has jurisdiction to
open that gateway.
It is also held that public interest
requires that this gateway shall be
opened ; but that the terms under which
that service is rendered should be just
as between the carriers themselves.
The commission was also of the opinion
that the through rates via Portland
should be the same as those in effect
via the Northern Pacific and its present
connections, but no opinion is express
ed touching a division of these rates.
The decision orders first, that the
Middle West lines complained of and
the Northern Pacific shall establish be
fore July 1, 1909, and maintain in
force thereafter for not less than two
years, through routes and joint rates
between Chicago, Council Bluffs and
Colorado common points via Portland
and points in Washington between
Portland and Seattle, including the lat
ter, the joint rates to be the same as
the joint rates contemporaneously in
effect between said points via the?
Northern Pacific and its connections.
Second, the carriers named are order
ed to establish before July 1, joint
rates and through routes for passengers
and baggage from points on the North
ern Pacific via Portland to Omaha, Kan
sas City, Chicago and other Union Pa
cific and Chicago & Northwestern,
points.
It is understood authoritatively that
it is the intention of the Northern (Pa
cific, in connection perhaps with other
roads, to seek an injunction restrain
ing the commission from putting its
order into effect. Should such an in
junction be granted, it would prevent
the enforcement of the order during the
period of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
position at Seattle, as it is estimated
that it would require many months for
the courts finally to determine the case
on its merits.
Kermit Hero of Beaters.
Nairobi, Briti.-h East Africa, May
22. Theodore Roosevelt and his son
Kermit are having good hunting luck
on the Juja ranch of George McMillan.
Their bag includes a water buck, an
impalk and other varieties of antelope.
The expedition has now a total of 60
specimens, representing 20 different
species. Mr. Roosevelt has killed a
python. Kermit, on a recent trip, des
patched a leopard at a distance of six
paces. The animal already had mauled
a beater, and was charging Kermit
when killed.
Two Unions to Unite.
Spokane, May 22. "It is probable
that working agreements will be made
by the Western Federation of Miners
and the United Mineworkers of Amer
ica," stated C. H. Moyer, president of
the Western Federation of Miners, who
is here tonight. "It is not probable
that they will unite, as their fields of
usefulness are different. In spite of
all reports, the next convention of the
Federation will show that it is strong
er than ever."
Explosion Fires Forest.
Pittsburg, May 22. One thousand
pounds of powder in the wheels mills
of the Oriental plant of the Dupont
Powder company located at Fairchance,
Pa., exploded late last night No one
was in'ureJ, but the plant was wreck
ed, win.ows shattered for several miles
about, and the mountain woods set on
fire.